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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 157, Wheelwright Machines

( 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 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147300 Visalia-Porterville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 8 9 2 6 3 6 4 7 8 7 4 4 68
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210460 Alamogordo, NM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227300 Jacksonville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234180 Moses Lake, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234700 Muscatine, IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232740 Meadville, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 17
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900921 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 10 11 3 7 4 7 7 9 10 7 6 8 89

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