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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

MAINE

( 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
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 6 8 6 4 7 31
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 6 6 6 2 2 22
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 3 5 5 3 17
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 3 4 3 1 6 17
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 2 0 2 5 6 15
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 4 7 0 2 0 13
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 4 4 2 1 1 12
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 3 3 3 1 12
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 5 1 0 1 12
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 5 1 3 2 11
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 0 3 5 1 11
029 Metal Working 3 0 2 2 3 10
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 3 0 3 2 2 10
073 Measuring and Testing 1 3 2 3 0 9
114 Ships 2 3 2 1 1 9
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 4 2 1 9
280 Land Vehicles 2 3 2 1 1 9
331 Oscillators 2 3 3 1 0 9
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 2 1 1 4 9
439 Electrical Connectors 2 2 2 1 2 9
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 1 2 1 1 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 3 0 3 8
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 5 0 0 1 8
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 4 3 1 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 3 1 1 3 8
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 1 3 1 7
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 3 3 1 7
370 Multiplex Communications 2 1 1 2 1 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 0 1 2 1 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 2 1 1 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 3 0 2 0 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 3 2 0 0 6
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 0 2 0 1 6
005 Beds 0 2 1 0 2 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 2 0 2 5
081 Tools 1 1 1 0 2 5
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 0 0 2 1 5
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 3 0 2 0 5
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 3 1 0 0 5
330 Amplifiers 2 2 0 0 1 5
348 Television 1 1 2 1 0 5
362 Illumination 2 0 0 2 1 5
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 1 1 2 5
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 3 0 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 2 2 0 0 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 1 2 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 1 0 1 1 5
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 1 1 0 1 5
002 Apparel 1 0 2 1 0 4
101 Printing 2 1 0 0 1 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 0 1 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 1 0 1 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 3 1 0 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 0 1 1 4
414 Material or Article Handling 0 2 2 0 0 4
451 Abrading 2 1 0 1 0 4
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 2 0 1 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 1 0 1 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 2 0 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 1 1 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 2 0 0 3
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 2 0 1 0 0 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 1 1 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 1 1 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 0 1 3
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 0 0 1 3
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 2 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 2 3
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 1 0 1 3
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 2 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 1 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 1 1 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 2 0 2
070 Locks 0 1 0 1 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 0 0 0 2
084 Music 1 1 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 2 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 1 0 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 1 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 1 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 1 0 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 0 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 0 1 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 0 1 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
329 Demodulators 1 0 0 1 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 1 1 0 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 1 1 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 0 1 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 2 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 1 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 1 0 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 1 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 0 1 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 1 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 1 0 0 1 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 0 1 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 2 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 1 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 1 0 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 1 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 1 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 1 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 1 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 1 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 1 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 134 151 142 110 113 650


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