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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 507, Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry

( 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 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 31 25 10 21 22 20 34 30 22 48 52 76 391
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129180 Lafayette, LA 2 2 3 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 2 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130020 Lawton, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112940 Baton Rouge, LA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116860 Chattanooga, TN-GA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133260 Midland, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111260 Anchorage, AK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113740 Billings, MT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117780 College Station-Bryan, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126380 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128700 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 42 40 22 36 36 28 45 40 35 67 88 112 591
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220340 Duncan, OK 2 4 2 9 9 6 4 13 10 23 36 28 146
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214220 Bogalusa, LA 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 12
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212780 Bartlesville, OK 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 7
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234700 Muscatine, IA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210020 Abbeville, LA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226660 Huntsville, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 234020 Morgan City, LA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238620 Ponca City, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243660 Snyder, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218940 Crowley, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220900 El Campo, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223820 Gardnerville Ranchos, NV 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227380 Jacksonville, TX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235340 New Iberia, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236660 Opelousas-Eunice, LA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245140 Tahlequah, OK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248580 Whitewater, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 5 6 5 13 19 7 11 16 12 25 43 33 195
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900920 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, KS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900940 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 14
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 47 46 28 49 61 37 57 56 47 94 133 145 800

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