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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

NEVADA

( 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
463 Amusement Devices: Games 101 111 129 112 216 669
273 Amusement Devices: Games 30 23 28 22 21 124
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 5 5 11 10 17 48
340 Communications: Electrical 11 7 10 5 11 44
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 8 5 4 9 30
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 6 2 5 11 28
073 Measuring and Testing 6 7 4 4 2 23
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 6 8 3 2 22
362 Illumination 8 5 1 3 5 22
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 5 3 6 2 4 20
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 5 3 6 4 19
280 Land Vehicles 4 8 2 2 3 19
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 4 3 6 5 19
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 5 2 5 3 18
219 Electric Heating 3 7 4 0 4 18
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 2 5 2 8 18
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 6 4 2 2 3 17
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 2 6 3 2 16
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 3 1 4 4 16
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 4 4 2 2 3 15
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 4 2 3 1 5 15
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 6 1 2 3 14
382 Image Analysis 2 2 2 4 4 14
455 Telecommunications 1 5 4 2 2 14
084 Music 2 1 3 1 6 13
726 Information Security 1 1 2 2 7 13
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 3 2 2 3 12
250 Radiant Energy 2 1 3 2 3 11
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 1 2 1 4 11
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 6 2 0 0 3 11
005 Beds 1 3 5 1 0 10
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 3 0 5 2 10
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 3 1 1 2 3 10
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 3 2 2 10
370 Multiplex Communications 1 2 1 4 2 10
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 3 1 3 2 10
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 2 6 10
081 Tools 0 5 2 0 2 9
380 Cryptography 2 1 0 3 3 9
433 Dentistry 2 1 2 0 4 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 6 9
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 2 1 2 9
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 1 3 0 1 9
002 Apparel 3 2 0 0 3 8
029 Metal Working 2 1 0 0 5 8
060 Power Plants 2 2 0 2 2 8
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 2 1 3 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 4 0 2 8
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 3 4 1 0 0 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 4 0 1 1 2 8
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 2 3 2 8
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 3 2 0 3 8
482 Exercise Devices 3 0 1 2 2 8
220 Receptacles 3 1 0 1 2 7
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 1 2 0 0 7
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 0 1 3 7
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 5 1 1 7
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 2 1 2 7
385 Optical Waveguides 3 2 1 1 0 7
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 2 3 0 0 7
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 4 2 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 1 1 1 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 3 2 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 1 1 1 2 6
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 1 0 1 6
137 Fluid Handling 1 2 1 1 1 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 2 1 1 0 6
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 3 2 0 1 0 6
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 2 0 2 2 6
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 3 0 2 6
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 1 2 1 1 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 0 1 0 2 6
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 1 0 1 2 6
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 1 2 2 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 1 0 2 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 1 0 1 5
062 Refrigeration 1 1 1 1 1 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 2 1 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 1 2 0 5
188 Brakes 2 0 2 1 0 5
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 4 0 0 0 1 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 2 0 1 1 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 2 0 2 5
348 Television 0 0 0 4 1 5
379 Telephonic Communications 0 2 1 0 2 5
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 1 3 0 5
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 2 1 1 1 5
439 Electrical Connectors 2 0 1 1 1 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 2 1 0 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 1 1 0 0 4
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 0 1 0 4
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 2 0 0 1 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 1 0 1 1 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 0 2 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 1 1 1 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 3 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 2 0 1 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 1 2 4
414 Material or Article Handling 2 1 1 0 0 4
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 2 1 0 1 4
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 0 2 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 2 4
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 3 4
042 Firearms 1 1 0 0 1 3
053 Package Making 1 0 0 0 2 3
070 Locks 1 0 0 0 2 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 1 0 1 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 2 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 1 0 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 0 0 1 0 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 2 1 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 2 0 3
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 0 0 1 3
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 1 1 0 3
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 2 1 3
252 Compositions 0 2 0 0 1 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 1 0 1 0 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 1 0 1 0 3
338 Electrical Resistors 1 2 0 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 0 1 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 1 1 3
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 0 1 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 1 2 0 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 3 0 0 0 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 1 1 3
431 Combustion 1 2 0 0 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 1 0 3
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 3
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 2 1 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 0 0 1 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 1 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 1 1 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 0 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
055 Gas Separation 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 0 1 1 2
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 1 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 0 0 1 2
132 Toilet 0 1 1 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 1 2
181 Acoustics 1 1 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 2 2
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 2 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 2 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 1 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 0 1 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 2 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 1 1 0 2
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 2 0 0 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 1 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 1 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 0 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 1 0 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 1 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 1 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 1 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 1 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 0 1 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
850 Scanning-Probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-Probe Techniques, e.g., Scanning Probe Microscopy [Spm] 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 386 367 375 338 540 2006

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