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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

Traverse City, 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
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 5 1 21
062 Refrigeration 1 3 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 13
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 11
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 10
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 9
073 Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 7
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
002 Apparel 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
063 Jewelry 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
084 Music 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
269 Work Holders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
279 Chucks or Sockets 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
029 Metal Working 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
221 Article Dispensing 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
482 Exercise Devices 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 1 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 1 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
042 Firearms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 20 23 19 26 23 18 19 15 12 13 14 12 24 31 28 27 324


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