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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 2011 - 2015 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

NEW ZEALAND

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 25 20 17 20 16 98
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 8 12 16 10 25 71
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 4 12 13 9 14 52
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 6 11 13 14 5 49
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 7 12 3 7 32
340 Communications: Electrical 7 7 3 9 1 27
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 6 5 3 3 8 25
280 Land Vehicles 1 2 6 7 7 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 5 4 6 5 3 23
455 Telecommunications 9 3 2 5 3 22
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 4 3 5 2 18
256 Fences 2 2 2 6 2 14
370 Multiplex Communications 1 3 2 4 4 14
382 Image Analysis 1 2 3 5 3 14
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 1 5 3 3 14
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 3 2 4 3 14
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 3 3 5 13
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 0 4 4 3 13
119 Animal Husbandry 2 4 4 2 0 12
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 4 1 6 12
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 3 4 3 2 0 12
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 1 2 5 11
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 5 1 3 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 4 5 0 1 0 10
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 3 0 4 2 1 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 3 0 2 2 10
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 2 2 3 2 10
029 Metal Working 1 1 2 1 4 9
137 Fluid Handling 1 2 1 3 2 9
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 3 2 0 1 9
220 Receptacles 0 3 3 0 2 8
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 1 1 1 2 8
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 1 5 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 2 4 1 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 5 1 1 1 8
053 Package Making 1 2 0 2 2 7
215 Bottles and Jars 1 2 1 1 2 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 2 2 2 7
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 2 1 2 7
417 Pumps 0 3 1 3 0 7
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 3 2 2 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 3 0 1 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 0 2 1 7
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 2 2 0 2 1 7
037 Excavating 1 1 0 4 0 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 3 2 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 4 1 0 6
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 0 1 2 1 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 0 3 2 6
348 Television 0 1 3 0 2 6
362 Illumination 0 1 3 2 0 6
482 Exercise Devices 0 2 0 1 3 6
726 Information Security 0 1 0 1 4 6
114 Ships 1 1 1 0 2 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 2 1 0 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 1 1 1 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 1 1 2 5
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 3 2 0 5
292 Closure Fasteners 1 1 1 2 0 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 2 2 5
414 Material or Article Handling 1 2 0 1 1 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 2 1 1 5
427 Coating Processes 1 1 1 0 2 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 2 1 0 2 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 2 0 0 3 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 1 2 1 5
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 3 5
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 2 1 0 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 2 0 1 4
056 Harvesters 0 1 2 1 0 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 1 1 4
144 Woodworking 2 0 1 0 1 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 2 1 4
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 2 2 0 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 0 1 1 4
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 2 0 2 4
379 Telephonic Communications 0 3 0 1 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 1 2 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 0 2 4
433 Dentistry 0 1 1 0 2 4
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 0 0 3 4
005 Beds 1 0 0 2 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 1 1 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 1 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 0 0 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 0 0 1 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 1 1 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 2 0 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 1 1 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 1 1 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 2 0 0 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 2 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 2 0 1 0 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 1 1 3
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 0 0 2 0 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 2 1 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 1 1 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 2 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 0 0 1 3
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 1 1 3
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 0 2 0 3
331 Oscillators 0 2 0 0 1 3
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 2 0 1 0 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 2 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 0 0 1 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 0 1 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 1 0 0 1 3
452 Butchering 0 2 0 0 1 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 2 1 0 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 1 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 1 0 1 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 1 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 1 0 0 1 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 0 0 1 2
084 Music 0 0 0 1 1 2
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 0 1 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 1 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 2 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 2 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 0 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 1 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 2 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 1 0 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 1 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 1 0 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 1 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 1 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 1 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 2 0 0 2
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 0 1 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 1 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 1 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 2 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 0 1 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 0 0 2
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 2 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 1 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 0 1 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 1 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 1 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
332 Modulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 1 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 1 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 180 223 247 261 268 1179



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