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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

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA

( 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 2 4 7 4 2 4 5 6 3 4 5 3 8 3 64
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 3 3 1 5 3 2 5 2 2 6 3 6 3 2 3 2 51
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 2 10 1 2 4 1 2 2 7 3 3 3 4 3 47
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 4 8 9 12 43
073 Measuring and Testing 5 3 3 2 5 6 3 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 41
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 4 4 0 0 5 1 1 3 8 2 5 2 1 1 38
427 Coating Processes 1 8 2 4 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 27
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 25
340 Communications: Electrical 0 1 0 3 2 3 8 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 25
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 24
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 3 3 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 23
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 3 3 0 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 22
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 21
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 21
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 4 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 21
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 20
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 19
095 Gas Separation: Processes 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 17
060 Power Plants 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 16
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 16
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 4 15
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 15
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 15
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 13
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 10
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 10
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 10
252 Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 9
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 9
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7
219 Electric Heating 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 7
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
055 Gas Separation 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
062 Refrigeration 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4
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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
042 Firearms 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
202 Distillation: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
396 Photography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 59 56 65 93 74 64 79 40 48 51 74 69 72 69 82 84 1079


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