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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

INDIANA

( 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) 113 104 120 99 70 506
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 56 42 36 33 18 185
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 45 44 28 28 35 180
439 Electrical Connectors 35 26 23 22 28 134
280 Land Vehicles 26 20 27 27 22 122
029 Metal Working 17 21 28 25 29 120
606 Surgery (instruments) 24 25 24 24 21 118
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 36 33 19 10 9 107
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 17 19 17 36 17 106
060 Power Plants 13 18 34 18 21 104
073 Measuring and Testing 18 20 18 23 24 103
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 14 22 21 25 21 103
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 15 23 24 16 22 100
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 14 14 23 18 25 94
348 Television 16 17 28 16 16 93
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 19 14 22 17 17 89
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 22 21 14 17 11 85
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 16 16 19 11 20 82
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 34 13 16 3 16 82
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 16 16 17 14 14 77
340 Communications: Electrical 14 18 14 14 15 75
062 Refrigeration 8 12 18 19 16 73
137 Fluid Handling 8 20 18 14 13 73
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 17 12 17 17 10 73
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 17 13 16 11 14 71
005 Beds 8 6 15 17 17 63
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 6 15 7 16 19 63
362 Illumination 11 14 8 13 16 62
180 Motor Vehicles 3 11 15 15 17 61
188 Brakes 12 11 14 8 12 57
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 6 16 16 9 8 55
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 11 11 13 12 7 54
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 7 9 13 13 11 53
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 13 11 8 11 9 52
297 Chairs and Seats 8 7 9 17 10 51
219 Electric Heating 17 15 7 8 3 50
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 8 10 11 9 11 49
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 12 11 6 10 7 46
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 12 8 10 7 7 44
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 7 8 6 10 11 42
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 9 4 11 8 10 42
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 9 5 8 11 8 41
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 18 11 1 7 4 41
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 10 11 7 6 6 40
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 5 10 11 6 38
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 8 7 8 10 4 37
215 Bottles and Jars 7 5 14 4 7 37
220 Receptacles 8 7 8 4 10 37
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 5 6 5 9 10 35
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 6 6 9 9 34
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 11 10 3 5 33
119 Animal Husbandry 6 6 8 6 6 32
148 Metal Treatment 6 10 3 7 6 32
370 Multiplex Communications 5 2 7 10 8 32
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 7 8 5 10 1 31
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 6 4 9 7 5 31
379 Telephonic Communications 7 6 6 9 3 31
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 6 13 3 5 3 30
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 6 5 9 8 2 30
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 6 9 6 4 29
267 Spring Devices 7 4 8 7 3 29
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 10 4 5 6 4 29
027 Undertaking 10 6 1 6 5 28
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 10 6 3 5 4 28
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 4 7 5 2 9 27
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 3 6 8 7 27
250 Radiant Energy 6 4 4 5 8 27
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 4 6 4 4 9 27
033 Geometrical Instruments 6 4 4 8 4 26
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 8 4 3 7 4 26
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 4 4 11 4 3 26
427 Coating Processes 9 4 4 4 5 26
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 5 4 6 4 6 25
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 7 2 6 6 4 25
252 Compositions 4 8 7 0 6 25
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 6 2 3 7 7 25
414 Material or Article Handling 6 4 3 4 8 25
126 Stoves and Furnaces 3 5 5 7 4 24
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 3 7 3 10 24
417 Pumps 6 3 10 4 1 24
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 3 5 4 3 8 23
211 Supports: Racks 1 3 8 7 4 23
292 Closure Fasteners 5 3 3 5 7 23
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 7 4 5 2 5 23
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 2 7 4 6 4 23
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 6 5 5 6 0 22
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 5 2 5 6 4 22
002 Apparel 5 3 4 5 4 21
164 Metal Founding 2 3 5 6 5 21
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 5 4 3 5 4 21
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 4 6 6 3 2 21
455 Telecommunications 3 2 4 8 4 21
072 Metal Deforming 10 1 2 4 3 20
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 8 5 2 3 2 20
384 Bearings 3 6 5 3 3 20
433 Dentistry 5 5 1 3 6 20
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 7 3 1 4 4 19
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 4 5 3 5 19
454 Ventilation 4 4 5 5 1 19
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 5 7 2 3 2 19
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 7 4 2 1 4 18
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 6 5 5 18
056 Harvesters 3 2 4 6 2 17
083 Cutting 5 3 2 4 3 17
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 7 3 5 1 17
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 3 4 3 3 4 17
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 4 3 2 6 17
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 4 1 4 4 17
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 2 4 7 2 17
049 Movable or Removable Closures 8 4 0 2 2 16
118 Coating Apparatus 3 1 6 2 4 16
181 Acoustics 5 3 3 3 2 16
338 Electrical Resistors 6 2 6 1 1 16
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 6 5 3 1 16
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 8 2 2 2 2 16
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 6 4 2 4 16
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 4 7 1 3 1 16
070 Locks 3 2 2 5 3 15
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 4 4 1 2 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 4 4 0 6 15
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 5 3 4 1 15
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 8 2 1 1 2 14
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 8 0 2 1 3 14
114 Ships 1 5 2 2 4 14
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 4 6 2 0 2 14
165 Heat Exchange 7 0 1 1 5 14
224 Package and Article Carriers 3 1 4 2 4 14
336 Inductor Devices 1 3 4 4 2 14
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 3 1 1 4 5 14
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 4 1 2 3 4 14
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 2 2 6 2 13
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 1 5 6 1 13
244 Aeronautics 2 5 1 3 2 13
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 3 2 3 3 13
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 5 0 2 3 3 13
431 Combustion 2 1 4 5 1 13
451 Abrading 3 3 3 1 3 13
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 2 2 2 4 12
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 2 3 4 12
053 Package Making 0 6 4 1 1 12
055 Gas Separation 1 0 5 4 2 12
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 4 1 1 6 12
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 5 3 4 0 0 12
