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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

MISSISSIPPI

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 11 16 20 15 15 77
606 Surgery (instruments) 8 12 10 15 12 57
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 14 8 2 6 7 37
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 4 3 7 7 9 30
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 7 0 8 2 4 21
362 Illumination 7 5 6 0 2 20
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 8 2 3 16
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 3 2 4 2 1 12
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 1 4 3 0 10
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 3 4 2 1 10
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 2 1 2 2 10
029 Metal Working 3 2 2 1 1 9
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 3 4 1 9
382 Image Analysis 0 2 2 1 4 9
340 Communications: Electrical 2 1 1 3 1 8
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 2 1 1 3 7
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 2 1 2 1 1 7
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 2 3 0 0 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 0 1 2 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 2 1 1 6
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 1 1 0 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 3 1 1 1 6
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 1 2 1 1 6
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 5 0 6
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 2 0 1 1 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 1 0 2 6
005 Beds 3 1 1 0 0 5
042 Firearms 0 2 2 0 1 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 2 0 2 0 5
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 2 0 0 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 2 1 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 3 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 3 1 5
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 1 2 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 0 2 1 5
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 3 1 0 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 0 0 1 2 4
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 1 2 4
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 2 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 2 0 1 1 4
132 Toilet 0 1 2 1 0 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 2 1 0 4
172 Earth Working 0 0 2 1 1 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 1 1 0 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 1 0 0 1 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 0 2 0 0 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 2 0 0 0 4
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 3 0 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 0 2 0 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 1 0 1 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 3 0 0 1 0 4
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 2 1 4
433 Dentistry 1 2 1 0 0 4
452 Butchering 0 1 2 1 0 4
455 Telecommunications 0 3 0 0 1 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 1 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 3 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 2 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 2 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 1 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 1 1 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 0 0 0 1 3
100 Presses 0 1 1 1 0 3
114 Ships 1 1 0 1 0 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 2 0 0 1 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 1 0 1 0 3
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 0 0 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 0 0 1 0 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 2 1 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 2 1 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 1 1 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 2 0 1 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 0 0 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 1 1 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 1 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 1 2
055 Gas Separation 0 1 1 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 1 0 2
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 1 2
083 Cutting 0 0 2 0 0 2
084 Music 1 0 0 0 1 2
089 Ordnance 0 1 1 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 2 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 1 0 0 1 0 2
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 1 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 2 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 1 1 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 2 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 1 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 2 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 1 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 0 1 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 1 0 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 0 1 2
348 Television 0 2 0 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 2 0 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 1 0 2
417 Pumps 0 0 0 2 0 2
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 2 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 1 1 0 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 1 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 0 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
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 1 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 1 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 1 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 1 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 1 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 1 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 1 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
398 Optical Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 147 140 161 153 138 739



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