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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

UTAH

( 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) 39 31 25 39 31 165
280 Land Vehicles 56 33 23 25 12 149
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 36 36 32 27 17 148
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 24 18 18 27 20 107
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 8 27 27 24 10 96
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 20 9 18 17 13 77
439 Electrical Connectors 5 10 24 17 21 77
606 Surgery (instruments) 15 27 14 8 11 75
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 15 20 15 14 70
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 5 17 8 23 15 68
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 7 16 15 11 11 60
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 12 14 8 10 9 53
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 11 6 12 11 10 50
482 Exercise Devices 17 9 6 8 8 48
433 Dentistry 10 3 8 12 14 47
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 10 8 7 14 40
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 5 4 16 6 7 38
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 10 9 9 5 38
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 12 7 6 7 37
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 5 3 13 6 10 37
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 3 4 9 6 14 36
073 Measuring and Testing 11 5 8 8 1 33
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 10 8 4 3 7 32
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 6 6 4 8 8 32
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 5 7 7 8 4 31
297 Chairs and Seats 3 7 6 4 8 28
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 1 7 8 7 5 28
102 Ammunition and Explosives 5 6 2 7 6 26
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 3 1 8 10 26
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 6 5 7 7 26
370 Multiplex Communications 3 5 9 5 3 25
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 7 1 5 5 7 25
340 Communications: Electrical 3 3 6 6 6 24
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 6 7 4 4 24
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 2 2 7 10 23
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 6 6 5 3 22
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 8 5 4 4 1 22
379 Telephonic Communications 1 5 8 2 6 22
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 2 4 5 6 21
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 3 3 8 3 21
002 Apparel 3 5 5 2 4 19
137 Fluid Handling 3 4 1 7 4 19
206 Special Receptacle or Package 8 4 4 2 1 19
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 3 2 7 4 19
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 3 3 2 6 18
250 Radiant Energy 5 3 2 6 2 18
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 4 2 6 5 1 18
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 2 6 2 4 18
029 Metal Working 4 1 4 4 4 17
224 Package and Article Carriers 3 4 2 2 6 17
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 5 2 2 4 4 17
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 5 3 3 5 17
220 Receptacles 3 3 5 1 4 16
417 Pumps 2 3 2 3 6 16
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 4 6 3 3 16
427 Coating Processes 4 4 5 2 1 16
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 3 4 4 3 15
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 0 8 3 2 15
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 3 2 2 4 15
414 Material or Article Handling 6 3 3 2 1 15
434 Education and Demonstration 4 2 4 4 1 15
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 4 3 2 4 2 15
219 Electric Heating 3 3 3 3 2 14
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 4 4 3 2 14
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 2 5 1 1 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 3 1 2 6 14
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 2 3 4 1 14
362 Illumination 2 1 4 3 3 13
382 Image Analysis 3 2 1 3 4 13
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 4 2 3 2 13
005 Beds 3 2 5 1 1 12
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 3 1 4 3 12
114 Ships 3 2 2 2 3 12
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 2 2 2 4 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 3 1 4 2 12
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 3 2 3 2 11
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 5 5 11
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 3 1 2 4 1 11
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 2 4 3 0 10
081 Tools 2 2 1 3 2 10
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 5 1 1 3 10
256 Fences 3 2 2 1 2 10
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 3 1 3 3 10
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 2 1 3 4 10
348 Television 3 1 5 0 1 10
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 4 1 2 2 1 10
455 Telecommunications 1 2 2 4 1 10
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 2 2 4 0 2 10
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 2 2 4 9
042 Firearms 1 4 1 1 2 9
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 3 3 1 1 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 1 0 4 3 9
211 Supports: Racks 4 4 1 0 0 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 3 0 1 2 9
283 Printed Matter 2 4 2 1 0 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 4 0 2 1 2 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 0 2 3 0 8
181 Acoustics 1 0 2 2 3 8
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 5 0 1 1 1 8
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 3 0 2 2 8
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 2 2 2 8
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 1 1 3 3 0 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 2 1 0 3 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 1 3 2 8
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 2 3 1 0 7
030 Cutlery 1 3 1 1 1 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 1 2 3 7
053 Package Making 2 1 2 1 1 7
083 Cutting 0 1 2 3 1 7
118 Coating Apparatus 1 2 1 1 2 7
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 3 0 2 7
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 3 1 1 0 2 7
132 Toilet 0 4 2 1 0 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 4 1 1 1 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 1 3 2 7
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 2 1 2 7
244 Aeronautics 1 1 0 3 2 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 2 2 0 1 7
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 1 1 1 3 7
451 Abrading 1 1 2 1 2 7
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 1 1 3 7
