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

KENTUCKY

(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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 5 6 15 27 51 104
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 5 13 9 11 16 54
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 4 8 8 14 15 49
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 9 3 8 14 10 44
399 Electrophotography 2 10 14 8 9 43
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 8 6 6 14 9 43
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 6 9 9 6 37
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 8 7 6 9 36
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 8 6 9 6 35
053 Package Making 13 1 6 5 4 29
070 Locks 6 5 6 5 7 29
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 5 9 6 8 29
340 Communications: Electrical 6 6 4 6 3 25
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 7 3 6 6 25
029 Metal Working 3 1 7 5 8 24
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 2 1 2 11 7 23
219 Electric Heating 3 1 5 8 5 22
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 4 6 5 4 1 20
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 0 3 7 5 18
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 1 8 3 3 18
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 4 4 5 2 17
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 4 1 2 0 17
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 1 1 5 6 16
083 Cutting 3 0 6 3 4 16
137 Fluid Handling 4 1 2 3 6 16
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 2 3 4 4 16
042 Firearms 2 3 7 2 1 15
062 Refrigeration 0 4 3 4 4 15
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 5 5 2 3 0 15
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 3 2 7 15
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 4 4 2 3 1 14
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 4 3 1 4 14
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 7 3 2 14
400 Typewriting Machines 5 1 2 2 4 14
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 0 3 2 5 14
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 2 4 3 2 14
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 4 1 2 4 13
055 Gas Separation 0 3 2 3 5 13
073 Measuring and Testing 2 4 2 2 3 13
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 2 0 6 2 13
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 1 3 2 5 13
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 5 2 2 2 13
414 Material or Article Handling 2 4 2 1 4 13
431 Combustion 2 0 4 4 2 12
439 Electrical Connectors 1 1 4 2 4 12
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 2 1 5 2 12
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 2 6 2 12
211 Supports: Racks 3 4 0 2 2 11
451 Abrading 2 1 3 4 1 11
482 Exercise Devices 6 0 1 2 2 11
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 2 4 2 2 11
081 Tools 2 0 1 3 4 10
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 2 1 1 5 1 10
362 Illumination 2 1 1 1 5 10
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 2 0 2 4 10
112 Sewing 3 2 1 1 2 9
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 2 0 4 3 9
250 Radiant Energy 2 2 2 0 3 9
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 1 2 2 2 9
002 Apparel 1 0 3 2 2 8
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 1 2 2 1 8
005 Beds 0 0 2 2 4 8
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 2 1 3 8
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 2 1 0 4 8
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 3 2 1 8
220 Receptacles 2 0 1 4 1 8
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 0 3 3 8
297 Chairs and Seats 5 0 0 1 2 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 1 0 1 3 8
433 Dentistry 0 0 3 4 1 8
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 2 1 3 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 3 0 3 0 7
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 4 2 7
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 1 1 2 2 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 4 0 1 1 7
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 1 2 3 7
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 2 0 3 2 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 0 3 1 0 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 2 1 1 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 2 2 2 1 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 5 1 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 1 0 1 2 6
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 2 1 1 1 6
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 0 2 2 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 0 3 1 0 6
114 Ships 2 0 0 1 3 6
144 Woodworking 0 1 3 1 1 6
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 1 1 3 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 1 1 2 0 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 1 2 0 6
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 2 1 1 2 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 2 1 2 1 6
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 2 1 2 6
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 1 1 2 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 2 2 0 1 6
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 2 2 0 6
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 2 2 1 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 1 1 1 5
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 1 1 1 1 5
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 0 3 0 5
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 2 2 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 2 2 5
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 4 5
172 Earth Working 2 1 0 0 2 5
267 Spring Devices 1 2 1 1 0 5
292 Closure Fasteners 1 2 1 0 1 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 1 1 2 0 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 1 0 2 1 5
384 Bearings 2 0 1 1 1 5
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 1 3 5
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 3 2 5
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 2 1 4
104 Railways 2 1 0 0 1 4
110 Furnaces 1 1 2 0 0 4
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 1 0 2 4
132 Toilet 0 1 1 1 1 4
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 1 3 4
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 2 1 0 0 4
221 Article Dispensing 0 2 1 0 1 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 1 1 1 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 1 2 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 2 1 0 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 0 1 1 4
417 Pumps 1 0 0 2 1 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 3 4
434 Education and Demonstration 2 0 0 1 1 4
454 Ventilation 2 0 1 1 0 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 1 4
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 2 0 1 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 0 1 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 1 0 1 3
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 2 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 2 3
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 2 0 3
084 Music 0 0 1 0 2 3
111 Planting 1 1 0 0 1 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 1 1 3
131 Tobacco 1 1 1 0 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 2 0 1 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 1 2 3
184 Lubrication 1 0 1 0 1 3
188 Brakes 1 0 0 1 1 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 1 1 3
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 2 0 0 0 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 3 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 0 1 1 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 2 3
252 Compositions 0 0 1 0 2 3
256 Fences 1 0 1 1 0 3
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 1 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 0 0 1 0 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 1 1 0 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 2 0 3
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 2 0 1 0 0 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 1 1 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 3 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 1 0 1 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 0 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 0 0 1 0 3
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 1 1 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 1 1 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 0 2 0 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 1 1 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 0 1 1 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 0 2 0 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 2 0 3
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 2 0 3
037 Excavating 1 0 0 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 0 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 2 0 0 0 0 2
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 1 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 2 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 1 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 1 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 1 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 1 1 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 1 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 1 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 1 0 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 2 0 0 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 1 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 1 0 0 2
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 1 0 1 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 2 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 1 0 2
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 1 2
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 2 0 0 0 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 2 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 1 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 0 0 0 2
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 0 2
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 1 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 1 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 1 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 1 0 1
142 Wood Turning 1 0 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 0 1 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 1 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 0 0 1 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 1 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 1 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 1 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 319 291 349 453 458 1870



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