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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

Taylorville, IL

( 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
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 5 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 7 7 6 3 11 7 4 0 59
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13
454 Ventilation 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
119 Animal Husbandry 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
292 Closure Fasteners 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 8 12 10 8 7 6 4 9 10 8 9 6 14 9 9 5 134


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