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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

KENTUCKY

( 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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 46 31 63 44 36 220
399 Electrophotography 34 29 28 38 32 161
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 20 24 27 23 15 109
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 12 7 14 16 23 72
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 13 7 12 14 24 70
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 2 18 6 15 43
062 Refrigeration 8 6 11 7 10 42
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 9 9 13 6 41
382 Image Analysis 5 9 12 7 5 38
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 9 7 12 5 3 36
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 7 8 6 5 8 34
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 8 4 2 10 26
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 2 8 6 4 26
340 Communications: Electrical 5 3 6 8 2 24
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 4 6 4 9 23
073 Measuring and Testing 1 6 9 3 4 23
362 Illumination 3 1 9 4 6 23
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 3 1 8 8 23
219 Electric Heating 5 1 6 1 9 22
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 2 3 7 5 22
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 5 2 2 2 10 21
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 5 4 2 8 21
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 2 3 10 4 21
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 1 4 4 9 20
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 4 5 4 4 2 19
250 Radiant Energy 5 4 4 2 4 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 4 6 4 3 19
029 Metal Working 2 3 3 4 6 18
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 4 3 8 2 1 18
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 4 3 0 6 4 17
427 Coating Processes 2 1 4 5 5 17
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 3 4 6 2 2 17
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 5 5 2 3 17
005 Beds 6 1 5 3 1 16
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 2 2 3 4 16
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 6 4 4 15
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 4 2 3 4 15
400 Typewriting Machines 4 3 4 1 3 15
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 1 5 5 1 15
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 1 4 5 3 15
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 1 4 4 3 15
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 2 6 3 2 13
055 Gas Separation 2 3 1 5 2 13
111 Planting 2 2 3 4 2 13
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 4 2 5 0 13
053 Package Making 2 2 3 1 4 12
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 3 4 1 1 12
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 3 2 5 12
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 2 1 4 4 12
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 9 12
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 2 3 4 12
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 3 2 3 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 3 0 0 6 11
002 Apparel 2 0 2 5 1 10
042 Firearms 1 2 1 4 2 10
180 Motor Vehicles 1 1 6 1 1 10
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 6 1 1 2 0 10
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 2 2 0 4 10
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 2 2 5 10
455 Telecommunications 2 1 1 3 3 10
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 1 2 2 3 10
137 Fluid Handling 3 1 1 2 2 9
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 3 2 2 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 2 3 1 9
252 Compositions 4 3 1 1 0 9
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 0 3 3 1 9
297 Chairs and Seats 3 3 1 1 1 9
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 3 2 4 0 9
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 4 0 3 0 2 9
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 2 1 4 9
482 Exercise Devices 1 2 2 4 0 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 3 2 2 8
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 5 1 2 0 0 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 2 4 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 2 1 4 8
089 Ordnance 0 2 1 2 2 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 2 1 0 2 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 1 3 1 7
105 Railway Rolling Stock 4 1 0 1 1 7
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 3 3 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 2 4 7
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 2 0 0 4 1 7
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 3 1 0 1 7
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 2 3 2 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 1 1 1 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 2 0 0 3 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 2 1 2 6
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 1 4 6
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 3 0 3 0 0 6
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 2 2 1 1 6
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 1 2 3 6
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 3 2 6
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 2 4 6
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 2 0 0 3 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 3 0 3 6
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 5 0 0 0 1 6
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 2 0 2 1 6
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 3 6
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 1 2 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 2 1 1 0 5
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 0 1 2 5
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 1 0 2 5
084 Music 2 1 1 0 1 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 4 1 0 0 5
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 2 1 1 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 0 0 1 2 5
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 2 2 5
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 1 0 1 1 5
256 Fences 1 2 2 0 0 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 2 0 1 0 5
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 2 1 0 5
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 2 0 2 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 1 0 3 5
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 2 1 0 1 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 2 2 5
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 1 0 2 5
726 Information Security 0 0 1 2 2 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 1 0 1 2 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 1 1 1 4
060 Power Plants 1 1 2 0 0 4
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 0 2 1 4
070 Locks 1 0 0 0 3 4
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 1 2 0 4
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 1 2 0 0 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 1 1 1 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 3 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 2 1 1 4
348 Television 1 0 1 1 1 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 1 1 0 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 0 2 4
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 3 0 0 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 3 0 0 0 1 4
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 3 1 0 4
431 Combustion 0 2 0 1 1 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 3 0 0 4
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 3 1 0 0 0 4
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 1 0 2 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 3 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 2 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 2 0 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 2 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 3 3
081 Tools 0 0 1 1 1 3
101 Printing 0 2 0 1 0 3
114 Ships 1 1 1 0 0 3
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 2 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 0 0 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 2 1 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 2 1 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 0 2 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 0 0 1 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 3 0 0 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 2 0 0 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 0 1 0 3
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 2 1 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 2 1 0 3
380 Cryptography 0 1 1 0 1 3
385 Optical Waveguides 0 2 1 0 0 3
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 1 1 1 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 2 3
439 Electrical Connectors 2 1 0 0 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 2 0 0 3
454 Ventilation 0 1 1 1 0 3
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 1 1 3
492 Roll or Roller 1 0 0 1 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 2 1 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 0 3
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 2 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 1 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 1 0 0 0 2
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 2 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 1 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 2 0 0 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 1 2
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 1 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 2 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 0 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 1 0 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 1 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 2 2
184 Lubrication 0 0 1 1 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 1 1 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 2 2
221 Article Dispensing 2 0 0 0 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 1 2
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 1 0 0 0 2
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 1 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 1 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 0 0 0 2
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 2 0 0 0 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 0 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 0 0 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 1 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 0 1 2
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 1 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 1 0 0 2
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 1 2
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 1 0 2
451 Abrading 1 0 0 0 1 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 2 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 0 0 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 1 2
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 1 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 1 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 1 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 1 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 1 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 1 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 1 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
452 Butchering 0 1 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 1 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 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
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 413 368 536 488 543 2348


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