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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 2000 - 2004 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

AUSTRIA

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 15 23 14 26 29 107
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 15 12 17 15 13 72
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 9 14 17 10 18 68
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 10 17 23 10 7 67
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 10 15 13 14 14 66
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 7 23 10 9 4 53
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 10 10 6 13 10 49
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 10 8 10 6 11 45
104 Railways 5 5 13 13 6 42
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 9 8 5 16 4 42
219 Electric Heating 4 7 11 5 10 37
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 3 9 11 6 6 35
073 Measuring and Testing 4 7 4 6 12 33
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 2 10 8 4 30
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 7 6 3 8 6 30
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 7 8 6 3 28
340 Communications: Electrical 6 8 2 5 7 28
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 4 10 3 5 5 27
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 6 3 9 5 26
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 2 6 9 8 26
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 5 6 7 6 25
072 Metal Deforming 7 6 5 3 4 25
433 Dentistry 6 7 5 1 6 25
280 Land Vehicles 7 4 4 6 3 24
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 9 6 3 4 2 24
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 3 2 7 6 6 24
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 4 1 5 9 5 24
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 4 8 5 3 3 23
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 1 0 9 7 21
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 4 6 4 6 1 21
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 3 9 8 21
417 Pumps 8 5 2 3 3 21
137 Fluid Handling 5 5 7 1 2 20
164 Metal Founding 2 2 4 9 3 20
362 Illumination 4 2 4 6 4 20
427 Coating Processes 4 1 6 3 6 20
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 3 2 3 5 6 19
118 Coating Apparatus 3 5 7 3 1 19
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 2 8 3 3 19
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 3 2 2 5 7 19
042 Firearms 3 8 2 2 3 18
101 Printing 4 5 2 1 6 18
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 7 2 2 4 18
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 3 4 7 2 2 18
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 4 1 1 9 3 18
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 4 7 5 0 1 17
060 Power Plants 2 4 4 5 2 17
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 4 5 4 4 17
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 3 2 5 5 2 17
029 Metal Working 4 3 2 4 3 16
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 0 4 6 3 16
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 4 0 7 2 15
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 5 2 3 4 14
250 Radiant Energy 2 4 1 3 4 14
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 4 3 4 1 2 14
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 1 5 7 14
439 Electrical Connectors 2 4 1 5 2 14
450 Foundation Garments 7 1 4 1 1 14
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 4 5 2 0 13
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 4 1 4 13
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 2 4 4 13
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 2 4 0 4 13
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 7 1 2 2 1 13
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 3 1 6 2 12
297 Chairs and Seats 1 1 3 3 4 12
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 6 2 3 12
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 2 4 2 3 1 12
403 Joints and Connections 2 4 3 3 0 12
414 Material or Article Handling 3 1 4 0 4 12
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 3 4 3 1 11
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 2 1 1 5 11
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 3 1 1 1 5 11
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 4 1 3 3 0 11
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 3 1 4 1 11
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 6 1 1 3 11
451 Abrading 1 4 2 3 1 11
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 5 0 3 11
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 3 3 2 2 11
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 1 0 2 7 11
030 Cutlery 0 4 1 1 4 10
062 Refrigeration 0 4 4 1 1 10
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 2 0 3 0 10
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 3 1 3 1 10
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 2 2 4 1 10
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 2 2 3 0 10
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 2 5 1 10
220 Receptacles 2 0 1 2 5 10
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 3 3 0 3 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 0 0 6 1 10
246 Railway Switches and Signals 2 2 3 2 1 10
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 4 2 2 2 0 10
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 5 1 0 2 10
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 3 5 0 2 10
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 2 2 0 3 10
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 4 2 2 0 1 9
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 2 4 3 0 0 9
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 2 1 1 3 9
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 3 2 1 1 2 9
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 1 1 4 1 9
455 Telecommunications 2 3 1 3 0 9
037 Excavating 1 0 1 4 2 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 1 3 2 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 0 4 2 0 8
244 Aeronautics 1 4 1 2 0 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 2 0 1 2 8
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 3 2 2 8
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 1 0 3 2 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 4 1 2 1 8
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 2 2 2 0 7
083 Cutting 1 1 3 2 0 7
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 3 2 1 7
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 2 0 2 2 7
112 Sewing 3 1 1 0 2 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 1 1 1 2 7
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 4 3 7
348 Television 3 0 2 2 0 7
384 Bearings 1 1 2 2 1 7
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 2 2 3 7
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 0 2 2 7
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 2 4 0 1 0 7
