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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

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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 270 374 279 454 441 1818
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 61 54 42 55 100 312
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 41 58 50 55 81 285
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 42 34 27 49 71 223
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 34 23 33 44 68 202
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 30 23 21 38 47 159
382 Image Analysis 26 20 22 31 33 132
348 Television 18 18 34 27 25 122
370 Multiplex Communications 17 36 23 22 23 121
455 Telecommunications 12 9 20 39 35 115
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 13 12 21 28 31 105
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 10 12 19 32 32 105
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 27 16 14 11 32 100
073 Measuring and Testing 20 13 18 23 24 98
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 13 21 13 25 21 93
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 12 15 12 18 32 89
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 8 16 18 22 20 84
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 16 9 15 14 25 79
400 Typewriting Machines 25 19 8 14 5 71
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 13 15 10 14 14 66
463 Amusement Devices: Games 7 9 11 12 27 66
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 11 11 19 10 8 59
340 Communications: Electrical 14 8 8 17 10 57
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 6 3 15 19 13 56
280 Land Vehicles 9 8 5 19 14 55
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 12 6 5 15 16 54
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 13 6 11 6 13 49
029 Metal Working 13 8 7 10 10 48
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 14 4 13 6 9 46
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 4 10 12 13 45
726 Information Security 5 7 3 9 18 42
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 3 5 2 12 18 40
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 7 4 7 18 39
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 8 8 5 9 9 39
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 8 9 7 6 7 37
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 8 8 8 9 4 37
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 8 3 6 10 9 36
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 13 5 3 7 7 35
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 5 6 10 12 35
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 5 4 9 9 6 33
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 7 2 12 10 33
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 5 5 6 13 32
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 3 8 6 9 32
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 10 4 5 6 7 32
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 9 12 2 3 5 31
362 Illumination 4 9 4 9 5 31
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 3 3 5 7 12 30
439 Electrical Connectors 3 7 4 2 14 30
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 3 2 11 12 30
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 3 6 10 7 28
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 3 6 2 7 10 28
250 Radiant Energy 3 7 5 9 4 28
385 Optical Waveguides 6 10 7 3 2 28
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 4 6 5 9 28
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 8 4 8 5 27
379 Telephonic Communications 5 1 3 6 11 26
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 4 1 8 7 6 26
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 1 7 9 4 26
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 5 1 1 5 13 25
102 Ammunition and Explosives 3 5 5 6 5 24
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 7 4 4 4 5 24
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 5 6 3 5 3 22
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 5 2 7 5 3 22
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 6 3 9 3 22
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 3 2 9 5 2 21
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 5 3 7 3 20
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 5 7 2 3 3 20
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 6 4 5 4 0 19
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 1 3 4 8 19
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 0 11 3 1 17
114 Ships 6 4 3 3 1 17
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 4 4 1 3 5 17
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 3 1 3 7 3 17
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 3 2 3 5 4 17
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 3 7 3 3 1 17
482 Exercise Devices 0 4 6 1 6 17
137 Fluid Handling 7 0 0 3 6 16
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 4 3 2 3 16
005 Beds 1 3 4 3 4 15
072 Metal Deforming 3 3 4 2 3 15
219 Electric Heating 4 2 2 5 2 15
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 2 4 4 4 15
427 Coating Processes 1 1 4 4 5 15
060 Power Plants 2 3 0 6 3 14
119 Animal Husbandry 5 2 3 2 2 14
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 4 1 7 2 14
172 Earth Working 5 0 3 3 3 14
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 3 3 4 3 14
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 1 0 6 5 14
380 Cryptography 4 3 1 3 3 14
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 7 0 0 3 4 14
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 3 4 5 14
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 2 1 4 3 14
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 3 2 1 5 3 14
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 5 2 2 3 1 13
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 5 1 1 3 3 13
396 Photography 2 4 3 3 1 13
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 3 1 3 2 4 13
414 Material or Article Handling 0 5 2 2 4 13
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 3 4 3 2 13
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 3 4 3 12
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 2 3 1 4 12
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 4 0 5 3 12
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 2 1 2 5 12
002 Apparel 0 3 1 4 3 11
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 1 2 5 2 11
070 Locks 2 3 3 2 1 11
084 Music 4 1 2 2 2 11
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 0 1 4 3 11
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 6 1 0 3 1 11
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 2 5 0 3 1 11
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 3 2 3 2 1 11
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 2 2 2 5 11
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 1 2 3 4 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 4 3 3 11
037 Excavating 1 1 1 3 4 10
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 2 2 3 1 10
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 1 3 3 10
053 Package Making 3 3 2 0 2 10
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 3 3 3 0 10
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 1 2 2 2 10
297 Chairs and Seats 3 4 1 0 2 10
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 5 1 2 1 1 10
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 3 0 1 1 4 9
062 Refrigeration 2 3 3 1 0 9
089 Ordnance 6 1 1 0 1 9
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 3 4 1 9
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 1 3 2 9
