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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 187, Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle

( 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 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 11 18 27 8 4 3 6 5 8 19 11 16 136
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140580 Rocky Mount, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141140 St. Joseph, MO-KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131900 Mansfield, OH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133540 Missoula, MT 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113740 Billings, MT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114020 Bloomington, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117020 Chico, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117300 Clarksville, TN-KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 130780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139460 Punta Gorda, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 1 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 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 44 42 51 27 21 19 26 35 21 31 27 38 382
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223900 Gettysburg, PA 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231500 Madison, IN 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243380 Sidney, OH 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214580 Bozeman, MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216380 Celina, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216540 Chambersburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213060 Bay City, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213180 Beaver Dam, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214100 Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219300 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219580 Defiance, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221020 Elizabeth City, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221540 Escanaba, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223300 Freeport, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234500 Mount Vernon, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234700 Muscatine, IA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242500 Scottsburg, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244420 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248940 Wilmington, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249060 Winfield, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249460 Yankton, SD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 3 3 6 6 4 2 5 5 2 1 0 2 39
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 48 45 57 33 25 21 33 40 23 33 27 40 425

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