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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
370 Multiplex Communications 73 52 74 113 157 469
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 48 60 63 70 107 348
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 50 35 34 62 76 257
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 49 43 36 40 60 228
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 37 37 44 48 53 219
382 Image Analysis 35 40 43 43 51 212
455 Telecommunications 43 32 42 48 46 211
250 Radiant Energy 42 41 31 48 40 202
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 26 28 27 27 72 180
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 17 25 41 37 34 154
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 30 21 28 31 34 144
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 23 20 28 30 40 141
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 16 10 21 38 46 131
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 32 22 17 27 31 129
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 18 31 26 17 18 110
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 16 16 23 21 24 100
606 Surgery (instruments) 26 14 13 19 25 97
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 13 11 23 18 30 95
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 17 14 12 21 27 91
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 11 16 15 14 29 85
348 Television 8 10 15 18 33 84
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 13 12 11 15 33 84
726 Information Security 11 13 7 17 30 78
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 11 8 10 19 27 75
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 17 11 9 18 16 71
340 Communications: Electrical 16 9 10 18 17 70
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 15 11 15 14 14 69
385 Optical Waveguides 13 19 9 10 13 64
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 7 7 15 11 22 62
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 6 16 10 11 17 60
379 Telephonic Communications 15 10 6 12 13 56
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 16 5 6 17 11 55
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 4 7 16 15 13 55
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 14 10 11 8 10 53
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 15 10 9 12 7 53
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 16 11 5 8 12 52
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 7 5 13 8 19 52
073 Measuring and Testing 7 9 8 9 12 45
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 9 8 12 12 45
407 Cutters, for Shaping 17 9 6 7 3 42
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 9 6 6 13 8 42
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 8 6 10 7 11 42
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 8 10 3 8 12 41
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 13 9 8 1 8 39
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 11 6 5 6 10 38
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 13 6 5 8 6 38
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 6 8 15 6 37
398 Optical Communications 10 9 3 4 10 36
433 Dentistry 10 7 5 5 9 36
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 4 7 5 7 11 34
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 5 5 7 7 8 32
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 8 9 7 1 32
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 7 6 2 7 8 30
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 5 2 7 6 10 30
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 8 3 9 7 29
380 Cryptography 3 5 8 4 9 29
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 1 4 10 10 28
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 10 4 3 6 5 28
439 Electrical Connectors 4 2 8 6 7 27
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 4 8 4 6 4 26
042 Firearms 4 3 5 4 8 24
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 2 3 6 6 7 24
331 Oscillators 4 4 2 6 8 24
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 9 4 4 4 24
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 2 3 9 5 24
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 3 3 5 3 9 23
089 Ordnance 3 4 5 3 6 21
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 5 6 6 21
060 Power Plants 2 4 5 2 7 20
070 Locks 2 3 5 4 6 20
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 4 3 3 9 20
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 6 4 3 3 4 20
362 Illumination 4 4 4 3 4 19
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 2 2 5 6 18
137 Fluid Handling 5 5 3 1 3 17
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 3 5 1 4 17
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 3 4 1 3 6 17
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 6 3 0 5 16
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 0 4 5 4 16
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 3 2 6 2 3 16
219 Electric Heating 1 7 1 3 3 15
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 3 1 2 6 15
399 Electrophotography 1 2 2 2 8 15
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 5 3 2 1 14
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 2 5 2 3 14
330 Amplifiers 5 4 1 0 4 14
029 Metal Working 2 5 2 2 2 13
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 4 3 2 3 1 13
101 Printing 4 0 1 1 6 12
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 4 2 1 2 3 12
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 2 3 5 0 2 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 3 2 3 4 12
482 Exercise Devices 5 1 2 1 3 12
084 Music 3 1 1 2 4 11
252 Compositions 3 0 2 3 3 11
280 Land Vehicles 0 2 1 6 2 11
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 3 0 4 4 11
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 3 0 1 2 5 11
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 0 1 3 5 11
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 1 0 1 2 10
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 3 0 2 2 10
451 Abrading 3 2 0 3 2 10
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 0 1 2 3 9
118 Coating Apparatus 0 2 2 2 3 9
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 3 1 3 9
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 2 2 2 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 0 1 2 2 9
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 3 2 1 2 9
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 4 2 1 1 1 9
372 Coherent Light Generators 2 1 3 2 1 9
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 3 2 0 3 1 9
047 Plant Husbandry 3 0 1 2 2 8
062 Refrigeration 2 2 2 0 2 8
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 1 1 2 2 8
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 1 3 0 3 8
396 Photography 1 1 0 3 3 8
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 2 1 2 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 3 2 0 1 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 0 2 2 1 7
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 2 1 3 7
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 1 2 2 1 7
427 Coating Processes 1 1 0 0 5 7
005 Beds 2 0 0 2 2 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 1 0 3 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 2 2 2 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 1 1 1 1 6
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 3 0 0 3 0 6
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 2 1 3 6
355 Photocopying 2 1 1 1 1 6
417 Pumps 0 3 0 0 3 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 2 1 0 1 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 2 1 0 3 6
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 3 1 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 2 1 1 5
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 0 0 3 5
148 Metal Treatment 2 3 0 0 0 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 3 0 0 1 5
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 2 1 0 1 1 5
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 1 3 5
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 1 1 3 5
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 1 4 0 5
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 1 2 1 5
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 1 1 2 5
434 Education and Demonstration 3 0 1 1 0 5
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 3 1 0 1 0 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 4 1 0 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 0 0 0 1 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 0 1 0 4
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 3 1 0 0 4
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 2 1 0 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 2 1 4
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 1 1 0 0 4
221 Article Dispensing 1 1 1 1 0 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 0 2 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 1 2 0 4
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 2 1 0 1 4
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 2 0 2 4
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 2 2 4
383 Flexible Bags 1 1 0 0 2 4
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 1 1 1 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 1 2 0 4
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 2 0 0 1 1 4
002 Apparel 0 2 1 0 0 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 1 1 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 1 1 0 3
063 Jewelry 0 0 1 2 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 2 1 0 3
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 2 1 0 0 0 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 2 0 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 1 1 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 0 1 3
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 2 3
188 Brakes 0 1 1 1 0 3
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 2 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 1 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 2 1 0 0 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 2 0 0 0 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 2 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 1 1 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 1 1 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 0 2 2
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 2 0 0 2
030 Cutlery 1 0 1 0 0 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 1 2
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 1 0 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 2 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 1 0 2
081 Tools 1 1 0 0 0 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 2 0 0 0 0 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 1 0 2
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 1 2
112 Sewing 0 0 0 2 0 2
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 1 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 1 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 1 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 2 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 1 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 2 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 1 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 2 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 2 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 1 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 0 1 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 0 1 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 1 0 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 1 1 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 1 2
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 1 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 1 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 1 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 1 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 1 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 1 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 1 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1218 1107 1166 1404 1819 6714


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