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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 2011 - 2015 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 by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
060 Power Plants 44 89 127 75 104 439
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 51 58 43 61 49 262
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 31 56 31 43 51 212
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 19 15 39 37 27 137
029 Metal Working 15 15 18 27 16 91
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 24 19 14 11 16 84
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 17 23 11 15 16 82
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 18 10 10 15 17 70
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 12 19 15 11 10 67
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 14 15 16 13 8 66
073 Measuring and Testing 13 16 8 15 11 63
385 Optical Waveguides 6 10 9 16 15 56
219 Electric Heating 3 8 10 18 12 51
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 6 13 8 12 12 51
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 4 6 13 11 16 50
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8 6 11 15 6 46
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 10 5 15 10 4 44
340 Communications: Electrical 9 13 7 2 12 43
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 3 6 15 5 12 41
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 5 8 10 5 12 40
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 12 10 1 11 5 39
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5 10 4 8 9 36
427 Coating Processes 4 9 6 4 11 34
280 Land Vehicles 3 2 5 10 13 33
005 Beds 3 6 10 5 8 32
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 4 10 2 9 7 32
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 8 9 5 7 32
062 Refrigeration 3 4 8 5 11 31
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 2 3 14 11 31
220 Receptacles 2 4 8 5 11 30
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 3 9 9 5 3 29
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 5 8 4 6 6 29
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 5 10 4 5 3 27
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3 6 4 8 5 26
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 2 11 6 2 5 26
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 6 7 5 4 4 26
137 Fluid Handling 0 7 6 2 10 25
250 Radiant Energy 3 7 2 5 8 25
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 2 6 4 6 7 25
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 6 6 5 2 4 23
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 2 1 9 7 4 23
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 6 6 2 7 2 23
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 3 5 4 3 7 22
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 4 5 6 6 22
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 6 2 4 5 4 21
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 3 4 1 7 4 19
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 7 1 3 6 19
362 Illumination 6 3 3 4 3 19
482 Exercise Devices 8 2 1 5 3 19
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 0 7 4 5 18
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 7 4 3 3 18
384 Bearings 3 1 7 1 6 18
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 2 6 3 5 2 18
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 4 2 4 3 4 17
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 4 2 4 4 17
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 2 2 4 7 2 17
033 Geometrical Instruments 4 3 2 2 5 16
148 Metal Treatment 2 2 2 4 6 16
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 3 3 2 7 16
382 Image Analysis 3 3 1 4 5 16
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 6 5 4 16
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 4 5 0 3 4 16
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 2 3 4 4 16
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 2 4 6 15
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 3 1 2 5 4 15
417 Pumps 3 7 1 3 1 15
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 2 2 2 7 2 15
002 Apparel 4 3 2 4 1 14
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 3 4 4 2 14
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 4 4 2 1 3 14
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 1 5 2 5 14
252 Compositions 2 4 2 4 2 14
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 2 5 3 1 3 14
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 3 3 2 2 13
383 Flexible Bags 0 1 3 5 4 13
414 Material or Article Handling 4 2 3 1 3 13
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 2 6 2 0 13
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 5 3 1 1 12
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 2 4 4 2 0 12
095 Gas Separation: Processes 3 2 1 2 4 12
114 Ships 1 1 3 5 2 12
119 Animal Husbandry 3 4 4 0 1 12
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 3 4 4 12
279 Chucks or Sockets 3 1 3 5 0 12
348 Television 0 1 2 5 4 12
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 4 1 3 1 3 12
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 3 0 2 6 1 12
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 4 2 5 12
431 Combustion 2 0 4 2 4 12
463 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 5 3 0 12
053 Package Making 4 2 2 2 1 11
056 Harvesters 5 1 2 0 3 11
126 Stoves and Furnaces 3 1 5 1 1 11
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 2 3 4 2 0 11
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 1 1 4 3 11
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 4 1 3 2 1 11
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 2 1 1 5 10
014 Bridges 3 1 3 3 0 10
089 Ordnance 2 1 4 1 2 10
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 2 1 5 1 10
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 4 1 2 2 1 10
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 2 0 2 1 5 10
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 3 2 0 4 10
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 3 2 1 3 10
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 1 0 2 6 10
451 Abrading 1 2 1 1 5 10
455 Telecommunications 1 0 3 3 3 10
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 2 3 2 2 1 10
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 3 3 1 10
070 Locks 3 3 1 1 1 9
084 Music 0 2 3 4 0 9
164 Metal Founding 1 1 2 2 3 9
181 Acoustics 1 4 3 0 1 9
188 Brakes 3 1 2 1 2 9
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 2 2 1 2 9
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 4 1 1 1 9
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 2 2 2 3 9
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 0 7 8
104 Railways 1 3 2 0 2 8
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 2 2 2 2 0 8
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 1 0 3 4 8
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 2 3 2 8
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 2 1 2 1 2 8
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 2 5 0 8
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 1 2 0 1 4 8
403 Joints and Connections 1 1 1 1 4 8
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 1 6 0 1 8
726 Information Security 0 0 0 1 7 8
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 2 1 1 3 7
030 Cutlery 1 0 3 2 1 7
042 Firearms 3 1 2 0 1 7
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 2 4 0 1 7
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 2 0 3 7
083 Cutting 1 3 0 2 1 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 1 1 3 1 7
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 1 3 1 1 7
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 2 3 2 0 7
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 1 0 2 4 0 7
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 2 0 3 1 7
