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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

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' )

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) 13 25 17 11 14 80
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 9 13 14 5 11 52
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 7 8 9 9 14 47
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 13 12 6 9 46
606 Surgery (instruments) 8 7 13 8 9 45
056 Harvesters 6 5 7 3 10 31
414 Material or Article Handling 8 5 7 1 8 29
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 6 3 6 4 27
280 Land Vehicles 2 2 4 6 12 26
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 11 8 1 3 25
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 7 5 9 23
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 1 6 1 8 22
379 Telephonic Communications 4 5 2 4 7 22
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 5 4 5 4 22
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 8 4 3 3 3 21
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 4 6 4 3 4 21
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 5 2 8 3 0 18
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 2 4 4 7 18
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 6 4 1 5 2 18
172 Earth Working 6 4 3 2 2 17
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 2 0 5 6 17
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 14 0 1 0 17
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 2 4 4 6 17
002 Apparel 3 3 4 2 4 16
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 5 4 3 3 16
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 4 6 1 1 3 15
219 Electric Heating 1 11 1 0 2 15
252 Compositions 2 3 5 4 1 15
340 Communications: Electrical 1 4 2 3 5 15
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 2 2 3 6 15
062 Refrigeration 1 3 2 3 5 14
119 Animal Husbandry 2 3 4 3 2 14
211 Supports: Racks 1 4 3 2 4 14
244 Aeronautics 2 2 5 3 2 14
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 1 4 2 4 14
439 Electrical Connectors 1 1 2 5 5 14
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 2 3 9 14
126 Stoves and Furnaces 3 4 2 1 3 13
431 Combustion 4 4 2 1 2 13
454 Ventilation 3 2 4 0 4 13
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 1 3 2 2 13
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 4 4 2 1 13
072 Metal Deforming 4 2 1 3 2 12
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 2 5 0 3 12
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 2 3 2 3 12
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 5 2 1 0 12
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 4 1 1 4 12
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 2 1 0 5 12
297 Chairs and Seats 3 3 2 1 3 12
362 Illumination 1 2 6 2 1 12
029 Metal Working 1 2 3 2 3 11
073 Measuring and Testing 2 3 3 3 0 11
100 Presses 6 1 2 2 0 11
101 Printing 2 3 2 2 2 11
221 Article Dispensing 2 3 2 2 2 11
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 4 2 4 1 11
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 2 4 1 2 11
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 3 1 3 2 11
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 4 2 2 0 10
137 Fluid Handling 0 2 2 2 4 10
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 1 1 2 4 10
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 2 2 1 1 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 4 1 2 0 3 10
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 2 2 3 3 10
452 Butchering 1 3 1 2 3 10
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 4 5 0 1 0 10
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 5 2 1 0 10
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 5 2 1 9
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 3 1 2 2 9
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 4 2 3 9
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 1 2 2 2 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 2 2 2 0 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 4 2 0 2 1 9
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 2 5 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 5 0 2 1 9
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 1 5 9
030 Cutlery 0 1 1 2 4 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 1 0 2 3 8
037 Excavating 2 4 1 0 1 8
055 Gas Separation 1 1 1 2 3 8
081 Tools 1 3 1 2 1 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 2 4 8
220 Receptacles 2 1 2 0 3 8
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 3 2 2 8
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 3 1 3 8
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 1 3 1 1 8
005 Beds 1 2 1 0 3 7
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 4 1 2 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 0 3 1 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 2 1 2 0 7
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 3 1 2 7
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 2 0 1 2 7
269 Work Holders 2 3 1 1 0 7
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 3 2 1 0 7
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 1 2 2 7
427 Coating Processes 1 2 3 0 1 7
434 Education and Demonstration 1 3 1 1 1 7
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 2 2 1 7
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 2 2 1 2 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 4 1 0 0 7
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 1 4 0 0 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 2 0 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 4 0 1 1 6
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 3 1 2 6
053 Package Making 1 1 3 0 1 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 0 0 0 4 6
181 Acoustics 0 2 0 1 3 6
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 2 1 1 2 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 1 2 2 6
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 1 1 1 2 6
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 2 2 1 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 1 1 1 0 6
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 0 1 0 3 6
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 4 6
433 Dentistry 0 1 2 2 1 6
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 3 0 0 0 6
042 Firearms 0 3 2 0 0 5
060 Power Plants 0 1 2 1 1 5
083 Cutting 1 0 2 1 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 0 1 2 5
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 2 1 1 5
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 1 1 1 5
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 2 1 1 0 5
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 2 2 0 1 5
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 1 1 2 5
383 Flexible Bags 1 2 0 0 2 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 2 0 1 2 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 2 0 1 0 5
417 Pumps 1 0 2 1 1 5
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 1 0 2 0 5
014 Bridges 2 0 0 1 1 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 0 1 0 1 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 2 1 1 4
104 Railways 0 0 1 2 1 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 1 2 1 4
111 Planting 0 0 1 3 0 4
132 Toilet 2 1 1 0 0 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 2 1 4
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 1 1 1 4
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 2 1 1 0 0 4
283 Printed Matter 1 1 0 2 0 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 2 1 0 0 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 3 0 0 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 3 4
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 3 0 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 1 1 1 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 1 1 0 4
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 2 1 0 1 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 2 0 0 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 1 1 0 0 4
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 3 0 0 0 1 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 0 2 1 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 2 0 1 0 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 3 0 0 3
114 Ships 1 1 1 0 0 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 1 1 3
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 0 1 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 0 2 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 1 0 1 0 3
188 Brakes 0 0 1 1 1 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 1 0 0 1 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 0 1 1 3
249 Static Molds 1 1 1 0 0 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 3 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 0 1 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 1 1 0 0 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 1 1 0 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 1 1 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 2 0 0 1 3
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 1 1 0 1 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 1 1 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 2 0 0 0 3
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 2 0 3
432 Heating 1 1 0 0 1 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 2 0 0 1 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 3 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 2 1 0 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 1 0 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 0 3
070 Locks 0 1 0 1 0 2
084 Music 1 0 0 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 2 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 1 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 2 0 0 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 2 0 0 0 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 2 0 0 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 0 0 0 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 2 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 1 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 1 0 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 2 2
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 2 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 2
451 Abrading 0 1 1 0 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 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 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 1 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 1 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 1 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 1 0 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 1 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 1 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 1 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 349 433 391 312 421 1906


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