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Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving
1
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From
SOUTH AFRICA
( 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 )
| Class | Class Title | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 6 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 45 |
| 705 | DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) | 7 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
| 623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 6 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 102 | Ammunition and Explosives | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 051 | Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 518 | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 299 | Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 709 | Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
| 175 | Boring or Penetrating the Earth | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 015 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 075 | Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 340 | Communications: Electrical | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 585 | Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 726 | Information Security | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 137 | Fluid Handling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 707 | DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 089 | Ordnance | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 241 | Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 324 | Electricity: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 455 | Telecommunications | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 250 | Radiant Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 370 | Multiplex Communications | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 376 | Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 602 | Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 711 | Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 164 | Metal Founding | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 208 | Mineral Oils: Processes and Products | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 220 | Receptacles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 307 | Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 315 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 438 | Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 713 | Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 715 | DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 004 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 030 | Cutlery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 048 | Gas: Heating and Illuminating | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 060 | Power Plants | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 127 | Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 149 | Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 201 | Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 209 | Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 252 | Compositions | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 280 | Land Vehicles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 347 | Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 366 | Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 379 | Telephonic Communications | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 504 | Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 506 | Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 002 | Apparel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 029 | Metal Working | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 044 | Fuel and Related Compositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 070 | Locks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 073 | Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 081 | Tools | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 099 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 104 | Railways | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 114 | Ships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 131 | Tobacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 211 | Supports: Racks | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 219 | Electric Heating | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 223 | Apparel Apparatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 244 | Aeronautics and Astronautics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 251 | Valves and Valve Actuation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 330 | Amplifiers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 345 | Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 375 | Pulse or Digital Communications | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 382 | Image Analysis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 398 | Optical Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 407 | Cutters, for Shaping | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 414 | Material or Article Handling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 415 | Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 416 | Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 419 | Powder Metallurgy Processes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 434 | Education and Demonstration | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 439 | Electrical Connectors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 440 | Marine Propulsion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 474 | Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 482 | Exercise Devices | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 507 | Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 700 | DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 023 | Chemistry: Physical Processes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 043 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 047 | Plant Husbandry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 057 | Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 062 | Refrigeration | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 071 | Chemistry: Fertilizers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 074 | Machine Element or Mechanism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 084 | Music | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 095 | Gas Separation: Processes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 101 | Printing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 119 | Animal Husbandry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 132 | Toilet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 135 | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 148 | Metal Treatment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 156 | Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 | Heat Exchange | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 173 | Tool Driving or Impacting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 181 | Acoustics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 193 | Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 203 | Distillation: Processes, Separatory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 204 | Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 222 | Dispensing (apparatus and process) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 227 | Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 229 | Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 256 | Fences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 312 | Supports: Cabinet Structure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 313 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 326 | Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 327 | Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 331 | Oscillators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 336 | Inductor Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 337 | Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 342 | Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 343 | Communications: Radio Wave Antennas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 348 | Television | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 362 | Illumination | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 372 | Coherent Light Generators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 374 | Thermal Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 378 | X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 380 | Cryptography | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 381 | Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 392 | Electric Resistance Heating Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 403 | Joints and Connections | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 417 | Pumps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 427 | Coating Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 429 | Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 431 | Combustion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 433 | Dentistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 441 | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 454 | Ventilation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 475 | Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 493 | Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 501 | Compositions: Ceramic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 505 | Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 510 | Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 530 | Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 704 | DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 706 | DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 717 | DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 718 | Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ALL | ALL CLASSES | 123 | 142 | 161 | 152 | 166 | 744 |
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