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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

SPAIN

( 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) 18 34 26 28 22 128
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 25 18 37 16 24 120
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 16 20 4 12 55
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 9 4 6 7 3 29
439 Electrical Connectors 4 4 5 6 7 26
400 Typewriting Machines 4 4 6 5 4 23
455 Telecommunications 4 4 3 8 1 20
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 1 4 3 5 17
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 7 3 5 2 0 17
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 2 5 3 3 16
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 3 1 3 4 15
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 4 4 2 4 15
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 3 3 2 1 14
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 6 2 1 2 13
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 2 5 3 0 13
053 Package Making 1 3 3 3 3 13
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 3 4 4 1 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 4 5 1 3 13
219 Electric Heating 4 5 2 0 2 13
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 6 3 1 0 13
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 2 2 2 2 13
081 Tools 5 4 1 1 1 12
137 Fluid Handling 5 3 0 2 2 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 6 2 1 1 2 12
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 2 3 4 0 11
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 5 2 1 2 11
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 1 3 3 2 10
119 Animal Husbandry 3 3 2 1 1 10
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 4 0 1 2 10
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 5 2 2 1 0 10
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 2 1 5 2 10
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 3 2 3 10
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 4 1 2 2 9
280 Land Vehicles 1 3 1 2 2 9
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 3 4 2 9
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 1 2 1 5 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 2 2 2 0 9
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 2 3 2 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 3 0 2 4 9
037 Excavating 1 1 2 2 2 8
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 2 1 4 1 0 8
060 Power Plants 3 0 2 0 3 8
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 3 2 2 1 0 8
101 Printing 0 0 3 2 2 7
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 1 2 0 2 7
221 Article Dispensing 1 3 0 3 0 7
249 Static Molds 2 0 1 3 1 7
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 1 0 4 7
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 0 1 2 2 7
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 0 2 1 2 7
340 Communications: Electrical 0 2 1 3 1 7
348 Television 1 1 2 1 2 7
362 Illumination 1 0 3 1 2 7
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 2 1 2 7
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 3 2 0 1 1 7
403 Joints and Connections 2 2 1 2 0 7
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 1 2 2 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 3 1 1 1 0 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 0 0 1 3 6
062 Refrigeration 0 5 0 1 0 6
070 Locks 0 2 1 0 3 6
114 Ships 0 1 3 0 2 6
188 Brakes 2 1 0 0 3 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 0 2 0 0 6
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 3 1 2 0 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 2 1 0 1 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 0 2 0 2 6
427 Coating Processes 1 3 1 1 0 6
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 2 0 1 2 5
029 Metal Working 1 1 1 1 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 2 2 1 0 5
164 Metal Founding 0 1 4 0 0 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 3 2 5
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 0 0 0 2 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 2 0 1 5
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 2 1 1 0 1 5
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 0 1 2 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 2 2 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 1 1 2 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 1 3 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 0 2 1 0 5
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 1 0 2 2 5
431 Combustion 0 2 1 1 1 5
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 1 2 1 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 2 0 1 1 1 5
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 0 1 1 1 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 3 0 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 3 1 5
002 Apparel 1 0 1 2 0 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 2 0 0 0 4
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 1 2 0 4
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 1 2 4
105 Railway Rolling Stock 2 2 0 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 2 1 0 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 0 2 0 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 2 0 0 1 1 4
211 Supports: Racks 0 2 2 0 0 4
215 Bottles and Jars 1 1 1 1 0 4
220 Receptacles 3 0 0 0 1 4
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 1 1 0 1 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 1 2 4
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 1 1 1 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 1 1 4
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 1 2 4
385 Optical Waveguides 2 1 0 1 0 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 2 0 2 0 4
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 2 1 4
417 Pumps 1 1 1 1 0 4
433 Dentistry 0 2 0 0 2 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 1 0 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 1 0 2 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 2 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 3 4
005 Beds 1 0 0 0 2 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 1 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 2 1 0 0 3
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 1 0 0 1 3
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 2 0 1 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 1 1 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 2 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 1 1 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 2 1 0 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 1 1 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 1 1 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 1 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 2 1 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 1 1 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 3 0 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 2 0 1 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 1 1 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 2 0 0 3
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 3 0 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 0 1 2 0 3
452 Butchering 0 0 3 0 0 3
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 1 0 0 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 1 3
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 0 0 1 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 1 0 2
042 Firearms 1 0 1 0 0 2
055 Gas Separation 0 0 2 0 0 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 2 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 0 0 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 1 0 0 0 2
084 Music 1 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 1 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 1 0 0 2
132 Toilet 1 1 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 0 1 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 1 0 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 1 0 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 2 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 1 0 1 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 1 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 1 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 0 0 0 1 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 1 0 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 1 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 1 0 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 1 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 0 1 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 1 1 2
399 Electrophotography 0 2 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 2 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 2 0 0 0 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 0 1 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
483 Tool Changing 1 1 0 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 0 0 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 1 0 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 0 1 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 1 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 1 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
331 Oscillators 1 0 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 1 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 1 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 0 1 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 1 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 1 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 1 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 269 303 309 264 273 1418


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