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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 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

MISSOURI

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 84 82 58 75 106 405
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 36 29 28 37 23 153
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 20 51 26 24 24 145
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 22 16 21 13 23 95
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 17 16 20 11 8 72
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 25 15 12 10 8 70
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 21 18 12 9 6 66
606 Surgery (instruments) 10 18 18 8 6 60
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 6 10 10 18 14 58
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 9 13 12 12 9 55
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 14 9 10 9 13 55
137 Fluid Handling 9 12 11 13 4 49
005 Beds 9 7 6 14 11 47
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 10 15 6 10 45
206 Special Receptacle or Package 13 6 8 10 8 45
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 10 10 6 5 14 45
340 Communications: Electrical 10 9 11 6 7 43
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 7 11 10 10 43
073 Measuring and Testing 6 6 8 8 14 42
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 10 11 8 6 42
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 10 11 7 7 6 41
219 Electric Heating 4 8 11 11 6 40
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 5 8 11 7 8 39
029 Metal Working 7 9 9 8 6 39
244 Aeronautics 5 14 12 4 4 39
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 8 6 8 8 9 39
062 Refrigeration 9 7 6 10 6 38
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 5 9 2 15 7 38
280 Land Vehicles 5 4 7 11 9 36
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 13 6 6 7 3 35
433 Dentistry 14 7 2 9 3 35
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 6 4 12 7 5 34
220 Receptacles 5 7 10 6 6 34
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 8 7 7 6 32
119 Animal Husbandry 4 6 5 5 12 32
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 13 7 3 5 4 32
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 6 7 4 5 7 29
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 7 7 10 0 4 28
297 Chairs and Seats 7 5 5 2 8 27
362 Illumination 7 3 6 6 4 26
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 6 3 8 4 5 26
379 Telephonic Communications 6 5 5 3 6 25
482 Exercise Devices 7 8 6 3 1 25
211 Supports: Racks 6 5 5 7 0 23
002 Apparel 6 4 5 4 3 22
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 4 6 5 3 4 22
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 5 6 2 1 7 21
053 Package Making 5 5 1 4 6 21
382 Image Analysis 4 8 4 4 1 21
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 5 5 4 6 1 21
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 3 3 2 7 21
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 4 4 3 7 2 20
439 Electrical Connectors 3 7 4 1 5 20
055 Gas Separation 10 1 3 2 3 19
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 7 3 2 4 3 19
427 Coating Processes 5 5 2 3 4 19
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 8 4 5 1 19
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 3 4 4 6 18
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 5 4 3 4 18
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 9 2 3 1 3 18
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 3 7 3 3 2 18
434 Education and Demonstration 3 4 2 5 4 18
451 Abrading 2 3 6 2 5 18
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 4 5 4 2 17
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 4 5 1 5 17
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 5 3 3 3 17
385 Optical Waveguides 3 2 3 6 3 17
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 3 3 4 4 3 17
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 5 4 4 2 17
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 6 3 4 2 17
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 1 5 3 4 17
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 4 1 5 2 17
114 Ships 4 1 4 5 2 16
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 5 3 0 4 4 16
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 7 3 3 16
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 5 2 3 3 16
372 Coherent Light Generators 5 1 3 3 4 16
403 Joints and Connections 5 0 3 3 5 16
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 5 3 1 4 2 15
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 3 3 0 3 6 15
126 Stoves and Furnaces 4 3 2 4 2 15
221 Article Dispensing 5 2 2 3 3 15
252 Compositions 3 7 3 2 0 15
414 Material or Article Handling 2 5 4 2 2 15
224 Package and Article Carriers 4 2 2 3 3 14
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 2 4 2 3 14
370 Multiplex Communications 1 4 4 2 3 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 2 6 3 1 14
072 Metal Deforming 2 4 1 3 3 13
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 2 3 3 4 13
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 4 4 0 1 4 13
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 4 0 6 2 13
348 Television 5 0 2 4 2 13
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 4 4 1 3 1 13
454 Ventilation 4 2 3 3 1 13
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 4 4 1 4 13
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 0 4 5 0 13
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 6 1 1 2 3 13
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 1 7 0 2 13
102 Ammunition and Explosives 5 2 1 1 3 12
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 7 1 0 3 12
118 Coating Apparatus 5 2 3 1 1 12
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 4 4 2 2 12
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 3 2 2 2 3 12
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 2 2 2 3 12
292 Closure Fasteners 1 2 6 1 2 12
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 2 2 3 4 12
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 3 2 3 2 12
030 Cutlery 2 2 4 1 2 11
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 5 1 2 1 11
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 1 2 3 3 11
056 Harvesters 1 5 0 2 3 11
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 4 1 3 2 11
081 Tools 1 3 1 1 5 11
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 1 3 3 2 11
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 1 0 2 5 11
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 3 1 2 3 11
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 1 1 3 4 11
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 1 3 3 3 11
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 1 2 4 3 11
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 3 1 5 11
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 2 4 0 10
084 Music 3 3 1 0 3 10
101 Printing 3 3 1 0 3 10
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 2 2 5 10
132 Toilet 1 7 0 0 2 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 3 4 1 2 10
269 Work Holders 4 2 0 3 1 10
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 3 1 1 2 3 10
042 Firearms 2 1 1 2 3 9
100 Presses 3 1 3 2 0 9
188 Brakes 2 4 1 2 0 9
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 2 6 0 9
