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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed 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

NORTH DAKOTA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
Class Class Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
414 Material or Article Handling 4 3 2 5 7 21
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 3 5 6 2 18
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 8 3 6 18
180 Motor Vehicles 2 10 1 4 0 17
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 4 2 5 0 11
172 Earth Working 2 2 3 2 1 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 5 2 1 1 10
280 Land Vehicles 1 2 2 1 3 9
219 Electric Heating 0 1 3 1 2 7
111 Planting 1 2 2 1 0 6
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 0 2 2 6
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 2 0 1 2 1 6
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 2 0 1 0 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 2 0 2 1 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 2 1 1 1 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 0 2 1 5
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 2 0 0 1 4
037 Excavating 2 0 2 0 0 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 2 1 1 4
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 1 2 0 4
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 4 0 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 2 0 1 4
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 1 2 0 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 3 4
002 Apparel 1 0 1 1 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 1 1 0 3
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 1 1 3
042 Firearms 0 0 0 1 2 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 2 0 0 0 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 2 0 0 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 1 1 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 1 0 0 0 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 2 1 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 1 2 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 1 2 3
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 1 1 0 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 3 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 1 2
060 Power Plants 1 0 0 0 1 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 0 0 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 0 2
144 Woodworking 1 1 0 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 1 2
184 Lubrication 0 2 0 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 2 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 2 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 1 0 1 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 2 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 1 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 1 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 1 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 2 0 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 0 0 0 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 2 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 2 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 0 0 1 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 1 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 1 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 1 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 1 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 1 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 1 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 1 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 1 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 1 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 1 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 1 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 1 0 0 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 53 74 66 82 63 338


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