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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 215, Bottles and Jars

( 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 19 9 9 8 5 5 5 1 8 5 6 6 86
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 12 13 6 7 7 5 2 3 3 2 6 5 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 6 2 3 5 2 4 4 5 6 4 9 7 57
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 6 3 8 3 5 5 2 2 3 3 6 2 48
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 1 6 2 2 3 7 3 5 4 8 4 45
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4 4 1 2 3 7 0 9 1 5 3 1 40
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 3 1 4 0 6 5 5 1 0 3 1 29
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127100 Jackson, MI 3 2 0 1 0 5 3 1 3 1 1 0 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 6 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111100 Amarillo, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133740 Monroe, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147220 Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110380 Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián, PR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124020 Glens Falls, NY 0 1 0 0 0 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 126300 Hot Springs, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131340 Lynchburg, VA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131420 Macon, GA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136980 Owensboro, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137860 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138340 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148540 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149420 Yakima, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141780 Sandusky, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 97 76 72 63 54 61 59 55 46 43 74 70 769
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210300 Adrian, MI 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 9
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235260 New Castle, PA 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 7
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218820 Crawfordsville, IN 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212660 Baraboo, WI 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223900 Gettysburg, PA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223380 Fremont, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211420 Angola, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212140 Auburn, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219020 Culpeper, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222300 Findlay, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226460 Hudson, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227460 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231820 Manitowoc, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237020 Owosso, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242580 Seaford, DE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245900 Traverse City, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248020 Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249300 Wooster, OH 0 0 1 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 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 8 4 6 5 2 1 6 3 0 4 2 6 48
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900947 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TN 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 12
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900939 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900923 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ME 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900941 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 0 1 2 1 3 21
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 106 81 79 69 57 65 71 58 47 49 77 79 838

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