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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 406, Conveyors: Fluid Current

( 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 2 6 8 12 5 1 6 3 8 10 10 7 5 9 3 2 3 4 3 3 4 2 4 0 5 1 3 6 2 4 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 162
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 3 4 4 10 6 8 8 30 3 6 2 5 4 2 1 2 6 6 6 2 5 0 1 3 1 7 5 2 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 162
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 8 6 9 11 7 6 10 3 7 5 2 5 3 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 5 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 4 3 2 2 4 4 0 5 161
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 6 17 9 16 10 4 5 3 3 2 4 5 3 0 1 5 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 122
(U.S.) OH OHIO 4 4 6 9 5 4 5 2 4 6 1 4 2 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 3 0 1 3 0 4 3 8 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 3 120
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 1 3 5 5 3 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 0 7 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 3 3 3 4 4 3 1 0 90
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 2 3 3 6 6 3 3 3 6 4 3 1 0 5 1 2 2 1 1 5 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 86
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 4 6 2 2 6 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 7 4 3 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 5 0 1 83
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 4 3 4 4 5 6 1 3 3 0 5 6 3 2 6 2 0 4 0 0 3 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 82
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 73
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 0 2 4 6 2 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 9 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 63
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 5 1 6 2 0 1 4 1 10 5 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 4 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 59
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 2 4 4 2 1 2 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 40
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 39
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 38
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 33
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 32
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 30
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 29
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 29
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 23
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 23
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 19
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 17
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 1 3 1 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 6
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 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 6
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 5
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 5
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW 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 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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.) ME MAINE 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.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 42 43 94 94 93 72 64 51 101 59 60 57 50 62 50 32 40 49 30 40 39 44 35 27 25 30 42 31 33 31 36 16 16 34 24 30 26 26 26 38 25 22 1839
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 6 3 11 12 7 7 4 2 8 8 5 6 8 10 8 9 7 6 10 2 8 12 12 7 9 6 4 7 7 3 11 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 7 4 4 3 258
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 1 2 0 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 5 3 2 1 3 2 6 3 4 3 7 10 5 8 7 5 1 1 6 1 1 1 8 10 5 6 0 140
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3 7 5 5 4 4 7 4 8 1 2 3 1 5 7 2 5 4 3 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 110
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3 1 4 3 7 4 3 1 3 2 2 4 7 0 2 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 1 1 100
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 1 3 2 8 2 3 3 3 3 5 1 3 4 2 1 3 5 3 0 1 1 2 6 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 5 7 2 1 98
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 70
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 3 1 2 4 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 62
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 31
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 31
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 5 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 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 12
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 8
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 0 1
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 19 18 30 28 34 39 26 24 35 23 22 33 32 25 34 34 26 26 30 15 17 31 30 32 30 26 32 26 35 26 22 9 5 17 11 12 5 23 39 29 23 8 1041
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 61 61 124 122 127 111 90 75 136 82 82 90 82 87 84 66 66 75 60 55 56 75 65 59 55 56 74 57 68 57 58 25 21 51 35 42 31 49 65 67 48 30 2880


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