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

KANSAS

(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) 8 8 13 25 17 71
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 12 6 9 13 14 54
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 8 7 7 8 9 39
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 5 8 7 13 37
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 1 6 13 12 36
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 7 9 6 3 33
414 Material or Article Handling 3 4 8 5 7 27
056 Harvesters 4 2 6 5 7 24
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 2 11 8 24
073 Measuring and Testing 7 8 2 3 3 23
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5 4 6 1 6 22
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 5 1 5 4 21
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 3 5 2 8 20
172 Earth Working 2 5 6 4 3 20
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 3 8 4 3 19
379 Telephonic Communications 2 6 4 5 2 19
119 Animal Husbandry 3 6 2 3 4 18
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 4 5 1 3 18
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 3 1 4 6 4 18
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 3 2 2 5 17
219 Electric Heating 3 1 1 11 1 17
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 2 14 0 17
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 1 4 5 4 17
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 3 4 6 1 15
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 3 4 5 2 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 2 2 2 4 15
362 Illumination 6 0 1 2 6 15
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 5 3 4 2 14
280 Land Vehicles 3 3 2 2 4 14
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 4 1 4 5 0 14
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 8 2 2 1 0 13
211 Supports: Racks 0 5 1 4 3 13
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 4 1 3 1 4 13
431 Combustion 1 2 4 4 2 13
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 3 4 2 0 13
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 6 4 1 13
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 0 1 2 4 13
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 4 2 5 2 13
002 Apparel 0 2 3 3 4 12
100 Presses 2 1 6 1 2 12
244 Aeronautics 2 1 2 2 5 12
252 Compositions 1 1 2 3 5 12
340 Communications: Electrical 4 1 1 4 2 12
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 5 2 2 2 12
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 2 4 4 12
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 3 2 4 2 11
053 Package Making 2 4 1 1 3 11
101 Printing 3 1 2 3 2 11
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 3 3 2 11
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 2 1 2 4 11
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 1 1 7 11
072 Metal Deforming 1 2 4 2 1 10
224 Package and Article Carriers 4 1 2 1 2 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 2 2 4 1 10
037 Excavating 0 2 2 4 1 9
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 2 2 2 3 9
105 Railway Rolling Stock 3 2 0 0 4 9
111 Planting 4 4 0 0 1 9
220 Receptacles 2 2 2 1 2 9
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 4 2 2 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 2 4 2 1 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 2 4 2 0 9
454 Ventilation 0 0 3 2 4 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 0 2 1 3 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 1 2 1 1 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 3 0 4 0 8
062 Refrigeration 0 2 1 3 2 8
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 2 3 2 8
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 2 1 3 2 8
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 0 3 1 2 8
434 Education and Demonstration 2 1 1 3 1 8
452 Butchering 1 2 1 3 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 0 1 5 0 8
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 2 4 1 8
029 Metal Working 0 1 1 2 3 7
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 0 0 3 7
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 1 1 3 1 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 0 4 2 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 3 2 2 7
269 Work Holders 0 1 2 3 1 7
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 3 1 1 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 2 3 1 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 3 3 0 7
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 1 4 6
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 1 5 6
081 Tools 1 0 1 3 1 6
083 Cutting 2 1 1 0 2 6
137 Fluid Handling 0 2 0 2 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 2 1 1 2 0 6
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 1 2 1 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 2 0 0 4 6
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 1 2 1 1 6
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 1 0 3 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 0 2 2 0 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 0 0 2 2 6
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 2 3 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 1 0 3 6
005 Beds 1 0 1 2 1 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 2 1 2 5
132 Toilet 0 1 2 1 1 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 3 0 1 1 5
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 2 2 1 5
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 2 2 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 1 0 2 1 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 4 0 0 1 0 5
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 2 2 0 5
292 Closure Fasteners 2 1 0 1 1 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 1 2 1 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 0 2 0 1 5
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 2 0 1 1 5
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 3 1 1 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 1 1 2 5
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 1 2 5
042 Firearms 0 0 0 2 2 4
060 Power Plants 1 0 0 1 2 4
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 2 2 0 0 4
144 Woodworking 2 0 1 0 1 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 2 1 0 1 0 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 2 1 1 4
177 Weighing Scales 2 0 0 1 1 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 3 0 0 4
212 Traversing Hoists 0 2 2 0 0 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 1 2 0 0 4
249 Static Molds 0 1 1 1 1 4
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 1 0 1 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 1 1 1 4
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 0 1 2 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 1 0 2 0 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 1 0 3 4
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 0 1 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 1 1 1 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 1 1 1 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 3 4
417 Pumps 0 1 1 0 2 4
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 1 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 2 0 2 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 2 1 1 4
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 0 3 0 0 4
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 2 2 4
014 Bridges 0 1 2 0 0 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 3 3
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 1 1 3
104 Railways 1 1 0 0 1 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 2 0 0 1 3
114 Ships 0 0 1 1 1 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 2 0 0 3
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 1 2 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 2 1 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 1 1 0 3
238 Railways: Surface Track 2 0 1 0 0 3
256 Fences 0 2 0 1 0 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 1 1 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 1 0 0 1 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 1 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 2 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 1 0 0 0 3
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 1 0 0 1 1 3
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 2 0 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 2 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 2 0 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 1 1 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 2 1 3
432 Heating 1 0 1 1 0 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 2 0 3
451 Abrading 0 1 0 1 1 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 2 0 0 0 1 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 2 1 0 3
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 1 1 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 1 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 2 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 1 1 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 1 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 1 0 1 0 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 1 0 2
084 Music 1 0 1 0 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 2 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 2 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 1 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 1 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 2 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 2 0 2
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 1 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 1 0 0 2
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 1 1 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 1 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 1 1 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 2 0 0 0 0 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 1 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 1 0 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 1 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 2 0 2
348 Television 0 1 0 1 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 2 0 0 0 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 1 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 0 1 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 1 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 1 0 0 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 1 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 2 0 0 0 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 1 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 1 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
168 Farriery 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 1 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 1 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 1 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 1 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 291 260 349 433 391 1724



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