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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 442, Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.)

( 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.) NJ NEW JERSEY 14 6 8 5 9 14 16 9 14 14 7 4 10 15 7 8 7 8 3 2 8 8 7 8 7 7 9 9 5 6 8 4 3 3 3 6 3 6 3 5 3 4 0 4 2 1 312
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 5 3 14 8 3 4 12 7 12 17 23 29 24 23 7 9 19 22 15 3 6 8 292
(U.S.) OH OHIO 3 2 4 3 1 4 8 6 5 11 1 4 5 8 6 6 1 3 6 7 6 7 8 4 5 3 4 4 3 6 11 9 14 5 8 17 12 12 10 4 6 8 4 3 5 9 281
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 7 4 6 12 8 5 6 11 7 13 7 2 9 6 7 5 4 5 8 7 1 9 6 7 5 6 7 6 1 3 7 5 4 5 6 7 4 9 6 4 6 8 4 0 2 3 270
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 3 7 3 1 5 1 0 2 2 4 3 4 4 5 8 4 3 6 6 11 6 9 4 10 11 9 8 9 13 4 17 11 14 13 5 8 6 8 256
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 6 2 2 4 7 6 5 5 2 7 9 5 5 3 5 5 2 7 8 10 3 8 4 4 7 8 12 9 1 4 7 4 5 7 3 1 7 4 5 2 5 3 0 3 4 3 228
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 5 0 7 6 2 8 5 5 4 6 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 6 1 6 4 3 2 5 1 4 4 7 2 4 4 7 3 7 11 7 4 8 2 6 11 8 9 5 10 220
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 3 2 5 6 6 2 5 6 18 8 4 4 4 3 5 7 0 4 4 2 1 2 2 6 5 3 5 4 2 3 4 8 3 7 2 4 5 0 2 3 4 9 2 2 3 2 191
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 4 8 3 2 5 2 1 4 4 3 5 7 4 4 4 3 3 6 4 4 5 3 9 6 7 6 9 4 10 7 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 4 179
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 2 1 1 2 1 5 2 5 2 3 3 5 4 3 2 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 5 3 3 8 10 4 6 7 12 6 11 6 4 5 1 4 3 2 2 168
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 4 4 0 4 7 8 6 2 10 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 4 2 4 2 3 6 3 8 7 2 4 8 6 5 6 4 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 157
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 0 3 5 9 7 5 3 3 6 3 1 1 3 2 4 2 3 5 2 4 8 0 2 2 2 5 1 1 3 2 1 1 5 4 3 0 8 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 138
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 7 6 2 2 6 4 3 5 3 2 4 4 11 8 4 4 7 8 5 8 4 133
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 1 4 5 1 3 3 1 10 1 5 9 4 3 6 8 5 114
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 3 4 9 9 8 2 1 4 4 1 0 4 4 3 5 2 4 1 2 0 1 5 100
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 2 0 2 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 8 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 92
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 3 2 5 5 3 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 1 4 87
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 5 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 4 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 4 6 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 85
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 47
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 42
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 2 3 5 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 41
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 1 1 2 0 5 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 36
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 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 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 33
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 27
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 24
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 22
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 17
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 17
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
(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 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) UT UTAH 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 4
(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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 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 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 59 40 37 65 75 69 88 74 95 115 63 46 63 61 58 68 41 54 68 65 60 83 69 74 69 70 123 99 70 81 108 108 115 103 114 144 141 135 105 69 118 121 72 61 70 80 3766
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 12 11 5 4 7 9 10 8 7 11 15 12 9 19 26 18 24 27 29 24 20 33 35 33 31 25 31 30 32 44 29 17 22 34 12 13 14 20 768
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 0 2 3 5 3 3 3 9 6 12 5 6 11 13 4 3 6 13 8 9 5 12 7 12 10 10 10 4 9 5 10 9 12 9 15 18 15 14 15 13 9 12 7 7 5 8 386
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 2 2 7 5 6 5 3 4 2 6 4 3 4 6 0 5 8 4 6 5 9 3 5 6 5 3 2 1 6 4 1 6 5 4 3 7 3 3 6 6 0 2 2 1 180
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 4 1 4 3 2 7 8 4 0 7 4 3 7 7 4 6 5 6 4 4 2 4 7 8 3 6 1 2 4 2 1 2 8 158
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 3 2 3 5 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 6 3 3 74
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 3 0 2 4 1 3 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 2 3 3 61
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 6 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 47
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 44
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 3 2 1 39
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 32
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
(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 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 14
(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 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
(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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 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 4
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 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 2
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 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 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 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
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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)   -- Subtotal -- 4 4 9 11 14 10 15 25 29 38 19 24 26 34 27 31 22 42 47 41 26 46 60 50 48 56 66 41 47 57 66 59 60 61 64 72 81 86 64 46 51 77 32 39 38 47 1912
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 63 44 46 76 89 79 103 99 124 153 82 70 89 95 85 99 63 96 115 106 86 129 129 124 117 126 189 140 117 138 174 167 175 164 178 216 222 221 169 115 169 198 104 100 108 127 5678



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