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

U.S. State Patenting
Breakout by Regional Component

Count of 2000 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Utility Patents Originating From

SOUTH CAROLINA

And a Rank Ordered Listing of the Regional Components (e.g., Counties)
From Which Those Patents Originated

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see Explanation of Data )

This table displays regional components (e.g., counties) of the profiled area and counts of utility patents originating from them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
FIPS Code Mail Code State or Territory Regional Area Component 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
45045 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville County 109 141 143 127 122 125 167 122 103 139 148 253 370 353 388 441 3251
45083 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg County 59 73 86 99 76 76 83 50 43 56 47 53 44 43 59 60 1007
45019 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston County 48 37 62 38 35 31 28 18 16 33 20 36 45 52 46 36 580
45063 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Lexington County 39 48 29 33 35 19 26 22 18 26 32 45 47 51 42 49 557
45077 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Pickens County 26 34 36 40 28 22 29 23 29 22 41 26 53 32 50 33 524
45079 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Richland County 26 26 21 28 29 25 32 17 20 24 27 35 44 56 45 44 495
45091 SC SOUTH CAROLINA York County 21 22 30 21 21 19 26 15 22 23 29 28 38 47 33 68 459
45007 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Anderson County 23 31 25 28 22 19 26 14 20 13 19 25 34 43 41 45 428
45041 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Florence County 34 22 22 16 22 23 32 22 15 12 19 16 19 23 28 15 340
45035 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Dorchester County 18 16 19 16 19 13 17 18 11 7 23 15 23 29 28 17 288
45003 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Aiken County 19 23 17 18 9 10 11 11 12 18 16 17 17 18 22 19 257
45013 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort County 20 13 15 10 15 13 18 16 12 22 18 13 18 16 17 18 254
45051 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Horry County 5 8 14 13 11 16 13 13 12 16 15 16 16 17 18 22 225
45073 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Oconee County 14 17 15 15 14 9 10 13 10 6 17 11 11 19 11 9 201
45015 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Berkeley County 15 12 13 9 18 8 8 5 9 7 11 11 15 15 21 15 191
45031 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Darlington County 8 8 12 11 15 3 15 8 5 8 6 5 6 8 5 8 131
45057 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Lancaster County 7 6 9 10 7 4 2 4 6 2 7 9 12 17 10 17 125
45047 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Greenwood County 6 1 3 5 4 3 5 6 9 6 3 8 8 5 8 8 88
45085 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Sumter County 2 3 1 5 1 6 2 4 5 6 1 3 4 4 6 2 55
45075 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Orangeburg County 8 0 3 9 3 4 2 3 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 3 53
45043 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Georgetown County 1 4 3 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 7 6 6 7 5 49
45055 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Kershaw County 4 3 5 0 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 6 4 4 4 1 47
45059 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Laurens County 1 3 2 0 2 0 5 1 2 2 0 3 0 3 3 5 32
45023 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Chester County 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 4 20
45025 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Chesterfield County 4 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 20
45029 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Colleton County 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 19
45021 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Cherokee County 2 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 18
45037 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Edgefield County 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 17
45071 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Newberry County 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 16
45009 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Bamberg County 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11
45027 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Clarendon County 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11
45089 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Williamsburg County 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 11
45001 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Abbeville County 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 9
45069 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Marlboro County 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 9
45087 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Union County 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9
45049 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Hampton County 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
45065 SC SOUTH CAROLINA McCormick County 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 8
45039 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Fairfield County 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7
45081 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Saluda County 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
45033 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Dillon County 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
45053 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Jasper County 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
45017 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Calhoun County 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
45061 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Lee County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
45067 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Marion County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
45005 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Allendale County 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
45011 SC SOUTH CAROLINA Barnwell County 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL ALL U.S. STATES/REGIONS ALL AREA COMPONENTS 531 565 599 571 525 460 576 412 395 461 518 656 851 873 911 955 9859


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