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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 418, Rotary Expansible Chamber 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 145060 Syracuse, NY 13 8 5 6 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 11 64
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 7 1 4 3 4 2 0 1 0 4 3 4 33
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 13 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 5 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 4 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117300 Clarksville, TN-KY 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113380 Bellingham, WA 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129100 La Crosse, WI-MN 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126300 Hot Springs, AR 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112980 Battle Creek, MI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127100 Jackson, MI 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133780 Monroe, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118020 Columbus, IN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124020 Glens Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133140 Michigan City-La Porte, IN 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142340 Savannah, GA 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144220 Springfield, OH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110180 Abilene, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112020 Athens-Clarke County, GA 1 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113140 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113740 Billings, MT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115940 Canton-Massillon, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 1 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 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 1 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 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141100 St. George, UT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143780 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 146060 Tucson, AZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130620 Lima, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 93 62 47 40 36 23 25 23 18 27 27 35 455
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211660 Arkadelphia, AR 10 12 13 7 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 58
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243380 Sidney, OH 2 5 3 3 1 0 1 2 5 2 3 4 31
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210300 Adrian, MI 4 2 0 1 4 2 4 2 2 1 0 2 24
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 11
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224620 Greeneville, TN 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 9
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219300 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226260 Hope, AR 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216380 Celina, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224180 Granbury, TX 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231920 Marble Falls, TX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238020 Phoenix Lake-Cedar Ridge, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247540 Wapakoneta, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 213340 Bellefontaine, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218820 Crawfordsville, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 219980 Dodge City, KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226780 Hutchinson, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236860 Ottawa-Streator, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238500 Plymouth, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240300 Rochelle, IL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244340 Statesboro, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245900 Traverse City, MI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 20 27 20 13 20 5 11 12 10 6 4 19 168
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900918 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IN 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900905 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 118 89 67 53 56 29 36 36 27 33 32 54 630

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