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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

FINLAND

( 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
455 Telecommunications 177 143 135 160 150 765
370 Multiplex Communications 92 107 122 160 139 620
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 52 50 28 40 26 196
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 21 29 31 58 43 182
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 16 29 19 20 25 109
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 16 20 17 20 21 94
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 9 12 25 19 17 82
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 15 15 12 19 18 79
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 8 16 12 25 15 76
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 7 12 17 21 18 75
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 13 11 9 16 19 68
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 11 14 12 12 12 61
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 7 12 14 16 11 60
382 Image Analysis 6 5 10 19 15 55
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 11 6 10 17 10 54
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 9 5 7 21 11 53
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 10 12 9 10 10 51
379 Telephonic Communications 16 12 5 11 7 51
726 Information Security 7 12 16 6 10 51
340 Communications: Electrical 6 10 10 11 11 48
073 Measuring and Testing 6 14 9 13 5 47
380 Cryptography 8 10 11 7 7 43
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 8 4 8 9 13 42
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 10 6 8 12 6 42
348 Television 7 3 5 12 14 41
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 4 5 9 13 10 41
250 Radiant Energy 10 6 8 6 10 40
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 8 9 6 11 4 38
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 5 8 7 10 6 36
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 6 3 11 5 9 34
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 3 8 7 11 5 34
427 Coating Processes 8 6 6 5 9 34
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 13 10 5 1 31
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 10 3 5 7 6 31
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 6 3 7 6 28
385 Optical Waveguides 7 6 5 6 4 28
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 4 6 9 5 28
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 8 4 3 8 5 28
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 5 3 10 5 27
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 6 1 6 5 8 26
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 6 4 5 3 5 23
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 4 2 6 8 23
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 2 4 10 5 23
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 6 3 4 6 4 23
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 2 5 0 5 11 23
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 6 8 0 5 4 23
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 3 7 8 2 23
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 6 3 2 6 4 21
396 Photography 0 3 8 7 2 20
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 8 3 4 3 2 20
439 Electrical Connectors 4 6 5 4 0 19
029 Metal Working 4 1 2 4 7 18
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 0 7 6 2 17
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 4 2 1 6 4 17
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 4 3 1 5 4 17
144 Woodworking 2 3 5 4 2 16
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 6 3 4 2 1 16
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 5 0 3 4 3 15
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 1 3 6 2 15
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 3 2 4 4 2 15
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 5 2 2 3 2 14
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 4 2 4 1 3 14
118 Coating Apparatus 2 0 6 3 2 13
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 2 5 2 13
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 3 1 5 2 12
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 2 1 2 4 3 12
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 2 2 3 3 11
330 Amplifiers 3 2 2 1 3 11
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 5 1 2 2 1 11
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 4 4 1 1 1 11
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 2 4 4 1 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 4 2 1 11
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 2 0 6 3 0 11
053 Package Making 1 1 3 4 1 10
084 Music 4 1 2 2 1 10
336 Inductor Devices 2 1 0 3 4 10
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 2 3 4 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 5 1 0 0 3 9
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 2 2 1 1 9
180 Motor Vehicles 1 4 2 1 1 9
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 4 1 1 3 9
362 Illumination 1 0 1 5 2 9
440 Marine Propulsion 4 2 0 0 3 9
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 1 2 2 3 9
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 3 3 1 9
100 Presses 1 4 2 1 0 8
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 2 1 3 1 8
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 3 3 8
331 Oscillators 2 2 0 3 1 8
398 Optical Communications 1 0 5 1 1 8
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 1 3 1 2 1 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 2 1 1 2 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 0 0 4 1 7
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 3 1 2 0 1 7
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 1 1 2 2 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 1 0 5 7
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 3 1 3 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 0 1 2 6
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 3 2 6
065 Glass Manufacturing 3 1 2 0 0 6
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 4 1 0 1 0 6
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 1 1 3 6
280 Land Vehicles 3 2 1 0 0 6
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 3 2 6
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 1 2 1 1 6
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 1 2 2 6
037 Excavating 0 0 2 1 2 5
055 Gas Separation 0 1 2 0 2 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 1 3 5
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 0 4 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 1 1 2 5
137 Fluid Handling 2 1 2 0 0 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 3 0 1 5
252 Compositions 0 1 1 0 3 5
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 2 1 1 5
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 2 0 2 1 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 2 1 1 1 5
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 1 2 0 1 5
451 Abrading 1 1 1 2 0 5
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 2 1 2 5
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 1 0 2 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 1 2 1 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 1 0 0 1 4
070 Locks 2 1 0 0 1 4
114 Ships 1 1 1 1 0 4
212 Traversing Hoists 0 2 2 0 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 1 2 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 2 1 4
332 Modulators 1 0 2 0 1 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 1 1 1 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 2 1 4
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 1 1 0 2 0 4
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 3 0 4
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 4 0 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 2 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 2 0 3
030 Cutlery 1 2 0 0 0 3
042 Firearms 0 0 2 1 0 3
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 1 0 1 3
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 2 0 3
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 1 2 0 3
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 1 1 3
139 Textiles: Weaving 0 0 1 2 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 2 0 0 0 3
188 Brakes 0 0 0 2 1 3
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 1 1 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 2 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 2 0 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 3 0 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 0 2 0 3
353 Optics: Image Projectors 1 0 1 1 0 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 1 0 0 3
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 1 3
417 Pumps 0 0 0 2 1 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 1 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 2 1 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 1 0 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 0 0 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 2 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 1 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
101 Printing 0 0 0 2 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 2 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 0 1 0 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 1 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 1 1 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 1 1 2
159 Concentrating Evaporators 0 0 1 1 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 1 0 1 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 1 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 1 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 2 0 0 0 2
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 1 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 2 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 1 0 2
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 1 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 1 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 0 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 2 0 0 2
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 1 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 1 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 1 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 1 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 1 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 1 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 1 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 1 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 1 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 1 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 1 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 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
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 850 824 864 1143 951 4632


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