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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 CAROLINA

( 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
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 21 30 29 40 27 147
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 24 15 29 35 23 126
005 Beds 13 23 13 7 20 76
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 4 17 11 14 13 59
219 Electric Heating 15 12 12 7 6 52
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 7 11 10 11 9 48
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 8 11 6 12 41
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 12 6 12 9 2 41
279 Chucks or Sockets 6 9 10 9 5 39
139 Textiles: Weaving 14 11 4 3 5 37
427 Coating Processes 9 7 7 8 5 36
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 6 9 8 8 5 36
482 Exercise Devices 14 3 11 4 4 36
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 12 4 17 34
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 5 8 7 10 33
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 6 8 4 10 4 32
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 10 2 8 8 4 32
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 8 4 8 8 4 32
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 9 7 5 5 31
029 Metal Working 5 8 6 8 3 30
053 Package Making 6 6 5 5 8 30
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 8 8 5 2 6 29
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 5 7 4 6 7 29
062 Refrigeration 5 3 6 10 4 28
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 5 4 4 6 8 27
137 Fluid Handling 10 7 6 3 1 27
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 6 9 6 4 2 27
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 6 5 3 9 26
280 Land Vehicles 2 4 4 8 7 25
340 Communications: Electrical 4 2 8 2 9 25
073 Measuring and Testing 6 5 7 4 2 24
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 2 4 7 6 5 24
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 3 6 4 7 4 24
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 3 8 5 3 4 23
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 1 11 5 4 22
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 5 2 5 8 2 22
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 5 1 5 2 8 21
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 2 4 6 2 6 20
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 4 5 1 5 5 20
252 Compositions 2 5 2 8 3 20
362 Illumination 2 4 5 7 2 20
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 6 4 4 3 2 19
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 6 6 5 1 1 19
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 6 1 6 3 2 18
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 2 6 5 3 18
385 Optical Waveguides 1 7 5 2 3 18
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 2 3 1 5 18
002 Apparel 4 6 3 1 3 17
220 Receptacles 4 7 4 0 2 17
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 3 3 3 3 4 16
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 3 3 6 2 1 15
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 7 0 1 3 3 14
384 Bearings 4 2 4 3 1 14
030 Cutlery 5 1 1 3 3 13
060 Power Plants 0 3 5 3 2 13
101 Printing 3 2 4 1 3 13
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 3 4 1 3 2 13
414 Material or Article Handling 0 2 4 4 3 13
439 Electrical Connectors 3 4 1 2 3 13
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 2 5 2 1 2 12
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 3 3 1 4 1 12
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 3 5 2 1 1 12
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 2 6 0 3 1 12
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 2 3 6 0 12
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 2 3 0 4 12
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 2 5 2 1 12
033 Geometrical Instruments 3 2 2 2 2 11
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 4 1 2 3 11
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 1 1 3 4 11
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 3 1 3 2 11
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 2 0 4 3 11
451 Abrading 3 1 3 2 2 11
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 2 0 1 5 10
042 Firearms 1 5 0 1 3 10
047 Plant Husbandry 2 2 1 3 2 10
070 Locks 2 0 1 4 3 10
104 Railways 4 1 1 4 0 10
114 Ships 2 3 1 3 1 10
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 2 1 0 4 3 10
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 7 3 0 10
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 6 1 2 10
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 2 3 2 2 10
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 1 2 4 3 10
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 1 3 4 9
188 Brakes 2 0 5 1 1 9
211 Supports: Racks 2 2 1 0 4 9
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 2 3 1 9
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 6 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 1 2 2 1 8
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 3 0 1 3 1 8
066 Textiles: Knitting 3 2 0 2 1 8
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 2 0 3 3 8
112 Sewing 2 5 1 0 0 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 1 3 1 1 8
221 Article Dispensing 2 1 2 3 0 8
382 Image Analysis 0 3 4 0 1 8
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 4 1 2 0 1 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 1 4 1 8
454 Ventilation 2 1 2 1 2 8
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 1 0 5 1 8
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 0 0 4 2 8
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 1 2 1 1 8
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 1 3 2 0 7
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 4 2 1 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 3 1 1 1 7
119 Animal Husbandry 0 5 1 1 0 7
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 3 4 0 0 0 7
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 2 1 3 0 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 4 0 1 2 7
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 3 1 0 2 7
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 1 1 4 7
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 3 1 1 1 7
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 1 0 1 4 7
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 2 2 1 1 7
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 0 3 3 1 0 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 3 0 1 2 1 7
417 Pumps 1 0 3 1 2 7
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 2 1 3 7
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 5 1 0 1 0 7
