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Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving
1
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From
WEST VIRGINIA
( 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 )
| Class | Class Title | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 10 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 64 |
| 532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 48 |
| 424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
| 606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 244 | Aeronautics and Astronautics | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 175 | Boring or Penetrating the Earth | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 370 | Multiplex Communications | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 707 | DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 073 | Measuring and Testing | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 095 | Gas Separation: Processes | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 340 | Communications: Electrical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 209 | Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 705 | DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 726 | Information Security | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 182 | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 299 | Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 414 | Material or Article Handling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 709 | Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 044 | Fuel and Related Compositions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 047 | Plant Husbandry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 250 | Radiant Energy | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 261 | Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 382 | Image Analysis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 455 | Telecommunications | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 700 | DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 104 | Railways | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 208 | Mineral Oils: Processes and Products | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 252 | Compositions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 280 | Land Vehicles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 324 | Electricity: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 427 | Coating Processes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 703 | DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 704 | DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 005 | Beds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 043 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 119 | Animal Husbandry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 148 | Metal Treatment | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 203 | Distillation: Processes, Separatory | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 224 | Package and Article Carriers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 307 | Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 335 | Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 356 | Optics: Measuring and Testing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 429 | Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 431 | Combustion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 717 | DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 002 | Apparel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 030 | Cutlery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 037 | Excavating | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 042 | Firearms | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 075 | Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 108 | Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 118 | Coating Apparatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 136 | Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 138 | Pipes and Tubular Conduits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 220 | Receptacles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 221 | Article Dispensing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 241 | Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 318 | Electricity: Motive Power Systems | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 333 | Wave Transmission Lines and Networks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 359 | Optical: Systems and Elements | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 362 | Illumination | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 365 | Static Information Storage and Retrieval | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 378 | X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 380 | Cryptography | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 482 | Exercise Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 602 | Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 713 | Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 004 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 007 | Compound Hand Tools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 024 | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 029 | Metal Working | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 033 | Geometrical Instruments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 036 | Boots, Shoes, and Leggings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 048 | Gas: Heating and Illuminating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 053 | Package Making | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 055 | Gas Separation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 070 | Locks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 072 | Metal Deforming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 076 | Metal Tools and Implements, Making | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 081 | Tools | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 083 | Cutting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 089 | Ordnance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 099 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 102 | Ammunition and Explosives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 126 | Stoves and Furnaces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 132 | Toilet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 | Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 150 | Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 169 | Fire Extinguishers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 174 | Electricity: Conductors and Insulators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 180 | Motor Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 193 | Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 200 | Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 204 | Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 251 | Valves and Valve Actuation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 266 | Metallurgical Apparatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 269 | Work Holders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 292 | Closure Fasteners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 327 | Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 336 | Inductor Devices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 353 | Optics: Image Projectors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 366 | Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 372 | Coherent Light Generators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 375 | Pulse or Digital Communications | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 379 | Telephonic Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 381 | Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 406 | Conveyors: Fluid Current | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 411 | Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 416 | Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 425 | Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 430 | Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 433 | Dentistry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 434 | Education and Demonstration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 439 | Electrical Connectors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 450 | Foundation Garments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 451 | Abrading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 452 | Butchering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 504 | Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 508 | Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 518 | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 701 | DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 712 | Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 725 | Interactive Video Distribution Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ALL | ALL CLASSES | 94 | 135 | 145 | 134 | 127 | 635 |
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