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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

Bloomington-Normal, IL

( 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
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 1 0 3 1 3 0 5 6 15 1 3 12 17 20 17 109
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 3 4 9 14 2 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 2 3 5 2 2 1 31
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 5 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 25
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 8 7 21
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 13
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 11
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 9
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 9
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 9
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
417 Pumps 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 1 0 0 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
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
ALL ALL CLASSES 22 13 22 32 13 23 14 18 27 23 13 23 24 39 57 74 437


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