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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

Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL

( Non Metro/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
060 Power Plants 3 7 5 6 8 9 16 16 13 8 4 6 6 7 6 9 129
180 Motor Vehicles 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 7 5 34
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 11 11 31
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 3 0 27
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 5 26
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 18
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
439 Electrical Connectors 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14
417 Pumps 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 13
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 12
172 Earth Working 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 10
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 10
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 9
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
029 Metal Working 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 8
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 8
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 7
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 7
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
340 Communications: Electrical 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
037 Excavating 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 6
053 Package Making 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 5
005 Beds 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
083 Cutting 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
110 Furnaces 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
451 Abrading 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
042 Firearms 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
062 Refrigeration 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
084 Music 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
100 Presses 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
111 Planting 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
298 Land Vehicles: Dumping 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
482 Exercise Devices 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
002 Apparel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
114 Ships 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
164 Metal Founding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
292 Closure Fasteners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
454 Ventilation 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
030 Cutlery 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
105 Railway Rolling Stock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
132 Toilet 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
165 Heat Exchange 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 1 0 0 0 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
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
212 Traversing Hoists 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
221 Article Dispensing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
237 Heating Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
345 Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
379 Telephonic 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 50 42 54 42 56 56 63 44 46 43 49 46 41 43 67 64 806


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