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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

BELGIUM

( 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
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 16 21 37 20 16 25 34 73 68 61 53 30 32 37 25 14 16 20 7 6 13 6 7 10 12 23 9 20 15 32 32 50 49 66 54 64 74 50 41 35 12 9 13 1310
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 2 3 11 8 7 16 15 15 20 8 10 12 24 15 18 22 19 21 6 13 8 14 17 18 15 26 25 26 29 41 35 34 30 40 42 47 49 71 55 52 44 31 45 1062
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 2 1 3 2 6 2 2 0 4 4 2 6 3 7 13 15 16 23 18 19 12 12 17 16 18 18 20 32 30 23 27 16 28 29 50 52 43 45 42 67 55 44 35 51 930
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 12 25 20 21 17 10 26 17 10 25 29 26 45 43 23 19 10 11 18 12 6 9 5 5 11 9 17 8 19 18 15 15 18 22 19 30 18 15 27 29 14 17 21 33 819
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 2 1 2 7 0 8 5 2 6 3 9 14 5 4 14 14 22 7 10 7 6 7 27 35 38 51 62 50 42 68 52 25 23 16 653
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 8 5 7 6 14 5 6 3 7 5 3 3 8 7 14 14 9 20 13 10 14 17 12 13 13 17 22 25 20 26 25 18 28 28 23 491
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 5 5 4 4 6 2 6 10 9 19 14 35 35 40 29 28 19 29 17 20 357
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 6 2 6 3 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 5 7 9 24 25 19 14 10 10 9 9 10 10 1 16 23 17 5 9 12 15 299
065 Glass Manufacturing 2 4 5 11 21 6 8 16 8 12 8 9 1 1 4 7 0 4 3 6 1 4 6 0 3 2 2 8 5 7 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 191
370 Multiplex Communications 0 3 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 5 3 5 4 10 6 11 13 3 8 4 7 9 8 10 19 16 16 182
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 4 3 5 3 7 4 8 3 9 3 6 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 4 3 8 3 4 6 5 5 7 3 4 8 9 3 10 6 5 173
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 2 4 1 3 6 7 3 2 2 4 3 3 7 6 5 3 5 6 1 2 5 2 7 6 4 5 7 6 2 1 5 4 1 5 4 5 3 5 5 2 4 0 7 173
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 6 3 4 1 5 3 7 7 8 8 6 8 12 4 6 8 13 153
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 11 11 2 10 12 22 8 6 7 8 5 6 138
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 1 0 2 2 3 3 4 5 4 3 2 5 6 4 2 2 4 2 0 3 1 2 3 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 1 5 3 3 4 2 8 5 4 3 8 8 135
252 Compositions 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 5 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 5 2 2 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 4 6 13 1 6 4 5 5 6 5 3 3 10 1 7 128
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 3 2 7 1 0 4 1 2 1 4 2 5 1 5 5 4 3 4 9 2 5 4 6 7 1 3 1 127
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7 3 5 1 3 0 4 1 3 4 4 1 6 4 4 8 3 4 2 4 6 4 0 1 2 5 6 3 5 3 2 2 1 4 4 125
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 3 3 3 3 5 2 6 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 5 2 7 5 2 4 1 1 3 1 5 5 9 4 0 3 1 125
219 Electric Heating 0 0 8 3 1 0 5 5 2 3 4 7 4 3 3 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 4 3 6 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 4 2 9 5 4 2 125
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 1 3 2 2 0 4 7 6 5 0 4 4 3 5 7 10 11 7 3 6 2 118
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 3 4 3 6 0 4 3 2 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 5 3 3 3 6 2 4 4 6 3 6 3 4 117
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 0 2 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 0 3 4 1 2 1 3 3 7 3 5 4 2 5 8 4 2 1 110
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 15 22 19 11 15 104
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 3 5 8 3 8 2 1 0 7 6 6 4 3 3 8 3 3 103
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 6 12 7 13 6 3 7 7 9 11 101
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 6 1 4 1 8 5 2 0 6 5 3 6 10 5 4 3 5 1 6 101
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 5 2 4 6 2 5 5 3 6 2 2 1 0 4 100
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 7 14 13 14 4 5 3 2 7 2 2 5 0 2 100
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 3 8 3 5 5 6 9 9 4 99
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 5 2 3 4 0 4 3 2 2 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 4 3 5 5 2 2 2 3 0 89
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 1 5 4 4 3 2 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 89
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 7 5 2 0 4 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 5 1 6 8 4 2 87
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 6 4 5 8 6 6 7 6 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 87
029 Metal Working 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 0 4 1 0 1 2 4 1 2 6 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 84
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 6 5 13 10 10 3 4 6 4 1 0 83
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 4 3 4 6 5 6 3 3 5 4 10 7 80
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 6 0 2 1 0 2 1 5 6 2 8 4 1 2 0 3 5 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 6 5 80
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 8 3 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 10 6 4 6 6 78
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 2 1 4 3 3 5 6 3 2 0 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 6 7 78
396 Photography 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 8 5 6 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 76
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 3 5 11 7 3 1 3 5 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 75
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 4 10 4 8 7 5 4 2 7 75
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 10 10 10 7 8 8 4 3 1 5 72
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 3 14 16 8 10 69
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 5 68
101 Printing 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 7 9 8 15 2 5 66
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 3 2 2 66
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 4 3 1 0 3 3 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 2 3 1 2 0 3 5 64
053 Package Making 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 63
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 0 7 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 63
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 5 10 10 5 3 1 3 0 2 3 62
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 61
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 3 3 4 4 7 61
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 5 0 5 0 9 8 3 1 5 2 5 2 2 7 60
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 2 5 6 2 0 3 60
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 3 6 3 1 3 0 59
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 1 1 2 58
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 4 2 2 0 1 2 6 6 3 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 57
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 3 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 2 0 3 2 1 0 4 2 56
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 56
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 3 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 5 56
414 Material or Article Handling 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 56
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 4 5 0 1 9 6 55
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 4 0 0 1 5 2 2 4 4 2 0 7 52
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 52
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 8 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 0 52
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 5 4 6 2 0 51
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 2 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 51
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 7 2 3 6 3 2 7 1 7 51
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 1 50
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 49
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 47
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 47
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 3 0 4 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 47
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 47
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 3 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 46
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2