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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 503, Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor

( 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 15 11 5 3 4 9 9 6 0 1 2 1 66
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111540 Appleton, WI 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135660 Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117300 Clarksville, TN-KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131420 Macon, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138940 Port St. Lucie, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 27 21 10 13 11 15 20 18 9 5 13 8 169
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217060 Chillicothe, OH 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220340 Duncan, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 242380 Sayre, PA 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 27 22 12 15 11 15 20 18 10 5 15 8 178

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