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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

NEBRASKA

( 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
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 29 18 21 15 9 92
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 17 15 11 16 12 71
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 12 11 9 14 7 53
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 8 4 13 20 46
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 7 4 7 6 26
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 6 5 5 6 4 26
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 7 1 0 7 23
280 Land Vehicles 3 2 4 6 8 23
073 Measuring and Testing 5 3 5 5 4 22
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 5 3 6 3 2 19
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 8 6 2 2 0 18
056 Harvesters 1 1 9 3 3 17
119 Animal Husbandry 5 1 3 4 4 17
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 8 4 1 1 3 17
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 1 5 7 2 16
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 4 1 1 4 4 14
340 Communications: Electrical 3 3 3 2 2 13
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 3 3 4 2 13
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 2 3 1 3 12
379 Telephonic Communications 1 2 5 1 3 12
055 Gas Separation 2 1 1 4 3 11
111 Planting 1 2 5 1 2 11
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 0 3 7 11
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 2 3 3 2 11
180 Motor Vehicles 2 0 3 3 2 10
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 3 3 3 0 1 10
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 4 3 1 10
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 3 2 1 2 9
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 3 2 3 0 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 3 3 2 8
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 1 4 2 0 8
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 3 0 0 4 8
482 Exercise Devices 3 0 1 1 3 8
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 5 0 0 0 7
726 Information Security 3 2 0 0 2 7
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 2 2 6
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 0 0 0 4 6
172 Earth Working 0 2 3 0 1 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 2 4 0 6
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 2 1 1 1 6
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 3 1 2 6
455 Telecommunications 2 1 0 3 0 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 1 2 2 6
002 Apparel 0 0 1 2 2 5
029 Metal Working 2 2 0 0 1 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 2 1 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 1 1 1 5
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 2 0 1 5
297 Chairs and Seats 2 0 2 0 1 5
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 3 0 2 0 5
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 1 2 1 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 3 5
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 0 1 1 4
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 2 1 4
269 Work Holders 3 0 0 0 1 4
270 Sheet-Material Associating 1 0 2 1 0 4
338 Electrical Resistors 2 1 0 0 1 4
380 Cryptography 0 0 1 1 2 4
439 Electrical Connectors 2 1 1 0 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 2 1 4
005 Beds 0 0 1 1 1 3
042 Firearms 1 0 0 2 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 0 1 0 3
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 1 1 3
084 Music 1 0 1 1 0 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 1 1 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 0 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 0 1 3
220 Receptacles 0 2 0 0 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 1 1 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 2 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 2 0 1 0 3
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 2 0 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 2 1 0 0 3
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 2 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 1 0 1 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 1 0 1 0 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 2 0 1 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 1 3
014 Bridges 0 1 1 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 1 0 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 1 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 1 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 1 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 2 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 0 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 1 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 1 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 2 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 1 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 0 0 0 0 2
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 1 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 2 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
384 Bearings 0 1 0 0 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 1 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 2 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 1 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 1 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 0 0 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 1 0 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 1 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 1 0 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 2 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 0 0 1 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 1 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 1
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 1 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 1 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
217 Wooden Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 1 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 203 191 193 214 208 1009

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