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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 2006 - 2010 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

NEW HAMPSHIRE

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
370 Multiplex Communications 20 27 14 22 30 113
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 23 25 12 23 21 104
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 23 18 14 23 25 103
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 9 8 9 15 16 57
455 Telecommunications 17 18 6 4 10 55
439 Electrical Connectors 10 8 7 12 16 53
340 Communications: Electrical 10 8 13 8 12 51
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 8 12 11 9 9 49
250 Radiant Energy 8 5 9 11 15 48
362 Illumination 12 11 6 5 13 47
219 Electric Heating 14 8 8 7 9 46
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 12 4 9 15 46
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 10 6 8 8 12 44
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 8 9 7 8 10 42
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 12 7 11 7 42
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 13 7 6 7 7 40
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 13 4 8 10 40
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 5 5 8 8 13 39
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 9 10 7 8 5 39
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 3 11 10 12 39
073 Measuring and Testing 8 9 6 6 8 37
606 Surgery (instruments) 11 4 7 5 10 37
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 3 4 13 8 7 35
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 7 4 10 12 35
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 8 6 8 5 6 33
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 7 4 5 7 8 31
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 7 10 5 3 5 30
029 Metal Working 10 4 4 4 6 28
101 Printing 11 2 2 6 6 27
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 3 3 9 9 27
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 6 10 4 5 27
385 Optical Waveguides 8 6 6 4 3 27
180 Motor Vehicles 3 5 5 1 11 25
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 4 3 7 6 5 25
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 7 7 7 25
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 5 4 0 7 8 24
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 8 7 3 3 2 23
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 5 5 6 4 3 23
726 Information Security 4 2 2 8 7 23
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 4 3 7 4 22
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 4 5 4 3 5 21
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 7 4 1 5 21
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 3 2 12 21
382 Image Analysis 4 4 2 3 8 21
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 3 2 4 4 8 21
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 5 3 2 6 20
042 Firearms 4 3 2 3 7 19
379 Telephonic Communications 9 3 2 3 2 19
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 6 5 4 4 19
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 8 3 1 2 4 18
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 4 1 4 7 2 18
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 8 1 7 17
060 Power Plants 4 3 5 0 4 16
084 Music 1 1 3 4 7 16
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 5 1 4 3 3 16
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 5 1 1 7 16
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 1 3 3 7 15
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 5 3 0 3 4 15
072 Metal Deforming 6 1 1 3 3 14
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 3 2 4 1 4 14
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 1 2 4 1 14
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 6 0 1 4 13
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 1 4 4 13
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 1 0 4 4 12
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 2 3 3 3 12
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 7 5 12
280 Land Vehicles 4 2 2 2 2 12
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 2 3 1 0 6 12
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 5 2 1 3 12
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 2 2 1 6 12
398 Optical Communications 1 1 2 3 5 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 4 1 3 1 12
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 2 4 3 1 11
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 3 2 2 1 3 11
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 3 2 3 0 3 11
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 4 2 4 11
114 Ships 3 3 1 2 1 10
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 1 1 1 4 10
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 6 0 1 1 2 10
330 Amplifiers 2 2 2 3 1 10
348 Television 1 4 0 2 3 10
380 Cryptography 2 4 3 1 0 10
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 5 1 1 3 10
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 5 1 1 0 3 10
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 2 1 4 1 9
165 Heat Exchange 2 4 0 1 2 9
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 3 1 3 1 9
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 2 4 1 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 2 1 2 3 9
053 Package Making 3 2 2 0 1 8
083 Cutting 2 2 1 2 1 8
137 Fluid Handling 4 2 1 1 0 8
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 1 1 2 3 8
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 3 2 2 0 1 8
414 Material or Article Handling 1 3 0 3 1 8
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 2 0 1 3 8
002 Apparel 3 2 0 0 2 7
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 1 2 1 2 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 4 1 0 1 1 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 4 3 7
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 3 4 7
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 2 0 0 1 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 1 2 1 7
331 Oscillators 0 1 4 1 1 7
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 2 0 0 4 7
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 1 3 0 1 7
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 2 2 2 7
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 1 0 2 3 7
451 Abrading 4 2 1 0 0 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 1 0 0 4 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 2 2 2 7
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 3 1 1 7
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 2 0 4 1 0 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 2 1 2 6
062 Refrigeration 2 1 0 0 3 6
089 Ordnance 1 1 1 1 2 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 3 1 0 2 6
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 0 1 2 1 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 1 1 2 6
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 3 2 6
427 Coating Processes 2 0 0 1 3 6
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 3 1 0 2 6
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 1 1 2 1 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 1 0 4 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 2 0 0 1 5
081 Tools 1 1 2 1 0 5
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 0 1 0 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 1 3 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 2 0 1 0 5
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 0 0 0 3 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 2 1 1 0 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 1 4 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 4 0 0 0 1 5
417 Pumps 0 0 2 3 0 5
431 Combustion 2 1 0 1 1 5
434 Education and Demonstration 3 0 2 0 0 5
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 0 1 1 2 5
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 2 1 5
005 Beds 2 0 2 0 0 4
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 0 1 2 4
164 Metal Founding 1 1 0 1 1 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 2 0 0 4
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 1 1 2 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 3 4
267 Spring Devices 0 1 1 0 2 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 3 0 0 1 4
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 3 4
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 3 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 2 1 4
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 1 0 1 1 4
037 Excavating 0 1 0 1 1 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 3 3
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 1 1 3
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 2 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 2 0 1 0 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 1 1 3
110 Furnaces 1 0 1 0 1 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 2 0 0 0 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 2 1 0 0 0 3
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 2 0 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 3 0 0 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 1 1 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 1 0 0 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 1 1 1 0 0 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 1 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 2 0 0 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 1 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 1 1 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 0 2 0 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 0 1 1 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 1 0 1 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 1 0 1 3
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 2 0 1 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 0 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 1 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 1 2
132 Toilet 1 0 1 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 1 0 2
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 1 1 0 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 1 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 1 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 1 1 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 2 0 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 1 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 0 0 0 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 1 0 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 0 2
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 0 1 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 1 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 2 0 0 0 2
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 1 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 1 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 0 0 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 1 0 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 1 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 1 0 1
070 Locks 1 0 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 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
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 1 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 1 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
346 Recorders 1 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 0 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 1 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 0 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 1 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 0 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 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 0 1 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 602 542 477 542 725 2888


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