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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

CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.

( 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
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 10 16 20 18 13 77
362 Illumination 10 7 9 14 13 53
396 Photography 13 7 8 7 4 39
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 11 13 9 2 3 38
206 Special Receptacle or Package 6 7 11 6 5 35
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 6 4 5 9 29
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 5 3 6 11 28
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 6 8 10 26
219 Electric Heating 5 7 3 6 4 25
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 2 6 11 5 25
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 2 3 9 8 24
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 5 9 9 24
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 6 8 3 2 4 23
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 2 2 4 8 7 23
030 Cutlery 2 2 4 5 6 19
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 6 4 4 2 2 18
431 Combustion 6 4 4 3 1 18
439 Electrical Connectors 2 3 4 2 5 16
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 5 5 1 2 2 15
340 Communications: Electrical 2 2 1 7 3 15
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 7 1 1 4 15
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 5 5 2 1 13
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 3 1 4 3 2 13
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 4 2 3 2 13
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 2 5 3 0 12
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 5 3 2 2 12
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 0 8 2 0 12
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 2 2 4 3 12
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 4 5 2 0 12
029 Metal Working 2 2 1 3 3 11
070 Locks 2 2 1 3 3 11
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 3 1 5 2 11
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 3 5 1 1 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 4 2 2 2 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 2 1 5 10
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 5 0 0 1 4 10
220 Receptacles 2 3 1 3 0 9
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 2 3 2 9
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 2 1 5 9
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 2 3 3 1 9
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 2 3 0 2 9
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 3 3 1 0 2 9
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 3 1 1 2 8
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 3 2 2 1 8
280 Land Vehicles 2 2 1 1 2 8
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 3 2 2 1 8
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 2 2 3 8
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 1 1 1 4 8
379 Telephonic Communications 2 0 2 3 1 8
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 5 3 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 1 2 1 2 8
062 Refrigeration 2 1 2 1 1 7
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 4 1 1 7
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 1 3 2 7
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 3 0 2 2 0 7
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 3 3 7
385 Optical Waveguides 2 0 0 1 4 7
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 2 4 0 7
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 3 2 1 7
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 2 3 1 7
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 5 7
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 1 3 2 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 1 3 1 6
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 1 1 2 6
073 Measuring and Testing 1 1 2 2 0 6
084 Music 3 1 1 1 0 6
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 3 0 1 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 2 0 3 6
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 2 1 1 6
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 2 2 1 6
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 1 4 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 1 2 0 1 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 5 0 0 1 0 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 3 1 0 6
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 1 1 6
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 1 0 2 1 5
060 Power Plants 1 0 1 3 0 5
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 2 1 1 0 5
081 Tools 2 1 1 0 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 0 0 1 0 5
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 1 2 0 2 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 3 2 5
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 1 3 0 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 3 2 0 0 5
400 Typewriting Machines 1 2 1 1 0 5
002 Apparel 2 1 1 0 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 0 1 1 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 1 1 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 2 0 1 1 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 0 1 1 4
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 3 0 1 0 4
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 1 1 1 4
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 0 1 1 0 4
451 Abrading 1 0 1 2 0 4
455 Telecommunications 2 1 1 0 0 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 0 1 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 0 2 1 4
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 3 1 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 0 0 1 3
063 Jewelry 1 2 0 0 0 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 0 0 0 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 3 0 0 0 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 1 1 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 1 3
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 1 0 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 0 1 1 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 1 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 2 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 1 1 0 0 3
331 Oscillators 0 0 1 0 2 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 2 0 3
399 Electrophotography 0 0 2 0 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 2 0 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 2 3
005 Beds 1 0 0 1 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 1 0 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 2 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 1 0 0 0 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 1 0 2
053 Package Making 1 0 0 1 0 2
083 Cutting 2 0 0 0 0 2
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 0 0 0 2
132 Toilet 1 0 0 1 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 1 0 0 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 1 0 1 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 1 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 1 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 1 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 0 1 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 2
252 Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 2 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 1 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 1 0 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 1 0 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 1 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 1 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 1 0 0 2
384 Bearings 1 0 0 1 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 1 1 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 2 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 0 0 1 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 0 1 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 2 0 0 2
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 1 0 0 0 1 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 1 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 0 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 1 0 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 1 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 0 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 1 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 1 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
101 Printing 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
112 Sewing 1 0 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 1 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 1 1
256 Fences 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 0 1
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
348 Television 0 0 0 1 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 1 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
726 Information Security 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 237 233 276 311 283 1340


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