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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 2011 - 2015 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

SINGAPORE

( 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 122 146 135 156 180 739
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 132 135 129 122 84 602
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 14 27 27 33 39 140
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 17 26 21 25 29 118
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 14 18 5 18 36 91
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 9 20 29 25 90
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 8 33 19 11 13 84
382 Image Analysis 9 14 16 26 12 77
455 Telecommunications 12 14 15 21 12 74
348 Television 5 18 16 15 13 67
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 6 15 16 22 61
370 Multiplex Communications 11 13 8 13 16 61
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 7 10 25 12 58
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 13 6 9 14 15 57
439 Electrical Connectors 15 5 11 10 12 53
250 Radiant Energy 5 7 13 11 15 51
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 5 8 11 12 11 47
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 10 4 14 11 45
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 4 9 7 7 8 35
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 6 9 12 5 3 35
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 3 3 7 9 11 33
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 6 4 7 7 9 33
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 9 3 10 9 33
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 2 4 8 13 4 31
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 4 4 10 5 8 31
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 7 7 8 7 31
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 6 5 6 7 31
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 5 8 4 7 30
726 Information Security 3 5 4 6 11 29
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 8 5 6 7 27
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 7 3 5 6 26
029 Metal Working 3 2 5 9 6 25
427 Coating Processes 2 3 5 4 11 25
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 4 8 4 6 3 25
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 1 5 9 9 24
385 Optical Waveguides 2 7 6 0 9 24
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 6 6 2 7 3 24
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 1 6 5 7 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 4 3 6 7 3 23
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 2 1 4 7 9 23
330 Amplifiers 4 4 4 6 4 22
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 4 5 7 4 1 21
073 Measuring and Testing 6 3 2 9 1 21
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 6 2 6 7 21
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 4 3 6 4 4 21
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 3 3 6 6 20
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 4 5 6 3 2 20
340 Communications: Electrical 2 5 4 3 5 19
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 3 5 2 4 5 19
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 7 5 6 19
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 3 2 5 3 19
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 1 0 5 4 9 19
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 4 0 5 8 17
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 2 3 5 6 16
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 1 2 8 3 16
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 3 5 3 3 15
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 4 0 1 4 6 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 3 4 3 3 2 15
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 5 4 3 2 15
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 3 4 2 3 2 14
398 Optical Communications 1 6 2 1 4 14
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 2 3 3 5 14
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 4 3 1 3 2 13
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 3 3 1 3 12
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 3 4 3 2 0 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 5 4 1 12
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 4 5 2 12
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 2 4 0 2 3 11
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 2 3 4 2 0 11
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 4 2 2 1 2 11
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 5 1 1 3 11
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 2 1 3 2 3 11
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 6 3 1 1 0 11
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 1 4 3 1 11
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 1 1 2 5 2 11
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 4 2 2 1 2 11
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 2 2 5 10
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 1 2 6 10
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 1 2 4 9
114 Ships 3 2 3 1 0 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 4 1 1 1 2 9
252 Compositions 1 2 3 0 3 9
380 Cryptography 1 2 1 2 3 9
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 0 2 3 1 9
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 3 0 4 2 9
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 0 5 2 9
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 1 2 1 2 8
219 Electric Heating 2 1 2 2 1 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 4 1 1 2 0 8
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 1 1 4 7
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 2 1 3 1 7
280 Land Vehicles 0 2 1 2 2 7
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 2 1 2 7
331 Oscillators 3 1 1 1 1 7
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 3 0 3 0 7
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 1 3 0 1 2 7
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 1 3 0 0 6
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 2 1 0 1 2 6
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 3 2 0 6
417 Pumps 1 1 0 2 2 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 1 0 4 6
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 2 2 1 1 0 6
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 1 0 2 6
084 Music 1 2 2 0 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 1 0 0 2 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 2 0 1 1 1 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 2 1 0 5
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 2 1 0 1 1 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 2 3 5
400 Typewriting Machines 0 2 1 1 1 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 1 2 2 5
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 2 1 0 5
451 Abrading 0 2 1 1 1 5
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 2 1 1 0 5
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 2 3 0 0 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 0 0 2 4
053 Package Making 0 2 1 0 1 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 2 1 4
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 1 2 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 0 0 2 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 0 1 2 4
269 Work Holders 0 0 2 1 1 4
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 3 1 0 0 0 4
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 2 1 1 0 4
336 Inductor Devices 0 2 0 1 1 4
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 0 2 1 4
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 2 0 0 1 4
379 Telephonic Communications 2 2 0 0 0 4
399 Electrophotography 0 1 0 1 2 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 1 0 2 0 4
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 1 0 0 1 2 4
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 3 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 1 0 2 4
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 3 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 1 0 1 3
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 1 0 1 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 1 1 0 1 0 3
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 2 0 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 2 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 3 3
362 Illumination 1 1 1 0 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 2 3
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 1 1 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 0 1 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 1 0 1 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 1 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 1 2
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 1 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 1 0 1 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 1 2
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 1 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 2 2
132 Toilet 0 0 1 0 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 1 0 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 2 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 1 2
212 Traversing Hoists 1 1 0 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 0 1 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 1 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 2 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 1 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 2 0 2
355 Photocopying 0 1 0 1 0 2
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 1 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 1 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 1 0 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 1 0 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 2 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 0 1
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 1
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 1 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 1 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 1 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 1 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 0 0 1 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 1 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 1
329 Demodulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
334 Tuners 0 0 1 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 1 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 1 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 1 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 647 810 797 946 966 4166



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