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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 377, Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and 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 141940 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 6 2 6 4 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 32
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 0 2 3 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126900 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124660 Greensboro-High Point, NC 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112260 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118140 Columbus, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119380 Dayton, OH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119460 Decatur, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 1 0 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 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144060 Spokane, WA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149620 York-Hanover, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149660 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 40 14 33 17 15 23 15 6 9 6 6 11 9 9 8 14 235
 
Micropolitan Statistical Area 248020 Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 232220 Marshall, TX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244260 Starkville, MS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
 
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900933 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
 
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 41 17 36 17 15 24 15 6 9 7 6 11 9 9 8 14 244


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