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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

NEW JERSEY

( 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) 256 362 385 539 650 507 593 553 426 761 573 540 645 611 457 479 320 340 343 270 203 232 210 183 186 129 220 169 174 193 219 175 161 161 186 146 146 141 149 149 97 81 84 116 13520
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 54 77 66 92 100 54 121 97 105 149 134 116 135 234 242 233 182 206 181 189 154 206 207 246 275 305 382 348 368 311 345 286 292 337 436 401 464 398 412 476 418 264 230 356 10684
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 141 100 182 252 296 242 264 229 151 260 202 194 206 181 166 185 133 149 176 163 173 188 177 130 141 137 157 167 199 196 158 174 100 113 105 122 86 98 98 84 80 65 50 44 6914
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 41 29 35 56 54 44 56 63 66 74 65 50 52 42 53 42 32 54 46 37 57 48 60 48 50 56 61 59 45 50 48 34 36 45 54 72 73 73 61 65 49 54 31 18 2238
370 Multiplex Communications 13 9 15 9 25 10 25 27 21 20 28 12 13 9 10 12 6 15 16 12 12 22 36 21 19 37 22 29 33 37 29 47 55 50 55 65 93 121 114 154 169 186 160 205 2078
379 Telephonic Communications 44 41 47 42 56 50 51 48 30 35 20 22 33 24 41 37 16 19 20 17 10 29 26 22 25 31 32 32 31 18 28 54 78 112 67 113 121 96 99 91 58 81 43 53 2043
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 36 39 44 59 41 41 32 52 50 48 44 55 61 42 64 37 30 66 69 50 61 80 64 61 46 45 67 74 73 30 36 56 31 20 22 14 33 24 25 16 14 23 5 6 1886
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 23 20 24 28 22 23 45 28 48 50 55 47 52 47 52 27 24 35 40 31 31 41 51 58 46 55 81 83 82 55 51 34 41 62 35 37 44 49 33 38 29 18 21 19 1815
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 9 7 10 27 34 13 11 13 27 49 33 52 37 59 39 34 37 45 46 40 46 35 54 37 29 27 40 28 40 31 35 43 62 53 46 89 87 70 66 76 57 41 33 28 1775
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 22 16 10 17 20 17 18 17 23 24 19 18 27 23 18 13 13 16 30 21 15 12 16 23 32 32 29 22 38 45 68 43 52 79 96 97 111 69 68 57 74 65 48 82 1655
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 1 5 4 3 10 10 9 22 17 6 17 30 19 12 16 2 17 18 14 12 26 45 37 41 45 51 50 44 50 43 56 67 75 77 115 112 96 102 73 62 1512
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 28 13 12 7 24 25 21 18 29 19 14 18 33 23 19 20 10 25 19 23 28 26 33 45 41 38 39 40 30 41 37 64 35 47 58 78 55 41 53 38 69 59 38 36 1469
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 39 33 30 29 55 62 63 32 33 56 34 28 33 55 45 54 37 28 48 43 56 32 44 22 29 15 28 22 26 43 33 28 22 20 16 17 22 19 19 27 25 20 16 18 1456
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 4 14 15 6 6 15 15 22 35 28 27 7 14 17 15 9 5 9 13 11 16 16 17 22 19 18 28 22 26 39 27 38 39 38 45 53 59 89 75 87 90 78 71 108 1407
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 13 18 33 45 59 41 22 29 20 39 29 31 27 25 45 48 21 20 30 23 38 47 45 42 44 31 41 52 72 47 57 41 35 36 25 16 15 19 10 17 14 17 14 11 1404
348 Television 13 10 7 18 7 11 24 50 44 40 34 31 20 28 28 24 27 49 38 29 58 28 89 82 75 26 19 21 27 32 39 42 25 38 33 36 36 38 33 23 18 11 10 22 1393
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 15 37 36 37 25 36 22 51 70 45 31 22 40 33 30 23 15 34 46 29 27 20 26 28 23 34 37 42 37 30 45 32 23 20 18 34 34 33 24 20 17 19 9 9 1318
