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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

U.S. Resident Inventors and Their Utility Patents
Breakout by State Regional Component

Count of 2000 - 2013 Inventors and Their Patents
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Patent Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Inventors Residing In

NORTH CAROLINA

And a Rank Ordered Listing of the Inventor Residence
Locations by Regional Component (e.g., County)

( inventor residence corresponds to residence at the time of grant )
( an inventor having multiple patents is counted multiple times, once for each patent )
( counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see Explanation of Data )

This table displays regional components (e.g., counties) of the profiled area and counts of resident inventors and their utility patents; counts are distributed by year of patent grant.
FIPS Code Mail Code State or Territory Regional Area Component 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
37183 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wake County 1596 1752 1705 1894 1861 1701 2274 2007 2487 2706 3416 3525 3732 3693 34349
37063 NC NORTH CAROLINA Durham County 427 427 434 490 437 420 596 550 573 693 858 886 966 1022 8779
37135 NC NORTH CAROLINA Orange County 373 395 365 490 433 419 505 397 459 500 651 683 703 698 7071
37119 NC NORTH CAROLINA Mecklenburg County 335 338 304 280 241 234 275 268 278 362 526 533 822 1025 5817
37081 NC NORTH CAROLINA Guilford County 212 176 204 232 250 177 234 183 171 204 326 383 349 415 3516
37067 NC NORTH CAROLINA Forsyth County 166 173 169 145 161 123 134 125 120 139 227 212 267 301 2462
37035 NC NORTH CAROLINA Catawba County 111 117 164 151 128 133 150 172 130 106 157 102 148 155 1924
37129 NC NORTH CAROLINA New Hanover County 70 139 100 95 79 54 48 74 80 108 88 103 119 127 1284
37021 NC NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe County 81 90 102 65 72 81 59 53 44 62 56 57 62 77 961
37179 NC NORTH CAROLINA Union County 36 40 45 42 32 25 46 41 54 54 78 84 146 160 879
37089 NC NORTH CAROLINA Henderson County 44 46 56 37 53 49 33 32 48 61 81 49 53 67 709
37071 NC NORTH CAROLINA Gaston County 80 83 57 41 44 30 27 27 33 36 45 41 47 63 654
37097 NC NORTH CAROLINA Iredell County 37 42 41 44 44 59 38 51 43 37 67 46 46 54 649
37037 NC NORTH CAROLINA Chatham County 39 54 32 40 37 29 42 30 37 34 51 71 85 61 642
37025 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cabarrus County 49 47 43 42 31 22 33 33 32 44 56 52 49 74 607
37001 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alamance County 36 55 64 40 37 33 37 20 27 25 32 49 39 38 532
37147 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pitt County 29 20 29 22 27 17 27 20 23 34 45 57 39 43 432
37101 NC NORTH CAROLINA Johnston County 14 25 19 39 30 27 29 20 32 30 25 20 30 40 380
37151 NC NORTH CAROLINA Randolph County 19 33 31 29 25 14 18 14 13 18 27 28 22 19 310
37027 NC NORTH CAROLINA Caldwell County 13 18 13 12 19 26 16 16 15 13 23 23 35 44 286
37125 NC NORTH CAROLINA Moore County 14 27 28 21 31 24 17 15 21 7 21 15 21 20 282
37105 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lee County 37 30 6 13 8 15 14 15 11 25 32 30 14 24 274
37051 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cumberland County 16 17 8 15 23 21 15 17 17 17 24 22 30 28 270
37109 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lincoln County 12 16 18 9 14 13 21 24 14 18 17 21 22 35 254
37057 NC NORTH CAROLINA Davidson County 24 9 13 19 19 8 13 17 22 17 25 11 22 24 243
37059 NC NORTH CAROLINA Davie County 12 10 10 9 8 17 9 18 15 19 29 18 24 29 227
37069 NC NORTH CAROLINA Franklin County 8 12 10 12 16 12 20 14 30 24 8 21 17 23 227
37049 NC NORTH CAROLINA Craven County 9 12 21 17 9 6 11 15 5 13 13 19 23 37 210
37085 NC NORTH CAROLINA Harnett County 12 14 11 17 10 19 7 11 16 15 16 14 14 18 194
37045 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cleveland County 25 20 19 8 18 14 14 6 3 15 7 14 9 9 181
37169 NC NORTH CAROLINA Stokes County 11 7 5 9 11 10 7 13 10 9 21 13 22 18 166
37171 NC NORTH CAROLINA Surry County 8 6 9 5 9 17 12 7 10 5 12 17 13 15 145
37127 NC NORTH CAROLINA Nash County 2 6 8 8 7 2 3 14 9 13 22 12 18 20 139
37159 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rowan County 7 5 16 11 10 9 16 6 6 7 12 11 7 16 139
37019 NC NORTH CAROLINA Brunswick County 5 13 8 9 8 4 9 5 6 9 7 18 11 19 131
37165 NC NORTH CAROLINA Scotland County 11 17 22 5 6 10 7 8 12 2 2 3 5 6 116
37023 NC NORTH CAROLINA Burke County 7 5 7 7 5 13 4 15 8 6 9 3 8 18 115
37107 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lenoir County 10 8 5 9 8 3 4 2 6 10 10 19 8 11 113
37189 NC NORTH CAROLINA Watauga County 5 7 3 3 3 10 11 15 6 5 9 6 16 8 104
37077 NC NORTH CAROLINA Granville County 6 2 8 8 3 0 7 5 10 11 9 10 8 12 99
37195 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wilson County 11 4 2 5 5 0 11 6 2 7 9 18 6 8 94
37087 NC NORTH CAROLINA Haywood County 2 11 9 5 12 10 8 11 2 4 2 8 4 5 93
37175 NC NORTH CAROLINA Transylvania County 4 9 11 5 4 3 8 5 4 3 10 4 7 12 89
37193 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wilkes County 5 3 7 0 12 4 4 6 7 4 6 6 6 14 84
37031 NC NORTH CAROLINA Carteret County 6 8 4 5 8 8 6 3 3 5 8 3 5 5 77
37113 NC NORTH CAROLINA Macon County 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 10 20 24 72
37167 NC NORTH CAROLINA Stanly County 1 6 6 4 10 4 2 4 3 1 7 2 11 8 69
37003 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alexander County 3 4 6 4 5 2 3 3 9 5 9 5 3 5 66
