U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1996 - 2000 Utility Patent Grants 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

MISSOURI

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)

(technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data')
 
Class Class Title 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 46 92 84 82 58 362
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 26 43 20 51 26 166
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 17 22 36 29 28 132
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 13 16 22 16 21 88
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 12 9 25 15 12 73
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 8 12 21 18 12 71
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 6 8 17 16 20 67
606 Surgery (instruments) 9 9 10 18 18 64
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 11 12 14 9 9 55
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 14 3 4 10 15 46
137 Fluid Handling 8 7 9 12 10 46
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 10 7 10 11 46
340 Communications: Electrical 7 9 10 9 11 46
005 Beds 11 12 9 7 6 45
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 5 9 13 12 45
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 12 13 6 8 44
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 9 10 7 7 10 43
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 8 11 8 6 8 41
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 9 8 5 7 11 40
029 Metal Working 6 6 7 9 10 38
073 Measuring and Testing 5 12 6 6 8 37
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 7 10 10 6 37
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 8 6 4 12 34
244 Aeronautics 2 0 5 14 12 33
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 4 6 10 10 33
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 2 10 11 7 32
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 5 2 5 8 11 31
220 Receptacles 5 4 5 7 10 31
280 Land Vehicles 12 3 5 4 7 31
433 Dentistry 5 3 14 7 2 31
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 7 4 4 8 7 30
062 Refrigeration 2 6 9 7 6 30
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 9 5 4 6 5 29
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 1 13 6 6 28
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 3 1 13 7 3 27
297 Chairs and Seats 3 6 7 5 5 26
482 Exercise Devices 1 3 7 8 6 25
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 6 5 9 2 24
119 Animal Husbandry 4 5 4 6 5 24
219 Electric Heating 0 1 4 8 11 24
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 5 6 7 4 24
362 Illumination 4 4 7 3 6 24
427 Coating Processes 6 5 5 5 2 23
002 Apparel 5 2 6 4 5 22
211 Supports: Racks 3 3 6 5 5 22
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 7 3 7 3 2 22
252 Compositions 3 5 3 7 3 21
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 4 6 2 4 5 21
379 Telephonic Communications 0 5 6 5 5 21
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 5 5 5 4 21
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 2 2 6 3 8 21
439 Electrical Connectors 2 4 3 7 4 20
053 Package Making 6 2 5 5 1 19
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 4 3 5 2 19
114 Ships 2 7 4 1 4 18
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 7 4 4 0 18
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 5 3 2 2 6 18
414 Material or Article Handling 2 5 2 5 4 18
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 3 2 5 4 18
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 6 4 1 5 18
033 Geometrical Instruments 5 4 1 3 4 17
126 Stoves and Furnaces 4 4 4 3 2 17
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 5 4 5 3 0 17
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 6 4 3 2 2 17
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 3 9 2 3 17
382 Image Analysis 1 0 4 8 4 17
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 2 6 3 3 17
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 2 5 4 1 17
055 Gas Separation 1 1 10 1 3 16
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 3 3 7 3 16
451 Abrading 2 3 2 3 6 16
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 5 6 2 15
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 2 4 4 3 15
224 Package and Article Carriers 3 4 4 2 2 15
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 1 2 4 5 15
385 Optical Waveguides 5 2 3 2 3 15
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 2 1 8 4 15
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 2 5 3 1 14
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 3 2 1 7 1 14
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 2 2 5 4 14
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 4 5 1 3 14
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 3 2 4 4 1 14
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 5 4 0 4 14
118 Coating Apparatus 3 0 5 2 3 13
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 5 3 3 2 13
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 3 5 3 13
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 3 3 3 4 13
434 Education and Demonstration 4 0 3 4 2 13
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 2 0 4 4 13
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 3 1 1 2 13
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 3 2 3 2 13
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 4 5 1 1 1 12
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 2 3 2 4 12
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 9 1 0 2 0 12
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 2 6 3 12
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 3 4 1 1 3 12
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 1 6 1 1 12
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 3 1 7 12
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 3 2 3 3 0 11
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 2 2 2 11
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 3 2 5 1 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 1 2 7 11
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 4 0 3 4 11
292 Closure Fasteners 0 2 1 2 6 11
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 2 2 3 1 11
370 Multiplex Communications 2 0 1 4 4 11
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 5 0 3 11
454 Ventilation 0 2 4 2 3 11
030 Cutlery 1 1 2 2 4 10
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 3 4 0 2 1 10
072 Metal Deforming 2 1 2 4 1 10
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 1 1 4 1 10
083 Cutting 2 2 1 4 1 10
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 3 3 1 1 10
132 Toilet 0 2 1 7 0 10
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 3 2 1 3 10
165 Heat Exchange 3 2 1 3 1 10
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 3 2 2 2 1 10
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 5 2 2 10
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 1 0 4 4 10
267 Spring Devices 2 1 1 3 3 10
348 Television 0 3 5 0 2 10
070 Locks 1 1 3 3 1 9
084 Music 0 2 3 3 1 9
101 Printing 2 0 3 3 1 9
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 3 2 0 1 3 9
188 Brakes 1 1 2 4 1 9
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 4 2 1 1 1 9
