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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 1963 - 2006 Utility Patent Grants,
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

INDIANA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 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 Total
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 52 63 75 68 75 52 72 76 49 112 63 82 106 114 103 86 59 69 69 59 53 55 59 47 46 39 45 46 40 48 50 40 61 72 52 48 63 56 42 36 33 18 23 20 2596
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 13 15 18 28 13 26 22 23 23 27 21 37 42 49 51 47 41 44 57 58 51 41 55 46 57 44 52 51 50 32 50 44 105 159 171 148 133 113 104 120 99 70 60 64 2574
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 25 15 31 30 22 22 19 18 24 37 26 24 26 33 21 54 22 39 48 17 41 46 40 34 37 38 40 41 31 18 19 31 32 28 20 21 25 19 14 22 17 17 9 14 1207
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 8 9 6 11 6 10 18 3 7 10 8 20 14 10 14 6 5 11 20 35 20 17 26 9 28 36 26 27 17 25 35 27 35 41 44 55 35 36 33 19 10 9 6 16 863
029 Metal Working 14 11 28 18 21 23 19 22 31 24 28 37 27 17 14 18 10 12 15 17 14 16 13 16 18 20 16 13 28 12 17 17 14 15 12 29 26 17 21 28 25 29 13 16 851
348 Television 4 2 3 8 6 12 16 24 26 27 15 17 3 16 5 13 11 12 17 24 18 25 42 40 48 23 11 19 17 30 24 34 33 24 17 22 19 16 17 28 16 16 18 22 840
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 7 6 9 8 8 12 10 8 17 10 10 16 12 22 16 12 13 13 13 23 24 20 14 16 10 10 18 27 22 21 8 14 27 18 29 27 33 45 44 28 29 35 22 15 801
060 Power Plants 28 28 30 37 23 21 21 16 21 17 20 20 26 27 19 10 12 17 11 8 12 15 17 10 19 13 13 13 10 10 14 10 5 4 8 11 10 13 18 34 18 21 22 13 745
073 Measuring and Testing 19 6 11 20 14 10 11 15 14 11 16 10 7 12 15 16 8 10 10 13 14 12 6 11 6 11 15 10 8 6 5 19 9 12 19 13 33 18 20 18 23 24 19 28 607
137 Fluid Handling 20 17 23 13 19 13 17 16 24 26 22 10 5 9 5 9 5 7 5 8 6 6 6 7 19 15 8 18 16 20 12 13 13 12 7 12 21 8 20 18 14 13 15 18 590
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 11 9 9 8 12 10 12 8 8 14 5 6 14 13 8 8 6 10 7 13 13 13 13 17 18 7 16 14 10 8 16 10 14 11 23 21 17 15 23 24 16 22 17 10 559
188 Brakes 22 19 28 18 19 13 11 12 22 14 24 10 11 18 6 14 10 15 12 21 14 8 14 9 10 5 12 5 10 5 6 6 9 9 2 5 8 12 11 14 8 12 6 5 524
280 Land Vehicles 10 4 16 4 6 9 9 10 16 12 7 17 14 5 10 6 8 8 5 12 7 14 5 4 8 3 8 8 10 11 13 8 11 16 12 13 18 26 20 27 27 22 12 23 514
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 10 9 25 30 25 14 25 14 18 27 18 20 10 8 8 12 10 6 10 13 17 9 7 11 7 10 15 12 13 5 8 7 3 9 6 11 10 7 2 6 6 4 4 7 508
062 Refrigeration 13 11 18 24 13 14 8 15 15 15 18 11 10 6 2 7 6 5 8 4 9 3 8 6 11 15 9 13 10 8 16 15 12 12 10 18 9 8 12 18 19 16 8 7 495
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 17 24 23 15 23 25 27 13 13 6 13 14 15 23 13 7 9 10 11 10 8 8 4 9 5 10 12 5 7 4 10 12 5 6 5 14 6 12 11 6 10 7 3 1 491
340 Communications: Electrical 6 6 10 12 9 8 7 9 22 20 15 14 9 6 11 11 3 9 10 10 2 5 8 11 14 7 14 8 12 5 5 4 8 15 11 18 12 14 18 14 14 15 14 28 483
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 8 11 19 31 18 6 15 14 22 7 18 10 11 16 6 6 6 4 6 4 7 5 4 6 6 8 10 7 4 8 8 12 7 8 7 17 17 16 16 17 14 14 10 15 481
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 7 9 18 25 18 25 24 12 11 4 14 11 7 11 7 10 7 10 12 10 10 6 6 7 16 4 12 11 20 11 10 8 15 15 11 13 7 6 13 3 5 3 3 3 470
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 11 6 16 17 24 7 13 12 8 13 13 11 6 8 9 9 5 8 3 6 8 12 7 10 13 8 8 10 9 9 7 11 7 13 11 12 16 17 13 16 10 14 10 8 464
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 6 2 10 14 22 10 17 19 21 23 10 13 10 5 12 5 6 8 12 26 11 10 12 9 7 5 11 2 5 9 3 7 8 6 5 10 7 7 9 13 13 11 3 13 447
439 Electrical Connectors 5 6 6 2 5 5 2 7 11 10 9 2 3 3 6 6 3 5 4 6 5 3 3 3 9 5 10 7 12 19 11 7 9 21 12 12 23 35 26 23 22 28 15 14 440
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 0 6 1 3 1 6 8 6 6 6 13 12 20 12 23 27 23 22 23 25 24 25 24 24 21 21 27 434
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 3 2 1 6 10 6 11 5 8 4 8 5 5 7 4 3 2 5 3 4 6 6 7 8 11 7 6 7 8 4 5 7 11 12 11 22 17 19 17 37 17 19 22 389
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 3 7 15 14 13 16 6 8 9 6 10 4 5 4 10 14 6 9 12 3 3 9 8 11 10 6 7 11 8 9 8 8 7 14 13 7 7 13 11 8 11 9 5 6 383
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 10 10 3 12 17 18 16 15 15 5 12 6 6 6 6 3 1 4 4 1 0 3 4 5 6 9 2 4 8 6 8 8 5 12 14 6 14 17 12 17 17 10 7 11 375
362 Illumination 4 1 6 9 3 3 4 5 9 2 10 3 3 2 4 4 5 2 5 2 8 7 4 2 13 8 13 15 10 13 14 4 14 14 7 8 15 11 14 8 13 16 22 23 362
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 14 12 6 16 10 9 12 8 11 9 9 11 5 7 1 2 7 2 7 5 10 9 3 3 5 3 7 4 10 6 4 16 7 6 10 8 13 18 11 1 7 4 5 7 340
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 3 2 5 6 6 8 3 4 2 2 5 2 4 4 4 8 5 10 15 7 12 6 13 15 17 9 3 25 10 22 21 14 17 11 12 11 335
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 4 2 3 3 7 6 11 13 7 5 8 3 5 4 4 6 4 2 2 3 3 5 3 4 5 2 6 9 8 4 5 11 10 17 8 13 15 16 16 19 10 20 13 11 335
219 Electric Heating 10 7 14 10 11 9 14 7 14 9 5 3 9 2 16 10 3 6 5 2 5 10 9 3 2 4 6 4 8 7 6 3 4 8 4 6 4 17 15 7 8 3 10 5 324
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 2 3 5 4 5 8 7 8 9 14 9 7 6 9 7 4 7 7 7 3 6 11 7 7 6 4 11 3 11 9 8 5 10 12 12 10 9 5 8 11 8 7 7 322
220 Receptacles 10 9 12 11 10 9 8 7 7 4 2 9 7 8 8 3 5 10 3 6 4 1 5 5 11 10 12 6 4 6 9 6 9 6 6 18 6 8 7 8 4 10 9 4 322
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 11 8 14 9 9 12 9 7 4 6 8 5 6 3 10 1 4 5 4 6 2 6 9 4 3 10 9 7 9 4 3 8 3 6 12 8 11 11 13 12 7 2 9 315
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 12 9 20 14 14 7 3 4 9 5 8 7 7 13 5 5 3 5 7 7 3 4 4 5 10 6 5 6 9 6 0 4 9 2 2 6 13 10 11 7 6 6 7 5 310
005 Beds 3 2 2 8 3 4 5 2 2 7 1 6 5 4 2 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 8 8 5 3 9 8 11 9 17 10 7 11 8 8 6 15 17 17 15 17 302
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 4 2 5 6 10 16 10 5 15 5 14 14 9 16 14 14 23 18 25 25 27 301
