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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

KENTUCKY

( 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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 15 27 51 61 54 208
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 9 11 16 18 20 74
399 Electrophotography 14 8 9 25 16 72
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 8 14 15 8 6 51
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 8 14 10 8 7 47
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 14 9 13 4 46
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 7 6 9 13 6 41
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 9 9 6 4 8 36
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 9 6 8 7 5 35
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 9 6 4 7 32
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 4 4 9 10 30
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 2 11 7 6 2 28
219 Electric Heating 5 8 5 5 4 27
029 Metal Working 7 5 8 3 3 26
053 Package Making 6 5 4 4 6 25
070 Locks 6 5 7 6 1 25
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 7 5 4 6 25
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 6 6 5 4 24
340 Communications: Electrical 4 6 3 6 2 21
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 8 3 3 3 4 21
062 Refrigeration 3 4 4 7 2 20
400 Typewriting Machines 2 2 4 2 9 19
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 2 7 4 2 18
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 2 5 1 7 18
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 4 2 2 6 4 18
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 2 4 5 5 17
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 7 3 2 5 0 17
280 Land Vehicles 0 3 3 5 6 17
002 Apparel 3 2 2 4 5 16
042 Firearms 7 2 1 2 4 16
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 5 6 1 3 16
055 Gas Separation 2 3 5 3 3 16
073 Measuring and Testing 2 2 3 6 3 16
083 Cutting 6 3 4 1 2 16
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 6 2 4 3 15
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 4 3 3 5 15
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 2 2 5 5 15
362 Illumination 1 1 5 3 5 15
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 6 2 0 5 15
439 Electrical Connectors 4 2 4 1 3 14
137 Fluid Handling 2 3 6 1 1 13
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 2 5 4 13
451 Abrading 3 4 1 3 2 13
081 Tools 1 3 4 2 2 12
119 Animal Husbandry 1 4 2 1 4 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 2 5 1 1 12
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 5 2 1 0 12
414 Material or Article Handling 2 1 4 3 2 12
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 3 4 4 1 12
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 2 3 1 4 11
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 3 2 1 2 3 11
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 5 4 1 0 1 11
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 1 5 1 2 2 11
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 1 0 0 7 11
433 Dentistry 3 4 1 1 2 11
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 5 2 2 1 11
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 4 3 2 1 1 11
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 2 4 3 10
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 3 1 4 1 1 10
252 Compositions 1 0 2 5 2 10
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 6 3 10
427 Coating Processes 0 1 3 4 2 10
431 Combustion 4 4 2 0 0 10
005 Beds 2 2 4 0 1 9
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 1 3 1 3 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 2 0 3 3 9
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 3 2 2 2 9
417 Pumps 0 2 1 3 3 9
056 Harvesters 1 0 2 4 1 8
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 2 2 2 1 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 2 1 3 8
144 Woodworking 3 1 1 1 2 8
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 2 0 3 2 8
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 3 0 1 4 8
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 2 1 1 2 8
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 2 2 0 2 8
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 2 1 3 8
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 1 4 2 8
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 2 1 1 1 7
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 3 1 0 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 1 0 1 2 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 3 0 1 1 7
112 Sewing 1 1 2 1 2 7
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 3 1 1 0 7
220 Receptacles 1 4 1 1 0 7
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 1 2 2 7
250 Radiant Energy 2 0 3 0 2 7
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 3 2 1 7
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 2 4 0 1 7
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 3 2 2 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 1 1 1 2 7
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 0 2 3 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 5 1 0 1 7
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 3 1 0 7
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 1 1 2 1 6
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 1 1 0 3 6
072 Metal Deforming 0 2 2 2 0 6
084 Music 1 0 2 2 1 6
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 4 0 1 6
211 Supports: Racks 0 2 2 2 0 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 0 1 2 6
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 1 2 2 0 6
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 2 1 2 1 0 6
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 1 2 2 6
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 1 1 3 6
482 Exercise Devices 1 2 2 0 1 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 0 3 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 1 0 2 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 3 0 0 2 5
110 Furnaces 2 0 0 2 1 5
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 2 1 1 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 0 1 1 1 5
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 1 3 1 0 5
269 Work Holders 1 1 1 1 1 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 1 3 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 2 1 1 1 5
384 Bearings 1 1 1 0 2 5
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 1 0 3 5
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 0 4 0 5
454 Ventilation 1 1 0 1 2 5
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 2 1 1 0 1 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 2 1 0 0 5
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 3 1 0 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 1 0 2 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 2 1 0 1 4
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 3 4
114 Ships 0 1 3 0 0 4
132 Toilet 1 1 1 1 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 4 0 0 4
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 2 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 2 0 1 4
188 Brakes 0 1 1 2 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 3 0 0 1 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 2 1 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 1 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 2 1 0 4
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 3 1 4
348 Television 1 0 0 2 1 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 4 0 4
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 2 2 0 0 0 4
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 1 2 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 1 4
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 2 0 1 0 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 0 1 1 3
037 Excavating 0 1 0 1 1 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 3 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 3 0 3
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 2 0 1 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 2 0 1 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 3 0 0 0 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 2 1 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 1 1 0 0 3
184 Lubrication 1 0 1 1 0 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 1 1 0 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 1 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 0 0 2 3
244 Aeronautics 0 0 1 1 1 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 2 1 0 3
267 Spring Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 1 0 1 0 3
283 Printed Matter 1 0 1 1 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 1 0 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 1 1 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 0 2 0 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 0 0 1 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 1 1 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 0 1 0 0 3
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 1 0 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 1 0 3
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 2 0 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 0 1 1 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 1 0 1 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 0 1 1 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 0 0 0 3
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 2 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 1 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 2 0 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 1 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 1 0 2
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 1 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 1 2
104 Railways 0 0 1 1 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 2 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 1 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 2 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 2 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 1 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 1 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 1 0 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 1 1 2
256 Fences 1 1 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 2 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 1 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 2 0 0 0 2
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 1 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 0 1 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 1 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 0 1 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 1 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 0 1 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 1 0 0 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 2 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 2 0 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 2 0 0 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 1 0 0 0 1
054 Harness (for animals) 1 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
101 Printing 1 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 1 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 1 0 1
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 1 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 1 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 1 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 1 0 1
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 1 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 1 1
346 Recorders 0 0 0 1 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 1 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 1 0 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 349 453 458 481 450 2191


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