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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 2008 - 2012 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

VERMONT

( 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 75 75 131 91 98 470
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 74 74 106 101 74 429
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 25 33 62 55 47 222
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 54 36 46 25 19 180
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 17 16 28 18 14 93
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 16 21 20 8 6 71
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 14 10 12 4 4 44
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 8 8 8 12 39
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 8 6 11 6 5 36
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 10 10 6 4 2 32
280 Land Vehicles 3 7 10 6 4 30
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 5 4 6 5 7 27
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 5 6 5 7 24
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 6 7 4 5 24
385 Optical Waveguides 3 3 3 6 8 23
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 6 6 4 4 22
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 7 5 5 2 20
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 5 3 7 3 2 20
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 3 3 5 5 20
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 2 7 6 20
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 4 3 3 8 19
382 Image Analysis 6 5 4 2 1 18
250 Radiant Energy 4 4 4 4 1 17
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 1 3 5 3 17
073 Measuring and Testing 3 4 1 6 2 16
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 3 3 5 1 3 15
219 Electric Heating 2 3 6 1 2 14
331 Oscillators 5 3 2 3 1 14
348 Television 0 0 3 7 4 14
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 3 4 2 14
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 1 11 13
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 3 3 3 2 13
396 Photography 2 0 3 2 6 13
029 Metal Working 4 2 0 3 3 12
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 5 2 3 12
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 3 2 3 1 3 12
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 1 0 9 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 1 3 5 1 1 11
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 6 2 11
340 Communications: Electrical 0 4 4 1 1 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 2 1 0 5 9
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 2 3 1 2 9
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 2 2 3 9
362 Illumination 1 2 4 0 1 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 1 1 4 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 2 2 2 2 8
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 1 2 1 0 7
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 2 2 2 1 7
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 3 0 2 2 7
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 3 1 1 1 7
427 Coating Processes 2 1 2 0 2 7
439 Electrical Connectors 2 0 5 0 0 7
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 2 1 1 0 6
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 0 1 1 1 6
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 2 1 2 0 6
355 Photocopying 2 0 2 2 0 6
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 2 2 2 6
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 4 0 6
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 2 3 6
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 2 2 0 6
084 Music 0 2 3 0 0 5
089 Ordnance 1 2 2 0 0 5
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 2 1 1 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 2 2 0 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 1 0 1 0 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 1 1 1 5
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 2 2 5
005 Beds 1 1 0 0 2 4
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 4 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 2 1 0 1 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 1 2 4
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 0 1 2 4
455 Telecommunications 1 0 2 0 1 4
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 0 2 1 4
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 2 1 4
726 Information Security 2 0 1 1 0 4
002 Apparel 0 0 2 1 0 3
027 Undertaking 1 1 1 0 0 3
037 Excavating 1 0 2 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 1 1 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 1 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 1 0 1 3
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 1 0 1 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 2 1 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 2 1 0 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 0 1 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 2 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 1 1 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 2 0 1 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 3 0 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 2 0 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 2 0 3
330 Amplifiers 1 1 0 0 1 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 3 0 0 0 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 1 0 3
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 1 1 0 1 0 3
380 Cryptography 1 1 1 0 0 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 2 0 1 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 1 0 1 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 2 3
451 Abrading 0 0 2 0 1 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 1 0 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 1 1 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 1 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 1 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 0 1 2
062 Refrigeration 0 1 1 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 1 0 0 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 2 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 1 2
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 1 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 1 1 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 1 0 2
188 Brakes 1 0 1 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 1 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 2 0 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 1 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
414 Material or Article Handling 2 0 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 1 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 1 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 1 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 0 1 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 1 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 1 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 1 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 1 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 437 452 642 504 487 2522


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