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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 374, Thermal Measuring and Testing

( 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 8 10 2 6 2 6 6 4 7 10 7 4 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 11 0 5 6 4 1 1 3 5 3 8 5 52
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5 5 7 4 4 8 6 3 3 1 3 0 49
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4 6 0 3 3 5 4 1 3 4 7 1 41
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6 2 7 4 0 3 4 1 3 2 0 3 35
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 3 3 3 1 5 4 2 3 1 4 1 33
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 2 5 5 3 2 4 0 1 2 3 1 29
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 2 0 1 0 2 5 2 1 5 4 4 28
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 2 2 1 1 5 5 2 0 2 5 1 28
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 1 4 5 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 9 5 3 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3 0 4 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 0 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 4 1 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 5 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131900 Mansfield, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134740 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112100 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117860 Columbia, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118020 Columbus, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127100 Jackson, MI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131340 Lynchburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143100 Sheboygan, WI 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111260 Anchorage, AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114020 Bloomington, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120100 Dover, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125060 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129100 La Crosse, WI-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130300 Lewiston, ID-WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134820 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138940 Port St. Lucie, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 94 70 75 80 62 71 86 46 82 94 110 76 946
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212180 Auburn, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 8
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220620 East Liverpool-Salem, OH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239420 Pullman, WA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214940 Brigham City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 215700 Cambridge, MD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217740 Coldwater, MI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237060 Oxford, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211220 Amsterdam, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213260 Bedford, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220340 Duncan, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225780 Henderson, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226460 Hudson, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226860 Indiana, PA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 241260 St. Marys, PA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244260 Starkville, MS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244580 Sterling, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213180 Beaver Dam, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248020 Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 7 4 1 1 1 6 6 3 4 6 4 3 46
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 101 75 77 81 64 77 92 49 87 100 114 79 996

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