Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports

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

Cadillac, MI

( 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
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 5 11 6 5 1 4 3 7 3 5 3 4 2 5 1 6 71


PTMT Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
fax: (571) 273-0110
email: oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMT pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm
selected PTMT files available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/

Top

Skip menu navigation Home > Listing of Viewable PTMT Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports