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

MEXICO

(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) 3 2 2 5 2 14
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 1 2 3 3 13
065 Glass Manufacturing 5 2 2 0 0 9
062 Refrigeration 2 0 0 2 4 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 2 1 3 2 8
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 4 3 0 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 2 2 1 0 7
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 2 2 1 2 7
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 2 2 1 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 4 1 0 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 2 0 3 6
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 2 3 0 1 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 2 1 0 1 5
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 0 1 2 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 1 3 0 5
164 Metal Founding 1 1 2 1 0 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 0 1 3 5
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 2 1 2 0 5
427 Coating Processes 0 2 2 0 1 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 2 1 1 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 2 1 1 0 4
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 3 1 0 0 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 2 1 0 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 2 1 4
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 1 0 1 2 4
399 Electrophotography 1 0 0 1 2 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 2 2 4
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 1 1 3
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 2 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 2 0 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 0 2 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 2 1 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 1 1 0 3
297 Chairs and Seats 2 0 1 0 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 1 1 0 3
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 2 0 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 2 1 3
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 0 1 3
431 Combustion 0 1 0 1 1 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 2 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 2 0 1 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 2 0 1 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 1 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 2 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 0 0 2
131 Tobacco 0 1 0 1 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 1 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 1 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 1 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 1 1 2
172 Earth Working 0 2 0 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 2 2
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 2 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 1 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 1 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 1 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 2 0 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 2 2
014 Bridges 0 0 1 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 1 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 1 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 1 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics 0 0 0 1 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 0 1 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 1 0 1
355 Photocopying 1 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 1 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 1 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 1 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 45 57 76 76 81 335



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