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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 2011 - 2015 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

IOWA

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 173 209 223 187 191 983
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 21 34 41 43 50 189
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 18 26 20 37 29 130
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 16 15 20 20 22 93
455 Telecommunications 15 9 22 24 18 88
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 25 14 10 23 14 86
180 Motor Vehicles 14 7 24 16 15 76
060 Power Plants 13 12 10 18 17 70
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 15 11 12 15 15 68
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 14 15 11 11 16 67
340 Communications: Electrical 5 9 20 12 18 64
370 Multiplex Communications 20 8 10 16 10 64
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 10 10 7 18 17 62
056 Harvesters 12 15 8 10 11 56
362 Illumination 11 10 9 18 8 56
137 Fluid Handling 6 12 12 8 15 53
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 10 11 15 9 5 50
280 Land Vehicles 11 9 13 5 11 49
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 10 10 16 7 4 47
172 Earth Working 6 13 9 11 7 46
414 Material or Article Handling 5 6 7 8 20 46
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 10 12 5 9 6 42
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 4 10 4 11 11 40
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 8 6 9 6 8 37
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 3 8 8 12 37
062 Refrigeration 14 4 4 6 8 36
382 Image Analysis 5 6 11 6 8 36
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 1 5 9 12 36
029 Metal Working 6 5 8 7 9 35
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 8 9 8 6 4 35
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 9 8 11 3 4 35
330 Amplifiers 8 9 6 2 9 34
111 Planting 5 4 7 13 3 32
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 6 7 10 5 32
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 4 6 7 7 30
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 6 5 9 4 5 29
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 4 6 6 6 28
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 3 4 6 5 7 25
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 7 5 5 3 24
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 4 7 5 3 23
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 5 6 5 2 23
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 1 3 11 5 22
073 Measuring and Testing 8 1 4 5 3 21
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 4 4 3 7 21
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 5 5 5 4 21
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 3 1 2 8 6 20
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 4 8 5 0 20
033 Geometrical Instruments 6 3 2 6 2 19
100 Presses 2 5 3 4 5 19
297 Chairs and Seats 3 5 1 3 7 19
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 3 7 1 3 5 19
220 Receptacles 3 1 2 4 8 18
348 Television 2 4 3 7 2 18
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 3 1 4 6 18
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 4 4 2 5 17
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 6 4 3 17
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 2 9 2 2 2 17
037 Excavating 3 2 4 4 3 16
047 Plant Husbandry 5 4 2 1 4 16
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 5 5 3 1 16
292 Closure Fasteners 4 3 4 3 2 16
417 Pumps 2 4 5 4 1 16
726 Information Security 0 2 2 5 7 16
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 4 3 3 4 15
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 4 3 1 3 4 15
452 Butchering 2 1 7 3 2 15
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 5 1 5 3 15
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 1 5 4 15
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 6 1 5 0 14
379 Telephonic Communications 4 3 2 3 2 14
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 5 2 3 1 3 14
219 Electric Heating 2 4 2 4 1 13
250 Radiant Energy 2 2 1 1 7 13
403 Joints and Connections 2 0 2 3 6 13
434 Education and Demonstration 2 0 2 5 4 13
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 3 3 2 4 13
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 4 2 3 12
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 2 3 3 2 12
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 1 1 5 11
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 1 4 1 3 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 1 3 2 3 11
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 6 2 1 0 2 11
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 2 2 3 4 11
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 4 4 2 1 0 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 3 1 2 3 11
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 1 2 2 4 11
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 4 1 0 3 2 10
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 2 2 4 2 10
072 Metal Deforming 0 2 4 1 3 10
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 3 4 2 10
144 Woodworking 4 2 1 1 2 10
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 2 2 2 1 10
439 Electrical Connectors 3 2 2 1 2 10
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 2 3 2 1 2 10
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 2 1 3 2 9
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 3 1 2 2 9
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 1 2 5 9
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 2 1 3 0 9
380 Cryptography 2 4 1 0 2 9
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 4 1 3 1 0 9
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 1 4 2 9
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 3 1 2 2 9
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 3 0 1 4 1 9
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 3 1 3 2 9
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 2 1 2 2 8
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 4 2 8
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 1 1 1 3 8
252 Compositions 1 2 2 1 2 8
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 0 1 4 1 8
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 4 3 0 1 0 8
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 2 4 0 8
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 2 1 3 2 0 8
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 4 1 8
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 3 3 0 2 8
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 1 2 4 8
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 1 2 2 8
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 3 3 1 8
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 2 2 2 0 7
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 3 2 1 1 7
053 Package Making 1 1 1 2 2 7
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 2 2 1 1 1 7
188 Brakes 0 3 1 2 1 7
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 3 0 1 7
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 1 1 3 0 7
211 Supports: Racks 2 3 1 0 1 7
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 2 1 2 7
331 Oscillators 0 1 3 0 3 7
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 2 3 0 1 7
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 3 3 0 0 7
398 Optical Communications 3 1 0 2 1 7
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 1 1 4 7
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 2 2 1 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 4 3 7
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 1 2 3 7
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 1 1 4 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 4 2 1 7
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 2 1 2 1 0 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 3 3 6
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 2 1 1 0 2 6
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 2 0 1 2 6
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 1 1 0 2 6
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 3 0 2 6
427 Coating Processes 0 0 3 1 2 6
002 Apparel 1 0 1 2 1 5
005 Beds 1 1 0 0 3 5
081 Tools 0 0 2 2 1 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 3 2 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 0 1 2 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 3 0 0 1 5
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 0 1 1 0 5
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 2 2 0 1 0 5
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 2 0 2 5
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 2 1 1 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 1 1 2 5
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 2 3 0 0 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 2 1 1 0 1 5
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 1 2 1 0 5
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 2 1 1 5
454 Ventilation 0 0 1 3 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 3 1 5
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 2 1 4
055 Gas Separation 1 1 0 1 1 4
084 Music 1 0 0 2 1 4
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 2 2 4
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 3 1 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 2 1 4
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 3 0 4
181 Acoustics 2 0 0 0 2 4
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 1 2 4
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 3 1 4
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 1 0 2 1 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 0 0 1 1 4
269 Work Holders 0 2 1 0 1 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 4 0 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 2 2 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 2 1 0 1 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 1 2 4
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 2 1 1 4
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 2 1 0 4
385 Optical Waveguides 1 1 2 0 0 4
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 1 1 1 0 1 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 1 1 4
014 Bridges 1 0 0 1 1 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 1 1 0 3
070 Locks 0 0 1 2 0 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 1 0 3
083 Cutting 0 0 1 2 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
114 Ships 0 0 0 2 1 3
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 2 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 1 1 0 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 1 0 0 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 2 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 0 0 1 0 3
267 Spring Devices 0 0 2 0 1 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 1 2 3
396 Photography 0 1 1 1 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 1 0 0 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 1 1 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 3 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 2 0 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 2 3
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 0 1 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 1 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 1 2
042 Firearms 0 1 1 0 0 2
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 2 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 1 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 0 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 1 0 2
104 Railways 1 1 0 0 0 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 1 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 1 2
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 1 0 0 0 1 2
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 0 0 1 1 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 2 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 2 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 1 2
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 1 0 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 1 0 0 2
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 0 0 1 2
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 1 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 2 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 0 1 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 1 0 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 1 1 0 2
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 1 0 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 1 0 2
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 1 1 0 0 2
451 Abrading 1 1 0 0 0 2
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 1 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 1 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 1 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
431 Combustion 1 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 1 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 1 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 1 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 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 811 854 933 1000 992 4590



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