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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 505, Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process

( 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 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 7 6 7 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 28
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 3 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 4 1 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123580 Gainesville, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124020 Glens Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131140 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145220 Tallahassee, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 34 31 24 24 15 14 10 9 7 11 19 15 212
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 1 17
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 5 1 18
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 34 32 26 26 16 16 11 9 7 13 24 16 230

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