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

U.S. State Patenting
Breakout by Regional Component

Count of 2000 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Utility Patents Originating From

NORTH CAROLINA

And a Rank Ordered Listing of the Regional Components (e.g., Counties)
From Which Those Patents Originated

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( 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 utility patents originating from them; patents 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 2014 2015 Total
37183 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wake County 664 672 665 698 685 643 845 762 884 963 1246 1185 1359 1352 1513 1497 15633
37063 NC NORTH CAROLINA Durham County 156 159 171 167 143 125 214 161 181 220 263 253 276 307 325 297 3418
37135 NC NORTH CAROLINA Orange County 149 169 137 175 144 149 172 146 150 162 211 236 255 228 281 277 3041
37119 NC NORTH CAROLINA Mecklenburg County 171 163 149 137 106 112 134 118 113 131 200 181 277 325 330 276 2918
37081 NC NORTH CAROLINA Guilford County 107 103 103 126 131 94 119 86 61 64 112 135 135 141 129 148 1794
37067 NC NORTH CAROLINA Forsyth County 72 79 77 66 73 49 61 65 52 57 84 89 106 119 126 136 1311
37035 NC NORTH CAROLINA Catawba County 60 63 59 67 52 55 63 61 52 35 55 33 55 50 84 87 931
37129 NC NORTH CAROLINA New Hanover County 28 51 39 36 37 21 28 34 30 45 34 40 51 52 64 47 637
37021 NC NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe County 37 42 34 32 31 34 34 24 16 32 24 26 28 39 34 35 502
37179 NC NORTH CAROLINA Union County 22 21 23 23 17 15 20 20 22 21 35 37 55 63 45 60 494
37037 NC NORTH CAROLINA Chatham County 20 35 20 27 24 21 26 12 14 14 21 33 39 25 30 29 390
37097 NC NORTH CAROLINA Iredell County 22 27 24 27 20 20 17 18 15 16 30 27 22 21 22 27 355
37071 NC NORTH CAROLINA Gaston County 38 39 30 19 24 16 11 17 14 17 19 17 14 23 32 24 354
37089 NC NORTH CAROLINA Henderson County 22 19 32 19 20 20 13 9 14 13 12 14 22 26 33 18 306
37025 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cabarrus County 22 16 13 16 18 8 19 15 19 19 24 20 15 26 21 23 294
37147 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pitt County 21 15 16 13 14 10 13 15 12 14 26 26 21 19 25 24 284
37001 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alamance County 15 26 19 18 15 15 12 4 13 10 11 23 12 16 18 26 253
37101 NC NORTH CAROLINA Johnston County 6 15 10 21 14 12 11 9 13 15 10 8 10 21 38 28 241
37151 NC NORTH CAROLINA Randolph County 14 15 16 15 13 8 9 6 5 9 8 16 9 12 5 9 169
37027 NC NORTH CAROLINA Caldwell County 8 8 6 4 9 14 2 6 7 6 8 10 17 24 15 15 159
37051 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cumberland County 9 10 4 8 12 13 8 7 8 7 10 11 13 13 12 12 157
37125 NC NORTH CAROLINA Moore County 10 16 8 7 14 11 6 6 11 5 14 8 8 11 7 15 157
37057 NC NORTH CAROLINA Davidson County 12 5 5 7 12 5 10 8 13 10 13 4 6 10 12 15 147
37109 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lincoln County 7 12 8 4 9 6 1 10 7 9 4 11 7 12 16 14 137
37105 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lee County 10 7 4 10 2 9 6 8 4 9 11 10 6 10 13 14 133
37049 NC NORTH CAROLINA Craven County 7 10 8 9 7 4 6 6 2 5 6 11 14 17 7 10 129
37045 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cleveland County 11 8 4 5 12 7 4 6 3 9 3 6 5 8 3 6 100
37059 NC NORTH CAROLINA Davie County 5 7 9 4 5 7 4 9 5 9 5 8 5 5 6 1 94
37159 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rowan County 4 2 5 7 8 5 9 3 4 4 5 5 2 7 4 10 84
37077 NC NORTH CAROLINA Granville County 3 1 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 3 6 3 3 1 9 34 83
37171 NC NORTH CAROLINA Surry County 6 5 1 4 3 9 4 2 5 4 6 10 8 6 6 4 83
37107 NC NORTH CAROLINA Lenoir County 8 5 3 5 5 0 3 2 4 6 7 11 5 6 7 2 79
37085 NC NORTH CAROLINA Harnett County 10 7 7 8 4 7 2 3 6 4 3 2 2 6 4 2 77
37069 NC NORTH CAROLINA Franklin County 2 5 5 3 2 1 5 8 7 4 1 4 4 11 4 10 76
37169 NC NORTH CAROLINA Stokes County 3 3 1 5 7 4 4 5 6 3 7 4 7 5 3 6 73
37189 NC NORTH CAROLINA Watauga County 3 6 1 3 1 4 8 8 3 3 3 6 8 6 5 6 72
37127 NC NORTH CAROLINA Nash County 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 6 6 5 7 3 5 7 4 6 65
37195 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wilson County 5 3 2 1 4 0 8 4 2 4 6 8 2 5 4 4 62
37019 NC NORTH CAROLINA Brunswick County 2 5 3 6 4 1 3 5 1 3 2 5 1 8 7 4 60
37031 NC NORTH CAROLINA Carteret County 3 7 3 5 6 7 3 2 2 2 5 3 4 2 5 1 60
37165 NC NORTH CAROLINA Scotland County 5 10 14 3 3 6 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 57
37023 NC NORTH CAROLINA Burke County 3 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 3 5 2 5 10 7 3 54
37161 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rutherford County 5 5 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 3 2 4 5 13 50
37133 NC NORTH CAROLINA Onslow County 1 1 5 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 11 48
37141 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pender County 3 0 2 4 3 1 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 3 10 3 48
37175 NC NORTH CAROLINA Transylvania County 1 5 5 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 5 1 1 6 2 3 45
37013 NC NORTH CAROLINA Beaufort County 3 4 3 0 6 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 3 5 4 4 43
37087 NC NORTH CAROLINA Haywood County 0 1 4 1 5 6 5 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 43
