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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

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

( 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
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 16
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 10
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 10
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 7
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 7
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
221 Article Dispensing 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
014 Bridges 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 12 16 27 21 12 10 13 10 10 16 12 16 17 12 22 18 244


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