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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

Fargo, ND-MN

( 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 4 6 1 0 0 4 2 6 4 1 5 2 10 20 47 26 138
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 6 11 8 13 49
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 5 4 6 3 0 2 2 1 35
180 Motor Vehicles 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 4 5 2 1 32
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 21
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 10 2 20
111 Planting 6 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 18
172 Earth Working 2 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 14
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 13
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 13
280 Land Vehicles 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 12
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 4 1 0 12
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 11
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 11
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 11
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 9
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 9
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 9
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 8
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 7
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
056 Harvesters 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 6
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
184 Lubrication 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
250 Radiant Energy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
181 Acoustics 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
104 Railways 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
114 Ships 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
144 Woodworking 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
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 1 0 0 1 2
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
012 Boot and Shoe Making 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
238 Railways: Surface Track 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 0 0 0 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
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 47 40 30 21 17 30 31 39 43 35 55 54 53 84 107 75 761


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