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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 169, Fire Extinguishers

( 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 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4 1 4 5 3 1 2 3 1 1 8 3 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 12 1 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 24
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 0 0 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113140 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117020 Chico, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130980 Longview, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131420 Macon, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137460 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139820 Redding, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127500 Janesville, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112980 Battle Creek, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114020 Bloomington, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115260 Brunswick, GA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121140 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131020 Longview, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131180 Lubbock, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131340 Lynchburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131740 Manhattan, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133860 Montgomery, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 1 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 136100 Ocala, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139140 Prescott, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139460 Punta Gorda, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 60 23 37 30 22 32 39 26 34 27 61 29 420
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231940 Marinette, WI-MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214620 Bradford, PA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228340 Kendallville, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242860 Seneca, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210880 Allegan, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211980 Athens, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214420 Borger, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214940 Brigham City, UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220980 El Dorado, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223340 Fremont, NE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228500 Kerrville, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232980 Merrill, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234540 Mount Vernon, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237820 Pendleton-Hermiston, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238500 Plymouth, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239500 Quincy, IL-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 3 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 4 1 3 0 24
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900928 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900923 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ME 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900941 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OR 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 900956 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 12
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 66 25 38 32 28 35 40 30 39 29 65 29 456

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