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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed 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

SWITZERLAND

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
Class Class Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 73 62 80 70 97 382
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 56 44 66 51 51 268
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 41 28 37 37 51 194
073 Measuring and Testing 16 25 27 29 31 128
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 43 28 16 28 12 127
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 23 21 26 23 18 111
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 10 18 23 23 31 105
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 27 18 15 17 15 92
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 19 19 11 13 23 85
060 Power Plants 19 12 23 6 17 77
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 13 7 18 17 19 74
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 17 10 16 13 16 72
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 15 21 15 11 9 71
606 Surgery (instruments) 18 11 19 11 10 69
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 12 9 11 14 18 64
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 17 8 18 8 11 62
455 Telecommunications 12 15 19 11 4 61
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 17 8 13 9 13 60
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 10 10 19 9 12 60
385 Optical Waveguides 15 8 8 16 12 59
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 12 10 8 14 15 59
029 Metal Working 13 7 17 9 11 57
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 16 8 13 14 6 57
250 Radiant Energy 8 8 15 13 12 56
370 Multiplex Communications 12 5 14 9 16 56
340 Communications: Electrical 5 10 16 6 14 51
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 17 11 7 3 8 46
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 13 9 9 9 6 46
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 11 9 10 7 8 45
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 13 5 10 7 9 44
033 Geometrical Instruments 12 7 5 10 9 43
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 12 7 9 7 7 42
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 13 5 6 8 10 42
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 12 8 5 7 9 41
427 Coating Processes 13 8 8 8 3 40
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 15 10 7 2 5 39
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 8 9 7 5 10 39
433 Dentistry 7 6 10 5 11 39
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 8 13 4 6 7 38
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 10 9 5 8 6 38
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 3 2 12 10 10 37
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 11 5 12 7 36
219 Electric Heating 10 5 7 9 4 35
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 6 9 6 7 7 35
101 Printing 12 10 7 2 3 34
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 8 10 3 7 6 34
451 Abrading 9 4 10 5 6 34
177 Weighing Scales 3 13 5 5 7 33
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 8 5 7 9 33
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 12 8 6 5 1 32
139 Textiles: Weaving 4 8 11 4 4 31
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 6 7 9 3 6 31
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 5 5 11 4 5 30
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 6 6 7 6 4 29
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 10 7 4 5 3 29
382 Image Analysis 3 8 7 7 3 28
439 Electrical Connectors 10 3 3 7 4 27
053 Package Making 8 6 4 3 5 26
280 Land Vehicles 3 4 6 7 6 26
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 2 5 8 10 26
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 8 11 3 0 3 25
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 2 9 7 5 25
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 7 3 7 5 25
270 Sheet-Material Associating 9 1 6 1 7 24
137 Fluid Handling 7 2 3 5 6 23
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 5 5 6 2 5 23
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 8 3 8 3 0 22
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 5 6 4 3 22
372 Coherent Light Generators 11 4 4 2 1 22
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 6 2 5 6 2 21
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 8 7 5 21
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 4 8 2 4 3 21
164 Metal Founding 3 3 6 6 2 20
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 5 0 7 2 6 20
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 8 3 5 1 3 20
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 3 10 1 4 20
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 7 4 3 4 2 20
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 7 3 5 0 5 20
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 8 5 3 2 2 20
512 Perfume Compositions 4 3 4 5 4 20
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 4 1 6 4 4 19
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 4 5 6 1 19
252 Compositions 6 4 4 1 4 19
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 4 3 3 7 19
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 5 4 2 5 2 18
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 7 2 2 5 2 18
362 Illumination 3 2 4 5 4 18
380 Cryptography 2 1 2 9 4 18
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 3 1 4 7 3 18
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 3 2 2 5 5 17
118 Coating Apparatus 8 3 3 2 1 17
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 3 0 4 5 5 17
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 3 5 5 4 0 17
414 Material or Article Handling 7 3 1 4 2 17
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 4 4 4 3 2 17
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 5 3 3 1 16
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 6 1 1 3 5 16
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 4 4 1 4 3 16
072 Metal Deforming 7 1 3 1 3 15
083 Cutting 6 3 4 1 1 15
112 Sewing 2 2 5 3 3 15
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 8 3 2 1 1 15
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 4 4 2 2 15
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 7 3 2 2 1 15
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 3 3 5 15
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 3 2 3 3 3 14
379 Telephonic Communications 7 1 1 0 5 14
417 Pumps 4 1 4 4 1 14
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 6 2 2 2 2 14
030 Cutlery 2 4 3 0 4 13
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 3 2 2 4 13
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 1 3 4 3 13
297 Chairs and Seats 2 2 2 3 4 13
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 1 2 3 4 13
431 Combustion 6 3 0 2 2 13
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 4 2 3 2 1 12
181 Acoustics 3 1 2 4 2 12
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 2 3 2 3 12
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 4 1 6 12
330 Amplifiers 2 4 1 3 2 12
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 3 1 4 1 3 12
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 4 2 6 12
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 3 2 2 3 12
403 Joints and Connections 3 1 3 3 2 12
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 2 4 1 1 12
081 Tools 1 2 6 0 2 11
102 Ammunition and Explosives 4 1 2 4 0 11
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 5 2 0 3 1 11
