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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 396, Photography

( 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 140380 Rochester, NY 109 76 52 47 44 14 16 10 7 5 6 3 389
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 7 5 9 9 8 2 7 7 7 13 22 15 111
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 8 6 2 7 4 0 0 1 4 4 8 4 48
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 6 4 12 15 48
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 4 4 5 5 4 3 3 1 4 6 4 43
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 1 1 6 7 6 4 0 1 1 3 2 3 35
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 1 6 5 7 6 35
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 3 2 3 4 5 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 1 1 1 3 6 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 2 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4 0 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 5 3 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 1 3 3 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117420 Cleveland, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124580 Green Bay, WI 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124780 Greenville, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131460 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111260 Anchorage, AK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116940 Cheyenne, WY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119660 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122020 Fargo, ND-MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127900 Joplin, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131020 Longview, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134820 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137620 Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137700 Pascagoula, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143620 Sioux Falls, SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148140 Wausau, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 0 1 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 149700 Yuba City, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142680 Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 153 118 108 119 117 54 56 45 68 86 128 104 1156
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 9
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212860 Batavia, NY 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238460 Plattsburgh, NY 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227980 Kahului-Wailuku, HI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218660 Cortland, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222060 Faribault-Northfield, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228180 Kapaa, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228580 Key West, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234780 Muskogee, OK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235220 New Castle, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236580 Oneonta, NY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242580 Seaford, DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 7 3 2 2 5 1 1 2 2 5 0 4 34
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900941 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900904 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900913 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 9
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 160 121 111 123 122 55 58 49 71 92 128 109 1199

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