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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

DENMARK

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 49 38 36 77 75 275
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 37 32 38 57 78 242
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 18 20 20 25 33 116
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 10 7 16 26 36 95
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 7 11 16 19 27 80
370 Multiplex Communications 9 10 12 19 22 72
455 Telecommunications 13 16 11 8 12 60
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 9 15 4 15 11 54
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 8 5 3 9 23 48
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 11 3 7 10 8 39
073 Measuring and Testing 6 8 6 7 10 37
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 3 7 23 34
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 7 5 7 6 5 30
385 Optical Waveguides 9 7 8 3 1 28
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 6 5 7 4 25
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 3 7 11 23
062 Refrigeration 2 3 3 5 10 23
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 5 2 3 5 7 22
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 4 2 4 11 22
439 Electrical Connectors 3 4 5 6 4 22
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 1 3 10 7 22
330 Amplifiers 4 5 4 4 4 21
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 5 2 6 4 20
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 7 1 3 3 5 19
137 Fluid Handling 7 3 2 2 4 18
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 4 4 5 3 18
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 1 4 3 3 18
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 3 2 4 7 17
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 5 0 6 5 17
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 6 3 3 5 17
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 3 1 2 7 4 17
452 Butchering 4 6 1 3 3 17
362 Illumination 2 0 2 6 6 16
417 Pumps 3 2 1 4 6 16
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 1 10 4 15
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 2 5 3 5 15
029 Metal Working 0 0 4 6 4 14
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 3 4 3 1 3 14
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 1 5 4 3 14
250 Radiant Energy 3 3 5 0 2 13
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 2 5 3 13
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 1 2 2 5 13
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 1 2 5 3 13
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 2 1 2 6 13
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 1 9 3 13
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 3 1 1 3 13
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 1 5 3 2 12
427 Coating Processes 2 2 4 3 1 12
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 2 3 5 2 12
060 Power Plants 3 1 1 4 2 11
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 1 1 2 5 11
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 2 2 4 2 11
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 3 1 7 11
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 2 1 2 3 11
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 3 2 2 10
379 Telephonic Communications 1 4 0 3 2 10
382 Image Analysis 0 1 3 2 4 10
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 4 2 1 1 2 10
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 1 1 3 3 10
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 1 1 3 3 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 3 5 9
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 4 1 2 2 9
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 1 2 5 9
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 2 0 4 3 9
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 3 1 3 1 9
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 4 2 1 0 2 9
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 3 5 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 1 1 2 3 9
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 4 0 1 2 2 9
005 Beds 1 2 3 1 1 8
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 2 2 2 0 2 8
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 3 3 0 0 2 8
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 1 2 1 3 8
181 Acoustics 1 3 1 2 1 8
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 3 1 2 8
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 1 0 6 8
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 3 0 1 2 2 8
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 3 3 8
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 3 0 2 3 8
119 Animal Husbandry 1 3 2 0 1 7
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 1 2 3 7
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 3 2 1 7
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 3 2 0 2 7
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 5 1 7
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 3 1 1 1 7
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 3 2 2 7
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 1 0 0 4 6
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 2 0 2 1 6
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 2 2 1 6
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 2 2 0 6
451 Abrading 1 3 1 1 0 6
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 1 2 1 6
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 2 0 2 1 6
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 1 1 1 2 6
069 Leather Manufactures 0 0 2 2 1 5
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 1 1 2 5
177 Weighing Scales 2 0 1 2 0 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 2 0 0 3 0 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 2 0 0 0 5
252 Compositions 1 0 2 0 2 5
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 1 3 0 5
348 Television 1 1 3 0 0 5
380 Cryptography 1 0 2 1 1 5
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 2 0 2 1 5
726 Information Security 1 2 0 0 2 5
053 Package Making 0 1 0 1 2 4
055 Gas Separation 0 1 1 2 0 4
083 Cutting 0 2 0 1 1 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 3 1 4
114 Ships 3 1 0 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 0 2 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 2 0 0 1 1 4
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 0 2 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 2 1 0 1 4
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 0 0 0 2 4
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 3 0 0 1 4
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 2 1 1 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 1 0 2 0 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 1 1 0 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 1 1 0 0 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 1 1 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 1 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 4 4
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 2 2 0 0 0 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 3 0 4
002 Apparel 0 1 0 1 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 2 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 2 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 2 3
104 Railways 0 0 2 0 1 3
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 2 0 0 0 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 2 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 3 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 0 0 0 1 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 0 1 1 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 2 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 1 1 0 3
332 Modulators 1 0 1 1 0 3
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 1 1 0 3
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 2 3
398 Optical Communications 2 0 1 0 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 2 0 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 1 1 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 0 2 3
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 1 2 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 1 0 1 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 2 3
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 1 0 2 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 1 1 2
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 2 0 0 0 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 1 0 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 1 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 0 1 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 1 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 1 0 0 1 2
100 Presses 0 0 1 0 1 2
101 Printing 1 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 1 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 2 0 0 0 2
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 0 0 2 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 0 1 0 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 2 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 1 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 1 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 1 1 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 1 1 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 2 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 1 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 1 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 0 1 2
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 1 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 1 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 1 2
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 0 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 1 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 0 1
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 1 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 1 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 1 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 1 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 1 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 0 1 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 1 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 1 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 1 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
355 Photocopying 0 0 0 1 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 388 391 390 605 728 2502


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