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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

Sandusky, OH

( 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
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 11
118 Coating Apparatus 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7
027 Undertaking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 6
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 6
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 6
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
114 Ships 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 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.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
ALL ALL CLASSES 7 8 8 3 11 8 5 5 4 7 9 20 11 10 13 9 133


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