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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

KENTUCKY

( 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 51 61 54 56 43 265
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 16 18 20 18 11 83
399 Electrophotography 9 25 16 13 16 79
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 15 8 6 9 5 43
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 9 13 4 9 5 40
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 9 13 6 6 5 39
062 Refrigeration 4 7 2 14 10 37
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 4 7 7 11 35
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 10 8 7 7 3 35
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 9 10 6 6 35
219 Electric Heating 5 5 4 7 12 33
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 8 7 5 9 3 32
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 4 8 9 2 29
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 4 6 5 7 27
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 7 6 2 6 5 26
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 6 3 3 13 25
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 5 5 7 3 22
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 4 5 5 3 4 21
002 Apparel 2 4 5 5 4 20
029 Metal Working 8 3 3 1 5 20
053 Package Making 4 4 6 1 5 20
400 Typewriting Machines 4 2 9 2 3 20
070 Locks 7 6 1 4 1 19
073 Measuring and Testing 3 6 3 3 4 19
280 Land Vehicles 3 5 6 2 3 19
606 Surgery (instruments) 6 5 4 3 0 18
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 3 5 2 4 17
250 Radiant Energy 3 0 2 7 5 17
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 3 4 5 2 17
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 4 3 5 2 16
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 5 1 1 6 3 16
206 Special Receptacle or Package 7 4 2 3 0 16
362 Illumination 5 3 5 0 3 16
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 5 1 7 3 0 16
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 5 4 0 4 15
427 Coating Processes 3 4 2 4 2 15
340 Communications: Electrical 3 6 2 2 1 14
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 4 2 2 5 14
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 6 4 2 0 14
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 4 3 3 1 13
055 Gas Separation 5 3 3 1 1 13
439 Electrical Connectors 4 1 3 1 4 13
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 1 3 2 0 12
137 Fluid Handling 6 1 1 3 1 12
252 Compositions 2 5 2 2 1 12
414 Material or Article Handling 4 3 2 1 2 12
042 Firearms 1 2 4 1 3 11
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 3 1 3 4 0 11
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 2 1 2 3 11
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 7 3 1 11
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 3 5 1 11
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 4 1 0 2 11
081 Tools 4 2 2 2 0 10
083 Cutting 4 1 2 2 1 10
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 4 1 1 3 1 10
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 2 3 3 1 10
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 1 0 4 3 10
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 2 2 0 4 10
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 3 2 3 10
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 1 1 6 9
056 Harvesters 2 4 1 1 1 9
119 Animal Husbandry 2 1 4 1 1 9
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 1 3 3 0 9
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 5 0 1 1 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 3 2 2 2 9
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 2 2 2 2 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 3 3 3 0 9
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 1 2 2 3 1 9
417 Pumps 1 3 3 0 2 9
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 4 0 1 4 9
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 2 1 2 2 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 0 5 1 1 9
005 Beds 4 0 1 2 1 8
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 3 4 0 8
084 Music 2 2 1 3 0 8
126 Stoves and Furnaces 4 0 1 2 1 8
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 3 1 4 0 0 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 4 0 1 0 3 8
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 3 2 2 1 0 8
451 Abrading 1 3 2 1 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 3 1 0 2 2 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 2 2 3 7
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 2 1 0 2 7
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 0 1 0 4 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 2 2 2 7
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 1 3 1 1 7
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 0 3 1 7
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 2 2 1 1 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 1 3 0 1 7
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 1 1 2 7
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 3 1 1 2 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 3 2 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 2 3 0 6
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 1 0 1 1 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 2 1 2 6
112 Sewing 2 1 2 0 1 6
118 Coating Apparatus 2 1 1 0 2 6
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 2 1 2 0 6
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 3 1 0 1 1 6
211 Supports: Racks 2 2 0 1 1 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 4 0 1 6
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 1 2 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 0 2 1 1 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 4 0 1 1 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 2 1 1 6
433 Dentistry 1 1 2 0 2 6
454 Ventilation 0 1 2 1 2 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 3 0 2 5
060 Power Plants 0 0 3 1 1 5
072 Metal Deforming 2 2 0 0 1 5
114 Ships 3 0 0 0 2 5
144 Woodworking 1 1 2 1 0 5
148 Metal Treatment 4 0 0 0 1 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 2 0 0 1 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 1 0 1 1 5
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 2 1 0 0 2 5
336 Inductor Devices 0 2 1 2 0 5
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 1 0 2 5
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 3 0 1 5
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 0 1 2 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 1 1 2 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 1 1 0 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 2 0 1 4
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 1 0 2 0 4
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 2 1 0 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 0 1 1 4
172 Earth Working 2 0 0 1 1 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 1 0 3 4
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 1 1 1 4
244 Aeronautics 1 1 1 0 1 4
269 Work Holders 1 1 1 1 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 3 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 2 0 1 1 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 1 0 2 4
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 3 1 0 0 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 1 1 1 0 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 3 4
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 3 1 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 1 2 0 4
431 Combustion 2 0 0 1 1 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 1 0 1 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 1 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 3 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 1 0 0 0 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 1 1 0 3
027 Undertaking 1 1 0 0 1 3
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 0 1 0 3
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 3 0 0 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 1 0 2 0 3
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 3 3
104 Railways 1 1 0 0 1 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 2 1 0 0 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 2 0 1 0 3
110 Furnaces 0 2 1 0 0 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 1 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 1 0 0 3
188 Brakes 1 2 0 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 1 1 0 1 0 3
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 1 1 3
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 2 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 1 0 0 2 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 1 1 3
283 Printed Matter 1 1 0 1 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 1 0 0 1 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 2 1 0 0 0 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 2 1 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 1 1 3
348 Television 0 2 1 0 0 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
384 Bearings 1 0 2 0 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 1 0 1 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 1 1 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 1 1 0 3
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 2 3
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 1 2 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 2 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 1 0 1 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 1 1 2
014 Bridges 0 0 2 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 1 1 0 0 2
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 1 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 1 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 1 2
132 Toilet 1 1 0 0 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 1 1 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 1 0 2
184 Lubrication 1 1 0 0 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 1 0 0 0 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 2 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 0 0 0 1 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 2 0 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 2 0 2
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 1 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 1 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 1 1 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 1 0 2
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 1 0 0 2
432 Heating 0 0 0 2 0 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 1 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 1 0 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 1 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 1 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 1 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 1
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 1
346 Recorders 0 1 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 1 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 1 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 1 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 458 481 450 438 407 2234


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