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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

MISSOURI

( 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) 58 76 106 77 88 405
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 28 37 23 29 23 140
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 26 24 24 20 18 112
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 21 13 23 24 13 94
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 10 18 14 11 11 64
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 20 11 8 15 8 62
005 Beds 6 14 11 12 11 54
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 10 9 13 10 10 52
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 11 10 10 14 5 50
073 Measuring and Testing 8 8 14 11 8 49
606 Surgery (instruments) 18 8 6 10 7 49
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 12 9 6 5 15 47
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 12 10 8 6 10 46
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 12 12 9 9 3 45
137 Fluid Handling 11 13 4 7 9 44
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 15 6 10 8 2 41
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 15 7 12 3 39
244 Aeronautics 12 4 4 6 13 39
029 Metal Working 9 8 6 6 9 38
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 11 8 6 6 7 38
219 Electric Heating 11 11 6 2 8 38
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 5 14 10 3 38
119 Animal Husbandry 5 5 12 8 7 37
340 Communications: Electrical 11 6 7 4 8 36
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 7 7 6 11 5 36
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 7 7 6 10 5 35
280 Land Vehicles 7 11 9 3 5 35
362 Illumination 6 6 4 11 8 35
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 8 8 9 7 3 35
062 Refrigeration 6 10 6 8 4 34
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 12 7 5 7 3 34
206 Special Receptacle or Package 8 10 8 4 4 34
379 Telephonic Communications 5 3 6 5 15 34
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 11 7 8 5 2 33
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 10 0 4 7 7 28
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 8 4 5 4 7 28
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 7 3 3 8 5 26
220 Receptacles 10 6 6 2 2 26
297 Chairs and Seats 5 2 8 6 5 26
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 4 6 3 7 24
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 4 5 7 1 7 24
370 Multiplex Communications 4 2 3 5 10 24
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 5 1 5 7 4 22
385 Optical Waveguides 3 6 3 7 3 22
002 Apparel 5 4 3 5 4 21
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 5 3 4 2 7 21
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 1 5 7 5 21
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 2 3 7 4 20
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 3 4 3 7 20
439 Electrical Connectors 4 1 5 2 8 20
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 3 5 10 20
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 4 3 5 6 20
273 Amusement Devices: Games 5 4 2 5 3 19
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 6 7 3 1 2 19
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 7 4 4 18
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 7 2 1 5 18
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 5 3 4 4 2 18
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 4 3 4 4 3 18
211 Supports: Racks 5 7 0 2 4 18
382 Image Analysis 4 4 1 7 2 18
433 Dentistry 2 10 3 3 0 18
434 Education and Demonstration 2 5 4 4 3 18
451 Abrading 6 2 5 1 4 18
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 2 5 4 4 17
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 2 7 3 2 17
482 Exercise Devices 6 3 1 7 0 17
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 3 2 5 5 17
053 Package Making 1 4 6 3 2 16
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 2 5 6 3 16
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 3 4 3 3 16
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 3 1 3 6 3 16
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 3 4 7 2 16
414 Material or Article Handling 4 2 2 3 5 16
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 0 2 1 7 16
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 4 2 6 2 15
221 Article Dispensing 2 3 3 4 3 15
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 3 3 2 5 15
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 2 3 5 3 15
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 3 4 3 4 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 4 3 3 3 15
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 3 5 4 0 3 15
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 3 4 5 1 15
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 3 6 4 1 14
072 Metal Deforming 1 3 3 3 4 14
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 4 2 3 3 14
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 3 3 3 3 14
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 4 2 2 4 2 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 6 3 1 2 2 14
417 Pumps 2 1 4 4 3 14
114 Ships 4 5 2 2 0 13
250 Radiant Energy 1 2 2 5 3 13
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 6 2 2 3 13
403 Joints and Connections 3 3 5 1 1 13
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 4 2 2 2 13
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 6 1 1 1 13
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 5 0 2 2 13
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 4 5 1 2 1 13
030 Cutlery 4 1 2 5 0 12
055 Gas Separation 3 2 3 1 3 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 4 4 3 1 12
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 0 2 3 5 12
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 6 0 2 2 12
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 4 4 3 1 0 12
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 3 3 1 2 11
101 Printing 1 0 3 3 4 11
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 2 3 3 2 11
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 4 2 0 1 11
427 Coating Processes 2 2 4 1 2 11
042 Firearms 1 2 3 2 2 10
100 Presses 3 2 0 2 3 10
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 0 3 3 10
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 3 2 2 2 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 4 2 3 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 4 1 2 2 1 10
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 2 3 2 1 10
292 Closure Fasteners 6 1 2 0 1 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 2 3 2 1 10
454 Ventilation 3 3 1 2 1 10
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 3 3 3 0 1 10
056 Harvesters 0 2 3 1 3 9
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 3 2 1 2 9
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 3 2 1 2 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 3 3 2 0 1 9
164 Metal Founding 0 3 0 3 3 9
172 Earth Working 2 0 2 3 2 9
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 3 1 3 0 2 9
252 Compositions 3 2 0 3 1 9
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 4 2 2 9
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 3 3 2 0 1 9
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 1 4 2 0 9
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 3 1 1 4 9
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 5 2 0 1 9
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 4 1 4 0 0 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 4 0 1 1 8
