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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, MO

( 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
370 Multiplex Communications 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 18
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 15
042 Firearms 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 4 14
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 11
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 10
029 Metal Working 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 9
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9
433 Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 9
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 8
280 Land Vehicles 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 8
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 8
119 Animal Husbandry 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
126 Stoves and Furnaces 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 7
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7
219 Electric Heating 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
056 Harvesters 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
062 Refrigeration 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
110 Furnaces 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
417 Pumps 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
292 Closure Fasteners 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
030 Cutlery 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
114 Ships 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
002 Apparel 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
055 Gas Separation 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
083 Cutting 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
089 Ordnance 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
102 Ammunition and Explosives 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
157 Wheelwright Machines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
224 Package and Article Carriers 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
414 Material or Article Handling 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
037 Excavating 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
188 Brakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
213 Railway Draft Appliances 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
432 Heating 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
244 Aeronautics and Astronautics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
016 Miscellaneous Hardware (e.g., Bushing, Carpet Fastener, Caster, Door Closer, Panel Hanger, Attachable or Adjunct Handle, Hinge, Window Sash Balance, Etc.) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
054 Harness for Working Animal 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
072 Metal Deforming 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
073 Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
111 Planting 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
137 Fluid Handling 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
172 Earth Working 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
211 Supports: Racks 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
220 Receptacles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
238 Railways: Surface Track 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
256 Fences 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
398 Optical Communications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
403 Joints and Connections 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
452 Butchering 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
606 Surgery (instruments) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
707 DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
140 Wireworking 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
047 Plant Husbandry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
100 Presses 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
116 Signals and Indicators 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1
144 Woodworking 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
165 Heat Exchange 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
180 Motor Vehicles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
184 Lubrication 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
246 Railway Switches and Signals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
267 Spring Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
336 Inductor Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
362 Illumination 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
379 Telephonic Communications 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
380 Cryptography 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
383 Flexible Bags 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 1
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
440 Marine Propulsion 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 1 0 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 0 1 0 0 1
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
249 Static Molds 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 45 52 43 51 39 33 20 22 22 18 23 38 41 32 51 43 570


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