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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

CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.

( 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
362 Illumination 14 13 16 14 8 65
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 7 11 22 14 62
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 18 13 6 8 5 50
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 9 11 11 9 45
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 11 11 5 8 41
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 9 9 6 5 7 36
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 8 10 5 7 1 31
370 Multiplex Communications 2 3 18 6 2 31
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 11 5 5 2 6 29
439 Electrical Connectors 2 5 3 10 8 28
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 9 8 2 3 5 27
340 Communications: Electrical 7 3 3 3 7 23
030 Cutlery 5 6 2 2 5 20
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 3 7 2 6 20
219 Electric Heating 6 4 5 2 3 20
029 Metal Working 3 3 1 8 4 19
070 Locks 3 3 5 3 5 19
280 Land Vehicles 1 2 1 7 8 19
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 2 5 6 4 19
455 Telecommunications 0 0 8 7 4 19
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 1 3 2 10 19
385 Optical Waveguides 1 4 2 6 5 18
206 Special Receptacle or Package 6 5 2 2 2 17
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 8 3 3 16
396 Photography 7 4 1 3 1 16
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 4 3 4 1 14
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 5 2 0 2 5 14
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 4 3 1 5 14
450 Foundation Garments 5 3 2 2 2 14
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 2 3 4 13
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 2 0 3 6 2 13
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 4 2 3 3 13
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 4 3 0 4 2 13
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 3 2 2 5 1 13
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 2 2 1 5 3 13
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 3 4 4 1 12
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 0 4 3 3 12
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 0 2 2 6 11
382 Image Analysis 3 3 2 0 3 11
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 5 1 1 2 11
081 Tools 0 1 6 0 3 10
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 3 2 2 2 1 10
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 0 2 2 4 10
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 2 1 1 3 10
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 3 2 0 2 3 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 5 2 1 1 10
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 2 1 6 1 10
379 Telephonic Communications 3 1 3 2 1 10
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 4 0 4 1 10
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 1 2 1 2 9
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 2 2 2 2 9
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 3 2 1 1 2 9
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 5 1 2 0 9
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 3 0 0 5 1 9
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 2 1 1 1 4 9
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 3 2 1 9
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 2 1 2 2 2 9
073 Measuring and Testing 2 0 3 3 0 8
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 1 5 0 8
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 2 1 3 8
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 1 2 4 8
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 3 1 2 1 1 8
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 4 1 2 0 8
431 Combustion 3 1 1 2 1 8
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 1 1 3 1 8
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 2 2 1 0 8
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 2 1 1 1 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 3 0 1 2 1 7
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 1 3 2 7
132 Toilet 1 0 3 2 1 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 2 0 1 6
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 3 1 1 6
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 2 2 0 6
220 Receptacles 3 0 2 0 1 6
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 0 1 3 6
336 Inductor Devices 2 1 1 2 0 6
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 1 1 3 6
060 Power Plants 3 0 1 0 1 5
084 Music 1 0 0 0 4 5
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 1 0 1 1 5
331 Oscillators 0 2 0 1 2 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 1 2 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 2 0 1 2 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 2 1 2 0 5
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 0 1 5
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 3 1 5
451 Abrading 2 0 2 0 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 1 0 1 0 5
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 2 0 2 1 5
005 Beds 1 0 2 0 1 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 2 1 0 0 4
062 Refrigeration 1 1 0 2 0 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 2 1 0 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 2 1 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 2 0 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 1 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 1 2 1 4
330 Amplifiers 0 0 1 2 1 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 1 0 2 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 1 2 0 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 4 0 0 0 0 4
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 1 2 0 4
434 Education and Demonstration 2 0 1 1 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 1 0 1 0 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 2 0 0 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 2 2 0 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 2 0 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 1 2 4
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 1 2 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 1 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 1 1 3
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 0 2 3
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 2 1 0 0 0 3
114 Ships 0 1 2 0 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 2 0 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 0 0 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 1 0 0 1 3
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 2 1 0 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 1 1 0 1 3
252 Compositions 0 1 2 0 0 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 0 1 1 3
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 1 0 0 1 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 1 0 0 3
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 1 1 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 0 1 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 1 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 3 0 0 3
002 Apparel 0 0 2 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 1 0 2
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 2 0 0 0 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 0 1 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 1 0 0 2
053 Package Making 1 0 0 1 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 1 0 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 2 0 2
100 Presses 0 0 0 2 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 1 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 1 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 1 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 1 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 1 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 1 2
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 1 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 1 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 0 0 1 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 1 0 0 2
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 1 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 1 1 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 1 0 2
348 Television 1 0 0 1 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 1 0 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 1 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 2 0 2
380 Cryptography 0 0 2 0 0 2
384 Bearings 1 0 0 1 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 1 2
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 1 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 0 1 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 0 1 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 1 0 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 0 1 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 1 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 1 1 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 0 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 0 0 1 2
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 1 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 1 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 1 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 1 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 1 1
399 Electrophotography 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 311 283 308 338 311 1551


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