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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

Wooster, OH

( 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
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 12 9 6 11 17 73
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 0 3 5 2 4 1 1 29
060 Power Plants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 4 1 7 22
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 16
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 15
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 13
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 12
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 11
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 11
417 Pumps 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 10
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 10
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 8
029 Metal Working 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 8
451 Abrading 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7
280 Land Vehicles 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 7
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7
137 Fluid Handling 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
172 Earth Working 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
206 Special Receptacle or Package 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
501 Compositions: Ceramic 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
110 Furnaces 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
362 Illumination 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
384 Bearings 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 5
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 5
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
042 Firearms 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
144 Woodworking 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
414 Material or Article Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
455 Telecommunications 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
056 Harvesters 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
081 Tools 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
002 Apparel 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
030 Cutlery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
053 Package Making 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
177 Weighing Scales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
492 Roll or Roller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 26 22 23 23 27 24 32 23 25 19 42 49 44 48 44 52 523


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