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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 430, Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof

( 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 266 256 206 176 127 58 85 69 65 86 106 84 1584
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 53 62 48 73 67 40 38 36 31 31 53 52 579
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 21 28 34 25 28 25 64 48 31 13 10 3 330
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 48 40 33 28 28 13 17 14 11 16 30 21 297
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 22 26 39 26 24 15 7 15 16 10 20 16 236
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 11 18 21 22 19 26 23 8 14 19 16 18 215
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 19 20 16 15 26 17 15 13 10 13 16 9 189
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 16 17 18 14 16 10 17 8 14 13 23 16 182
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 12 5 17 22 23 15 8 8 6 9 6 6 137
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 5 3 5 8 12 13 26 17 15 16 12 5 137
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 8 10 8 13 11 13 9 13 10 9 6 10 120
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 7 6 8 9 9 10 10 11 9 4 10 11 104
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 14 26 15 12 5 0 7 5 1 7 5 5 102
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 3 2 3 6 8 16 17 14 7 4 6 5 88
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 10 12 11 7 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 1 64
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6 4 2 7 6 5 4 1 4 6 9 8 62
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 3 3 5 5 6 7 9 1 5 0 2 3 49
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 10 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 2 3 4 6 46
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 7 5 4 5 5 3 3 6 4 0 2 0 44
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 4 5 4 5 5 2 7 4 3 3 2 0 44
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 6 2 5 1 4 9 3 6 2 1 3 5 44
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 11 7 8 4 4 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 43
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 5 5 6 1 4 1 1 5 5 2 2 2 37
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 5 2 3 1 3 3 8 2 3 4 3 0 37
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 2 3 3 1 0 3 3 4 5 7 2 3 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 4 3 6 6 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5 2 2 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 24
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 3 3 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 3 2 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 1 1 0 2 1 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 3 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121300 Elmira, NY 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144600 Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142540 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127740 Johnson City, TN 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128420 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1 0 0 1 0 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 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139900 Reno-Sparks, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112220 Auburn-Opelika, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117980 Columbus, GA-AL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118580 Corpus Christi, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119180 Danville, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121660 Eugene-Springfield, OR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124300 Grand Junction, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125620 Hattiesburg, MS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126580 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127180 Jackson, TN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128660 Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129740 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136780 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137700 Pascagoula, MS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144940 Sumter, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148540 Wheeling, WV-OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148900 Wilmington, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116180 Carson City, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 645 637 583 558 505 355 436 356 315 305 400 329 5423
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240620 Rolla, MO 2 2 1 1 2 6 2 1 3 2 3 2 27
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218500 Corning, NY 0 2 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 16
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242380 Sayre, PA 3 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 13
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212860 Batavia, NY 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210540 Albany-Lebanon, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212740 Barre, VT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217060 Chillicothe, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240080 Richmond-Berea, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218100 Columbus, NE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 221220 Elko, NV 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222260 Fergus Falls, MN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228300 Keene, NH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233580 Mitchell, SD 1 0 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 240700 Roseburg, OR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 241260 St. Marys, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 241820 Sanford, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242860 Seneca, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243540 Silverthorne, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248740 Willimantic, CT 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 10 8 14 8 9 12 5 3 7 7 7 4 94
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 4 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900923 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ME 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900947 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 4 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 19
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 658 646 601 570 516 368 442 358 322 314 407 333 5535

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