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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 474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 5 3 3 2 2 4 9 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 10 5 4 2 4 2 2 5 4 6 3 8 5 6 11 10 17 8 15 7 16 18 14 14 12 9 13 4 286
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 2 5 7 4 6 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 3 3 4 8 8 10 9 6 3 4 11 13 15 8 2 11 16 3 9 13 12 9 252
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 3 1 7 2 9 13 6 3 6 8 4 4 8 22 15 16 8 9 13 12 4 5 4 5 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 4 222
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 10 7 8 3 8 7 4 12 6 7 9 9 9 6 2 1 4 3 3 2 1 11 6 6 5 4 4 4 6 2 7 4 1 4 0 2 5 6 3 1 3 210
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 12 5 5 8 4 6 4 2 5 4 9 13 5 3 5 4 4 2 3 3 1 2 5 1 6 4 6 5 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 0 10 3 4 2 2 191
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 9 5 7 1 6 2 4 0 5 7 4 6 5 6 1 3 5 9 5 8 5 6 2 3 2 0 2 4 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 157
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 1 5 3 0 7 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 7 3 3 1 0 3 0 4 3 2 3 0 99
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 6 3 1 3 7 2 2 8 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 94
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 3 4 3 1 2 1 1 6 0 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 3 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 9 3 85
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 2 7 4 2 2 1 5 4 6 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 78
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 56
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 0 4 5 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 52
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 5 3 3 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 47
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 4 3 45
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 3 4 3 3 1 0 1 4 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 44
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 43
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 37
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 35
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 33
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 29
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 21
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 10
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 1 0 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 1 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 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 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 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 1 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 5
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 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
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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.) ME MAINE 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 0 1
(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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 52 66 54 56 39 59 52 46 67 46 69 71 54 74 75 48 31 38 41 35 32 38 77 66 65 55 74 66 71 53 80 79 69 44 50 58 44 61 47 52 54 38 2346
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 1 1 2 6 4 4 8 7 5 11 4 8 12 8 3 19 23 13 9 29 62 59 61 65 68 69 53 41 65 33 42 33 39 38 45 73 42 78 60 55 1258
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 15 4 6 2 5 9 10 7 8 7 5 9 7 2 5 3 4 6 6 8 3 9 16 12 11 16 18 18 15 11 11 11 15 6 17 22 21 18 24 30 27 8 467
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 5 6 1 1 5 0 2 1 3 4 5 4 4 6 1 5 6 3 4 4 7 10 8 9 7 10 10 3 7 5 2 4 1 1 1 2 6 1 2 4 6 178
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 6 3 3 7 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 6 3 5 5 3 6 4 4 5 1 7 4 6 6 5 2 135
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 5 3 9 9 3 12 2 4 3 6 1 2 3 3 4 6 6 4 3 10 5 124
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 6 8 5 4 7 4 2 3 5 4 4 3 3 5 8 106
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 3 3 2 7 3 5 4 4 1 3 5 1 7 6 7 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 94
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 4 5 9 8 8 5 9 5 5 3 6 2 2 84
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 27
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 25
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19
(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 1 0 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 15
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 10
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
(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 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 9
(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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(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 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 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 1 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 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
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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 -- 24 15 18 18 14 31 22 21 29 28 28 35 27 31 38 23 18 36 40 33 27 61 107 101 108 106 127 120 99 81 106 84 87 59 79 90 94 123 89 141 117 92 2627
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 76 81 72 74 53 90 74 67 96 74 97 106 81 105 113 71 49 74 81 68 59 99 184 167 173 161 201 186 170 134 186 163 156 103 129 148 138 184 136 193 171 130 4973


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