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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

Sherman-Denison, TX

( 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
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 5 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 22
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17
383 Flexible Bags 0 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 13
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 6
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
042 Firearms 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 2
252 Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
455 Telecommunications 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
219 Electric Heating 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 18 24 26 23 21 20 19 18 10 10 11 11 14 16 9 16 266


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