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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

MONTANA

( 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
463 Amusement Devices: Games 5 4 8 9 5 31
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 3 8 6 5 23
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 7 4 4 4 0 19
280 Land Vehicles 3 3 3 2 3 14
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 5 2 5 14
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 2 3 2 4 13
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 1 1 2 2 9
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 0 0 2 5 9
340 Communications: Electrical 1 3 2 1 2 9
414 Material or Article Handling 4 0 1 2 2 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 1 3 3 8
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 2 1 3 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 3 1 2 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 2 2 0 6
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 3 1 0 1 6
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 1 3 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 0 3 1 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 3 0 3 6
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 2 0 1 0 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 3 1 1 6
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 0 1 1 1 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 2 1 0 2 5
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 1 2 1 5
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 1 1 0 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 0 0 2 2 5
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 2 1 0 5
002 Apparel 2 0 2 0 0 4
029 Metal Working 2 1 0 0 1 4
042 Firearms 0 0 1 1 2 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 0 0 0 1 4
084 Music 0 1 0 0 3 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 1 0 2 4
220 Receptacles 0 1 2 0 1 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 1 1 2 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 0 1 0 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 2 0 0 4
362 Illumination 1 1 1 1 0 4
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 0 0 3 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 2 1 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 1 4
005 Beds 2 0 0 1 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 1 2 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 0 2 3
081 Tools 0 0 1 0 2 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 2 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 1 0 0 3
172 Earth Working 1 0 1 0 1 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 0 0 1 0 3
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 1 1 0 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 3 0 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 1 0 3
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 1 2 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 2 0 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 3 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 1 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 0 1 2
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 1 2
053 Package Making 0 1 0 1 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 1 2
111 Planting 0 0 2 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 1 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 0 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 2 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 1 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 1 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 1 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 1 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 1 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 1 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 1 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 1 0 0 2
269 Work Holders 0 2 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 1 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 0 1 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 1 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 1 1 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 0 0 1 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 0 1 0 2
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 0 1 2
385 Optical Waveguides 2 0 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 2 2
451 Abrading 1 0 0 0 1 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 1 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 1 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 1 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 1 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 1 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 1 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 1 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
726 Information Security 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 91 73 105 96 119 484


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