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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 - 2015 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 139, Textiles: Weaving

( 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 8 7 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143340 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111340 Anderson, SC 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139380 Pueblo, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111500 Anniston-Oxford, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116860 Chattanooga, TN-GA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124780 Greenville, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140660 Rome, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 32 26 14 9 16 20 19 11 7 17 17 10 12 5 11 8 234
 
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229300 LaGrange, GA 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244420 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248980 Wilson, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218460 Cornelia, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245640 Thomasville-Lexington, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246100 Tullahoma, TN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248180 Waycross, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229580 Lancaster, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 3 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 20
 
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900902 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900945 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
 
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 33 33 20 11 20 20 20 12 8 19 18 12 13 5 11 8 263


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