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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

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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 66 54 93 89 49 351
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 33 66 73 70 60 302
370 Multiplex Communications 16 26 37 40 48 167
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 25 29 31 24 20 129
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 13 18 24 31 33 119
606 Surgery (instruments) 21 24 23 29 18 115
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 12 21 21 35 24 113
382 Image Analysis 13 14 22 28 35 112
250 Radiant Energy 6 23 18 18 29 94
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 18 11 18 22 23 92
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 12 16 16 20 24 88
385 Optical Waveguides 4 10 27 33 12 86
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 11 13 19 20 16 79
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 7 14 12 22 19 74
340 Communications: Electrical 19 16 10 13 13 71
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 12 17 14 17 70
455 Telecommunications 6 9 15 12 27 69
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 9 10 20 20 69
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 6 12 17 15 16 66
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 7 17 7 18 16 65
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 9 12 11 16 16 64
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 10 12 13 13 11 59
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 11 11 13 12 9 56
379 Telephonic Communications 5 6 5 17 22 55
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 13 12 12 8 54
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 15 16 14 8 53
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 7 6 14 10 47
348 Television 6 12 6 5 16 45
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 8 9 13 7 43
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 5 12 17 8 43
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 12 10 6 8 41
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 10 8 12 7 39
407 Cutters, for Shaping 9 9 3 9 9 39
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 7 5 8 9 36
137 Fluid Handling 10 9 3 8 5 35
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 6 6 5 11 6 34
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 6 5 7 7 9 34
060 Power Plants 3 12 6 8 4 33
073 Measuring and Testing 6 10 9 7 1 33
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 4 11 9 5 4 33
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 11 8 7 3 33
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 9 3 6 6 9 33
219 Electric Heating 10 6 4 8 4 32
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 5 7 5 5 9 31
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 6 4 6 10 5 31
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 5 6 8 5 7 31
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 6 4 10 7 4 31
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 3 6 2 8 12 31
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 7 8 6 4 30
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 6 5 9 5 4 29
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 11 4 6 1 6 28
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 3 7 4 6 7 27
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 3 3 7 12 2 27
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 9 8 2 5 2 26
062 Refrigeration 4 4 9 5 1 23
244 Aeronautics 1 6 5 6 5 23
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 3 5 4 7 23
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 6 6 5 3 23
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 2 7 7 4 23
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 5 6 6 3 22
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 7 3 4 7 1 22
433 Dentistry 3 7 3 6 3 22
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 3 8 1 5 5 22
101 Printing 6 6 4 1 4 21
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 5 4 3 5 4 21
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 4 2 8 4 21
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 2 3 5 7 20
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 8 2 1 3 5 19
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 3 4 4 5 19
029 Metal Working 0 0 3 5 8 16
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 4 5 3 1 16
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 5 3 3 3 2 16
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 3 2 5 5 16
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 6 1 5 3 1 16
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 2 1 4 4 15
398 Optical Communications 2 1 4 2 6 15
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 5 3 0 5 15
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 4 2 2 3 3 14
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 1 2 3 4 14
330 Amplifiers 2 1 4 4 3 14
451 Abrading 3 3 3 1 4 14
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 1 2 1 7 3 14
042 Firearms 1 5 1 3 3 13
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 0 7 2 13
331 Oscillators 2 4 2 4 1 13
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 2 3 4 1 13
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 3 3 4 3 0 13
427 Coating Processes 1 0 2 4 5 12
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 2 2 2 3 11
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 6 0 1 1 11
220 Receptacles 3 2 3 2 1 11
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 1 3 3 0 11
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 2 1 2 2 11
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 5 1 2 2 1 11
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 6 2 1 11
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 3 5 3 11
089 Ordnance 1 4 1 3 1 10
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 2 2 3 2 10
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 3 4 1 0 2 10
380 Cryptography 1 3 3 1 2 10
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 2 2 1 3 10
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 7 2 10
030 Cutlery 2 3 1 2 1 9
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 4 3 1 0 9
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 3 1 3 9
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 2 0 2 4 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 2 1 2 3 9
252 Compositions 1 0 6 2 0 9
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 4 2 1 1 9
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 2 1 2 3 1 9
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 3 1 2 1 9
399 Electrophotography 2 2 2 2 1 9
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 3 1 2 2 9
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 2 2 1 3 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 2 3 1 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 3 2 2 8
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 4 2 1 8
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 0 3 1 2 8
396 Photography 2 0 2 2 2 8
434 Education and Demonstration 2 3 0 1 2 8
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 3 2 1 1 8
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 3 0 1 4 8
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 4 0 2 1 0 7
084 Music 1 3 2 0 1 7
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 2 4 0 7
297 Chairs and Seats 2 2 0 2 1 7
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 3 3 0 0 1 7
417 Pumps 3 2 0 1 1 7
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 2 2 2 7
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 1 1 2 7
070 Locks 0 3 1 0 2 6
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 0 1 2 0 6
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 2 0 2 2 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 2 2 2 0 6
132 Toilet 3 0 1 1 1 6
165 Heat Exchange 1 3 1 1 0 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 1 0 1 1 6
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 6 0 6
362 Illumination 2 0 1 2 1 6
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 2 0 2 0 6
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 2 2 1 6
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 3 1 0 1 5
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 0 2 1 5
083 Cutting 0 1 1 2 1 5
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 0 1 2 5
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 1 1 0 0 5
211 Supports: Racks 1 3 0 1 0 5
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 3 1 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 2 1 1 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 1 1 0 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 2 1 0 0 5
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 1 1 0 3 5
355 Photocopying 2 0 1 1 1 5
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 2 2 0 0 5
400 Typewriting Machines 1 1 0 0 3 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 2 2 1 0 5
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 1 0 1 2 5
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 1 2 5
002 Apparel 1 0 1 2 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 2 1 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 0 1 1 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 2 0 1 4
055 Gas Separation 0 4 0 0 0 4
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 2 0 1 1 0 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 1 1 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 3 0 0 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 1 2 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 1 1 4
269 Work Holders 0 3 0 1 0 4
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 2 2 0 0 4
280 Land Vehicles 0 3 1 0 0 4
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 2 0 1 4
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 3 1 0 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 1 2 0 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 3 0 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 0 1 1 4
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 2 0 1 1 0 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 1 1 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
112 Sewing 1 1 1 0 0 3
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 2 0 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 1 2 0 3
148 Metal Treatment 2 1 0 0 0 3
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 2 1 0 3
172 Earth Working 2 0 0 1 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 1 1 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 2 1 0 3
283 Printed Matter 1 0 1 1 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 2 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 1 1 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 1 0 3
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 1 1 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 1 0 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 2 0 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 1 0 0 0 3
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 2 1 0 0 0 3
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 0 0 1 3
431 Combustion 1 1 1 0 0 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 1 1 1 0 0 3
005 Beds 1 0 1 0 0 2
053 Package Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 1 1 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 2 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
114 Ships 0 1 0 1 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 0 1 2
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 1 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 0 1 0 2
178 Telegraphy 0 2 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 0 1 2
186 Merchandising 1 0 0 0 1 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 2 2
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 1 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
256 Fences 1 1 0 0 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 1 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 1 0 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 1 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 1 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 2 0 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 1 0 0 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 0 1 0 2
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 1 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 0 0 1 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 0 1 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 0 1 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 1 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 1 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 1 0 2
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 1 1
014 Bridges 0 0 1 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 1 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 1 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 0 0 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 1 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 1 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 1 0 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 1 0 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 0 1 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 783 970 1040 1193 1028 5014


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