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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 139, Textiles: Weaving

( 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.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 5 7 14 8 10 8 9 7 5 5 7 5 10 4 5 5 0 4 5 2 4 7 9 7 13 6 10 6 2 7 7 4 11 10 7 9 11 14 11 4 3 5 292
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 13 19 20 19 17 28 28 17 20 2 10 8 16 13 7 5 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 260
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 7 8 9 8 8 11 11 5 11 6 11 2 4 2 2 3 1 3 5 3 7 8 5 6 2 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 7 5 2 2 0 186
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 4 5 2 4 8 9 4 1 2 3 2 5 7 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 84
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 7 12 6 5 6 7 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 77
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 3 3 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 2 3 4 2 3 1 1 4 4 1 4 76
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 3 1 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 58
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 6 2 4 2 1 2 1 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 49
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 4 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 47
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 4 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 46
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 36
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 29
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 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 1 2 0 21
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 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 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 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 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 2
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 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 2
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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.) KY KENTUCKY 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.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 58 86 77 66 68 74 81 41 55 33 47 31 56 41 39 31 18 26 23 20 28 33 17 15 21 15 20 23 14 17 14 11 31 24 21 21 21 33 33 19 11 20 1433
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 25 15 22 17 22 22 24 26 24 34 27 26 29 34 22 25 12 16 21 22 34 34 35 29 29 15 17 11 20 24 21 18 17 13 13 8 18 15 20 8 3 4 871
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 2 6 8 7 9 13 13 3 21 10 20 26 21 28 27 33 20 23 28 19 25 30 30 17 23 17 16 8 12 4 9 15 16 5 7 596
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 5 8 20 17 4 15 9 8 6 12 19 22 13 10 9 6 7 6 16 14 15 16 10 16 14 12 20 22 11 11 18 15 9 12 19 14 26 25 11 6 6 537
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 10 7 11 8 9 7 4 11 9 7 11 11 10 6 2 6 7 4 4 7 17 16 5 7 4 9 4 10 10 10 8 4 4 9 9 11 11 8 5 2 2 320
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 6 2 6 3 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 7 9 24 25 19 14 10 10 9 9 10 10 1 16 23 17 5 9 272
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 1 0 1 7 5 4 3 3 0 6 0 4 10 13 6 2 4 4 5 8 6 7 6 7 9 12 9 10 11 12 8 13 10 5 4 8 9 4 1 3 242
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 4 3 6 2 5 6 8 14 11 7 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 3 0 1 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 3 5 1 9 4 0 4 159
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 2 1 3 6 3 9 2 7 4 14 9 18 11 8 11 5 4 2 1 3 2 5 5 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 2 0 1 0 9 3 6 5 7 1 4 5 1 3 4 1 2 1 2 5 8 5 3 5 3 5 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 102
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 7 0 3 3 1 2 2 1 4 6 5 6 3 3 10 7 7 5 2 101
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 2 1 0 6 3 8 8 5 10 1 2 0 2 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 4 2 3 1 1 3 50
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 8 7 2 6 5 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 32
(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 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 3 26
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 13
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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) IEX IRELAND 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) PTX PORTUGAL 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 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
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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)   -- Subtotal -- 46 42 52 75 75 77 87 73 94 90 83 105 117 100 76 103 59 70 76 73 104 119 121 105 104 92 104 104 128 107 86 99 88 75 77 85 68 104 123 78 30 47 3621
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 104 128 129 141 143 151 168 114 149 123 130 136 173 141 115 134 77 96 99 93 132 152 138 120 125 107 124 127 142 124 100 110 119 99 98 106 89 137 156 97 41 67 5054


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