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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

Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge, CA

( 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
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 11
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
219 Electric Heating 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
186 Merchandising 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
432 Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 9 8 11 8 10 12 13 6 6 6 5 5 99

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