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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

TENNESSEE

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 28 47 35 32 25 167
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 37 40 32 26 14 149
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 27 40 29 25 11 132
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 24 39 22 17 17 119
606 Surgery (instruments) 25 18 23 18 13 97
219 Electric Heating 19 18 19 20 18 94
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 23 21 22 12 12 90
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 12 15 17 13 9 66
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 5 8 18 16 12 59
073 Measuring and Testing 19 6 14 9 6 54
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 18 5 14 8 8 53
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 11 17 7 7 6 48
362 Illumination 13 12 8 5 5 43
250 Radiant Energy 5 12 8 6 11 42
340 Communications: Electrical 7 15 6 4 10 42
062 Refrigeration 9 10 10 7 4 40
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 12 11 9 4 3 39
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 6 4 7 8 8 33
002 Apparel 10 9 6 4 3 32
029 Metal Working 9 6 6 4 7 32
417 Pumps 4 5 9 6 8 32
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 8 2 3 11 6 30
126 Stoves and Furnaces 6 3 5 10 5 29
439 Electrical Connectors 13 5 3 4 4 29
137 Fluid Handling 13 6 5 2 2 28
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 4 2 6 10 28
385 Optical Waveguides 4 10 8 1 4 27
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 7 9 4 4 3 27
081 Tools 10 7 4 1 4 26
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 7 4 10 3 2 26
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 8 6 4 3 5 26
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 6 6 6 4 4 26
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 3 10 3 9 26
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 3 5 7 6 24
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 4 6 3 6 5 24
180 Motor Vehicles 2 4 9 6 2 23
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 6 5 1 4 7 23
280 Land Vehicles 4 7 6 0 5 22
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 7 6 6 2 1 22
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 6 2 5 5 22
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 7 6 4 2 21
220 Receptacles 6 6 3 4 2 21
427 Coating Processes 8 7 4 2 0 21
030 Cutlery 5 6 3 5 1 20
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 3 9 3 4 20
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 4 7 1 5 20
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 2 3 9 4 20
414 Material or Article Handling 6 6 4 2 2 20
114 Ships 2 3 8 1 5 19
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 5 4 6 3 1 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 6 0 2 8 19
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 4 4 1 5 4 18
297 Chairs and Seats 3 6 3 3 3 18
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 4 7 2 4 1 18
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 6 1 3 3 18
005 Beds 6 3 1 3 4 17
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 5 3 3 4 17
060 Power Plants 2 4 5 3 3 17
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 2 6 2 6 17
119 Animal Husbandry 4 5 6 2 0 17
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 4 4 6 2 1 17
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 3 2 4 4 17
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 4 3 4 3 16
348 Television 3 3 3 4 3 16
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 3 3 1 5 16
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 4 3 8 0 1 16
148 Metal Treatment 7 3 4 1 0 15
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 2 2 8 1 15
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 7 3 1 2 2 15
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 5 5 1 3 1 15
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 4 2 4 3 2 15
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 1 2 8 2 2 15
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 0 7 2 0 14
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 3 2 5 2 2 14
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 1 2 4 3 14
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 1 4 7 14
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 4 2 6 0 13
053 Package Making 3 2 2 4 2 13
084 Music 0 5 2 3 3 13
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 3 6 2 2 13
144 Woodworking 3 4 2 0 4 13
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 3 4 2 3 1 13
165 Heat Exchange 3 2 1 4 3 13
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 4 4 1 2 1 12
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 3 3 0 4 12
049 Movable or Removable Closures 3 3 3 2 1 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 3 2 4 0 12
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 3 3 1 1 4 12
211 Supports: Racks 2 1 2 4 3 12
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 4 2 3 1 12
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 2 2 4 2 12
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 3 0 4 3 2 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 3 3 3 1 12
042 Firearms 2 3 2 0 4 11
056 Harvesters 4 1 3 1 2 11
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 1 6 3 11
112 Sewing 2 1 1 4 3 11
164 Metal Founding 0 3 2 3 3 11
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 2 1 3 2 11
252 Compositions 3 2 1 2 3 11
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 2 4 4 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 6 1 3 1 0 11
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 1 4 3 1 11
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 3 0 1 5 2 11
055 Gas Separation 0 5 0 2 3 10
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 3 3 1 0 10
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 1 2 2 3 10
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 2 3 1 1 10
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 4 1 1 2 2 10
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 4 5 10
431 Combustion 1 3 4 2 0 10
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 3 1 3 1 10
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 3 2 2 1 1 9
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 3 1 2 1 9
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 3 2 1 9
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 3 1 2 1 9
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 3 1 3 9
451 Abrading 3 1 3 1 1 9
454 Ventilation 4 2 2 1 0 9
455 Telecommunications 3 0 4 0 2 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 2 2 1 8
072 Metal Deforming 5 0 0 1 2 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 3 2 1 2 0 8
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 2 4 2 0 8
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 2 2 2 2 0 8
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 3 2 1 1 8
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 2 1 2 3 8
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 0 1 3 1 8
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 3 1 2 2 8
403 Joints and Connections 2 2 2 0 2 8
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 2 1 1 0 4 8
433 Dentistry 2 5 1 0 0 8
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 1 2 2 1 8
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 2 3 1 0 8
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 0 5 2 8
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 3 2 2 0 0 7
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 3 2 1 1 0 7
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 0 2 1 2 7
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 4 1 0 1 7
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 5 1 7
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 3 1 2 1 0 7
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 3 3 0 1 7
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 2 1 2 1 1 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 1 3 0 0 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 3 2 0 2 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 4 2 7
037 Excavating 1 3 0 2 0 6
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 2 1 3 0 0 6
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 0 3 0 2 6
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 3 1 1 0 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 2 1 1 0 6
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 2 1 2 0 6
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 1 1 2 0 6
256 Fences 0 0 3 0 3 6
269 Work Holders 1 1 1 2 1 6
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 3 1 0 0 2 6
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 4 0 0 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 3 3 0 0 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 4 0 1 1 0 6
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 3 2 6
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 0 1 1 1 5
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 4 0 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 0 2 1 0 5
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 1 0 1 5
070 Locks 0 2 3 0 0 5
083 Cutting 0 0 1 3 1 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 2 1 5
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 0 1 2 5
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 3 0 0 5
132 Toilet 1 1 1 2 0 5
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 3 1 1 0 0 5
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 2 1 1 5
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 2 0 2 0 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 2 2 1 5
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 2 0 2 1 5
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 3 0 1 1 5
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 1 1 1 5
482 Exercise Devices 2 2 0 1 0 5
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 1 1 1 1 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 2 0 0 4
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 2 1 0 4
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 1 1 0 1 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 2 1 0 1 0 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 1 1 1 4
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 1 2 4
292 Closure Fasteners 0 3 0 0 1 4
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 1 1 2 0 0 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 1 1 4
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 3 0 4
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 1 2 4
396 Photography 1 0 0 2 1 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 1 2 0 4
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 2 2 0 0 0 4
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 2 1 0 1 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 2 0 1 4
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 2 1 0 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 2 0 0 3
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 1 0 0 1 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 1 2 0 3
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 2 1 3
101 Printing 1 0 0 2 0 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 1 1 1 0 3
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 2 0 0 0 3
131 Tobacco 1 0 1 0 1 3
140 Wireworking 2 1 0 0 0 3
157 Wheelwright Machines 1 0 0 1 1 3
188 Brakes 1 0 1 0 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 1 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 1 0 0 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 1 1 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 3
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 0 2 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 1 1 3
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 1 1 0 3
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 2 3
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 1 0 1 3
379 Telephonic Communications 2 0 0 0 1 3
432 Heating 1 0 2 0 0 3
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 1 1 3
452 Butchering 0 2 1 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 0 0 1 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 3 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 2 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 1 0 0 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 1 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 2 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 1 1 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 2 0 0 0 2
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 2 0 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 1 0 0 0 2
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
125 Stone Working 0 2 0 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 0 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 1 0 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 2 2
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 1 0 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 1 0 2
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 1 0 1 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 1 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 1 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 2 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 1 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 1 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 0 0 0 2
330 Amplifiers 2 0 0 0 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 2 0 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 2 0 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 0 0 1 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 1 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 1 0 0 2
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 1 0 1 0 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 1 0 0 1 0 2
014 Bridges 0 1 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 1 1
168 Farriery 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
178 Telegraphy 0 0 1 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 1 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 0 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 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
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 1 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 0 0 1
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 0 0 1
453 Coin Handling 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 1 0 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 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 0 1 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 0 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 813 831 797 681 584 3706


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