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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

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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
370 Multiplex Communications 52 74 113 157 160 556
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 60 63 70 107 102 402
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 35 34 62 76 75 282
382 Image Analysis 40 43 43 51 67 244
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 28 27 27 72 78 232
455 Telecommunications 32 42 48 47 56 225
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 37 44 48 53 38 220
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 43 36 40 60 38 217
250 Radiant Energy 41 31 48 40 25 185
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 10 21 37 46 62 176
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 20 28 30 40 55 173
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 25 41 37 34 32 169
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 21 28 31 34 41 155
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 22 17 27 31 50 147
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 31 26 17 18 34 126
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 11 23 18 30 38 120
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 14 12 21 27 42 116
348 Television 10 15 18 33 34 110
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 16 23 21 24 22 106
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 16 15 14 29 28 102
606 Surgery (instruments) 14 13 19 25 31 102
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 10 19 27 37 101
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 7 15 11 22 43 98
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 12 11 15 33 22 93
726 Information Security 13 7 17 30 24 91
340 Communications: Electrical 10 10 18 17 25 80
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 16 10 11 17 20 74
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 5 13 8 19 29 74
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 11 9 18 16 19 73
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 7 16 15 13 12 63
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 9 9 12 7 25 62
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 11 15 14 14 7 61
385 Optical Waveguides 19 9 10 13 8 59
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 5 6 17 11 14 53
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 9 8 12 12 11 52
379 Telephonic Communications 10 6 12 13 11 52
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 6 8 15 6 15 50
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 10 11 8 10 9 48
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 11 5 8 12 12 48
073 Measuring and Testing 9 8 9 12 9 47
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 10 3 8 12 13 46
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 6 13 8 10 43
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 6 10 7 11 9 43
380 Cryptography 5 8 4 9 13 39
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 5 7 11 8 38
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 6 5 6 10 10 37
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 5 7 7 8 9 36
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 9 8 1 8 10 36
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 4 10 10 10 35
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 8 9 7 1 10 35
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 7 6 10 9 34
398 Optical Communications 9 3 4 10 7 33
433 Dentistry 7 5 5 9 7 33
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 3 6 6 7 10 32
407 Cutters, for Shaping 9 6 7 3 7 32
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 8 4 6 4 8 30
439 Electrical Connectors 2 8 6 7 7 30
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 3 9 5 11 30
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 6 5 8 6 5 30
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 8 3 9 7 2 29
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 6 2 7 8 6 29
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 4 3 3 9 9 28
331 Oscillators 4 2 6 8 8 28
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 3 5 3 9 7 27
060 Power Plants 4 5 2 7 6 24
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 9 4 4 4 3 24
089 Ordnance 4 5 3 6 5 23
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 2 5 6 8 23
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 5 6 6 4 23
070 Locks 3 5 4 6 4 22
042 Firearms 3 5 4 8 1 21
399 Electrophotography 2 2 2 8 7 21
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 4 3 7 4 3 21
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 6 3 0 5 5 19
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 4 1 3 6 5 19
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 5 1 4 5 18
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 4 3 3 4 4 18
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 2 3 4 5 17
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 6 2 3 4 17
137 Fluid Handling 5 3 1 3 4 16
219 Electric Heating 7 1 3 3 2 16
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 2 5 2 3 4 16
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 4 5 4 3 16
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 6 2 4 15
362 Illumination 4 4 3 4 0 15
029 Metal Working 5 2 2 2 3 14
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 3 2 3 1 5 14
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 3 1 2 6 2 14
482 Exercise Devices 1 2 1 3 7 14
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 2 1 2 5 13
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 3 5 0 2 3 13
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 3 5 4 13
062 Refrigeration 2 2 0 2 6 12
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 3 2 1 1 12
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 3 0 4 4 1 12
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 2 5 4 12
330 Amplifiers 4 1 0 4 3 12
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 3 0 3 5 12
084 Music 1 1 2 4 3 11
118 Coating Apparatus 2 2 2 3 2 11
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 2 1 3 5 11
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 3 2 1 4 11
252 Compositions 0 2 3 3 2 10
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 2 1 2 3 2 10
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 5 4 10
451 Abrading 2 0 3 2 3 10
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 2 1 0 3 4 10
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 3 1 5 10
101 Printing 0 1 1 6 1 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 2 2 4 9
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 2 1 3 3 9
297 Chairs and Seats 1 1 2 0 5 9
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 3 1 3 9
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 1 0 1 5 9
005 Beds 0 0 2 2 4 8
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 2 2 3 8
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 2 3 2 8
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 1 2 2 2 8
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 0 2 2 1 8
119 Animal Husbandry 1 2 1 0 4 8
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 3 1 3 0 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 2 2 2 0 8
396 Photography 1 0 3 3 1 8
417 Pumps 3 0 0 3 2 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 1 1 2 3 8
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 1 2 1 8
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 0 3 2 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 2 2 1 2 7
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 2 1 0 1 3 7
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 2 1 1 1 2 7
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 2 0 1 0 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 1 1 2 6
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 3 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 1 4 6
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 3 0 0 1 2 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 2 2 0 6
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 1 1 1 2 6
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 2 2 1 0 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 4 1 0 1 6
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 4 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 1 0 0 1 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 1 2 1 5
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 2 2 5
221 Article Dispensing 1 1 1 0 2 5
269 Work Holders 1 0 1 3 0 5
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 1 1 3 0 5
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 1 4 0 0 5
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 2 2 1 5
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 1 2 1 1 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 2 2 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 1 2 5
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 1 2 0 1 5
002 Apparel 2 1 0 0 1 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 1 0 2 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 2 0 0 1 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 1 1 1 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 1 2 4
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 2 2 4
188 Brakes 1 1 1 0 1 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 2 0 1 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 1 1 1 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 0 1 2 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 3 0 1 4
355 Photocopying 1 1 1 1 0 4
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 2 0 2 0 4
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 1 1 1 4
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 1 0 2 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 2 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 1 1 1 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 2 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 1 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 1 0 1 3
063 Jewelry 0 1 2 0 0 3
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 2 1 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 2 1 0 0 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 1 0 1 3
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 0 0 2 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 2 1 0 3
148 Metal Treatment 3 0 0 0 0 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 2 0 0 0 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 0 1 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 1 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 0 0 1 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 1 0 0 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 1 1 3
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 2 0 3
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 1 1 1 3
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 1 0 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 1 0 1 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 0 1 3
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 2 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 1 0 2
055 Gas Separation 0 1 1 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 1 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 1 2
104 Railways 0 1 0 0 1 2
112 Sewing 0 0 2 0 0 2
114 Ships 0 0 1 1 0 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 1 0 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 1 0 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 1 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 2 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 1 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 2 0 0 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 1 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 1 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 2 0 0 0 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 0 2
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 1 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 1 0 2
336 Inductor Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 0 2 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 1 1 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 1 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 2 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 1 1 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 2 0 2
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 0 1 0 0 2
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 0 1 1 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 1 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 0 1 1
053 Package Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 1 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 1 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 1 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 1 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 1 1
159 Concentrating Evaporators 1 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 1 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 1 0 0 1
332 Modulators 0 0 0 0 1 1
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 0 0 0 0 1 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 1 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 1 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 1 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 1 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 1107 1166 1404 1819 1981 7477


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