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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

NORTH DAKOTA

( 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
037 Excavating 0 5 14 4 1 24
180 Motor Vehicles 0 6 5 6 5 22
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 6 5 6 3 1 21
414 Material or Article Handling 7 5 5 2 1 20
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 2 3 4 9 19
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 3 1 4 5 15
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 2 3 4 4 15
280 Land Vehicles 3 5 3 0 1 12
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 2 3 5 11
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 0 3 1 3 10
060 Power Plants 1 4 1 1 2 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 1 1 3 3 9
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 4 1 0 3 8
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 1 1 4 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 3 3 1 0 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 2 0 2 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 3 0 2 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 4 2 0 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 2 1 2 0 6
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 1 2 0 2 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 2 2 1 6
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 4 2 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 2 1 0 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 1 2 1 0 5
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 2 3 5
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 3 1 0 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 0 2 0 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 2 1 1 4
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 2 2 4
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 1 1 4
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 2 0 2 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 2 1 3
056 Harvesters 1 0 1 0 1 3
111 Planting 0 2 0 0 1 3
172 Earth Working 1 0 2 0 0 3
219 Electric Heating 2 1 0 0 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 3 0 0 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 1 1 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 2 0 0 0 3
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
005 Beds 0 2 0 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 1 0 1 2
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 1 2
042 Firearms 2 0 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 1 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 1 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 2 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 0 0 0 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 1 0 1 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 0 2 0 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 1 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 2 0 0 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 2 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 0 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 2 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 1 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 0 0 0 0 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 0 0 0 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 1 2
417 Pumps 0 0 2 0 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 2 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 1 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 1 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 1 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 1 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
114 Ships 1 0 0 0 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 1 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 1 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 1 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 1 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 63 82 107 84 96 432


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