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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

UTAH

( 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
280 Land Vehicles 20 30 25 29 28 132
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 34 10 25 19 13 101
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 20 18 22 14 23 97
433 Dentistry 14 19 29 16 8 86
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 18 19 20 15 14 86
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 17 8 12 17 11 65
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 20 15 12 8 8 63
370 Multiplex Communications 15 8 12 13 8 56
340 Communications: Electrical 7 5 12 14 17 55
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 13 0 9 19 12 53
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 23 4 7 11 8 53
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 3 5 16 15 13 52
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 7 4 2 14 21 48
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 12 18 7 2 8 47
482 Exercise Devices 8 4 13 8 12 45
606 Surgery (instruments) 12 10 8 9 3 42
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 10 9 12 4 6 41
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 5 9 6 11 6 37
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 9 12 7 8 37
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 4 8 8 14 37
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 7 13 12 36
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 14 11 6 0 3 34
379 Telephonic Communications 12 7 8 4 3 34
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 5 7 4 10 34
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 8 5 9 4 7 33
439 Electrical Connectors 5 8 10 3 6 32
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 9 4 5 2 8 28
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 5 10 5 5 28
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 7 5 6 6 27
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 11 4 5 3 3 26
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 2 7 8 6 25
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 5 7 5 4 25
073 Measuring and Testing 5 6 5 4 4 24
455 Telecommunications 6 4 3 5 6 24
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 6 1 5 6 6 24
297 Chairs and Seats 3 5 7 2 6 23
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 2 1 18 22
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 6 4 4 6 21
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 7 3 3 6 21
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 2 5 7 4 21
005 Beds 2 4 5 4 5 20
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 6 5 3 3 20
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 4 5 6 0 20
137 Fluid Handling 8 3 2 3 3 19
224 Package and Article Carriers 5 7 5 1 1 19
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 3 4 3 7 2 19
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 3 5 2 4 18
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 6 3 4 2 3 18
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 2 4 5 5 18
219 Electric Heating 4 2 4 5 2 17
250 Radiant Energy 3 2 6 3 3 17
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 0 2 4 7 17
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 4 3 5 2 17
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 5 2 3 4 3 17
726 Information Security 5 0 1 4 7 17
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 3 1 5 4 16
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 1 4 2 5 16
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 5 2 1 4 3 15
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 4 2 1 6 2 15
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 2 0 3 1 15
029 Metal Working 5 3 2 1 3 14
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 4 2 3 3 14
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 5 1 2 2 4 14
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 4 2 5 0 14
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 1 3 4 4 14
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 1 5 6 0 14
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 2 2 2 2 14
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 2 1 5 1 5 14
060 Power Plants 5 1 1 3 3 13
062 Refrigeration 2 0 1 7 3 13
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 5 5 0 1 13
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 3 0 6 4 13
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 6 2 2 0 12
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 4 3 3 12
382 Image Analysis 3 3 1 1 4 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 4 6 0 1 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 2 1 4 4 12
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 4 1 2 3 11
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 4 3 0 2 11
362 Illumination 2 1 2 4 2 11
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 2 4 2 1 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 4 3 2 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 1 3 3 2 11
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 4 2 1 1 3 11
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 0 1 1 4 11
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 2 1 4 1 11
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 4 3 3 1 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 2 3 1 1 10
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 1 1 2 3 10
084 Music 2 1 2 1 4 10
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 2 1 2 2 10
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 1 0 7 10
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 1 4 0 4 10
385 Optical Waveguides 1 2 2 2 3 10
417 Pumps 2 2 4 1 1 10
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 1 0 4 3 10
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 4 2 0 3 1 10
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 3 4 1 10
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 2 5 1 0 1 9
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 0 1 5 1 9
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 3 1 2 3 0 9
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 4 0 2 9
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 4 2 2 9
434 Education and Demonstration 2 2 0 3 2 9
451 Abrading 0 5 1 1 2 9
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 3 3 2 9
002 Apparel 3 0 3 1 1 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 1 3 1 8
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 5 0 2 0 1 8
220 Receptacles 4 1 2 0 1 8
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 5 2 0 8
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 1 0 2 3 8
472 Amusement Devices 3 1 2 0 2 8
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 1 4 2 0 8
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 1 3 1 8
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 1 1 0 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 0 1 3 1 7
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 3 2 1 7
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 2 2 1 2 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 1 2 1 1 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 2 1 0 1 7
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 3 1 0 1 7
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 3 3 7
427 Coating Processes 0 2 1 1 3 7
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 4 2 0 7
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 2 1 1 0 7
104 Railways 0 2 1 2 1 6
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 2 1 2 6
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 2 1 2 1 6
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 3 0 2 6
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 1 1 3 6
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 1 0 3 6
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 2 0 4 6
042 Firearms 1 1 0 2 1 5
056 Harvesters 1 0 1 2 1 5
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 1 0 3 0 5
081 Tools 0 1 1 2 1 5
101 Printing 2 2 1 0 0 5
114 Ships 0 1 2 0 2 5
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 2 2 1 0 0 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 1 1 2 5
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 1 3 0 5
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 2 1 1 1 5
380 Cryptography 1 0 1 2 1 5
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 0 1 3 5
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 0 2 1 5
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 2 1 0 0 4
037 Excavating 1 0 2 0 1 4
053 Package Making 1 2 1 0 0 4
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 2 1 0 4
083 Cutting 2 2 0 0 0 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 2 2 0 0 0 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 1 0 1 0 4
112 Sewing 3 0 0 0 1 4
119 Animal Husbandry 1 2 0 0 1 4
125 Stone Working 2 0 2 0 0 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 1 1 4
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 2 2 4
256 Fences 3 1 0 0 0 4
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 2 0 1 0 4
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 1 0 2 0 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 2 0 1 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 2 1 0 0 1 4
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 0 3 0 4
348 Television 0 1 2 1 0 4
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 1 0 1 1 4
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 1 1 0 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 2 0 1 1 4
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 0 1 4
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 0 1 1 4
014 Bridges 0 1 1 1 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 3 0 0 3
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 0 2 3
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 1 0 2 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 1 0 1 0 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 1 0 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 2 1 0 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 2 3
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 2 0 3
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 2 3
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 1 0 2 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 0 0 1 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 1 0 1 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 1 1 0 3
252 Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 1 1 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 0 1 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 2 0 1 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 2 1 0 0 3
330 Amplifiers 0 1 1 0 1 3
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 0 1 0 0 3
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 0 1 1 1 0 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 1 0 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 2 1 0 0 0 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 2 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 1 0 1 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 2 1 0 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 1 1 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 1 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 1 0 1 0 1 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 1 0 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 0 0 1 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 1 2
070 Locks 1 1 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 2 0 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 2 0 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 2 0 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 1 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 1 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
132 Toilet 0 0 1 1 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 1 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 1 1 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 1 0 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 2 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 0 0 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 0 0 2 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 1 0 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 2 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 0 0 2
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 1 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
396 Photography 1 0 1 0 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 2 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 2 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 0 1 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 1 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 1 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 1 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
178 Telegraphy 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 1 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 1 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
237 Heating Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 1 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 683 554 684 638 642 3201


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