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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

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

( 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
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 4 5 5 5 3 9 3 2 2 0 3 3 0 2 6 8 60
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 4 3 0 0 2 2 3 2 32
340 Communications: Electrical 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 25
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 22
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 18
439 Electrical Connectors 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 11
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 11
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
073 Measuring and Testing 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 10
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 10
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 2 3 3 1 9
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 7
084 Music 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
112 Sewing 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 6
379 Telephonic Communications 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
427 Coating Processes 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 6
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
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 2 2 1 5
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
070 Locks 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
030 Cutlery 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
362 Illumination 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 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
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
338 Electrical Resistors 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 1
431 Combustion 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
450 Foundation Garments 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 52 31 27 42 28 44 28 40 31 29 33 40 35 37 48 48 593


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