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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 - 2015 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, WA

( 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 7 5 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 36
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 2 6 4 2 1 28
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 2 2 23
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 19
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 4 3 0 15
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 14
114 Ships 2 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 13
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 1 0 1 13
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 12
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 11
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 10
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 10
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 7
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 6
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
033 Geometrical Instruments 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
111 Planting 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
101 Printing 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
451 Abrading 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
417 Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
002 Apparel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
185 Motors: Spring, Weight, or Animal Powered 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 17 24 20 32 22 25 42 27 19 27 34 42 35 45 43 30 481


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