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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

ALABAMA

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 23 28 28 28 33 140
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 12 15 7 9 13 56
370 Multiplex Communications 7 9 6 5 13 40
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 7 4 11 9 5 36
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 7 8 1 8 11 35
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 11 4 6 11 34
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 3 7 9 8 33
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 8 9 6 5 4 32
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 8 11 3 6 4 32
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 5 4 9 3 26
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 4 8 3 5 6 26
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 7 8 2 3 5 25
379 Telephonic Communications 5 6 5 4 5 25
482 Exercise Devices 3 8 5 4 3 23
073 Measuring and Testing 6 2 2 8 4 22
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 6 6 4 1 21
244 Aeronautics 4 4 4 5 4 21
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 5 2 4 5 5 21
219 Electric Heating 2 7 2 4 5 20
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 5 5 1 4 19
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 7 1 5 4 19
002 Apparel 3 4 4 4 3 18
119 Animal Husbandry 7 2 2 4 3 18
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 7 1 4 2 18
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 5 4 3 4 2 18
414 Material or Article Handling 5 5 3 1 4 18
137 Fluid Handling 6 3 2 4 2 17
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 4 4 2 2 16
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 3 4 2 3 16
280 Land Vehicles 3 6 2 3 2 16
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 3 4 4 1 16
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 4 2 2 3 15
062 Refrigeration 3 3 3 4 2 15
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 4 2 0 5 15
250 Radiant Energy 4 3 1 3 4 15
340 Communications: Electrical 3 2 3 3 4 15
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 5 4 3 2 1 15
060 Power Plants 2 0 3 5 4 14
297 Chairs and Seats 2 5 1 3 3 14
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 0 1 6 3 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 1 1 3 3 12
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 3 3 4 2 12
417 Pumps 2 2 2 2 4 12
427 Coating Processes 1 1 4 4 2 12
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 2 2 1 2 12
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 3 3 4 1 0 11
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 2 2 1 3 11
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 4 2 1 2 11
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 3 2 2 2 2 11
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 2 2 3 3 11
383 Flexible Bags 3 2 2 2 2 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 3 0 4 2 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 2 1 2 3 10
029 Metal Working 1 2 4 2 1 10
211 Supports: Racks 1 3 2 3 1 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 3 3 2 10
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 0 1 2 4 10
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 3 3 2 0 9
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 1 6 9
047 Plant Husbandry 2 0 2 2 2 8
056 Harvesters 2 2 2 2 0 8
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 1 1 5 8
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 4 2 8
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 4 4 0 8
165 Heat Exchange 1 4 2 1 0 8
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 2 2 1 3 8
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 2 1 2 0 8
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 1 2 0 4 8
362 Illumination 2 0 2 1 3 8
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 3 1 1 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 5 8
112 Sewing 1 1 0 3 2 7
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 1 1 1 2 7
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 2 1 1 1 7
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 6 7
220 Receptacles 2 2 1 1 1 7
221 Article Dispensing 2 2 1 1 1 7
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 3 1 1 0 7
252 Compositions 3 1 0 2 1 7
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 4 1 0 1 7
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 3 1 1 7
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 1 2 3 7
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 1 3 0 1 7
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 3 2 1 0 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 0 1 5 7
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 1 2 0 7
005 Beds 1 2 1 0 2 6
042 Firearms 0 2 1 3 0 6
070 Locks 0 2 1 1 2 6
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 1 1 1 6
118 Coating Apparatus 0 2 1 1 2 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 3 1 1 6
030 Cutlery 2 0 0 2 1 5
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 2 1 0 5
114 Ships 1 2 0 0 2 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 1 2 0 5
144 Woodworking 0 3 1 1 0 5
181 Acoustics 1 2 1 1 0 5
188 Brakes 3 0 1 0 1 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 2 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 1 2 1 1 5
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 2 1 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 0 1 2 5
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 3 0 5
348 Television 0 2 1 1 1 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 3 0 2 0 5
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 0 2 1 5
433 Dentistry 1 0 2 1 1 5
451 Abrading 2 0 0 2 1 5
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 0 2 0 1 5
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 2 2 1 0 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 2 1 4
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 2 1 0 0 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 1 2 4
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 2 1 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 2 1 0 4
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 2 1 1 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 1 0 2 4
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 2 0 0 2 0 4
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 2 2 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 2 1 0 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 0 0 2 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 3 0 4
382 Image Analysis 2 1 0 0 1 4
385 Optical Waveguides 1 0 0 0 3 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 2 2 0 4
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 2 1 0 4
440 Marine Propulsion 2 1 0 0 1 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 2 0 0 0 4
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 1 1 1 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 0 1 1 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 3 0 0 4
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 2 0 1 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 1 1 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 2 0 0 3
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 1 1 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 0 1 3
084 Music 0 1 0 1 1 3
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 2 0 0 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 1 1 3
104 Railways 0 1 1 1 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 2 3
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 1 0 1 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 1 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 2 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 2 0 0 1 3
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 1 2 3
330 Amplifiers 0 1 0 0 2 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 1 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 2 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 1 0 1 0 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 2 0 1 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 1 0 1 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 2 0 0 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 1 1 0 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 1 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 1 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 0 2 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 1 0 1 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 2 1 0 0 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 1 0 0 3
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 2 3
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 2 0 0 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 1 1 0 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 1 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 1 2
053 Package Making 0 1 0 0 1 2
081 Tools 0 0 1 1 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 1 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 1 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 1 2
101 Printing 0 2 0 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 1 0 2
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 1 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 1 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 1 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 1 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 1 0 0 0 2
249 Static Molds 0 1 1 0 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 1 0 1 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 2 0 0 0 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 2 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 1 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 2 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 1 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 1 0 1 0 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 0 1 0 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 1 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 2 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 0 1 2
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 1 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 1 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 2 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 1 2
483 Tool Changing 0 1 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 1 0 0 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 0 0 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 0 0 0 2
014 Bridges 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 1 0 1
168 Farriery 1 0 0 0 0 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 1 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 1 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 1 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 0 1 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 0 0 0 1
245 Wire Fabrics and Structure 1 0 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 1 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 1 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 1 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 1
462 Books, Strips, and Leaves for Manifolding 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 365 405 337 382 398 1887


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