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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

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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 17 11 14 12 12 66
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 3 9 11 22 47
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 12 6 9 8 8 43
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 14 5 11 7 3 40
370 Multiplex Communications 7 5 9 8 11 40
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 9 9 14 5 3 40
379 Telephonic Communications 2 4 7 10 15 38
606 Surgery (instruments) 13 8 9 1 7 38
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 5 4 11 12 36
280 Land Vehicles 4 6 12 4 6 32
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 4 6 10 6 30
455 Telecommunications 1 2 5 8 13 29
056 Harvesters 7 3 10 2 5 27
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 1 3 3 12 27
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 4 7 5 6 26
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 6 4 6 6 25
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 1 8 7 2 24
414 Material or Article Handling 7 1 8 6 2 24
340 Communications: Electrical 2 3 5 3 10 23
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 3 6 3 7 21
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 4 2 4 6 5 21
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 4 3 4 2 7 20
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 3 3 4 5 19
439 Electrical Connectors 2 5 5 3 4 19
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 5 2 5 6 19
211 Supports: Racks 3 2 4 4 3 16
244 Aeronautics 5 3 2 2 4 16
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 2 1 4 5 16
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 3 3 4 2 15
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 5 6 0 4 15
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 8 3 0 2 1 14
029 Metal Working 3 2 3 4 2 14
062 Refrigeration 2 3 5 2 2 14
119 Animal Husbandry 4 3 2 0 5 14
137 Fluid Handling 2 2 4 4 2 14
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 5 3 5 14
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 1 3 3 4 14
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 4 6 3 13
172 Earth Working 3 2 2 2 4 13
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 4 1 4 2 13
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 1 2 5 4 13
362 Illumination 6 2 1 2 2 13
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 3 8 13
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 3 3 6 13
002 Apparel 4 2 4 2 0 12
072 Metal Deforming 1 3 2 2 4 12
101 Printing 2 2 2 5 1 12
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 4 2 3 1 2 12
252 Compositions 5 4 1 2 0 12
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 2 2 4 3 12
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 3 2 2 4 12
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 2 2 5 0 12
005 Beds 1 0 3 4 3 11
073 Measuring and Testing 3 3 0 2 3 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 4 1 3 11
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 4 1 2 0 4 11
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 2 1 7 1 11
382 Image Analysis 0 3 0 6 2 11
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 3 2 2 4 0 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 3 3 1 2 11
030 Cutlery 1 2 4 2 1 10
055 Gas Separation 1 2 3 3 1 10
060 Power Plants 2 1 1 4 2 10
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 2 3 1 1 10
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 2 2 4 1 10
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 1 2 2 2 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 4 3 1 10
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 3 1 6 10
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 2 0 0 5 9
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 3 0 0 2 4 9
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 0 3 0 1 9
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 1 3 2 1 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 3 2 2 9
220 Receptacles 2 0 3 3 1 9
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 2 1 5 9
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 0 2 4 1 9
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 1 0 1 3 4 9
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 1 4 2 9
452 Butchering 1 2 3 1 2 9
454 Ventilation 4 0 4 1 0 9
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 0 5 1 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 1 3 3 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 1 2 4 8
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 5 2 1 0 0 8
105 Railway Rolling Stock 4 1 2 1 0 8
111 Planting 1 3 0 4 0 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 2 4 1 0 8
219 Electric Heating 1 0 2 3 2 8
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 2 2 0 2 8
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 2 1 3 8
431 Combustion 2 1 2 1 2 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 2 3 1 1 7
053 Package Making 3 0 1 2 1 7
083 Cutting 2 1 1 2 1 7
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 2 2 2 0 7
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 3 0 1 7
427 Coating Processes 3 1 1 2 0 7
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 2 1 3 1 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 2 3 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 1 2 2 6
047 Plant Husbandry 3 1 2 0 0 6
084 Music 0 1 0 4 1 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 1 1 2 0 6
100 Presses 2 2 0 1 1 6
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 1 1 2 0 6
180 Motor Vehicles 0 3 1 1 1 6
181 Acoustics 0 1 3 2 0 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 1 0 2 1 6
221 Article Dispensing 2 2 2 0 0 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 2 0 1 1 6
256 Fences 0 0 0 5 1 6
417 Pumps 2 1 1 1 1 6
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 0 2 2 6
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 2 1 1 0 6
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 2 1 2 1 0 6
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 1 1 0 1 6
081 Tools 1 2 1 0 1 5
104 Railways 1 2 1 1 0 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 2 1 1 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 2 1 1 0 5
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 2 2 5
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 2 2 1 0 0 5
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 1 1 1 0 5
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 0 0 1 1 5
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 1 0 2 0 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 1 3 5
348 Television 0 0 0 1 4 5
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 0 4 0 0 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 3 0 2 5
433 Dentistry 2 2 1 0 0 5
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 3 1 1 5
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 0 1 3 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 3 1 5
007 Compound Hand Tools 4 0 0 0 0 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 1 2 4
037 Excavating 1 0 1 2 0 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 2 1 0 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 1 1 0 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 2 0 1 1 4
177 Weighing Scales 1 1 1 1 0 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 2 0 1 0 1 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 1 2 0 0 4
269 Work Holders 1 1 0 0 2 4
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 4 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 3 0 0 4
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 3 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 2 1 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 1 1 1 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 2 2 4
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 2 4
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 2 0 1 0 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 1 0 0 3
114 Ships 1 0 0 1 1 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 1 0 1 3
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 1 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 2 0 0 0 3
188 Brakes 1 1 1 0 0 3
283 Printed Matter 0 2 0 1 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 1 0 0 1 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 1 0 3
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 3 3
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 2 0 0 0 1 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 2 0 3
384 Bearings 0 0 2 1 0 3
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 0 0 2 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 0 1 0 3
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 2 0 0 0 3
451 Abrading 1 0 0 2 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 2 1 3
014 Bridges 0 1 1 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 0 1 0 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 1 0 2
042 Firearms 2 0 0 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 1 0 1 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 0 0 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 2 0 0 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 2 0 2
132 Toilet 1 0 0 0 1 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 1 2
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 0 1 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 2 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 1 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 1 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 1 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 1 2
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 1 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 2 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 0 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 2 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 0 2 0 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 1 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 1 0 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 2 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 1 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 1 0 2
432 Heating 0 0 1 0 1 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 2 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 2 0 0 0 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 0 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 1 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 1 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 1 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 391 313 421 428 448 2001


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