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 1 0 4 0 7
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 2 1 2 2 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 3 2 7
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 1 1 4 7
005 Beds 2 2 1 1 0 6
063 Jewelry 1 2 1 0 2 6
070 Locks 0 2 2 1 1 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 1 3 1 6
144 Woodworking 2 2 0 1 1 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 2 1 1 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 2 0 3 1 0 6
188 Brakes 0 0 3 1 2 6
221 Article Dispensing 3 0 0 1 2 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 3 1 1 1 0 6
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 1 1 1 1 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 2 1 1 1 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 1 0 1 3 6
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 3 1 0 0 2 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 2 1 2 0 6
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 2 0 1 2 6
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 1 0 1 0 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 1 2 1 6
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 0 0 0 3 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 1 1 1 5
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 2 1 0 0 5
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 1 0 1 2 5
139 Textiles: Weaving 3 2 0 0 0 5
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 3 1 0 1 5
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 1 2 1 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 3 0 2 5
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 4 5
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 2 1 1 5
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 0 2 1 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 2 0 1 1 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 2 2 5
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 2 1 1 1 5
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 2 2 0 0 5
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 2 0 1 2 5
002 Apparel 0 3 0 1 0 4
053 Package Making 0 2 1 1 0 4
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 1 0 2 0 4
089 Ordnance 2 0 1 0 1 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 1 1 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 0 0 1 4
110 Furnaces 0 2 1 0 1 4
125 Stone Working 0 1 1 1 1 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 0 0 0 2 4
181 Acoustics 0 2 0 2 0 4
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 3 0 4
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 2 2 0 0 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 2 0 1 0 4
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 2 1 4
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 1 2 0 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 1 0 1 4
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 3 0 0 1 0 4
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 1 1 1 0 4
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 1 1 1 4
432 Heating 0 3 1 0 0 4
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 1 0 1 2 4
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 1 0 0 3
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 1 0 0 1 3
055 Gas Separation 1 1 1 0 0 3
056 Harvesters 1 1 0 0 1 3
066 Textiles: Knitting 3 0 0 0 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 2 0 3
100 Presses 1 1 0 0 1 3
114 Ships 2 0 0 1 0 3
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 1 1 0 1 3
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 0 1 2 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 1 1 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 1 1 0 3
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 0 1 2 0 3
252 Compositions 1 0 0 1 1 3
267 Spring Devices 0 1 1 0 1 3
269 Work Holders 2 1 0 0 0 3
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 2 3
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 2 0 0 1 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 1 3
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 2 0 3
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 2 0 1 3
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 3 0 0 0 3
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 1 1 0 3
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 1 1 0 0 3
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 1 0 0 3
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 0 1 0 1 3
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 1 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 2 0 0 1 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 2 0 0 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 2 3
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 1 0 0 0 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 0 1 3
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 3 0 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 3 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 1 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 1 0 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 1 0 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 1 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 2 0 0 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 0 0 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 2 0 0 0 2
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 1 1 0 0 0 2
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 1 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 1 0 0 0 2
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 2 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 1 0 2
283 Printed Matter 1 1 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 0 0 0 2
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 0 0 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 2 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
396 Photography 1 0 0 0 1 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 1 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
431 Combustion 1 0 0 1 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 0 1 2
454 Ventilation 2 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 0 0 0 2
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 1 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 1 2
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 1 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 1
084 Music 1 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 0 1 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
168 Farriery 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 1 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 1 0 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 0 1 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 505 589 530 592 540 2756


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