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 5 21 23 28 14 29 29 24 9 21 19 18 17 43 24 35 33 35 35 38 43 71 54 41 38 28 59 29 43 43 37 27 30 29 19 26 33 32 19 15 17 25 28 20 1306
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 28 30 43 63 37 21 31 27 14 29 21 28 29 21 22 44 32 34 33 12 30 29 49 24 31 26 37 34 54 38 41 44 27 34 30 34 30 18 14 17 16 13 7 5 1281
073 Measuring and Testing 29 38 46 62 47 36 46 40 48 34 43 33 33 48 30 40 14 23 27 21 19 29 17 14 18 15 29 19 10 18 19 35 29 27 18 17 22 30 23 20 34 17 19 25 1261
455 Telecommunications 16 17 23 18 20 9 14 12 13 20 14 6 9 9 12 12 7 8 13 13 18 16 10 6 8 8 9 7 6 4 11 14 24 35 31 42 78 91 72 97 108 78 83 104 1225
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 33 29 28 48 54 39 45 54 36 28 26 42 33 43 28 27 18 20 39 38 28 30 27 18 11 27 25 16 22 18 25 26 15 26 26 28 21 13 28 24 15 16 14 8 1215
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 35 57 80 61 51 43 62 66 87 54 45 40 35 31 39 27 16 27 24 20 13 6 16 22 21 4 7 8 3 12 3 15 15 13 5 13 16 22 21 12 14 13 6 4 1184
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 15 13 9 18 12 14 21 17 25 27 36 28 32 28 26 25 24 29 40 44 34 35 37 36 42 26 21 25 15 26 13 19 25 15 22 14 29 35 40 63 41 36 20 21 1173
206 Special Receptacle or Package 23 35 37 40 48 35 24 21 31 28 41 31 28 28 27 25 23 23 20 12 23 25 20 15 18 28 35 24 30 25 37 31 23 20 25 22 37 28 24 19 22 19 19 19 1168
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 5 3 16 28 19 11 34 16 42 33 26 28 31 35 29 27 23 31 29 14 18 24 20 42 34 44 30 28 42 19 14 34 19 27 21 26 32 19 34 30 30 27 29 36 1159
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 2 5 10 19 32 35 55 53 74 47 20 20 14 23 28 19 12 14 12 14 6 3 13 9 7 16 21 25 23 20 15 18 23 22 25 42 44 42 38 54 52 38 28 46 1138
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 9 16 17 36 24 16 32 40 19 35 35 37 30 36 36 27 28 25 27 19 19 19 23 32 27 29 33 40 40 32 38 23 15 22 22 27 29 13 21 15 25 15 15 14 1132
427 Coating Processes 16 9 27 28 29 34 33 31 34 41 29 45 32 25 25 44 30 24 38 38 29 32 28 28 26 26 20 18 16 24 18 18 20 21 24 29 21 34 21 14 15 16 11 4 1125
340 Communications: Electrical 20 25 24 41 29 21 38 41 47 38 36 28 25 17 16 21 14 16 11 20 13 10 17 15 16 13 17 17 17 11 12 16 17 22 28 34 43 49 44 35 21 36 30 45 1106
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 9 12 12 2 11 10 11 14 23 23 26 23 28 10 17 16 13 20 26 17 29 16 22 19 22 19 35 24 28 25 25 35 29 29 43 48 43 38 59 35 48 28 35 37 1094
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 23 36 64 45 49 25 23 32 29 24 33 36 34 31 21 20 25 21 16 12 10 15 17 20 22 16 17 19 26 17 22 21 21 14 16 22 30 12 28 29 7 12 8 10 1030
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 18 20 33 23 43 30 40 46 57 52 48 49 33 33 31 33 13 25 27 19 20 16 19 17 26 20 19 14 11 15 9 19 13 9 10 15 13 10 16 18 11 11 10 8 1022
250 Radiant Energy 21 19 40 30 26 22 40 37 45 26 40 24 12 16 25 17 12 14 11 13 15 10 19 30 18 22 15 16 23 18 19 28 26 18 29 22 15 16 24 25 17 13 14 22 964
029 Metal Working 36 26 38 32 26 30 31 29 48 30 32 30 22 29 16 23 17 24 21 16 19 12 17 25 25 21 20 19 11 17 14 15 11 21 22 8 18 22 16 18 13 12 9 12 953
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 14 18 52 42 46 30 39 39 47 36 24 23 24 15 24 18 11 19 19 14 10 20 13 12 11 20 15 14 13 14 10 12 12 4 24 18 19 32 35 28 15 21 9 13 948
