U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1997 - 2001 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

NEW ZEALAND

(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')
 
Class Class Title 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 4 5 16 11 11 47
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 3 6 5 1 18
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 2 2 2 5 14
119 Animal Husbandry 5 3 0 3 1 12
073 Measuring and Testing 2 1 3 3 2 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 0 0 3 5 11
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 3 4 0 0 2 9
482 Exercise Devices 0 2 3 2 2 9
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 2 2 2 2 9
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 1 1 2 8
114 Ships 2 0 3 0 2 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 1 1 4 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 3 1 1 0 7
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 1 3 2 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 1 3 2 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 2 2 1 1 6
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 1 2 1 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 3 0 1 6
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 3 0 2 1 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 2 3 1 6
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 2 0 0 2 6
427 Coating Processes 1 0 2 2 1 6
451 Abrading 0 1 2 0 3 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 2 2 1 6
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 4 6
084 Music 2 1 0 1 1 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 2 0 2 1 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 1 1 0 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 2 2 1 5
379 Telephonic Communications 0 2 1 1 1 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 4 0 0 0 4
060 Power Plants 1 0 1 0 2 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 2 0 0 1 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 1 2 4
215 Bottles and Jars 1 1 1 1 0 4
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 2 2 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 2 1 0 0 4
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 2 1 0 4
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 0 1 1 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 1 1 0 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 1 1 1 4
452 Butchering 1 1 0 1 1 4
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 2 1 0 1 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 2 1 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 1 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 2 0 0 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 1 1 0 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 3 0 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 0 2 3
053 Package Making 1 0 1 0 1 3
062 Refrigeration 0 1 2 0 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 0 1 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 2 0 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 0 1 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 1 1 0 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 0 1 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 2 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 0 1 0 0 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 0 1 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 3 0 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 1 1 0 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 1 0 1 0 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 2 0 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 2 3
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 2 1 0 0 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 1 2 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 1 0 0 1 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 2 0 1 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 2 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 1 3
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 0 2 0 1 0 3
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 1 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 1 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 1 2
070 Locks 2 0 0 0 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 1 0 0 2
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 1 2
112 Sewing 1 0 0 1 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 1 0 2
172 Earth Working 2 0 0 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 2 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 1 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 0 1 1 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 1 1 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 1 2
256 Fences 0 0 1 1 0 2
283 Printed Matter 1 1 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 2 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 1 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 1 1 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 0 1 0 2
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 1 1 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 1 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 1 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 1 1 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 0 1 2
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 2 0 0 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 1 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 1 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 1 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 0 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 1 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 1 1
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 1 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 1 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
142 Wood Turning 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 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 1 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 1 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 1 1
348 Television 0 0 0 1 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 1 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 1 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 1 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 85 114 114 107 124 544



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