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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

ARKANSAS

( 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
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 15 14 7 5 3 44
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 13 8 8 3 6 38
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 2 9 13 5 8 37
417 Pumps 4 10 6 2 3 25
062 Refrigeration 5 10 1 3 2 21
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 5 8 1 3 3 20
439 Electrical Connectors 5 3 1 1 5 15
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 4 4 1 0 15
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 3 5 4 0 13
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 2 5 0 3 13
119 Animal Husbandry 2 3 2 5 1 13
414 Material or Article Handling 4 5 2 1 1 13
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 7 1 0 1 3 12
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 3 3 2 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 4 1 1 2 11
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 2 2 2 2 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 2 1 3 1 9
340 Communications: Electrical 2 2 0 3 2 9
029 Metal Working 1 1 2 1 3 8
283 Printed Matter 3 2 0 0 3 8
002 Apparel 0 0 3 1 3 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 4 1 0 7
252 Compositions 1 0 0 1 5 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 2 2 2 1 7
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 3 0 1 2 7
452 Butchering 0 2 1 1 3 7
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 2 1 1 1 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 1 3 2 7
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 1 3 6
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 1 2 0 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 1 0 0 3 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 0 0 2 0 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 3 1 0 0 6
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 3 1 0 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 1 0 1 2 6
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 3 0 1 1 6
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 2 1 1 5
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 3 1 5
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 2 1 0 0 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 0 2 1 5
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 2 2 0 0 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 1 2 1 5
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 0 3 0 5
005 Beds 0 2 0 1 1 4
042 Firearms 3 1 0 0 0 4
053 Package Making 0 0 2 2 0 4
081 Tools 2 0 1 1 0 4
114 Ships 1 2 1 0 0 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 2 0 0 1 4
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 3 0 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 2 0 0 2 4
211 Supports: Racks 2 0 1 0 1 4
219 Electric Heating 0 0 2 2 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 2 1 0 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 2 0 0 0 4
348 Television 0 0 1 1 2 4
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 2 1 1 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 1 1 4
451 Abrading 1 0 0 1 2 4
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 0 1 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 1 0 0 1 4
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 1 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 1 0 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 0 1 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 2 0 0 0 1 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 2 0 1 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 2 0 3
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 1 1 0 1 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 1 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 1 1 1 0 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 1 1 3
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 1 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 0 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 1 1 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
362 Illumination 2 0 1 0 0 3
382 Image Analysis 0 2 1 0 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 1 1 1 0 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 0 0 0 1 3
427 Coating Processes 1 0 2 0 0 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 1 1 0 1 3
450 Foundation Garments 1 1 1 0 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 1 0 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 1 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 1 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 3 0 0 0 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 1 0 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 1 0 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 1 2
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 2 0 0 2
070 Locks 1 0 1 0 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 0 0 2
084 Music 0 0 2 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 2 0 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 1 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 1 1 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 1 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 0 1 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 0 1 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 1 0 1 2
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 1 0 1 2
250 Radiant Energy 2 0 0 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 2 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 0 0 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 1 0 1 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 1 0 0 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 2 0 0 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 0 0 0 0 2
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 1 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 0 1 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 1 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 2 0 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 1 1 0 0 0 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 0 0 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 1 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 0 0 1
185 Motors: Spring, Weight, or Animal Powered 0 1 0 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 0 0 0 1 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 1 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 1 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 1 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 1 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 1 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 1 0 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
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
453 Coin Handling 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 180 184 152 132 126 774


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