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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

ARIZONA

( 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
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 59 42 65 94 90 350
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 54 57 82 56 88 337
280 Land Vehicles 47 39 36 26 17 165
455 Telecommunications 63 22 24 27 26 162
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 34 30 23 29 31 147
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 17 36 34 24 32 143
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 20 18 28 42 28 136
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 28 32 23 25 25 133
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 30 35 23 20 23 131
330 Amplifiers 18 18 31 28 29 124
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 20 21 23 25 16 105
250 Radiant Energy 24 21 17 18 23 103
439 Electrical Connectors 14 12 20 27 28 101
451 Abrading 13 29 23 21 14 100
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 20 17 24 18 18 97
340 Communications: Electrical 25 17 18 14 22 96
370 Multiplex Communications 18 17 21 15 22 93
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 13 19 10 21 26 89
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 27 14 9 20 18 88
382 Image Analysis 15 20 17 14 22 88
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 12 13 22 19 21 87
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 17 10 18 21 18 84
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 14 20 14 17 19 84
244 Aeronautics 15 15 19 15 19 83
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 14 20 16 11 22 83
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 20 13 16 20 13 82
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 21 17 11 15 17 81
348 Television 8 12 20 26 13 79
060 Power Plants 10 23 13 16 15 77
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 9 18 15 14 18 74
029 Metal Working 17 12 15 15 12 71
385 Optical Waveguides 12 11 13 17 18 71
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 18 18 15 11 9 71
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 8 10 23 14 15 70
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 16 11 16 15 11 69
073 Measuring and Testing 16 10 8 16 17 67
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 19 11 19 8 10 67
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 12 11 3 11 29 66
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 14 11 7 18 15 65
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 17 16 15 8 8 64
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 9 18 9 14 13 63
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 8 7 14 16 13 58
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 9 11 9 13 15 57
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 21 5 14 6 9 55
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 13 10 10 11 7 51
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 7 8 13 13 9 50
606 Surgery (instruments) 15 9 9 8 8 49
118 Coating Apparatus 14 12 12 6 4 48
219 Electric Heating 2 12 10 8 16 48
372 Coherent Light Generators 17 12 6 7 5 47
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 9 7 16 8 47
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 12 8 10 10 7 47
062 Refrigeration 16 6 15 5 4 46
119 Animal Husbandry 7 8 11 14 6 46
379 Telephonic Communications 7 7 6 10 15 45
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 11 8 8 9 43
427 Coating Processes 8 8 8 11 7 42
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 10 8 6 11 6 41
137 Fluid Handling 7 17 6 5 5 40
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 9 12 7 9 40
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 2 7 8 9 13 39
414 Material or Article Handling 11 6 6 12 4 39
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 6 13 6 6 7 38
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 11 6 8 7 5 37
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 8 9 5 9 6 37
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 5 8 6 11 7 37
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 10 7 7 5 8 37
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 7 12 10 5 37
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 4 4 4 13 11 36
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 10 11 2 5 35
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 10 10 8 2 2 32
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 6 4 5 6 10 31
482 Exercise Devices 5 9 4 7 6 31
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 4 10 6 6 31
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 9 4 5 6 6 30
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 7 4 9 6 4 30
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 7 8 8 5 1 29
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 8 11 2 3 29
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 5 6 5 8 5 29
362 Illumination 6 3 6 8 6 29
002 Apparel 6 8 8 2 4 28
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 4 5 7 4 7 27
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 9 4 5 5 27
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 5 3 6 3 10 27
331 Oscillators 11 6 2 2 6 27
380 Cryptography 9 6 7 1 4 27
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 9 3 5 5 5 27
030 Cutlery 8 9 5 0 4 26
102 Ammunition and Explosives 6 6 4 9 1 26
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 5 2 5 12 26
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 6 8 4 5 2 25
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 4 1 5 5 9 24
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 7 8 6 2 1 24
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 3 3 7 7 3 23
297 Chairs and Seats 10 4 2 4 3 23
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 3 6 5 6 23
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 9 7 2 3 23
081 Tools 1 3 6 6 6 22
273 Amusement Devices: Games 6 4 4 7 1 22
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 5 1 7 7 22
089 Ordnance 5 3 6 4 3 21
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 4 4 7 5 21
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 4 4 5 6 21
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 9 3 0 6 21
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 7 6 2 4 2 21
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 2 6 6 5 21
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 6 3 3 3 6 21
042 Firearms 2 5 4 3 6 20
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 3 3 5 6 20
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 6 3 5 1 5 20
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 6 3 3 2 5 19
211 Supports: Racks 1 3 6 4 5 19
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 4 7 1 3 4 19
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 2 3 8 4 19
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 2 6 4 3 19
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 1 8 5 2 18
132 Toilet 5 4 5 4 0 18
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 2 3 5 2 18
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 3 3 3 5 4 18
417 Pumps 5 2 3 3 4 17
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 6 4 2 3 1 16
070 Locks 3 4 4 3 2 16
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 3 1 4 3 5 16
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 5 4 2 3 2 16
434 Education and Demonstration 5 4 3 3 1 16
188 Brakes 5 0 4 2 4 15
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 4 3 4 3 1 15
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 4 3 2 4 15
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 4 2 4 2 14
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 4 4 2 3 14
165 Heat Exchange 1 6 2 4 1 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 1 5 3 1 14
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 5 2 1 3 14
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 3 0 1 6 4 14