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 3 3 2 0 1 9
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 2 0 3 4 9
417 Pumps 2 0 2 1 4 9
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 5 0 1 2 9
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 0 3 1 2 9
047 Plant Husbandry 2 0 2 2 2 8
054 Harness (for animals) 1 0 3 2 2 8
060 Power Plants 2 2 0 1 3 8
070 Locks 3 3 1 1 0 8
083 Cutting 1 4 1 2 0 8
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 1 1 1 2 8
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 3 1 2 2 8
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 2 2 0 2 8
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 3 1 3 8
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 3 2 1 1 8
250 Radiant Energy 0 3 1 2 2 8
267 Spring Devices 1 3 3 1 0 8
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 1 1 4 8
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 0 3 0 8
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 2 0 2 2 7
089 Ordnance 0 3 2 2 0 7
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 1 1 3 1 7
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 3 2 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 1 2 3 7
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 3 1 0 1 7
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 2 1 4 7
432 Heating 2 0 0 3 2 7
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 2 1 0 1 7
037 Excavating 0 0 2 3 1 6
125 Stone Working 3 1 1 0 1 6
131 Tobacco 4 1 0 0 1 6
165 Heat Exchange 1 3 1 1 0 6
172 Earth Working 1 1 2 0 2 6
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 2 1 1 0 6
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 2 0 3 0 6
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 2 0 1 1 6
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 1 1 0 4 6
384 Bearings 1 1 0 4 0 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 2 2 2 0 6
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 3 0 2 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 5 0 0 0 1 6
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 2 0 2 1 6
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 1 1 2 0 6
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 3 1 0 1 5
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 2 1 1 1 5
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 1 3 0 5
256 Fences 0 0 1 3 1 5
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 2 0 1 1 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 1 3 0 5
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 1 0 1 1 5
452 Butchering 1 2 1 0 1 5
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 3 1 5
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 2 2 1 0 5
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 2 1 1 1 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 2 0 0 5
140 Wireworking 2 1 1 0 0 4
144 Woodworking 1 1 1 1 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 2 2 0 4
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 3 0 4
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 1 2 0 4
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 1 0 2 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 1 2 0 0 4
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 2 0 1 4
283 Printed Matter 0 2 1 0 1 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 2 0 1 1 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 0 0 1 4
330 Amplifiers 1 0 2 1 0 4
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 3 1 0 0 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 1 2 0 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 0 1 1 0 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 1 0 0 1 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 2 1 4
455 Telecommunications 1 1 1 0 1 4
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 1 0 2 0 4
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 1 0 1 0 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 1 0 1 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 2 1 0 0 0 3
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 2 3
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 1 0 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 1 0 0 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 3 3
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 0 3 0 3
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 3 0 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 2 0 0 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 1 0 0 1 3
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 1 1 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 1 1 3
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 1 1 0 3
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 1 1 3
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 1 1 0 0 3
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 0 2 3
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
431 Combustion 2 0 0 0 1 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 2 1 0 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 1 1 0 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 3 0 0 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 0 0 1 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 1 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 1 0 0 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 1 0 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 2 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 2 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 2 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 1 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 1 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 1 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 1 2
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 1 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 1 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 2 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 0 0 0 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 1 0 0 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 0 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 1 2
355 Photocopying 0 1 1 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 1 0 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 0 0 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 0 2
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 2 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 0 0 1 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 1 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 2 0 0 0 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 0 0 1 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 1 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 1 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 1 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 0 1 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 1 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
396 Photography 1 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 1 1
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 0 0 1
453 Coin Handling 1 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 900 931 822 841 837 4331


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