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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

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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 61 54 56 43 35 249
399 Electrophotography 25 16 13 16 12 82
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 18 20 18 11 11 78
062 Refrigeration 7 2 14 10 9 42
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 4 7 7 11 8 37
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 13 6 6 5 7 37
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 9 10 6 6 4 35
219 Electric Heating 5 4 7 12 6 34
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 13 4 9 5 3 34
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 8 7 7 3 8 33
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 8 6 9 5 5 33
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 6 3 3 13 7 32
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 8 9 2 6 29
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 7 5 9 3 3 27
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 6 5 7 3 25
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 5 5 7 3 4 24
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 6 2 6 5 5 24
002 Apparel 4 5 5 4 5 23
053 Package Making 4 6 1 5 7 23
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 5 5 3 4 4 21
400 Typewriting Machines 2 9 2 3 3 19
073 Measuring and Testing 6 3 3 4 2 18
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 4 3 5 2 3 17
280 Land Vehicles 5 6 2 3 1 17
606 Surgery (instruments) 5 4 3 0 5 17
250 Radiant Energy 0 2 7 5 2 16
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 5 2 4 1 15
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 4 2 2 5 2 15
029 Metal Working 3 3 2 5 1 14
340 Communications: Electrical 6 2 2 1 3 14
427 Coating Processes 4 2 4 2 2 14
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 4 5 2 0 14
070 Locks 6 1 4 1 1 13
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 5 4 0 4 0 13
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 2 2 3 1 5 13
362 Illumination 3 5 0 3 2 13
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 7 3 1 2 13
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 6 4 2 0 1 13
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 3 3 1 1 12
042 Firearms 2 4 1 3 2 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 7 3 0 12
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 2 3 0 3 12
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 3 2 2 2 3 12
252 Compositions 5 2 2 1 2 12
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 3 3 0 3 12
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 3 3 1 2 11
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 2 3 3 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 7 3 0 0 11
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 6 2 10
056 Harvesters 4 1 1 1 3 10
414 Material or Article Handling 3 2 1 2 2 10
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 3 5 1 0 10
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 0 1 4 1 10
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 3 2 3 0 10
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 3 1 0 4 9
055 Gas Separation 3 3 1 1 1 9
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 2 1 5 9
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 3 4 0 1 9
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 2 2 2 1 9
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 5 3 0 9
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 2 0 4 1 9
336 Inductor Devices 2 1 2 0 4 9
439 Electrical Connectors 1 3 1 4 0 9
451 Abrading 3 2 1 1 2 9
005 Beds 0 1 2 1 4 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 2 2 3 1 8
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 3 3 0 2 8
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 2 1 2 2 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 3 3 0 1 8
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 2 2 1 8
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 3 1 1 2 8
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 2 3 8
417 Pumps 3 3 0 2 0 8
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 1 1 2 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 2 2 3 8
083 Cutting 1 2 2 1 1 7
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 1 0 2 2 7
119 Animal Husbandry 1 4 1 1 0 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 3 1 1 7
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 5 0 1 1 0 7
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 2 1 1 1 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 3 0 1 2 7
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 3 3 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 3 0 1 3 7
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 1 2 3 7
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 1 2 2 0 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 3 2 1 7
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 1 0 2 0 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 5 1 1 0 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 3 0 2 1 6
060 Power Plants 0 3 1 1 1 6
081 Tools 2 2 2 0 0 6
084 Music 2 1 3 0 0 6
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 3 1 0 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 4 1 6
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 3 1 1 6
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 3 1 0 0 2 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 4 0 1 0 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 4 0 1 1 0 6
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 2 1 0 1 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 1 1 1 6
454 Ventilation 1 2 1 2 0 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 3 2 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 1 0 2 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 3 0 0 5
105 Railway Rolling Stock 2 1 0 0 2 5
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 0 2 1 5
144 Woodworking 1 2 1 0 1 5
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 1 2 0 0 5
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 1 0 3 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 4 0 0 0 5
211 Supports: Racks 2 0 1 1 1 5
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 0 2 1 5
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 3 1 1 5
433 Dentistry 1 2 0 2 0 5
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 1 1 1 2 5
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 1 1 2 0 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 0 0 3 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 0 1 0 1 4
110 Furnaces 2 1 0 0 1 4
112 Sewing 1 2 0 1 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 1 1 2 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 0 0 2 4
165 Heat Exchange 2 0 1 1 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 1 0 3 0 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 0 0 1 1 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 1 1 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 1 0 1 1 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 3 1 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 1 1 1 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 1 1 0 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 0 2 1 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 2 1 1 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 2 1 1 0 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 1 1 0 1 4
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 3 4
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 1 2 0 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 1 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 2 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 1 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 2 0 1 0 3
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 1 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 2 0 0 3
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 2 1 0 0 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 2 0 0 1 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 1 1 0 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 0 0 0 0 3
089 Ordnance 1 0 2 0 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 3
101 Printing 0 0 0 3 0 3
188 Brakes 2 0 0 0 1 3
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 1 1 0 3
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 1 1 0 3
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 2 0 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 3 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 2 0 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 2 0 3
269 Work Holders 1 1 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 1 1 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 1 1 0 3
348 Television 2 1 0 0 0 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 3 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 1 1 0 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 1 0 1 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 2 0 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 1 0 0 3
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 1 2 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 1 0 2 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 2 0 0 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 0 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 1 1 0 2
014 Bridges 0 2 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 1 1 0 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 1 0 0 2
063 Jewelry 1 0 0 1 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
100 Presses 0 0 1 1 0 2
104 Railways 1 0 0 1 0 2
114 Ships 0 0 0 2 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 1 0 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 1 1 2
164 Metal Founding 1 1 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 1 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 2 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 1 1 2
220 Receptacles 1 0 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 1 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 2 0 0 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 1 0 0 0 2
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 1 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 2 0 0 0 2
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 2 0 0 2
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 1 1 0 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 1 0 2
283 Printed Matter 1 0 1 0 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 1 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 1 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 1 0 0 2
384 Bearings 0 2 0 0 0 2
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
431 Combustion 0 0 1 1 0 2
432 Heating 0 0 2 0 0 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 1 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 1 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 2 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 1 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 1 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 1 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 1 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 1 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 0 1
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 1 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 0 0 0 1
346 Recorders 1 0 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 481 450 439 407 346 2123


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