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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

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' )

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) 5 16 11 11 16 59
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 6 5 1 8 23
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 2 2 5 2 13
119 Animal Husbandry 3 0 3 1 4 11
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 1 1 2 5 11
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 2 2 2 3 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 3 5 2 10
482 Exercise Devices 2 3 2 2 1 10
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 3 2 3 10
073 Measuring and Testing 1 3 3 2 0 9
340 Communications: Electrical 1 1 3 2 2 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 4 0 0 2 2 8
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 1 4 1 8
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 1 0 6 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 3 0 0 4 7
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 3 0 2 1 1 7
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 2 3 1 1 7
379 Telephonic Communications 2 1 1 1 2 7
451 Abrading 1 2 0 3 1 7
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 2 2 1 1 7
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 0 4 1 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 4 0 0 0 2 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 2 1 1 0 6
114 Ships 0 3 0 2 1 6
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 2 1 1 6
219 Electric Heating 0 0 2 2 2 6
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 2 2 1 1 6
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 1 1 0 1 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 1 1 0 2 6
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 2 2 5
062 Refrigeration 1 2 0 0 2 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 0 2 1 0 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 0 0 1 2 5
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 3 0 1 0 5
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 0 4 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 0 0 2 1 5
427 Coating Processes 0 2 2 1 0 5
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 2 1 4
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 4 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 1 1 0 0 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 1 2 0 4
215 Bottles and Jars 1 1 1 0 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 1 2 4
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 1 1 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 1 1 1 0 4
452 Butchering 1 0 1 1 1 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 2 1 1 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 2 1 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 0 1 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 1 1 1 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 0 0 0 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 0 0 1 3
084 Music 1 0 1 1 0 3
112 Sewing 0 0 1 0 2 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 1 1 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 0 1 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 3 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 2 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 2 0 1 0 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 1 0 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 0 0 1 3
280 Land Vehicles 0 2 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 2 0 0 1 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 0 0 0 0 3
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 1 1 0 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 1 1 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 1 0 1 3
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 1 1 0 0 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 1 1 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 1 1 1 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 2 0 0 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 2 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 1 0 1 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 2 0 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 2 0 1 0 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 2 0 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 1 0 1 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 1 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 1 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 1 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 1 0 2
053 Package Making 0 1 0 1 0 2
101 Printing 0 1 0 1 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 1 1 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 0 1 2
177 Weighing Scales 1 1 0 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 1 1 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 0 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 1 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 1 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 1 2
256 Fences 0 1 1 0 0 2
283 Printed Matter 1 0 0 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 1 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 1 0 1 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 1 2
362 Illumination 0 0 1 0 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 0 1 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 1 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 1 1 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 1 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 1 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 0 1 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 1 0 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 1 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 0 0 0 0 1
142 Wood Turning 1 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 1 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 1 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 1 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 1 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 1 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 1 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 1 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 114 114 107 124 140 599


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