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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 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
060 Power Plants 5 18 22 44 89 178
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 13 28 15 51 58 165
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 7 10 9 31 56 113
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 17 17 16 24 19 93
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 11 10 20 18 10 69
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 6 11 7 17 23 64
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 8 3 16 19 15 61
029 Metal Working 11 7 11 15 15 59
340 Communications: Electrical 11 18 5 9 13 56
073 Measuring and Testing 5 9 9 13 16 52
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 4 5 9 12 19 49
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 8 10 8 10 5 41
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 4 5 14 15 40
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 8 9 11 6 6 40
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 10 8 7 8 6 39
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 5 2 5 12 10 34
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 7 3 3 6 13 32
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 4 6 7 2 11 30
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 5 1 9 4 10 29
033 Geometrical Instruments 9 5 6 4 3 27
005 Beds 7 6 4 3 6 26
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 6 5 5 8 26
385 Optical Waveguides 3 3 2 6 10 24
427 Coating Processes 3 3 5 4 9 24
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 3 3 5 10 23
362 Illumination 4 4 6 6 3 23
482 Exercise Devices 1 5 7 8 2 23
206 Special Receptacle or Package 2 4 8 1 7 22
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 3 2 5 10 22
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 7 3 4 6 22
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 4 7 6 1 4 22
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 5 7 3 3 3 21
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 5 3 0 6 7 21
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 2 4 3 9 20
219 Electric Heating 5 2 2 3 8 20
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 3 1 5 8 20
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 1 4 3 4 19
280 Land Vehicles 7 4 3 3 2 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 6 7 4 1 19
056 Harvesters 5 1 6 5 1 18
250 Radiant Energy 3 1 4 3 7 18
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 6 3 2 5 17
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 3 5 2 7 17
066 Textiles: Knitting 2 8 2 3 1 16
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 4 1 3 4 4 16
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 2 4 3 6 16
252 Compositions 1 7 2 2 4 16
053 Package Making 4 4 1 4 2 15
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 0 1 6 6 15
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 4 6 2 15
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 5 3 2 5 15
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 2 1 3 8 15
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 2 5 1 3 14
220 Receptacles 2 0 6 2 4 14
279 Chucks or Sockets 4 2 4 3 1 14
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 3 2 1 2 6 14
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 3 2 3 6 14
062 Refrigeration 0 4 2 3 4 13
137 Fluid Handling 3 2 1 0 7 13
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 3 4 2 3 13
417 Pumps 0 2 1 3 7 13
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 2 3 2 6 13
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 3 4 5 13
002 Apparel 0 1 4 4 3 12
119 Animal Husbandry 5 0 0 3 4 12
221 Article Dispensing 3 1 4 1 3 12
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 1 3 2 2 12
148 Metal Treatment 1 2 4 2 2 11
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 3 1 4 1 11
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 1 4 2 10
188 Brakes 2 2 2 3 1 10
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 4 1 1 2 2 10
297 Chairs and Seats 3 3 1 1 2 10
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 1 3 5 10
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 0 3 2 3 10
070 Locks 2 0 1 3 3 9
083 Cutting 1 2 2 1 3 9
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 4 2 2 0 1 9
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 3 0 2 1 3 9
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 3 1 1 3 1 9
370 Multiplex Communications 1 3 4 1 0 9
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 4 2 2 1 9
382 Image Analysis 0 2 1 3 3 9
384 Bearings 1 1 3 3 1 9
014 Bridges 0 3 1 3 1 8
042 Firearms 1 0 3 3 1 8
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 2 2 4 8
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 3 3 2 8
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 2 0 3 1 2 8
169 Fire Extinguishers 2 1 2 1 2 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 3 4 8
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 0 2 1 3 8
379 Telephonic Communications 2 2 2 2 0 8
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 1 4 2 8
439 Electrical Connectors 2 3 2 0 1 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 1 1 1 2 7
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 4 1 1 1 7
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 0 1 2 2 7
114 Ships 2 2 1 1 1 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 0 3 2 0 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 2 3 1 1 7
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 4 0 1 0 2 7
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 2 4 7
451 Abrading 3 0 1 1 2 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 2 3 2 7
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 1 1 2 7
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 1 1 2 6
049 Movable or Removable Closures 3 1 0 0 2 6
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 0 2 1 1 6
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 2 1 2 6
180 Motor Vehicles 2 1 0 2 1 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 3 1 1 6
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 1 2 2 6
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 1 1 3 0 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 2 2 1 0 6
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 0 2 2 6
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 2 1 0 3 6
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 2 1 2 6
037 Excavating 0 1 1 1 2 5
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 3 1 0 0 5
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 3 1 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 3 1 1 0 5
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 1 1 0 1 5
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 4 5
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 4 1 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 1 0 2 5
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 3 0 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 3 2 0 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 1 1 2 5
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 1 1 1 1 5
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 1 1 1 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 1 3 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 2 2 1 5
403 Joints and Connections 1 2 0 1 1 5
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 3 2 5
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 2 0 1 5
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 1 1 2 1 5
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 3 0 0 5
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 2 2 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 1 1 1 0 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 3 0 0 4
055 Gas Separation 1 0 2 0 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 1 2 0 4
084 Music 0 1 1 0 2 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 2 1 1 4
100 Presses 3 0 1 0 0 4
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 3 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 1 1 4
144 Woodworking 2 0 0 1 1 4
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 2 1 1 0 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 1 1 1 1 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 3 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 1 1 0 2 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 1 2 4
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 3 0 0 1 4
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 2 1 0 4
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 2 1 0 4
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 1 2 1 4
030 Cutlery 2 0 0 1 0 3
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 1 2 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 1 1 3
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 2 1 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 1 0 1 3
101 Printing 0 1 0 0 2 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 0 2 0 3
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 1 1 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 2 1 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 2 0 0 1 3
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 1 2 3
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 2 1 3
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 2 3
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 0 0 1 1 3
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 1 1 0 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 1 1 0 3
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 1 1 1 0 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 2 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 0 0 0 1 3
431 Combustion 0 0 1 2 0 3
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 2 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 2 0 0 1 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 1 0 1 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 3 0 0 3
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 2 1 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 1 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 2 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 2 0 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 2 0 0 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 2 2
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 2 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 1 0 0 2
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 1 1 2
131 Tobacco 0 1 1 0 0 2
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 1 2
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 1 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 1 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 1 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 1 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 1 2
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 1 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 1 0 0 0 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 1 0 0 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 1 0 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 1 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 1 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 1 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 0 1 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 2 0 0 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 1 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 1 0 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 1 0 1 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 1 0 1 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 2 2
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 1 0 0 0 0 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 1 0 0 0 1
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 0 1 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 1 1
140 Wireworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 0 1 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 1 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 1 0 0 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 1 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 1 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 1 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 0 1 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 0 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 1 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 1 0 1
396 Photography 1 0 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 0 0 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 1 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 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 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 395 461 517 656 850 2879


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