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 3 1 1 4 0 9
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 3 2 2 1 1 9
455 Telecommunications 2 4 1 1 1 9
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 5 2 1 8
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 0 2 2 2 8
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 2 1 2 3 8
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 3 2 2 8
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 0 2 3 1 8
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 2 1 3 1 1 8
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 4 2 1 0 8
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 2 1 5 0 8
081 Tools 2 0 1 3 1 7
100 Presses 0 0 3 1 3 7
125 Stone Working 1 1 3 1 1 7
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 2 1 2 0 7
246 Railway Switches and Signals 2 3 1 1 0 7
250 Radiant Energy 2 1 0 3 1 7
330 Amplifiers 2 2 1 0 2 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 2 0 1 1 7
417 Pumps 1 2 2 0 2 7
452 Butchering 1 2 1 2 1 7
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 4 2 1 0 0 7
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 0 1 1 3 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 3 0 3 7
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 3 3 1 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 2 1 2 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 0 3 1 6
042 Firearms 1 1 2 1 1 6
047 Plant Husbandry 2 0 2 0 2 6
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 5 0 6
060 Power Plants 1 1 2 2 0 6
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 3 2 6
131 Tobacco 1 0 4 1 0 6
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 0 3 1 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 1 3 1 0 6
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 3 2 6
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 2 1 0 1 6
269 Work Holders 0 0 4 2 0 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 1 2 2 6
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 2 0 1 1 6
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 2 1 1 1 1 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 5 0 0 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 2 1 2 5
116 Signals and Indicators 2 1 1 0 1 5
144 Woodworking 2 0 1 1 1 5
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 2 0 1 1 5
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 2 1 2 0 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 0 1 2 0 5
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 2 2 0 5
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 2 0 1 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 2 2 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 1 0 3 5
453 Coin Handling 2 2 1 0 0 5
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 2 2 5
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 3 2 0 5
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 1 0 3 4
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 1 2 0 4
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 1 0 1 4
104 Railways 2 2 0 0 0 4
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 2 1 0 4
112 Sewing 2 1 0 1 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 1 0 2 4
140 Wireworking 0 0 2 1 1 4
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 1 2 4
184 Lubrication 2 1 0 1 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 1 2 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 1 2 4
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 2 0 0 1 1 4
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 1 0 2 4
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 3 1 0 0 4
355 Photocopying 0 2 0 1 1 4
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 3 1 4
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 0 1 1 0 4
383 Flexible Bags 2 1 1 0 0 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 0 0 0 2 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 2 1 0 4
432 Heating 1 1 2 0 0 4
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 1 2 0 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 2 1 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 2 1 1 4
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 1 1 0 3
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 0 2 3
164 Metal Founding 0 2 0 1 0 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 1 1 3
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 1 1 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 1 0 1 3
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 2 0 0 0 3
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 0 0 1 0 3
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 1 1 3
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 2 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 2 3
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 2 1 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 1 1 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 2 1 0 0 3
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 1 1 0 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 1 0 1 3
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 1 1 3
384 Bearings 1 0 1 1 0 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 0 1 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 0 1 0 3
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 1 1 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 1 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 0 2 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 1 0 1 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 3 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 1 0 0 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 1 0 0 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 1 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 2 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 1 1 0 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 1 0 0 0 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 2 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 0 1 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 1 0 0 2
159 Concentrating Evaporators 1 1 0 0 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 1 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 1 1 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 2 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 1 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
431 Combustion 0 0 2 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 1 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 1 0 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 1 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 2 0 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 1 0 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 1 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 1 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 1 0 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 1 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 1 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 656 731 900 931 822 4040



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