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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

Wahpeton, ND-MN

( 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
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 8
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
180 Motor Vehicles 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
720 Dynamic Optical Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
449 Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 2 7 5 5 7 7 4 5 2 6 2 2 6 3 4 5 72


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