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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

IRELAND

( 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 5 3 9 8 14 39
606 Surgery (instruments) 7 5 0 4 22 38
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 7 3 7 6 13 36
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 7 9 12 33
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 10 12 5 1 3 31
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 6 1 4 11 25
455 Telecommunications 6 5 5 0 6 22
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 6 1 5 7 22
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 4 2 5 6 4 21
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 4 3 5 4 18
250 Radiant Energy 1 3 5 2 7 18
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 3 4 2 6 3 18
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 4 3 6 4 18
382 Image Analysis 1 2 5 6 4 18
340 Communications: Electrical 2 5 4 2 4 17
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 1 5 5 5 17
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 4 1 4 3 14
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 2 1 4 2 13
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 5 3 0 3 2 13
379 Telephonic Communications 2 2 2 3 4 13
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 5 0 3 2 13
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 2 4 1 3 2 12
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 3 1 2 3 12
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 4 1 2 2 3 12
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 2 1 4 3 1 11
427 Coating Processes 0 1 6 1 3 11
439 Electrical Connectors 8 0 1 1 1 11
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 2 2 2 2 3 11
073 Measuring and Testing 3 2 2 1 2 10
331 Oscillators 4 2 2 1 1 10
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 3 3 2 1 10
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 3 3 1 1 10
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 0 0 5 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 4 1 0 2 9
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 0 4 1 2 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 2 0 6 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 1 3 3 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 3 5 0 0 8
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 5 1 0 1 1 8
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 3 1 1 0 3 8
029 Metal Working 2 0 0 5 0 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 3 1 1 0 2 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 0 2 3 7
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 2 1 3 7
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 0 5 1 7
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 1 1 2 2 7
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 3 1 2 7
219 Electric Heating 0 1 1 1 3 6
053 Package Making 0 0 0 2 3 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 1 0 2 5
330 Amplifiers 1 1 1 1 1 5
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 1 0 2 1 1 5
385 Optical Waveguides 2 0 1 1 1 5
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 2 1 5
084 Music 2 1 1 0 0 4
119 Animal Husbandry 2 0 1 0 1 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 2 0 2 4
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 1 2 0 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 0 1 1 4
362 Illumination 1 1 0 1 1 4
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 1 3 0 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 1 0 1 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 1 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 1 0 0 4
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 2 1 4
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 1 2 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 2 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 1 2 3
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 1 1 3
348 Television 0 2 1 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 2 1 0 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 2 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 2 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 0 3
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 0 2 0 0 3
002 Apparel 1 0 1 0 0 2
005 Beds 2 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 2 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 1 1 0 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 0 0 1 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 2 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 2 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 2 0 0 2
132 Toilet 1 0 0 1 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 1 2
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 1 0 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 2 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 0 0 0 0 2
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 0 1 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 1 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 0 0 1 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 1 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 2 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 1 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 2 0 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 1 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 1 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 1 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 0 0 1 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 1 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 1 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 1 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 1 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 174 146 164 177 252 913


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