U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1997 - 2001 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

KANSAS

(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')
 
Class Class Title 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 13 25 17 11 74
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 9 13 14 5 47
606 Surgery (instruments) 5 8 7 13 8 41
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 7 7 8 9 9 40
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 6 13 12 6 38
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 7 8 6 3 6 30
414 Material or Article Handling 4 8 5 7 1 25
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 11 8 1 24
056 Harvesters 2 6 5 7 3 23
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 5 2 8 3 21
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 8 4 3 3 21
379 Telephonic Communications 6 4 5 2 4 21
172 Earth Working 5 6 4 3 2 20
073 Measuring and Testing 8 2 3 3 3 19
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 4 5 4 5 19
119 Animal Husbandry 6 2 3 4 3 18
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 1 5 4 3 18
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 6 1 6 1 18
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 4 6 4 3 18
280 Land Vehicles 3 2 2 4 6 17
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 6 4 1 5 17
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 2 14 0 1 17
126 Stoves and Furnaces 5 3 4 2 1 15
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 4 6 1 1 15
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 4 5 2 1 15
211 Supports: Racks 5 1 4 3 2 15
252 Compositions 1 2 3 5 4 15
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 1 7 5 15
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 5 1 3 2 15
002 Apparel 2 3 3 4 2 14
219 Electric Heating 1 1 11 1 0 14
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 5 2 2 2 3 14
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 4 2 0 5 14
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 4 2 5 2 1 14
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 2 4 2 2 13
244 Aeronautics 1 2 2 5 3 13
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 1 2 4 4 13
431 Combustion 2 4 4 2 1 13
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 1 2 4 4 2 13
072 Metal Deforming 2 4 2 1 3 12
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 2 2 5 0 12
100 Presses 1 6 1 2 2 12
062 Refrigeration 2 1 3 2 3 11
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 2 2 3 2 11
340 Communications: Electrical 1 1 4 2 3 11
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 2 2 4 1 11
362 Illumination 0 1 2 6 2 11
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 3 1 4 2 11
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 4 5 0 1 11
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 2 4 4 11
101 Printing 1 2 3 2 2 10
221 Article Dispensing 1 2 3 2 2 10
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 4 2 4 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 2 4 1 1 10
297 Chairs and Seats 1 3 3 2 1 10
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 4 2 0 2 10
029 Metal Working 1 1 2 3 2 9
037 Excavating 2 2 4 1 0 9
053 Package Making 4 1 1 3 0 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 3 2 2 2 9
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 4 2 2 1 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 4 2 1 0 9
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 1 3 2 1 9
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 2 3 1 3 9
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 1 2 5 9
452 Butchering 2 1 3 1 2 9
454 Ventilation 0 3 2 4 0 9
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 5 2 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 0 4 0 1 8
111 Planting 4 0 0 1 3 8
137 Fluid Handling 2 0 2 2 2 8
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 1 3 1 2 8
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 0 4 2 8
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 1 2 2 8
269 Work Holders 1 2 3 1 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 5 0 2 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 2 1 0 2 7
081 Tools 0 1 3 1 2 7
105 Railway Rolling Stock 2 0 0 4 1 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 3 0 1 1 2 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 1 2 0 3 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 2 2 1 2 7
220 Receptacles 2 2 1 2 0 7
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 4 1 2 0 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 2 2 3 7
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 3 1 1 7
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 1 2 2 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 3 3 0 0 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 2 4 1 0 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 2 1 3 1 7
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 1 4 0 6
047 Plant Husbandry 2 0 0 3 1 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 2 1 1 2 6
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 2 1 1 6
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 0 3 1 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 3 1 1 1 6
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 1 1 2 6
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 3 2 6
427 Coating Processes 0 1 2 3 0 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 0 3 1 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 2 1 2 0 5
042 Firearms 0 0 3 2 0 5
055 Gas Separation 0 1 1 1 2 5
083 Cutting 1 1 0 2 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 2 0 0 1 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 0 0 1 2 5
132 Toilet 1 2 1 1 0 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 2 1 1 5
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 2 1 1 0 5
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 2 0 1 5
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 1 2 2 5
382 Image Analysis 1 0 1 0 3 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 2 2 0 1 5
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 1 1 1 1 5
417 Pumps 1 1 0 2 1 5
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 2 2 5
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 2 2 1 5
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 3 5
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 2 1 0 2 5
005 Beds 0 1 2 1 0 4
014 Bridges 1 2 0 0 1 4
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 1 2 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 0 1 0 4
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 2 1 4
104 Railways 1 0 0 1 2 4
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 2 1 4
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 2 1 1 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 1 0 2 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 2 2 0 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 3 0 0 0 4
212 Traversing Hoists 2 2 0 0 0 4
249 Static Molds 1 1 1 1 0 4
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 0 1 1 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 1 2 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 1 1 1 4
283 Printed Matter 0 1 1 0 2 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 2 1 0 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 0 3 0 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 0 1 1 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 1 1 1 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 1 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 2 0 2 0 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 2 1 1 0 4
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 1 1 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 1 1 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 2 0 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 3 0 3
070 Locks 1 0 1 0 1 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 2 1 3
114 Ships 0 1 1 1 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 2 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 1 0 1 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 1 1 1 3
181 Acoustics 0 0 2 0 1 3
188 Brakes 1 0 0 1 1 3
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 2 0 0 0 3
256 Fences 2 0 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 1 0 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 1 1 1 0 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 0 1 1 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 2 0 0 3
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 2 0 1 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 2 0 0 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 2 0 1 3
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 0 1 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 2 0 0 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 2 1 0 3
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 2 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 2 0 0 3
451 Abrading 1 0 1 1 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 0 0 1 3
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 3 0 0 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 2 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 1 0 1 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 1 0 0 2
084 Music 0 1 0 0 1 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 2 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 1 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 2 0 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 1 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 2 0 0 0 2
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 1 0 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 1 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 1 0 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 1 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 1 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 2 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 0 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 2 0 0 2
348 Television 1 0 1 0 0 2
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 0 1 1 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 1 0 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 1 0 2
432 Heating 0 1 1 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 1 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 1 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 1 0 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 1 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 1 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 1 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 1 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 1 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 1 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 260 349 433 391 312 1745



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