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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 323, Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation 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 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 33 29 38 32 36 47 56 64 52 67 86 66 603
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4 9 5 8 16 8 15 12 15 16 12 23 142
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 16 11 6 17 10 7 12 5 14 10 14 19 141
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 5 9 6 4 3 6 6 7 13 16 12 20 107
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 7 10 9 5 4 6 9 5 7 8 8 14 92
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 5 10 10 6 5 3 2 6 4 8 9 6 74
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 4 5 4 2 7 2 10 9 9 3 9 8 72
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 6 4 6 5 7 5 2 3 4 7 9 7 65
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 6 4 3 6 4 4 5 3 6 5 7 9 62
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 3 11 3 7 5 5 4 4 4 8 1 4 59
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 4 4 5 3 5 2 7 0 5 3 5 6 49
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 1 2 3 1 7 2 3 5 3 6 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3 3 0 1 3 2 3 4 0 2 5 6 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 4 6 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1 0 3 2 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 4 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 4 4 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 3 3 1 2 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 2 3 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 2 3 2 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 1 3 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 3 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 4 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122380 Flagstaff, AZ 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136500 Olympia, WA 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112020 Athens-Clarke County, GA 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136100 Ocala, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138540 Pocatello, ID 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111100 Amarillo, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 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 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122500 Florence, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124020 Glens Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131340 Lynchburg, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132900 Merced, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133860 Montgomery, AL 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 1 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 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 148 166 150 155 146 136 188 161 178 195 229 239 2091
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239420 Pullman, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213940 Blackfoot, ID 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214580 Bozeman, MT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224420 Grants Pass, OR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211900 Athens, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212660 Baraboo, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212740 Barre, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219540 Decatur, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222300 Findlay, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232260 Marshalltown, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232270 Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 242380 Sayre, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244260 Starkville, MS 0 0 1 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   -- Subtotal -- 2 1 6 2 1 1 2 3 0 4 3 5 29
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 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 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900928 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MS 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900947 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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   -- Subtotal -- 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 11
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 151 168 156 159 149 138 191 164 178 201 231 244 2130

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