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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

WYOMING

( 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
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 4 3 3 1 13
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 1 3 4 1 10
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 3 0 6 0 10
340 Communications: Electrical 3 1 3 0 1 8
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 2 4 1 7
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 0 0 1 3 6
427 Coating Processes 0 4 1 1 0 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 5 0 0 6
073 Measuring and Testing 0 2 1 0 2 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 2 1 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 1 2 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 4 0 1 0 5
060 Power Plants 0 1 1 2 0 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 0 1 1 4
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 1 1 0 4
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 2 0 1 1 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 1 1 1 4
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 1 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 0 1 0 4
002 Apparel 0 0 2 0 1 3
029 Metal Working 0 0 2 1 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 2 0 0 1 3
037 Excavating 0 0 0 3 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 1 1 3
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 0 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 0 0 1 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 2 3
005 Beds 0 1 0 0 1 2
030 Cutlery 1 1 0 0 0 2
042 Firearms 2 0 0 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 1 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 1 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 0 1 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 1 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 0 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 1 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 1 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 1 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 0 0 0 0 2
269 Work Holders 1 1 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 0 0 0 0 2
362 Illumination 0 1 0 0 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 2 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 0 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 1 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 1 0 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 1 1 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 0 0 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 0 1
053 Package Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 1 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 1 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 1 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 1 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 1 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 1 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 1 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 1 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 52 53 48 54 35 242


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