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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1963 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed 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 227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a 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 either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
(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 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 2 6 4 8 3 0 11 7 8 4 5 5 6 1 4 1 2 2 5 9 6 7 14 14 9 8 8 13 11 6 19 27 20 12 15 13 7 5 2 1 5 5 11 21 15 368
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 7 9 9 14 3 5 4 10 15 10 9 11 8 1 3 2 3 4 6 3 7 4 2 6 4 3 3 3 5 8 12 4 2 4 6 7 12 13 9 1 16 20 10 19 12 9 337
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 2 9 7 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 6 11 4 4 4 1 0 1 6 7 6 11 10 7 6 3 5 5 11 10 19 22 13 10 1 2 2 3 4 5 19 6 27 287
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 7 11 14 9 6 4 8 11 7 8 8 2 5 6 3 1 0 6 4 8 9 6 5 15 9 1 5 5 3 5 5 1 6 8 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 233
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 5 2 4 7 5 3 0 6 11 5 10 3 6 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 2 5 3 5 5 6 6 5 3 4 1 1 14 7 6 9 4 2 2 4 3 3 1 4 8 4 200
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 7 7 9 10 1 3 1 5 4 1 6 1 4 5 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 6 0 0 3 3 5 4 3 2 2 6 8 6 12 7 1 1 2 171
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 5 3 6 3 1 0 7 8 5 8 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 4 4 1 4 0 1 92
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 4 0 4 1 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 1 3 4 3 5 3 3 6 0 3 2 1 1 2 83
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 3 1 4 5 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 5 1 9 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 80
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 0 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 66
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 6 4 44
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 5 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 44
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 41
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 40
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 35
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 35
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 34
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 30
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 30
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 2 28
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 24
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 21
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 2 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 6
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(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 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 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 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 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
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 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 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 45 50 67 78 42 31 31 73 75 55 73 51 42 48 45 29 25 42 30 34 46 62 49 78 70 43 61 46 51 52 37 61 70 76 75 68 68 52 50 42 49 71 52 82 72 78 2527
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 3 1 4 1 6 2 3 5 12 13 17 9 20 13 7 15 9 17 4 8 7 16 19 13 11 10 7 25 26 22 26 25 21 414
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 2 4 2 2 0 3 9 15 21 12 23 18 17 25 20 36 31 23 22 303
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 2 1 4 4 3 3 4 6 7 4 6 1 2 3 1 0 2 7 6 6 4 6 13 12 7 4 6 2 5 6 8 3 1 5 1 5 7 10 5 3 4 6 4 3 1 2 205
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 2 3 8 3 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 8 9 0 3 86
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 2 3 5 3 1 0 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 5 6 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 81
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 4 0 1 69
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 10 1 0 2 5 0 7 2 6 65
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 62
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 47
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 1 3 0 4 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 46
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 45
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 27
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 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 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 17
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(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 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 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 0 2 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 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 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(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 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) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 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 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 19 9 15 19 13 9 17 22 43 17 14 18 21 21 12 26 11 31 19 21 27 24 42 50 29 40 44 23 39 28 33 16 21 30 48 58 42 69 44 41 71 77 80 93 58 64 1568
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 64 59 82 97 55 40 48 95 118 72 87 69 63 69 57 55 36 73 49 55 73 86 91 128 99 83 105 69 90 80 70 77 91 106 123 126 110 121 94 83 120 148 132 175 130 142 4095



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