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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 450, Foundation Garments

( 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 5 5 6 5 7 8 11 8 1 5 5 7 73
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 4 2 1 1 2 5 2 1 4 4 5 0 31
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138340 Pittsfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138940 Port St. Lucie, FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 111500 Anniston-Oxford, AL 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 120260 Duluth, MN-WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129420 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132900 Merced, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137860 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141980 San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145220 Tallahassee, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147380 Waco, TX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149700 Yuba City, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 1 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 124540 Greeley, CO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 35 31 33 15 24 28 28 28 22 22 33 32 331
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240780 Russellville, AR 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211060 Altus, OK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214180 Blytheville, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220420 Durango, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222800 Fort Madison-Keokuk, IA-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228060 Kalispell, MT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228580 Key West, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228900 Klamath Falls, OR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234180 Moses Lake, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235340 New Iberia, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236020 Oak Harbor, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242940 Sevierville, TN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245640 Thomasville-Lexington, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 16
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900912 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, FL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900936 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900972 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900978 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 39 35 35 16 24 28 30 28 22 25 35 35 352

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