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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

Greenville, OH

( 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
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 1 3 4 0 20
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 18
002 Apparel 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 18
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 17
062 Refrigeration 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 15
005 Beds 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
188 Brakes 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 12
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 9
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 8
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
348 Television 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
060 Power Plants 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
283 Printed Matter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 1 2 0 4
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
220 Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
427 Coating Processes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
379 Telephonic Communications 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
148 Metal Treatment 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
101 Printing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
372 Coherent Light Generators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
400 Typewriting Machines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
164 Metal Founding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 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 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
270 Sheet-Material Associating 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 0 0 0 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 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 0 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 0 1
463 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 37 26 31 26 27 25 23 22 24 23 27 33 27 30 27 26 434


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