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 2 4 1 7
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 2 0 3 0 6
072 Metal Deforming 2 0 1 1 2 6
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 1 0 0 4 6
211 Supports: Racks 3 0 3 0 0 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 2 4 0 6
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 1 4 6
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 4 1 1 6
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 3 0 1 1 6
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 3 2 0 1 6
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 1 5 6
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 5 6
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 3 6
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 3 2 6
066 Textiles: Knitting 3 1 0 1 0 5
101 Printing 0 2 1 2 0 5
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 1 0 2 1 5
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 2 0 1 1 5
165 Heat Exchange 2 1 0 1 1 5
180 Motor Vehicles 2 1 0 0 2 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 1 1 2 5
221 Article Dispensing 1 3 1 0 0 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 2 1 2 5
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 1 3 0 1 5
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 1 1 1 0 2 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 1 0 1 1 2 5
379 Telephonic Communications 2 0 2 1 0 5
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 1 2 0 1 1 5
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 1 0 0 2 5
433 Dentistry 0 2 1 1 1 5
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 2 1 0 1 1 5
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 2 1 0 2 5
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 1 0 2 1 1 5
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 2 1 0 1 5
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 2 0 1 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 2 2 4
037 Excavating 1 2 0 1 0 4
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 2 1 4
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 2 2 0 0 4
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 1 1 1 1 0 4
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 1 0 3 0 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 2 2 0 0 0 4
116 Signals and Indicators 2 0 1 1 0 4
125 Stone Working 1 1 0 2 0 4
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 1 2 4
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 2 0 0 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 1 0 2 0 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 4 4
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 2 1 0 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 1 0 2 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 1 1 1 0 4
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 1 2 0 1 0 4
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 2 1 1 0 4
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 2 1 0 0 1 4
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 1 2 1 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 2 1 0 3
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 2 0 0 0 1 3
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 3 3
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 1 1 3
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 2 1 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 1 0 1 1 0 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 1 0 0 1 3
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 1 1 1 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 1 1 1 3
249 Static Molds 1 0 1 1 0 3
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 2 0 3
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 1 0 1 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 2 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 2 1 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 1 2 0 3
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 1 0 1 3
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 1 0 1 1 3
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 1 1 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 1 1 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 1 0 2 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 2 0 1 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 1 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 2 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 1 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 1 0 1 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 2 0 0 0 2
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 1 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 1 1 0 0 0 2
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 1 0 0 1 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 2 0 2
184 Lubrication 1 0 0 1 0 2
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 2 0 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 1 0 2
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 1 1 2
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
338 Electrical Resistors 0 1 0 1 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 1 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 2 2
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 0 1 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 2 0 0 0 2
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 1 1 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 1 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 1 0 1 0 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 2
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 1 0 1 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 1 1 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 0 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 1 1 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 1 1 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 1 0 0 0 1 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 1 0 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 1 1 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 1 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 1 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 1 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 1 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 1 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 1
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 1 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 0 0 0 0 1 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 1 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 1 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 1 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 1 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 1 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 1 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 1 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 1 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 1 0 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 1 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 0 1
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 1 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 0 1 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 1 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 1 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 1 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 1 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 1 0 0 1
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 1 0 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 656 850 873 907 950 4236



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