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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

OKLAHOMA

( 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
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 99 76 119 79 94 467
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 11 26 41 32 22 132
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 12 15 15 21 15 78
073 Measuring and Testing 9 10 12 11 10 52
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 5 20 8 11 52
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 10 15 5 11 8 49
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 14 10 6 12 2 44
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 14 8 9 5 5 41
340 Communications: Electrical 9 9 10 1 12 41
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 8 2 14 10 35
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 16 7 6 2 35
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 15 7 5 5 2 34
417 Pumps 2 5 9 7 11 34
137 Fluid Handling 10 6 3 7 6 32
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 6 7 8 9 31
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 7 4 8 9 3 31
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 5 9 6 5 28
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 4 6 6 3 27
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 4 4 5 7 23
280 Land Vehicles 9 2 2 5 3 21
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 7 2 4 3 4 20
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 5 3 6 4 1 19
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 5 1 6 3 18
062 Refrigeration 8 1 5 2 1 17
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 4 3 6 2 17
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 2 2 5 8 17
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 9 2 3 16
440 Marine Propulsion 6 6 2 1 1 16
029 Metal Working 1 1 3 6 4 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 1 4 7 1 15
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 3 2 4 2 3 14
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 4 1 2 1 14
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 5 3 4 1 13
250 Radiant Energy 2 2 2 4 3 13
256 Fences 4 2 4 3 0 13
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 3 3 4 3 13
370 Multiplex Communications 2 1 3 4 3 13
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 1 5 2 1 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 2 5 1 1 12
005 Beds 3 3 3 1 1 11
060 Power Plants 2 1 5 2 1 11
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 2 3 2 3 11
427 Coating Processes 1 2 2 6 0 11
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 3 3 2 2 11
042 Firearms 2 1 2 3 2 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 1 3 3 2 10
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 1 3 5 10
047 Plant Husbandry 3 1 3 2 0 9
180 Motor Vehicles 0 4 1 1 3 9
362 Illumination 1 0 1 1 6 9
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 4 2 1 9
431 Combustion 2 1 1 3 2 9
037 Excavating 1 0 4 3 0 8
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 5 2 1 8
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 1 4 1 8
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 2 2 0 3 8
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 2 1 0 4 8
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 1 2 1 2 8
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 2 1 4 8
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 2 3 2 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 0 3 4 8
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 1 1 2 8
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 3 1 2 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 1 1 4 7
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 1 1 3 7
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 1 1 1 7
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 4 1 1 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 2 2 2 7
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 1 4 2 0 7
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 5 1 7
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 2 2 1 7
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 1 0 3 1 7
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 4 1 2 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 2 1 2 1 7
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 2 2 3 7
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 0 1 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 3 1 0 1 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 3 1 2 6
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 3 2 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 3 1 0 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 3 1 1 1 6
252 Compositions 2 0 0 2 2 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 2 2 2 6
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 1 1 1 1 6
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 1 2 1 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 4 2 6
382 Image Analysis 2 1 1 0 2 6
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 1 4 6
002 Apparel 3 0 0 1 1 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 2 0 1 5
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 2 2 0 1 0 5
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 1 0 2 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 4 0 1 0 5
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 2 0 0 3 0 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 1 2 1 5
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 2 2 0 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 0 4 5
348 Television 0 1 0 2 2 5
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 2 1 1 5
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 2 1 0 2 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 2 2 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 2 1 0 1 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 1 1 1 4
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 1 2 4
084 Music 2 1 0 1 0 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 1 2 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 2 1 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 0 3 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 3 0 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 3 0 0 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 2 0 1 4
452 Butchering 1 1 1 1 0 4
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 3 0 0 0 1 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 0 1 0 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 3 1 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 2 3
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 2 0 0 1 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 1 1 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 1 3
114 Ships 1 1 0 1 0 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 2 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 0 1 0 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 0 1 1 3
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 2 0 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 0 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 1 0 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 2 0 0 1 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 1 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 2 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 1 1 0 0 3
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 1 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 2 1 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 0 2 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 2 0 0 1 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 1 2 3
455 Telecommunications 0 1 0 0 2 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 2 0 1 3
726 Information Security 0 1 2 0 0 3
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 1 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 2 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 1 0 0 2
053 Package Making 0 1 1 0 0 2
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 1 0 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 2 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 2 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 0 1 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 1 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 1 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 1 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 0 1 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 0 0 0 2
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 1 1 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 1 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 1 0 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 1 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 2 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 2 0 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 1 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 1 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 2 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 1 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 1 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 1 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 0 0 1 2
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 2 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 1 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 1 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 2 0 0 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 1 1 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 1 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 2 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 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
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 1
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 1 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 1 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 1 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 1 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 1 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 1 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 1 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 1 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 1 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 1 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 417 403 516 484 471 2291


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