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document (Data Processing) 0 1 3 2 1 7
055 Gas Separation 3 2 0 1 0 6
060 Power Plants 2 1 0 1 2 6
062 Refrigeration 3 1 1 0 1 6
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 1 1 2 6
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 2 1 1 0 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 4 1 0 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 1 0 4 6
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 2 2 0 2 0 6
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 3 1 2 0 0 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 2 1 1 6
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 3 0 1 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 0 3 1 0 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 1 0 0 3 6
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 3 1 6
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 3 0 1 2 0 6
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 0 3 1 6
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 1 2 2 6
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 2 1 1 1 6
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 1 2 0 0 5
014 Bridges 2 0 0 2 1 5
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 1 1 0 0 5
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 1 4 5
089 Ordnance 3 1 1 0 0 5
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 2 0 1 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 1 2 1 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 1 1 0 1 5
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 2 2 0 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 0 0 2 2 5
221 Article Dispensing 0 2 1 2 0 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 2 2 1 5
252 Compositions 1 1 1 1 1 5
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 2 0 2 1 5
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 1 1 2 5
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 2 1 0 2 5
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 0 2 0 5
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 2 1 1 1 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 2 2 0 5
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 1 3 5
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 2 0 2 0 0 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 1 1 0 4
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 2 1 1 4
070 Locks 2 1 0 0 1 4
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 2 1 4
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 3 0 4
104 Railways 0 0 2 2 0 4
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 2 2 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 1 1 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 2 4
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 2 1 0 4
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 2 1 0 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 2 1 4
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 1 2 0 0 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 0 0 1 4
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 1 0 2 0 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 1 0 2 1 0 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 2 0 0 2 4
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 2 0 2 4
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 1 0 0 1 4
383 Flexible Bags 1 2 1 0 0 4
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 3 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 2 1 0 4
056 Harvesters 1 1 1 0 0 3
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 0 0 2 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 3 0 0 0 3
084 Music 0 1 0 1 1 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
110 Furnaces 1 0 1 0 1 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 2 0 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 1 1 0 3
188 Brakes 0 1 1 1 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 2 0 3
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 2 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 1 3
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 1 1 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 1 1 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 0 0 0 1 3
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 2 0 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 2 3
431 Combustion 1 1 0 0 1 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 0 0 1 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 2 0 0 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 0 0 0 1 3
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 2 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 1 0 0 0 2
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 1 0 1 0 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 2 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 1 0 2
054 Harness (for animals) 0 1 0 0 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 2 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 2 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 2 2
101 Printing 0 0 2 0 0 2
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 0 0 0 0 2
125 Stone Working 1 1 0 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 0 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 1 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 0 0 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 1 0 2
249 Static Molds 0 0 2 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 2 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 1 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 1 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 2 0 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 1 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 1 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 1 0 0 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 2 0 0 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 1 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 0 1 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 1 1 0 0 0 2
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 1 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 0 0 0 2
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 0 1 1
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 1 1
178 Telegraphy 1 0 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
196 Mineral Oils: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 1 0 0 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 1 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 666 678 709 715 675 3443


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