37141 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pender County 5 5 8 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 66
37197 NC NORTH CAROLINA Yadkin County 7 5 5 9 1 2 1 2 2 6 11 4 4 7 66
37191 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wayne County 9 1 9 1 0 4 7 0 2 2 4 8 9 8 64
37013 NC NORTH CAROLINA Beaufort County 4 6 4 1 11 1 3 3 1 2 2 8 7 9 62
37111 NC NORTH CAROLINA McDowell County 3 2 2 5 11 1 12 2 3 3 10 1 2 3 60
37065 NC NORTH CAROLINA Edgecombe County 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 6 6 3 7 12 9 8 59
37157 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rockingham County 10 3 3 2 6 4 3 4 1 3 4 1 4 7 55
37161 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rutherford County 11 5 5 4 1 5 3 1 0 2 4 6 4 4 55
37133 NC NORTH CAROLINA Onslow County 1 2 7 2 4 3 3 5 5 3 3 6 4 5 53
37149 NC NORTH CAROLINA Polk County 5 5 5 4 6 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 52
37181 NC NORTH CAROLINA Vance County 1 9 1 3 3 3 1 0 4 1 9 5 0 1 41
37041 NC NORTH CAROLINA Chowan County 3 3 1 1 4 6 0 1 3 1 2 6 4 0 35
37099 NC NORTH CAROLINA Jackson County 5 2 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 3 2 5 5 32
37055 NC NORTH CAROLINA Dare County 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 5 5 31
37163 NC NORTH CAROLINA Sampson County 4 3 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 31
37121 NC NORTH CAROLINA Mitchell County 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 8 5 1 27
37155 NC NORTH CAROLINA Robeson County 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 4 4 26
37061 NC NORTH CAROLINA Duplin County 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 4 0 3 1 2 24
37083 NC NORTH CAROLINA Halifax County 3 3 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 24
37115 NC NORTH CAROLINA Madison County 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 5 1 4 24
37009 NC NORTH CAROLINA Ashe County 0 1 3 0 6 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 22
37139 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pasquotank County 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 4 3 5 22
37145 NC NORTH CAROLINA Person County 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 6 1 2 4 21
37137 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pamlico County 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 4 3 20
37047 NC NORTH CAROLINA Columbus County 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 19
37053 NC NORTH CAROLINA Currituck County 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 19
37199 NC NORTH CAROLINA Yancey County 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 3 0 19
37123 NC NORTH CAROLINA Montgomery County 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 18
37039 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cherokee County 3 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16
37033 NC NORTH CAROLINA Caswell County 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 14
37005 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alleghany County 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 13
37017 NC NORTH CAROLINA Bladen County 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 13
37043 NC NORTH CAROLINA Clay County 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 13
37007 NC NORTH CAROLINA Anson County 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 12
37093 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hoke County 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 12
37153 NC NORTH CAROLINA Richmond County 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 12
37185 NC NORTH CAROLINA Warren County 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 12
37131 NC NORTH CAROLINA Northampton County 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
37079 NC NORTH CAROLINA Greene County 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 10
37073 NC NORTH CAROLINA Gates County 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 9
37011 NC NORTH CAROLINA Avery County 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 8
37015 NC NORTH CAROLINA Bertie County 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
37029 NC NORTH CAROLINA Camden County 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6
37117 NC NORTH CAROLINA Martin County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
37143 NC NORTH CAROLINA Perquimans County 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
37103 NC NORTH CAROLINA Jones County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5
37091 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hertford County 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
37187 NC NORTH CAROLINA Washington County 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
37095 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hyde County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3
37177 NC NORTH CAROLINA Tyrrell County 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
37000 NC NORTH CAROLINA Undetermined County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
37075 NC NORTH CAROLINA Graham County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
37173 NC NORTH CAROLINA Swain County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL ALL U.S. STATES/REGIONS ALL AREA COMPONENTS 4136 4456 4351 4547 4416 4006 4961 4471 5030 5605 7306 7468 8247 8765 77765



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