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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 2007 - 2011 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

NETHERLANDS

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
355 Photocopying 133 150 95 110 88 576
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 53 46 54 69 86 308
250 Radiant Energy 40 59 45 46 36 226
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 27 45 43 44 58 217
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 53 35 26 36 46 196
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 33 35 33 40 48 189
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 20 40 44 35 38 177
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 41 20 23 47 40 171
370 Multiplex Communications 15 24 28 38 59 164
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 15 32 34 22 21 124
382 Image Analysis 10 22 15 30 33 110
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 16 17 16 33 26 108
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 19 10 12 26 39 106
455 Telecommunications 10 21 15 25 32 103
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 27 18 19 17 15 96
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 23 16 16 17 18 90
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 19 14 13 22 18 86
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 17 13 19 16 17 82
362 Illumination 13 12 12 15 28 80
073 Measuring and Testing 9 19 10 21 18 77
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 6 6 8 15 38 73
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 13 6 8 25 18 70
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 13 12 11 12 20 68
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 15 10 10 13 19 67
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 13 9 7 14 24 67
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 5 13 14 21 14 67
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 12 14 20 6 13 65
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 16 15 15 6 11 63
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 13 12 13 11 12 61
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 11 9 10 15 15 60
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 5 18 9 18 10 60
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 16 10 11 12 10 59
330 Amplifiers 8 8 7 15 20 58
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 11 8 15 10 13 57
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 4 10 13 15 13 55
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 6 13 3 13 16 51
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 11 9 12 11 8 51
385 Optical Waveguides 9 9 14 7 9 48
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 12 10 11 11 47
340 Communications: Electrical 4 10 7 9 17 47
348 Television 10 6 14 9 7 46
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 14 8 8 10 6 46
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 5 3 20 13 45
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 10 10 11 8 45
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 7 9 10 7 11 44
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 7 8 15 7 43
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 8 5 6 11 12 42
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 5 3 7 15 12 42
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 9 6 7 12 8 42
119 Animal Husbandry 11 7 8 7 7 40
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 4 5 16 8 35
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 6 6 9 9 34
427 Coating Processes 4 1 3 11 15 34
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 4 6 6 8 9 33
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 6 4 10 9 33
439 Electrical Connectors 6 6 8 6 7 33
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 6 6 10 7 33
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 7 7 4 4 10 32
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 4 7 7 8 6 32
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 5 8 5 5 8 31
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 7 3 5 7 9 31
029 Metal Working 6 4 3 10 7 30
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 10 12 3 3 0 28
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 7 3 6 9 28
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 4 3 7 6 8 28
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 3 7 8 6 28
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 6 5 4 8 27
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 9 4 5 4 5 27
280 Land Vehicles 5 4 5 4 8 26
380 Cryptography 6 6 7 1 6 26
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 2 6 6 10 26
452 Butchering 5 3 6 6 6 26
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 6 2 3 7 8 26
726 Information Security 3 4 7 3 9 26
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 4 4 4 7 6 25
053 Package Making 4 10 2 7 1 24
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 5 4 4 6 5 24
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 7 5 1 3 8 24
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 8 5 1 5 5 24
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 5 5 4 2 8 24
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 6 5 5 6 24
114 Ships 2 6 4 4 7 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 5 13 4 23
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 8 1 10 21
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 3 0 2 14 2 21
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 1 4 5 6 20
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 4 9 1 5 20
047 Plant Husbandry 3 1 3 4 8 19
252 Compositions 5 3 5 2 4 19
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 6 2 4 4 3 19
297 Chairs and Seats 2 7 3 4 3 19
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 1 2 6 6 19
118 Coating Apparatus 2 5 3 5 3 18
331 Oscillators 3 4 3 6 2 18
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 7 2 6 2 18
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 1 4 11 18
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 4 2 1 11 18
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 10 2 3 3 0 18
062 Refrigeration 3 5 2 3 4 17
084 Music 3 4 1 5 4 17
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 3 4 8 17
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 5 3 7 2 17
353 Optics: Image Projectors 3 4 3 3 4 17
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 3 3 4 5 17
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 3 0 5 4 5 17
072 Metal Deforming 6 3 2 2 3 16
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 5 5 0 1 5 16
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 5 6 4 16
219 Electric Heating 4 3 3 2 3 15
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 3 5 3 2 15
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 7 4 1 1 15
398 Optical Communications 1 8 2 4 0 15
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 2 5 4 3 15
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 3 1 6 2 14
220 Receptacles 1 2 2 6 3 14
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 2 5 3 3 14
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 3 3 2 3 3 14
399 Electrophotography 4 0 3 3 4 14
414 Material or Article Handling 1 4 3 3 3 14
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 3 4 4 2 1 14
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 4 5 2 1 13
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 1 2 3 5 13
