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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 - 2015 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 071, Chemistry: Fertilizers

( 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 4 2 18
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123420 Fresno, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 3 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145780 Toledo, OH 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 1 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 132820 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121340 El Paso, TX 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127140 Jackson, MS 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134940 Naples-Marco Island, FL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110420 Akron, OH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119500 Decatur, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121780 Evansville, IN-KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123540 Gainesville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129620 Lansing-East Lansing, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134620 Muncie, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141500 Salinas, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143300 Sherman-Denison, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148300 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112220 Auburn-Opelika, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113740 Billings, MT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119780 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122500 Florence, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125260 Hanford-Corcoran, CA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127780 Johnstown, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128420 Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129740 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131180 Lubbock, TX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131460 Madera-Chowchilla, CA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134740 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136500 Olympia, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143900 Spartanburg, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149420 Yakima, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 18 26 35 15 13 10 7 4 4 12 24 22 25 24 35 46 320
 
Micropolitan Statistical Area 235100 New Bern, NC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245180 Talladega-Sylacauga, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 212300 Augusta-Waterville, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214380 Boone, NC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 214580 Bozeman, MT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 217380 Cleveland, MS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220980 El Dorado, AR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 223180 Frankfort, KY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 227700 Jesup, GA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 229060 Laconia, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 230100 Lebanon, NH-VT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236340 Oil City, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236820 Oskaloosa, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237540 Paris, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237740 Payson, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238460 Plattsburgh, NY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239060 Pottsville, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239420 Pullman, WA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239500 Quincy, IL-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239940 Rexburg, ID 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 243860 Southern Pines-Pinehurst, NC 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 246380 Ukiah, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 6 4 29
 
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900916 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ID 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900949 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, UT 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900929 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900938 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, ND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900953 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 15
 
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 20 28 40 16 17 13 7 5 4 13 25 26 28 27 41 54 364


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