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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 504, Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions

( 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 6 8 2 12 11 3 9 19 9 8 14 18 22 20 24 29 33 24 27 43 42 40 66 35 38 41 40 29 22 24 22 18 9 16 35 15 20 15 8 3 4 1 884
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 7 12 16 19 7 10 8 9 14 12 14 13 9 19 17 18 13 7 13 8 10 10 9 12 10 18 24 17 15 21 17 20 26 14 10 9 8 8 11 1 1 519
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 4 8 7 13 15 14 2 5 3 7 6 4 15 6 15 16 5 15 3 11 15 18 26 35 54 51 37 22 9 6 2 2 9 8 10 5 7 2 4 1 4 5 506
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 7 8 3 8 9 6 4 11 5 11 6 18 17 15 12 28 18 26 26 19 27 18 10 12 10 7 9 7 5 7 8 4 6 8 11 8 6 8 8 9 7 3 455
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 5 5 10 9 11 8 9 5 6 8 10 15 7 11 18 6 8 9 15 15 5 6 8 14 11 11 13 6 13 12 12 13 8 9 9 6 5 5 5 4 3 370
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 11 11 4 14 16 7 6 3 6 4 6 10 18 23 9 3 3 5 4 9 4 7 3 3 2 4 1 3 5 4 4 0 4 5 6 5 3 2 2 0 1 249
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 6 7 9 4 5 9 9 11 7 0 5 9 8 4 2 8 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 3 5 3 9 4 4 0 2 2 7 1 2 3 3 1 2 1 171
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 2 0 3 1 0 5 4 1 2 3 4 7 5 9 11 2 5 3 6 6 7 4 6 4 1 3 3 1 1 5 1 6 4 4 1 5 3 1 1 4 5 151
(U.S.) OH OHIO 5 3 2 3 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 6 5 5 8 2 6 7 7 7 5 7 9 9 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 3 1 150
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 5 12 5 16 16 10 4 4 4 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 1 2 2 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 139
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 1 2 1 4 6 5 9 4 10 7 5 4 0 3 9 3 5 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 14 0 1 0 0 1 114
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 6 3 2 2 4 3 5 3 2 2 2 1 4 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 3 10 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 87
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 4 6 2 3 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 4 3 0 2 2 2 1 6 4 1 3 3 3 78
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 0 4 0 4 1 5 5 8 4 2 5 3 2 1 66
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 6 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 7 2 5 2 1 66
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 53
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 4 5 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 41
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 39
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 38
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 35
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 33
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 4 1 5 5 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 33
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 29
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 26
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 19
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 17
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 13
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 11
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 9
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 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 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 7
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 5
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 5
(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 0 0 0 2 2 4
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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.) PR PUERTO RICO 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.) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 68 93 75 111 129 100 88 97 64 86 87 110 151 118 150 191 108 121 105 130 148 127 153 148 159 145 150 131 93 106 103 74 86 102 137 89 105 82 74 61 51 39 4545
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 7 7 4 8 12 4 6 10 2 10 8 18 35 39 29 29 27 23 29 29 34 44 47 56 49 67 58 66 79 67 71 49 41 47 61 64 61 64 65 81 65 47 1619
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 2 1 4 2 5 5 7 6 5 7 15 19 27 20 18 21 30 24 26 33 38 41 33 41 60 65 43 51 29 39 41 42 40 35 32 48 33 31 22 19 1060
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 3 3 6 5 3 1 4 3 1 3 7 11 16 11 21 15 13 25 7 17 25 35 32 27 30 25 28 29 14 8 12 11 8 10 5 2 4 9 8 12 5 4 518
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 5 3 4 5 1 2 4 5 3 4 5 7 7 17 19 12 13 14 6 6 12 10 12 6 7 16 19 19 16 12 13 14 11 9 11 8 12 10 3 3 3 368
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 4 3 3 5 8 5 6 6 3 5 1 3 3 3 2 1 4 4 2 7 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 6 4 4 9 4 141
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 4 8 4 1 0 4 0 3 4 1 4 6 3 3 80
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 3 11 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 1 60
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 1 4 2 4 5 4 3 3 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 4 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 1 2 0 43
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 36
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 26
(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 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 22
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
(Foreign) INX INDIA 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 2 0 1 2 6
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 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 1 0 1 5
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(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 1 1 0 0 0 3
(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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AEX ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 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) ECX ECUADOR 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) HNX HONDURAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 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
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 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)   -- Subtotal -- 13 24 21 26 29 13 24 29 22 24 30 49 84 90 115 94 77 96 95 93 97 137 143 150 143 152 183 200 170 165 138 125 117 127 128 135 126 147 141 147 115 88 4122
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 81 117 96 137 158 113 112 126 86 110 117 159 235 208 265 285 185 217 200 223 245 264 296 298 302 297 333 331 263 271 241 199 203 229 265 224 231 229 215 208 166 127 8667


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