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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 1963 - 2006 Utility Patent Grants,
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

AUSTRIA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
280 Land Vehicles 3 4 5 0 8 4 7 5 9 9 9 19 17 23 8 17 16 19 31 17 18 17 22 19 16 10 12 11 19 13 23 11 12 10 5 4 11 7 4 4 6 3 11 12 510
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 9 7 8 9 6 11 4 4 15 12 13 14 17 13 7 12 6 8 3 5 3 9 7 2 5 8 4 7 12 10 3 8 13 11 13 15 9 14 17 10 18 8 6 399
104 Railways 7 11 7 1 7 8 11 8 12 17 6 7 9 7 7 11 6 7 15 8 7 10 7 16 6 8 12 13 12 11 9 5 10 4 12 4 4 5 5 13 13 6 4 1 369
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 5 5 3 8 6 4 4 3 4 9 13 17 18 14 10 9 11 9 18 17 21 33 15 12 17 15 13 8 18 365
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 11 8 1 3 0 13 6 11 14 10 9 5 15 8 10 8 7 7 2 4 7 5 11 8 10 15 23 14 26 29 20 21 361
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 5 2 7 3 6 5 3 2 7 10 13 7 12 11 9 4 6 7 10 9 6 16 21 10 5 8 4 10 7 11 10 17 23 10 7 2 12 326
164 Metal Founding 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 14 6 8 9 14 10 11 18 10 10 11 5 2 7 11 3 6 1 0 7 4 2 3 1 1 5 2 5 9 2 2 4 9 3 6 6 238
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 5 0 4 7 8 6 12 17 21 7 10 15 13 14 14 14 10 214
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 3 1 4 4 7 5 3 3 3 7 2 2 1 3 5 6 5 8 6 3 5 4 7 7 4 5 5 7 6 4 5 5 4 2 4 7 4 6 12 8 15 208
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 6 2 11 2 5 4 5 5 3 3 4 2 0 1 3 4 2 6 4 0 3 4 2 6 7 3 7 3 9 4 10 8 10 6 11 8 13 198
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 2 2 3 4 0 4 4 1 3 5 2 0 3 3 5 2 1 0 2 6 1 7 2 3 13 6 10 3 1 2 3 6 8 4 3 13 7 23 10 9 4 4 0 194
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 2 5 1 3 3 3 3 4 1 7 9 6 10 11 6 2 6 4 4 6 10 10 10 6 13 10 3 10 188
072 Metal Deforming 3 3 4 0 2 3 4 1 15 10 5 11 8 3 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 6 6 5 1 6 4 0 3 4 5 3 2 1 3 4 5 7 6 5 3 4 3 2 176
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 1 1 1 7 4 9 5 2 6 2 5 2 5 4 9 1 9 6 3 5 3 1 5 7 4 5 6 5 3 6 4 6 2 3 2 3 4 6 4 6 1 0 1 175
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 3 8 4 5 4 4 7 1 4 9 16 8 10 7 6 3 8 6 7 3 166
219 Electric Heating 1 2 1 1 0 2 4 1 5 4 8 1 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 5 1 3 11 3 6 3 4 5 3 6 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 7 11 5 10 6 9 159
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 2 2 11 4 2 3 6 0 5 5 2 4 2 8 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 7 4 5 5 2 3 3 0 0 3 3 4 0 7 1 5 6 7 6 3 3 149
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 0 1 0 4 1 4 4 3 2 1 12 9 1 5 3 5 4 7 6 9 9 5 4 7 8 6 3 1 3 147
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 0 4 3 4 9 6 6 5 4 3 6 6 1 2 0 4 4 5 9 8 5 16 4 7 5 143
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 5 5 13 6 4 4 6 9 9 15 8 4 11 9 6 3 4 2 2 2 143
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 7 6 1 1 4 7 1 7 4 7 2 14 5 4 3 1 0 6 4 5 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 5 5 136
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 3 5 3 2 4 5 2 7 4 2 2 4 1 3 3 3 1 4 3 1 5 0 2 2 3 2 1 5 1 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 4 1 5 9 5 3 6 129
029 Metal Working 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 4 5 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 3 1 4 6 7 2 5 1 2 5 6 1 6 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 4 3 5 4 122
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 5 6 6 3 6 3 3 2 1 3 0 2 7 3 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 3 4 10 3 5 5 6 6 121
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 3 2 2 3 3 5 1 2 2 4 2 1 4 3 3 1 3 5 1 4 4 5 5 5 2 4 2 6 1 4 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 3 3 0 1 0 118
101 Printing 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 4 8 14 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 8 5 4 5 2 1 6 1 2 117
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 4 5 4 4 2 1 6 2 6 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 7 2 3 0 3 4 7 2 2 3 1 113
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 11 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 4 4 6 5 5 4 3 6 5 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 1 3 4 3 4 112
137 Fluid Handling 0 2 1 2 5 1 6 0 5 1 2 5 4 2 1 2 0 4 4 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 1 0 4 2 1 2 2 4 5 5 7 1 2 4 3 109
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 4 2 4 5 4 0 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 6 2 10 8 4 7 6 106
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 5 2 3 2 3 8 3 4 6 2 1 2 2 0 6 4 2 3 7 3 2 4 1 3 105
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 3 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 1 5 3 1 7 3 1 4 0 4 6 4 102
