Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports


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

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

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 6 0 4 7 0 17
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 3 1 5 5 1 15
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 3 0 1 7 12
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 1 4 2 1 12
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 4 1 2 0 3 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 4 3 8
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 2 0 2 3 8
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 2 4 0 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 1 3 2 7
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 3 1 1 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 1 4 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 1 2 1 6
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 2 0 2 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 0 2 2 0 0 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 1 0 2 4
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 0 2 1 4
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 2 2 4
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 2 1 0 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 1 1 0 0 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 2 2 0 4
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 1 3 4
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 3 1 4
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 1 0 1 0 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 1 4
037 Excavating 3 0 0 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 0 3
060 Power Plants 2 0 0 1 0 3
062 Refrigeration 1 0 2 0 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 1 0 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 2 0 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 2 1 0 3
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 1 0 1 0 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 1 0 2 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 1 1 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 1 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 2 0 0 2
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 2 2
083 Cutting 0 1 0 0 1 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 1 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 2 2
362 Illumination 0 1 0 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 2 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 2 0 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 1 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
451 Abrading 0 0 1 0 1 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 2 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 1
005 Beds 0 1 0 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 1 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 0 1
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 1 0 1
070 Locks 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 1 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 0 1 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 1 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 1 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 1 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 1 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 1 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
396 Photography 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 1 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 1 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 54 35 59 82 65 295


PTMT Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
fax: (571) 273-0110
email: oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMT pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
selected PTMT materials available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/


Top

Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports