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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

NORTH DAKOTA

( 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
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 8 3 6 5 7 29
414 Material or Article Handling 2 5 7 5 5 24
037 Excavating 2 0 0 5 14 21
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 5 6 2 3 1 17
180 Motor Vehicles 1 4 0 6 5 16
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 3 5 3 14
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 2 1 2 3 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 5 0 0 2 9
172 Earth Working 3 2 1 0 2 8
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 2 2 3 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 1 1 2 7
219 Electric Heating 3 1 2 1 0 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 3 0 3 7
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 4 1 6
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 2 1 1 2 6
111 Planting 2 1 0 2 0 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 1 0 3 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 1 1 1 0 5
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 4 0 1 0 5
340 Communications: Electrical 2 0 1 0 2 5
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 1 2 1 5
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 4 1 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 3 2 5
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 3 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 2 2 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 4 4
250 Radiant Energy 1 2 0 1 0 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 3 0 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 1 4
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 1 1 2 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 2 0 0 4
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 1 1 1 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 2 1 0 1 4
005 Beds 0 1 0 2 0 3
042 Firearms 0 1 2 0 0 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 2 1 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 2 0 0 3
417 Pumps 0 1 0 0 2 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 1 2 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 2 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 3 0 0 0 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 2 0 0 0 3
002 Apparel 1 1 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 1 2
029 Metal Working 0 1 1 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 1 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 1 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 1 1 0 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 1 0 0 1 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 2 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 1 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 2 0 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 0 0 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 2 2
252 Compositions 0 2 0 0 0 2
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 0 1 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 0 0 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 2 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 2 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 1 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 1 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 0 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 0 0 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 1 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 1 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 1 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 1 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 1 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 1 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 1 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 0 1 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 66 82 63 82 107 400

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