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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 384, Bearings

( 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.) CA CALIFORNIA 14 13 15 11 14 14 16 19 20 8 16 10 10 26 14 8 10 18 15 9 13 17 18 10 19 12 14 12 5 9 10 12 9 15 14 9 19 9 18 14 11 16 565
(U.S.) OH OHIO 18 6 11 15 16 16 23 16 26 21 22 22 15 12 13 9 5 5 1 10 9 10 13 11 11 9 7 8 11 17 8 3 9 15 1 6 7 4 12 7 15 9 484
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 9 8 12 16 13 16 22 15 15 20 21 22 24 14 14 5 3 5 12 8 12 7 7 5 9 12 10 12 10 8 1 14 12 6 9 9 3 7 8 8 3 454
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 18 11 28 16 16 12 20 17 18 13 7 9 12 7 13 7 5 8 10 9 9 8 10 14 8 9 9 5 14 9 5 10 9 8 4 9 9 7 5 7 11 7 442
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 17 12 11 20 18 20 14 13 10 14 11 19 13 9 3 3 11 11 11 2 5 9 5 10 8 6 6 6 7 4 7 3 6 8 17 10 9 5 6 3 1 396
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 14 12 9 14 20 20 12 15 15 12 12 15 17 14 11 5 4 5 7 8 4 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 8 2 7 7 6 5 5 3 4 6 3 1 343
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 9 14 8 10 11 15 19 9 11 14 16 9 11 5 11 13 1 2 2 4 5 3 4 4 1 3 3 4 5 3 2 3 1 4 2 2 6 4 2 2 2 3 262
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 9 5 7 13 14 10 10 9 5 7 7 6 6 7 5 5 3 5 2 6 2 4 5 2 1 2 1 3 7 2 1 4 7 0 1 5 2 3 6 5 3 3 210
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 2 2 5 2 6 3 1 2 3 5 2 13 10 7 6 6 10 11 7 4 6 8 6 2 3 1 1 4 3 3 2 4 5 5 5 3 2 3 3 1 1 180
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 1 7 4 2 3 9 2 9 5 3 8 7 6 4 4 2 2 1 2 5 1 2 1 4 3 3 4 2 2 1 4 2 5 4 2 3 2 4 3 1 2 143
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 2 2 4 7 4 3 5 7 5 6 4 7 5 0 1 2 2 6 1 3 2 1 5 1 8 1 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 5 3 6 3 0 142
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 10 6 13 3 10 4 7 6 5 3 1 2 4 7 2 5 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 117
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 5 4 4 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 6 3 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 83
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 4 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 65
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 3 5 2 4 3 2 5 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 60
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 4 5 5 5 5 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 60
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 4 5 1 7 4 4 2 4 3 1 54
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 2 0 5 0 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 53
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 8 0 3 0 4 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 1 0 4 52
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 4 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 46
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 43
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 40
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 40
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 33
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 33
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 23
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 19
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 8
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 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 5
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 5
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 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 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 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 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
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 145 115 147 140 179 159 184 149 171 142 150 133 162 169 124 96 58 89 89 93 71 84 110 80 89 92 82 85 100 91 77 80 92 120 69 91 101 68 99 85 83 60 4603
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 2 3 2 5 4 5 6 9 10 11 9 14 16 11 15 9 16 13 27 25 34 51 48 55 36 70 78 56 61 65 68 68 71 67 79 78 106 115 120 132 127 1799
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 9 8 13 15 25 16 17 22 18 25 24 40 35 37 40 41 18 44 26 27 32 28 36 49 47 37 49 45 44 35 30 23 29 33 27 40 27 47 45 41 33 30 1307
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 9 7 10 13 12 20 8 15 15 15 21 12 15 18 7 9 3 13 6 9 6 11 8 5 6 3 9 5 3 8 4 3 5 4 6 4 7 1 7 12 3 4 361
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 9 4 3 10 6 13 4 8 13 10 12 9 18 7 8 2 6 2 9 10 10 5 3 7 5 9 9 9 5 8 4 5 8 7 4 6 6 11 9 9 11 314
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 3 3 1 3 3 2 4 7 5 10 10 11 3 11 10 3 2 10 10 3 2 3 6 8 9 4 2 8 6 2 9 1 5 1 2 5 3 8 4 1 3 2 208
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 6 9 5 6 12 2 5 2 5 7 5 4 12 1 8 2 6 7 6 2 4 6 8 3 5 1 4 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 5 1 183
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 1 1 2 5 4 3 7 3 2 1 1 1 3 6 4 1 3 5 1 3 6 2 3 4 4 6 3 6 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 1 3 3 2 1 121
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 2 1 2 2 2 5 4 10 9 7 7 8 8 10 16 13 10 117
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 5 2 3 5 2 3 0 4 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 5 4 6 4 2 6 97
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 6 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 4 8 3 4 2 3 4 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 89
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 5 89
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 0 1 4 16 6 0 4 3 2 38
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 22
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 16
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 1 0 0 0 1 2 9
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 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 7
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 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 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 1
(Foreign) SDX SUDAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 36 37 43 47 68 70 59 75 70 91 92 99 95 132 97 97 43 107 76 91 87 109 128 135 146 105 157 165 145 125 137 123 133 137 127 163 162 199 212 220 214 205 4859
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 181 152 190 187 247 229 243 224 241 233 242 232 257 301 221 193 101 196 165 184 158 193 238 215 235 197 239 250 245 216 214 203 225 257 196 254 263 267 311 305 297 265 9462


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