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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 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' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
Class Class Title 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 2 3 3 3 12
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 2 2 5 2 0 11
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 4 3 0 1 9
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 8 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 1 3 2 0 8
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 3 0 1 2 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 2 1 0 2 7
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 1 2 0 7
137 Fluid Handling 1 2 2 1 1 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 4 1 0 2 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 2 0 3 2 7
455 Telecommunications 0 0 2 2 3 7
062 Refrigeration 0 0 2 4 0 6
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 2 1 2 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 1 1 0 2 6
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 3 2 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 1 2 0 1 6
065 Glass Manufacturing 2 2 0 0 1 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 3 0 1 5
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 3 1 0 0 1 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 2 2 5
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 1 2 1 5
427 Coating Processes 2 2 0 1 0 5
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 2 1 2 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 2 0 2 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 2 1 1 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 0 1 0 4
081 Tools 0 0 0 2 2 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 1 2 4
164 Metal Founding 1 2 1 0 0 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 2 1 0 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 0 1 0 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 1 0 1 3
029 Metal Working 1 0 1 1 0 3
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 2 0 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 1 0 1 0 3
188 Brakes 0 0 0 2 1 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 2 1 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 2 1 0 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 1 1 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 2 1 0 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 0 0 1 3
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 2 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 1 1 3
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 1 1 3
431 Combustion 1 0 1 1 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 0 1 0 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 2 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 2 0 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 1 2
131 Tobacco 1 0 1 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 1 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 1 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 1 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 1 2
172 Earth Working 2 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 1 1 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 1 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 1 2
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 1 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 2 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 0 1 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 1 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 2 0 0 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 2 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 1 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 2 2
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 1 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 1 2
432 Heating 0 0 1 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 1 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 2 0 0 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 2 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 0 0 1 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 1 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 1 1
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 1
014 Bridges 0 1 0 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 1 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
112 Sewing 1 0 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 1 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 1 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 1 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 1 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 1 1
244 Aeronautics 0 0 1 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 1 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 1 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
362 Illumination 0 0 1 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 1 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 1 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 1 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 57 76 76 81 94 384


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