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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

VERMONT

( 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
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 5 3 4 2 3 1 3 4 6 7 11 5 8 4 10 4 5 5 7 9 10 14 19 26 33 38 61 99 92 60 47 52 61 725
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 4 0 2 6 6 3 4 6 5 7 28 22 29 38 43 43 74 79 71 74 74 637
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 5 7 5 3 5 2 2 4 6 6 7 3 5 6 1 7 5 1 7 1 3 3 7 13 15 23 23 26 23 35 34 44 21 23 388
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 6 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 7 7 11 16 15 20 19 25 13 10 20 14 221
089 Ordnance 3 3 0 0 3 6 3 2 8 5 15 6 5 3 10 7 5 5 10 9 3 6 2 2 4 1 6 8 3 7 5 4 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 176
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 6 3 3 2 4 13 7 6 6 6 11 14 10 16 9 18 171
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 5 2 12 2 8 9 14 29 21 15 39 169
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 2 4 7 7 15 13 12 6 9 10 14 9 21 142
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 2 6 2 6 10 16 26 14 14 5 0 7 134
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 8 14 9 7 10 6 13 7 3 9 9 121
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 5 2 4 1 1 2 6 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 5 4 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 3 1 2 4 7 3 6 5 9 2 8 5 4 117
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 4 3 1 4 8 13 14 12 15 7 3 107
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 4 5 2 1 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 3 5 4 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 6 3 2 2 2 0 2 5 11 5 1 0 100
451 Abrading 1 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 9 3 7 5 2 2 2 3 81
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 6 5 4 9 2 6 7 2 2 3 5 71
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 6 8 2 1 3 0 66
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 2 2 3 2 6 3 2 5 1 0 3 4 4 7 2 4 63
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 5 10 6 5 6 8 4 3 3 3 61
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 6 6 12 12 56
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 6 8 55
029 Metal Working 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 2 5 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 54
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 7 6 2 2 0 4 5 2 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 3 4 6 2 5 2 2 50
164 Metal Founding 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 6 1 2 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 48
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 4 1 0 2 6 3 3 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 48
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 6 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 47
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 47
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 5 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 3 6 1 2 0 1 1 40
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 3 8 3 7 40
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 4 39
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 2 2 38
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 3 1 5 37
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 6 3 5 0 0 1 36
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 6 5 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 36
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 0 4 0 6 2 3 1 36
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 2 1 35
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 2 35
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 5 2 4 2 2 34
005 Beds 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 5 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 33
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 33
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 33
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 31
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 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 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 5 2 3 2 1 1 30
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 8 1 1 0 30
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4 6 3 1 2 2 1 2 30
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 29
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 6 2 4 2 0 29
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 29
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 28
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 27
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 0 27
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 27
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 27
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 27
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 26
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 3 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 26
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 25
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 1 3 3 25
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 24
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 23
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 1 1 22
177 Weighing Scales 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 22
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 22
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 22
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4 22
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 21
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 20
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 20
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 20
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 3 20
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 19
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 19
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 19
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2