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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

East Liverpool-Salem, OH

( Micropolitan 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
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 15
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
432 Heating 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
451 Abrading 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 7 11 9 8 12 5 11 11 7 11 15 8 115

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