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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1963 - 2004 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of U.S. States and Countries
From Which 1 or More Utility Patents Originated During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 173, Tool Driving or Impacting

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays U.S. states and countries and counts of utility patents originating from them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 4 8 6 9 9 9 6 9 7 7 28 7 15 13 11 8 7 2 8 5 1 6 3 3 1 7 9 5 2 3 4 1 0 3 4 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 240
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 2 10 6 5 4 11 11 3 6 5 13 6 3 4 1 10 1 3 6 4 4 2 4 4 3 2 5 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 167
(U.S.) OH OHIO 6 12 9 10 5 8 7 4 11 5 9 9 7 2 5 2 1 1 5 2 1 5 1 1 3 1 3 1 5 5 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 166
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 8 4 6 8 4 5 4 0 3 0 1 10 6 4 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 9 2 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 5 5 3 4 4 131
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 10 10 11 7 4 5 5 3 6 2 2 3 1 3 5 5 0 1 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 1 3 3 126
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 1 3 7 2 3 12 9 5 9 5 1 9 11 3 5 2 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 0 123
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 2 6 1 6 9 3 6 9 2 3 2 5 4 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 85
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 67
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 2 2 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 6 4 2 5 63
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 4 1 0 3 2 2 3 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 3 1 5 0 3 0 55
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 6 7 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 54
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 52
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 42
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 37
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 1 3 3 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 37
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 35
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 6 0 3 1 31
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 31
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 24
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 22
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 17
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 57 76 79 59 74 86 76 63 85 56 93 83 64 62 51 64 25 26 49 32 19 36 28 19 27 26 46 23 33 40 23 30 20 30 34 30 28 31 36 26 36 33 1914
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 1 2 3 5 6 4 5 6 5 8 14 7 5 9 20 3 3 9 9 7 16 11 8 11 9 14 4 8 15 6 7 7 3 6 9 13 15 11 11 22 30 370
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 3 0 2 3 5 0 4 5 6 4 6 3 2 1 3 6 4 4 6 3 8 6 8 8 7 7 6 9 9 16 5 4 5 9 7 10 12 9 13 15 243
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 3 10 9 6 4 8 2 12 9 3 9 6 7 4 10 5 2 3 4 5 6 5 8 9 4 7 1 6 6 4 1 3 3 3 8 12 6 1 3 3 6 227
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 2 2 6 4 1 8 2 3 6 7 6 5 0 2 4 3 0 2 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 5 5 1 6 1 2 8 1 0 2 115
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 5 9 3 8 2 7 2 6 2 4 2 1 2 4 6 3 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 1 1 3 0 6 2 4 3 2 3 4 7 2 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 7 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 79
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 2 12 9 7 9 8 11 79
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 3 0 1 2 5 2 4 6 4 3 2 3 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 3 75
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 3 3 2 4 3 1 1 0 5 3 0 2 1 5 5 5 0 2 2 64
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 42
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 29
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 22
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 22
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 9
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 8
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 5 10 25 24 23 29 38 20 39 40 49 54 41 30 34 51 22 24 30 33 34 41 41 47 51 35 54 30 43 46 23 35 33 25 19 46 56 68 55 39 54 82 1578
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 62 86 104 83 97 115 114 83 124 96 142 137 105 92 85 115 47 50 79 65 53 77 69 66 78 61 100 53 76 86 46 65 53 55 53 76 84 99 91 65 90 115 3492


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