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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

UTAH

( 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) 25 39 31 27 34 156
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 32 27 17 33 20 129
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 18 27 21 18 17 101
280 Land Vehicles 23 25 12 15 20 95
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 18 17 13 17 20 85
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 27 24 10 9 11 81
439 Electrical Connectors 24 17 21 7 5 74
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 15 11 11 14 22 73
606 Surgery (instruments) 14 8 11 22 13 68
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 18 12 12 4 18 64
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 8 23 15 8 7 61
433 Dentistry 8 12 14 9 14 57
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 9 6 14 14 13 56
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 16 6 7 8 14 51
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 8 7 14 11 11 51
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 12 11 10 2 10 45
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 9 5 8 13 44
370 Multiplex Communications 9 5 3 8 15 40
482 Exercise Devices 6 8 8 9 8 39
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 13 6 10 5 4 38
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 6 7 7 9 36
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 6 9 9 4 8 36
379 Telephonic Communications 8 2 6 8 12 36
340 Communications: Electrical 6 6 6 5 7 30
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 8 10 7 4 30
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 4 8 8 4 5 29
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 3 7 9 5 28
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 5 6 10 3 28
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 7 10 5 3 27
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 7 8 4 5 3 27
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 5 5 7 5 5 27
073 Measuring and Testing 8 8 1 3 5 25
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 7 5 8 3 25
297 Chairs and Seats 6 4 8 4 3 25
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 8 7 4 0 6 25
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 6 5 3 7 3 24
137 Fluid Handling 1 7 4 4 8 24
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 5 7 7 2 3 24
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 3 5 4 9 24
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 4 4 4 4 23
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 8 3 6 2 22
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 2 4 4 6 22
250 Radiant Energy 2 6 2 8 3 21
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 4 2 7 6 21
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 7 4 5 2 20
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 2 6 4 5 19
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 3 2 7 3 19
029 Metal Working 4 4 4 1 5 18
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 2 6 2 5 18
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 4 4 5 3 18
362 Illumination 4 3 3 5 2 17
455 Telecommunications 2 4 1 4 6 17
005 Beds 5 1 1 7 2 16
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 6 3 3 2 2 16
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 6 5 1 2 2 16
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 5 5 1 4 16
002 Apparel 5 2 4 1 3 15
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 4 1 5 1 15
220 Receptacles 5 1 4 1 4 15
417 Pumps 2 3 6 2 2 15
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 4 3 1 5 14
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 8 3 2 0 1 14
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 2 1 6 1 14
219 Electric Heating 3 3 2 2 4 14
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 2 4 4 2 14
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 4 3 3 14
382 Image Analysis 1 3 4 3 3 14
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 4 1 3 3 14
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 3 4 3 2 13
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 2 3 4 2 12
083 Cutting 2 3 1 4 2 12
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 4 3 4 1 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 2 6 2 1 12
427 Coating Processes 5 2 1 4 0 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 3 2 5 12
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 4 0 3 11
126 Stoves and Furnaces 4 4 3 0 0 11
434 Education and Demonstration 4 4 1 0 2 11
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 2 2 2 4 11
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 5 3 1 0 2 11
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 0 2 3 2 11
060 Power Plants 0 1 2 2 5 10
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 1 1 6 1 10
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 2 1 3 4 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 4 2 2 1 10
472 Amusement Devices 0 3 1 3 3 10
104 Railways 2 2 0 5 0 9
114 Ships 2 2 3 2 0 9
181 Acoustics 2 2 3 1 1 9
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 3 2 1 1 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 2 2 1 9
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 4 1 0 3 1 9
244 Aeronautics 0 3 2 0 4 9
256 Fences 2 1 2 1 3 9
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 3 3 2 0 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 1 1 2 3 9
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 2 1 2 2 9
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 3 2 1 1 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 1 2 2 2 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 3 2 3 0 9
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 4 1 1 1 9
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 2 2 2 9
062 Refrigeration 1 0 1 4 2 8
081 Tools 1 3 2 2 0 8
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 2 4 1 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 3 1 1 1 2 8
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 2 2 0 2 8
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 3 3 2 8
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 2 1 5 8
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 1 3 1 2 8
440 Marine Propulsion 1 3 1 2 1 8
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 0 2 3 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 3 0 0 2 7
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 4 2 0 7
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 4 3 0 0 0 7
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 2 0 2 1 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 3 1 2 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 2 1 3 7
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 1 0 2 1 7
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 1 1 0 0 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 0 1 1 3 7
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 2 2 2 7
414 Material or Article Handling 3 2 1 1 0 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 1 3 7
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 2 1 1 6
084 Music 0 1 1 2 2 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 1 1 2 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 2 1 0 2 6
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 2 1 1 6
119 Animal Husbandry 3 0 2 0 1 6
148 Metal Treatment 2 1 0 2 1 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 1 0 2 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 1 1 2 6
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 2 3 6
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 1 2 1 0 6
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 1 2 1 1 6
348 Television 5 0 1 0 0 6
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 2 0 2 1 1 6
385 Optical Waveguides 2 0 1 2 1 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 2 0 4 0 6
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 3 3 0 0 0 6
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 3 0 2 6
451 Abrading 2 1 2 1 0 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 2 2 0 2 0 6
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 1 3 5
042 Firearms 1 1 2 0 1 5
053 Package Making 2 1 1 0 1 5
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 2 2 0 1 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 1 1 2 5
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 2 0 2 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 1 1 1 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 2 2 0 1 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 2 1 0 0 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 4 0 0 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 2 2 0 1 5
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 3 0 1 0 1 5
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 1 0 0 2 5
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 2 0 2 0 5
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 1 1 1 5
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 3 1 0 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 3 1 0 0 0 4
030 Cutlery 1 1 1 1 0 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 2 0 1 1 4
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 2 1 1 0 0 4
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 1 0 1 1 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 2 0 2 4
101 Printing 2 0 0 0 2 4
112 Sewing 0 0 0 1 3 4
132 Toilet 2 1 0 1 0 4
221 Article Dispensing 1 2 0 1 0 4
252 Compositions 1 1 1 1 0 4
283 Printed Matter 2 1 0 0 1 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 2 0 2 4
330 Amplifiers 0 1 1 2 0 4
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 1 1 1 4
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 2 1 0 4
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 1 2 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 2 1 4
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 1 1 1 4
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 0 1 1 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 0 0 1 0 3
014 Bridges 0 2 1 0 0 3
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 1 1 3
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 2 0 0 1 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 2 1 0 0 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 3 0 0 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 1 3
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 1 2 3
164 Metal Founding 0 1 1 1 0 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 2 3
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 1 1 0 3
188 Brakes 1 1 0 1 0 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 2 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 1 1 3
249 Static Molds 2 0 0 1 0 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 2 0 0 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 0 0 1 0 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 2 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 1 2 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 2 0 0 1 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 1 1 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 2 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 3 0 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 0 1 1 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 1 3
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 1 0 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 1 2
070 Locks 0 0 1 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 2 0 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 2 0 0 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 0 0 0 1 2
110 Furnaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 2 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 1 1 2
177 Weighing Scales 1 1 0 0 0 2
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 2 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 2 0 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 2 0 0 0 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 1 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
380 Cryptography 0 0 1 0 1 2
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 1 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 2 0 0 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 1 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 1 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 2 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 1 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 2 0 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 1 0 1 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 1 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 1 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 1 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
178 Telegraphy 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 1 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 1 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 1 0 0 1
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 1 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 1 0 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 709 715 675 637 683 3419


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