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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 369, Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval

( 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 35 37 28 32 22 20 11 10 17 20 20 38 288
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 9 9 9 13 14 4 8 6 8 3 2 8 93
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5 9 8 10 6 3 13 8 8 5 7 10 92
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 4 3 4 5 10 17 10 5 2 3 6 5 72
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 2 3 7 5 9 16 9 2 1 6 4 4 65
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 7 9 1 5 10 4 4 4 3 5 4 2 54
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 6 8 6 8 5 1 3 1 4 1 2 5 50
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 7 6 2 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 8 10 49
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 4 1 1 5 7 3 7 6 7 3 1 0 45
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5 5 3 8 2 2 2 3 5 0 3 6 44
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 1 0 3 3 0 2 4 3 7 5 6 2 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 3 3 6 13 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 8 8 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 6 2 3 4 3 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 3 2 2 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 3 3 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 4 1 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147380 Waco, TX 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112980 Battle Creek, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 128420 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 1 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 141100 St. George, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145460 Terre Haute, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 147 129 104 140 113 103 100 83 88 74 95 136 1312
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244660 Stillwater, OK 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 13
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239420 Pullman, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225940 Hilton Head Island-Beaufort, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215740 Cambridge, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221700 Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223140 Frankfort, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227980 Kahului-Wailuku, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236700 Orangeburg, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246460 Union City, TN-KY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 3 1 4 1 5 7 1 3 3 1 30
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900931 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NE 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 147 130 107 144 117 104 105 90 89 77 98 137 1345

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