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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

AUSTRALIA

( 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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 72 132 267 270 374 1115
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 47 37 51 41 58 234
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 14 25 71 61 54 225
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 21 19 54 42 34 170
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 32 35 41 34 23 165
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 19 27 32 30 23 131
382 Image Analysis 30 13 32 26 20 121
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 14 15 23 27 16 95
370 Multiplex Communications 7 14 13 17 36 87
400 Typewriting Machines 8 11 23 25 19 86
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 17 16 12 13 15 73
348 Television 14 10 9 18 18 69
073 Measuring and Testing 7 9 15 20 13 64
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 9 4 23 8 16 60
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 11 9 18 14 4 56
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 12 16 11 6 4 49
340 Communications: Electrical 7 8 12 14 8 49
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 16 8 14 6 4 48
463 Amusement Devices: Games 12 8 12 7 9 48
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 4 3 13 21 48
455 Telecommunications 3 6 15 12 9 45
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 5 8 12 15 44
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 13 4 8 8 9 42
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 5 11 8 13 5 42
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 6 7 7 10 12 42
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 8 20 6 3 42
029 Metal Working 5 8 6 13 8 40
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 3 5 10 9 12 39
250 Radiant Energy 7 7 15 3 7 39
362 Illumination 7 8 11 4 9 39
385 Optical Waveguides 11 4 8 6 10 39
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 5 6 13 12 39
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 12 7 8 8 3 38
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 2 8 16 9 36
280 Land Vehicles 4 7 6 9 8 34
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 8 8 9 6 3 34
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 2 3 12 8 8 33
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 4 5 11 11 33
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 5 7 8 7 4 31
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 10 4 10 3 3 30
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 7 7 6 5 4 29
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 4 4 3 12 6 29
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 2 3 8 8 8 29
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 2 2 5 13 6 28
379 Telephonic Communications 5 4 12 5 1 27
137 Fluid Handling 5 7 7 7 0 26
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 5 3 7 3 7 25
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 5 4 7 4 4 24
164 Metal Founding 6 5 9 3 0 23
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 6 4 6 1 6 23
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 5 10 2 3 23
060 Power Plants 5 4 8 2 3 22
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 5 7 6 1 3 22
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 9 5 5 1 22
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 3 2 3 10 4 22
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 2 6 3 6 21
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 4 5 3 5 21
297 Chairs and Seats 4 7 3 3 4 21
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 4 6 2 7 21
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 5 5 3 5 2 20
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 4 8 3 3 2 20
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 5 4 3 4 4 20
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 5 0 5 7 20
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 1 5 2 8 19
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 8 2 4 4 1 19
114 Ships 5 1 2 6 4 18
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 3 1 3 5 6 18
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 4 7 1 3 18
427 Coating Processes 14 2 0 1 1 18
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 6 0 4 4 17
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 7 4 3 1 17
439 Electrical Connectors 3 2 2 3 7 17
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 7 2 2 5 1 17
101 Printing 6 3 2 3 2 16
188 Brakes 6 4 2 1 3 16
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 2 4 2 5 16
726 Information Security 3 0 1 5 7 16
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 6 1 7 1 0 15
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 4 2 3 5 1 15
380 Cryptography 3 4 1 4 3 15
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 6 2 0 2 5 15
089 Ordnance 4 1 2 6 1 14
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 3 1 3 5 14
451 Abrading 5 5 1 0 3 14
062 Refrigeration 3 3 2 2 3 13
070 Locks 4 1 3 2 3 13
072 Metal Deforming 1 3 3 3 3 13
084 Music 3 4 1 4 1 13
180 Motor Vehicles 2 4 3 2 2 13
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 2 1 5 3 13
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 2 1 6 1 13
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 2 1 3 5 13
414 Material or Article Handling 6 2 0 0 5 13
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 5 7 0 13
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 3 4 2 13
053 Package Making 0 2 4 3 3 12
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 4 2 1 2 3 12
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 4 5 2 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 2 2 2 5 1 12
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 5 1 3 2 0 11
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 5 2 1 11
172 Earth Working 3 3 0 5 0 11
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 2 2 0 2 5 11
355 Photocopying 2 2 6 1 0 11
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 1 3 7 11
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 3 1 3 3 1 11
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 3 4 1 3 11
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 2 2 3 1 10
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 2 3 2 1 10
252 Compositions 4 3 0 3 0 10
273 Amusement Devices: Games 5 1 1 3 0 10
372 Coherent Light Generators 3 2 4 0 1 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 4 0 2 3 1 10
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 1 2 2 1 10
002 Apparel 1 4 1 0 3 9
005 Beds 3 2 0 1 3 9
037 Excavating 3 3 1 1 1 9
081 Tools 2 4 2 1 0 9
219 Electric Heating 1 0 2 4 2 9
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 4 0 2 1 9
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 1 1 2 3 9
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 1 3 0 2 9
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 4 1 2 0 2 9
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 5 0 1 1 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 2 1 2 8
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 2 0 0 3 3 8
270 Sheet-Material Associating 1 3 2 1 1 8
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 1 2 2 2 8
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 0 1 4 0 8
396 Photography 2 0 0 2 4 8
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 5 1 0 1 8
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 3 2 1 2 0 8
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 3 3 2 8
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 2 2 0 2 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 2 2 2 0 7