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 2 2 4 4 2 14
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 3 3 3 0 13
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 3 5 3 0 2 13
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 4 2 2 3 2 13
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 4 1 2 3 3 13
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 4 2 3 1 3 13
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 3 1 3 3 3 13
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 5 1 1 5 0 12
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 3 3 3 1 2 12
454 Ventilation 0 6 1 3 2 12
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 5 0 0 6 1 12
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 5 0 3 11
084 Music 1 2 1 3 4 11
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 2 3 1 3 11
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 3 1 1 4 11
148 Metal Treatment 3 1 4 3 0 11
164 Metal Founding 0 2 0 4 5 11
433 Dentistry 3 4 3 1 0 11
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 3 1 6 10
053 Package Making 2 2 1 4 1 10
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 4 3 1 2 10
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 2 4 3 10
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 3 1 2 3 10
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 1 3 2 2 10
252 Compositions 1 5 1 1 2 10
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 5 1 2 2 10
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 0 3 0 5 10
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 2 4 1 2 10
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 2 3 2 10
005 Beds 6 2 0 1 0 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 3 3 1 1 9
101 Printing 2 3 1 1 2 9
220 Receptacles 2 3 2 0 2 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 4 0 0 5 9
269 Work Holders 0 3 5 0 1 9
403 Joints and Connections 0 2 4 1 2 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 2 0 1 3 9
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 2 4 8
114 Ships 1 1 3 2 1 8
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 1 1 4 0 8
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 2 1 2 2 8
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 3 4 1 8
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 2 3 0 0 8
336 Inductor Devices 2 2 3 1 0 8
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 4 0 0 3 8
384 Bearings 2 1 0 2 3 8
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 3 3 0 0 2 8
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 1 2 0 2 8
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 3 0 3 1 8
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 3 0 0 7
054 Harness (for animals) 1 1 1 3 1 7
083 Cutting 0 1 2 3 1 7
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 2 0 1 2 7
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 0 2 1 2 7
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 3 1 1 0 7
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 4 0 2 1 0 7
398 Optical Communications 3 0 1 2 1 7
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 2 1 2 1 1 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 1 2 1 1 7
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 5 7
056 Harvesters 2 1 3 0 0 6
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 4 1 0 6
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 0 1 2 1 6
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 2 2 2 6
181 Acoustics 1 1 1 3 0 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 0 1 0 2 6
267 Spring Devices 1 1 2 1 1 6
332 Modulators 0 0 4 1 1 6
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 1 3 2 6
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 1 3 1 6
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 2 2 0 2 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 3 2 0 6
055 Gas Separation 4 1 0 0 0 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 0 0 2 5
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 4 1 5
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 2 0 0 2 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 1 1 1 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 1 2 5
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 1 1 2 5
037 Excavating 2 0 0 0 2 4
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 3 1 0 0 0 4
104 Railways 1 2 0 0 1 4
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 2 1 0 0 1 4
169 Fire Extinguishers 3 0 0 1 0 4
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 3 1 0 0 4
215 Bottles and Jars 1 2 0 0 1 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 1 2 0 0 4
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 2 2 0 0 0 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 2 0 1 4
338 Electrical Resistors 2 0 2 0 0 4
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 3 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 1 0 1 4
432 Heating 0 1 0 1 2 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 0 1 0 1 4
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 0 3 4
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 1 2 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 2 1 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 1 0 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 2 0 0 1 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 1 1 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 1 0 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 1 1 0 0 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 1 1 3
172 Earth Working 0 2 0 0 1 3
178 Telegraphy 1 1 1 0 0 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 2 3
221 Article Dispensing 1 2 0 0 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 2 0 0 1 0 3
256 Fences 1 0 0 1 1 3
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 0 1 1 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 0 0 0 1 3
383 Flexible Bags 3 0 0 0 0 3
396 Photography 0 1 0 1 1 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 1 1 3
431 Combustion 0 1 0 1 1 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 1 0 1 3
014 Bridges 0 2 0 0 0 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 1 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
125 Stone Working 1 0 1 0 0 2
140 Wireworking 2 0 0 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 1 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 1 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 1 0 0 2
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 1 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 1 0 0 2
283 Printed Matter 1 1 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 2 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 1 0 1 0 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 2 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 2 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 0 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 0 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 0 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 1 2
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 2 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 1 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 1 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 0 1 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
260 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 1 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 1 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 0 0 0 1 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 1 0 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
483 Tool Changing 0 1 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 1 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1595 1540 1588 1582 1621 7926


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