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

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

Count of 2001 - 2005 Utility Patent Grants,
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 the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
Class Class Title 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 30 29 40 28 31 158
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 15 29 35 23 19 121
005 Beds 23 13 7 20 8 71
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 17 11 14 13 5 60
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 12 4 17 14 47
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 11 10 11 9 6 47
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 8 11 6 12 9 46
219 Electric Heating 12 12 7 6 7 44
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 9 8 8 5 10 40
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 5 8 7 10 6 36
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 6 12 9 2 7 36
279 Chucks or Sockets 9 10 9 5 1 34
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 7 4 6 7 10 34
427 Coating Processes 7 7 8 5 6 33
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 4 10 4 5 31
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 8 8 4 7 31
206 Special Receptacle or Package 9 7 5 5 5 31
029 Metal Working 8 6 8 3 4 29
062 Refrigeration 3 6 10 4 6 29
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 5 2 6 8 29
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 7 6 5 6 28
280 Land Vehicles 4 4 8 7 4 27
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 11 5 4 6 27
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 4 4 6 7 5 26
053 Package Making 6 5 5 8 2 26
340 Communications: Electrical 2 8 2 9 5 26
482 Exercise Devices 3 11 4 4 4 26
139 Textiles: Weaving 11 4 3 5 2 25
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 6 5 3 9 2 25
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 2 8 8 4 2 24
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 8 5 3 4 3 23
362 Illumination 4 5 7 2 5 23
073 Measuring and Testing 5 7 4 2 4 22
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 5 2 8 6 22
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 9 6 4 2 1 22
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 5 9 2 4 22
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 6 4 7 4 0 21
252 Compositions 5 2 8 3 3 21
060 Power Plants 3 5 3 2 7 20
137 Fluid Handling 7 6 3 1 2 19
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 4 6 2 6 1 19
385 Optical Waveguides 7 5 2 3 2 19
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 6 5 3 0 16
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 4 4 3 2 3 16
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 2 4 6 0 4 16
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 5 1 5 5 0 16
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 3 6 2 1 4 16
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 3 4 7 16
002 Apparel 6 3 1 3 2 15
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 6 5 1 1 2 15
220 Receptacles 7 4 0 2 1 14
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 7 3 0 4 14
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 6 3 2 1 13
114 Ships 3 1 3 1 5 13
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 3 3 4 0 13
384 Bearings 2 4 3 1 3 13
414 Material or Article Handling 2 4 4 3 0 13
439 Electrical Connectors 4 1 2 3 3 13
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 3 1 5 2 13
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 4 1 2 3 2 12
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 6 0 3 1 2 12
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 3 4 4 12
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 3 1 3 2 3 12
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 2 4 3 2 12
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 5 2 1 2 12
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 5 2 1 2 1 11
047 Plant Husbandry 2 1 3 2 3 11
101 Printing 2 4 1 3 1 11
297 Chairs and Seats 2 2 3 1 3 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 2 1 3 4 11
451 Abrading 1 3 2 2 3 11
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 3 5 11
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 3 1 4 1 1 10
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 2 2 2 2 10
070 Locks 0 1 4 3 2 10
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 5 2 1 1 1 10
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 4 1 3 2 0 10
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 6 1 2 1 10
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 1 6 2 10
030 Cutlery 1 1 3 3 1 9
042 Firearms 5 0 1 3 0 9
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 3 3 1 9
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 4 3 1 9
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 3 3 2 9
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 3 3 1 0 2 9
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 0 4 3 0 9
382 Image Analysis 3 4 0 1 1 9
417 Pumps 0 3 1 2 3 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 4 1 2 9
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 3 2 2 0 9
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 3 0 4 0 9
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 0 1 5 0 8
056 Harvesters 0 1 2 1 4 8
081 Tools 1 2 1 1 3 8
188 Brakes 0 5 1 1 1 8
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 1 4 2 8
454 Ventilation 1 2 1 2 2 8
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 4 2 2 8
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 2 0 0 4 8
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 2 2 1 1 7
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 3 2 0 1 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 4 2 1 0 7
119 Animal Husbandry 5 1 1 0 0 7
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 2 1 3 0 1 7
211 Supports: Racks 2 1 0 4 0 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 4 0 1 2 0 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 1 3 1 7
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 2 5 7
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 3 1 1 1 1 7
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 2 2 1 1 7
431 Combustion 3 1 1 1 1 7
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 5 1 0 7
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 2 0 1 1 7
066 Textiles: Knitting 2 0 2 1 1 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 1 1 1 0 6
104 Railways 1 1 4 0 0 6
112 Sewing 5 1 0 0 0 6
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 2 2 0 6
118 Coating Apparatus 0 2 1 0 3 6
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 3 1 1 0 6
221 Article Dispensing 1 2 3 0 0 6
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 3 1 0 2 0 6
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 1 4 0 6
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 2 0 2 1 1 6
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 3 1 1 1 0 6
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 2 1 1 0 6
379 Telephonic Communications 1 2 0 1 2 6
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 2 0 3 6
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 2 1 3 6
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 1 2 2 6
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 3 2 0 1 0 6
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 2 1 2 1 6
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 3 1 0 5
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 2 1 0 5
083 Cutting 1 0 1 1 2 5
089 Ordnance 0 1 2 1 1 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 3 0 2 5
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 2 1 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 2 0 1 2 5
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 2 3 0 0 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 1 1 2 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 2 1 2 0 5
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 1 1 2 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 2 1 1 5
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 4 1 0 0 0 5
440 Marine Propulsion 2 2 0 1 0 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 2 2 0 5
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 3 1 0 1 5
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 1 1 0 5
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 3 1 0 0 0 4
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 4 0 0 0 0 4
131 Tobacco 3 0 0 1 0 4
144 Woodworking 1 2 0 1 0 4
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 1 1 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 1 0 2 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 3 4
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 1 1 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 0 1 2 4
250 Radiant Energy 2 0 0 1 1 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 1 2 0 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 2 1 0 1 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 0 1 2 4
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 1 0 1 4
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 2 0 1 0 4
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 1 1 1 4
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 4 0 0 0 0 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 2 0 0 0 3
037 Excavating 0 2 1 0 0 3
084 Music 1 0 0 1 1 3
100 Presses 0 0 1 1 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 1 1 1 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 1 2 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 2 0 0 0 3
172 Earth Working 0 1 1 0 1 3
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 2 3
184 Lubrication 1 2 0 0 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 1 1 0 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 2 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 1 0 1 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 1 1 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 2 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 0 0 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 1 1 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 2 0 1 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 2 0 3
370 Multiplex Communications 1 1 0 0 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 0 2 3
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 1 1 0 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 1 0 0 1 3
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 2 0 1 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 2 1 0 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 3 0 0 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 0 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 0 1 0 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 1 0 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 2 0 1 3
014 Bridges 0 0 2 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 0 0 1 2
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 1 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 1 0 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 2 0 0 0 2
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 2 0 0 0 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 0 1 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 1 0 2
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 1 1 2
132 Toilet 0 0 2 0 0 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 2 2
180 Motor Vehicles 2 0 0 0 0 2
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 1 0 0 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 0 1 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 2 0 2
256 Fences 2 0 0 0 0 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 1 0 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 2 0 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 1 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 0 0 1 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 2 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 1 1 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 2 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 2 0 0 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 1 1 0 0 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 1 0 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 0 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 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
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 2 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 1 1 0 0 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 0 1 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 1 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 1 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 1 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 1 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 1 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 1 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 1 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 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
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
726 Information Security 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 565 599 571 524 460 2719


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