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 3 1 0 1 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 1 2 2 7
047 Plant Husbandry 0 3 1 2 1 7
148 Metal Treatment 3 1 3 0 0 7
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 2 4 1 0 0 7
221 Article Dispensing 3 0 1 1 2 7
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 1 1 2 1 7
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 3 1 2 7
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 2 0 3 2 7
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 1 3 2 7
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 3 1 3 0 0 7
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 2 1 3 0 7
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 4 0 2 1 0 7
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 3 1 1 1 7
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 3 0 0 3 7
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 0 1 2 2 7
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 1 3 1 7
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 1 0 3 0 6
083 Cutting 1 2 1 1 1 6
111 Planting 2 1 1 1 1 6
116 Signals and Indicators 4 1 0 0 1 6
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 1 0 4 6
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 3 1 2 0 0 6
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 1 1 3 6
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 5 6
331 Oscillators 2 2 1 1 0 6
353 Optics: Image Projectors 3 2 1 0 0 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 1 0 0 4 6
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 2 2 1 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 0 1 1 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 0 2 0 1 5
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 1 2 1 0 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 2 0 1 0 5
178 Telegraphy 2 0 3 0 0 5
220 Receptacles 1 1 1 1 1 5
330 Amplifiers 2 0 0 3 0 5
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 1 1 1 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 2 1 0 1 5
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 0 1 2 0 5
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 2 2 5
398 Optical Communications 1 1 2 0 1 5
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 2 1 2 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 2 1 1 1 0 5
452 Butchering 2 0 1 1 1 5
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 2 0 2 0 1 5
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 2 1 1 5
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 2 0 0 2 4
054 Harness for Working Animal 3 0 0 1 0 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 1 0 1 4
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 1 1 1 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 3 0 1 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 2 1 0 4
181 Acoustics 1 2 1 0 0 4
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 1 2 0 4
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 2 1 0 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 2 0 1 1 0 4
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 2 2 0 0 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 2 1 4
249 Static Molds 1 0 1 2 0 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 2 1 4
256 Fences 3 1 0 0 0 4
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 1 2 4
269 Work Holders 2 0 1 0 1 4
283 Printed Matter 1 0 2 0 1 4
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 2 1 1 0 0 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 2 1 0 0 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 2 0 0 1 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 2 1 0 4
431 Combustion 2 1 0 1 0 4
433 Dentistry 0 2 2 0 0 4
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 1 0 1 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 4 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 0 1 0 4
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 1 4
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 1 1 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 0 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 1 1 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 1 0 1 0 3
055 Gas Separation 2 0 1 0 0 3
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 1 0 1 0 1 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 2 3
140 Wireworking 2 0 1 0 0 3
144 Woodworking 1 1 1 0 0 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 2 0 3
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 2 0 1 0 0 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 2 0 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 2 0 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 1 3
336 Inductor Devices 0 2 0 1 0 3
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 1 1 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 1 1 3
407 Cutters, for Shaping 2 0 0 0 1 3
417 Pumps 0 1 1 0 1 3
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 2 0 0 1 3
432 Heating 1 0 2 0 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 1 0 0 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 1 1 3
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 1 2 0 0 0 3
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 1 3
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 3 0 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 2 1 0 3
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 2 2
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 1 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 1 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 1 0 0 2
100 Presses 1 0 0 0 1 2
104 Railways 1 0 0 1 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 0 1 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 1 0 2
112 Sewing 0 1 0 1 0 2
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 2 0 0 2
125 Stone Working 0 1 0 1 0 2
132 Toilet 1 0 1 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 0 2
139 Textiles: Weaving 2 0 0 0 0 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 2 0 0 0 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 1 1 2
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 0 0 1 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 1 0 2
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 2 0 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 2 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 1 0 2
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 1 1 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 2 0 0 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 1 0 0 2
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 1 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 0 1 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 2 0 0 0 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 2 0 0 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 0 0 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 1 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 1 0 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 0 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 1 0 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 1 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 1 0 0 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 1 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 1 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
453 Coin Handling 1 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 0 1 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 953 910 1325 1265 1292 5745


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