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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 059, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making

( 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.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 3 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 6 1 0 2 67
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 0 1 4 5 1 3 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 66
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 5 3 0 3 40
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 34
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 27
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 17
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 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 6
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 2
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
(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 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.) AK ALASKA 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.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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
(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 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
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.) NE NEBRASKA 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.) NM NEW MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 9 16 19 11 19 17 14 15 14 12 14 15 11 9 12 18 10 9 12 4 8 8 6 5 5 4 10 5 2 5 13 9 6 5 10 10 9 9 11 11 8 10 16 12 8 8 473
 
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 3 3 0 2 1 3 2 7 4 3 7 6 6 1 6 9 3 1 5 1 1 3 5 5 2 3 1 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 12 6 7 5 2 4 6 7 177
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 2 3 1 3 5 0 2 6 6 2 4 3 6 4 2 7 7 12 108
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 3 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 42
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 38
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 35
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 25
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
(Foreign) HKX CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R. 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 15
(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 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(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 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 14
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 0 0 2
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) CLX CHILE 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 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 1 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 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) 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 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 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.R. 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
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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)   -- Subtotal -- 6 10 9 5 7 5 14 7 12 8 9 14 9 18 11 14 14 6 5 10 5 10 9 10 11 8 13 10 14 13 7 14 14 7 9 17 18 14 30 17 21 14 11 18 20 26 553
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 15 26 28 16 26 22 28 22 26 20 23 29 20 27 23 32 24 15 17 14 13 18 15 15 16 12 23 15 16 18 20 23 20 12 19 27 27 23 41 28 29 24 27 30 28 34 1026



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