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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

Fresno, CA

( 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
280 Land Vehicles 5 4 5 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 35
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 3 4 6 2 1 26
348 Television 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 5 24
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 20
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 5 5 3 19
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 18
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 4 1 17
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 15
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 4 2 1 15
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 15
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 13
482 Exercise Devices 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 13
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 3 12
396 Photography 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 12
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 12
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 11
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 3 11
047 Plant Husbandry 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10
089 Ordnance 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 10
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 10
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
056 Harvesters 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 9
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 9
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
002 Apparel 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 8
386 Motion Video Signal Processing for Recording or Reproducing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 8
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 8
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 8
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 8
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
606 Surgery (instruments) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
180 Motor Vehicles 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 6
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5
362 Illumination 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 5
433 Dentistry 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
414 Material or Article Handling 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
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 1 2 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
169 Fire Extinguishers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
188 Brakes 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
256 Fences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
417 Pumps 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
439 Electrical Connectors 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
084 Music 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
029 Metal Working 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
850 Scanning-Probe Techniques or Apparatus; Applications of Scanning-Probe Techniques, e.g., Scanning Probe Microscopy [Spm] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 58 40 44 36 40 39 33 27 25 31 39 56 53 73 78 72 744


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