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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

Idaho Falls, ID

( 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
250 Radiant Energy 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 5 2 4 7 5 3 2 3 2 46
073 Measuring and Testing 1 4 6 5 5 4 7 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 43
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 2 6 2 5 2 2 0 32
148 Metal Treatment 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 1 5 2 28
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 6 3 5 28
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 3 2 22
062 Refrigeration 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 15
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 4 1 0 15
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 14
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 14
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 14
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 13
280 Land Vehicles 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 12
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 12
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 12
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 12
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 12
252 Compositions 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11
219 Electric Heating 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 10
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 9
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 8
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
414 Material or Article Handling 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
002 Apparel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
164 Metal Founding 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
382 Image Analysis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
055 Gas Separation 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
125 Stone Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
433 Dentistry 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
231 Whips and Whip Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 37 38 44 35 39 43 61 61 32 36 69 51 39 61 46 34 726


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