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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 AFRICA

( 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
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 5 4 1 1 4 15
340 Communications: Electrical 1 4 3 3 3 14
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 2 5 4 1 13
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 0 6 1 2 12
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 2 3 4 1 11
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 2 1 3 1 3 10
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 2 2 0 3 9
137 Fluid Handling 2 2 0 3 2 9
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 3 2 0 1 3 9
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 4 2 2 0 0 8
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 3 2 0 2 1 8
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 4 1 2 7
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 4 2 0 7
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 3 2 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 1 2 0 1 6
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 3 2 0 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 3 0 1 0 1 5
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 1 0 3 1 5
223 Apparel Apparatus 2 1 1 1 0 5
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 0 1 2 5
439 Electrical Connectors 0 3 2 0 0 5
451 Abrading 2 0 2 0 1 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 2 1 5
726 Information Security 1 1 0 0 3 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 0 0 2 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 2 0 1 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 1 1 0 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 1 0 0 1 4
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 2 0 1 4
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 2 1 0 4
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 2 1 0 4
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 1 1 2 4
455 Telecommunications 1 2 1 0 0 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 1 1 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 2 1 1 4
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 0 0 1 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 1 0 1 3
070 Locks 0 1 0 2 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 2 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 1 2 0 0 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 0 1 0 0 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 2 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 2 1 0 3
220 Receptacles 1 1 0 0 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 2 1 3
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 2 0 0 1 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 1 1 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 1 1 0 0 3
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 1 1 0 0 1 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 2 1 0 0 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 0 2 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 2 1 0 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 1 0 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 3 0 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 1 0 0 1 3
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 1 1 0 0 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 2 1 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 2 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 2 0 1 0 0 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 1 0 2
042 Firearms 0 1 1 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 1 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 1 0 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 2 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 1 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 1 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 1 0 0 2
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 1 0 0 1 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 1 0 0 0 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 1 0 0 1 0 2
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 1 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 2 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 1 0 2
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 1 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 1 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 1 1 0 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 1 0 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 2 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 2 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 2 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 1 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 2 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 1 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 1 0 0 1 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 1 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 1 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 1 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 1 0 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 1 0 1 0 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 2 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 2 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 1 0 1 2
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 1 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 1 0 2
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 0 0 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 1 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 2 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 2
005 Beds 1 0 0 0 0 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 0 0 1 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 0 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 1 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 1 1
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 1 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 1 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 1 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 1 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 1 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 1
181 Acoustics 0 1 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 1 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 1 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 1 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 1 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 1 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 0 1
249 Static Molds 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
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 1 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 1 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 1 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 1 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 1 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 100 87 109 82 91 469


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