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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

RHODE ISLAND

( 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
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 31 20 20 21 37 129
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 12 15 9 5 5 46
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 16 3 4 7 4 34
340 Communications: Electrical 4 6 6 9 8 33
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 12 4 2 4 11 33
114 Ships 8 8 4 8 3 31
439 Electrical Connectors 7 5 9 2 7 30
362 Illumination 7 5 3 8 3 26
073 Measuring and Testing 7 2 3 5 4 21
382 Image Analysis 3 9 3 4 2 21
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 4 5 4 5 2 20
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 1 3 12 18
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 7 0 4 2 5 18
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 3 2 10 2 1 18
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 4 2 3 4 5 18
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 2 3 5 3 17
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 5 3 2 2 17
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 4 1 3 6 17
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 3 1 0 11 17
029 Metal Working 5 4 4 2 1 16
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 2 1 6 3 15
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 2 5 1 6 14
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 4 3 7 14
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 2 1 3 5 13
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 2 4 4 12
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 3 1 4 1 12
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 5 3 0 1 12
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 3 3 1 3 12
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 3 3 1 1 3 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 3 2 2 2 11
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 1 1 3 2 10
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 1 1 4 1 10
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 4 1 1 2 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 1 2 4 9
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 2 3 2 9
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 6 1 0 0 9
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 3 2 1 9
005 Beds 3 2 2 0 1 8
101 Printing 3 1 3 0 1 8
119 Animal Husbandry 0 3 0 3 2 8
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 1 1 1 2 8
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 2 1 4 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 3 0 0 3 8
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 3 3 1 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 3 0 0 3 7
089 Ordnance 2 1 2 2 0 7
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 2 1 2 2 7
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 1 2 1 2 7
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 3 3 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 3 0 2 1 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 2 3 6
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 1 0 1 3 6
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 4 1 0 6
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 3 2 0 6
385 Optical Waveguides 1 2 2 1 0 6
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 2 0 2 1 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 0 1 1 2 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 1 1 2 6
030 Cutlery 1 2 0 1 1 5
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 2 2 5
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 3 0 1 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 0 2 1 5
211 Supports: Racks 1 2 1 0 1 5
219 Electric Heating 1 2 2 0 0 5
220 Receptacles 1 2 1 1 0 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 2 0 5
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 0 1 5
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 4 1 0 0 0 5
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 3 0 5
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 2 1 0 5
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 0 1 2 5
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 2 1 5
002 Apparel 2 0 0 0 2 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 2 0 0 1 4
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 2 0 0 4
083 Cutting 0 2 0 2 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 2 2 0 0 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 3 0 0 1 4
250 Radiant Energy 0 3 0 1 0 4
252 Compositions 2 0 0 1 1 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 2 1 0 4
348 Television 1 1 2 0 0 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 1 2 0 4
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 1 1 0 1 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 3 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 1 1 0 1 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 2 1 0 4
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 0 0 1 1 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 2 0 1 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 3 0 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 0 1 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 1 0 0 1 3
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 2 1 0 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 1 0 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 2 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 2 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 2 0 1 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 0 0 0 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 2 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 1 0 1 3
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 3 0 0 0 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 2 0 1 0 3
380 Cryptography 2 1 0 0 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 1 3
400 Typewriting Machines 1 1 0 0 1 3
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 1 2 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 0 1 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 1 3
431 Combustion 0 1 0 1 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 2 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 0 2 1 0 0 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 0 1 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 0 3
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 2 0 0 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 0 3
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 1 1 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 0 0 0 0 2
042 Firearms 0 2 0 0 0 2
055 Gas Separation 1 0 1 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 1 0 1 0 0 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 0 0 1 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 1 0 0 2
084 Music 0 1 0 1 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 2 0 0 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 2 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 2 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 1 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 2 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 1 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 1 0 0 1 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 0 1 2
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 1 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 0 1 1 0 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 1 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 2 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 0 0 1 2
398 Optical Communications 2 0 0 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 2 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 0 1 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 2
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 0 1 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 0 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 1 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 1 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 0 1
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 1 0 0 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 1 0 0 1
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 1 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 1 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 1 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 1 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 269 263 218 231 276 1257


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