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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 2000 - 2004 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 AFRICA

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 7 9 5 4 1 26
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 5 4 5 7 1 22
340 Communications: Electrical 5 7 2 3 1 18
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 7 2 2 4 16
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 3 3 2 3 13
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 2 3 3 3 13
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 1 2 2 1 5 11
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 3 3 2 0 2 10
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 2 2 2 9
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 2 1 1 2 3 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 4 3 0 0 9
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 0 2 1 1 8
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 1 3 1 0 7
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 2 2 1 1 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 2 2 0 3 0 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 1 2 1 2 7
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 2 2 1 2 7
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 2 1 1 3 7
073 Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 1 3 6
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 2 0 1 1 6
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 2 1 2 6
244 Aeronautics 1 2 1 1 1 6
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 3 1 1 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 0 2 2 6
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 0 2 1 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 4 1 0 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 1 2 0 5
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 3 1 0 0 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 2 1 1 0 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 2 1 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 2 0 0 4
062 Refrigeration 0 1 2 1 0 4
081 Tools 2 1 0 0 1 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 1 1 1 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 2 0 2 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 0 2 0 0 4
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 1 2 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 1 1 0 4
219 Electric Heating 0 1 2 0 1 4
220 Receptacles 0 2 0 1 1 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 1 2 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 3 0 1 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 3 0 0 4
380 Cryptography 1 0 2 0 1 4
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 0 0 4
439 Electrical Connectors 1 2 1 0 0 4
451 Abrading 0 1 0 1 2 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 1 0 0 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 2 1 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 2 1 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 3 0 3
053 Package Making 2 0 1 0 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 3 0 0 0 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 1 1 0 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 2 0 0 0 1 3
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 3 0 0 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 1 2 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 2 0 3
267 Spring Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
280 Land Vehicles 0 2 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 1 0 1 1 3
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 2 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 1 3
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 2 0 3
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 1 1 0 1 3
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 1 1 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 1 0 3
432 Heating 1 0 0 1 1 3
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 0 1 3
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 1 1 0 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 2 3
002 Apparel 0 1 0 1 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 2 0 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 2 0 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 2 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 2
060 Power Plants 1 1 0 0 0 2
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 1 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 0 0 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 2 0 0 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 1 0 1 0 0 2
114 Ships 1 1 0 0 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 1 2
131 Tobacco 2 0 0 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 1 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 1 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 0 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 1 0 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 1 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 0 0 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 2 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 0 0 1 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 0 0 0 1 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 1 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 0 0 2
362 Illumination 0 0 1 1 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 1 1 2
440 Marine Propulsion 1 1 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 1 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 2 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 0 0 0 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 1
042 Firearms 0 0 0 1 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 1 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 1 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 1 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 1 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 1 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 1 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 1 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 1 0 1
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 1 1
252 Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 1 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 1 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 1 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 0 0 1
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 1 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 1 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 1 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 111 120 113 112 100 556


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