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 1997 - 2001 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

IDAHO

(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 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 104 152 257 395 465 1373
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 31 96 134 183 201 645
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 72 116 173 140 144 645
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 5 17 22 40 57 141
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 9 17 31 33 31 121
451 Abrading 13 16 18 15 56 118
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 8 14 22 26 32 102
029 Metal Working 16 9 21 28 21 95
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 6 17 12 23 26 84
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 10 13 18 30 79
427 Coating Processes 12 13 17 14 12 68
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 5 10 21 14 15 65
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 10 8 9 19 17 63
399 Electrophotography 8 12 9 19 14 62
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 4 8 12 15 21 60
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 5 3 6 18 27 59
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 8 15 6 23 7 59
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 2 11 11 20 14 58
340 Communications: Electrical 4 3 5 25 20 57
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 4 14 23 14 56
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 6 6 11 12 18 53
118 Coating Apparatus 2 10 11 14 14 51
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 5 6 13 13 13 50
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 5 8 16 18 49
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 10 10 6 10 7 43
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 14 10 14 43
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 7 6 14 11 42
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 15 6 7 9 39
073 Measuring and Testing 5 10 7 10 6 38
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 3 10 6 11 8 38
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 6 10 6 5 6 33
439 Electrical Connectors 0 3 9 8 13 33
219 Electric Heating 2 4 5 12 7 30
250 Radiant Energy 2 4 9 4 11 30
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 2 7 9 11 30
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 5 7 6 10 29
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 6 9 4 6 28
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 2 5 9 7 26
280 Land Vehicles 7 1 4 3 9 24
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 1 4 6 10 23
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 7 4 5 3 22
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 3 5 5 5 22
414 Material or Article Handling 5 4 5 2 6 22
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 5 3 4 6 4 22
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 1 3 7 9 22
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 6 6 3 5 20
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 4 5 5 2 17
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 3 5 4 2 17
252 Compositions 5 2 4 4 2 17
382 Image Analysis 0 5 4 4 4 17
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 2 2 4 2 17
125 Stone Working 0 1 3 5 7 16
211 Supports: Racks 2 1 4 3 5 15
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 4 1 3 2 5 15
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 1 4 5 4 15
002 Apparel 3 1 2 6 2 14
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 2 1 4 6 14
370 Multiplex Communications 1 2 0 5 6 14
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 3 4 4 3 14
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 3 1 4 3 3 14
083 Cutting 1 3 2 5 2 13
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 2 2 3 2 13
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 5 4 2 13
455 Telecommunications 2 2 1 5 3 13
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 2 5 2 12
269 Work Holders 1 4 5 1 1 12
362 Illumination 0 3 2 4 3 12
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 3 3 2 11
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 1 2 3 3 11
101 Printing 0 3 2 3 3 11
331 Oscillators 3 0 4 2 2 11
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 3 1 2 3 2 11
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 3 2 1 5 11
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 2 1 5 2 1 11
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 4 2 3 2 11
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 2 2 2 3 11
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 2 3 3 2 1 11
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 3 3 1 2 10
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 4 3 1 10
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 3 2 5 10
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 2 3 3 10
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 3 3 2 1 10
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 2 2 5 10
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 2 2 3 9
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 2 3 3 9
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 1 4 2 1 9
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 2 2 2 2 8
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 2 2 2 1 8
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 1 3 2 0 8
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 1 2 1 1 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 2 2 4 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 1 1 2 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 4 0 2 1 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 0 2 2 7
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 1 3 1 7
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 0 4 1 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 2 2 0 2 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 3 1 1 1 6
042 Firearms 4 1 1 0 0 6
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 1 2 1 6
114 Ships 1 2 2 0 1 6
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 1 4 6
137 Fluid Handling 2 0 0 0 4 6
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 3 1 0 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 2 2 1 6
220 Receptacles 0 1 2 2 1 6
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 4 1 6
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 1 2 2 6
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 3 0 2 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 2 0 1 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 3 0 5
081 Tools 0 0 1 4 0 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 3 1 0 1 0 5
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 1 2 0 5
140 Wireworking 1 1 2 1 0 5
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 1 2 1 5
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 2 2 1 5
297 Chairs and Seats 2 0 1 1 1 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 2 1 2 5
348 Television 2 0 0 2 1 5
355 Photocopying 1 0 1 2 1 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 2 2 0 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 3 1 0 0 5
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 3 1 0 5
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 2 1 2 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 1 1 1 1 5
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 2 2 1 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 3 0 1 4
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 1 1 1 4
062 Refrigeration 0 1 1 2 0 4
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 1 1 1 4
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 2 2 0 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 0 1 1 4
100 Presses 0 0 2 1 1 4
132 Toilet 1 0 3 0 0 4
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 0 4 4
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 1 0 0 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 2 1 1 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 1 1 0 0 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 1 2 4
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 3 0 1 4
433 Dentistry 1 0 1 1 1 4
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 1 1 1 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 2 0 1 1 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 3 0 4
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 2 4
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 2 4
030 Cutlery 0 2 1 0 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 2 1 3
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 1 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 1 1 0 3
084 Music 0 2 1 0 0 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 2 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 2 0 1 3
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 2 0 3
188 Brakes 1 0 0 2 0 3
244 Aeronautics 0 1 1 1 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 2 1 3
267 Spring Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 3 0 0 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 0 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 1 1 3
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 0 1 1 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 1 0 0 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 0 1 0 0 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 1 3
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 1 1 3
417 Pumps 0 1 1 1 0 3
432 Heating 1 0 0 1 1 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 1 1 3
005 Beds 2 0 0 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 1 1 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 2 0 2
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 1 1 0 2
055 Gas Separation 1 1 0 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 1 0 0 0 1 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 2 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 1 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 2 0 0 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 0 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 2 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 1 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 1 2
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 1 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 1 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 2 0 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 1 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 1 0 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 1 0 2
329 Demodulators 0 0 1 1 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 1 0 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 1 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 1 0 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 1 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 1 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 1 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 1 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 2 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 2 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 1 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 2 2
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 1 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 1 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 0 0 0 0 1 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 0 1 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 1 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 1 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 1 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 1 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 1 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 1 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 1 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 1 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
483 Tool Changing 1 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 565 854 1224 1570 1697 5910



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