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

OREGON

(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 29 34 55 53 80 251
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 30 27 44 38 29 168
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 20 17 35 46 37 155
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 23 12 49 38 29 151
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 23 28 28 28 17 124
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 22 36 28 29 124
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 28 24 34 14 22 122
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 16 9 18 19 28 90
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 5 8 8 25 41 87
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 17 17 18 15 14 81
348 Television 15 11 17 19 19 81
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 10 13 19 18 18 78
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 8 9 21 10 29 77
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 10 14 23 14 13 74
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 15 12 11 11 22 71
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 12 8 20 11 16 67
340 Communications: Electrical 14 9 14 10 12 59
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 11 11 10 12 11 55
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 6 13 9 21 51
606 Surgery (instruments) 7 16 11 12 5 51
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 3 4 17 14 13 51
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5 6 12 18 9 50
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 7 5 10 9 17 48
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 10 12 11 12 47
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 7 7 13 9 11 47
280 Land Vehicles 8 5 11 8 12 44
439 Electrical Connectors 3 4 9 11 17 44
370 Multiplex Communications 11 7 7 7 11 43
382 Image Analysis 5 2 18 10 8 43
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 5 6 13 9 41
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 5 6 13 12 5 41
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 7 13 7 8 40
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 6 5 6 7 15 39
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 8 7 7 11 38
414 Material or Article Handling 10 4 3 7 13 37
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 6 8 4 8 10 36
002 Apparel 3 7 5 10 9 34
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 3 5 6 6 14 34
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 6 5 6 12 3 32
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 5 5 7 6 9 32
482 Exercise Devices 2 3 8 13 6 32
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 5 6 5 9 6 31
144 Woodworking 4 5 10 3 7 29
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 5 7 8 3 6 29
073 Measuring and Testing 9 3 6 7 3 28
379 Telephonic Communications 4 5 7 9 3 28
433 Dentistry 4 4 8 6 5 27
455 Telecommunications 3 2 10 2 9 26
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 4 0 5 12 4 25
250 Radiant Energy 3 4 6 6 6 25
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 4 6 9 6 25
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 6 4 6 8 25
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 3 12 1 5 25
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 4 8 4 5 24
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 5 7 1 3 24
083 Cutting 1 3 5 9 5 23
330 Amplifiers 2 6 3 6 6 23
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 1 3 6 9 23
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 5 5 4 5 23
029 Metal Working 2 4 3 7 6 22
030 Cutlery 2 2 5 6 7 22
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 6 0 5 7 4 22
451 Abrading 3 3 3 7 6 22
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 5 4 4 3 6 22
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 2 7 4 4 21
380 Cryptography 1 1 7 8 4 21
137 Fluid Handling 1 7 5 3 4 20
211 Supports: Racks 3 3 6 4 4 20
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 3 7 7 20
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 3 7 3 5 20
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 2 5 4 3 6 20
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 5 3 4 6 19
053 Package Making 3 3 4 6 2 18
331 Oscillators 2 3 5 3 5 18
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 4 7 3 3 18
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 5 5 2 2 4 18
362 Illumination 3 4 7 0 4 18
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 5 7 2 3 18
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 1 4 6 6 18
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 4 2 4 6 1 17
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 4 1 4 4 4 17
385 Optical Waveguides 3 8 4 1 1 17
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 5 5 2 4 17
219 Electric Heating 3 3 7 2 1 16
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 4 3 3 3 3 16
033 Geometrical Instruments 5 1 3 3 3 15
114 Ships 5 2 2 3 3 15
119 Animal Husbandry 2 2 1 7 3 15
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 1 1 4 4 15
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 3 3 3 3 3 15
427 Coating Processes 1 4 3 3 4 15
037 Excavating 1 2 1 7 3 14
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 2 2 2 4 14
062 Refrigeration 3 3 6 1 1 14
070 Locks 3 3 4 0 4 14
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 2 4 3 3 14
148 Metal Treatment 3 1 2 7 1 14
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 2 4 1 4 14
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 2 3 4 3 13
400 Typewriting Machines 2 2 4 1 4 13
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 3 2 2 5 13
005 Beds 1 3 1 3 4 12
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 2 4 1 2 12
180 Motor Vehicles 1 1 5 2 3 12
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 3 1 3 4 12
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 5 2 2 2 1 12
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 4 0 4 2 2 12
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 3 3 3 12
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 4 3 1 3 12
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 8 0 3 12
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 2 2 0 4 12
434 Education and Demonstration 1 4 3 0 4 12
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 2 1 8 1 12
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 3 2 3 3 12
047 Plant Husbandry 3 1 3 2 2 11
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 0 4 2 3 11
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 4 4 0 2 11
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 1 3 2 4 11
403 Joints and Connections 0 2 5 2 2 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 2 2 4 1 11
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 3 3 3 1 11
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 5 0 1 3 11
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 2 1 6 11
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 3 2 4 2 11
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 2 2 7 0 11
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 0 3 2 3 11
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 1 6 2 10
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 2 5 1 1 10
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 5 4 10
188 Brakes 1 4 0 2 3 10
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 1 0 0 7 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 3 2 2 1 10
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 2 2 3 10
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 2 3 2 3 10
