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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 392, Electric Resistance Heating 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 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 10 6 3 1 2 5 2 2 3 2 3 4 43
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6 4 4 6 4 1 0 4 1 1 2 3 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 2 0 3 0 5 9 4 6 4 1 1 0 35
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5 6 4 1 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 2 29
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 2 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 6 24
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2 4 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133860 Montgomery, AL 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121140 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127740 Johnson City, TN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131900 Mansfield, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114020 Bloomington, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127140 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 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 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139140 Prescott, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143620 Sioux Falls, SD 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144100 Springfield, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113380 Bellingham, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117020 Chico, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117660 Coeur d'Alene, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120220 Dubuque, IA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122140 Farmington, NM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122500 Florence, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127500 Janesville, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127860 Jonesboro, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128420 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129100 La Crosse, WI-MN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 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 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137460 Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 72 60 49 36 49 61 58 52 20 22 47 52 578
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247700 Warsaw, IN 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 249100 Winona, MN 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217940 Columbia, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218260 Cookeville, TN 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246500 Urbana, OH 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234540 Mount Vernon, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210880 Allegan, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211780 Ashtabula, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214700 Branson, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218060 Columbus, MS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222280 Fernley, NV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224980 Grenada, MS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 228340 Kendallville, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232300 Martinsville, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232740 Meadville, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233380 Minden, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243420 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243540 Silverthorne, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243740 Somerset, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243860 Southern Pines-Pinehurst, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245380 Taylorville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245660 Tiffin, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246380 Ukiah, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248740 Willimantic, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 5 4 3 1 3 2 7 6 4 4 2 2 43
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 78 66 52 37 52 64 66 58 24 26 50 54 627

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