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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 303, Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems

( 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 8 20 15 18 8 10 15 7 11 6 9 6 133
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 10 9 6 6 4 2 3 3 4 0 0 4 51
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 5 3 7 5 3 5 2 1 2 3 3 3 42
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2 6 2 1 5 0 4 2 4 2 4 1 33
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1 1 3 4 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 5 4 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117300 Clarksville, TN-KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118020 Columbus, IN 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131860 Mankato-North Mankato, MN 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111340 Anderson, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112980 Battle Creek, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114060 Bloomington-Normal, IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116620 Charleston, WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120220 Dubuque, IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127100 Jackson, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134100 Morristown, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 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 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149020 Winchester, VA-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 64 81 67 56 36 36 40 28 37 28 43 31 547
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248060 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY 7 7 5 6 2 5 2 1 4 2 2 2 45
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210700 Albertville, AL 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216660 Charleston-Mattoon, IL 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233620 Moberly, MO 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237020 Owosso, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210940 Alma, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211740 Ashland, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213540 Bennington, VT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214580 Bozeman, MT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214620 Bradford, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216460 Centralia, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220060 Douglas, GA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221380 Emporia, KS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225900 Hilo, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226860 Indiana, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236300 Ogdensburg-Massena, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239500 Quincy, IL-MO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242300 Sault Ste. Marie, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244420 Staunton-Waynesboro, VA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247540 Wapakoneta, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 11 9 11 13 6 6 2 2 8 4 5 4 81
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900905 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900921 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900937 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900938 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900946 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 3 1 6 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 2 23
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 78 91 84 69 43 42 46 34 46 32 49 37 651

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