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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 249, Static Molds

( 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 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 0 0 3 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 2 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 1 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110780 Alexandria, LA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112620 Bangor, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 0 0 0 0 1 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 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122500 Florence, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127900 Joplin, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129340 Lake Charles, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131020 Longview, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131420 Macon, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132580 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136100 Ocala, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141980 San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 142340 Savannah, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143620 Sioux Falls, SD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116020 Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 20 29 24 30 44 22 35 25 11 14 16 21 291
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248020 Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215460 Burlington, IA-IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225720 Heber, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212660 Baraboo, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214660 Brainerd, MN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215620 Cadillac, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220620 East Liverpool-Salem, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222060 Faribault-Northfield, MN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224420 Grants Pass, OR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228300 Keene, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228580 Key West, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237820 Pendleton-Hermiston, OR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240700 Roseburg, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242700 Sebring, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246380 Ukiah, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248820 Willmar, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249780 Zanesville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 24
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 22 33 29 32 45 24 37 30 14 15 18 22 321

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