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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed 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 a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( some classes have been combined together under a single class identifier )

The following table displays technology classes and counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed either by year of patent grant or by year of patent application.
Class Class Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 28 31 19 16 17 111
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 23 19 22 16 11 91
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 17 14 13 9 13 66
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 12 9 14 14 6 55
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 7 10 12 15 8 52
005 Beds 20 8 6 8 7 49
340 Communications: Electrical 9 5 11 9 11 45
219 Electric Heating 6 7 18 7 5 43
060 Power Plants 2 7 21 6 5 41
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 9 6 13 4 8 40
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 13 5 8 6 8 40
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 4 6 13 6 7 36
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 4 5 8 5 10 32
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 8 5 6 7 32
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 8 6 6 7 3 30
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 10 6 7 4 3 30
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 3 5 9 7 5 29
029 Metal Working 3 4 5 5 11 28
280 Land Vehicles 7 4 7 2 7 27
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 5 10 5 4 2 26
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 5 6 6 3 5 25
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 7 5 4 5 25
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 6 1 10 4 2 23
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 9 2 7 0 5 23
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 7 8 2 4 23
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 7 5 8 1 1 22
362 Illumination 2 5 9 2 4 22
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 4 5 4 7 22
033 Geometrical Instruments 2 2 1 7 9 21
073 Measuring and Testing 2 4 7 3 5 21
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 5 0 7 8 1 21
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 4 7 7 2 1 21
053 Package Making 8 2 3 3 4 20
427 Coating Processes 5 6 5 1 3 20
062 Refrigeration 4 6 7 1 0 18
206 Special Receptacle or Package 5 5 5 1 2 18
482 Exercise Devices 4 4 7 2 1 18
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 4 2 2 5 4 17
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 3 2 2 6 4 17
056 Harvesters 1 4 5 0 5 15
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 2 5 2 4 2 15
439 Electrical Connectors 3 3 7 0 2 15
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 1 9 3 0 14
139 Textiles: Weaving 5 2 3 3 1 14
297 Chairs and Seats 1 3 3 4 3 14
137 Fluid Handling 1 2 5 2 3 13
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 4 4 1 2 2 13
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 2 1 2 4 13
385 Optical Waveguides 3 2 4 1 3 13
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 2 1 6 3 1 13
451 Abrading 2 3 3 2 3 13
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 2 3 4 2 13
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 4 2 3 4 13
070 Locks 3 2 2 3 2 12
114 Ships 1 5 3 1 2 12
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 2 3 2 3 2 12
220 Receptacles 2 1 3 4 2 12
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 0 2 4 2 12
252 Compositions 3 3 4 1 1 12
279 Chucks or Sockets 5 1 2 0 4 12
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 0 3 4 1 12
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 6 2 1 1 2 12
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 5 0 1 3 2 11
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 4 2 4 1 11
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 1 3 2 2 11
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 1 0 5 4 1 11
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 4 0 2 2 11
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 2 2 4 3 0 11
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 3 2 1 3 1 10
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 2 4 2 10
002 Apparel 3 2 3 1 0 9
101 Printing 3 1 4 1 0 9
250 Radiant Energy 1 1 3 1 3 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 2 0 2 4 9
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 0 6 1 1 9
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 2 1 3 3 9
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 2 1 4 1 1 9
030 Cutlery 3 1 1 1 2 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 3 0 2 0 3 8
047 Plant Husbandry 2 3 3 0 0 8
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 3 1 2 2 0 8
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 5 2 0 8
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 4 0 2 0 2 8
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 4 3 1 0 0 8
379 Telephonic Communications 1 2 2 1 2 8
417 Pumps 2 3 3 0 0 8
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 1 2 1 3 8
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 5 2 1 0 0 8
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 1 2 1 1 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 3 0 2 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 3 0 3 7
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 1 1 2 2 7
081 Tools 1 3 0 2 1 7
100 Presses 1 1 1 1 3 7
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 2 5 7
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 2 1 2 2 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 0 2 2 1 7
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 2 0 3 1 1 7
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 3 1 1 1 1 7
403 Joints and Connections 1 2 1 2 1 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 1 2 2 0 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 1 3 0 7
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 2 1 0 3 0 6
083 Cutting 1 2 2 0 1 6
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 2 2 1 6
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 2 0 2 2 6
188 Brakes 1 1 2 0 2 6
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 2 0 2 1 6
211 Supports: Racks 4 0 1 0 1 6
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 2 1 3 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 4 1 0 0 6
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 1 1 0 2 2 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 3 1 1 6
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 3 0 0 1 6
383 Flexible Bags 0 3 2 1 0 6
384 Bearings 1 3 1 0 1 6
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 3 1 1 6
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 1 1 1 6
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 3 2 0 0 0 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 2 1 1 5
144 Woodworking 1 0 1 1 2 5
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 2 1 1 0 5
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 0 4 5
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 2 1 1 0 5
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 3 1 5
292 Closure Fasteners 4 0 1 0 0 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 1 2 1 0 5
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 4 5
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 3 0 2 0 0 5
414 Material or Article Handling 3 0 0 1 1 5
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 0 1 2 0 5
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 3 1 0 0 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 2 0 2 1 0 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 2 0 2 5
042 Firearms 3 0 0 0 1 4
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 3 0 4
118 Coating Apparatus 0 3 0 1 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 2 1 0 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 1 1 0 4
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 3 1 0 0 4
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 1 1 1 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 4 0 0 0 4
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 1 2 4
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 2 0 2 0 0 4
382 Image Analysis 1 1 1 1 0 4
454 Ventilation 2 2 0 0 0 4
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 0 1 2 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 1 0 1 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 3 0 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 0 1 0 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 2 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 1 0 1 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 2 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 1 0 1 1 3
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 2 0 0 0 3
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 1 0 0 1 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 2 0 1 0 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 1 1 0 0 3
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 2 0 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 1 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 2 0 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 1 2 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 2 0 1 0 0 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 2 3
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 1 0 1 3
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 1 1 0 0 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 1 1 0 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 1 0 1 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 1 0 2 0 3
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 2 0 0 1 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 1 1 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 1 1 0 3
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 2 0 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 1 0 0 2
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 1 2
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 1 0 2
084 Music 1 1 0 0 0 2
089 Ordnance 1 1 0 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 1 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 2 0 0 0 0 2
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 1 1 2
125 Stone Working 1 1 0 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 1 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 1 0 1 2
172 Earth Working 0 1 1 0 0 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 2 0 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 1 1 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 0 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 2 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 2 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 1 0 1 0 0 2
348 Television 0 0 1 1 0 2
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 2 0 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 1 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 2 0 0 0 2
431 Combustion 1 1 0 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 1 0 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 1 2
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 1 0 0 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 1 2
472 Amusement Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 1 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 0 1 0 2
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 2 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 1 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 2
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 0 1 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 0 1 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 1 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 1 0 0 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 1 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 1 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 1 0 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 0 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 1 1
338 Electrical Resistors 0 0 1 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 1 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 0 0 1 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 1 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 1 0 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 1 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 1 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 524 460 577 411 395 2367


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