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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

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

Count of 2001 - 2005 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

MAINE

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 9 8 6 8 33
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 5 4 5 5 22
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 3 1 6 6 20
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 5 5 6 1 1 18
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 5 3 3 3 4 18
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 4 4 7 17
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 3 3 2 3 14
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 0 2 2 5 13
451 Abrading 3 4 3 2 1 13
114 Ships 2 2 3 2 3 12
119 Animal Husbandry 2 4 4 1 1 12
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 6 1 2 0 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 3 2 4 1 2 12
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 2 4 4 11
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 4 3 0 0 10
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 4 0 2 1 3 10
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 3 2 2 0 10
101 Printing 0 4 2 2 1 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 2 0 1 3 9
331 Oscillators 2 1 1 2 3 9
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 1 3 2 1 9
029 Metal Working 2 3 0 3 0 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 3 2 1 0 8
073 Measuring and Testing 0 2 2 1 3 8
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 4 1 1 0 8
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 2 2 3 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 3 2 0 3 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 1 4 1 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 2 1 3 7
084 Music 2 1 2 1 1 7
427 Coating Processes 3 2 1 1 0 7
482 Exercise Devices 3 0 2 1 1 7
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 3 3 0 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 2 1 1 6
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 0 1 0 0 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 3 1 0 1 1 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 2 0 1 1 6
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 1 0 0 5 6
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 2 3 0 6
002 Apparel 3 1 0 1 0 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 1 0 1 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 3 0 2 5
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 2 2 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 2 0 1 2 5
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 2 2 1 5
081 Tools 0 1 1 1 1 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 0 1 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 1 0 1 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 1 0 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 2 1 0 0 4
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 2 2 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 3 0 4
362 Illumination 0 1 1 2 0 4
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 1 2 1 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 0 1 1 4
417 Pumps 3 0 0 0 1 4
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 1 0 1 4
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 3 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 3 0 0 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 0 2 0 0 4
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 2 3
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 0 0 2 0 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 1 1 3
037 Excavating 1 0 1 0 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 2 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 2 0 0 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 1 1 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 0 0 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 1 1 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 1 1 0 3
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 3 3
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 1 1 0 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 1 2 0 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 2 0 0 0 3
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 1 1 0 3
297 Chairs and Seats 0 2 0 0 1 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 0 0 0 3
348 Television 0 0 1 1 1 3
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 0 0 1 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 1 2 0 0 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 1 0 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 0 1 0 0 3
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 0 1 0 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 2 1 0 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 1 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 1 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 0 1 0 2
042 Firearms 0 0 2 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 1 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 1 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 1 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 2 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 0 0 0 2
188 Brakes 1 0 0 0 1 2
219 Electric Heating 2 0 0 0 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 2 0 0 0 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 0 1 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 0 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 2 0 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 2 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 1 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 2 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 1 2
340 Communications: Electrical 2 0 0 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 0 0 1 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 0 0 0 2
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 0 1 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 1 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 2 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 1 1 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 0 1 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 1 0 1 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 1 0 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 0 1 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 1 1
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 1 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 1 0 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 1 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 1 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 1 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 0 1 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 1 1
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 1 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 1 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 1 0 0 1
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 1
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
431 Combustion 0 0 1 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 1 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 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 145 153 150 134 151 733


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