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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 DAKOTA

( 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
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 2 5 2 5 15
414 Material or Article Handling 5 3 1 3 1 13
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 3 2 3 0 10
119 Animal Husbandry 5 2 0 2 0 9
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 1 3 0 8
280 Land Vehicles 3 2 0 2 0 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 5 1 0 0 1 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 1 1 2 0 6
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 1 1 1 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 1 0 3 5
111 Planting 2 0 1 1 1 5
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 2 0 2 5
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 0 4 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 3 0 1 5
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 2 2 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 1 0 1 4
042 Firearms 0 0 1 1 2 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 1 1 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 0 0 0 2 4
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 2 0 1 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 1 2 4
336 Inductor Devices 2 1 1 0 0 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 3 0 1 0 0 4
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 1 0 1 1 4
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 1 1 2 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 2 0 0 4
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 2 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 1 1 0 3
340 Communications: Electrical 1 1 1 0 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 1 1 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 2 0 3
451 Abrading 0 2 1 0 0 3
455 Telecommunications 1 2 0 0 0 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
005 Beds 1 0 0 0 1 2
029 Metal Working 0 2 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 0 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 2 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 1 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 2 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 2 0 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 1 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 0 1 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 1 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 1 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 2
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 1 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 1 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 2 0 0 2
348 Television 0 0 1 0 1 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 1 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 2 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 0 1 0 2
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 0 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 0 1 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 1 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 1 0 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 2 0 0 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 1 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
726 Information Security 0 1 0 1 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 1 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 1 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 1 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 1 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 1 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 1 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 1 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 0 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 1 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 1 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 1 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 1 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 1 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 1 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 1 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 0 0 0 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 1 0 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 74 60 54 46 70 304

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