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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 472, Amusement Devices

( 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 5 4 5 5 3 3 5 5 6 10 5 1 5 3 2 4 5 4 6 4 1 6 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 2 9 5 9 9 8 9 7 14 4 5 4 11 214
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 3 3 6 4 2 1 9 1 3 5 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 2 3 2 4 5 3 94
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 6 5 7 2 3 6 2 2 1 84
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 6 0 6 2 0 1 2 1 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 3 2 3 0 1 3 4 1 75
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 3 4 6 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 8 1 3 4 4 66
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 1 1 54
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 53
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 52
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 35
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 1 31
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 26
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 25
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 24
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 3 24
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 18
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 18
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 17
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 14
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 1 1 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 5
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 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 0 0 0 2 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 38 37 44 40 20 25 44 26 38 34 26 25 26 14 19 20 17 18 34 13 9 21 14 15 10 12 30 31 22 21 36 25 32 36 36 48 37 41 30 42 38 35 1179
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 0 3 2 7 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 1 64
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 3 4 0 4 2 1 6 58
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 37
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 6 36
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 25
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 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 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 13
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 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 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 12
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 0 1 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 0 2 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 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 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 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 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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) KWX KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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) UYX URUGUAY 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 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 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)   -- Subtotal -- 2 3 4 5 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 7 8 3 4 5 3 6 1 6 3 4 9 4 9 8 16 13 8 11 7 11 12 15 8 21 18 15 15 15 14 21 334
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 40 40 48 45 22 26 45 31 43 38 28 32 34 17 23 25 20 24 35 19 12 25 23 19 19 20 46 44 30 32 43 36 44 51 44 69 55 56 45 57 52 56 1513


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