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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

Spartanburg, SC

( 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
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 5 4 9 22 10 8 10 9 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 103
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 3 8 7 9 6 11 5 6 6 5 2 4 7 2 2 1 84
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 2 8 5 5 8 1 3 3 5 5 6 3 3 1 5 0 63
482 Exercise Devices 12 3 8 4 2 3 5 1 1 5 5 4 1 0 2 2 58
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 3 2 10 7 0 6 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 44
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 2 3 1 4 5 3 7 1 0 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 39
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 18
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 4 0 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
053 Package Making 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 15
427 Coating Processes 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 15
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14
385 Optical Waveguides 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 14
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 1 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 12
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 12
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 11
252 Compositions 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
029 Metal Working 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 10
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 10
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 10
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 9
062 Refrigeration 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
139 Textiles: Weaving 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
362 Illumination 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 8
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 8
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 7
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 7
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 7
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
066 Textiles: Knitting 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
439 Electrical Connectors 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
250 Radiant Energy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 5
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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.) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
137 Fluid Handling 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
220 Receptacles 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4
005 Beds 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
030 Cutlery 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
144 Woodworking 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
382 Image Analysis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
084 Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
181 Acoustics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 0 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 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 1 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 0 1 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
289 Knots and Knot Tying 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 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
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
353 Optics: Image Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 59 73 86 99 76 76 83 50 43 56 47 53 44 43 59 60 1007


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