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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

Terre Haute, IN

( 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
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 15
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
111 Planting 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 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 1 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
427 Coating Processes 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
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 7 11 12 15 8 12 11 6 9 3 7 4 105

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