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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 301, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles

( 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 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 9 12 16 10 6 8 11 6 8 2 4 5 97
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6 6 6 7 3 3 4 1 5 5 4 4 54
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133780 Monroe, MI 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121140 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139460 Punta Gorda, FL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134740 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136100 Ocala, FL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140660 Rome, GA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143100 Sheboygan, WI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114540 Bowling Green, KY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119460 Decatur, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122020 Fargo, ND-MN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122540 Fond du Lac, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 129420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133740 Monroe, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133860 Montgomery, AL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141420 Salem, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141780 Sandusky, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145220 Tallahassee, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 147580 Warner Robins, GA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148660 Wichita Falls, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148700 Williamsport, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 55 60 66 57 46 42 48 29 35 27 37 31 532
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216540 Chambersburg, PA 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218260 Cookeville, TN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235940 Norwalk, OH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239500 Quincy, IL-MO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248020 Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210880 Allegan, MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213340 Bellefontaine, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215100 Brookings, SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215660 Calhoun, GA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220180 DuBois, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226540 Huntington, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228500 Kerrville, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228860 Kirksville, MO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232180 Marshall, MO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232940 Meridian, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235420 New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236340 Oil City, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236940 Owatonna, MN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237060 Oxford, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238420 Platteville, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238620 Ponca City, OK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242620 Searcy, AR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247700 Warsaw, IN 0 0 0 1 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 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 3 4 4 7 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 42
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900921 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900947 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900901 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900918 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900935 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900939 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900945 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 16
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 59 65 70 67 48 45 53 32 40 31 42 38 590

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