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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 2006 - 2010 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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 19 16 17 17 16 85
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 22 16 11 10 20 79
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 13 9 13 28 15 78
060 Power Plants 21 6 5 18 22 72
340 Communications: Electrical 11 9 11 18 5 54
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 12 15 8 10 8 53
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 14 14 6 11 7 52
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 13 6 7 10 9 45
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 13 4 8 3 16 44
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 8 6 8 9 11 42
029 Metal Working 5 5 11 7 11 39
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 5 10 8 7 38
219 Electric Heating 18 7 5 2 2 34
073 Measuring and Testing 7 3 5 9 9 33
005 Beds 6 8 7 6 4 31
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 7 9 5 6 28
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 8 2 4 6 7 27
362 Illumination 9 2 4 4 6 25
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 2 6 4 7 6 25
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 6 3 5 7 3 24
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 9 7 5 3 0 24
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 6 7 1 4 23
280 Land Vehicles 7 2 7 4 3 23
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 3 4 5 9 23
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 7 0 5 1 9 22
482 Exercise Devices 7 2 1 5 7 22
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 4 7 3 3 22
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 5 4 5 2 5 21
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 1 2 4 8 20
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 4 2 4 5 20
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 8 1 1 6 3 19
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 10 4 2 0 3 19
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 7 8 1 0 3 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 4 1 1 6 7 19
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 6 7 3 0 2 18
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 4 2 7 3 18
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 7 4 3 3 1 18
056 Harvesters 5 0 5 1 6 17
427 Coating Processes 5 1 3 3 5 17
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 7 2 1 2 4 16
053 Package Making 3 3 4 4 1 15
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 2 2 8 2 15
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 5 4 1 3 15
220 Receptacles 3 4 2 0 6 15
252 Compositions 4 1 1 7 2 15
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 6 1 1 3 4 15
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 1 2 6 5 15
062 Refrigeration 7 1 0 4 2 14
297 Chairs and Seats 3 4 3 3 1 14
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 6 3 1 2 2 14
439 Electrical Connectors 7 0 2 3 2 14
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 9 3 0 0 1 13
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 3 2 2 4 13
137 Fluid Handling 5 2 3 2 1 13
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 4 2 3 2 13
385 Optical Waveguides 4 1 3 3 2 13
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 0 3 2 5 12
250 Radiant Energy 3 1 3 1 4 12
279 Chucks or Sockets 2 0 4 2 4 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 4 2 3 1 12
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 5 4 1 1 1 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 3 4 2 0 3 12
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 1 2 4 11
221 Article Dispensing 2 1 3 1 4 11
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 2 4 1 3 11
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 4 1 2 1 11
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 3 0 1 3 11
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 2 2 3 3 10
002 Apparel 3 1 0 1 4 9
114 Ships 3 1 2 2 1 9
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 0 3 5 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 2 2 0 2 9
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 3 3 1 1 9
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 1 3 4 9
379 Telephonic Communications 2 1 2 2 2 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 1 2 4 9
451 Abrading 3 2 3 0 1 9
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 1 3 2 1 9
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 3 2 1 1 8
070 Locks 2 3 2 0 1 8
139 Textiles: Weaving 3 3 1 1 0 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 5 2 0 0 1 8
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 2 2 0 3 8
188 Brakes 2 0 2 2 2 8
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 4 2 2 8
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 2 4 1 1 8
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 0 0 4 2 8
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 2 0 2 3 8
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 5 3 8
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 3 0 2 1 1 7
047 Plant Husbandry 3 0 0 1 3 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 3 0 3 1 0 7
083 Cutting 2 0 1 2 2 7
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 5 0 0 7
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 2 2 0 2 7
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 2 2 1 2 7
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 4 1 0 0 7
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 3 1 1 1 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 1 1 1 1 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 2 0 0 2 6
100 Presses 1 1 3 0 1 6
101 Printing 4 1 0 1 0 6
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 1 1 3 1 6
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 0 2 1 1 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 2 3 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 2 1 1 0 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 1 1 0 1 6
384 Bearings 1 0 1 1 3 6
403 Joints and Connections 1 2 1 2 0 6
417 Pumps 3 0 0 2 1 6
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 1 1 3 6
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 1 0 0 3 6
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 3 2 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 0 0 2 6
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 2 1 1 6
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 0 0 2 0 5
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 4 1 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 2 1 1 0 1 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 1 0 2 1 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 3 1 1 0 0 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 1 0 1 1 5
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 1 1 1 1 5
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 4 0 1 5
382 Image Analysis 1 1 0 2 1 5
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 3 1 1 0 0 5
014 Bridges 0 0 0 3 1 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 1 1 1 4
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 3 0 1 0 4
030 Cutlery 1 1 2 0 0 4
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 3 4
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 3 0 1 0 4
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 3 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 3 1 4
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 1 2 4
144 Woodworking 1 1 2 0 0 4
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 2 1 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 2 1 0 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 0 1 1 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 3 1 0 0 4
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 2 0 0 1 1 4
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 1 2 0 0 4
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 2 0 0 0 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 2 2 0 0 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 1 2 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 0 1 2 4
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 0 2 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 1 1 3
081 Tools 0 2 1 0 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 1 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 2 0 1 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 1 1 3
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 2 1 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 1 1 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 1 1 0 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 3 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 0 0 1 1 3
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 1 0 0 1 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 1 1 0 0 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 2 0 1 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 1 1 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 1 1 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 0 1 3
383 Flexible Bags 2 1 0 0 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 1 0 1 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 1 1 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 2 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 1 1 0 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 3 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 2 1 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 2 0 0 1 0 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 2 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 2 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 2 0 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 0 1 1 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 2 2
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 2 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 1 2
084 Music 0 0 0 1 1 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 0 0 1 0 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 1 1 2
164 Metal Founding 1 0 1 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 1 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 1 0 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 1 0 0 0 2
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 0 0 0 1 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 2 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 1 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 0 0 1 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 2 0 0 0 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 1 1 2
348 Television 1 1 0 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 1 1 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 1 1 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 2 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 0 1 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 1 0 0 1 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 1 2
452 Butchering 0 1 0 0 1 2
455 Telecommunications 0 2 0 0 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 1 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 1 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 1 0 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 0 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 0 0 1 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
726 Information Security 0 1 0 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 1 0 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 1 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 1 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 1 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 0 1 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 1 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 1 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 1 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 1 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 1 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 0 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 1 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 1 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 0 0 1
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 1 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 0 1 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 1
850 Scanning-Probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-Probe Techniques, e.g., Scanning Probe Microscopy [Spm] 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 577 411 395 461 517 2361

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