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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 270, Sheet-Material Associating

( 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 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 5 10 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 7 4 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 4 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124580 Green Bay, WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 10 16 14 15 18 5 8 6 11 31 20 23 177
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216660 Charleston-Mattoon, IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218260 Cookeville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219940 Dixon, IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223900 Gettysburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228300 Keene, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238460 Plattsburgh, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240080 Richmond-Berea, KY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900925 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 7
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 10 19 14 17 18 5 10 6 11 32 23 29 194

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