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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

Boone, NC

( 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
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 16
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 11
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
114 Ships 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 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
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
118 Coating Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 3 6 1 3 1 4 8 8 3 3 3 6 8 6 5 6 72


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