379 Telephonic Communications 5 2 2 0 4 13
137 Fluid Handling 2 3 0 3 4 12
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 4 1 3 3 12
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 3 4 0 2 3 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 4 3 4 12
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 3 5 2 11
101 Printing 1 3 2 4 1 11
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 2 5 3 11
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 4 2 2 2 1 11
030 Cutlery 2 0 3 2 3 10
055 Gas Separation 2 5 2 1 0 10
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 2 3 1 3 10
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 3 2 2 1 2 10
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 1 3 4 1 10
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 3 6 10
165 Heat Exchange 2 1 1 2 3 9
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 4 2 0 1 2 9
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 2 6 9
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 1 1 3 3 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 3 1 0 4 9
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 1 2 3 3 9
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 0 2 0 3 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 3 0 4 0 8
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 2 1 0 3 2 8
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 2 2 1 1 8
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 3 1 3 1 8
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 0 3 1 2 8
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 2 1 1 8
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 2 3 1 1 1 8
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 1 0 2 2 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 2 2 1 2 7
060 Power Plants 3 1 1 0 2 7
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 2 2 1 7
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 3 2 1 7
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 2 2 0 2 7
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 1 1 3 7
396 Photography 1 2 3 0 1 7
005 Beds 0 2 1 3 0 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 2 2 0 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 2 0 3 0 1 6
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 1 1 2 2 0 6
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 2 2 6
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 3 3 0 6
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 1 3 6
384 Bearings 2 0 0 2 2 6
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 3 0 1 1 1 6
400 Typewriting Machines 1 3 2 0 0 6
431 Combustion 0 2 1 1 2 6
472 Amusement Devices 0 1 0 1 4 6
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 3 1 1 0 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 4 1 0 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 0 1 3 0 6
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 2 1 1 5
056 Harvesters 3 0 0 1 1 5
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 4 5
164 Metal Founding 2 1 1 1 0 5
181 Acoustics 0 0 2 1 2 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 2 1 1 5
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 3 2 5
212 Traversing Hoists 1 3 1 0 0 5
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 0 2 1 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 0 1 0 2 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 2 2 5
451 Abrading 1 1 1 0 2 5
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 2 2 1 5
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 0 0 2 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 0 2 0 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 3 0 0 1 4
037 Excavating 1 1 0 2 0 4
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 1 0 2 4
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 0 1 2 0 4
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 3 1 0 0 0 4
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 3 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 1 3 0 4
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 3 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 0 2 4
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 3 0 0 0 1 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 1 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 2 1 1 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 0 1 1 0 4
417 Pumps 1 1 0 1 1 4
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 2 1 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 0 0 2 4
002 Apparel 0 0 1 2 0 3
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 2 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 3 0 0 0 0 3
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 2 0 1 0 3
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 1 2 0 3
188 Brakes 0 1 1 1 0 3
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 2 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 2 3
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 1 2 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 0 0 1 3
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 2 0 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 0 1 3
332 Modulators 0 0 0 1 2 3
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 2 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 2 1 0 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 2 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 0 1 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 2 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 1 1 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 2 1 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 1 2 3
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 1 1 0 0 1 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 0 0 2
014 Bridges 0 0 1 1 0 2
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 0 1 1 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 1 1 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 1 1 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 0 1 2
070 Locks 0 1 1 0 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 1 1 2
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 2 2
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 0 0 1 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 2 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 2 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 1 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 1 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 1 0 0 0 1 2
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 2 0 0 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 1 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 1 2
432 Heating 0 2 0 0 0 2
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 2 2
454 Ventilation 1 0 0 1 0 2
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 2 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 1 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 0 0 1
329 Demodulators 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 1 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 1 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
512 Perfume Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 0 1 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1250 1330 1288 1614 1743 7225


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