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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

Evansville, IN-KY

( 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
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 14 8 16 10 10 5 10 9 15 10 25 10 20 14 23 29 228
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 6 3 1 1 1 7 2 8 13 11 11 15 17 25 11 8 140
062 Refrigeration 0 0 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 4 3 2 6 3 7 22 63
215 Bottles and Jars 6 3 8 3 5 5 2 2 3 3 6 2 4 4 1 0 57
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 5 4 4 3 1 6 5 2 4 5 2 4 5 2 53
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 2 3 7 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 1 1 32
220 Receptacles 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 6 25
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 2 2 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 22
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 21
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 18
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 16
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 0 1 15
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 14
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 11
029 Metal Working 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 10
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 9
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 8
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 7
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
060 Power Plants 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5
002 Apparel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
164 Metal Founding 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
148 Metal Treatment 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
249 Static Molds 1 0 0 1 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
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 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 66 38 65 44 57 52 47 57 56 52 81 69 89 97 92 118 1080


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