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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

ALABAMA

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 20 15 18 27 23 103
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 6 7 9 15 18 55
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 41 11 52
370 Multiplex Communications 7 11 12 10 6 46
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 6 10 11 7 7 41
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 10 3 8 9 7 37
340 Communications: Electrical 5 7 6 8 7 33
280 Land Vehicles 2 3 7 6 10 28
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 4 8 5 6 4 27
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 4 3 8 6 26
073 Measuring and Testing 6 7 6 3 1 23
379 Telephonic Communications 5 3 8 4 3 23
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 5 2 2 6 8 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 4 2 2 11 2 21
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 5 3 1 6 5 20
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 1 5 5 7 20
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 5 5 4 2 19
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 5 1 6 5 19
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 5 5 4 2 19
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 8 5 3 1 19
455 Telecommunications 2 4 3 4 6 19
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 4 4 3 4 4 19
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 6 3 4 3 18
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5 3 4 4 2 18
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 1 3 7 3 18
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 3 2 3 5 17
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 4 4 3 3 2 16
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 7 3 1 2 3 16
385 Optical Waveguides 2 2 5 6 1 16
439 Electrical Connectors 6 2 4 1 3 16
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 5 1 5 3 15
250 Radiant Energy 2 6 2 3 2 15
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 3 2 4 3 15
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 2 2 7 2 15
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 4 7 3 15
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 4 0 3 2 13
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 0 2 5 4 13
726 Information Security 0 5 0 6 2 13
382 Image Analysis 0 2 4 4 2 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 6 1 1 3 1 12
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 3 2 3 1 3 12
029 Metal Working 6 0 2 2 1 11
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 3 1 1 4 11
362 Illumination 1 1 1 7 1 11
005 Beds 0 3 4 1 2 10
062 Refrigeration 2 1 2 1 4 10
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 2 3 3 10
297 Chairs and Seats 2 3 3 1 1 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 3 2 3 1 10
348 Television 1 2 2 3 2 10
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 2 0 1 5 10
002 Apparel 1 2 1 5 0 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 4 2 0 9
060 Power Plants 3 1 3 1 1 9
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 3 1 1 1 9
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 2 1 2 0 8
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 1 0 4 1 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 2 0 0 1 7
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 3 3 7
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 0 3 2 7
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 1 1 0 2 7
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 4 3 0 7
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 4 0 0 0 3 7
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 1 2 2 7
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 2 1 2 7
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 4 1 1 7
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 0 0 5 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 3 2 0 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 4 1 1 0 0 6
055 Gas Separation 0 2 1 2 1 6
089 Ordnance 2 2 0 1 1 6
114 Ships 1 3 0 1 1 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 0 3 0 1 6
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 1 3 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 2 2 1 6
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 2 0 1 1 6
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 2 1 2 0 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 3 1 0 6
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 1 3 6
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 1 1 6
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 2 2 1 6
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 3 6
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 3 1 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 2 1 1 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 2 1 5
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 2 2 5
180 Motor Vehicles 0 2 0 1 2 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 4 0 0 1 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 0 0 3 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 4 0 0 0 1 5
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 3 0 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 3 1 1 5
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 4 1 5
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 3 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 4 4
030 Cutlery 2 0 1 1 0 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 1 1 1 4
042 Firearms 1 0 0 2 1 4
083 Cutting 2 0 0 0 2 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 3 1 4
137 Fluid Handling 2 0 0 1 1 4
164 Metal Founding 1 0 1 1 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 1 1 1 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 1 2 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 3 0 4
220 Receptacles 0 0 2 0 2 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 1 1 0 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 1 1 1 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 2 1 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 3 0 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 1 1 1 4
399 Electrophotography 3 1 0 0 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 1 2 4
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 1 2 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 1 2 0 4
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 4 4
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 1 1 0 2 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 0 0 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 3
056 Harvesters 0 0 2 1 0 3
084 Music 1 0 0 2 0 3
104 Railways 0 0 0 2 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 0 1 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 2 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 1 0 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 3
219 Electric Heating 1 1 0 0 1 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 2 0 0 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 2 0 1 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 2 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 0 2 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 2 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 2 0 3
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 1 0 1 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 2 0 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 0 1 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 1 0 1 0 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 2 0 1 0 3
451 Abrading 1 0 1 1 0 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 1 0 1 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 3 0 0 3
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 1 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 0 0 1 2
027 Undertaking 0 1 1 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 1 2
063 Jewelry 1 0 0 0 1 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 2 0 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 1 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 2 0 2
111 Planting 0 1 0 1 0 2
112 Sewing 0 0 1 1 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 2 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 1 1 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 1 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 2 0 0 0 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 1 2
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 1 0 0 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 2 0 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 2 2
188 Brakes 0 0 2 0 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 0 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 2 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 1 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 2 2
256 Fences 0 1 1 0 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 1 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 2 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 0 1 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 0 1 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 1 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
398 Optical Communications 1 1 0 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 0 0 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 1 0 1 0 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 1 1 0 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 2 0 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 1 0 0 0 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 0 0 0 1 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 1 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 1 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 0 0 1
234 Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching) 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 1 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 1 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 1 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 1 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 1 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 300 279 304 444 352 1679


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