414 Material or Article Handling 6 6 11 12 13 10 16 14 11 10 9 9 8 9 13 7 5 2 10 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 3 3 4 9 3 5 8 6 4 3 4 8 3 1 298
427 Coating Processes 12 7 9 6 7 6 8 9 6 9 7 11 5 2 3 6 5 8 7 7 4 7 7 12 6 7 4 6 8 6 4 13 6 12 6 6 11 9 4 4 4 5 4 3 298
455 Telecommunications 2 5 11 5 5 10 7 7 19 9 10 10 9 14 8 6 9 7 13 6 4 8 5 9 6 8 5 4 6 5 5 2 3 3 7 2 5 3 2 4 8 4 7 10 297
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 3 11 18 4 8 6 7 5 7 3 5 8 7 1 12 4 5 7 9 8 8 5 2 4 7 1 9 9 3 6 7 10 4 3 11 6 8 10 11 9 11 5 6 295
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 5 4 5 6 12 13 12 13 13 10 9 9 5 8 7 4 2 5 5 1 4 5 7 5 5 7 2 4 6 7 3 2 4 11 11 12 8 7 8 10 4 8 5 294
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 5 12 3 15 8 5 8 6 4 8 7 8 4 2 6 6 9 6 8 5 5 2 8 6 4 9 9 8 8 6 11 5 10 9 9 10 4 6 9 6 4 3 1 292
180 Motor Vehicles 9 7 10 5 5 12 5 3 4 8 9 14 6 10 3 7 4 7 4 3 5 2 4 4 6 6 0 4 8 3 8 4 4 4 2 5 6 3 11 15 15 17 10 9 290
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 3 2 5 2 5 8 1 1 2 2 4 6 1 9 6 10 7 5 3 5 10 17 12 13 20 10 7 10 9 10 6 15 7 16 19 8 4 287
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 3 8 5 6 1 5 6 5 13 5 11 9 8 8 4 9 4 5 4 7 6 6 19 9 10 11 6 5 9 14 4 11 10 3 5 11 6 278
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 13 10 15 10 10 17 9 3 16 10 20 6 9 14 3 5 3 7 14 4 6 8 3 3 8 4 3 7 2 7 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 3 2 0 273
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 4 5 6 11 5 8 7 11 8 6 6 1 7 3 2 3 1 3 4 2 8 6 4 7 3 4 5 7 6 5 6 5 4 14 10 8 12 8 10 7 7 9 2 263
215 Bottles and Jars 2 4 2 5 3 3 5 2 6 3 10 11 5 13 1 5 4 5 3 6 9 4 6 11 8 7 8 7 8 4 6 6 2 5 4 10 10 7 5 14 4 7 5 3 258
297 Chairs and Seats 12 8 3 5 8 7 1 3 3 2 4 6 6 1 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 7 4 5 6 6 5 4 6 7 7 4 9 7 8 7 9 17 10 11 21 253
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 2 4 6 4 6 4 1 2 2 5 8 4 3 3 5 4 11 7 5 5 10 9 4 8 12 5 7 10 3 9 16 11 4 8 6 7 3 5 5 7 4 3 2 251
072 Metal Deforming 5 9 12 12 11 10 8 6 8 9 11 10 7 5 6 5 2 3 4 6 3 4 4 6 3 7 5 6 3 2 2 4 6 5 4 3 4 10 1 2 4 3 2 4 246
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 8 13 4 3 2 3 8 12 14 22 15 7 6 11 7 10 17 8 5 4 2 3 4 8 3 2 6 4 6 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 243
119 Animal Husbandry 11 6 4 5 3 9 4 5 6 1 6 10 6 3 2 3 2 7 4 4 2 4 5 3 9 4 5 2 12 9 9 7 5 4 6 6 10 6 6 8 6 6 2 5 242
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 3 2 9 4 5 8 3 7 6 8 13 7 0 1 1 4 4 0 2 0 2 5 3 4 2 4 2 1 4 4 14 9 8 4 11 7 6 16 16 9 8 6 6 241
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 11 10 8 19 9 13 12 11 6 5 6 4 2 7 3 3 3 2 4 1 3 4 6 7 7 7 3 4 2 3 6 3 1 2 2 3 4 6 5 5 6 0 4 4 236
417 Pumps 5 4 9 8 11 5 7 9 4 7 10 2 5 5 3 3 1 4 3 5 3 5 1 4 2 5 6 1 7 6 11 7 4 7 2 4 7 6 3 10 4 1 1 1 218
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 4 8 6 10 7 0 4 8 8 8 13 15 7 8 6 6 4 1 5 4 1 7 5 2 1 1 1 5 2 3 2 3 2 4 7 0 4 10 6 3 5 4 4 3 217
