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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 2007 - 2011 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 9 13 28 15 51 116
060 Power Plants 6 5 18 22 44 95
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 16 17 17 16 24 90
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 16 11 10 20 18 75
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 6 7 10 9 31 63
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 14 6 11 7 17 55
340 Communications: Electrical 9 11 18 5 9 52
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 15 8 10 8 10 51
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 4 8 3 16 19 50
029 Metal Working 5 11 7 11 15 49
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 6 8 9 11 6 40
073 Measuring and Testing 3 5 9 9 13 39
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 5 10 8 7 8 38
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 4 5 9 12 33
033 Geometrical Instruments 7 9 5 6 4 31
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 4 2 4 5 14 29
005 Beds 8 7 6 4 3 28
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 4 5 2 5 12 28
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 6 4 7 6 1 24
482 Exercise Devices 2 1 5 7 8 23
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 4 7 3 3 6 23
362 Illumination 2 4 4 6 6 22
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 5 7 3 3 21
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 6 7 1 4 3 21
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 4 6 7 2 21
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 7 5 3 0 6 21
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 2 7 3 4 20
219 Electric Heating 7 5 2 2 3 19
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 5 1 9 4 19
280 Land Vehicles 2 7 4 3 3 19
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 2 6 5 5 19
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 1 1 6 7 4 19
056 Harvesters 0 5 1 6 5 17
066 Textiles: Knitting 2 2 8 2 3 17
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 5 4 1 3 4 17
053 Package Making 3 4 4 1 4 16
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 2 4 8 1 16
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 4 2 3 2 5 16
427 Coating Processes 1 3 3 5 4 16
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 3 3 1 5 16
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 2 2 3 3 5 15
385 Optical Waveguides 1 3 3 2 6 15
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 3 2 2 4 3 14
220 Receptacles 4 2 0 6 2 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 2 3 1 4 14
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 1 2 4 6 14
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 1 6 3 2 13
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 8 1 0 3 1 13
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 7 3 0 2 1 13
252 Compositions 1 1 7 2 2 13
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 4 2 4 3 13
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 1 2 4 3 12
250 Radiant Energy 1 3 1 4 3 12
297 Chairs and Seats 4 3 3 1 1 12
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 4 1 3 2 12
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 3 2 5 1 11
148 Metal Treatment 2 1 2 4 2 11
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 1 1 3 4 2 11
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 3 3 1 1 3 11
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 4 2 0 3 2 11
606 Surgery (instruments) 4 1 2 1 3 11
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 3 0 1 3 4 11
002 Apparel 1 0 1 4 4 10
062 Refrigeration 1 0 4 2 3 10
119 Animal Husbandry 2 5 0 0 3 10
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 4 2 0 3 1 10
221 Article Dispensing 1 3 1 4 1 10
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 3 5 2 10
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 4 1 1 2 10
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 4 1 1 1 3 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 5 3 2 10
070 Locks 3 2 0 1 3 9
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 2 0 3 2 9
188 Brakes 0 2 2 2 3 9
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 2 0 1 6 9
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 3 4 1 9
379 Telephonic Communications 1 2 2 2 2 9
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 1 2 2 1 9
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 0 2 3 2 9
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 3 2 1 2 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 3 2 3 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 2 1 1 4 8
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 3 2 1 1 1 8
042 Firearms 1 1 0 3 3 8
137 Fluid Handling 2 3 2 1 0 8
169 Fire Extinguishers 2 2 1 2 1 8
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 4 1 0 0 3 8
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 4 2 2 0 8
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 4 2 2 8
384 Bearings 0 1 1 3 3 8
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 0 0 2 3 8
014 Bridges 0 0 3 1 3 7
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 3 3 7
114 Ships 1 2 2 1 1 7
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 2 2 0 2 1 7
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 2 2 0 2 1 7
382 Image Analysis 1 0 2 1 3 7
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 1 4 7
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 3 2 0 7
451 Abrading 2 3 0 1 1 7
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 4 1 1 6
083 Cutting 0 1 2 2 1 6
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 1 3 1 0 6
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 1 0 2 6
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 1 0 1 2 6
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 2 3 1 6
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 1 0 1 3 6
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 3 1 1 1 0 6
403 Joints and Connections 2 1 2 0 1 6
417 Pumps 0 0 2 1 3 6
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 1 1 3 0 6
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 1 1 1 5
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 1 1 2 5
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 0 0 2 1 5
100 Presses 1 3 0 1 0 5
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 2 0 1 2 5
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 3 1 1 5
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 2 1 5
139 Textiles: Weaving 3 1 1 0 0 5
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 1 0 3 5
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 3 2 5
273 Amusement Devices: Games 3 1 0 0 1 5
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 1 1 1 1 5
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 4 0 1 0 5
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 0 0 3 5
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 1 1 2 5
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 0 2 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 1 2 1 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 1 1 1 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 1 1 1 4
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 3 0 1 0 0 4
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 3 0 0 1 0 4
030 Cutlery 1 2 0 0 1 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 3 0 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 3 1 0 0 4
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 3 0 1 0 0 4
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 1 2 4
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 2 2 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 1 0 1 1 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 1 0 3 4
144 Woodworking 1 2 0 0 1 4
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 2 1 1 4
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 2 1 1 0 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 4 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 2 1 0 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 2 1 1 0 0 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 1 1 1 4
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 0 1 1 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 1 1 1 4
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 2 2 4
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 1 0 0 2 4
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 2 2 0 0 0 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 2 0 4
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 1 2 1 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 1 2 1 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 0 3 0 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 2 0 0 0 2 4
037 Excavating 0 0 1 1 1 3
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 2 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 1 1 3
081 Tools 2 1 0 0 0 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 2 3
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 1 0 1 1 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 2 0 0 1 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 2 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 1 1 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 1 1 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 1 1 3
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 2 0 0 0 3
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 1 1 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 1 1 3
431 Combustion 0 0 0 1 2 3
455 Telecommunications 2 0 0 0 1 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 1 0 1 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 3 0 0 3
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 2 1 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 2 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 2 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 2 0 2
084 Music 0 0 1 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 2 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
101 Printing 1 0 1 0 0 2
104 Railways 1 0 0 0 1 2
131 Tobacco 0 0 1 1 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 1 0 1 2
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 1 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 1 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 1 2
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 1 2
184 Lubrication 0 1 0 0 1 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 1 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 2 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 1 1 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 1 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 1 1 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 1 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 2 0 0 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 0 0 1 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 1 0 0 0 2
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 1 1 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 1 0 0 0 2
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 1 1 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 1 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 1 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 1 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 2 0 0 2
452 Butchering 1 0 0 1 0 2
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 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) 0 0 1 0 1 2
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 2 0 2
726 Information Security 1 0 1 0 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 1 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 0 0 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 1 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 1 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 1
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 0 0 1 0 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 1 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 1 0 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 0 1 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 1 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 1 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 1 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 1 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 1 0 0 1
348 Television 1 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 0 0 0 1
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 1 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 1 1
396 Photography 0 1 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 1 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1
483 Tool Changing 1 0 0 0 0 1
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 1 0 0 1
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 1
850 Scanning-Probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-Probe Techniques, e.g., Scanning Probe Microscopy [Spm] 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 411 395 461 517 656 2440


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