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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

NEW MEXICO

( 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) 4 8 19 10 19 60
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 9 10 11 16 9 55
250 Radiant Energy 9 6 10 16 13 54
073 Measuring and Testing 9 13 13 10 7 52
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 8 20 11 5 5 49
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 3 5 9 10 19 46
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 10 9 12 8 6 45
382 Image Analysis 6 13 9 9 7 44
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 6 7 12 11 43
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 6 5 11 4 9 35
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 5 5 2 19 32
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 9 5 10 7 1 32
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 6 7 9 3 6 31
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 5 7 6 10 31
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 7 7 4 5 7 30
340 Communications: Electrical 9 8 7 2 4 30
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 5 6 5 3 9 28
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 9 5 7 2 28
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 8 5 4 6 4 27
252 Compositions 5 5 6 6 4 26
385 Optical Waveguides 7 0 6 4 9 26
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 5 6 2 6 7 26
348 Television 2 8 4 7 4 25
427 Coating Processes 4 9 6 3 3 25
463 Amusement Devices: Games 3 7 10 3 1 24
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 5 7 5 3 24
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 4 6 5 8 24
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 5 3 6 5 23
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 3 3 4 2 11 23
455 Telecommunications 3 6 4 2 8 23
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 3 3 10 4 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 3 6 6 2 23
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 6 6 3 4 3 22
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 6 4 7 1 22
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 8 5 2 3 21
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 3 9 4 3 1 20
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 6 2 3 4 4 19
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 3 6 3 4 17
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 4 6 2 17
102 Ammunition and Explosives 4 2 2 2 6 16
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 5 2 3 3 16
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 4 3 3 3 3 16
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 2 5 8 16
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 5 3 1 3 3 15
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 3 4 1 4 3 15
726 Information Security 2 0 2 3 8 15
126 Stoves and Furnaces 3 1 3 2 5 14
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 1 5 1 3 14
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 3 1 5 1 4 14
370 Multiplex Communications 5 2 2 4 1 14
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 3 4 6 0 14
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 3 3 2 3 3 14
084 Music 0 2 3 5 3 13
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 3 3 2 1 13
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 0 3 7 1 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 2 2 2 4 12
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 2 4 2 1 12
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 3 4 1 3 12
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 2 4 2 0 11
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 3 3 4 1 11
042 Firearms 2 1 2 2 3 10
060 Power Plants 3 1 3 2 1 10
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 2 4 2 1 10
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 2 1 4 10
280 Land Vehicles 2 3 0 3 2 10
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 3 2 2 2 10
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 4 2 3 10
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 1 0 3 4 10
398 Optical Communications 2 2 1 1 4 10
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 1 4 3 9
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 2 1 1 3 9
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 2 3 1 0 9
417 Pumps 1 0 4 2 2 9
029 Metal Working 4 2 1 0 1 8
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 2 3 1 0 8
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 1 2 2 1 8
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 1 3 2 0 8
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 4 0 2 2 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 1 2 0 1 7
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 1 1 1 2 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 1 1 3 7
062 Refrigeration 0 2 1 2 1 6
089 Ordnance 2 0 1 3 0 6
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 2 2 1 6
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 2 1 1 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 1 2 1 0 6
137 Fluid Handling 3 0 2 0 1 6
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 2 1 2 0 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 2 0 2 0 6
379 Telephonic Communications 2 1 1 2 0 6
380 Cryptography 1 0 1 1 3 6
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 1 1 2 6
433 Dentistry 1 1 4 0 0 6
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 1 0 1 3 6
002 Apparel 1 1 2 0 1 5
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 3 1 1 0 0 5
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 1 0 2 0 5
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 2 1 1 0 5
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 2 1 1 1 0 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 4 0 0 0 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 1 3 0 0 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 2 1 0 5
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 3 1 5
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 1 0 1 0 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 1 0 0 0 5
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 1 3 0 5
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 2 1 1 0 5
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 2 0 0 0 3 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 0 1 0 4
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 2 1 1 0 0 4
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 0 2 1 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 2 2 0 0 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 3 0 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 1 1 1 4
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 2 0 0 1 4
362 Illumination 0 1 0 2 1 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 2 2 0 0 4
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 0 1 1 0 4
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 2 1 1 0 4
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 2 1 1 0 4
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 1 0 3 4
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 1 1 1 4
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 1 2 0 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 1 1 1 3
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 2 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 1 1 3
070 Locks 0 0 2 0 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 0 0 0 3
081 Tools 1 0 1 0 1 3
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 1 0 1 3
132 Toilet 1 0 1 1 0 3
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 1 0 2 0 0 3
157 Wheelwright Machines 3 0 0 0 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 1 2 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 1 1 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 1 0 3
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 1 1 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 0 0 0 1 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 3 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 2 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 2 0 3
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 1 1 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 2 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 1 1 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 2 0 3
331 Oscillators 1 0 0 2 0 3
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 1 0 0 2 0 3
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 1 1 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 1 3
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 1 0 2
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 1 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 2 0 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 2 2
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 1 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 1 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 2 0 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 1 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 1 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 2 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 1 0 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 1 0 2
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 1 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 1 2
283 Printed Matter 2 0 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 2 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 1 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 0 1 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
431 Combustion 1 0 1 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 1 1 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 1 0 2
451 Abrading 0 1 0 0 1 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 1 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 0 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 2 0 0 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 1 0 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 2 0 0 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 1 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 1 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 1 0 0 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 1
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 1 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 1 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 1 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 0 1 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 1 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 1 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 389 417 443 423 427 2099



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