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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 368, Horology: Time Measuring Systems or 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 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5 7 2 8 9 5 9 6 5 0 9 6 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 3 3 6 4 3 3 7 3 8 3 1 46
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 8 2 1 1 0 4 0 6 3 3 2 31
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 5 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 4 0 2 5 29
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 6 0 1 1 0 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 4 5 5 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3 2 0 5 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 1 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111260 Anchorage, AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133660 Mobile, AL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113140 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119260 Danville, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120220 Dubuque, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127780 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129180 Lafayette, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131180 Lubbock, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132420 Mayagüez, PR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132580 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134100 Morristown, TN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137860 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138940 Port St. Lucie, FL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141140 St. Joseph, MO-KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145220 Tallahassee, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145460 Terre Haute, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139460 Punta Gorda, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116180 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 42 65 47 54 59 43 66 51 60 35 59 58 638
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226140 Homosassa Springs, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230500 Lexington Park, MD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238820 Port Angeles, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214700 Branson, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214940 Brigham City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221860 Fairmont, MN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226460 Hudson, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229780 Las Vegas, NM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247420 Wahpeton, ND-MN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247660 Warrensburg, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 21
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900913 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, GA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900969 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 43 68 49 58 61 44 67 52 66 36 61 60 665

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