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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

TENNESSEE

( 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
606 Surgery (instruments) 16 53 99 99 101 368
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 18 27 45 46 48 184
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 25 28 27 36 55 171
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 26 19 36 45 29 155
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 21 30 24 27 15 117
250 Radiant Energy 13 21 19 17 22 92
340 Communications: Electrical 16 18 18 24 11 87
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 14 6 17 23 21 81
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 13 20 22 16 77
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 8 14 28 20 75
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 5 10 17 21 14 67
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 8 23 12 17 66
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 12 18 13 9 11 63
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 5 7 16 22 51
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 11 9 9 9 8 46
073 Measuring and Testing 10 5 7 12 8 42
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 6 10 9 10 38
219 Electric Heating 11 5 8 8 6 38
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 4 3 17 9 5 38
382 Image Analysis 3 1 12 8 11 35
439 Electrical Connectors 11 6 8 7 3 35
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 2 10 10 10 35
062 Refrigeration 3 7 13 8 2 33
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 6 11 8 6 33
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 7 7 8 8 32
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 6 10 6 7 32
280 Land Vehicles 10 9 2 5 4 30
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 4 1 8 7 9 29
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 3 9 8 3 28
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 4 2 2 8 12 28
362 Illumination 5 9 4 7 3 28
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 6 5 3 6 8 28
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 7 5 8 3 4 27
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 5 5 10 5 2 27
119 Animal Husbandry 3 3 7 8 4 25
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 1 4 7 9 25
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 10 3 3 3 5 24
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 4 6 4 7 24
084 Music 10 2 5 4 2 23
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 3 2 3 4 11 23
144 Woodworking 5 2 10 5 0 22
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 6 3 1 8 20
348 Television 3 4 6 2 5 20
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 2 5 5 5 20
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 4 6 3 3 4 20
137 Fluid Handling 4 6 3 3 3 19
180 Motor Vehicles 5 3 5 2 3 18
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 3 9 2 1 18
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 3 4 4 3 18
482 Exercise Devices 0 3 2 11 2 18
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 1 4 7 2 18
029 Metal Working 3 0 2 5 7 17
055 Gas Separation 3 4 4 3 3 17
083 Cutting 1 3 2 8 3 17
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 3 5 4 3 17
427 Coating Processes 0 2 7 4 4 17
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 6 4 2 3 2 17
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 2 5 4 3 16
089 Ordnance 2 2 3 3 6 16
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 5 1 3 4 3 16
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 2 2 3 8 16
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 3 2 3 6 16
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 4 3 4 2 15
060 Power Plants 2 8 2 1 2 15
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 6 3 6 15
417 Pumps 4 1 2 5 3 15
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 3 3 4 4 15
252 Compositions 4 2 1 2 5 14
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 4 2 5 14
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 3 4 3 3 14
451 Abrading 5 1 2 4 2 14
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 2 2 0 6 13
370 Multiplex Communications 2 2 3 3 3 13
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 4 3 4 13
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 5 3 0 0 12
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 3 3 2 2 12
434 Education and Demonstration 2 1 5 2 2 12
455 Telecommunications 0 4 1 3 4 12
042 Firearms 0 1 2 5 3 11
112 Sewing 2 1 1 2 5 11
118 Coating Apparatus 1 3 2 5 0 11
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 2 1 1 5 11
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 3 2 2 4 11
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 0 1 1 6 11
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 2 0 6 11
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 2 5 2 11
081 Tools 3 1 2 0 4 10
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 2 3 1 0 4 10
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 3 4 1 1 10
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 1 3 5 0 10
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 2 2 3 3 10
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 7 2 0 0 1 10
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 2 0 2 3 3 10
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 3 3 2 0 10
385 Optical Waveguides 2 0 5 3 0 10
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 2 3 3 10
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 1 1 3 4 10
726 Information Security 2 1 1 2 4 10
002 Apparel 3 1 2 1 2 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 2 2 2 2 9
114 Ships 2 1 2 1 3 9
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 4 3 1 9
131 Tobacco 0 0 4 3 2 9
157 Wheelwright Machines 2 1 0 2 4 9
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 0 4 2 9
220 Receptacles 1 1 0 3 4 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 2 2 3 9
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 0 4 1 1 9
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 2 4 1 1 9
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 4 0 4 9
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 3 2 1 1 9
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 4 4 0 9
005 Beds 2 0 2 2 2 8
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 2 2 4 8
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 3 2 3 8
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 2 2 1 1 8
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 1 2 3 8
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 1 3 1 1 8
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 1 2 0 7
030 Cutlery 0 1 2 3 1 7
070 Locks 1 1 1 2 2 7
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 1 4 7
148 Metal Treatment 1 2 1 1 2 7
165 Heat Exchange 2 2 2 0 1 7
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 2 2 0 7
