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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

Aberdeen, WA

( Micropolitan 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
100 Presses 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
029 Metal Working 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 5 4 3 7 3 2 8 3 2 2 3 4 6 7 7 4 70


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