042 Firearms 1 2 3 2 1 9
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 4 0 1 3 9
399 Electrophotography 1 0 1 4 3 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 2 3 1 9
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 0 4 1 0 9
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 2 3 2 1 9
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 1 2 2 1 8
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 0 2 4 8
118 Coating Apparatus 2 2 1 3 0 8
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 0 3 2 1 8
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 2 3 1 1 1 8
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 0 1 4 1 8
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 2 2 2 8
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 2 0 3 1 8
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 0 3 2 1 8
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 1 2 1 2 8
084 Music 1 1 2 2 1 7
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 2 1 1 1 7
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 2 2 1 7
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 2 2 1 0 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 3 2 0 7
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 3 1 1 1 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 2 0 3 2 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 2 0 2 1 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 2 1 1 6
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 0 3 2 0 6
164 Metal Founding 2 0 1 1 2 6
172 Earth Working 0 1 1 2 2 6
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 1 4 1 0 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 0 1 1 2 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 2 0 3 6
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 2 2 0 6
384 Bearings 2 0 1 3 0 6
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 2 2 0 1 6
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 1 2 2 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 2 2 1 6
072 Metal Deforming 3 0 1 1 0 5
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 1 3 5
081 Tools 1 1 1 0 2 5
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 3 2 0 0 0 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 2 0 1 5
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 3 0 0 1 1 5
100 Presses 2 1 1 1 0 5
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 2 0 0 3 5
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 4 0 5
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 2 0 3 5
220 Receptacles 1 1 2 0 1 5
238 Railways: Surface Track 2 2 1 0 0 5
256 Fences 1 1 2 1 0 5
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 2 2 0 1 5
292 Closure Fasteners 3 0 0 0 2 5
338 Electrical Resistors 2 2 0 1 0 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 1 0 2 5
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 1 1 0 2 5
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 2 1 1 0 4
101 Printing 0 0 2 0 2 4
125 Stone Working 0 1 0 2 1 4
132 Toilet 0 0 2 1 1 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 2 1 0 0 4
178 Telegraphy 2 2 0 0 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 1 1 0 4
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 2 0 1 0 1 4
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 2 1 4
355 Photocopying 0 0 2 1 1 4
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 2 0 2 4
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 3 4
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 2 2 0 4
417 Pumps 0 1 0 3 0 4
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 2 0 1 4
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 1 2 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 1 1 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 0 0 0 1 3
054 Harness (for animals) 1 1 1 0 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 1 1 0 1 3
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 3 3
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 1 0 1 0 3
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 2 1 0 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 0 2 0 1 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 1 1 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 2 0 0 1 3
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 1 0 2 0 0 3
244 Aeronautics 1 0 0 1 1 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 1 0 1 3
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 2 0 0 1 0 3
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 0 1 1 3
283 Printed Matter 2 1 0 0 0 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 2 0 0 1 0 3
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 1 1 1 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 1 0 0 3
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 1 0 2 3
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 1 1 0 0 1 3
396 Photography 1 1 0 1 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 0 1 1 3
452 Butchering 0 0 2 0 1 3
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 2 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 1 1 0 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 1 0 2
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 2 0 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 1 0 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 2 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 2 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 2 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 1 0 0 0 2
168 Farriery 0 0 0 0 2 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 1 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 2 0 0 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 2 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 2 0 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 1 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 0 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 1 0 2
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 1 0 0 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 1 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 1 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 1 0 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 1 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 1 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 0 1 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 2
431 Combustion 1 0 1 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 0 0 0 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 1 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 1 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 1 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
157 Wheelwright Machines 1 0 0 0 0 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 1 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 1 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 1 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 1 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 1 0 0 0 0 1
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
332 Modulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 1 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 1 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 1 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 1 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 1 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 1 0 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 772 793 1184 1097 1193 5039



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