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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 049, Movable or Removable Closures

( 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.) MI MICHIGAN 18 26 25 19 20 34 21 11 15 19 12 12 11 12 10 13 9 9 15 10 10 3 9 11 10 14 21 13 26 22 17 19 11 23 14 16 26 34 22 16 18 15 691
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 16 10 17 21 19 21 23 10 13 12 24 12 15 6 12 13 5 11 13 8 4 7 4 18 10 7 20 10 11 10 7 14 10 12 6 13 13 7 10 9 4 9 496
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 19 20 17 20 12 21 15 5 9 8 11 14 12 12 7 10 5 7 10 3 7 6 8 8 11 5 14 7 6 3 7 9 8 8 9 5 8 7 4 5 7 7 396
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 9 15 11 8 14 16 16 11 6 10 9 15 4 5 5 2 4 5 8 4 5 9 6 10 4 6 11 9 10 7 7 7 5 10 6 4 7 4 6 5 3 4 322
(U.S.) OH OHIO 16 13 15 18 12 20 19 11 9 14 8 7 4 2 2 4 0 4 4 9 5 3 3 3 7 2 6 10 10 5 4 4 9 3 5 7 5 5 4 2 2 3 298
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 7 7 3 8 5 11 6 8 9 5 11 5 4 3 7 4 10 4 6 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 4 7 8 6 7 3 4 1 6 4 3 2 1 7 4 221
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 5 12 10 5 7 6 13 2 6 5 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 6 1 1 4 3 5 4 8 3 7 7 3 6 3 8 7 7 2 5 3 3 5 4 4 7 205
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 1 4 2 4 0 10 10 5 5 7 1 7 1 3 2 1 5 3 1 5 4 7 9 7 10 7 3 6 1 6 3 2 5 4 2 5 8 7 6 0 7 187
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 2 6 5 6 4 9 1 3 2 9 7 8 5 3 4 4 4 7 2 1 8 2 2 2 0 1 2 6 2 4 5 8 6 7 8 6 8 4 0 2 2 180
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 8 2 6 5 5 3 2 2 3 0 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 6 5 3 4 2 1 5 4 2 4 6 5 5 5 3 3 7 1 2 4 4 141
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 2 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 0 3 4 1 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 5 3 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 113
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 4 2 2 7 3 11 8 2 3 1 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 5 1 2 1 0 2 3 1 4 8 4 102
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 9 3 5 2 4 5 7 3 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 101
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 2 3 2 4 6 2 3 3 2 2 3 0 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 90
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 2 0 2 3 1 5 1 2 1 0 4 0 3 4 7 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 67
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 3 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 4 3 0 1 66
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 4 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 60
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 6 0 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 52
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 3 3 2 52
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 2 50
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 47
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 47
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 42
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 38
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 37
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 35
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 32
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 27
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 26
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 25
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 4 25
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 19
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 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 1 8
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 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 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 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 4
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.) VI VIRGIN (U.S.) ISLANDS 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 142 142 157 153 154 173 183 102 107 113 107 121 99 71 81 90 56 88 101 62 78 85 80 104 100 79 121 98 123 92 100 105 100 120 92 92 110 128 100 89 79 98 4475
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 7 9 11 18 13 28 42 14 25 32 29 26 19 18 12 13 11 34 19 32 21 33 24 21 580
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 8 4 10 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 11 10 18 4 6 10 1 12 9 8 11 18 14 21 18 6 18 12 15 9 12 7 16 14 14 15 18 23 24 22 22 13 508
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 3 5 3 4 9 5 8 10 2 5 7 7 2 4 3 6 3 2 3 4 4 8 8 3 9 5 10 13 6 7 5 11 5 4 9 6 12 12 17 13 7 17 286
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3 0 2 4 6 8 8 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 1 4 5 4 3 3 1 6 4 4 4 5 6 11 13 5 5 4 12 6 0 4 1 8 10 6 14 9 228
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 2 1 8 2 3 9 7 5 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 1 5 2 4 3 5 3 5 3 1 6 5 6 0 2 4 4 4 3 7 2 5 160
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 5 4 0 4 3 8 3 3 4 2 2 0 1 5 6 3 0 1 4 94
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 54
(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 3 0 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 7 2 5 1 4 2 2 1 6 50
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 45
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 44
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 0 42
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 40
(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 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 5 0 3 6 5 30
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 26
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 16
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 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 12
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 5
(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 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 4
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 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 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 3
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) IRX IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 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 0 1
(Foreign) NFX NORFOLK ISLAND 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) PEX PERU 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 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 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 20 19 25 24 34 50 48 36 31 39 43 43 46 36 33 41 25 38 39 32 37 72 52 78 92 42 73 88 81 56 65 60 74 56 47 84 71 108 94 102 90 90 2314
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 162 161 182 177 188 223 231 138 138 152 150 164 145 107 114 131 81 126 140 94 115 157 132 182 192 121 194 186 204 148 165 165 174 176 139 176 181 236 194 191 169 188 6789


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