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 2 3 4 2 12
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 2 1 4 4 1 12
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 2 3 2 5 12
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 5 2 1 3 12
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 5 1 2 2 12
382 Image Analysis 1 3 1 4 3 12
089 Ordnance 1 0 1 6 3 11
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 4 3 2 2 0 11
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 2 3 2 3 1 11
269 Work Holders 3 3 3 1 1 11
403 Joints and Connections 3 1 2 4 1 11
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 2 1 4 1 11
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 4 2 4 0 1 11
434 Education and Demonstration 2 2 1 4 2 11
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 0 0 6 2 11
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 5 2 0 2 1 10
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 2 2 2 1 10
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 4 2 2 2 0 10
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 2 5 2 1 0 10
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 2 5 9
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 2 4 0 0 3 9
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 1 1 2 3 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 1 3 1 9
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 2 2 0 3 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 1 2 1 8
042 Firearms 0 2 1 3 2 8
081 Tools 0 2 1 2 3 8
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 0 4 1 0 8
111 Planting 1 0 2 3 2 8
144 Woodworking 3 2 0 1 2 8
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 4 1 2 8
184 Lubrication 2 2 1 2 1 8
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 0 3 3 8
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 3 5 8
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 2 1 3 1 1 8
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 2 3 8
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 3 2 3 8
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 2 0 1 7
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 3 2 2 0 0 7
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 2 1 0 3 7
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 2 0 1 2 7
385 Optical Waveguides 0 3 2 1 1 7
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 3 0 1 0 3 7
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 2 2 1 7
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 2 1 0 2 7
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 4 1 0 1 1 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 0 2 2 7
101 Printing 2 0 2 1 1 6
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 3 2 6
116 Signals and Indicators 1 2 1 0 2 6
132 Toilet 1 2 1 0 2 6
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 2 2 2 0 6
172 Earth Working 0 1 1 3 1 6
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 2 3 6
221 Article Dispensing 2 2 0 2 0 6
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 5 0 0 1 0 6
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 1 1 3 1 6
330 Amplifiers 1 3 0 0 2 6
331 Oscillators 0 3 2 1 0 6
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 4 1 0 1 0 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 3 0 0 1 6
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 0 1 2 6
483 Tool Changing 1 0 3 2 0 6
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 3 2 6
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 1 0 1 1 5
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 1 3 0 5
084 Music 2 0 0 1 2 5
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 0 1 1 1 5
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 2 1 2 5
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 0 0 3 0 5
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 3 1 0 1 0 5
383 Flexible Bags 2 1 0 2 0 5
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 1 3 0 5
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 3 0 1 0 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 1 2 1 5
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 3 5
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 1 2 0 4
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 1 1 1 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 3 0 4
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 1 1 0 1 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 3 0 1 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 1 0 1 0 4
283 Printed Matter 1 0 1 1 1 4
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 2 1 0 1 4
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 1 1 1 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 1 0 1 0 4
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 2 0 2 4
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 3 0 0 4
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 3 1 0 0 0 4
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 1 1 1 4
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 1 0 0 0 3 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 0 2 1 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 1 0 1 0 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 1 0 0 1 4
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 2 1 0 1 4
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 1 0 3 4
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 2 1 1 4
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 2 0 1 0 3
037 Excavating 0 1 0 1 1 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 2 0 0 1 3
104 Railways 0 1 2 0 0 3
112 Sewing 1 0 1 1 0 3
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 2 0 0 0 1 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 2 0 3
237 Heating Systems 1 0 1 0 1 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 2 1 0 3
249 Static Molds 1 1 0 1 0 3
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 1 0 1 1 3
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 0 1 1 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 2 1 3
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 2 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 2 1 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
380 Cryptography 1 1 0 1 0 3
398 Optical Communications 0 0 2 0 1 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 1 0 0 0 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 1 1 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 0 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 0 3
014 Bridges 0 0 1 0 1 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 2 0 0 2
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 1 0 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 1 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 1 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 1 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 1 0 0 2
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 2 0 0 0 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 1 0 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 0 2 2
396 Photography 0 0 0 2 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 2 0 0 0 2
432 Heating 1 1 0 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 2 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 1 1 0 0 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 1 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 1 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 1 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 1 0 0 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 1 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
334 Tuners 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 1 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 0 1 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1429 1357 1397 1385 1280 6848


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