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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

Monroe, MI

( 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
297 Chairs and Seats 1 2 5 1 5 3 3 1 2 7 2 5 1 6 5 5 54
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 4 8 2 5 35
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 3 9 2 28
280 Land Vehicles 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 4 1 26
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 6 3 1 2 0 25
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 22
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 17
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 3 0 16
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 16
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 15
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 13
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 1 4 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 12
073 Measuring and Testing 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
188 Brakes 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10
417 Pumps 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 10
029 Metal Working 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 8
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
072 Metal Deforming 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 6
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 6
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
101 Printing 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
427 Coating Processes 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
053 Package Making 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
165 Heat Exchange 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
250 Radiant Energy 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
439 Electrical Connectors 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
293 Vehicle Fenders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
063 Jewelry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 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 0 0 1 1
131 Tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
348 Television 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
483 Tool Changing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
719 Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (Ipc) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 38 42 36 35 48 18 37 23 35 34 47 46 41 57 63 56 656


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