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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

DENMARK

( 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) 73 54 73 47 41 288
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 73 45 50 31 32 231
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 16 12 28 16 12 84
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 10 16 21 13 11 71
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 8 12 14 11 5 50
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 7 17 11 5 10 50
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 12 10 11 8 5 46
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 3 7 22 10 44
455 Telecommunications 6 15 2 4 12 39
385 Optical Waveguides 0 3 9 10 7 29
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 12 3 6 2 4 27
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 6 4 8 6 3 27
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 7 5 4 6 24
073 Measuring and Testing 3 4 3 9 4 23
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 4 3 9 5 2 23
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 7 6 2 2 22
137 Fluid Handling 4 4 6 3 4 21
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 5 8 3 1 21
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 1 4 4 9 20
164 Metal Founding 2 6 4 4 3 19
180 Motor Vehicles 3 8 5 2 1 19
370 Multiplex Communications 0 2 7 3 7 19
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 2 4 1 3 18
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 5 2 4 4 18
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 5 5 4 2 1 17
417 Pumps 4 5 3 2 2 16
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 3 3 5 2 15
060 Power Plants 4 1 4 2 3 14
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 2 2 1 6 3 14
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 3 2 3 3 14
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 3 3 2 3 13
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 4 2 2 1 13
439 Electrical Connectors 1 3 3 4 2 13
119 Animal Husbandry 2 0 6 1 3 12
379 Telephonic Communications 3 1 5 2 1 12
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 5 4 2 12
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 5 1 1 2 12
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 8 0 1 1 11
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 1 1 4 3 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 1 3 3 1 11
452 Butchering 3 2 2 2 2 11
062 Refrigeration 1 0 3 3 3 10
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 4 2 3 10
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 4 3 1 0 10
451 Abrading 3 2 2 2 1 10
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 4 2 2 10
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 5 1 2 10
053 Package Making 3 2 1 2 1 9
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 3 2 3 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 3 2 2 0 2 9
219 Electric Heating 4 1 2 1 1 9
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 2 0 3 4 9
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 2 3 2 9
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 1 3 2 1 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 3 1 4 0 9
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 6 1 0 1 0 8
029 Metal Working 3 0 2 2 1 8
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 3 0 1 1 8
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 1 2 1 2 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 5 1 0 1 8
220 Receptacles 2 4 0 1 1 8
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 2 4 1 0 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 2 2 1 8
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 3 1 2 2 0 8
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 4 0 3 0 1 8
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 4 4 0 0 8
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 1 1 2 2 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 3 2 1 1 0 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 2 2 1 0 7
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 3 2 1 0 1 7
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 0 1 0 4 7
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 1 2 1 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 4 1 1 7
250 Radiant Energy 4 1 1 0 1 7
252 Compositions 1 0 1 4 1 7
330 Amplifiers 1 1 2 2 1 7
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 2 1 3 7
433 Dentistry 1 0 1 0 5 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 2 2 2 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 2 0 3 0 6
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 0 3 0 1 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 3 1 1 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 2 1 1 6
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 1 2 2 6
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 2 2 1 6
382 Image Analysis 3 1 1 1 0 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 1 0 2 0 6
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 3 3 0 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 4 0 0 5
184 Lubrication 0 1 1 2 1 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 3 2 0 5
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 1 1 1 5
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 0 2 2 5
362 Illumination 1 0 2 1 1 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 2 2 0 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 1 1 2 5
427 Coating Processes 0 4 1 0 0 5
432 Heating 3 0 0 1 1 5
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 2 3 0 0 5
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 2 2 1 5
492 Roll or Roller 1 2 1 1 0 5
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 3 0 1 0 1 5
005 Beds 0 0 2 1 1 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 1 0 2 4
070 Locks 0 1 1 1 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 3 0 4
083 Cutting 2 0 0 1 1 4
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 2 0 1 0 4
101 Printing 1 0 1 1 1 4
110 Furnaces 2 0 1 0 1 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 1 0 1 4
181 Acoustics 2 0 1 0 1 4
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 2 1 1 0 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 3 0 1 0 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 3 1 0 0 0 4
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 1 1 0 4
355 Photocopying 1 1 1 1 0 4
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 2 0 0 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 0 0 0 1 4
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 1 1 1 4
398 Optical Communications 2 0 1 1 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 3 1 0 4
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 2 1 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 1 2 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 0 1 0 2 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 0 1 2 4
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 1 1 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 1 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 2 0 0 2 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 3 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 2 0 0 0 3
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 1 1 0 0 1 3
030 Cutlery 0 1 2 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 2 1 0 0 3
055 Gas Separation 2 0 0 1 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 0 1 0 0 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 1 0 0 3
140 Wireworking 1 0 2 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 1 1 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 1 1 1 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 2 0 1 0 3
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 2 0 0 1 3
331 Oscillators 0 0 1 2 0 3
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 3 0 3
348 Television 0 0 0 1 2 3
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 2 3
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 2 0 0 3
431 Combustion 1 0 1 1 0 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 2 1 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 0 1 1 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 1 0 0 1 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 2 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 1 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 1 0 1 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 0 0 0 0 2
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 0 1 0 0 2
069 Leather Manufactures 0 0 0 1 1 2
084 Music 0 0 1 0 1 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 1 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 0 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 0 0 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 2 2
168 Farriery 0 1 0 1 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 1 2
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 1 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 1 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 1 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 1 1 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 1 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
332 Modulators 0 1 1 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 1 0 0 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 1 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 1 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 1 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 2 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 2 0 0 0 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 1 0 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
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
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 1 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 1 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 0 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 1 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 1 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 1 0 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 1 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 0 1
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 0 1 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 0 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 1 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 1 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 1 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 1 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 479 426 529 414 358 2206


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