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 3 2 0 1 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 1 3 7
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 3 2 0 1 7
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 2 3 1 0 0 6
072 Metal Deforming 1 1 1 2 1 6
116 Signals and Indicators 0 1 1 2 2 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 1 1 3 6
246 Railway Switches and Signals 1 0 2 3 0 6
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 3 1 1 1 6
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 2 2 1 6
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 4 1 0 0 6
431 Combustion 0 3 1 1 1 6
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 0 2 2 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 2 2 2 0 0 6
081 Tools 0 1 2 1 1 5
089 Ordnance 1 0 1 2 1 5
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 5 0 0 0 0 5
118 Coating Apparatus 2 0 2 1 0 5
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 1 1 1 5
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 0 2 0 1 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 1 2 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 2 0 2 1 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 1 0 1 1 5
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 0 2 1 0 5
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 2 1 2 5
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 2 0 0 2 1 5
440 Marine Propulsion 0 2 2 0 1 5
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 4 0 0 0 5
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 3 1 0 5
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 1 1 2 5
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 2 1 2 5
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 1 2 0 0 4
055 Gas Separation 2 0 1 0 1 4
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 2 1 4
065 Glass Manufacturing 3 0 0 1 0 4
131 Tobacco 0 3 0 0 1 4
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 3 0 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 2 0 0 4
144 Woodworking 0 1 2 0 1 4
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 2 1 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 2 0 0 1 4
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 1 0 1 1 4
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 2 0 1 4
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 0 1 1 4
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 1 1 4
450 Foundation Garments 2 1 0 0 1 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 1 0 1 4
037 Excavating 0 0 2 1 0 3
083 Cutting 0 1 0 1 1 3
084 Music 1 1 0 0 1 3
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 1 1 0 1 0 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 1 1 3
132 Toilet 1 0 0 2 0 3
184 Lubrication 0 1 2 0 0 3
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 1 1 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 1 1 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 0 1 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 2 0 0 1 3
256 Fences 1 2 0 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 1 1 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 2 0 1 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 1 0 2 3
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 2 1 0 3
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 0 2 0 3
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 1 1 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 2 1 3
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 3 0 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 1 1 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 3 0 0 0 0 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 1 0 1 0 3
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 1 1 0 1 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 2 0 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 1 0 0 0 3
014 Bridges 0 0 0 2 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 1 0 1 0 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 2 0 0 2
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 2 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 1 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 1 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 1 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 2 0 0 0 2
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 1 1 0 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 1 0 1 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 1 2
244 Aeronautics 0 0 0 0 2 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 2 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 1 1 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 1 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 1 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 0 0 1 2
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 2 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 1 1 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 1 0 0 2
348 Television 2 0 0 0 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 1 0 0 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 1 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 2 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 0 2 0 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 1 0 0 2
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 1 0 0 0 2
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 1 0 0 2
433 Dentistry 1 0 1 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 2 0 2
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 1 0 0 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 1 2
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 0 0 0 2 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 1 1 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 0 0 1 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 1 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 1 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 1 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 1 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 1 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 1 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 1 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 1 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 1 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 1 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 1 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 0 1 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 0 1 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 531 565 599 570 524 2789


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