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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 237, Heating Systems

( 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 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 6 3 0 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2 7 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117140 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115380 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 121140 Elkhart-Goshen, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122420 Flint, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137900 Peoria, IL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146340 Tyler, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120220 Dubuque, IA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126820 Idaho Falls, ID 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129540 Lancaster, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130700 Lincoln, NE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134820 Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134980 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140140 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 0 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142140 Santa Fe, NM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144180 Springfield, MO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146140 Tulsa, OK 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148660 Wichita Falls, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 14 16 11 17 13 8 11 3 3 2 4 6 9 16 11 13 157
 
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239860 Red Wing, MN 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220780 Edwards, CO 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 228060 Kalispell, MT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 211580 Arcadia, FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 216540 Chambersburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 220700 East Stroudsburg, PA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224100 Gloversville, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 238500 Plymouth, IN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244380 Statesville-Mooresville, NC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245640 Thomasville-Lexington, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 247620 Warren, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 224820 Greenville, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 17
 
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900926 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900927 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, MN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900917 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900919 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, IA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
 
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 15 20 13 21 16 11 11 3 3 2 4 7 10 18 12 14 180


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