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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 718, Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing 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 12 22 12 16 16 26 32 24 24 30 60 54 77 105 121 139 767
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142660 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 10 9 8 6 13 15 26 19 17 17 41 30 54 67 76 87 493
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112420 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 2 6 11 9 18 15 15 11 21 17 29 26 80 68 63 70 461
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141860 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5 6 11 12 22 14 15 13 19 26 31 31 33 45 55 76 414
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135620 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 5 5 7 3 9 8 5 3 6 14 13 12 37 69 58 65 319
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114460 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5 5 6 5 7 8 12 7 10 12 13 23 26 25 32 38 234
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138900 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 2 4 3 5 7 8 6 6 12 6 21 16 25 20 19 18 178
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140340 Rochester, MN 6 3 2 2 9 3 6 3 4 12 9 8 25 32 19 28 171
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139580 Raleigh-Cary, NC 1 2 3 2 3 2 6 4 3 3 3 5 7 28 22 38 132
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139100 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 4 5 5 4 7 4 5 1 1 3 6 4 13 15 16 18 111
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131100 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 2 0 0 3 4 2 8 4 4 3 7 3 3 9 14 13 79
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141740 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 3 10 6 16 11 62
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139340 Provo-Orem, UT 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 11 11 10 11 54
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 1 4 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 2 6 7 6 7 1 4 52
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114740 Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 7 7 10 14 51
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147900 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 13 14 46
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113780 Binghamton, NY 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 5 3 2 4 2 3 6 3 7 42
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120500 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 2 5 1 0 4 2 8 4 4 42
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122660 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 3 1 2 1 0 0 5 4 1 1 2 5 10 3 1 6 42
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1 2 0 2 4 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 4 3 9 39
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140900 Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 1 4 1 5 3 5 3 6 37
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146060 Tucson, AZ 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 3 8 7 4 4 36
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128740 Kingston, NY 3 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 8 3 3 2 2 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138060 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 3 3 5 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142100 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 3 1 3 3 10 4 5 34
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116980 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 9 8 33
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112060 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 4 12 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114500 Boulder, CO 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 6 5 6 30
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126420 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 149340 Worcester, MA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 26
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114860 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 3 4 4 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140380 Rochester, NY 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 8 1 2 2 25
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133100 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 1 3 2 2 3 23
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119740 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 4 4 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131700 Manchester-Nashua, NH 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 8 3 22
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117820 Colorado Springs, CO 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 2 2 3 20
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116580 Champaign-Urbana, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 6 1 1 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145940 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 4 16
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141620 Salt Lake City, UT 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 3 15
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141180 St. Louis, MO-IL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 14
Metropolitan Statistical Area 119820 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124540 Greeley, CO 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 141700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 5 13
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128140 Kansas City, MO-KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 4 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137980 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 12
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135300 New Haven-Milford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112580 Baltimore-Towson, MD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 11
Metropolitan Statistical Area 114260 Boise City-Nampa, ID 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116820 Charlottesville, VA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138300 Pittsburgh, PA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 10
Metropolitan Statistical Area 131540 Madison, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 9
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110900 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 8
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142020 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 7
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111460 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117460 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136500 Olympia, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 6
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139300 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 148620 Wichita, KS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137100 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 5
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125540 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144700 Stockton, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 145300 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110580 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 110740 Albuquerque, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116740 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136740 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144140 Springfield, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113820 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113980 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116300 Cedar Rapids, IA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117860 Columbia, MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 118700 Corvallis, OR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 120740 Eau Claire, WI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122380 Flagstaff, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125500 Harrisonburg, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 126180 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129140 Lafayette, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129740 Las Cruces, NM 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133340 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 133700 Modesto, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136260 Ogden-Clearfield, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136540 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138860 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 139140 Prescott, AZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146220 Tuscaloosa, AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146540 Utica-Rome, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 147260 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Metropolitan Statistical Area 111180 Ames, IA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 112700 Barnstable Town, MA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 113460 Bend, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 115500 Burlington, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 116700 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 117900 Columbia, SC 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 122220 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 123060 Fort Wayne, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 124340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 125420 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127060 Ithaca, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127260 Jacksonville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 127740 Johnson City, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 128940 Knoxville, TN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129820 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 129940 Lawrence, KS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 130460 Lexington-Fayette, KY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 134620 Muncie, IN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135380 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 135980 Norwich-New London, CT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 136420 Oklahoma City, OK 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 137340 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 138940 Port St. Lucie, FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140060 Richmond, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140420 Rockford, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 140980 Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 142060 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 143580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 144300 State College, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area 146700 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 1
Metropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 76 94 90 93 147 142 189 145 164 198 296 295 535 646 668 811 4589
 
Micropolitan Statistical Area 239860 Red Wing, MN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 1 4 17
Micropolitan Statistical Area 218180 Concord, NH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 9
Micropolitan Statistical Area 236300 Ogdensburg-Massena, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6
Micropolitan Statistical Area 245860 Torrington, CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Micropolitan Statistical Area 225720 Heber, UT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 231060 Los Alamos, NM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Micropolitan Statistical Area 222580 Forest City, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 226460 Hudson, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 237800 Pella, IA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area 244660 Stillwater, OK 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 247540 Wapakoneta, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 12 7 4 12 45
 
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900908 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, CO 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900951 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900937 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900942 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900948 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area 900950 Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Areas, VT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non Metro/Micropolitan Statistical Area   -- Subtotal -- 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 11
 
ALL AREAS --- TOTAL, ALL AREAS 76 94 90 95 148 143 191 148 168 202 297 296 548 653 672 824 4645


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