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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, PA

( 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
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 0 4 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 7 5 4 38
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 4 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 12
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 11
029 Metal Working 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 10
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 10
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 9
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 8
439 Electrical Connectors 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
037 Excavating 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
414 Material or Article Handling 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
053 Package Making 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 6
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6
030 Cutlery 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
073 Measuring and Testing 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
372 Coherent Light Generators 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
385 Optical Waveguides 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
434 Education and Demonstration 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5
002 Apparel 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4
111 Planting 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
206 Special Receptacle or Package 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
273 Amusement Devices: Games 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
280 Land Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
362 Illumination 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
472 Amusement Devices 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
482 Exercise Devices 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
137 Fluid Handling 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
033 Geometrical Instruments 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
042 Firearms 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
060 Power Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
095 Gas Separation: Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
102 Ammunition and Explosives 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
215 Bottles and Jars 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
219 Electric Heating 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
220 Receptacles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
451 Abrading 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
709 Multicomputer Data Transferring (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
715 DP: Presentation Processing of Document, Operator Interface Processing, and Screen Saver Display Processing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
716 Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of Circuits and Semiconductor Masks 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
005 Beds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
065 Glass Manufacturing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
083 Cutting 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
180 Motor Vehicles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
188 Brakes 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
252 Compositions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
256 Fences 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
379 Telephonic Communications 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
403 Joints and Connections 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
417 Pumps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
427 Coating Processes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
432 Heating 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
455 Telecommunications 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
726 Information Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 2
283 Printed Matter 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 1 1 2
014 Bridges 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
055 Gas Separation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
070 Locks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
081 Tools 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
104 Railways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
119 Animal Husbandry 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 1
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
148 Metal Treatment 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
223 Apparel Apparatus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
250 Radiant Energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
269 Work Holders 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
297 Chairs and Seats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
340 Communications: Electrical 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
348 Television 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
359 Optical: Systems and Elements 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
407 Cutters, for Shaping 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
431 Combustion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
452 Butchering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
454 Ventilation 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
606 Surgery (instruments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
718 Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 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
ALL ALL CLASSES 32 36 37 37 27 24 26 22 13 20 16 27 27 34 33 42 450


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