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Coastal Counties in the West and Northeast Lead the United States in Biotechnology Utility Patents Granted to Residents between 2000 and 2020

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June 1, 2023

USPTO utility patents granted to U.S. inventors in biotechnology by U.S. county: 2000–20
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USPTO utility patents granted to U.S. inventors in biotechnology by U.S. county: 2000–20

(Cumulative total of biotechnology patents, 2000–20)
U.S. county code State County Biotechnology patents (2000–20 total)
us-ak-013 Alaska Aleutians East Borough 0.0000
us-ak-016 Alaska Aleutians West Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-020 Alaska Anchorage Municipality 0.8452
us-ak-050 Alaska Bethel Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-060 Alaska Bristol Bay Borough 0.0000
us-ak-063 Alaska Chugach Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-066 Alaska Copper River Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-068 Alaska Denali Borough 0.1111
us-ak-070 Alaska Dillingham Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-090 Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough 0.5000
us-ak-100 Alaska Haines Borough 0.0000
us-ak-105 Alaska Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-110 Alaska Juneau City and Borough 1.5000
us-ak-122 Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough 0.0000
us-ak-130 Alaska Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.0000
us-ak-150 Alaska Kodiak Island Borough 0.0000
us-ak-158 Alaska Kusilvak Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-164 Alaska Lake and Peninsula Borough 0.0000
us-ak-170 Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough 0.0000
us-ak-180 Alaska Nome Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-185 Alaska North Slope Borough 0.0000
us-ak-188 Alaska Northwest Arctic Borough 0.0000
us-ak-195 Alaska Petersburg Borough 0.0000
us-ak-198 Alaska Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.0000
us-ak-220 Alaska Sitka City and Borough 0.0000
us-ak-230 Alaska Skagway Municipality 0.0000
us-ak-240 Alaska Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 0.1111
us-ak-275 Alaska Wrangell City and Borough 0.0000
us-ak-282 Alaska Yakutat City and Borough 0.0000
us-ak-290 Alaska Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0.0000
us-al-001 Alabama Autauga County 0.0000
us-al-003 Alabama Baldwin County 2.0667
us-al-005 Alabama Barbour County 0.0000
us-al-007 Alabama Bibb County 0.0000
us-al-009 Alabama Blount County 0.0000
us-al-011 Alabama Bullock County 0.0000
us-al-013 Alabama Butler County 0.0000
us-al-015 Alabama Calhoun County 1.7500
us-al-017 Alabama Chambers County 0.0000
us-al-019 Alabama Cherokee County 0.0000
us-al-021 Alabama Chilton County 0.1667
us-al-023 Alabama Choctaw County 0.0000
us-al-025 Alabama Clarke County 0.1111
us-al-027 Alabama Clay County 0.0000
us-al-029 Alabama Cleburne County 0.0000
us-al-031 Alabama Coffee County 0.0000
us-al-033 Alabama Colbert County 0.0000
us-al-035 Alabama Conecuh County 0.0000
us-al-037 Alabama Coosa County 0.0000
us-al-039 Alabama Covington County 0.0000
us-al-041 Alabama Crenshaw County 0.0000
us-al-043 Alabama Cullman County 0.3333
us-al-045 Alabama Dale County 0.0000
us-al-047 Alabama Dallas County 0.0000
us-al-049 Alabama DeKalb County 0.1250
