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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

ISRAEL

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 56 76 66 54 93 345
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 29 26 33 66 73 227
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 39 25 25 29 31 149
606 Surgery (instruments) 20 26 21 24 23 114
370 Multiplex Communications 11 20 16 26 37 110
382 Image Analysis 17 15 13 14 22 81
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 9 12 13 18 24 76
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 12 8 12 21 21 74
340 Communications: Electrical 14 13 19 16 10 72
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 11 12 18 11 18 70
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 9 16 12 16 16 69
250 Radiant Energy 9 12 6 23 18 68
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 11 13 14 18 66
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 12 10 11 13 19 65
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 8 8 14 16 18 64
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 8 15 9 18 11 61
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 9 9 13 12 50
385 Optical Waveguides 5 3 4 10 27 49
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 7 5 6 12 17 47
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 7 7 7 14 12 47
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 11 16 7 7 5 46
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 8 1 11 11 13 44
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 6 11 5 12 10 44
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 7 10 9 10 44
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 3 4 10 12 13 42
407 Cutters, for Shaping 12 9 9 9 3 42
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 10 1 0 15 16 42
073 Measuring and Testing 8 7 6 10 9 40
455 Telecommunications 7 3 6 9 15 40
348 Television 9 6 6 12 6 39
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 12 8 9 3 6 38
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 5 10 7 6 37
060 Power Plants 10 5 3 12 6 36
137 Fluid Handling 8 6 10 9 3 36
379 Telephonic Communications 11 9 5 6 5 36
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 11 7 6 4 6 34
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 9 4 9 8 2 32
219 Electric Heating 5 6 10 6 4 31
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 4 5 7 8 29
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 5 5 5 6 8 29
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 3 6 6 4 10 29
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 4 4 11 8 29
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 4 6 8 9 29
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 8 6 6 5 29
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 2 4 11 9 28
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 4 11 4 6 27
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 6 3 6 5 7 27
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 6 6 7 3 4 26
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 5 5 7 5 25
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 1 2 10 8 25
062 Refrigeration 3 4 4 4 9 24
101 Printing 5 2 6 6 4 23
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 6 2 3 6 6 23
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 7 4 3 5 22
244 Aeronautics 4 5 1 6 5 21
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 6 4 3 3 4 20
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 5 2 3 3 7 20
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 5 3 6 2 20
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 3 2 5 6 19
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 3 3 4 5 19
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 5 3 8 2 1 19
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 5 3 7 4 19
433 Dentistry 4 2 3 7 3 19
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 5 12 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 4 4 2 5 3 18
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 3 5 4 3 16
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 3 6 1 5 16
399 Electrophotography 4 4 2 2 2 14
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 1 3 8 1 14
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 3 2 7 14
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 5 3 3 13
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 3 3 2 3 13
434 Education and Demonstration 5 3 2 3 0 13
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 2 3 4 2 13
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 3 1 4 3 12
330 Amplifiers 5 0 2 1 4 12
331 Oscillators 1 3 2 4 2 12
380 Cryptography 3 2 1 3 3 12
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 2 0 2 6 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 3 3 4 12
451 Abrading 2 1 3 3 3 12
030 Cutlery 3 2 2 3 1 11
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 3 6 0 11
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 0 3 2 3 11
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 3 3 3 0 11
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 2 3 4 1 11
427 Coating Processes 1 7 1 0 2 11
089 Ordnance 3 1 1 4 1 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 2 4 2 1 10
220 Receptacles 1 1 3 2 3 10
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 4 1 3 10
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 1 1 3 2 10
463 Amusement Devices: Games 3 2 1 3 1 10
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 2 4 1 2 1 10
070 Locks 4 1 0 3 1 9
119 Animal Husbandry 1 3 1 1 3 9
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 4 2 2 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 1 4 1 2 9
273 Amusement Devices: Games 4 1 3 1 0 9
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 5 1 2 9
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 2 2 3 1 9
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 0 2 2 2 9
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document (Data Processing) 3 2 1 1 2 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 4 0 2 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 2 2 2 8
084 Music 2 0 1 3 2 8
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 4 1 2 0 8
177 Weighing Scales 3 4 1 0 0 8
211 Supports: Racks 2 2 1 3 0 8
252 Compositions 0 1 1 0 6 8
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 1 4 2 1 8
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 3 3 0 1 1 8
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 2 1 1 2 2 8
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 1 3 2 8
005 Beds 4 1 1 0 1 7
042 Firearms 0 0 1 5 1 7
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 2 2 0 7
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 1 3 0 1 7
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 1 0 2 2 7
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 3 1 1 2 7
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 1 3 1 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 1 0 4 7
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 3 0 1 2 7
297 Chairs and Seats 2 1 2 2 0 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 0 1 2 1 7
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 4 2 7
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 0 2 1 2 7
417 Pumps 1 1 3 2 0 7
482 Exercise Devices 4 0 1 0 2 7
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 3 0 3 0 7
002 Apparel 3 1 1 0 1 6
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 1 2 2 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 2 0 2 0 6
132 Toilet 0 2 3 0 1 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 3 1 1 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 2 0 0 0 6
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 0 3 1 6
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 2 2 1 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 2 0 3 6
396 Photography 1 1 2 0 2 6
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 2 2 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 3 1 1 0 6
083 Cutting 1 2 0 1 1 5
118 Coating Apparatus 2 0 0 1 2 5
148 Metal Treatment 0 2 2 1 0 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 1 3 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 1 3 5
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 4 0 1 0 5
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 1 2 1 5
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 2 0 1 1 5
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 1 0 2 5
400 Typewriting Machines 2 1 1 1 0 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 1 1 0 2 5
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 2 1 0 5
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 2 0 0 0 3 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 2 0 1 0 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 2 2 4
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 4 0 4
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 3 1 4
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 2 0 1 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 1 0 1 4
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 0 1 0 4
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 1 1 0 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 1 2 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 2 1 0 1 4
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 3 0 4
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 2 2 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 0 1 1 4
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 0 1 1 4
355 Photocopying 0 1 2 0 1 4
362 Illumination 0 1 2 0 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 2 2 0 4
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 2 1 0 0 4
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 1 0 0 3 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 2 1 0 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 2 0 0 1 1 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 1 2 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 3 1 0 0 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 1 1 0 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 2 0 1 4
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 3 0 0 1 0 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 1 1 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 0 0 0 0 3
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 3 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 0 2 3
063 Jewelry 3 0 0 0 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 1 1 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 2 0 1 0 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 3 0 0 0 3
110 Furnaces 0 1 1 0 1 3
112 Sewing 0 0 1 1 1 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 1 0 0 1 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 2 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 0 1 1 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 2 0 0 0 3
431 Combustion 0 0 1 1 1 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 1 1 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 1 0 0 3
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 2 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 0 1 2
053 Package Making 0 0 1 1 0 2
056 Harvesters 2 0 0 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 0 2 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 1 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 1 1 0 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 2 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 2 0 0 2
178 Telegraphy 0 0 0 2 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 1 1 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 1 2
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 1 0 0 1 0 2
256 Fences 0 0 1 1 0 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 1 0 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 1 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
329 Demodulators 0 1 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 1 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 1 2
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 2 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 1 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 1 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 1 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 1 1 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 1 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 1 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 1 0 0 0 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 1 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 1 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
186 Merchandising 0 0 1 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 1 0 0 0 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 1 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 1 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 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
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 1 0 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 754 743 783 970 1040 4290


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