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

U.S. Resident Inventors and Their Utility Patents
Breakout by State Regional Component

Count of 2000 - 2015 Inventors and Their Patents
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Patent Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Inventors Residing In

CALIFORNIA

And a Rank Ordered Listing of the Inventor Residence
Locations by Regional Component (e.g., County)

( inventor residence corresponds to residence at the time of grant )
( an inventor having multiple patents is counted multiple times, once for each patent )
( A single patent with multiple inventors is counted multiple times, once for each 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 resident inventors and their utility patents; counts 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
06085 CA CALIFORNIA Santa Clara County 14206 15671 16328 17498 17310 16732 20871 18708 18748 20499 27206 27950 31453 35549 42270 42419 383414
06073 CA CALIFORNIA San Diego County 4008 4468 4744 5134 4746 4347 5562 5454 5140 5418 8337 9189 11651 14283 15922 16617 125020
06081 CA CALIFORNIA San Mateo County 3508 4013 4235 4488 3998 3989 5615 5674 5647 5640 7941 8090 9393 10883 12294 12375 107780
06037 CA CALIFORNIA Los Angeles County 4504 4803 4492 4868 4886 4477 5411 4721 4428 5047 6444 6817 7785 8544 9083 8786 95091
06001 CA CALIFORNIA Alameda County 3375 3568 3816 4100 4266 3933 5078 4457 4475 4794 6384 6714 7854 8822 10169 9766 91571
06059 CA CALIFORNIA Orange County 2781 3052 3151 3349 3361 3183 4048 3319 3547 3766 4896 5381 6004 6817 7209 6955 70819
06013 CA CALIFORNIA Contra Costa County 1004 1027 1067 1110 1019 1002 1294 1214 1252 1385 1832 1954 2249 2644 3024 2900 25977
06075 CA CALIFORNIA San Francisco County 570 628 703 757 699 641 1001 1046 1089 1200 1727 1803 2421 2998 3612 3950 24842
06087 CA CALIFORNIA Santa Cruz County 808 895 848 935 867 770 1017 915 903 956 1289 1373 1550 1685 1866 1868 18541
06111 CA CALIFORNIA Ventura County 683 884 864 971 908 867 1091 960 941 1005 1334 1422 1473 1484 1634 1537 18053
06083 CA CALIFORNIA Santa Barbara County 383 380 424 506 531 508 573 572 458 548 768 769 864 1073 1305 1323 10985
06065 CA CALIFORNIA Riverside County 354 364 423 464 402 424 395 383 371 377 525 524 563 662 720 655 7604
06097 CA CALIFORNIA Sonoma County 314 317 359 376 477 425 503 393 333 409 476 473 568 544 619 577 7163
06041 CA CALIFORNIA Marin County 339 314 305 310 257 255 379 272 266 357 505 514 553 681 831 787 6925
06067 CA CALIFORNIA Sacramento County 305 338 318 373 351 342 380 300 304 260 344 360 360 408 491 507 5737
06071 CA CALIFORNIA San Bernardino County 290 277 248 250 256 184 267 196 212 224 347 322 397 446 425 435 4776
06061 CA CALIFORNIA Placer County 177 164 176 251 194 221 278 269 289 234 304 279 310 305 340 353 4144
06017 CA CALIFORNIA El Dorado County 208 228 224 260 264 239 224 229 216 217 248 258 243 268 320 423 4066
06113 CA CALIFORNIA Yolo County 216 220 190 196 203 184 227 173 174 154 255 233 329 317 339 381 3791
06077 CA CALIFORNIA San Joaquin County 124 116 130 117 90 84 114 85 101 97 129 165 161 238 249 252 2252
06079 CA CALIFORNIA San Luis Obispo County 118 88 105 139 134 117 134 94 120 105 129 133 141 158 187 204 2106
06029 CA CALIFORNIA Kern County 131 117 98 119 110 119 86 105 132 121 112 138 141 135 155 174 1993
06053 CA CALIFORNIA Monterey County 92 96 115 89 91 93 109 91 91 100 133 146 141 165 214 192 1958
