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

Midland, 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
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 54 56 44 40 42 18 10 12 11 7 23 29 39 40 45 53 523
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 21 17 21 12 12 6 6 4 6 7 8 8 12 16 18 29 203
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 9 7 9 11 13 5 9 2 1 5 7 6 13 12 11 7 127
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 6 7 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 4 3 10 8 60
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 3 6 7 4 4 2 2 2 3 0 4 3 2 3 6 1 52
427 Coating Processes 3 4 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 4 4 9 4 41
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 3 7 2 1 6 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 3 0 39
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 8 3 1 1 26
383 Flexible Bags 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 4 4 1 2 25
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 1 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 4 25
252 Compositions 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 22
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 3 22
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 17
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 17
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 5 0 3 16
220 Receptacles 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 15
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 15
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 15
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 14
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 13
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 12
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 12
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 10
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 10
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 9
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 9
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 9
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 8
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 8
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 7
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 5
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 5
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
118 Coating Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
184 Lubrication 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
053 Package Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
417 Pumps 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
100 Presses 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
256 Fences 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
062 Refrigeration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
506 Combinatorial Chemistry Technology: Method, Library, Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 148 149 121 110 120 60 51 42 43 43 83 97 137 139 170 187 1700


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