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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

RHODE ISLAND

( 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
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 5 18 30 26 80
114 Ships 8 13 7 9 14 51
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 13 10 6 13 50
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 9 8 9 14 8 48
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 10 9 9 12 6 46
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 8 4 11 9 12 44
073 Measuring and Testing 3 8 7 5 6 29
439 Electrical Connectors 7 6 5 6 2 26
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 7 4 3 8 3 25
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 6 5 5 7 24
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 6 1 6 6 4 23
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 8 6 2 3 4 23
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 8 2 4 4 2 20
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 3 5 4 3 4 19
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 3 0 5 10 1 19
382 Image Analysis 4 1 2 5 4 16
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 0 1 3 5 15
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 4 4 3 2 15
029 Metal Working 3 4 2 4 1 14
089 Ordnance 2 4 3 2 3 14
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 1 4 4 3 14
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 3 6 0 3 2 14
340 Communications: Electrical 2 3 1 2 5 13
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 4 2 1 4 13
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 2 3 1 2 13
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 3 3 3 1 13
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 2 5 1 4 12
400 Typewriting Machines 1 4 3 0 4 12
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 1 4 3 1 12
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 2 3 1 1 11
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 3 2 1 2 11
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 0 1 4 2 11
362 Illumination 1 3 0 3 4 11
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 3 2 3 10
280 Land Vehicles 4 3 1 1 1 10
385 Optical Waveguides 1 2 2 2 3 10
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 3 1 4 0 10
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 1 4 2 1 10
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 6 1 1 2 0 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 1 3 0 3 9
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 4 0 1 1 2 8
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 0 3 4 8
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 2 0 1 4 8
440 Marine Propulsion 2 2 1 3 0 8
005 Beds 1 3 0 1 2 7
081 Tools 6 0 0 1 0 7
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 0 6 0 7
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 0 2 3 7
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 1 0 4 1 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 1 0 1 3 7
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 1 2 2 1 7
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 2 1 2 7
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 2 2 1 1 1 7
030 Cutlery 0 1 3 1 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 1 0 2 0 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 0 0 2 1 6
219 Electric Heating 1 1 1 0 3 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 1 0 3 0 6
252 Compositions 1 1 1 3 0 6
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 0 3 0 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 5 1 0 0 0 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 1 1 2 0 6
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 2 1 1 0 6
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 3 1 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 2 1 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 2 5
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 2 1 1 0 5
101 Printing 1 0 2 0 2 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 3 0 0 5
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 1 1 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 0 0 2 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 2 0 2 5
220 Receptacles 1 0 2 2 0 5
292 Closure Fasteners 1 1 2 1 0 5
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 3 0 0 1 5
348 Television 0 0 3 1 1 5
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 2 1 1 5
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 3 1 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 2 3 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 2 1 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 0 0 0 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 1 0 1 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 0 1 1 4
062 Refrigeration 2 2 0 0 0 4
063 Jewelry 0 1 2 1 0 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 3 1 4
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 2 1 1 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 2 0 0 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 2 1 0 4
250 Radiant Energy 1 2 0 1 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 0 1 0 4
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 2 1 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 1 0 0 4
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 1 2 0 4
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 2 1 1 0 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 0 0 2 0 4
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 0 0 1 0 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 2 0 0 1 4
427 Coating Processes 2 0 1 0 1 4
431 Combustion 1 0 1 0 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 1 2 1 0 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 2 0 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 1 1 0 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 1 4
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 3 1 0 0 0 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 1 1 4
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 2 0 2 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 2 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 2 0 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 0 1 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 2 0 1 0 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 1 1 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 1 0 0 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 2 0 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 2 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 1 1 3
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 0 2 0 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 1 1 3
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 1 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 2 1 3
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 1 0 1 3
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 2 0 0 0 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 1 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 1 1 0 2
037 Excavating 1 0 1 0 0 2
042 Firearms 1 0 0 1 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 1 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 1 1 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 1 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 1 0 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 2 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 2 0 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 1 0 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 2 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 1 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 1 0 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 2 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 0 1 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 0 0 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 0 0 0 0 2
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 1 1 0 2
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 2 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 1 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 1 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 0 0 1 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
384 Bearings 0 1 1 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 2 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 1 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 1 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
451 Abrading 1 1 0 0 0 2
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 1 1 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 1 0 0 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 1 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 0 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 1 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 1 0 0 0 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 0 1 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 0 1 1
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 1 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 0 1
084 Music 0 1 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 1 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 1 0 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 1 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 1 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 287 260 266 309 263 1385


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