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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

McPherson, KS

( 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11
056 Harvesters 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 10
111 Planting 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 7
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6
256 Fences 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
172 Earth Working 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 2 4 3 11 7 4 5 2 7 2 5 8 5 6 9 14 94


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