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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

Salem, OR

( 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
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 9 6 7 8 11 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 63
340 Communications: Electrical 0 2 2 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 25
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 16
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 14
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 13
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 13
070 Locks 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 9
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 9
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 9
029 Metal Working 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 8
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 8
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 8
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 7
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 7
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 5
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 5
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 5
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
348 Television 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
362 Illumination 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
037 Excavating 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
084 Music 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
114 Ships 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
433 Dentistry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
451 Abrading 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
144 Woodworking 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
399 Electrophotography 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 38 43 41 37 50 32 44 41 23 26 37 38 37 45 46 36 614


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