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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 380, Cryptography

( 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 17 15 13 8 8 16 21 26 29 35 38 48 272
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4 1 3 0 4 8 16 27 19 21 32 22 157
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 13 14 11 4 9 12 15 20 8 12 17 17 152
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 8 10 5 3 6 6 16 15 11 24 28 14 146
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4 2 4 1 2 7 15 16 17 22 19 20 126
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 7 8 4 1 3 6 10 16 11 21 12 10 109
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 4 5 2 3 6 9 13 9 9 12 11 19 102
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 15 11 8 8 3 10 16 8 3 6 7 5 100
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 4 4 2 1 9 8 12 5 16 11 8 82
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 10 6 7 1 4 3 6 5 1 2 5 4 54
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 4 2 1 0 3 4 8 3 3 12 7 6 53
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 5 3 0 3 3 7 1 5 4 8 7 49
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 3 9 5 5 37
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 1 0 3 2 4 6 4 2 1 4 8 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 1 3 1 0 4 5 6 3 1 4 4 3 35
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 4 11 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 2 2 0 1 0 4 5 4 1 2 7 2 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 3 3 8 24
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 4 2 2 1 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 6 1 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 1 2 2 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0 5 2 1 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 7 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 4 3 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139380 Pueblo, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131340 Lynchburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119460 Decatur, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 125180 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127140 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130860 Logan, UT-ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136100 Ocala, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137460 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 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 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 123 125 83 54 76 138 219 218 163 255 280 289 2022
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213540 Bennington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211900 Athens, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214340 Boone, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220660 Easton, MD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228580 Key West, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236860 Ottawa-Streator, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239420 Pullman, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 12
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900935 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900918 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900939 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 10
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 123 126 84 54 78 139 219 221 166 257 286 291 2044

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