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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 602, Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage

( 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 2 6 8 6 5 11 4 8 7 7 15 9 10 5 5 8 4 11 6 11 11 23 27 16 20 13 15 17 17 22 23 27 10 17 36 23 23 25 20 18 23 579
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 0 4 2 3 1 5 3 2 2 3 0 3 2 8 3 9 5 10 8 15 6 5 11 9 11 13 19 12 12 7 7 10 10 234
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 9 2 4 3 7 5 3 5 8 6 8 11 5 3 8 6 7 4 8 2 6 5 5 4 2 2 5 3 4 6 5 8 5 10 6 7 5 11 5 3 6 3 230
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 1 5 3 4 6 5 8 9 4 7 4 9 10 5 9 13 17 20 15 19 6 204
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 0 5 7 5 2 2 6 2 2 1 7 7 5 2 0 7 5 4 5 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 3 6 3 4 4 9 9 5 8 7 5 9 7 4 4 198
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 3 3 3 6 1 5 10 4 4 4 7 4 0 4 1 2 6 2 5 3 3 5 6 2 3 4 5 5 4 0 5 8 1 2 5 8 6 1 6 7 11 179
(U.S.) OH OHIO 2 3 2 1 6 3 2 1 6 2 1 5 1 4 3 3 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 5 1 2 6 8 7 6 3 0 11 6 3 4 10 7 3 7 4 5 158
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 8 4 3 5 4 4 6 4 7 4 2 13 0 4 6 12 9 11 4 5 1 144
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 2 0 0 0 5 3 2 1 4 1 5 3 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 4 5 5 2 6 4 4 4 3 10 4 6 6 4 4 2 6 1 6 131
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 2 5 2 3 4 0 4 5 0 3 1 1 6 2 5 6 3 7 3 3 3 2 1 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 5 6 1 125
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 5 7 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 5 4 3 0 5 1 2 10 7 12 4 6 6 6 120
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 3 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 1 4 3 6 5 3 5 2 10 2 7 2 3 2 2 107
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 6 6 3 4 0 3 3 7 2 3 4 1 4 2 67
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 3 1 6 3 62
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 6 4 0 2 1 61
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 5 1 1 1 5 3 4 1 3 6 5 1 2 3 2 59
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 4 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 0 6 2 57
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 5 4 54
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 2 5 1 3 2 0 4 1 3 3 52
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 5 6 1 0 2 5 1 0 3 2 0 50
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 6 3 0 2 4 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 49
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 2 3 1 3 44
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 2 5 2 1 0 5 1 42
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 4 1 4 0 0 42
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 4 6 1 2 1 0 38
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 34
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 34
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 33
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 31
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 25
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 24
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 20
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 18
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 18
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 12
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 9
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 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 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 42 28 39 41 56 41 40 55 59 53 54 75 63 53 42 35 52 49 61 40 59 64 81 91 88 83 88 100 135 106 94 106 151 111 109 184 167 168 125 119 140 115 3462
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 7 3 3 7 6 5 8 5 4 5 4 8 3 5 7 5 3 4 8 6 14 12 10 11 8 185
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 6 2 3 2 1 2 0 4 1 5 4 3 7 8 6 10 9 1 2 2 8 6 4 18 15 6 8 3 6 6 168
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 5 2 3 2 3 1 2 5 8 5 3 8 5 7 12 3 4 7 99
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 2 2 0 5 3 4 6 5 3 6 3 4 6 2 89
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 0 7 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 4 1 61
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 38
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 28
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 21
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 17
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 15
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 12
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 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 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 11
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 1 3 1 0 2 1 11
(Foreign) KRX SOUTH KOREA 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 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 8
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 2 2 1 1 0 0 8
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) CNX CHINA P.REP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) CUX CUBA 0 0 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) 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 1 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 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
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 3 1 4 3 6 3 7 8 5 7 12 9 16 11 12 8 5 17 14 18 12 17 17 16 27 23 25 26 32 19 17 23 33 22 30 50 45 55 57 34 44 34 827
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 45 29 43 44 62 44 47 63 64 60 66 84 79 64 54 43 57 66 75 58 71 81 98 107 115 106 113 126 167 125 111 129 184 133 139 234 212 223 182 153 184 149 4289


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