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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

Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OK

( Non Metro/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
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 5 0 2 2 2 5 2 6 3 1 2 31
280 Land Vehicles 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 13
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 9
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
340 Communications: Electrical 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
002 Apparel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
114 Ships 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
451 Abrading 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 45 28 19 18 18 18 21 16 24 17 15 21 260

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