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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

OREGON

( 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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 80 97 111 111 94 493
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 41 43 54 73 102 313
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 28 42 53 51 39 213
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 36 23 37 60 57 213
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 21 27 33 49 67 197
382 Image Analysis 8 18 33 59 70 188
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 17 20 43 49 44 173
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 29 21 38 49 33 170
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 30 34 25 35 44 168
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 24 29 30 41 37 161
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 23 28 26 33 46 156
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 14 17 39 35 28 133
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 25 24 23 26 35 133
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 17 21 24 32 38 132
370 Multiplex Communications 11 13 16 30 35 105
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 18 11 11 35 29 104
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 22 17 23 18 18 98
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 11 25 24 17 16 93
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 8 17 23 31 84
439 Electrical Connectors 17 12 16 13 21 79
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 16 14 17 17 14 78
348 Television 19 22 12 8 14 75
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 15 18 8 15 11 67
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 11 13 12 12 16 64
250 Radiant Energy 6 12 16 11 19 64
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 13 12 11 16 10 62
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 12 6 19 8 16 61
340 Communications: Electrical 11 13 14 10 12 60
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 6 6 13 19 15 59
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 9 10 8 13 17 57
330 Amplifiers 6 6 15 14 15 56
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 10 14 8 12 12 56
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 14 8 5 15 12 54
280 Land Vehicles 12 19 9 7 7 54
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 9 10 13 15 6 53
029 Metal Working 6 8 10 12 14 50
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 8 9 11 6 15 49
451 Abrading 6 9 13 11 9 48
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 6 9 10 8 14 47
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 7 6 14 11 8 46
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 5 3 10 12 13 43
002 Apparel 9 5 12 6 9 41
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 6 12 11 7 5 41
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 9 6 8 3 14 40
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 10 3 7 9 10 39
455 Telecommunications 9 4 6 6 13 38
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 9 5 6 8 8 36
379 Telephonic Communications 3 5 8 9 10 35
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 5 8 10 8 34
482 Exercise Devices 6 8 5 9 6 34
353 Optics: Image Projectors 3 4 7 8 11 33
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 6 8 5 5 9 33
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 9 8 7 4 2 30
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 7 3 7 6 7 30
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 11 12 3 2 2 30
414 Material or Article Handling 13 4 7 3 2 29
073 Measuring and Testing 3 6 4 4 11 28
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 5 5 5 8 5 28
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 6 7 6 3 5 27
331 Oscillators 5 2 7 7 6 27
385 Optical Waveguides 1 5 2 5 13 26
606 Surgery (instruments) 5 6 2 6 7 26
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 5 2 11 5 3 26
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 4 0 4 5 12 25
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 8 5 2 4 6 25
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 5 6 8 3 3 25
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 6 6 6 5 25
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 5 4 7 6 3 25
463 Amusement Devices: Games 4 7 6 3 4 24
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 5 2 9 7 24
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 4 3 11 2 23
380 Cryptography 4 6 3 4 6 23
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 1 8 7 4 23
083 Cutting 5 4 5 1 7 22
119 Animal Husbandry 3 5 5 6 3 22
362 Illumination 4 4 3 7 4 22
400 Typewriting Machines 4 5 1 7 5 22
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 6 1 2 7 22
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 4 3 6 7 22
042 Firearms 1 2 4 8 6 21
165 Heat Exchange 3 7 6 2 3 21
219 Electric Heating 1 3 5 6 6 21
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 2 10 3 6 21
433 Dentistry 5 7 5 2 2 21
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 3 1 5 6 6 21
030 Cutlery 7 2 5 3 3 20
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 4 7 7 20
137 Fluid Handling 4 5 3 4 4 20
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 5 2 7 2 20
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 0 8 7 3 20
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 1 6 4 8 20
007 Compound Hand Tools 2 4 2 6 5 19
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 6 2 5 3 3 19
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 6 7 2 4 0 19
144 Woodworking 7 6 0 3 2 18
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 4 2 3 4 5 18
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 3 4 3 6 2 18
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 6 0 4 4 18
053 Package Making 2 3 0 4 8 17
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 3 2 5 4 17
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 3 4 6 3 17
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 2 3 4 4 17
427 Coating Processes 4 3 0 3 7 17
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 6 1 5 2 17
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 2 4 8 1 16
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 4 2 3 4 3 16
211 Supports: Racks 4 4 4 3 0 15
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 1 4 2 4 14
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 4 3 3 3 1 14
070 Locks 4 2 2 4 2 14
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 4 4 2 1 3 14
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 4 3 5 1 14
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 3 1 5 4 1 14
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 1 1 5 5 14
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 1 3 8 0 14
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 3 4 2 3 2 14
005 Beds 4 3 4 0 2 13
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 5 0 4 3 13
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 2 4 4 2 13
037 Excavating 3 0 4 3 3 13
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 3 1 2 6 13
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 6 2 1 1 13
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 3 1 4 4 13
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 1 5 5 13
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 4 4 3 1 0 12
297 Chairs and Seats 3 2 1 1 5 12
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 4 2 5 1 0 12
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 3 1 3 3 2 12
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 0 4 3 3 12
