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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 2000 - 2004 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

NEBRASKA

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 19 10 11 7 8 55
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 10 13 11 8 8 50
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 7 6 10 4 9 36
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 9 5 5 3 9 31
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 6 2 5 5 9 27
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 7 3 5 2 24
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 11 4 1 1 4 21
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 2 3 3 8 20
280 Land Vehicles 3 5 4 2 4 18
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 3 6 3 2 18
056 Harvesters 4 5 2 4 2 17
005 Beds 9 3 2 2 0 16
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 2 6 3 15
340 Communications: Electrical 8 1 3 2 1 15
137 Fluid Handling 3 2 2 3 4 14
414 Material or Article Handling 3 1 5 1 4 14
256 Fences 2 4 3 1 3 13
455 Telecommunications 5 5 1 1 1 13
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 6 4 3 13
072 Metal Deforming 2 3 4 1 2 12
073 Measuring and Testing 0 2 5 1 4 12
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 5 4 1 2 0 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 1 4 3 3 12
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 3 2 3 2 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 3 2 2 2 11
029 Metal Working 2 1 2 4 1 10
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 4 2 0 10
172 Earth Working 4 4 0 1 1 10
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 2 3 1 2 10
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 4 2 3 0 10
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 3 2 2 2 9
379 Telephonic Communications 2 2 1 2 2 9
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 6 0 1 1 9
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 2 1 3 0 8
220 Receptacles 2 3 2 1 0 8
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 0 2 5 8
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 4 0 3 0 8
380 Cryptography 2 4 1 1 0 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 2 1 3 0 8
062 Refrigeration 1 0 4 1 1 7
297 Chairs and Seats 3 3 0 1 0 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 0 2 1 1 6
014 Bridges 2 0 2 1 1 6
111 Planting 1 2 1 0 2 6
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 1 1 1 0 6
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 1 3 2 0 6
269 Work Holders 1 1 2 0 2 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 2 2 6
452 Butchering 1 1 2 2 0 6
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 2 1 2 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 4 1 0 0 6
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 4 6
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 0 2 2 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 2 1 1 5
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 1 2 1 5
188 Brakes 0 2 1 2 0 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 0 2 1 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 3 0 1 5
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 4 0 0 5
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 1 0 2 0 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 2 1 0 0 5
362 Illumination 1 1 0 2 1 5
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 2 0 0 2 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 2 0 0 1 5
427 Coating Processes 1 1 3 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 2 2 1 0 0 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 1 2 0 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 1 2 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 1 0 0 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 1 1 4
219 Electric Heating 0 2 1 0 1 4
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 0 1 2 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 0 0 0 1 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 2 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 0 2 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 1 0 4
002 Apparel 0 2 1 0 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 1 2 0 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 2 1 3
055 Gas Separation 0 1 2 0 0 3
081 Tools 0 2 0 1 0 3
083 Cutting 0 1 0 0 2 3
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 1 1 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 2 0 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 1 0 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 2 0 1 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 1 0 1 0 3
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 0 1 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 3 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 1 1 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 2 1 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 0 1 0 0 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 1 1 0 3
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 0 0 1 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 3 0 3
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 2 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 2 1 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 1 1 3
417 Pumps 1 0 1 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 1 1 3
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 3 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 0 3
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 2 0 2
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 1 2
042 Firearms 1 1 0 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 1 0 0 2
054 Harness (for animals) 0 1 1 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 0 1 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 1 0 1 2
114 Ships 1 0 1 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 2 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 2 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 0 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 2 0 2
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 0 1 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 2 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 1 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 2 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 2 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 1 0 0 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 0 0 0 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 1 0 1 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 2 0 0 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 2 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 0 1 2
451 Abrading 0 1 0 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 1 0 2
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 1 0 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 1 0 0 2
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 2 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 2 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 1 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 1 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 1 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 1 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics 0 0 0 1 0 1
252 Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 1 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 1 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 1 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 1 1
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 1 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 231 215 212 184 191 1033


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