06095 CA CALIFORNIA Solano County 94 109 95 86 107 85 113 97 88 109 143 127 131 146 144 162 1834
06019 CA CALIFORNIA Fresno County 89 67 68 66 63 60 60 49 45 44 68 92 89 104 128 135 1227
06057 CA CALIFORNIA Nevada County 65 83 69 89 51 55 74 53 72 57 89 70 70 95 100 90 1182
06099 CA CALIFORNIA Stanislaus County 79 95 61 53 54 39 67 56 49 45 69 81 80 84 102 85 1099
06055 CA CALIFORNIA Napa County 29 44 25 52 48 42 43 50 34 70 70 74 76 92 105 99 951
06069 CA CALIFORNIA San Benito County 44 39 70 58 53 60 52 54 59 59 41 71 51 68 68 61 908
06007 CA CALIFORNIA Butte County 21 18 23 10 16 8 23 17 14 23 34 19 41 35 26 32 358
06089 CA CALIFORNIA Shasta County 21 26 23 20 22 11 21 17 19 16 16 15 21 35 28 36 347
06107 CA CALIFORNIA Tulare County 18 16 15 15 12 16 14 18 10 11 35 15 20 25 30 22 289
06023 CA CALIFORNIA Humboldt County 14 11 52 24 13 22 15 12 14 17 13 10 18 14 17 14 280
06045 CA CALIFORNIA Mendocino County 23 18 13 14 13 13 16 14 20 12 18 19 15 18 15 17 258
06109 CA CALIFORNIA Tuolumne County 16 11 15 21 16 19 21 13 18 9 13 14 18 24 10 15 253
06039 CA CALIFORNIA Madera County 20 12 11 11 13 10 7 9 12 11 13 12 13 12 15 22 203
06047 CA CALIFORNIA Merced County 10 15 15 6 11 10 8 6 5 9 10 11 13 16 16 20 181
06009 CA CALIFORNIA Calaveras County 19 13 12 12 8 3 2 8 1 2 9 9 6 5 11 10 130
06063 CA CALIFORNIA Plumas County 6 7 6 5 6 5 7 2 6 5 11 16 18 9 14 8 129
06005 CA CALIFORNIA Amador County 11 10 8 1 3 3 2 5 4 7 8 11 18 13 8 7 116
06033 CA CALIFORNIA Lake County 3 3 2 7 5 7 5 3 7 9 9 11 9 15 11 3 109
06101 CA CALIFORNIA Sutter County 16 11 6 7 7 3 6 7 11 4 6 2 1 11 6 4 108
06043 CA CALIFORNIA Mariposa County 8 4 3 0 1 2 3 2 1 5 2 8 5 17 21 17 99
06031 CA CALIFORNIA Kings County 6 3 8 4 3 0 6 6 3 5 6 5 6 8 2 3 71
06115 CA CALIFORNIA Yuba County 4 4 4 7 5 6 1 5 6 2 7 3 6 7 1 3 71
06093 CA CALIFORNIA Siskiyou County 5 6 3 6 2 7 0 1 6 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 70
06025 CA CALIFORNIA Imperial County 6 4 8 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 6 3 4 3 7 6 68
06051 CA CALIFORNIA Mono County 5 4 6 7 1 4 3 4 2 7 3 5 4 3 3 4 63
06103 CA CALIFORNIA Tehama County 1 4 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 4 5 5 6 5 7 54
06035 CA CALIFORNIA Lassen County 6 3 1 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 30
06091 CA CALIFORNIA Sierra County 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 8 2 1 1 0 27
06015 CA CALIFORNIA Del Norte County 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 5 2 21
06021 CA CALIFORNIA Glenn County 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 17
06000 CA CALIFORNIA Undetermined County 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
06003 CA CALIFORNIA Alpine County 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 14
06027 CA CALIFORNIA Inyo County 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 11
06049 CA CALIFORNIA Modoc County 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 11
06105 CA CALIFORNIA Trinity County 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 9
06011 CA CALIFORNIA Colusa County 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
ALL ALL ALL U.S. STATES/REGIONS ALL AREA COMPONENTS 39138 42675 43990 47257 45962 43640 55236 50143 49752 53467 72381 75734 87350 99987 114185 114327 1035224


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