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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 398, Optical Communications

( 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 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 51 47 39 71 52 29 57 54 61 52 63 65 641
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 8 11 18 11 21 26 45 58 41 50 65 67 418
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 13 7 13 18 20 9 26 41 17 33 32 31 260
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6 9 13 13 15 18 19 18 25 25 14 21 195
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 9 15 12 15 6 14 17 14 14 19 15 14 163
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4 5 15 6 8 6 16 18 18 17 13 21 147
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5 6 14 13 6 10 13 9 12 17 11 27 143
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4 4 4 3 3 3 10 6 10 6 7 13 74
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 5 8 3 3 3 9 6 7 12 4 10 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 5 4 8 4 3 2 5 9 5 8 10 8 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 5 3 1 3 3 3 4 5 4 6 4 10 51
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 2 3 10 12 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 2 1 2 0 1 5 1 3 4 7 7 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 3 5 3 5 2 2 1 5 3 2 1 2 33
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 4 6 3 2 3 4 5 5 2 0 0 1 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 1 1 0 7 5 2 0 2 1 6 4 28
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 3 7 4 4 27
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 2 1 0 0 0 2 6 2 1 3 0 8 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 6 3 1 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 0 1 1 1 3 7 3 2 1 1 0 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 8 3 3 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 6 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 3 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117020 Chico, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147380 Waco, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112220 Auburn-Opelika, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125060 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127140 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 129020 Kokomo, IN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146540 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 143 148 188 219 177 168 290 299 270 323 321 378 2923
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 15
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248740 Willimantic, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214300 Bonham, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226860 Indiana, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230500 Lexington Park, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 239420 Pullman, WA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239860 Red Wing, MN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246020 Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 2 7 5 1 0 2 0 3 5 3 2 30
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900913 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, GA 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900933 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 13
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 143 150 198 225 179 168 292 300 274 328 327 382 2966

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