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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

Kankakee-Bradley, IL

( 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
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 9
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
188 Brakes 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
029 Metal Working 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
172 Earth Working 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 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 1 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
213 Railway Draft Appliances 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 1 0 0 0 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
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 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 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 5 10 10 7 10 21 7 10 10 6 15 11 122

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