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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 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

NORWAY

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 5 7 16 26 11 65
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 12 9 18 13 13 65
114 Ships 5 9 7 15 11 47
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 4 2 8 9 14 37
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 6 9 8 7 34
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 8 10 5 1 31
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 4 6 5 7 25
073 Measuring and Testing 7 7 3 4 3 24
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 3 4 3 5 6 21
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 4 4 5 5 20
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 7 4 3 2 18
297 Chairs and Seats 4 5 4 2 2 17
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 3 7 3 3 1 17
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 3 3 2 3 5 16
062 Refrigeration 2 3 7 0 3 15
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 4 2 1 5 14
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 4 3 5 2 14
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 4 2 3 3 13
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 3 0 2 5 13
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 3 2 4 1 12
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 2 4 3 2 12
280 Land Vehicles 1 6 2 0 3 12
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 3 3 1 2 11
060 Power Plants 1 1 2 5 1 10
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 2 5 2 10
137 Fluid Handling 5 2 0 2 1 10
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 3 2 3 0 10
340 Communications: Electrical 2 1 1 1 5 10
439 Electrical Connectors 1 2 4 2 1 10
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 4 4 1 10
029 Metal Working 3 1 2 2 1 9
053 Package Making 2 0 3 1 3 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 3 0 3 3 9
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 0 4 2 1 9
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 0 2 0 3 8
089 Ordnance 0 4 2 0 2 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 4 0 1 1 8
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 3 2 1 8
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 2 1 1 4 8
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 2 3 0 1 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 3 1 0 2 8
172 Earth Working 3 1 2 1 0 7
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 2 1 2 2 7
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 0 2 2 0 7
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 2 3 1 1 7
250 Radiant Energy 1 2 1 1 2 7
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 1 1 4 7
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 1 0 2 2 7
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 4 1 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 4 2 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 4 2 0 0 6
220 Receptacles 2 0 2 2 0 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 2 2 0 6
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 2 1 1 2 0 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 0 1 2 1 6
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 2 1 1 2 6
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 0 4 6
005 Beds 0 0 1 1 3 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 3 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 1 1 1 0 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 3 0 1 0 5
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 1 2 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 1 0 3 5
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 2 1 0 1 5
330 Amplifiers 0 0 1 3 1 5
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 1 2 1 5
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 2 2 1 0 5
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 4 0 1 5
452 Butchering 1 1 2 1 0 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 1 2 1 5
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 2 1 0 1 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 2 1 1 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 0 1 1 4
111 Planting 1 1 2 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 3 0 4
164 Metal Founding 0 2 2 0 0 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 2 1 0 0 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 2 0 0 1 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 3 4
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 2 2 4
382 Image Analysis 0 0 3 0 1 4
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 2 0 4
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 2 0 1 4
431 Combustion 1 1 1 0 1 4
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 2 0 4
454 Ventilation 3 0 0 1 0 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 0 1 1 0 4
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 2 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 1 1 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 1 1 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 2 0 3
118 Coating Apparatus 2 0 0 1 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 1 0 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 2 1 0 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 0 0 1 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 1 1 0 3
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 2 0 1 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 3 0 0 3
219 Electric Heating 1 1 0 1 0 3
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 1 0 1 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 2 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 2 1 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 1 1 0 3
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 1 0 0 2 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 1 1 0 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 1 1 0 3
451 Abrading 2 0 0 0 1 3
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 1 2 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 3 3
014 Bridges 1 0 0 0 1 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 1 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 2 0 2
037 Excavating 1 0 1 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 1 1 0 0 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 1 1 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 1 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 1 2
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 1 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 1 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 1 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 1 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 0 0 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 2 0 2
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 2 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 1 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 0 1 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 1 0 1 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
362 Illumination 1 1 0 0 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 0 0 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 0 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 2 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 0 0 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 1 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 0 1 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 0 0 1 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 1 1 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 1 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 0 1 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 0 0 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 1 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 1 0 0 2
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 1 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 1 1
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 1
084 Music 0 1 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 1 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 0 0 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
188 Brakes 1 0 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
196 Mineral Oils: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 1 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 1 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 0 1 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 198 224 248 265 242 1177


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