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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 1998 - 2002 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

ARIZONA

( 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' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
Class Class Title 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 54 53 54 57 82 300
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 69 63 59 42 65 298
455 Telecommunications 35 47 63 22 24 191
280 Land Vehicles 22 30 47 39 36 174
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 39 36 28 32 23 158
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 31 30 30 35 23 149
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 27 34 34 30 23 148
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 14 26 17 36 34 127
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 29 29 20 21 23 122
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 22 25 20 18 28 113
330 Amplifiers 22 19 18 18 31 108
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 25 13 20 17 24 99
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 30 20 20 12 16 98
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 21 23 18 18 15 95
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 19 26 21 17 11 94
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 31 16 11 19 17 94
451 Abrading 12 17 13 29 23 94
372 Coherent Light Generators 27 29 17 12 6 91
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 17 23 14 20 16 90
244 Aeronautics 20 19 15 15 19 88
340 Communications: Electrical 11 17 25 17 18 88
370 Multiplex Communications 17 15 18 17 21 88
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 18 19 27 14 9 87
250 Radiant Energy 14 6 24 21 18 83
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 25 17 21 5 14 82
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 16 24 13 19 10 82
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 14 15 17 20 15 81
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 14 15 17 10 18 74
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 18 6 19 11 19 73
029 Metal Working 19 9 17 12 15 72
382 Image Analysis 7 13 15 20 17 72
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 9 10 17 16 15 67
073 Measuring and Testing 13 19 16 10 8 66
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 6 13 12 13 22 66
439 Electrical Connectors 7 11 14 12 20 64
060 Power Plants 9 5 10 23 13 60
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 14 17 7 8 13 59
606 Surgery (instruments) 12 13 15 9 9 58
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 6 8 16 11 16 57
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 16 10 12 8 10 56
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 7 5 8 10 23 53
348 Television 7 7 8 12 19 53
385 Optical Waveguides 7 10 12 11 13 53
427 Coating Processes 15 9 8 8 8 48
062 Refrigeration 5 5 16 6 15 47
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 7 4 9 18 9 47
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 19 9 9 4 5 46
118 Coating Apparatus 4 4 14 12 12 46
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 7 7 14 11 7 46
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 13 4 8 7 14 46
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 10 7 10 11 46
119 Animal Husbandry 11 8 7 8 11 45
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 10 9 11 6 8 44
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 12 3 10 10 8 43
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 5 7 13 9 43
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 9 10 7 9 7 42
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 7 13 10 10 41
379 Telephonic Communications 10 11 7 7 6 41
137 Fluid Handling 5 5 7 17 6 40
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 13 10 2 7 8 40
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 6 7 12 11 3 39
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 7 7 10 8 6 38
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 11 12 7 6 2 38
002 Apparel 8 7 6 8 8 37
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 4 10 7 8 8 37
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 5 2 9 11 9 36
482 Exercise Devices 10 8 5 9 4 36
206 Special Receptacle or Package 6 5 5 8 11 35
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 5 4 6 13 6 34
414 Material or Article Handling 5 6 11 6 6 34
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 14 1 5 4 10 34
102 Ammunition and Explosives 11 6 6 6 4 33
219 Electric Heating 3 6 2 12 10 33
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 5 3 9 12 32
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 5 6 7 4 9 31
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 5 8 9 5 30
380 Cryptography 6 2 9 6 7 30
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 7 6 9 3 5 30
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 9 9 6 3 3 30
030 Cutlery 5 2 8 9 5 29
273 Amusement Devices: Games 7 8 6 4 4 29
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 6 5 8 6 28
331 Oscillators 4 5 11 6 2 28
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 4 3 7 8 6 28
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 2 3 7 12 28
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 14 4 2 2 6 28
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 1 10 7 7 27
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 7 9 6 2 3 27
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 7 4 5 7 26
297 Chairs and Seats 4 6 10 4 2 26
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 5 5 5 6 5 26
362 Illumination 6 5 6 3 6 26
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 4 4 9 4 24
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 11 5 4 2 24
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 6 3 9 3 24
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 2 2 6 8 4 22
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 4 4 5 3 6 22
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 3 2 9 7 22
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 7 6 4 2 21
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 2 6 4 5 21
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 6 3 4 7 1 21
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 6 4 4 4 21
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 8 4 4 2 3 21
070 Locks 7 2 3 4 4 20
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 5 6 3 3 3 20
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 6 5 2 1 5 19
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 4 2 3 3 7 19
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 6 4 3 3 3 19
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 4 6 3 5 19
089 Ordnance 3 1 5 3 6 18
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 3 3 6 3 3 18
132 Toilet 2 2 5 4 5 18
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 2 5 4 3 4 18
224 Package and Article Carriers 5 3 2 4 4 18
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 6 3 5 2 18
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 4 5 2 4 2 17
042 Firearms 4 2 2 5 4 17
165 Heat Exchange 3 5 1 6 2 17
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 5 2 4 1 5 17
434 Education and Demonstration 2 3 5 4 3 17
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 6 7 3 0 1 17
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 3 2 1 8 16
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 3 3 3 6 16
433 Dentistry 3 3 3 4 3 16
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 2 4 2 6 16
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 4 2 1 4 4 15
211 Supports: Racks 3 2 1 3 6 15
220 Receptacles 3 5 2 3 2 15
252 Compositions 2 6 1 5 1 15
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 3 2 5 2 15
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 4 4 1 5 15
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 2 6 4 1 2 15
081 Tools 3 1 1 3 6 14
188 Brakes 3 2 5 0 4 14
