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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 140, Wireworking

( 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 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 2 8 0 0 2 31
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127900 Joplin, MO 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111300 Anderson, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129340 Lake Charles, LA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136140 Ocean City, NJ 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116020 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 15 12 12 11 7 5 19 10 13 3 2 5 113
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218620 Corsicana, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210820 Alexandria, MN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216060 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223300 Freeport, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225740 Helena, MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232980 Merrill, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235460 Newport, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243140 Shelby, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243420 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247700 Warsaw, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 12
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900941 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 17 12 13 12 8 5 20 14 13 4 3 7 128

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