us-al-051 Alabama Elmore County 0.0417
us-al-053 Alabama Escambia County 0.0000
us-al-055 Alabama Etowah County 0.0500
us-al-057 Alabama Fayette County 0.0000
us-al-059 Alabama Franklin County 0.0000
us-al-061 Alabama Geneva County 0.1667
us-al-063 Alabama Greene County 0.0000
us-al-065 Alabama Hale County 0.0000
us-al-067 Alabama Henry County 0.0000
us-al-069 Alabama Houston County 0.0000
us-al-071 Alabama Jackson County 0.0000
us-al-073 Alabama Jefferson County 109.4908
us-al-075 Alabama Lamar County 0.0000
us-al-077 Alabama Lauderdale County 0.1250
us-al-079 Alabama Lawrence County 0.0000
us-al-081 Alabama Lee County 34.6778
us-al-083 Alabama Limestone County 0.5500
us-al-085 Alabama Lowndes County 0.0000
us-al-087 Alabama Macon County 1.8333
us-al-089 Alabama Madison County 54.0675
us-al-091 Alabama Marengo County 0.0000
us-al-093 Alabama Marion County 0.0000
us-al-095 Alabama Marshall County 0.9500
us-al-097 Alabama Mobile County 10.8167
us-al-099 Alabama Monroe County 0.0000
us-al-101 Alabama Montgomery County 2.4048
us-al-103 Alabama Morgan County 1.7530
us-al-105 Alabama Perry County 0.0000
us-al-107 Alabama Pickens County 0.0000
us-al-109 Alabama Pike County 0.0000
us-al-111 Alabama Randolph County 0.0000
us-al-113 Alabama Russell County 0.0000
us-al-115 Alabama St. Clair County 0.2976
us-al-117 Alabama Shelby County 4.0223
us-al-119 Alabama Sumter County 0.0000
us-al-121 Alabama Talladega County 0.0000
us-al-123 Alabama Tallapoosa County 0.0000
us-al-125 Alabama Tuscaloosa County 2.9611
us-al-127 Alabama Walker County 0.0000
us-al-129 Alabama Washington County 0.0000
us-al-131 Alabama Wilcox County 0.0000
us-al-133 Alabama Winston County 0.0000
us-ar-001 Arkansas Arkansas County 17.8125
us-ar-003 Arkansas Ashley County 0.0000
us-ar-005 Arkansas Baxter County 0.0000
us-ar-007 Arkansas Benton County 2.8351
us-ar-009 Arkansas Boone County 0.4167
us-ar-011 Arkansas Bradley County 0.0000
us-ar-013 Arkansas Calhoun County 0.0000
us-ar-015 Arkansas Carroll County 0.0000
us-ar-017 Arkansas Chicot County 0.0000
us-ar-019 Arkansas Clark County 0.0000
us-ar-021 Arkansas Clay County 0.0000
us-ar-023 Arkansas Cleburne County 0.0000
us-ar-025 Arkansas Cleveland County 0.0000
us-ar-027 Arkansas Columbia County 0.0000
us-ar-029 Arkansas Conway County 0.0000
us-ar-031 Arkansas Craighead County 15.2417
us-ar-033 Arkansas Crawford County 0.0000
us-ar-035 Arkansas Crittenden County 0.7500
us-ar-037 Arkansas Cross County 0.0000
us-ar-039 Arkansas Dallas County 0.0000
us-ar-041 Arkansas Desha County 0.0000
us-ar-043 Arkansas Drew County 0.0000
us-ar-045 Arkansas Faulkner County 0.2778
us-ar-047 Arkansas Franklin County 0.0000
us-ar-049 Arkansas Fulton County 0.0000
us-ar-051 Arkansas Garland County 0.0000
us-ar-053 Arkansas Grant County 0.0000
us-ar-055 Arkansas Greene County 0.0000
us-ar-057 Arkansas Hempstead County 0.0000
us-ar-059 Arkansas Hot Spring County 0.0000
us-ar-061 Arkansas Howard County 0.0000
us-ar-063 Arkansas Independence County 0.0000
us-ar-065 Arkansas Izard County 0.0000
us-ar-067 Arkansas Jackson County 0.0000
us-ar-069 Arkansas Jefferson County 0.5417
us-ar-071 Arkansas Johnson County 0.0000
us-ar-073 Arkansas Lafayette County 0.0000
us-ar-075 Arkansas Lawrence County 0.0000
us-ar-077 Arkansas Lee County 0.0000
us-ar-079 Arkansas Lincoln County 0.0000
us-ar-081 Arkansas Little River County 0.0000
us-ar-083 Arkansas Logan County 0.0000
us-ar-085 Arkansas Lonoke County 0.5643
