U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1997 - 2001 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 DAKOTA

(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')
 
Class Class Title 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 3 4 4 3 15
280 Land Vehicles 1 4 1 5 1 12
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 2 5 1 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 3 2 4 9
119 Animal Husbandry 2 1 0 4 1 8
037 Excavating 1 1 3 0 2 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 3 1 2 0 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 3 2 2 7
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 5 1 7
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 0 1 0 2 6
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 3 2 0 1 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 2 2 0 6
606 Surgery (instruments) 2 2 0 0 2 6
029 Metal Working 0 2 1 1 1 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 3 1 1 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 3 1 0 5
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 2 1 2 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 3 0 1 0 5
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 1 3 5
002 Apparel 2 0 1 0 1 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 3 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 1 1 0 1 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 0 2 0 4
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 1 2 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 2 0 1 0 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 0 2 0 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 2 1 0 0 1 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 1 2 4
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 0 2 0 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 1 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 3 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 2 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 2 0 0 3
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 0 0 1 1 1 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 1 0 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 1 2 3
433 Dentistry 1 1 0 0 1 3
452 Butchering 1 1 0 1 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 0 0 1 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 2 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 1 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 1 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 0 1 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 1 1 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 1 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 2 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 1 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 1 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 2 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 2 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 2 0 0 2
348 Television 1 1 0 0 0 2
362 Illumination 0 2 0 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 1 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 1 1 2
431 Combustion 0 1 1 0 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 1 0 1 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 1 2
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 1 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 1 1
007 Compound Hand Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 1 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 1 1
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 1 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 1 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 1 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 1 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 1 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 1 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 1 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 1 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 1 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 1 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 1 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 1 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
713 Support (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 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 46 50 66 86 76 324



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