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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 1963 - 2011 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 281, Books, Strips, and Leaves

( 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 2009 2010 2011 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 6 3 6 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 1 2 4 3 5 2 6 8 4 6 7 4 5 8 10 8 13 9 7 7 3 4 1 0 2 2 2 5 4 188
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 9 4 14 2 4 2 1 4 1 0 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 2 7 5 1 3 5 5 2 4 5 5 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 0 5 1 3 1 3 0 2 2 138
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 2 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 2 3 4 5 7 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 94
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 1 7 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 64
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 4 4 3 2 4 6 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 58
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 41
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 29
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 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 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 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 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 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 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13
(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 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(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 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 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 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 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 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 3 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) OR OREGON 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 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 8
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(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 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 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 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 1 2 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 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 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 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.) NE NEBRASKA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 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 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.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 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 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 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
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 21 19 38 23 16 6 8 9 12 6 17 14 12 17 5 11 14 6 15 7 13 21 23 34 33 22 34 34 33 35 44 31 36 24 37 37 48 40 36 23 10 19 14 9 4 11 8 23 9 1021
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 5 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 40
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 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 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 4 6 3 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 38
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 31
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 28
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(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 1 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 3
(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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(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 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) LBX LEBANON 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 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SUX U.S.S.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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 1 1 4 1 4 3 6 1 5 9 4 8 14 14 9 7 11 5 9 13 9 14 23 14 12 11 9 5 2 6 4 2 2 5 2 274
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 22 21 38 28 20 8 8 9 13 9 19 19 12 17 6 12 18 7 19 10 19 22 28 43 37 30 48 48 42 42 55 36 45 37 46 51 71 54 48 34 19 24 16 15 8 13 10 28 11 1295


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