384 Bearings 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 6 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 4 8 3 4 2 3 4 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 90
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 2 3 1 1 2 0 3 4 3 1 1 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 9 5 4 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 86
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 9 11 6 6 4 9 85
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 1 4 2 4 2 6 0 0 4 2 1 3 2 5 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 5 2 0 3 0 2 2 84
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 2 3 8 3 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 8 9 83
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 4 1 4 0 3 5 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 2 2 6 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 3 5 0 2 1 1 82
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 6 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 2 5 6 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 80
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 6 5 4 6 7 5 1 6 7 1 80
427 Coating Processes 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 7 4 1 6 3 6 4 3 79
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 7 4 1 4 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 1 78
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 5 1 5 2 4 2 3 1 4 1 2 4 78
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 6 3 5 3 4 1 4 0 3 3 3 5 6 3 1 0 2 76
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 7 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 5 4 4 5 2 76
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 4 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 2 7 6 6 3 8 75
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 3 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 9 8 4 2 74
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 6 1 3 3 1 3 5 3 1 0 0 1 3 7 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 3 73
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 2 4 4 3 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 5 0 1 72
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 2 2 3 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 4 3 4 72
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 5 3 2 5 5 2 5 6 72
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 3 2 8 3 3 4 7 71
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 2 2 5 1 4 1 4 4 8 8 4 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 71
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 8 4 3 7 4 5 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 69
030 Cutlery 1 0 2 0 1 4 6 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 5 3 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 68
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 0 4 4 1 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 68
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 5 2 5 1 2 4 3 3 0 2 2 68
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 6 0 1 1 7 2 2 6 0 5 2 3 4 2 2 67
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 3 4 1 4 7 5 0 1 1 3 66
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 6 3 2 2 5 7 6 14 66
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 3 9 8 8 11 66
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 2 4 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 64
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 1 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 4 1 4 1 0 64
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 6 7 2 5 7 4 7 63
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 5 7 13 6 60
417 Pumps 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 8 5 2 3 3 0 1 60
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 3 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 2 2 59
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 4 6 7 1 2 2 1 0 1 59
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 3 8 2 2 3 1 1 58
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 3 6 3 9 5 4 7 58
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 7 2 5 13 58
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 3 1 2 4 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 56
451 Abrading 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 56
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 4 1 0 2 0 4 3 2 4 5 2 0 1 3 55
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 5 3 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 1 3 1 54
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 6 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 8 2 54
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 0 2 0 54
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 3 1 2 8 5 6 1 3 3 2 2 2 3