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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 212, Traversing Hoists

( 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 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122500 Florence, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125180 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137460 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110180 Abilene, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115180 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117860 Columbia, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122900 Fort Smith, AR-OK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124580 Green Bay, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125620 Hattiesburg, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129180 Lafayette, LA 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 133860 Montgomery, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141140 St. Joseph, MO-KS 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143100 Sheboygan, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 25 10 8 13 8 6 15 7 13 13 9 10 136
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231820 Manitowoc, WI 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 12
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216540 Chambersburg, PA 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229260 La Grande, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214220 Bogalusa, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214580 Bozeman, MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215660 Calhoun, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216060 Carbondale, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220060 Douglas, GA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228060 Kalispell, MT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237260 Palatka, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247980 Watertown, SD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 4 6 4 2 2 0 0 3 2 3 4 2 32
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 8
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900921 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900940 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 12
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 30 17 13 15 10 6 17 10 17 18 13 14 180

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