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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

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

( 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
385 Optical Waveguides 29 25 35 40 36 35 34 44 32 25 40 26 44 40 63 60 608
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 6 4 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 5 5 1 4 2 4 45
066 Textiles: Knitting 4 7 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22
439 Electrical Connectors 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 22
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 4 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 21
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 4 16
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 15
029 Metal Working 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 13
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 13
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 11
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11
297 Chairs and Seats 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 9
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 9
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 9
005 Beds 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 7
427 Coating Processes 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 5
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
451 Abrading 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 3 0 0 0 3
269 Work Holders 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
083 Cutting 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
384 Bearings 0 2 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 73 78 75 74 62 71 65 69 63 45 73 49 79 86 109 106 1177


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