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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 051, Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition

( 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 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 8 15 7 15 7 6 3 11 6 12 0 10 100
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 3 5 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120100 Dover, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122020 Fargo, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124020 Glens Falls, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127500 Janesville, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132580 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138340 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 30 39 36 43 37 20 13 26 15 27 7 39 332
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236300 Ogdensburg-Massena, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210300 Adrian, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210820 Alexandria, MN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234660 Murray, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246980 Vicksburg, MS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 12
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 31 40 39 45 38 20 14 28 16 28 8 39 346

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