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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 516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting

( 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.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 3 4 3 4 7 1 3 3 13 7 3 1 7 8 3 4 5 2 1 4 9 3 1 4 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 5 4 9 1 8 5 8 7 5 177
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 6 2 2 9 9 5 8 4 5 12 5 4 2 6 5 2 3 2 1 3 1 6 1 4 1 1 0 3 3 6 4 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 145
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 4 3 7 2 1 3 0 2 4 7 4 2 2 1 1 5 7 1 1 0 1 5 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 8 4 3 4 3 6 5 4 1 2 3 2 5 124
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 0 3 0 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 6 4 8 1 5 0 6 3 2 2 3 4 0 3 2 5 4 4 2 3 2 3 1 104
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 6 2 1 4 6 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 3 3 2 3 0 4 6 1 5 1 5 0 2 1 90
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 3 3 6 4 5 6 5 5 1 90
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 4 2 3 6 4 2 1 2 3 5 6 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 72
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 5 2 0 3 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 6 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 58
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 53
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 8 3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 44
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 32
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 31
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 0 30
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 24
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 20
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 19
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 17
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 13
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 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 7
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 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 0 1 1 0 1 5
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 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 2
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 0 1
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 23 20 28 30 34 34 21 21 44 79 45 37 21 39 31 33 26 20 13 35 27 48 18 29 25 21 18 23 29 48 28 28 24 32 42 36 32 38 42 30 38 21 1311
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 2 0 2 3 4 1 3 1 2 8 8 3 9 4 4 5 1 8 4 4 11 11 7 4 12 2 8 9 8 8 5 8 9 6 5 8 9 7 12 9 10 2 246
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 7 6 4 13 4 6 5 15 8 14 6 6 11 12 12 12 9 13 10 5 223
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 4 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 7 5 5 1 2 1 2 2 4 5 8 9 1 96
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 3 2 1 5 1 4 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 2 5 1 2 4 5 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 3 1 89
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 27
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 25
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
(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 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 16
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 15
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 15
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 11
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) DKX DENMARK 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 0 0 0 0 1
(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 0 1 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 3 2 3 3 8 7 7 3 12 18 22 8 18 18 17 19 8 18 11 14 25 23 24 13 22 24 18 25 23 40 25 39 23 25 28 31 29 34 30 41 37 14 812
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 26 22 31 33 42 41 28 24 56 97 67 45 39 57 48 52 34 38 24 49 52 71 42 42 47 45 36 48 52 88 53 67 47 57 70 67 61 72 72 71 75 35 2123


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