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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 7 3 3 0 1 14
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 2 5 1 0 11
119 Animal Husbandry 2 1 5 2 0 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 3 3 2 1 1 10
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 2 3 2 9
280 Land Vehicles 1 3 3 2 0 9
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 5 3 1 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 0 1 2 5 9
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 4 1 1 0 1 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 4 1 0 2 0 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 2 0 2 1 1 6
336 Inductor Devices 0 2 2 1 1 6
455 Telecommunications 2 1 1 2 0 6
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 2 2 1 6
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 2 3 0 1 0 6
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 1 1 1 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 0 1 1 5
137 Fluid Handling 1 1 1 0 2 5
340 Communications: Electrical 0 2 1 1 1 5
439 Electrical Connectors 1 4 0 0 0 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 1 1 2 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 3 5
029 Metal Working 2 0 0 2 0 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 1 2 0 0 4
111 Planting 1 0 2 0 1 4
451 Abrading 0 1 0 2 1 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 0 0 2 0 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 0 0 1 4
083 Cutting 0 2 1 0 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 1 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 2 0 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 0 2 3
269 Work Holders 1 1 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 0 1 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 1 1 1 0 3
042 Firearms 0 1 0 0 1 2
053 Package Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 0 0 0 2
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 2 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 1 0 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 1 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 2 0 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 2 0 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 1 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 0 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 1 0 0 1 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 2 2
362 Illumination 2 0 0 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 2 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 0 1 2
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 1 1 0 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 1 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 1 0 0 2
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 1 1 0 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 1 2
452 Butchering 0 1 1 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 2 0 0 0 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 1 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 0 0 1 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 1 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 1 0 0 2
726 Information Security 0 1 0 1 0 2
002 Apparel 1 0 0 0 0 1
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 1 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
101 Printing 1 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 1 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 1 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 1 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 1 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 1 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 1 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 1 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 1 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 1 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 1 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 1 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 1 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 82 66 74 60 54 336

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