384 Bearings 9 5 7 13 14 10 10 9 5 7 7 6 6 7 5 5 3 5 2 6 2 4 5 2 1 2 1 3 7 2 1 4 7 0 1 5 2 3 6 5 3 3 6 1 217
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 5 4 5 4 1 0 4 5 4 2 5 6 5 2 5 5 5 1 2 3 3 0 8 5 5 4 10 1 6 13 3 14 4 5 8 8 1 9 4 11 8 10 2 2 217
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 2 5 2 4 2 8 3 6 3 21 14 22 21 25 21 17 20 217
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 13 12 7 8 8 10 1 5 8 7 8 6 22 8 1 4 7 3 7 6 2 2 4 6 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 7 3 1 4 4 0 0 214
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 6 8 2 4 2 0 5 24 15 4 9 6 10 5 5 9 2 7 6 3 1 1 21 13 5 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 6 213
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 3 3 5 3 4 4 8 11 13 8 6 8 4 5 5 1 3 4 3 4 0 1 4 8 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 6 10 4 12 4 4 4 11 4 3 5 1 210
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 6 8 6 10 11 3 3 6 5 4 8 10 7 10 4 7 4 3 5 5 5 8 7 2 2 4 3 7 4 5 4 4 3 2 0 5 3 4 2 4 0 1 3 1 208
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 5 3 4 6 6 3 7 8 6 3 2 6 9 6 4 6 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 2 4 5 3 3 6 6 4 5 4 10 3 3 5 4 6 6 9 9 0 2 208
084 Music 1 3 8 6 8 4 11 7 3 1 7 5 4 10 5 11 8 16 10 10 9 5 2 1 5 3 3 4 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 6 7 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 201
451 Abrading 12 5 5 6 5 6 5 4 11 6 3 7 9 6 8 5 4 10 5 6 10 9 0 6 4 1 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 11 3 201
292 Closure Fasteners 1 3 1 0 5 4 1 0 4 5 5 8 2 6 6 4 5 2 3 3 3 6 3 5 6 6 3 7 9 5 4 5 7 12 7 4 5 5 4 3 5 7 5 6 200
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 5 7 10 9 4 8 4 2 2 6 7 9 7 6 6 2 5 4 1 1 3 0 3 4 7 3 6 4 2 5 3 4 10 2 3 4 2 4 5 3 5 8 1 199
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 4 7 3 10 11 10 7 2 6 2 1 3 3 4 3 1 2 2 4 3 4 2 6 2 3 6 2 4 4 2 1 5 7 7 11 7 6 6 9 3 6 6 199
083 Cutting 5 8 6 6 2 4 8 2 12 4 6 9 6 8 2 8 5 0 3 0 2 3 2 4 5 4 4 3 7 3 3 2 1 2 4 2 10 5 3 2 4 3 8 4 194
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 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 5 0 3 4 5 12 14 21 34 13 16 3 16 23 20 191
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 3 5 4 7 1 4 4 9 11 8 15 15 6 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 6 5 5 9 4 5 8 3 4 1 3 2 4 6 6 3 2 5 1 190
049 Movable or Removable Closures 3 2 6 5 6 4 9 1 3 2 9 7 8 5 3 4 4 4 7 2 1 8 2 2 2 0 1 2 6 2 4 5 8 6 7 8 6 8 4 0 2 2 4 1 185
431 Combustion 6 4 3 8 1 8 5 7 9 4 4 4 8 5 4 10 3 9 6 3 7 1 1 2 2 4 7 3 1 4 3 3 6 3 2 4 4 2 1 4 5 1 4 0 185
164 Metal Founding 4 7 5 6 7 3 2 4 3 8 1 5 6 1 2 2 4 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 3 9 4 2 2 15 5 3 13 5 1 2 2 3 5 6 5 6 2 182
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 3 6 7 7 16 5 4 3 18 3 12 5 6 3 5 3 4 5 0 2 3 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 1 3 3 6 4 4 1 6 5 3 1 0 2 180
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