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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 135, Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane

( 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 4 5 6 4 5 4 11 3 1 4 5 4 3 5 4 11 5 6 6 2 2 5 3 6 6 8 13 6 8 6 3 11 6 12 16 16 16 21 25 32 17 28 364
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 2 12 9 9 2 3 9 6 1 3 5 3 3 5 6 9 3 9 2 2 2 0 3 6 4 3 8 11 2 5 5 12 4 4 11 9 10 2 11 2 1 4 222
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 2 2 3 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 5 2 7 5 3 3 13 6 12 6 2 7 9 6 6 4 138
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 0 6 4 3 3 2 0 2 4 2 7 4 2 1 1 2 0 4 1 3 1 4 0 1 2 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 87
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 4 5 3 5 2 4 0 1 78
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 4 1 5 4 3 4 2 4 6 3 3 5 77
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 3 2 4 4 7 3 4 0 5 1 0 8 0 1 1 70
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 5 5 5 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 64
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 3 2 0 2 59
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 52
(U.S.) OH OHIO 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 3 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 50
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 42
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 42
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 41
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 38
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 0 37
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 35
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 2 4 33
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 33
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 32
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 25
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 23
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 18
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 18
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 14
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 13
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 1 0 1 1 1 1 10
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) ND NORTH 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 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.) WY WYOMING 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.)   -- Subtotal -- 22 28 50 42 28 32 61 34 21 23 32 32 33 33 23 41 19 33 30 17 16 27 30 36 30 48 71 59 39 46 51 86 58 57 77 85 74 71 105 77 48 74 1899
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 5 7 14 8 14 13 19 21 16 23 13 20 20 31 42 30 25 36 369
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 1 0 4 0 2 8 6 11 19 11 17 9 1 5 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 3 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 144
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 9 3 3 3 3 2 3 5 3 5 5 8 7 8 2 1 106
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 9 8 6 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 7 2 3 3 80
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 34
(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 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 4 3 31
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 23
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 22
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 13
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 4 1 0 0 7
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(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 0 0 1 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) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) TTX TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 2 6 7 8 2 7 14 10 19 31 26 26 18 7 9 10 3 10 7 5 9 9 7 13 17 15 35 16 23 28 35 40 32 38 27 46 34 50 79 55 42 48 925
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 24 34 57 50 30 39 75 44 40 54 58 58 51 40 32 51 22 43 37 22 25 36 37 49 47 63 106 75 62 74 86 126 90 95 104 131 108 121 184 132 90 122 2824


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