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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 283, Printed Matter

( 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 10 4 6 4 5 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 44
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 8 6 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6 4 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 3 3 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 1 2 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 7 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 1 1 3 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143620 Sioux Falls, SD 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116860 Chattanooga, TN-GA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124500 Great Falls, MT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124580 Green Bay, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127900 Joplin, MO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129100 La Crosse, WI-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136140 Ocean City, NJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137380 Palm Coast, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 142340 Savannah, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147380 Waco, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 93 81 47 35 44 25 21 17 16 8 21 30 435
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228580 Key West, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234860 Nacogdoches, TX 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211420 Angola, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214700 Branson, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225100 Guymon, OK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236020 Oak Harbor, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238260 Pittsburg, KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 241460 Salina, KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242620 Searcy, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246300 Twin Falls, ID 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 4 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 21
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900928 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 8
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 97 85 49 36 44 28 23 18 19 9 23 32 463

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