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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

KANSAS

( 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
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 9 11 22 31 76
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 11 14 12 12 5 54
379 Telephonic Communications 4 7 10 15 13 49
370 Multiplex Communications 5 9 8 11 15 48
455 Telecommunications 2 5 8 13 17 45
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 4 11 12 7 39
280 Land Vehicles 6 12 4 6 6 34
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 9 14 5 3 3 34
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 9 8 8 3 34
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 5 11 7 3 5 31
340 Communications: Electrical 3 5 3 10 8 29
606 Surgery (instruments) 8 9 1 7 4 29
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 6 10 6 1 27
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 4 6 6 4 26
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 6 3 7 5 24
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 7 5 6 1 23
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 3 12 4 23
056 Harvesters 3 10 2 5 2 22
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 3 4 2 7 6 22
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 3 8 9 21
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 4 6 5 3 20
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 5 2 5 6 2 20
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 5 3 5 6 19
414 Material or Article Handling 1 8 6 2 2 19
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 3 4 5 3 18
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 7 7 2 1 18
439 Electrical Connectors 5 5 3 4 1 18
211 Supports: Racks 2 5 4 3 3 17
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 6 0 4 2 17
029 Metal Working 2 3 4 2 5 16
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 1 4 5 4 16
005 Beds 0 3 4 3 5 15
119 Animal Husbandry 3 2 0 5 5 15
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 4 6 3 2 15
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 3 2 2 4 4 15
062 Refrigeration 3 5 2 2 2 14
137 Fluid Handling 2 4 4 2 2 14
172 Earth Working 2 2 2 4 4 14
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 4 1 3 4 14
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 3 6 1 14
072 Metal Deforming 3 2 2 4 2 13
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 3 2 2 5 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 3 4 2 1 13
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 2 5 4 1 13
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 2 1 5 4 13
362 Illumination 2 1 2 2 6 13
382 Image Analysis 3 0 6 2 2 13
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 3 3 4 2 13
101 Printing 2 2 5 1 2 12
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 2 4 1 3 12
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 1 4 2 1 12
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 4 3 1 3 12
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 2 4 3 1 12
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 3 2 2 4 1 12
073 Measuring and Testing 3 0 2 3 3 11
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 1 7 1 0 11
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 1 3 3 2 11
030 Cutlery 2 4 2 1 1 10
055 Gas Separation 2 3 3 1 1 10
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 3 1 2 2 10
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 3 1 6 0 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 2 4 1 3 10
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 2 4 0 2 10
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 4 2 2 10
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 2 5 0 1 10
002 Apparel 2 4 2 0 1 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 2 4 2 9
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 2 0 2 3 9
252 Compositions 4 1 2 0 2 9
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 1 3 4 1 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 3 1 2 0 9
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 1 3 1 2 9
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 3 1 1 1 8
060 Power Plants 1 1 4 2 0 8
111 Planting 3 0 4 0 1 8
181 Acoustics 1 3 2 0 2 8
219 Electric Heating 0 2 3 2 1 8
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 2 2 2 1 8
249 Static Molds 0 0 2 2 4 8
250 Radiant Energy 1 2 1 3 1 8
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 2 0 4 1 8
452 Butchering 2 3 1 2 0 8
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 5 1 1 8
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 3 1 4 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 2 2 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 0 0 5 0 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 3 1 1 0 7
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 3 2 1 0 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 4 1 0 0 7
220 Receptacles 0 3 3 1 0 7
256 Fences 0 0 5 1 1 7
297 Chairs and Seats 1 3 0 1 2 7
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 4 3 7
417 Pumps 1 1 1 1 3 7
454 Ventilation 0 4 1 0 2 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 0 2 1 0 6
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 2 4 0 6
083 Cutting 1 1 2 1 1 6
084 Music 1 0 4 1 0 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 2 0 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 3 1 1 1 0 6
221 Article Dispensing 2 2 0 0 2 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 2 2 0 0 6
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 2 3 6
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 1 3 1 6
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 1 1 2 6
431 Combustion 1 2 1 2 0 6
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 3 1 1 1 6
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 1 3 1 6
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 2 2 2 6
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 2 2 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 2 1 1 0 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 1 1 0 1 5
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 1 2 0 1 5
177 Weighing Scales 1 1 1 0 2 5
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 2 1 1 5
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 0 1 1 1 5
348 Television 0 0 1 4 0 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 3 0 2 0 5
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 2 0 1 0 2 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 1 2 0 4
037 Excavating 0 1 2 0 1 4
053 Package Making 0 1 2 1 0 4
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 3 0 1 0 4
081 Tools 2 1 0 1 0 4
100 Presses 2 0 1 1 0 4
104 Railways 2 1 1 0 0 4
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 2 1 0 0 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 2 0 1 1 0 4
283 Printed Matter 2 0 1 0 1 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 1 2 4
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 4 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 0 1 1 4
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 2 0 1 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 3 0 0 1 4
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 3 0 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 4 0 0 0 4
398 Optical Communications 0 0 2 1 1 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 2 1 0 0 4
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 0 0 4
451 Abrading 0 0 2 0 2 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 2 1 1 4
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 1 1 0 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 2 2 0 4
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 2 1 0 0 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 2 1 4
014 Bridges 1 1 0 0 1 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 2 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 1 0 0 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 1 2 0 0 0 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 2 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 0 0 0 3
114 Ships 0 0 1 1 1 3
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 0 1 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 1 0 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 1 1 3
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 1 1 3
188 Brakes 1 1 0 0 1 3
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 2 0 1 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 2 0 0 0 3
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 2 1 0 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 0 0 3
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 3 0 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 1 1 1 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 2 0 0 3
384 Bearings 0 2 1 0 0 3
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 0 2 0 3
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 0 0 2 3
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 0 0 0 1 3
432 Heating 0 1 0 1 1 3
433 Dentistry 2 1 0 0 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
726 Information Security 1 0 1 1 0 3
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 0 1 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 1 0 0 2
027 Undertaking 0 1 1 0 0 2
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 2 2
070 Locks 1 0 1 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 0 1 1 0 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 0 0 0 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 1 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 2 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 0 1 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 0 0 2
330 Amplifiers 0 0 1 1 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 2 0 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 1 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 2 0 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 2 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 2 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 1 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 0 1 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 2 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 0 0 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 1 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 1 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 1 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 1 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 1 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 1 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 1 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 1 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 1 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 1 0 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 313 421 428 448 380 1990


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