37113 NC NORTH CAROLINA Macon County 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 8 7 3 4 39
37191 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wayne County 3 1 7 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1 5 5 4 2 2 38
37157 NC NORTH CAROLINA Rockingham County 8 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 2 37
37167 NC NORTH CAROLINA Stanly County 0 4 4 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 3 5 37
37193 NC NORTH CAROLINA Wilkes County 4 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 3 3 3 2 2 5 2 2 36
37197 NC NORTH CAROLINA Yadkin County 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 3 4 34
37065 NC NORTH CAROLINA Edgecombe County 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 3 5 4 4 1 34
37003 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alexander County 2 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 4 2 2 3 1 33
37111 NC NORTH CAROLINA McDowell County 2 2 2 2 6 1 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 30
37149 NC NORTH CAROLINA Polk County 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 27
37055 NC NORTH CAROLINA Dare County 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 3 1 26
37041 NC NORTH CAROLINA Chowan County 3 2 1 1 4 3 0 1 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 25
37181 NC NORTH CAROLINA Vance County 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 23
37047 NC NORTH CAROLINA Columbus County 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 21
37061 NC NORTH CAROLINA Duplin County 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 20
37155 NC NORTH CAROLINA Robeson County 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 20
37139 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pasquotank County 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 4 19
37163 NC NORTH CAROLINA Sampson County 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 19
37199 NC NORTH CAROLINA Yancey County 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 18
37121 NC NORTH CAROLINA Mitchell County 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 17
37083 NC NORTH CAROLINA Halifax County 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 16
37009 NC NORTH CAROLINA Ashe County 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 15
37017 NC NORTH CAROLINA Bladen County 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 14
37123 NC NORTH CAROLINA Montgomery County 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 13
37137 NC NORTH CAROLINA Pamlico County 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 13
37145 NC NORTH CAROLINA Person County 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 12
37039 NC NORTH CAROLINA Cherokee County 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
37053 NC NORTH CAROLINA Currituck County 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11
37093 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hoke County 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 11
37099 NC NORTH CAROLINA Jackson County 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 11
37079 NC NORTH CAROLINA Greene County 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 9
37153 NC NORTH CAROLINA Richmond County 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
37005 NC NORTH CAROLINA Alleghany County 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
37007 NC NORTH CAROLINA Anson County 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8
37115 NC NORTH CAROLINA Madison County 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 8
37131 NC NORTH CAROLINA Northampton County 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
37029 NC NORTH CAROLINA Camden County 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
37043 NC NORTH CAROLINA Clay County 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
37011 NC NORTH CAROLINA Avery County 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5
37033 NC NORTH CAROLINA Caswell County 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
37117 NC NORTH CAROLINA Martin County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
37185 NC NORTH CAROLINA Warren County 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
37187 NC NORTH CAROLINA Washington County 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
37015 NC NORTH CAROLINA Bertie County 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
37073 NC NORTH CAROLINA Gates County 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
37095 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hyde County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
37143 NC NORTH CAROLINA Perquimans County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
37075 NC NORTH CAROLINA Graham County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
37091 NC NORTH CAROLINA Hertford County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
37177 NC NORTH CAROLINA Tyrrell County 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
37000 NC NORTH CAROLINA Undetermined County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
37103 NC NORTH CAROLINA Jones County 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALL ALL ALL U.S. STATES/REGIONS ALL AREA COMPONENTS 1845 1946 1821 1874 1792 1610 1975 1744 1842 2013 2635 2607 2978 3142 3408 3352 36584


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