439 Electrical Connectors 16 25 17 25 21 21 22 22 28 20 26 17 26 26 28 36 16 29 15 14 15 21 20 22 17 22 13 13 19 17 15 9 16 13 15 15 36 64 60 24 12 15 13 12 948
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 2 3 5 4 4 5 12 6 3 6 9 5 14 7 6 6 8 9 5 6 34 29 23 27 20 16 22 33 25 38 29 33 32 43 75 70 58 36 24 58 25 26 28 932
252 Compositions 16 19 25 23 26 24 29 31 40 42 24 27 29 45 21 22 15 17 18 22 35 26 25 11 14 12 20 38 20 17 9 15 13 12 14 27 17 20 12 10 12 13 4 13 924
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 29 24 43 43 28 35 29 34 59 43 24 26 40 29 29 30 24 21 27 25 15 18 14 12 15 20 8 6 5 6 4 7 6 6 11 11 11 10 9 9 25 10 8 11 899
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 17 31 23 47 32 40 41 47 32 29 32 16 18 18 18 17 13 19 19 16 11 16 16 11 12 16 16 22 15 18 11 17 19 15 15 15 11 15 19 15 16 12 15 17 890
330 Amplifiers 21 21 39 43 20 40 42 38 28 33 19 27 37 28 28 18 15 17 22 28 15 19 8 13 12 10 9 5 12 10 2 10 4 5 11 5 15 21 13 14 14 15 10 12 828
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 5 9 17 9 19 34 39 37 30 36 17 10 17 10 10 7 9 9 10 16 15 14 18 22 22 23 22 23 18 25 32 24 23 12 13 22 31 29 24 15 25 15 7 825
112 Sewing 36 28 36 16 43 41 33 27 35 24 21 32 20 20 21 42 37 51 32 31 42 43 31 7 7 5 6 3 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 3 1 3 0 0 2 797
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 27 24 20 34 40 31 31 35 58 28 51 20 30 24 10 12 10 11 12 13 13 18 16 16 15 10 12 5 10 9 12 14 9 7 4 8 13 14 7 12 14 7 8 16 790
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 7 14 13 14 14 10 17 11 18 12 12 12 16 12 12 13 12 12 10 20 17 16 20 19 23 20 20 27 32 28 27 26 21 21 11 24 30 27 22 29 20 17 14 18 790
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 27 31 41 31 34 29 78 65 41 55 45 30 5 20 26 12 13 15 13 20 10 4 6 2 6 6 4 3 1 1 4 3 4 4 7 6 4 5 6 4 3 2 2 4 732
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 10 14 21 29 34 24 34 20 25 14 28 21 25 11 10 19 6 12 13 8 3 11 9 17 8 14 13 16 17 13 12 10 17 14 11 20 19 21 11 13 12 20 8 13 700
219 Electric Heating 29 35 35 37 29 21 38 42 49 29 28 20 15 7 10 13 7 10 8 12 8 13 13 9 13 14 13 7 9 7 5 10 5 8 7 11 9 9 6 6 14 9 7 13 699
137 Fluid Handling 27 27 25 25 29 33 40 40 35 22 30 18 20 15 14 7 12 7 16 12 10 9 26 12 9 3 6 16 10 9 16 2 13 8 9 12 14 12 12 6 6 1 9 4 688
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 16 15 24 27 24 18 19 22 30 26 28 30 18 20 20 23 12 15 17 8 15 15 12 6 17 17 8 9 16 18 10 17 13 5 9 14 8 8 13 10 12 12 4 7 687
398 Optical Communications 1 1 5 2 0 4 4 6 11 11 5 3 5 1 7 2 1 8 2 2 5 5 6 9 13 9 12 9 25 13 7 25 20 26 21 33 38 44 43 42 72 50 26 53 687
382 Image Analysis 5 4 5 7 6 1 5 2 4 2 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 6 1 2 3 4 7 8 5 4 6 18 14 11 17 10 23 27 56 57 53 56 45 56 46 30 55 675
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 13 19 21 39 26 18 21 17 20 19 24 14 18 12 13 25 12 17 11 8 12 8 11 4 9 10 13 4 8 10 18 5 9 11 6 16 19 24 46 21 9 1 10 9 660
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 27 29 35 37 44 40 50 25 27 22 20 9 23 10 9 13 18 19 17 14 13 22 10 12 7 5 4 4 3 5 4 7 3 4 3 9 4 6 4 10 4 5 1 7 644
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 16 26 22 32 26 22 25 27 27 34 24 45 28 36 24 14 9 13 10 13 11 8 5 12 12 8 12 7 10 12 9 6 5 8 6 3 2 6 8 6 3 5 1 6 644
