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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, ME

( 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
382 Image Analysis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 1 16
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 15
084 Music 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 14
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 11
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
280 Land Vehicles 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
114 Ships 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 9
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 9
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 8
002 Apparel 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 6
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
273 Amusement Devices: Games 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
029 Metal Working 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
049 Movable or Removable Closures 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
081 Tools 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
089 Ordnance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
403 Joints and Connections 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
042 Firearms 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
219 Electric Heating 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
451 Abrading 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
037 Excavating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness for Working Animal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
110 Furnaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
211 Supports: Racks 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
330 Amplifiers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
331 Oscillators 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
417 Pumps 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 25 25 22 20 20 17 18 10 19 10 15 19 30 28 28 25 331


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