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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

Decatur, AL

( 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
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
042 Firearms 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
066 Textiles: Knitting 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 10 12 15 11 13 5 10 17 11 10 9 7 14 13 7 12 176


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