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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

ISRAEL

( 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
370 Multiplex Communications 48 51 73 52 74 298
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 49 49 48 60 63 269
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 60 40 50 35 34 219
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 33 33 49 43 36 194
382 Image Analysis 35 31 35 39 43 183
455 Telecommunications 27 23 43 32 42 167
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 24 24 37 37 44 166
250 Radiant Energy 28 21 42 41 31 163
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 17 30 26 28 27 128
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 24 20 17 25 41 127
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 20 23 32 22 17 114
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 19 21 23 20 28 111
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 20 11 30 21 28 110
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 9 18 31 26 89
606 Surgery (instruments) 18 15 26 14 13 86
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 16 10 16 16 23 81
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 11 19 13 11 23 77
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 16 10 16 11 21 74
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 17 8 11 16 15 67
385 Optical Waveguides 12 13 13 19 9 66
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 16 12 13 12 11 64
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 8 12 17 14 12 63
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 24 8 7 7 15 61
340 Communications: Electrical 13 12 16 9 10 60
379 Telephonic Communications 22 7 15 10 6 60
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 9 14 7 16 10 56
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 8 14 14 10 9 55
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 12 5 17 11 9 54
348 Television 16 4 8 10 15 53
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 4 8 15 11 15 53
407 Cutters, for Shaping 9 8 17 9 6 49
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 10 11 8 10 49
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 5 7 14 10 11 47
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 9 3 16 11 5 44
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 9 7 7 8 9 40
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 7 10 4 9 8 38
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 9 5 13 6 5 38
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 3 5 5 9 16 38
726 Information Security 3 4 11 13 7 38
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 6 4 16 5 6 37
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 4 9 8 6 10 37
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 4 1 13 9 8 35
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 6 11 6 5 32
073 Measuring and Testing 1 7 6 9 8 31
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 5 5 8 10 3 31
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 5 7 5 13 31
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 7 2 9 6 6 30
398 Optical Communications 6 1 10 9 3 29
433 Dentistry 3 2 10 7 5 27
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 9 1 4 8 4 26
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 10 7 6 2 26
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 3 8 5 2 7 25
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 5 10 4 3 25
137 Fluid Handling 5 6 5 5 3 24
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 7 4 2 8 3 24
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 2 4 7 5 22
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 5 7 2 2 6 22
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 4 1 5 5 7 22
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 5 3 9 4 22
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 8 7 3 2 2 22
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 4 2 6 8 22
380 Cryptography 2 3 3 5 8 21
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 3 6 4 3 21
029 Metal Working 8 3 2 5 2 20
060 Power Plants 4 5 2 4 5 20
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 7 2 2 6 3 20
219 Electric Heating 4 6 1 7 1 19
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 5 5 2 3 19
089 Ordnance 1 5 3 4 5 18
439 Electrical Connectors 2 2 4 2 8 18
042 Firearms 3 1 4 3 5 16
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 2 4 3 5 16
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 5 6 1 0 15
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 7 1 3 3 1 15
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 4 2 2 5 15
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 7 0 3 1 4 15
372 Coherent Light Generators 5 4 2 1 3 15
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 3 1 3 3 5 15
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 5 1 1 4 3 14
330 Amplifiers 3 1 5 4 1 14
362 Illumination 1 1 4 4 4 14
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 4 2 1 5 14
070 Locks 2 1 2 3 5 13
101 Printing 4 4 4 0 1 13
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 2 3 5 3 13
331 Oscillators 1 2 4 4 2 13
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 5 4 2 1 13
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 6 2 2 2 1 13
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 2 3 3 4 1 13
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 4 4 2 0 2 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 3 2 6 12
451 Abrading 4 3 3 2 0 12
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 2 4 2 1 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 1 3 0 4 11
062 Refrigeration 1 3 2 2 2 10
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 2 3 3 0 10
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 4 3 2 10
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 2 3 5 10
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 5 0 0 3 2 10
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 5 1 2 10
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 0 1 3 2 9
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 2 1 2 2 9
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 3 2 1 1 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 2 4 0 1 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 2 2 0 2 9
434 Education and Demonstration 2 3 3 0 1 9
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 2 2 1 1 8
118 Coating Apparatus 0 4 0 2 2 8
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 2 3 2 0 8
119 Animal Husbandry 3 1 0 1 2 7
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 0 1 1 1 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 2 0 0 2 7
252 Compositions 0 2 3 0 2 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 3 2 7
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 2 2 0 2 1 7
355 Photocopying 1 2 2 1 1 7
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 1 1 3 7
399 Electrophotography 1 1 1 2 2 7
400 Typewriting Machines 3 2 1 0 1 7
427 Coating Processes 5 0 1 1 0 7
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 0 1 2 2 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 0 3 1 6
047 Plant Husbandry 2 0 3 0 1 6
084 Music 1 0 3 1 1 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 2 3 0 1 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 1 1 3 6
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 1 2 1 0 6
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 2 3 0 1 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 1 2 0 1 6
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 3 1 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 3 0 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 2 2 1 0 5
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 1 0 1 0 5
056 Harvesters 1 3 1 0 0 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 4 0 0 1 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 3 1 0 0 5
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 2 3 0 5
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 3 0 0 5
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 3 1 0 0 1 5
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 0 1 1 2 5
417 Pumps 1 1 0 3 0 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 0 0 4 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 0 2 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 1 1 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 0 2 1 1 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 1 3 0 4
220 Receptacles 1 1 0 2 0 4
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 2 1 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 3 0 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 2 1 1 4
336 Inductor Devices 0 2 0 1 1 4
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 1 2 0 0 4
396 Photography 2 0 1 1 0 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 0 0 1 0 4
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 1 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 0 2 1 3
005 Beds 0 1 2 0 0 3
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 0 1 3
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 2 1 0 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 2 3
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 2 0 0 1 3
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 1 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 1 0 1 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 0 2 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 0 0 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 1 1 3
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 1 1 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 2 1 3
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 1 1 0 1 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 1 0 0 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 0 1 1 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 1 3
454 Ventilation 0 2 0 0 1 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 1 1 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 2 0 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 2 1 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 1 2
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 0 2 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
063 Jewelry 1 0 0 0 1 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 1 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 1 0 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 2 2
081 Tools 0 0 1 1 0 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 2 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 1 0 0 2
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 0 0 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 1 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 1 0 1 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 1 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 0 1 1 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 2 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 0 1 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 1 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 0 0 0 2
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 0 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 1 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 2 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 1 0 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 1 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 0 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 1 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 1 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 1 1 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 1 1 0 0 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 1 0 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 2 0 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 1 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 1 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 1 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 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
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 1 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 1 0 1
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 1 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 1 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 0 0 1 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 1 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 1 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 1 0 1
178 Telegraphy 0 1 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 1 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
332 Modulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 1 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1028 924 1218 1107 1166 5443


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