434 Education and Demonstration 4 1 2 2 3 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 5 3 2 1 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 4 1 1 4 1 11
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 2 2 4 1 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 4 3 0 3 11
454 Ventilation 2 3 1 2 3 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 2 5 2 10
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 2 2 2 1 10
114 Ships 3 2 1 3 1 10
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 2 5 3 0 10
188 Brakes 3 4 1 2 0 10
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 4 2 1 0 10
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 4 2 3 10
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 2 2 2 1 10
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 1 4 2 9
081 Tools 2 4 1 1 1 9
084 Music 1 2 3 2 1 9
101 Printing 2 0 2 1 4 9
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 2 2 4 9
180 Motor Vehicles 3 1 1 2 2 9
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 4 1 1 3 0 9
269 Work Holders 1 2 3 1 2 9
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 3 2 2 0 2 9
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 2 2 1 0 9
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 3 3 2 9
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 3 1 0 2 8
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 1 2 2 8
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 3 1 1 1 2 8
220 Receptacles 1 4 1 1 1 8
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 1 3 3 8
252 Compositions 2 0 3 0 3 8
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 4 3 1 0 0 8
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 2 0 2 2 8
399 Electrophotography 3 3 0 0 2 8
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 3 1 1 8
417 Pumps 0 1 2 3 2 8
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 2 1 1 1 2 7
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 4 3 0 0 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 1 2 3 0 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 0 1 3 1 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 1 1 1 3 7
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 1 3 2 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 2 4 0 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 3 0 3 6
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 4 0 0 2 6
056 Harvesters 1 0 2 3 0 6
089 Ordnance 1 2 1 0 2 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 1 1 2 6
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 2 1 1 2 6
104 Railways 0 2 1 3 0 6
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 1 1 2 6
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 4 1 0 0 6
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 1 0 1 2 6
283 Printed Matter 0 2 1 1 2 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 3 1 1 6
355 Photocopying 1 0 2 2 1 6
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 2 1 2 6
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 2 4 6
060 Power Plants 3 0 0 2 0 5
062 Refrigeration 1 0 1 1 2 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 1 2 5
164 Metal Founding 2 0 1 2 0 5
172 Earth Working 2 0 2 1 0 5
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 1 1 1 5
267 Spring Devices 1 1 2 0 1 5
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 2 0 0 2 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 1 0 1 0 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 0 0 2 1 5
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 1 1 0 1 2 5
398 Optical Communications 0 4 0 0 1 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 1 0 2 5
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 3 0 2 0 0 5
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 1 1 1 0 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 2 1 1 5
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 1 0 1 1 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 2 1 1 0 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 2 0 1 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 2 0 1 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 2 2 4
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 1 0 0 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 2 1 0 4
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 1 1 0 2 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 2 1 1 4
292 Closure Fasteners 2 0 0 1 1 4
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 1 1 0 1 4
396 Photography 0 0 0 2 2 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 1 2 4
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 1 0 2 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 1 0 2 4
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 3 0 0 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 1 1 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 0 1 3
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 2 0 1 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 2 0 1 0 3
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 1 1 0 0 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 2 1 0 0 0 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 2 1 0 0 3
181 Acoustics 0 1 1 1 0 3
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 1 0 1 1 3
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 1 0 1 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 2 3
244 Aeronautics 1 0 1 1 0 3
256 Fences 0 1 0 1 1 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 1 0 0 1 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 2 1 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 1 0 1 3
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 2 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 2 1 0 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 3
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 1 0 1 3
450 Foundation Garments 1 1 1 0 0 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 1 1 0 0 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 2 0 0 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 0 0 0 1 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 1 1 3
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 1 0 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 1 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 1 0 0 1 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 1 0 0 2
125 Stone Working 1 1 0 0 0 2
132 Toilet 1 0 0 1 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 2 0 0 0 2
168 Farriery 2 0 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 1 2
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 2 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 2 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 0 0 2
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 1 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 1 0 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 1 0 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 0 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 2 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 2 0 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 1 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 2 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 1 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
178 Telegraphy 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 0 1 1
346 Recorders 0 0 1 0 0 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 0 0 0 1 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1194 1258 1450 1665 1725 7292


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