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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 601, Surgery: Kinesitherapy

( 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 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 6 12 8 7 7 3 22 8 5 2 0 3 83
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 4 7 9 11 5 5 5 6 7 4 3 5 71
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 5 4 3 4 6 2 1 5 6 7 7 53
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 6 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 6 1 41
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 1 2 4 3 4 6 5 6 5 1 2 38
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4 2 1 5 2 2 0 3 3 4 4 6 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 4 2 0 0 2 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 1 1 7 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 3 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 4 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 4 0 21
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 19
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139540 Racine, WI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134620 Muncie, IN 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143100 Sheboygan, WI 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111700 Asheville, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122520 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122900 Fort Smith, AR-OK 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124300 Grand Junction, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141420 Salem, OR 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145060 Syracuse, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141060 St. Cloud, MN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113900 Bismarck, ND 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116860 Chattanooga, TN-GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121500 Erie, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122380 Flagstaff, AZ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124500 Great Falls, MT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124860 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125860 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126100 Holland-Grand Haven, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126620 Huntsville, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127140 Jackson, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127780 Johnstown, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128100 Kankakee-Bradley, IL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130140 Lebanon, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130860 Logan, UT-ID 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136220 Odessa, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139140 Prescott, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 139740 Reading, PA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140220 Roanoke, VA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 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 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149180 Winston-Salem, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134900 Napa, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 60 85 67 62 65 52 73 75 75 47 55 74 789
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226660 Huntsville, TX 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220820 Effingham, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 240300 Rochelle, IL 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 210300 Adrian, MI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218900 Crossville, TN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220620 East Liverpool-Salem, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 223380 Fremont, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225900 Hilo, HI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232220 Marshall, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 233220 Midland, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235100 New Bern, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244580 Sterling, IL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229580 Lancaster, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 18
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900918 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900913 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900923 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ME 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900939 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900955 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 11
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 63 89 69 63 68 55 75 79 77 48 55 77 818

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