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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

Grand Island, NE

( 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
072 Metal Deforming 0 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7
172 Earth Working 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
280 Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
132 Toilet 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
224 Package and Article Carriers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 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
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 3 5 6 2 5 4 7 1 7 2 3 3 8 5 1 4 66


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