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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

NEBRASKA

( 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 13 11 8 8 10 50
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 10 11 7 8 4 40
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 6 10 4 9 4 33
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 5 3 9 9 31
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 5 5 9 6 27
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 3 5 2 5 22
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 3 3 8 4 20
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 6 3 2 5 19
056 Harvesters 5 2 4 2 5 18
119 Animal Husbandry 1 2 6 3 6 18
280 Land Vehicles 5 4 2 4 3 18
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 6 4 3 4 17
073 Measuring and Testing 2 5 1 4 2 14
137 Fluid Handling 2 2 3 4 3 14
256 Fences 4 3 1 3 3 14
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 3 1 2 5 13
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 1 1 4 3 13
414 Material or Article Handling 1 5 1 4 2 13
029 Metal Working 1 2 4 1 4 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 4 3 3 1 12
072 Metal Deforming 3 4 1 2 1 11
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 2 3 2 1 11
379 Telephonic Communications 2 1 2 2 3 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 2 2 2 1 10
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 2 2 2 0 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 2 5 2 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 1 2 2 3 9
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 2 3 0 0 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 4 4 9
081 Tools 2 0 1 0 5 8
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 4 2 0 0 8
172 Earth Working 4 0 1 1 2 8
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 4 0 3 0 1 8
340 Communications: Electrical 1 3 2 1 1 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 1 3 0 2 8
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 6 0 1 1 0 8
455 Telecommunications 5 1 1 1 0 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 1 2 2 8
005 Beds 3 2 2 0 0 7
062 Refrigeration 0 4 1 1 1 7
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 3 0 1 2 7
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 4 1 2 0 0 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 2 2 2 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 3 0 1 6
111 Planting 2 1 0 2 1 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 2 1 1 1 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 1 2 2 6
220 Receptacles 3 2 1 0 0 6
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 3 2 0 0 6
250 Radiant Energy 1 4 0 0 1 6
380 Cryptography 4 1 1 0 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 2 1 1 1 5
188 Brakes 2 1 2 0 0 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 2 1 1 5
219 Electric Heating 2 1 0 1 1 5
269 Work Holders 1 2 0 2 0 5
362 Illumination 1 0 2 1 1 5
427 Coating Processes 1 3 0 0 1 5
452 Butchering 1 2 2 0 0 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 1 0 0 0 5
002 Apparel 2 1 1 0 0 4
014 Bridges 0 2 1 1 0 4
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 1 1 1 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 3 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 2 1 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 1 0 1 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 1 1 1 4
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 1 2 1 4
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 1 1 1 4
297 Chairs and Seats 3 0 1 0 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 2 1 0 1 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 1 1 1 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 0 0 2 0 4
454 Ventilation 1 0 1 0 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 0 0 2 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 2 0 0 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 2 0 0 3
030 Cutlery 0 0 2 0 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 2 1 0 3
042 Firearms 1 0 0 0 2 3
055 Gas Separation 1 2 0 0 0 3
083 Cutting 1 0 0 2 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 0 0 1 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 1 0 0 3
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 1 1 3
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 2 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 3 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 1 0 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 0 2 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 1 1 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 2 1 0 3
336 Inductor Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 3 0 0 3
382 Image Analysis 1 0 2 0 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 0 0 1 0 3
439 Electrical Connectors 2 1 0 0 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 1 1 0 3
451 Abrading 1 0 1 0 1 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 2 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 3 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 0 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 2 3
726 Information Security 0 1 1 0 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 1 2
037 Excavating 0 0 0 1 1 2
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 1 0 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 2 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 1 0 2
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 1 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 2 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 2 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 2 0 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 1 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 2 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 0 1 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 2 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 2 0 0 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 1 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 1 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 2 0 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 2 0 0 0 2
417 Pumps 0 1 1 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 1 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 1 0 0 0 2
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 2 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 2 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 0 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 1 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 1 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 1 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 1 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 1 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 1 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 1 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 1 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 1 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 215 212 185 191 182 985


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