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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 352, Optics: Motion Pictures

( 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 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 3 4 8 5 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 37
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138340 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 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 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 6 12 13 18 20 7 18 8 8 7 6 5 128
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216260 Cedar City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 6 12 13 18 20 8 18 9 8 7 6 5 130

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