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Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving
1
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From
SOUTH DAKOTA
( 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 )
| Class | Class Title | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 280 | Land Vehicles | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 705 | DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 414 | Material or Article Handling | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 345 | Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 062 | Refrigeration | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 119 | Animal Husbandry | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 298 | Land Vehicles: Dumping | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 709 | Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 005 | Beds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 073 | Measuring and Testing | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 336 | Inductor Devices | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 606 | Surgery (instruments) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 701 | DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 042 | Firearms | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 269 | Work Holders | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 016 | Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 111 | Planting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 362 | Illumination | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 601 | Surgery: Kinesitherapy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 029 | Metal Working | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 070 | Locks | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 173 | Tool Driving or Impacting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 180 | Motor Vehicles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 241 | Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 307 | Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 004 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 015 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 049 | Movable or Removable Closures | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 056 | Harvesters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 172 | Earth Working | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 340 | Communications: Electrical | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 348 | Television | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 707 | DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 037 | Excavating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 043 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 044 | Fuel and Related Compositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 083 | Cutting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 105 | Railway Rolling Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 108 | Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 114 | Ships | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 116 | Signals and Indicators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 137 | Fluid Handling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 174 | Electricity: Conductors and Insulators | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 211 | Supports: Racks | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 220 | Receptacles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 246 | Railway Switches and Signals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 434 | Education and Demonstration | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 452 | Butchering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 455 | Telecommunications | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 482 | Exercise Devices | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 725 | Interactive Video Distribution Systems | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 047 | Plant Husbandry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 053 | Package Making | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 165 | Heat Exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 181 | Acoustics | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 203 | Distillation: Processes, Separatory | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 219 | Electric Heating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 222 | Dispensing (apparatus and process) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 242 | Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 252 | Compositions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 290 | Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 297 | Chairs and Seats | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 342 | Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 353 | Optics: Image Projectors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 404 | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 409 | Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 433 | Dentistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 439 | Electrical Connectors | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 700 | DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 002 | Apparel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 033 | Geometrical Instruments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 036 | Boots, Shoes, and Leggings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 055 | Gas Separation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 074 | Machine Element or Mechanism | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 091 | Motors: Expansible Chamber Type | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 092 | Expansible Chamber Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | Railways | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 110 | Furnaces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 122 | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 124 | Mechanical Guns and Projectors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 131 | Tobacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Pipes and Tubular Conduits | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 149 | Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 152 | Resilient Tires and Wheels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 156 | Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 157 | Wheelwright Machines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 169 | Fire Extinguishers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 182 | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 184 | Lubrication | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 188 | Brakes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 192 | Clutches and Power-Stop Control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Bottles and Jars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 221 | Article Dispensing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 224 | Package and Article Carriers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 227 | Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 250 | Radiant Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 256 | Fences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 261 | Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 292 | Closure Fasteners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 301 | Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 303 | Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 318 | Electricity: Motive Power Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 396 | Photography | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 403 | Joints and Connections | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 408 | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 431 | Combustion | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 449 | Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 475 | Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 492 | Roll or Roller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 504 | Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 518 | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 703 | DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 715 | DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 726 | Information Security | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| ALL | ALL CLASSES | 96 | 113 | 129 | 115 | 113 | 566 |
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