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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 298, Land Vehicles: Dumping

( 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 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131860 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127780 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141140 St. Joseph, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147380 Waco, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149420 Yakima, WA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122020 Fargo, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122520 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127620 Jefferson City, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 0 1 0 0 0 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 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146660 Valdosta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138540 Pocatello, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 13 20 10 11 14 11 9 7 8 4 10 13 130
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233380 Minden, LA 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211820 Astoria, OR 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213060 Bay City, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216380 Celina, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242420 Scottsbluff, NE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216540 Chambersburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217340 Clearlake, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220380 Dunn, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226500 Huntingdon, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235900 North Wilkesboro, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236020 Oak Harbor, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239060 Pottsville, PA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242860 Seneca, SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243460 Sikeston, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244020 Spirit Lake, IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213940 Blackfoot, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 22
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900931 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NE 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900956 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 4 1 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 24
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 19 25 13 18 18 16 11 9 11 5 13 17 175

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