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

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2006 - 2010 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

ALABAMA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
Class Class Title 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 20 20 15 18 27 100
370 Multiplex Communications 12 7 11 12 10 52
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 6 7 9 15 43
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 41 41
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 7 6 10 11 7 41
379 Telephonic Communications 20 5 3 8 4 40
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 10 3 8 9 37
340 Communications: Electrical 9 5 7 6 8 35
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 7 4 2 2 11 26
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 4 8 5 6 25
073 Measuring and Testing 2 6 7 6 3 24
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 6 2 8 5 3 24
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 3 5 5 4 23
280 Land Vehicles 5 2 3 7 6 23
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 6 3 5 5 4 23
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 5 3 4 4 22
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 5 4 3 8 22
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 5 5 3 1 6 20
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 5 5 2 2 6 20
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 5 4 4 3 3 19
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 2 6 3 4 19
250 Radiant Energy 6 2 6 2 3 19
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 4 1 3 7 19
385 Optical Waveguides 2 2 2 5 6 17
439 Electrical Connectors 4 6 2 4 1 17
455 Telecommunications 3 2 4 3 4 16
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 2 2 2 7 16
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 7 3 1 2 15
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 2 5 1 6 15
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 3 3 2 4 15
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 4 4 3 4 15
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 1 5 1 5 14
382 Image Analysis 4 0 2 4 4 14
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 6 1 1 5 14
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 1 0 4 7 14
726 Information Security 3 0 5 0 6 14
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 4 4 0 3 13
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 6 0 0 4 3 13
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 4 3 2 3 13
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 2 1 5 5 13
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 5 1 1 2 3 12
362 Illumination 2 1 1 1 7 12
005 Beds 3 0 3 4 1 11
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 2 1 4 2 11
029 Metal Working 1 6 0 2 2 11
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 4 2 3 1 1 11
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 1 3 2 3 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 0 2 3 2 11
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 3 2 3 1 11
002 Apparel 1 1 2 1 5 10
060 Power Plants 2 3 1 3 1 10
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 3 2 1 2 9
062 Refrigeration 3 2 1 2 1 9
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 3 3 1 1 9
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 5 4 0 0 0 9
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 6 1 0 2 0 9
297 Chairs and Seats 0 2 3 3 1 9
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 4 2 2 0 1 9
348 Television 1 1 2 2 3 9
414 Material or Article Handling 6 1 1 0 1 9
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 1 1 2 1 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 4 2 0 0 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 4 1 1 0 8
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 1 1 3 1 8
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 2 1 2 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 2 0 2 3 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 2 1 0 4 7
482 Exercise Devices 2 2 0 1 2 7
089 Ordnance 1 2 2 0 1 6
137 Fluid Handling 3 2 0 0 1 6
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 0 0 1 3 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 1 1 2 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 0 3 0 6
219 Electric Heating 4 1 1 0 0 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 1 0 2 0 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 1 0 3 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 0 1 3 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 1 2 2 6
399 Electrophotography 2 3 1 0 0 6
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 4 1 6
030 Cutlery 1 2 0 1 1 5
055 Gas Separation 0 0 2 1 2 5
114 Ships 0 1 3 0 1 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 0 2 1 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 0 1 2 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 0 1 1 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 4 0 0 5
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 1 1 1 5
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 3 1 1 0 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 1 0 1 1 5
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 4 0 0 0 5
427 Coating Processes 0 1 1 2 1 5
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 2 2 5
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 1 1 2 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 2 2 0 1 5
042 Firearms 1 1 0 0 2 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 0 3 4
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 1 0 1 4
144 Woodworking 2 0 1 0 1 4
164 Metal Founding 1 1 0 1 1 4
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 2 0 1 4
188 Brakes 2 0 0 2 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 3 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 3 4
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 0 1 1 0 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 3 1 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 4 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 4 0 0 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 1 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 1 1 3
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 2 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 2 0 3
081 Tools 2 0 0 1 0 3
084 Music 0 1 0 0 2 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 3 3
112 Sewing 1 0 0 1 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 1 0 1 3
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 1 2 3
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 2 0 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 1 0 0 0 3
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 1 1 3
256 Fences 1 0 1 1 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 1 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 2 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 2 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 2 0 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 1 0 1 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 2 0 1 3
451 Abrading 0 1 0 1 1 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 0 0 0 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 1 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 3 0 0 0 0 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 3 0 3
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 1 1 3
014 Bridges 1 0 0 0 1 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 0 1 0 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 1 1 0 2
083 Cutting 0 2 0 0 0 2
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 2 2
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 2 2
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 1 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 2 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 1 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 0 0 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 2 0 0 2
157 Wheelwright Machines 1 0 1 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 0 0 1 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 1 0 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 0 2 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 1 2
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 1 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 2 0 2
234 Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching) 1 0 1 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 1 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 1 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 2 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 1 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 2 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 1 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 0 0 0 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 0 1 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
398 Optical Communications 0 1 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 1 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 0 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 1 2
452 Butchering 2 0 0 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 1 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 1 1 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 1 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 1 1 0 2
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 1 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 0 1 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 1 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 1 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 0 0 1
252 Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 1 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 1 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 1 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 0 1 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 0 1 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 1 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 357 300 279 304 444 1684

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