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 10 12 14 21 20 20 26 14 44 28 21 27 21 10 23 28 14 14 15 17 30 34 15 13 13 12 10 9 4 9 11 6 6 6 7 5 5 7 10 9 3 9 0 4 636
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 7 9 8 14 8 8 19 26 26 21 21 14 20 26 12 16 14 18 12 11 12 15 13 9 11 15 14 12 8 4 16 14 14 10 12 20 16 11 10 23 16 11 23 624
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 12 10 3 15 25 25 28 18 20 29 23 8 11 19 20 17 10 16 18 19 21 14 8 20 8 10 9 8 9 17 17 11 16 8 5 12 17 12 14 12 9 6 5 4 618
053 Package Making 18 20 27 18 27 22 27 27 33 27 25 33 20 18 13 20 14 7 8 14 4 6 10 17 15 7 13 5 12 8 6 7 5 7 12 7 12 12 12 6 3 3 4 5 616
062 Refrigeration 22 22 27 34 27 20 14 18 12 11 13 13 12 11 10 9 7 9 7 3 10 11 10 9 9 13 21 12 11 6 12 10 21 22 16 20 21 17 20 13 7 8 10 6 616
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 8 8 14 27 18 16 29 23 15 7 15 13 13 16 16 36 16 24 18 11 11 23 15 6 11 13 11 13 10 11 14 12 10 8 9 9 9 5 7 16 14 11 7 10 608
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 28 22 38 16 23 26 15 13 22 16 22 12 22 23 22 17 12 9 8 5 9 7 7 7 7 4 10 8 8 10 10 10 7 10 6 8 17 7 20 11 14 9 13 14 604
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 5 9 4 14 8 12 19 8 18 9 12 5 4 4 7 9 2 3 5 4 7 16 13 8 6 4 9 2 11 13 9 11 17 25 16 30 25 31 28 38 28 21 26 26 581
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 6 7 4 3 9 7 12 8 11 3 4 4 4 6 8 6 4 3 3 7 7 9 4 4 4 5 12 10 4 3 6 9 0 18 34 48 31 33 45 26 28 33 23 47 562
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 18 7 7 9 7 7 13 10 18 12 14 5 5 6 8 6 2 5 2 5 3 3 3 6 5 2 10 3 5 5 7 8 8 8 10 22 27 24 24 26 45 33 52 55 560
220 Receptacles 17 16 25 19 23 20 24 16 24 19 17 13 18 6 13 13 4 9 7 11 8 13 7 4 11 10 18 9 7 7 7 15 8 11 10 14 12 16 11 12 11 10 5 3 553
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 14 19 24 23 15 6 18 27 21 20 18 16 12 9 9 10 8 12 8 6 9 6 11 15 6 9 4 8 12 2 11 4 10 10 10 10 6 10 32 25 21 8 4 8 546
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 11 20 30 18 27 11 18 15 19 15 17 10 8 8 9 4 6 8 11 7 4 9 11 10 7 6 12 8 20 12 9 9 9 10 10 13 19 26 14 14 10 10 6 10 540
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 10 12 18 5 10 11 15 16 15 14 8 16 24 18 19 13 17 14 15 6 18 12 17 13 14 6 5 6 7 7 12 6 12 8 4 17 17 9 19 16 7 11 11 532
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 3 7 12 16 19 7 10 8 9 14 12 14 13 9 19 17 18 13 7 13 8 10 10 9 12 10 18 24 17 15 21 17 20 26 14 10 9 8 8 11 1 1 2 0 521
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 3 2 2 4 2 7 20 16 8 19 12 17 12 14 7 7 7 10 5 4 9 6 6 8 7 7 7 12 6 10 10 13 28 32 25 20 26 24 15 25 16 25 517
101 Printing 13 13 25 33 24 15 14 19 19 20 18 16 13 15 19 5 7 5 7 1 17 6 8 8 11 8 6 10 3 3 7 8 9 12 15 10 12 5 9 8 12 8 1 5 502
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 37 27 23 29 27 28 27 15 12 17 20 17 11 15 6 13 9 9 10 10 7 14 11 4 8 3 3 6 0 1 3 9 4 6 5 5 7 10 8 11 3 3 2 5 500
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 17 15 23 13 12 21 24 21 26 34 26 16 16 23 17 26 10 13 11 5 4 7 5 7 7 10 5 5 10 1 5 0 7 4 4 2 7 3 6 4 6 4 0 6 488
331 Oscillators 11 21 29 27 19 19 17 24 43 22 16 24 16 13 11 8 4 10 13 6 2 14 11 12 5 0 3 6 4 7 3 5 6 12 5 5 3 2 10 3 3 4 4 6 488
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 8 15 11 19 12 16 11 6 16 24 17 13 8 9 11 9 13 7 12 9 6 11 16 15 8 13 16 11 17 20 13 13 8 13 4 7 12 7 6 6 6 5 2 1 482
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1