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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 313, Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices

( 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 12 17 16 21 19 11 17 15 13 8 15 18 182
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 5 5 2 5 10 11 14 13 10 17 28 23 143
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 7 14 12 9 17 16 10 8 7 12 10 7 127
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 14 21 22 22 15 5 10 5 0 5 2 0 121
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 2 8 13 12 11 6 7 13 12 10 15 110
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 14 7 10 11 13 6 9 4 5 6 6 5 96
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 4 4 11 10 14 6 3 7 7 4 15 7 92
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 10 7 4 15 12 5 4 6 3 0 8 7 80
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 21 6 14 5 9 5 6 4 1 3 1 3 78
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 3 5 6 12 4 6 9 3 1 1 4 0 53
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5 6 2 7 4 6 2 4 4 2 5 5 52
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 4 3 5 9 14 50
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 5 3 4 6 5 8 1 2 0 1 4 1 40
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 4 4 2 9 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 39
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4 0 7 4 4 5 7 1 2 0 2 0 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2 2 1 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 5 5 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 2 3 5 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 4 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6 6 3 3 3 1 1 4 1 0 2 1 31
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 6 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 1 1 0 2 5 0 3 0 2 6 1 1 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 2 0 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 4 7 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 4 0 4 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 5 2 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 7 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 1 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133780 Monroe, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128420 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131740 Manhattan, KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134060 Morgantown, WV 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113020 Bay City, MI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148700 Williamsport, PA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112220 Auburn-Opelika, AL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118580 Corpus Christi, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130340 Lewiston-Auburn, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138340 Pittsfield, MA 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 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141420 Salem, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 177 162 167 225 218 149 154 127 102 116 160 159 1913
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 4 5 9 7 1 4 4 0 1 1 3 1 40
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 10
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240700 Roseburg, OR 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 241460 Salina, KS 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242380 Sayre, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218260 Cookeville, TN 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222300 Findlay, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228300 Keene, NH 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223180 Frankfort, KY 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215700 Cambridge, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216500 Centralia, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226340 Houghton, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227460 Jamestown-Dunkirk-Fredonia, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230900 Logansport, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234460 Mount Sterling, KY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236820 Oskaloosa, IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237140 Paducah, KY-IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240080 Richmond-Berea, KY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248740 Willimantic, CT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 9 14 19 9 16 9 7 5 4 4 7 11 112
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900923 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ME 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 186 176 187 235 235 158 160 132 106 120 167 171 2033

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