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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 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' )

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
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 4 3 4 5 7 23
414 Material or Article Handling 5 1 4 6 0 16
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 2 5 1 3 13
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 4 1 2 3 12
280 Land Vehicles 5 1 2 2 1 11
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 1 2 1 2 11
119 Animal Husbandry 4 1 1 2 2 10
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 0 3 4 9
049 Movable or Removable Closures 2 0 1 1 4 8
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 0 2 3 0 7
029 Metal Working 1 1 2 0 2 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 2 2 6
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 0 2 2 6
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 3 2 1 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 0 0 1 1 5
336 Inductor Devices 1 3 1 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 1 2 1 0 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 2 1 2 0 5
037 Excavating 0 2 1 1 0 4
056 Harvesters 2 0 0 2 0 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 1 0 2 0 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 0 2 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 0 0 1 1 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 2 0 0 1 1 4
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 1 2 0 4
455 Telecommunications 0 1 1 0 2 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring or Plural Processor Synchronization (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 1 0 1 4
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 0 1 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 1 0 1 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 2 1 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 1 1 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 0 1 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 1 1 1 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 2 0 0 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 0 0 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 0 1 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 1 0 0 3
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 1 1 0 3
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 2 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 0 0 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 1 1 3
283 Printed Matter 0 1 2 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 2 0 3
362 Illumination 0 0 1 0 2 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 1 0 0 1 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 0 0 0 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 2 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 0 0 1 1 2
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 1 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 1 0 0 1 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 1 0 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 1 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 1 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 1 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 2 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 2 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 0 1 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 1 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 0 2
348 Television 0 0 1 1 0 2
359 Optics: Systems and Elements 1 1 0 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 1 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 1 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 1 1 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 1 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 1 1 2
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 1 1 0 0 2
427 Coating Processes 1 0 1 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 2 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 1 1 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 1 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 1 0 1 2
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 1 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 1 1
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 1 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 1 1
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 1 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 1 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 1 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 1 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 1
168 Farriery 0 0 0 1 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 1 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 1 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 1 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 1 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 1 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 1 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 1 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 1 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 1 0 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 1 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 1 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 0 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 0 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 1 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 0 1 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 1 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 1 0 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 86 76 76 80 82 400


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