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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 028, Textiles: Manufacturing

( 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.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 6 7 10 10 13 10 16 3 10 10 5 16 10 4 8 8 4 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 4 6 3 10 8 2 2 4 4 5 1 2 5 1 4 6 6 6 3 6 6 3 258
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 8 2 6 8 4 4 5 5 4 8 3 4 9 4 5 4 0 4 2 4 3 0 5 0 4 2 6 4 5 3 4 8 10 2 5 3 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 9 3 0 184
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 7 6 6 12 11 5 11 7 5 6 2 8 3 6 6 8 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 4 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 145
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 3 2 5 4 12 14 9 11 3 4 6 7 11 7 5 2 1 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 129
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 1 1 3 7 5 4 2 2 4 7 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 75
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 3 2 7 8 9 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 69
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 1 1 3 3 6 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 60
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 2 1 6 5 1 1 0 2 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 5 1 58
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 3 1 54
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 7 2 2 5 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 43
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 4 7 5 1 4 2 3 0 2 1 1 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 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 38
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 32
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 30
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 5 3 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 29
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 1 1 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 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 23
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 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 10
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 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 6
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 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 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 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 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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
(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 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
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 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.) MT MONTANA 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 0 1
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 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 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 58 44 53 77 74 68 82 52 58 47 54 72 59 43 49 53 19 22 17 18 13 11 16 9 14 14 18 33 28 15 16 19 22 16 12 12 17 20 14 20 22 17 8 23 18 9 1455
 
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 5 3 5 6 10 10 9 13 10 9 16 10 8 9 12 4 3 10 3 4 4 10 8 7 6 12 12 11 7 5 11 12 2 9 4 6 11 7 6 2 3 1 9 9 14 350
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 2 0 2 4 3 8 9 7 5 7 12 9 7 5 7 4 2 3 3 4 7 6 3 5 4 6 7 14 3 11 6 11 7 5 5 4 2 5 2 6 2 3 2 2 2 1 234
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 2 7 1 5 3 4 10 0 2 2 0 2 5 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 7 3 1 2 4 7 6 7 4 13 10 5 8 6 2 11 7 6 7 3 2 2 5 5 195
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 9 10 8 14 8 16 4 9 9 7 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 144
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 6 7 6 5 3 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 5 2 7 5 4 0 2 6 5 2 2 6 4 3 5 2 4 5 136
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 6 0 1 1 7 2 2 6 0 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 0 68
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 46
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 5 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 35
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 15
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 10
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 2 0 2 0 0 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 0 1 9
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 7
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(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 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 3
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 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 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 18 31 23 30 38 40 58 32 44 42 41 45 39 26 28 23 13 13 18 14 18 12 28 16 22 18 24 43 31 38 23 45 38 22 35 27 28 34 30 31 22 29 15 22 24 29 1320
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 76 75 76 107 112 108 140 84 102 89 95 117 98 69 77 76 32 35 35 32 31 23 44 25 36 32 42 76 59 53 39 64 60 38 47 39 45 54 44 51 44 46 23 45 42 38 2775



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