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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 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

MONTANA

( 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
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 10 7 4 4 4 29
463 Amusement Devices: Games 3 5 4 8 9 29
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 4 1 3 8 6 22
280 Land Vehicles 3 3 3 3 2 14
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 2 2 3 2 13
033 Geometrical Instruments 7 1 3 1 0 12
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 0 5 2 10
414 Material or Article Handling 2 4 0 1 2 9
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 3 2 0 1 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 3 1 1 2 8
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 4 1 1 2 0 8
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 3 2 1 7
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 0 1 3 1 7
002 Apparel 2 2 0 2 0 6
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 1 2 2 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 1 2 0 1 6
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 1 1 1 6
362 Illumination 2 1 1 1 1 6
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 1 2 1 6
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 0 0 1 2 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 0 1 2 0 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 1 0 3 5
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 1 0 1 0 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 2 0 0 2 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 3 0 1 1 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 3 1 5
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 1 3 5
029 Metal Working 1 2 1 0 0 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 2 1 4
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 2 0 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 1 1 2 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 2 0 0 1 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 1 0 0 1 4
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 0 0 2 4
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 0 1 1 0 4
005 Beds 0 2 0 0 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 2 1 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 3 0 0 0 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 2 0 0 0 1 3
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 1 1 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 1 1 0 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 1 0 0 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 0 1 0 3
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 2 0 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 0 1 0 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 3 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 0 1 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 1 1 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 1 0 1 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 1 0 1 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 3 0 3
385 Optical Waveguides 1 2 0 0 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 1 1 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 0 0 2 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 0 0 1 0 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 1 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 1 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 0 1 2
042 Firearms 0 0 0 1 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 1 2
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 0 1 2
084 Music 1 0 1 0 0 2
100 Presses 1 1 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 0 0 2 0 2
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 1 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 1 0 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 0 0 1 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 1 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 1 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 0 1 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 1 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 1 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 2 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 1 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 1 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 1 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 1 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 1 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 1 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 1 0 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 0 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 1 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 1 1
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 1 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 0 0 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 1 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 1 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 1 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 1 0 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 110 91 73 105 96 475


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