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

Patenting In U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
Breakout By Technology Class

Count of 2000 - 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

Athens-Clarke County, GA

( Metropolitan Statistical Area )

( 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 )
( patent counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see the Explanation of Data )
( regional areas are based on U.S. Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) )

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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 9 6 7 6 3 5 5 5 8 4 4 10 72
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 7 9 5 6 6 3 3 1 9 7 4 4 64
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 3 7 5 3 29
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 1 4 3 1 4 3 2 1 4 1 3 28
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 12
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 9
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 9
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 9
370 Multiplex Communications 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 7
452 Butchering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
252 Compositions 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
053 Package Making 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 66 46 37 29 27 23 26 26 40 30 40 48 438

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