U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1997 - 2001 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

AUSTRALIA

(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')
 
Class Class Title 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 29 49 65 48 75 266
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 25 45 30 26 39 165
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 19 11 4 70 104
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 4 19 22 25 23 93
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 15 14 12 13 17 71
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 9 16 13 12 7 57
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 9 12 16 13 56
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 12 7 10 15 50
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 8 11 8 14 46
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 17 13 7 5 45
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 10 13 10 8 44
280 Land Vehicles 6 7 3 6 17 39
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 9 8 8 7 7 39
073 Measuring and Testing 6 12 10 3 7 38
164 Metal Founding 2 4 11 11 10 38
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 5 8 8 10 7 38
340 Communications: Electrical 9 1 6 11 10 37
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 2 33 36
382 Image Analysis 0 6 4 11 10 31
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 5 6 8 2 9 30
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 5 4 7 10 4 30
297 Chairs and Seats 3 10 6 4 6 29
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 8 4 10 3 29
062 Refrigeration 2 5 10 3 8 28
137 Fluid Handling 1 2 9 10 6 28
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 7 6 7 5 2 27
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 1 4 10 4 7 26
414 Material or Article Handling 6 5 2 8 5 26
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 8 4 4 6 25
047 Plant Husbandry 3 4 8 4 5 24
119 Animal Husbandry 1 9 6 4 4 24
172 Earth Working 3 6 6 5 4 24
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 5 6 4 3 6 24
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 6 6 2 4 6 24
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 10 3 4 4 24
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 4 4 8 6 24
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 1 5 7 8 23
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 5 5 4 3 6 23
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 5 9 3 5 23
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 7 2 6 5 22
219 Electric Heating 2 6 7 2 5 22
220 Receptacles 3 4 5 5 4 21
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 2 7 3 5 20
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 3 5 4 5 20
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 6 3 7 2 20
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 3 8 3 4 19
029 Metal Working 5 5 4 1 4 19
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 2 7 2 6 19
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 3 5 3 3 5 19
002 Apparel 3 2 7 1 5 18
060 Power Plants 4 3 3 7 1 18
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 1 6 4 5 18
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 5 3 5 2 3 18
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 6 5 5 1 1 18
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 5 2 2 5 3 17
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 2 5 3 6 17
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 3 5 3 2 17
385 Optical Waveguides 3 2 4 5 3 17
114 Ships 2 4 3 5 2 16
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 4 2 2 4 16
403 Joints and Connections 4 3 3 4 2 16
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 2 7 5 15
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 4 3 6 15
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 6 4 3 0 15
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 6 2 0 2 5 15
439 Electrical Connectors 4 4 1 2 4 15
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 4 1 3 3 14
215 Bottles and Jars 0 4 3 4 3 14
224 Package and Article Carriers 4 2 3 1 4 14
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 4 2 3 4 14
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 5 3 0 3 14
455 Telecommunications 0 5 5 1 3 14
037 Excavating 2 5 2 1 3 13
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 2 1 5 3 13
250 Radiant Energy 2 5 1 2 3 13
417 Pumps 2 2 0 6 3 13
427 Coating Processes 4 1 2 4 2 13
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 6 4 0 1 12
070 Locks 2 3 2 4 1 12
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 3 1 0 5 11
056 Harvesters 0 2 4 3 2 11
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 2 2 1 3 11
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 2 2 6 11
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 2 3 4 1 11
292 Closure Fasteners 5 1 0 1 4 11
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 2 3 6 11
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 5 1 1 2 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 5 3 1 1 11
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 4 7 11
452 Butchering 2 2 3 2 2 11
005 Beds 1 2 5 1 1 10
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 2 2 4 1 10
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 4 1 1 3 10
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 1 2 2 3 10
370 Multiplex Communications 2 1 2 1 4 10
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 3 0 4 2 1 10
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 1 1 2 9
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 1 4 2 0 9
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 2 0 4 2 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 2 1 4 2 9
180 Motor Vehicles 2 1 2 1 3 9
211 Supports: Racks 0 2 1 5 1 9
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 2 1 3 2 9
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 3 1 3 9
348 Television 0 3 3 2 1 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 2 3 1 2 9
379 Telephonic Communications 0 3 2 2 2 9
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 2 1 1 3 9
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 3 1 0 2 3 9
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 1 2 1 2 9
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 2 3 1 3 9
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 1 4 2 9
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 3 3 1 8
101 Printing 2 0 2 2 2 8
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 2 3 2 8
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 3 1 2 2 0 8
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 2 2 2 1 8
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 3 0 3 2 8
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 2 6 8
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 1 3 3 8
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 2 0 3 2 8
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 0 3 3 8
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 2 2 2 8
084 Music 0 3 1 1 2 7
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 0 3 1 1 7
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 1 2 2 7
283 Printed Matter 2 0 1 2 2 7
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 2 3 1 7
362 Illumination 0 2 0 2 3 7
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 1 1 1 2 7
380 Cryptography 2 1 0 2 2 7
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 1 2 3 7
433 Dentistry 1 1 1 4 0 7
434 Education and Demonstration 0 3 1 3 0 7
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 3 1 0 7
