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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 2008 - 2012 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 2 5 1 6 19
280 Land Vehicles 0 2 0 5 5 12
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 0 4 2 5 12
414 Material or Article Handling 1 3 1 1 6 12
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 1 2 3 5 12
042 Firearms 1 1 2 3 3 10
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 2 2 5 10
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 3 2 3 9
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 1 1 3 3 9
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 0 1 4 1 9
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 2 1 3 8
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 2 3 2 7
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 5 1 7
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 1 1 2 3 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 2 0 2 1 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 3 0 0 1 6
070 Locks 0 0 1 1 3 5
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 0 1 2 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 0 1 0 2 5
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 3 1 5
348 Television 1 0 1 3 0 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 3 2 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 0 1 1 1 4
111 Planting 1 1 1 0 1 4
137 Fluid Handling 2 0 2 0 0 4
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 1 1 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 2 0 2 4
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 2 1 4
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 1 1 1 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 1 2 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 1 2 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 1 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 0 0 2 0 4
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 3 0 0 0 4
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 1 2 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 1 0 0 3
062 Refrigeration 0 2 0 0 1 3
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 0 2 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 1 2 3
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 2 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 0 1 1 3
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 1 1 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 0 0 2 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 1 1 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 2 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 1 0 1 2
005 Beds 0 0 1 1 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 2 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 1 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 1 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 1 0 1 2
188 Brakes 0 0 1 0 1 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 1 1 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 2 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 0 1 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 2 0 0 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 0 1 0 2
362 Illumination 0 1 0 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 2 0 0 0 0 2
382 Image Analysis 1 0 1 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 1 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 2 0 0 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 0 1 2
452 Butchering 0 0 0 1 1 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 1 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 1 1
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
084 Music 0 1 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 1 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 1 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 1 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 1 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 1 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 1 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 1 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 1 0 1
451 Abrading 1 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 1 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 1 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 1 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (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) 0 0 1 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 54 46 70 96 113 379


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