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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 - 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

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

( 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 17 3 6 39
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 6 6 30
114 Ships 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 23
340 Communications: Electrical 3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 19
362 Illumination 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 18
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 17
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 16
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 16
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 1 3 1 16
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 2 15
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 15
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 13
280 Land Vehicles 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 11
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 10
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 10
062 Refrigeration 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 9
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 9
042 Firearms 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 8
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7
220 Receptacles 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 7
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 7
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 6
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 6
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 6
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
002 Apparel 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
083 Cutting 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
427 Coating Processes 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
110 Furnaces 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
269 Work Holders 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
056 Harvesters 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
084 Music 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
101 Printing 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 42 49 39 46 50 39 47 26 39 33 44 37 49 76 65 85 766


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