us-ar-087 Arkansas Madison County 0.0000
us-ar-089 Arkansas Marion County 0.0000
us-ar-091 Arkansas Miller County 0.0000
us-ar-093 Arkansas Mississippi County 0.0000
us-ar-095 Arkansas Monroe County 0.0000
us-ar-097 Arkansas Montgomery County 0.0000
us-ar-099 Arkansas Nevada County 0.0000
us-ar-101 Arkansas Newton County 0.0000
us-ar-103 Arkansas Ouachita County 0.0000
us-ar-105 Arkansas Perry County 0.1667
us-ar-107 Arkansas Phillips County 0.0000
us-ar-109 Arkansas Pike County 0.0000
us-ar-111 Arkansas Poinsett County 0.0000
us-ar-113 Arkansas Polk County 0.0000
us-ar-115 Arkansas Pope County 0.0000
us-ar-117 Arkansas Prairie County 0.0000
us-ar-119 Arkansas Pulaski County 83.2671
us-ar-121 Arkansas Randolph County 0.0000
us-ar-123 Arkansas St. Francis County 2.0000
us-ar-125 Arkansas Saline County 0.8452
us-ar-127 Arkansas Scott County 0.0000
us-ar-129 Arkansas Searcy County 0.0000
us-ar-131 Arkansas Sebastian County 2.0000
us-ar-133 Arkansas Sevier County 0.0000
us-ar-135 Arkansas Sharp County 0.2500
us-ar-137 Arkansas Stone County 0.0000
us-ar-139 Arkansas Union County 0.0000
us-ar-141 Arkansas Van Buren County 0.0000
us-ar-143 Arkansas Washington County 44.9319
us-ar-145 Arkansas White County 0.0000
us-ar-147 Arkansas Woodruff County 0.0000
us-ar-149 Arkansas Yell County 0.0000
us-az-001 Arizona Apache County 0.0000
us-az-003 Arizona Cochise County 1.2742
us-az-005 Arizona Coconino County 24.3452
us-az-007 Arizona Gila County 0.9000
us-az-009 Arizona Graham County 1.0000
us-az-011 Arizona Greenlee County 0.0000
us-az-012 Arizona La Paz County 0.0000
us-az-013 Arizona Maricopa County 229.9204
us-az-015 Arizona Mohave County 0.0000
us-az-017 Arizona Navajo County 0.1667
us-az-019 Arizona Pima County 142.7274
us-az-021 Arizona Pinal County 3.0958
us-az-023 Arizona Santa Cruz County 0.2222
us-az-025 Arizona Yavapai County 0.0714
us-az-027 Arizona Yuma County 1.3333
us-ca-001 California Alameda County 1593.1507
us-ca-003 California Alpine County 0.0000
us-ca-005 California Amador County 0.0625
us-ca-007 California Butte County 3.2327
us-ca-009 California Calaveras County 1.0571
us-ca-011 California Colusa County 0.0000
us-ca-013 California Contra Costa County 667.0461
us-ca-015 California Del Norte County 0.0000
us-ca-017 California El Dorado County 7.7752
us-ca-019 California Fresno County 4.8591
us-ca-021 California Glenn County 0.0000
us-ca-023 California Humboldt County 1.6091
us-ca-025 California Imperial County 0.0000
us-ca-027 California Inyo County 0.0000
us-ca-029 California Kern County 8.5326
us-ca-031 California Kings County 1.5048
us-ca-033 California Lake County 1.5196
us-ca-035 California Lassen County 0.5000
us-ca-037 California Los Angeles County 1456.2583
us-ca-039 California Madera County 0.3750
us-ca-041 California Marin County 175.9918
us-ca-043 California Mariposa County 1.0000
us-ca-045 California Mendocino County 1.7563
us-ca-047 California Merced County 0.8103
us-ca-049 California Modoc County 0.1667
us-ca-051 California Mono County 0.0000
us-ca-053 California Monterey County 21.0701
us-ca-055 California Napa County 4.9504
us-ca-057 California Nevada County 4.7119
us-ca-059 California Orange County 515.4126
us-ca-061 California Placer County 26.9774
us-ca-063 California Plumas County 0.1000
us-ca-065 California Riverside County 84.1845
us-ca-067 California Sacramento County 86.6157
us-ca-069 California San Benito County 5.6135