211 Supports: Racks 0 3 1 2 1 7
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 2 3 0 7
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 2 0 3 1 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 2 3 7
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 1 2 1 1 7
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 1 0 2 2 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 1 3 1 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 2 2 3 0 7
431 Combustion 0 2 1 4 0 7
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 3 0 1 2 7
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 2 3 0 0 7
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 5 7
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 1 2 2 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 0 2 2 6
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 2 1 1 0 6
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 1 0 1 2 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 3 2 6
164 Metal Founding 0 2 1 1 2 6
181 Acoustics 0 1 2 3 0 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 0 1 4 6
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 2 1 1 6
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 2 1 2 6
292 Closure Fasteners 1 2 1 2 0 6
396 Photography 0 2 3 1 0 6
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 2 1 2 6
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 1 1 3 1 6
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 1 4 0 6
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 3 1 2 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 4 1 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 3 2 6
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 1 1 2 1 6
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 3 2 6
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 2 0 3 5
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 3 0 1 5
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 2 1 5
053 Package Making 0 2 1 1 1 5
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 0 1 2 5
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 2 1 1 0 1 5
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 1 1 1 2 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 3 0 1 5
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 1 2 0 5
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 3 2 0 5
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 2 1 2 0 5
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 3 1 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 4 0 0 1 0 5
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 2 2 0 1 0 5
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 4 5
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 2 2 0 0 4
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 1 1 0 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 1 1 1 4
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 2 1 4
110 Furnaces 2 0 0 1 1 4
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 1 2 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 2 1 0 1 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 2 1 0 4
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 2 1 4
177 Weighing Scales 2 1 0 0 1 4
188 Brakes 2 0 0 0 2 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 3 0 0 1 4
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 2 1 1 0 0 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 2 1 0 1 4
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 2 1 0 0 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 1 0 2 4
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 3 1 0 4
330 Amplifiers 1 1 1 1 0 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 2 1 0 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 3 1 0 0 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 2 1 0 0 4
433 Dentistry 1 0 1 0 2 4
454 Ventilation 0 0 2 1 1 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 0 1 1 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 2 1 1 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 0 1 1 0 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 3 0 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 0 1 0 3
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 1 1 1 0 3
100 Presses 0 0 2 0 1 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 2 1 0 0 3
111 Planting 1 0 0 1 1 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 2 0 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 2 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 3 3
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 1 1 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 2 0 0 0 3
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 2 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 0 2 0 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 3 0 0 0 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 1 2 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 0 2 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 0 0 0 1 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 2 0 0 1 0 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 1 1 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 1 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 1 0 1 0 2
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 1 0 1 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 1 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 1 1 0 2
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 0 0 0 1 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 1 0 0 2
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 1 2
289 Knots and Knot Tying 1 0 0 1 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 2 0 0 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 1 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 1 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 0 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 1 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 2 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 0 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 1 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 1 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 0 1 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 1 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 1 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 1 0 0 1
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
453 Coin Handling 0 1 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 1 0 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
850 Scanning-Probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-Probe Techniques, e.g., Scanning Probe Microscopy [Spm] 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 586 647 925 969 930 4057


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