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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 271, Sheet Feeding or Delivering

( 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.) NY NEW YORK 16 20 21 40 11 21 15 22 34 21 20 30 26 34 32 26 17 26 15 20 9 23 17 27 24 16 31 23 57 53 44 43 26 16 25 19 29 21 25 18 33 10 14 9 10 14 1103
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 4 7 8 6 2 3 4 2 9 5 1 4 7 8 7 6 4 8 3 5 9 5 8 5 8 10 4 18 8 23 19 13 21 20 12 4 14 10 16 13 19 18 7 4 2 6 399
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 14 6 14 16 16 11 9 10 24 10 10 15 12 9 8 3 8 3 3 3 5 9 8 5 9 5 7 10 10 13 19 15 2 5 4 4 3 7 3 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 362
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 10 2 12 9 5 10 4 5 12 7 7 6 8 11 12 6 3 7 2 6 2 6 6 13 3 4 6 5 4 4 8 10 6 15 7 10 11 13 10 3 8 4 2 8 5 8 325
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 8 5 5 7 8 7 6 9 14 13 16 13 14 7 2 4 5 3 2 4 5 5 3 6 4 6 6 9 7 5 1 4 3 5 3 2 5 4 5 5 4 5 2 2 4 266
(U.S.) OH OHIO 9 6 10 8 11 11 5 4 13 6 8 8 10 6 2 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 6 2 5 2 5 7 4 2 5 0 1 4 4 1 4 2 9 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 219
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 13 8 3 4 4 6 5 2 9 8 5 2 1 6 4 2 2 2 6 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 2 1 4 5 5 2 3 5 7 8 6 2 2 1 4 0 170
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 6 10 14 3 7 6 8 10 3 9 1 4 5 9 2 0 2 3 3 2 2 6 2 6 6 2 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 2 4 4 6 8 17 10 10 4 4 7 6 1 2 6 1 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 5 3 4 4 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 146
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 0 6 7 1 6 7 13 3 9 4 3 4 3 0 3 1 3 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 3 6 3 4 2 5 3 2 2 136
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 6 9 4 0 3 2 6 2 4 6 7 3 5 6 5 2 5 7 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 127
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 0 2 5 4 1 3 4 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 5 1 4 2 2 1 2 10 4 4 3 2 4 1 3 116
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 11 7 6 2 6 5 5 4 12 13 105
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 6 2 3 2 4 4 4 9 8 4 14 5 5 1 3 1 95
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 1 4 5 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 3 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 5 2 0 1 2 4 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 3 0 3 2 86
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 3 5 1 0 3 3 1 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 74
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 7 10 4 5 3 4 8 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 68
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 2 2 3 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 67
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 5 4 5 5 7 5 2 3 59
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 2 43
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 36
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 33
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 22
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 0 6 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 15
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 5
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 4
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 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 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 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 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 86 83 122 145 91 128 96 102 169 109 119 109 114 130 117 65 64 75 65 72 55 86 83 88 85 66 85 99 129 138 133 110 86 94 95 63 105 97 127 90 123 78 67 63 57 70 4433
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 7 11 14 14 17 25 20 25 13 12 25 25 33 26 51 54 65 66 56 81 75 124 164 132 99 102 79 75 69 121 122 126 93 106 79 67 89 95 176 2641
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 11 10 22 14 14 10 12 15 24 31 20 13 20 33 22 23 21 21 28 22 14 22 23 29 42 26 24 20 42 39 36 39 39 29 32 32 37 39 52 41 63 44 25 24 29 31 1259
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 3 0 2 4 3 1 6 6 6 1 7 4 6 3 3 7 4 6 3 3 9 10 9 5 6 15 13 18 4 11 12 6 11 10 10 7 12 14 15 17 11 7 3 8 321
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 4 11 16 8 7 7 7 14 5 6 3 12 7 6 8 4 4 2 8 2 2 9 7 9 6 16 8 12 6 11 5 3 4 4 6 4 9 7 5 2 1 1 3 3 2 291
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 6 4 4 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 4 1 3 6 3 4 7 1 3 3 8 6 8 5 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 153
(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 1 0 3 5 6 3 2 0 4 3 14 18 12 3 9 7 11 13 9 18 141
(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 4 1 2 4 3 5 9 6 4 14 24 9 9 4 6 10 114
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 7 0 1 4 3 1 2 5 1 4 1 6 1 3 3 3 0 3 5 2 4 5 2 1 4 3 5 1 4 1 9 0 3 0 0 0 106
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 5 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 5 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 4 4 1 2 8 3 3 2 2 7 102
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 7 4 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 1 0 1 3 4 1 5 2 4 3 4 1 2 4 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 5 98
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 59
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 49
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 4 8 3 3 2 38
(Foreign) CSX CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 7 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 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 28
(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 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 4 2 4 1 24
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 19
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 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 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) IDX INDONESIA 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 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 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 22 19 47 44 36 35 31 39 84 75 65 45 75 82 75 58 51 71 67 88 59 93 110 131 147 112 148 130 213 243 217 177 174 134 146 138 218 222 231 199 255 173 151 152 158 268 5508
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 108 102 169 189 127 163 127 141 253 184 184 154 189 212 192 123 115 146 132 160 114 179 193 219 232 178 233 229 342 381 350 287 260 228 241 201 323 319 358 289 378 251 218 215 215 338 9941



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