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 1 2 3 2 3 11
331 Oscillators 3 2 2 1 3 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 3 2 1 2 11
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 2 1 1 5 2 11
726 Information Security 1 1 3 4 2 11
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 2 3 0 4 10
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 3 3 1 3 0 10
279 Chucks or Sockets 1 3 2 3 1 10
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 3 0 3 3 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 4 1 0 4 1 10
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 0 2 3 3 10
005 Beds 5 0 1 0 3 9
084 Music 1 1 2 0 5 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 4 1 2 9
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 3 5 0 9
165 Heat Exchange 2 2 3 2 0 9
188 Brakes 3 1 1 2 2 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 3 5 0 1 9
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 4 3 2 0 0 9
348 Television 3 2 2 1 1 9
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 2 0 0 5 9
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 1 1 2 3 9
269 Work Holders 1 1 3 1 2 8
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 3 2 2 0 1 8
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 4 1 2 0 1 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 0 2 0 3 8
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 0 4 1 1 8
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 3 2 0 1 8
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 2 0 4 2 8
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 2 2 2 1 7
089 Ordnance 3 0 2 2 0 7
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 3 1 2 7
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 2 2 1 1 7
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 1 1 3 0 7
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 4 2 0 1 0 7
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 1 2 3 0 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 0 2 1 7
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 2 2 0 1 6
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 2 0 1 2 1 6
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 2 1 2 6
070 Locks 0 3 1 1 1 6
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 0 1 1 2 2 6
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 2 2 2 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 0 1 3 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 3 0 1 0 6
398 Optical Communications 1 3 1 0 1 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 2 1 3 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 0 1 0 1 6
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 2 2 0 1 1 6
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 1 3 2 6
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 1 2 2 0 0 5
055 Gas Separation 2 0 2 1 0 5
100 Presses 0 2 0 2 1 5
220 Receptacles 1 0 3 0 1 5
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 0 0 1 0 4 5
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 4 0 0 1 5
336 Inductor Devices 1 2 1 0 1 5
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 0 2 1 5
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 4 0 0 5
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 0 0 0 3 5
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 3 0 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 1 0 1 4
042 Firearms 2 1 0 0 1 4
062 Refrigeration 0 1 0 3 0 4
063 Jewelry 0 1 2 1 0 4
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 0 1 0 0 4
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 2 1 0 4
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 4 4
110 Furnaces 1 1 0 0 2 4
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 2 1 1 4
140 Wireworking 2 0 2 0 0 4
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 3 1 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 2 2 0 0 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 0 2 0 4
267 Spring Devices 1 1 1 1 0 4
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 1 0 2 4
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 1 1 0 4
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 4 0 0 0 0 4
384 Bearings 1 2 0 1 0 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 2 0 1 0 1 4
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 2 1 4
002 Apparel 0 2 1 0 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 1 0 1 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
125 Stone Working 0 2 1 0 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 1 0 1 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 0 1 0 0 3
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 3 0 0 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 2 0 1 0 0 3
283 Printed Matter 1 0 2 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 2 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 1 0 0 0 3
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 2 0 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 2 0 0 3
432 Heating 0 0 0 2 1 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 1 1 3
483 Tool Changing 0 0 1 2 0 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 3 0 0 0 0 3
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 1 1 3
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 1 0 0 1 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 2 0 0 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 1 2
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 2 0 0 2
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
104 Railways 0 1 0 0 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 2 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 1 0 2
114 Ships 0 1 1 0 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 1 0 0 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 0 1 0 2
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 1 0 2
132 Toilet 1 1 0 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 1 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 2 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 1 0 0 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 1 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 2
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 2 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 1 0 0 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 2 0 0 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 2 0 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 1 0 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 1 0 1 2
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
400 Typewriting Machines 2 0 0 0 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 1 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 1 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 1 0 0 1 0 2
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 1 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 1 0 0 2
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 0 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 1 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 1 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 1 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
234 Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching) 0 0 1 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 0 1 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 1 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1277 995 1201 1035 1112 5620


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