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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

WEST VIRGINIA

( 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
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 26 36 23 12 16 113
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 18 10 6 5 1 40
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 10 1 6 7 5 29
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 5 4 6 5 20
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 3 9 0 6 20
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 4 3 6 1 5 19
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 4 4 2 1 13
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 7 0 1 10
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 4 0 3 10
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 2 4 3 9
340 Communications: Electrical 2 0 2 3 2 9
073 Measuring and Testing 0 3 2 3 0 8
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 3 1 0 2 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 1 3 1 0 8
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 3 2 0 1 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 2 2 1 8
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 0 0 2 2 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 1 2 3 0 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 1 1 2 6
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 2 0 1 0 6
280 Land Vehicles 4 1 0 0 1 6
427 Coating Processes 2 1 2 0 1 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 2 0 2 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 1 1 1 5
252 Compositions 0 0 1 2 2 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 1 1 1 1 5
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 2 1 2 0 0 5
414 Material or Article Handling 1 2 2 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 2 2 1 0 0 5
029 Metal Working 2 1 1 0 0 4
042 Firearms 2 1 1 0 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 2 1 0 0 1 4
382 Image Analysis 0 1 2 1 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 2 2 0 0 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 1 0 1 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 1 0 0 0 4
002 Apparel 2 1 0 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 2 0 1 0 3
083 Cutting 0 0 0 2 1 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 1 0 0 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 2 0 0 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 2 0 1 0 0 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 1 1 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 1 1 3
238 Railways: Surface Track 2 1 0 0 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 1 0 0 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 2 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 0 0 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 2 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 3 0 0 3
362 Illumination 1 0 1 1 0 3
417 Pumps 0 1 1 0 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 2 1 0 3
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 1 1 1 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 1 2
037 Excavating 2 0 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 1 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 0 0 0 1 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 0 1 2
104 Railways 0 2 0 0 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 1 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 1 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 2 0 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 1 0 0 2
188 Brakes 1 1 0 0 0 2
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 0 1 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 0 1 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 1 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 0 0 1 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 2 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 2 0 0 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 0 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 1 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 2 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 0 1 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 1 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 1 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 0 0 1
142 Wood Turning 1 0 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 1 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 1 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 1 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 1 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 1 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 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 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 0 0 1
451 Abrading 1 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 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
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 148 151 139 100 91 629


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