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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 2008 - 2012 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed 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

MALAYSIA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 20 17 28 28 24 117
250 Radiant Energy 25 16 13 5 10 69
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 11 12 13 18 14 68
362 Illumination 4 11 13 3 6 37
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 4 3 8 7 10 32
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 3 2 15 21
370 Multiplex Communications 0 6 3 6 4 19
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 9 1 3 5 18
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 2 2 5 9 18
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 4 5 6 0 2 17
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 5 5 2 4 17
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 4 4 2 2 4 16
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 4 1 2 6 3 16
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 2 1 6 4 2 15
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 3 3 3 5 15
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 4 1 6 14
348 Television 6 2 3 2 0 13
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 1 4 1 3 12
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 4 1 5 11
382 Image Analysis 2 4 1 2 2 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 1 3 5 0 2 11
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 2 3 3 0 2 10
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 1 4 1 1 10
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 4 1 0 9
330 Amplifiers 2 2 2 3 0 9
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 0 2 1 3 9
455 Telecommunications 1 2 0 2 4 9
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 1 1 2 9
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 1 5 0 0 8
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 0 3 2 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 1 2 3 7
439 Electrical Connectors 2 0 1 2 2 7
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 3 3 0 7
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 2 2 1 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 1 3 1 6
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 0 2 1 0 5
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 3 1 5
396 Photography 2 2 0 0 1 5
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 3 0 2 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 3 0 1 5
005 Beds 1 0 0 1 2 4
029 Metal Working 1 0 1 0 2 4
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 2 0 4
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 1 2 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 0 0 0 1 4
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 2 0 1 1 0 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 2 0 0 2 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 2 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 2 1 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 1 2 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
081 Tools 0 0 0 1 2 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 0 0 1 0 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 1 1 3
188 Brakes 0 1 0 1 1 3
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 1 1 1 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 0 2 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 1 0 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 0 1 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 1 1 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 0 1 1 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 2 0 1 3
726 Information Security 0 1 2 0 0 3
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 2 1 0 3
053 Package Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 1 0 1 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 1 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 0 1 2
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 1 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 1 2
331 Oscillators 1 0 1 0 0 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 1 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 0 1 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 2 0 0 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 1 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 2 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 2 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
427 Coating Processes 0 1 0 0 1 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 1 2
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 0 1 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 1 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 1 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 1 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 152 158 202 161 210 883


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