us-ca-071 California San Bernardino County 57.3613
us-ca-073 California San Diego County 3824.0426
us-ca-075 California San Francisco County 1186.8929
us-ca-077 California San Joaquin County 19.3175
us-ca-079 California San Luis Obispo County 25.5713
us-ca-081 California San Mateo County 2462.0159
us-ca-083 California Santa Barbara County 65.8571
us-ca-085 California Santa Clara County 2302.4440
us-ca-087 California Santa Cruz County 83.5971
us-ca-089 California Shasta County 0.2500
us-ca-091 California Sierra County 0.0000
us-ca-093 California Siskiyou County 0.3125
us-ca-095 California Solano County 93.7446
us-ca-097 California Sonoma County 26.7934
us-ca-099 California Stanislaus County 7.2249
us-ca-101 California Sutter County 0.0000
us-ca-103 California Tehama County 0.5417
us-ca-105 California Trinity County 0.0000
us-ca-107 California Tulare County 8.7167
us-ca-109 California Tuolumne County 2.0000
us-ca-111 California Ventura County 357.6697
us-ca-113 California Yolo County 543.5821
us-ca-115 California Yuba County 1.0833
us-co-001 Colorado Adams County 37.4188
us-co-003 Colorado Alamosa County 0.0000
us-co-005 Colorado Arapahoe County 74.7226
us-co-007 Colorado Archuleta County 0.0000
us-co-009 Colorado Baca County 0.0000
us-co-011 Colorado Bent County 0.0000
us-co-013 Colorado Boulder County 403.8108
us-co-014 Colorado Broomfield County 11.0196
us-co-015 Colorado Chaffee County 0.0000
us-co-017 Colorado Cheyenne County 0.0000
us-co-019 Colorado Clear Creek County 0.0000
us-co-021 Colorado Conejos County 0.0000
us-co-023 Colorado Costilla County 0.0000
us-co-025 Colorado Crowley County 0.0000
us-co-027 Colorado Custer County 0.2500
us-co-029 Colorado Delta County 0.0833
us-co-031 Colorado Denver County 130.3764
us-co-033 Colorado Dolores County 0.0000
us-co-035 Colorado Douglas County 22.0241
us-co-037 Colorado Eagle County 1.3750
us-co-039 Colorado Elbert County 0.5226
us-co-041 Colorado El Paso County 14.0208
us-co-043 Colorado Fremont County 0.0000
us-co-045 Colorado Garfield County 0.0000
us-co-047 Colorado Gilpin County 0.0000
us-co-049 Colorado Grand County 0.0000
us-co-051 Colorado Gunnison County 0.0000
us-co-053 Colorado Hinsdale County 0.0000
us-co-055 Colorado Huerfano County 0.0000
us-co-057 Colorado Jackson County 0.0000
us-co-059 Colorado Jefferson County 95.7800
us-co-061 Colorado Kiowa County 0.0000
us-co-063 Colorado Kit Carson County 0.0000
us-co-065 Colorado Lake County 0.0000
us-co-067 Colorado La Plata County 0.5000
us-co-069 Colorado Larimer County 159.8149
us-co-071 Colorado Las Animas County 0.0000
us-co-073 Colorado Lincoln County 0.0000
us-co-075 Colorado Logan County 0.0000
us-co-077 Colorado Mesa County 0.2361
us-co-079 Colorado Mineral County 0.0000
us-co-081 Colorado Moffat County 0.0000
us-co-083 Colorado Montezuma County 0.0000
us-co-085 Colorado Montrose County 0.0000
us-co-087 Colorado Morgan County 0.0000
us-co-089 Colorado Otero County 0.0000
us-co-091 Colorado Ouray County 1.2667
us-co-093 Colorado Park County 0.0833
us-co-095 Colorado Phillips County 0.0000
us-co-097 Colorado Pitkin County 0.1667
us-co-099 Colorado Prowers County 0.0000
us-co-101 Colorado Pueblo County 0.1667
us-co-103 Colorado Rio Blanco County 0.0000
us-co-105 Colorado Rio Grande County 0.0000
us-co-107 Colorado Routt County 0.0000
us-co-109 Colorado Saguache County 0.0000
us-co-111 Colorado San Juan County 0.0000
