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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 104, Railways

( 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 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 6 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 1 4 2 3 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 3 3 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 5 1 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124300 Grand Junction, CO 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141140 St. Joseph, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130860 Logan, UT-ID 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137700 Pascagoula, MS 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122020 Fargo, ND-MN 0 1 0 1 0 0 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 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111260 Anchorage, AK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113380 Bellingham, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126580 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 131460 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136500 Olympia, WA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139660 Rapid City, SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145220 Tallahassee, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146220 Tuscaloosa, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137460 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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   -- Subtotal -- 32 43 44 44 21 21 20 16 24 28 38 34 365
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246380 Ukiah, CA 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238820 Port Angeles, WA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216260 Cedar City, UT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210140 Aberdeen, WA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215860 Caņon City, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221900 Fairmont, WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226140 Homosassa Springs, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235100 New Bern, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235460 Newport, TN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236060 Oak Hill, WV 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238260 Pittsburg, KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239980 Richmond, IN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246260 Tuskegee, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249060 Winfield, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 6 4 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 24
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900918 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900937 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900947 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 13
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 33 49 51 47 25 23 20 21 26 30 40 36 401

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