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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes
Breakout by Origin,
U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas

Count of 2000 - 2011 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on the Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Ranked Listing of U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
From Which Utility Patents Originated During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 038, Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( regional areas are based on U.S. Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) )
( patent counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see the Explanation of Data )

The following table displays U.S. metropolitan followed by U.S. micropolitan regional areas and counts of utility patents originating from them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
U.S. Regional Level ID Code U.S. Regional Title 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131180 Lubbock, TX 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134100 Morristown, TN 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128660 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144100 Springfield, IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 11 16 13 10 12 8 12 11 6 6 9 6 120
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226540 Huntington, IN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226740 Hutchinson, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 11 16 13 10 13 9 12 12 6 6 9 6 123

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