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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

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

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 5 4 1 2 2 14
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 4 1 2 3 13
340 Communications: Electrical 3 3 3 2 1 12
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 6 1 2 0 3 12
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 1 1 4 3 2 11
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 0 1 4 4 11
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 2 0 0 5 3 10
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 4 1 2 2 1 10
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 3 2 4 1 10
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 3 1 3 1 1 9
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 1 2 1 4 9
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 0 1 3 2 8
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 2 0 1 1 8
089 Ordnance 0 0 2 3 2 7
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 3 3 0 7
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 0 3 3 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 3 1 0 6
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 1 0 1 2 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 1 4 6
280 Land Vehicles 2 0 1 1 2 6
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 1 2 1 2 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 0 0 2 1 6
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 1 1 4 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 1 3 1 6
137 Fluid Handling 0 3 2 0 0 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 2 1 2 0 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 2 0 2 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 0 1 2 5
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 1 2 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 2 1 2 0 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 1 2 0 5
726 Information Security 0 0 3 2 0 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 2 1 1 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 3 1 0 0 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 2 0 0 0 2 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 2 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 3 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 1 0 0 1 4
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 1 1 0 1 1 4
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 1 2 4
482 Exercise Devices 2 1 1 0 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 2 1 0 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 1 0 3
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 1 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 2 0 1 3
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 2 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 2 3
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 3 3
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 1 0 2 0 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 2 0 0 1 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 1 0 1 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 2 0 0 1 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 2 1 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 1 0 1 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 0 1 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 1 0 0 0 3
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 1 0 0 0 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 2 0 1 0 3
451 Abrading 2 0 1 0 0 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 2 3
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 0 2 0 0 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 3 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 1 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 1 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 1 0 2
037 Excavating 1 0 0 0 1 2
042 Firearms 1 0 0 0 1 2
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 2 0 0 0 0 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 1 0 2
070 Locks 0 2 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 1 0 1 0 0 2
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 0 0 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 2 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 1 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 1 0 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 1 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 1 1 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 0 0 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 1 0 2
267 Spring Devices 2 0 0 0 0 2
331 Oscillators 0 0 2 0 0 2
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 2 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 2 0 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 2 2
439 Electrical Connectors 2 0 0 0 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 1 1 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 0 0 2
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 1 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 1 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 2 0 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 1 1
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 1 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 1 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 1 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 1 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 1 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 1 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 1 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 1 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 1 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 1 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 1 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 1 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 1 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 1 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 1 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 1 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 1 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 1 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 0 0 0 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
380 Cryptography 1 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 1 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 0 0 1 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 1 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 1 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 1 0 1
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 0 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 1 0 0 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 1 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 109 82 91 93 116 491


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