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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

Muscatine, IA

( 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
297 Chairs and Seats 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 2 2 25
434 Education and Demonstration 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
119 Animal Husbandry 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
083 Cutting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
112 Sewing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
384 Bearings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 7 10 8 9 15 18 11 5 1 1 3 6 7 10 10 6 127


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