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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

Bellingham, WA

( 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) 2 0 1 2 4 1 5 6 5 2 2 4 0 2 2 3 41
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 2 1 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 16
114 Ships 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 15
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 14
280 Land Vehicles 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 14
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 0 11
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 1 10
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 9
084 Music 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 9
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
119 Animal Husbandry 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8
340 Communications: Electrical 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8
382 Image Analysis 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 6
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 6
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
056 Harvesters 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4
331 Oscillators 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
211 Supports: Racks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
202 Distillation: Apparatus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 41 31 32 34 31 32 39 42 32 33 45 43 36 48 44 56 619


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