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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 2011 - 2015 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
370 Multiplex Communications 36 28 38 33 25 160
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 40 23 22 28 33 146
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 23 30 27 32 21 133
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 13 23 36 28 25 125
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 16 22 25 28 30 121
219 Electric Heating 6 15 20 23 14 78
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 19 9 8 27 13 76
455 Telecommunications 13 26 10 15 12 76
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 8 13 23 17 13 74
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 13 6 17 18 17 71
340 Communications: Electrical 15 14 10 12 19 70
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 13 12 13 19 13 70
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 14 14 20 15 6 69
606 Surgery (instruments) 11 8 13 14 22 68
439 Electrical Connectors 18 10 11 12 16 67
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 14 10 4 17 12 57
250 Radiant Energy 10 11 7 12 12 52
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 7 15 10 9 50
042 Firearms 8 10 12 6 12 48
362 Illumination 12 6 5 13 8 44
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 11 12 10 8 2 43
029 Metal Working 7 11 5 7 11 41
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 8 4 14 9 41
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 7 9 6 7 10 39
382 Image Analysis 7 4 7 6 14 38
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 4 6 8 7 12 37
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 9 8 3 8 37
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 6 11 7 9 37
726 Information Security 2 6 8 9 12 37
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 8 5 5 13 5 36
348 Television 5 0 11 8 11 35
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 4 4 12 7 7 34
101 Printing 4 9 7 9 4 33
060 Power Plants 6 10 6 6 4 32
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 7 5 12 6 32
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 2 10 11 6 31
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 8 7 6 7 3 31
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 5 4 3 9 9 30
073 Measuring and Testing 5 5 5 11 3 29
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 7 3 8 6 29
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 6 4 4 6 9 29
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 2 9 11 5 29
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 3 8 3 7 8 29
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 7 6 5 4 6 28
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 4 8 5 9 27
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 7 8 4 3 5 27
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 8 6 4 2 7 27
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 2 8 3 9 25
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 2 7 3 8 5 25
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 5 5 3 7 25
379 Telephonic Communications 2 5 8 3 6 24
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 3 3 7 5 22
270 Sheet-Material Associating 10 4 5 3 0 22
414 Material or Article Handling 5 3 4 5 5 22
089 Ordnance 6 6 4 2 3 21
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 6 4 4 5 21
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 4 4 3 4 6 21
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 6 3 4 4 3 20
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 7 4 3 4 2 20
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 2 1 7 6 19
385 Optical Waveguides 1 0 3 7 8 19
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 5 4 3 4 19
002 Apparel 3 3 4 3 5 18
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 4 4 4 3 3 18
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 3 3 4 2 6 18
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 4 4 3 1 6 18
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 6 4 1 4 17
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 2 4 5 3 16
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 4 4 1 6 1 16
417 Pumps 0 3 3 4 6 16
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 3 3 5 2 16
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 4 3 3 15
137 Fluid Handling 2 1 6 3 3 15
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 2 4 3 3 15
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 3 3 3 4 14
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 3 3 3 1 4 14
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 2 5 2 4 14
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 0 3 3 5 14
427 Coating Processes 3 3 3 3 2 14
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 3 1 2 4 3 13
180 Motor Vehicles 2 4 4 1 2 13
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 4 2 2 3 2 13
398 Optical Communications 1 2 3 4 3 13
083 Cutting 2 2 1 3 4 12
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 6 0 1 4 1 12
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 4 1 2 4 12
220 Receptacles 3 1 4 2 1 11
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 3 6 1 0 11
330 Amplifiers 2 2 2 1 4 11
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 2 1 1 4 3 11
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 3 0 2 2 4 11
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 3 3 0 1 11
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 2 1 5 2 11
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 2 2 4 2 1 11
062 Refrigeration 2 0 7 0 1 10
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 2 1 2 5 10
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 2 4 1 1 10
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 2 5 3 10
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 4 0 5 1 0 10
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 3 4 1 1 10
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 1 4 2 1 2 10
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 3 2 2 2 10
084 Music 1 5 0 2 1 9
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 6 2 1 0 9
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 2 2 3 1 9
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 3 0 1 3 2 9
165 Heat Exchange 0 4 2 0 3 9
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 4 1 1 1 9
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 1 2 4 9
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 4 0 1 2 9
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 0 1 2 1 8
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 2 2 1 2 8
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 4 2 0 2 8
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 2 2 3 8
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 2 3 0 8
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 1 4 0 1 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 2 1 2 0 8
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 1 2 0 3 8
005 Beds 1 1 3 1 1 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 2 2 2 0 7
215 Bottles and Jars 2 0 1 1 3 7
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 2 3 1 0 7
396 Photography 2 1 0 2 2 7
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 1 2 3 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 1 0 0 2 7
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 1 2 1 2 7
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 2 1 4 0 0 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 0 3 1 1 7
081 Tools 1 1 2 2 0 6
114 Ships 0 0 1 2 3 6
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 2 0 3 0 6
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 2 1 2 6
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 5 1 0 6
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 4 1 6
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 2 2 1 0 1 6
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 2 0 3 0 1 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 1 4 6
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 4 0 0 0 6
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 1 2 2 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 1 1 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 3 0 1 0 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 0 0 1 1 5
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 2 0 0 3 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 3 1 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 3 0 1 5
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 3 2 5
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 1 0 0 2 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 1 2 0 5
331 Oscillators 0 1 1 1 2 5
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 2 2 1 5
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 1 2 1 5
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 2 1 0 5
482 Exercise Devices 2 0 1 2 0 5
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 0 2 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 1 1 1 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 1 1 4
070 Locks 1 0 0 3 0 4
072 Metal Deforming 2 0 0 1 1 4
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 2 0 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 0 2 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 2 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 2 1 4
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 3 4
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 2 1 1 0 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 2 1 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 3 1 0 0 4
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 2 0 1 1 0 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 0 2 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 2 1 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 1 1 0 4
336 Inductor Devices 1 1 2 0 0 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 1 1 0 4
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 2 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 1 1 0 0 4
380 Cryptography 0 1 1 0 2 4
384 Bearings 0 0 1 1 2 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 1 2 0 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 2 1 4
451 Abrading 0 0 2 1 1 4
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 1 1 0 1 4
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 1 1 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 2 1 0 0 3
055 Gas Separation 1 0 1 1 0 3
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 3 3
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 2 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 2 0 3
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 1 1 1 0 0 3
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 1 0 1 3
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 2 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 1 0 1 3
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 1 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 0 1 0 0 3
433 Dentistry 0 0 2 1 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 2 0 3
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 1 1 0 3
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 2 0 0 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 2 0 0 2
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 1 2
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 1 0 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 2 2
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 2 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 0 0 2
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 0 2 2
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 0 0 1 1 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 1 2
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 0 1 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 1 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 1 0 1 0 2
252 Compositions 0 2 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 2 2
256 Fences 0 1 0 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 1 1 0 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 1 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 0 0 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 0 1 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 1 0 0 2
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
431 Combustion 1 0 0 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 1 1 0 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 2 0 0 0 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 1 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 1 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 1 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 0 1 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 1 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 725 734 822 889 850 4020



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