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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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

( 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 1 9 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 3 7 11 5 2 51
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 10 9 2 5 2 44
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 2 4 5 7 4 37
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 2 3 2 0 1 5 6 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 29
073 Measuring and Testing 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 19
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 3 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 17
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 15
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 14
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 14
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 13
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 13
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 11
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 11
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 10
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 8
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 7
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 7
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 6
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
188 Brakes 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
220 Receptacles 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
451 Abrading 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
089 Ordnance 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
065 Glass Manufacturing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
348 Television 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
053 Package Making 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
417 Pumps 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 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 0 1 1 0 0 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
002 Apparel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
139 Textiles: Weaving 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
283 Printed Matter 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 1
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 38 50 61 44 29 29 31 41 41 39 56 52 61 58 56 54 740


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