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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 152, Resilient Tires and Wheels

( 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 110420 Akron, OH 20 17 31 18 12 16 19 10 6 14 7 11 181
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 3 6 19 11 5 5 6 4 3 6 3 2 73
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 2 4 5 2 5 1 10 4 2 0 3 1 39
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 3 2 3 3 6 28
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 1 2 5 4 2 4 0 4 0 2 2 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119260 Danville, VA 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118580 Corpus Christi, TX 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130020 Lawton, OK 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140660 Rome, GA 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123460 Gadsden, AL 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128100 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111340 Anderson, SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117420 Cleveland, TN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122900 Fort Smith, AR-OK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125260 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130340 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133740 Monroe, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134740 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140580 Rocky Mount, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145500 Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147300 Visalia-Porterville, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148140 Wausau, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 1 0 0 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   -- Subtotal -- 49 45 78 58 46 42 53 37 35 31 32 40 546
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249100 Winona, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249300 Wooster, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216660 Charleston-Mattoon, IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218940 Crowley, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 228340 Kendallville, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229220 La Follette, TN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233820 Monroe, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234500 Mount Vernon, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237220 Pahrump, NV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238780 Portales, NM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243660 Snyder, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244660 Stillwater, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244780 Sturgis, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229580 Lancaster, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 6 20
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900940 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OK 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900930 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 11
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 52 48 82 60 47 44 55 39 37 33 32 47 576

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