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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

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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 11 11 16 16 16 70
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 2 5 9 14 31
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 1 8 2 4 20
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 3 2 3 3 3 14
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 4 1 3 12
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 5 2 1 1 12
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 2 3 1 3 11
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 6 3 1 11
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 5 2 0 1 10
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 2 6 10
073 Measuring and Testing 3 2 0 2 2 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 2 2 5 0 9
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 1 1 2 3 9
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 2 1 6 0 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 4 1 3 1 9
219 Electric Heating 2 2 2 0 2 8
114 Ships 0 2 1 2 2 7
340 Communications: Electrical 3 2 2 0 0 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 1 1 2 1 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 4 2 0 6
047 Plant Husbandry 0 2 1 1 2 6
062 Refrigeration 0 0 2 2 2 6
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 4 1 1 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 4 1 0 0 6
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 1 1 3 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 4 0 2 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 1 1 0 1 6
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 2 2 0 6
482 Exercise Devices 2 2 1 1 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 2 1 2 5
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 1 2 1 5
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 1 1 2 5
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 0 1 3 5
002 Apparel 1 1 1 1 0 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 1 1 2 4
060 Power Plants 0 2 2 0 0 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 0 1 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 1 1 0 0 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 0 0 1 4
220 Receptacles 0 1 1 1 1 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 1 1 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 2 0 1 4
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 1 2 1 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 1 1 1 4
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 1 1 0 0 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 1 1 4
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 1 1 1 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 1 0 0 2 4
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 1 1 0 4
417 Pumps 1 0 0 3 0 4
427 Coating Processes 2 1 0 0 1 4
451 Abrading 0 3 1 0 0 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 1 0 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 2 0 1 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 1 2 0 4
037 Excavating 1 0 0 1 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 1 1 3
112 Sewing 1 0 2 0 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 2 0 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 3 0 0 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 2 1 0 0 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 1 1 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 2 0 3
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 2 3
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 1 1 0 0 3
362 Illumination 1 0 1 0 1 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 2 0 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 2 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 2 0 0 0 3
452 Butchering 1 1 1 0 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 0 0 0 3
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 0 0 0 2 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 1 0 0 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 1 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 0 1 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 1 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 1 1 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 0 0 2
053 Package Making 0 1 0 0 1 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 1 0 2
084 Music 1 1 0 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 1 0 0 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 1 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 1 0 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 0 1 2
188 Brakes 1 1 0 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 1 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 1 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 1 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 2 2
256 Fences 1 0 0 1 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 1 0 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 1 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 2 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 1 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 0 0 0 2
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 1 1 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 1 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 1 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 2 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 1 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 1 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 1 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 0 0 0 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 0 1 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 1 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 0 0 1 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 1 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 1 1
101 Printing 0 1 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 1 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 0 1 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 1 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 1 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 0 1
348 Television 1 0 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 1 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) 1 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 1 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 1 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 107 124 140 135 142 648


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