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 1 3 3 0 8
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 2 5 8
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 2 3 2 0 8
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 2 3 1 1 8
348 Television 2 4 2 0 0 8
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 3 0 2 3 0 8
455 Telecommunications 1 0 1 3 3 8
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 2 2 3 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 5 7
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 2 1 2 1 7
037 Excavating 2 3 1 0 1 7
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 2 1 0 7
054 Harness (for animals) 3 2 2 0 0 7
060 Power Plants 1 1 3 2 0 7
081 Tools 1 1 5 0 0 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 2 3 0 7
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 3 3 0 7
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 2 0 2 2 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 2 4 0 7
256 Fences 1 3 1 2 0 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 2 0 1 3 7
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 4 0 1 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 3 1 0 2 7
440 Marine Propulsion 1 2 1 1 2 7
070 Locks 1 1 0 3 1 6
083 Cutting 1 2 0 1 2 6
084 Music 1 0 3 2 0 6
110 Furnaces 0 1 2 2 1 6
118 Coating Apparatus 3 1 1 1 0 6
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 5 1 6
144 Woodworking 1 1 0 3 1 6
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 3 2 1 6
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 1 0 3 2 6
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 3 0 0 3 6
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 2 1 1 1 1 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 3 0 0 2 6
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 2 3 1 6
432 Heating 0 3 2 1 0 6
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 1 2 0 0 6
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 2 2 0 1 5
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 1 2 1 5
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 0 3 5
188 Brakes 1 2 0 2 0 5
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 3 1 0 0 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 0 1 2 5
267 Spring Devices 3 1 0 1 0 5
269 Work Holders 0 3 1 1 0 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 1 1 2 5
384 Bearings 0 4 0 1 0 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 2 2 0 1 0 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 3 1 5
431 Combustion 0 0 1 1 3 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 3 0 5
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 1 1 1 0 4
089 Ordnance 2 2 0 0 0 4
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 2 0 0 0 2 4
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 3 0 4
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 1 0 2 4
132 Toilet 0 0 2 2 0 4
140 Wireworking 1 0 0 1 2 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 3 0 1 0 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 2 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 3 0 0 0 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 0 1 0 1 4
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 1 2 4
249 Static Molds 0 1 1 1 1 4
283 Printed Matter 1 0 1 1 1 4
330 Amplifiers 2 1 0 1 0 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 2 1 4
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 1 0 1 0 4
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 1 1 1 4
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 1 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 1 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 3 0 0 1 4
111 Planting 0 0 2 1 0 3
181 Acoustics 1 1 0 0 1 3
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 1 1 1 0 3
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 3 0 0 0 3
238 Railways: Surface Track 2 0 1 0 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 1 0 1 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 2 1 3
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 1 1 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 1 1 3
380 Cryptography 0 1 1 0 1 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 1 0 1 3
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 1 1 1 0 0 3
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 2 3
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 1 2 0 0 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 1 0 1 0 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 0 0 0 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 3 0 0 0 0 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 1 0 1 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 2 1 0 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 0 3
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 2 0 0 0 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 0 3
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 1 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 2 0 0 0 0 2
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 2 2
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 2 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 1 2
125 Stone Working 1 0 1 0 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 2 0 0 0 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 1 0 0 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 1 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 2 0 0 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 2 0 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 0 1 1 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 2 0 0 0 0 2
237 Heating Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 2 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 2 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 2 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 1 0 0 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 1 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 1 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 1 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 0 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 1 0 0 0 2
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 1 0 2
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 2 0 0 2
452 Butchering 1 0 1 0 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 1 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 2 0 0 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 1 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 1 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 1 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 1 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 1 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 1 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 1 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 1 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 1 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 1 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 1 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
355 Photocopying 1 0 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 1 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 0 1 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 1 0 0 1
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 822 843 837 823 768 4093


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