180 Motor Vehicles 2 2 0 3 2 9
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 5 4 9
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 1 1 3 2 9
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 0 3 1 1 9
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 2 5 1 1 0 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 1 5 2 9
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 0 0 4 2 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 2 4 1 1 8
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 1 0 2 3 8
101 Printing 3 2 2 0 1 8
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 2 1 4 8
164 Metal Founding 3 0 1 3 1 8
220 Receptacles 1 1 2 3 1 8
252 Compositions 3 0 1 3 1 8
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 3 3 1 1 0 8
292 Closure Fasteners 1 2 1 1 3 8
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 3 1 2 1 8
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 3 2 0 1 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 3 1 2 2 8
451 Abrading 0 3 1 3 1 8
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 0 0 3 2 7
188 Brakes 1 3 1 2 0 7
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 3 0 2 1 1 7
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 2 2 0 1 2 7
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 1 1 2 7
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 2 1 2 1 7
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 2 0 4 7
440 Marine Propulsion 3 1 1 1 1 7
452 Butchering 1 1 3 1 1 7
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 0 0 3 3 7
042 Firearms 0 0 3 2 1 6
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 2 0 2 2 6
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 0 4 0 1 6
118 Coating Apparatus 1 1 0 1 3 6
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 2 4 6
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 2 1 2 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 3 2 6
270 Sheet-Material Associating 1 1 1 3 0 6
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 1 0 0 3 6
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 4 1 6
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 1 0 1 2 6
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 3 1 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 3 2 5
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 2 2 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 0 1 2 5
221 Article Dispensing 1 2 0 2 0 5
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 1 2 1 5
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 3 2 5
249 Static Molds 2 0 0 1 2 5
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 1 2 1 5
398 Optical Communications 0 1 0 3 1 5
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 1 3 0 5
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 1 1 2 4
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 1 2 4
083 Cutting 1 1 1 0 1 4
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 1 1 1 4
111 Planting 1 1 2 0 0 4
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 2 0 0 1 4
211 Supports: Racks 2 0 0 0 2 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 1 0 0 1 4
256 Fences 0 0 1 2 1 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 0 1 0 1 4
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 1 2 4
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 0 3 4
330 Amplifiers 3 0 0 0 1 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 2 0 0 4
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 1 4
399 Electrophotography 1 1 0 0 2 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 1 0 1 2 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 2 0 2 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 2 0 1 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 1 1 1 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 1 1 0 1 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 0 1 1 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 2 3
056 Harvesters 0 1 0 0 2 3
081 Tools 1 0 0 2 0 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 2 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 3 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 1 1 3
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 1 1 3
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 1 1 3
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 2 3
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 2 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 0 2 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 2 0 1 3
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 1 0 1 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 1 0 0 0 3
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 3 0 3
417 Pumps 0 1 0 1 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 1 0 3
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 0 0 1 0 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 1 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 2 3
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 2 3
014 Bridges 0 2 0 0 0 2
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 0 1 2
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 1 0 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 1 0 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 1 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 1 0 2
112 Sewing 1 0 1 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 1 0 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 1 0 0 0 1 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 1 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 1 2
177 Weighing Scales 2 0 0 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 1 0 1 2
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 0 0 0 1 2
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 2 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 1 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 1 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 1 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 0 1 2
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 0 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 1 0 0 1 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 0 0 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
355 Photocopying 1 0 0 1 0 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 1 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 1 0 1 0 2
431 Combustion 1 0 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 1 0 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 1 2
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 1 0 0 1 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 1 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 1 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 1 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
100 Presses 0 1 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 1 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
147 Coopering 0 0 0 0 1 1
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 1 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 1 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 1 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 1 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 1 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 1 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 0 0 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 1 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1265 1291 1221 1748 1919 7444


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