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

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

Count of 2001 - 2005 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

NEW ZEALAND

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 11 16 16 16 8 67
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 5 9 14 5 35
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 8 2 4 4 19
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 2 6 4 14
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 6 3 1 2 12
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 3 3 3 1 12
114 Ships 2 1 2 2 4 11
073 Measuring and Testing 2 0 2 2 4 10
119 Animal Husbandry 1 4 1 3 1 10
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 2 3 3 10
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 1 6 0 1 10
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 3 1 3 1 10
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 4 1 3 1 1 10
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 5 2 0 1 1 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 2 5 0 0 9
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 5 2 1 1 0 9
340 Communications: Electrical 2 2 0 0 4 8
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 1 2 1 7
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 2 1 2 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 2 1 2 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 4 2 0 0 6
062 Refrigeration 0 2 2 2 0 6
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 4 1 1 0 6
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 1 2 2 6
219 Electric Heating 2 2 0 2 0 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 1 0 0 1 6
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 2 4 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 4 0 2 0 6
379 Telephonic Communications 1 2 2 0 1 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 2 0 1 1 5
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 1 3 1 5
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 2 1 1 5
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 1 3 0 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 1 3 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 1 1 5
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 1 1 2 5
417 Pumps 0 0 3 0 2 5
451 Abrading 3 1 0 0 1 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 2 1 0 5
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 1 0 0 3 5
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 1 2 0 4
060 Power Plants 2 2 0 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 2 0 0 1 4
220 Receptacles 1 1 1 1 0 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 1 1 1 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 1 1 0 4
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 0 0 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 1 1 0 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 2 0 1 4
002 Apparel 1 1 1 0 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 1 1 3
029 Metal Working 0 0 1 1 1 3
037 Excavating 0 0 1 1 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 0 3
053 Package Making 1 0 0 1 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 1 0 1 3
112 Sewing 0 2 0 0 1 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 0 0 1 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 3 0 0 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 1 0 0 0 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 0 0 1 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 2 0 0 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 1 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 1 0 1 0 3
362 Illumination 0 1 0 1 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 1 0 1 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 1 0 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 2 0 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 0 1 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 2 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 0 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
030 Cutlery 0 1 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 0 0 0 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 1 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 1 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 1 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 1 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 1 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 2 0 2
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 1 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 1 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 0 1 0 0 2
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 2 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 0 0 0 2
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 1 1 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 2 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 1 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 1 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 0 0 0 2
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 1 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 1 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 1 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 0 0 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 2 2
452 Butchering 1 1 0 0 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 2
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 2 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 1 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 1 0 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 0 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 0 0 0 1 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 1 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 1 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 1 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 0 1
101 Printing 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 1 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 1 0 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 1 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 1 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 1 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 1 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 124 140 135 142 122 663


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