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 4 2 4 2 2 14
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 4 3 2 2 3 14
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 3 2 4 3 14
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 2 3 5 3 13
417 Pumps 1 2 5 2 3 13
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 2 3 3 3 13
005 Beds 1 3 6 2 0 12
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 1 3 3 12
084 Music 2 6 1 2 1 12
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 2 2 2 3 12
269 Work Holders 3 1 0 3 5 12
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 5 2 2 1 2 12
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 6 1 5 0 0 12
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 2 2 2 2 4 12
101 Printing 1 4 2 3 1 11
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 3 3 1 4 11
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 3 5 1 1 11
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 2 5 1 11
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 3 2 3 3 0 11
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 5 1 0 3 11
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 4 3 3 10
053 Package Making 4 1 2 2 1 10
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 1 0 4 3 10
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 4 4 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 4 2 3 0 1 10
336 Inductor Devices 1 2 2 2 3 10
047 Plant Husbandry 0 2 2 2 3 9
056 Harvesters 2 1 2 1 3 9
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 3 2 3 1 9
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 3 1 4 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 2 1 3 1 9
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 3 2 3 9
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 2 3 1 2 9
454 Ventilation 1 1 0 6 1 9
463 Amusement Devices: Games 3 1 1 2 2 9
055 Gas Separation 1 2 4 1 0 8
083 Cutting 4 1 0 1 2 8
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 3 3 1 0 8
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 3 2 2 0 8
180 Motor Vehicles 4 2 0 0 2 8
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 2 1 3 8
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 2 2 0 2 8
292 Closure Fasteners 1 4 0 0 3 8
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 1 0 5 1 8
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 1 1 4 0 2 8
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 1 2 0 3 8
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 1 2 4 8
114 Ships 2 0 1 1 3 7
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 3 2 0 1 7
267 Spring Devices 0 3 1 1 2 7
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 1 4 0 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 2 1 1 1 7
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 3 2 2 0 0 7
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 2 0 2 1 2 7
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 2 4 7
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 3 3 1 0 0 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 3 2 0 7
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 1 0 0 3 6
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 1 4 6
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 2 1 1 6
144 Woodworking 1 3 1 0 1 6
178 Telegraphy 2 1 1 1 1 6
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 2 0 3 1 6
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 1 1 2 1 6
338 Electrical Resistors 1 1 2 0 2 6
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 2 3 1 6
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 2 2 0 1 1 6
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 3 2 0 1 6
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 0 1 3 0 6
072 Metal Deforming 1 2 0 2 0 5
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 2 0 2 1 0 5
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 1 1 0 5
181 Acoustics 1 1 1 1 1 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 1 1 2 0 5
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 1 1 2 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 3 0 1 0 1 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 2 0 1 2 5
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 1 2 0 0 5
383 Flexible Bags 0 2 3 0 0 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 1 1 1 5
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 2 2 5
014 Bridges 1 1 0 2 0 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 2 0 1 1 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 1 1 4
104 Railways 1 0 1 2 0 4
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 1 1 1 4
131 Tobacco 1 2 1 0 0 4
164 Metal Founding 0 2 0 2 0 4
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 3 0 0 4
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 1 2 0 4
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 1 2 0 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 4 0 4
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 2 2 0 4
283 Printed Matter 0 2 1 1 0 4
332 Modulators 0 0 0 0 4 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 2 1 0 4
400 Typewriting Machines 1 1 0 1 1 4
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 0 0 2 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 2 1 3
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 1 1 1 3
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 3 0 0 0 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 0 1 1 3
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 2 3
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 2 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 2 0 0 3
256 Fences 2 0 1 0 0 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 2 0 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 1 3
384 Bearings 0 0 2 1 0 3
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 1 1 0 0 1 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 1 0 1 0 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 1 1 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 1 0 0 1 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 1 1 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 2 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 1 0 2
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 1 0 0 0 2
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 2
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 1 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 2 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 1 1 0 0 2
168 Farriery 0 1 0 0 1 2
184 Lubrication 1 1 0 0 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 1 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 1 1 2
329 Demodulators 1 0 0 0 1 2
355 Photocopying 1 0 0 1 0 2
396 Photography 1 0 0 1 0 2
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 1 0 1 2
431 Combustion 0 1 0 1 0 2
432 Heating 0 1 0 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 1 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 1 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 0 0 1 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 2 0 0 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 1 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 1 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 1 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 1 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 1 0 1
260 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 1 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 0 1
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 0 1
346 Recorders 0 1 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 1 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 1 1
462 Books, Strips, and Leaves for Manifolding 1 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 0 1 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1513 1499 1596 1540 1588 7736


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