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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2006 - 2010 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed 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

IDAHO

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
Class Class Title 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 369 322 261 198 241 1391
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 229 209 199 146 187 970
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 151 140 123 106 97 617
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 87 64 59 34 21 265
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 39 36 33 27 31 166
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 43 50 24 15 7 139
250 Radiant Energy 14 26 18 19 31 108
451 Abrading 52 33 13 7 2 107
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 39 19 15 10 14 97
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 19 19 24 15 14 91
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 7 15 16 10 20 68
029 Metal Working 26 18 8 9 6 67
340 Communications: Electrical 18 10 10 10 18 66
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 20 13 14 8 8 63
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 16 9 13 6 7 51
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 15 10 5 11 9 50
427 Coating Processes 9 12 15 9 5 50
348 Television 3 4 5 13 21 46
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 16 10 6 3 7 42
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 10 4 6 11 8 39
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 11 10 10 2 6 39
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 2 6 11 17 39
399 Electrophotography 16 5 9 2 6 38
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 9 5 7 8 36
382 Image Analysis 5 7 10 7 7 36
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 12 5 6 5 5 33
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 4 9 7 2 9 31
118 Coating Apparatus 8 7 4 6 4 29
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 6 3 8 5 7 29
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 12 3 8 2 4 29
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 7 6 1 8 5 27
073 Measuring and Testing 12 4 3 2 4 25
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 3 2 5 8 6 24
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 7 6 7 3 1 24
439 Electrical Connectors 9 4 3 3 5 24
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 7 6 3 4 24
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 5 9 3 2 4 23
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 6 0 2 7 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 3 3 4 7 23
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 10 5 0 5 2 22
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 7 2 7 4 2 22
726 Information Security 2 8 2 8 2 22
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 4 4 8 2 21
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 6 6 5 3 1 21
385 Optical Waveguides 3 5 3 5 4 20
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 4 3 4 6 20
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 7 6 2 2 3 20
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 4 5 0 7 19
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 2 2 2 8 19
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 6 3 2 3 3 17
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 7 1 2 3 4 17
455 Telecommunications 8 1 1 2 5 17
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 6 2 3 3 3 17
280 Land Vehicles 2 4 4 2 4 16
033 Geometrical Instruments 7 2 3 2 1 15
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 7 4 2 2 0 15
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 4 2 3 3 3 15
355 Photocopying 5 3 3 2 2 15
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 5 2 3 3 1 14
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 2 1 2 4 13
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 1 2 2 7 13
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 2 4 2 4 13
370 Multiplex Communications 2 2 3 2 4 13
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 6 5 0 1 1 13
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 0 2 3 5 13
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 3 2 1 3 13
042 Firearms 0 2 4 1 5 12
219 Electric Heating 2 4 1 4 1 12
331 Oscillators 5 3 2 1 1 12
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 8 3 0 1 0 12
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 2 4 1 1 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 0 1 0 6 12
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 2 0 2 4 11
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 2 2 2 3 11
252 Compositions 4 4 1 1 1 11
362 Illumination 2 1 3 1 4 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 5 2 1 1 2 11
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 2 0 3 1 10
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 2 1 1 4 10
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 2 1 2 3 10
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 5 0 2 9
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 3 1 1 9
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 1 2 3 1 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 3 1 1 4 9
002 Apparel 3 1 2 2 0 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 0 1 2 2 8
053 Package Making 1 6 0 0 1 8
062 Refrigeration 2 2 0 3 1 8
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 0 1 1 3 8
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 6 0 2 0 0 8
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 4 0 1 0 2 7
089 Ordnance 0 2 2 1 2 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 3 2 0 1 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 1 1 0 2 7
297 Chairs and Seats 4 1 1 1 0 7
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 2 2 1 1 7
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 4 0 3 7
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 3 1 1 0 7
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 0 2 1 2 7
083 Cutting 4 0 1 1 0 6
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 3 2 0 1 0 6
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 0 2 0 2 6
330 Amplifiers 0 3 2 1 0 6
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 3 0 1 1 1 6
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 2 1 1 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 0 2 1 5
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 0 2 1 5
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 2 1 1 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 1 0 2 0 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 2 2 1 0 5
220 Receptacles 1 1 0 3 0 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 2 1 1 1 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 2 0 1 0 5
400 Typewriting Machines 4 0 1 0 0 5
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 1 0 0 0 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 2 1 0 2 5
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 0 1 0 0 5
030 Cutlery 2 1 0 0 1 4
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 0 1 1 0 4
055 Gas Separation 0 0 2 0 2 4
101 Printing 2 1 1 0 0 4
114 Ships 0 1 0 2 1 4
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 2 1 1 4
137 Fluid Handling 2 2 0 0 0 4
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 1 0 1 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 1 1 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 2 0 1 1 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 3 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 2 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 2 0 0 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 1 1 4
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 0 1 0 2 4
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 3 0 1 0 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 0 1 1 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 1 1 1 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 2 0 1 4
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 0 2 0 0 4
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 1 1 1 0 4
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 0 1 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 0 1 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 2 0 0 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 2 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 2 0 3
060 Power Plants 2 0 1 0 0 3
084 Music 0 2 0 0 1 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 0 0 0 1 3
125 Stone Working 1 0 1 1 0 3
168 Farriery 0 0 3 0 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 1 0 1 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 0 1 1 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 1 0 0 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 2 0 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 1 0 0 3
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 2 0 0 1 0 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 1 0 0 0 3
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 0 1 1 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
396 Photography 0 0 0 1 2 3
414 Material or Article Handling 2 0 1 0 0 3
431 Combustion 0 1 1 1 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 2 0 1 0 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 1 2 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 0 0 1 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 1 1 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 1 0 1 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 0 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 1 1 0 0 0 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 1 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 0 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 1 0 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 1 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 1 0 1 2
081 Tools 0 1 1 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 0 1 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 2 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 1 0 2
144 Woodworking 2 0 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 0 1 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 1 0 1 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 2 0 0 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 1 1 0 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 1 1 0 0 2
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 0 0 1 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 1 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 1 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 1 1 2
249 Static Molds 0 2 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 1 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 0 1 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 1 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 1 0 1 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 1 0 1 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 1 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 1 2
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 1 2
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 1 0 1 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 1 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 1 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 1 0 0 0 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 0 2
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 2 0 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 1 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 1 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
069 Leather Manufactures 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 0 1
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
231 Whips and Whip Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
237 Heating Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 0 0 0 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 1 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 1 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 1 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 0 1 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1663 1350 1162 941 1095 6211


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