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 2 0 2 1 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 2 3 2 7
030 Cutlery 1 3 1 0 1 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 2 1 0 1 6
053 Package Making 2 2 1 1 0 6
083 Cutting 1 2 0 2 1 6
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 2 1 1 1 6
111 Planting 2 0 1 1 2 6
144 Woodworking 0 0 4 1 1 6
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 2 2 2 6
223 Apparel Apparatus 2 2 0 1 1 6
252 Compositions 1 2 1 1 1 6
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 3 0 1 1 6
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 2 1 3 0 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 0 2 2 6
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 2 3 6
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 1 2 1 6
454 Ventilation 2 0 1 1 2 6
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 4 0 1 1 0 6
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 1 3 0 0 5
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 2 0 2 0 5
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 2 1 2 5
100 Presses 1 2 1 0 1 5
104 Railways 1 1 0 2 1 5
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 3 1 0 0 1 5
184 Lubrication 0 0 3 1 1 5
188 Brakes 1 1 0 1 2 5
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 2 2 5
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 1 2 1 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 0 1 1 1 5
256 Fences 0 1 2 2 0 5
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 1 0 0 3 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 1 0 1 5
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 1 2 5
330 Amplifiers 0 1 2 1 1 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 2 1 1 5
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 2 2 1 5
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 1 1 2 5
431 Combustion 0 1 2 1 1 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 2 1 0 2 5
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 4 0 5
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 3 1 0 0 0 4
042 Firearms 1 0 1 1 1 4
089 Ordnance 0 1 0 2 1 4
110 Furnaces 2 1 0 0 1 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 3 0 0 4
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 1 2 0 0 4
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 2 0 1 0 4
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 2 0 1 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 1 0 2 4
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 1 1 1 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 2 0 1 1 4
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 3 0 0 4
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 0 2 1 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 2 0 1 1 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 0 1 1 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 2 0 0 4
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 1 1 1 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 2 2 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 1 1 1 0 4
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 1 2 0 4
081 Tools 0 0 1 0 2 3
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 1 0 1 0 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 2 0 0 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 1 0 0 3
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 1 0 0 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 1 1 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 1 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 0 2 3
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 1 1 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 1 1 3
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 2 0 0 0 3
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 1 1 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 3 3
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 1 1 1 0 3
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 1 1 0 0 3
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 2 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 2 1 3
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 0 1 1 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 2 0 0 0 3
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 1 1 0 1 3
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 2 1 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 1 1 0 3
432 Heating 0 2 1 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 0 0 1 2 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 2 1 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 1 0 1 3
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 1 1 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 0 1 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 2 3
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 1 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 1 0 2
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 2 0 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 2 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 0 0 1 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 0 1 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 1 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 1 0 0 1 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 1 0 0 1 2
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 2 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 1 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 2 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 2 0 0 2
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 1 0 0 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 1 0 2
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 2 0 0 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 0 1 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics 0 1 0 1 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 2 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 2 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 0 0 1 2
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 1 0 0 1 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 2 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 2 0 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 0 1 0 2
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 1 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 0 0 0 2
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 0 2 2
384 Bearings 1 0 1 0 0 2
399 Electrophotography 0 1 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 1 0 2
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 0 2 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 0 0 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 1 0 0 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 0 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 1 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 1 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 1 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 1 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
186 Merchandising 1 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 1 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 1 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 1 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 0 1 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
453 Coin Handling 0 1 0 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 0 1
462 Books, Strips, and Leaves for Manifolding 0 0 1 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 478 720 707 704 875 3484



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