us-co-113 Colorado San Miguel County 0.0000
us-co-115 Colorado Sedgwick County 0.0000
us-co-117 Colorado Summit County 1.4319
us-co-119 Colorado Teller County 0.0750
us-co-121 Colorado Washington County 0.0000
us-co-123 Colorado Weld County 22.6745
us-co-125 Colorado Yuma County 0.0000
us-ct-001 Connecticut Fairfield County 88.0691
us-ct-003 Connecticut Hartford County 68.8233
us-ct-005 Connecticut Litchfield County 6.9065
us-ct-007 Connecticut Middlesex County 38.4801
us-ct-009 Connecticut New Haven County 428.3918
us-ct-011 Connecticut New London County 142.0923
us-ct-013 Connecticut Tolland County 11.7922
us-ct-015 Connecticut Windham County 1.2563
us-dc-001 District of Columbia District of Columbia 103.1323
us-de-001 Delaware Kent County 1.7833
us-de-003 Delaware New Castle County 777.2651
us-de-005 Delaware Sussex County 5.9306
us-fl-001 Florida Alachua County 253.8162
us-fl-003 Florida Baker County 0.0000
us-fl-005 Florida Bay County 4.0056
us-fl-007 Florida Bradford County 0.0000
us-fl-009 Florida Brevard County 7.8403
us-fl-011 Florida Broward County 41.8968
us-fl-013 Florida Calhoun County 0.0000
us-fl-015 Florida Charlotte County 0.4667
us-fl-017 Florida Citrus County 0.0000
us-fl-019 Florida Clay County 2.0833
us-fl-021 Florida Collier County 14.0986
us-fl-023 Florida Columbia County 0.3333
us-fl-027 Florida DeSoto County 0.0000
us-fl-029 Florida Dixie County 0.0000
us-fl-031 Florida Duval County 14.5953
us-fl-033 Florida Escambia County 4.7083
us-fl-035 Florida Flagler County 2.8667
us-fl-037 Florida Franklin County 0.0000
us-fl-039 Florida Gadsden County 0.0000
us-fl-041 Florida Gilchrist County 0.0909
us-fl-043 Florida Glades County 0.0000
us-fl-045 Florida Gulf County 0.0000
us-fl-047 Florida Hamilton County 0.0000
us-fl-049 Florida Hardee County 0.0000
us-fl-051 Florida Hendry County 0.8667
us-fl-053 Florida Hernando County 1.8429
us-fl-055 Florida Highlands County 0.1667
us-fl-057 Florida Hillsborough County 155.6468
us-fl-059 Florida Holmes County 0.0000
us-fl-061 Florida Indian River County 9.6148
us-fl-063 Florida Jackson County 0.0000
us-fl-065 Florida Jefferson County 0.5833
us-fl-067 Florida Lafayette County 0.0000
us-fl-069 Florida Lake County 3.7500
us-fl-071 Florida Lee County 24.0087
us-fl-073 Florida Leon County 42.9244
us-fl-075 Florida Levy County 0.3333
us-fl-077 Florida Liberty County 0.0000
us-fl-079 Florida Madison County 0.0000
us-fl-081 Florida Manatee County 11.1528
us-fl-083 Florida Marion County 0.5000
us-fl-085 Florida Martin County 2.4222
us-fl-086 Florida Miami-Dade County 112.1812
us-fl-087 Florida Monroe County 1.5833
us-fl-089 Florida Nassau County 0.0000
us-fl-091 Florida Okaloosa County 0.0667
us-fl-093 Florida Okeechobee County 0.0000
us-fl-095 Florida Orange County 55.9620
us-fl-097 Florida Osceola County 0.3000
us-fl-099 Florida Palm Beach County 92.4382
us-fl-101 Florida Pasco County 9.3097
us-fl-103 Florida Pinellas County 30.3006
us-fl-105 Florida Polk County 14.3937
us-fl-107 Florida Putnam County 0.0000
us-fl-109 Florida St. Johns County 7.7554
us-fl-111 Florida St. Lucie County 9.4137
us-fl-113 Florida Santa Rosa County 3.4861
us-fl-115 Florida Sarasota County 14.1139
us-fl-117 Florida Seminole County 21.5845
us-fl-119 Florida Sumter County 0.2500
us-fl-121 Florida Suwannee County 0.1250
us-fl-123 Florida Taylor County 0.0000
us-fl-125 Florida Union County 0.0000
us-fl-127 Florida Volusia County 2.9000
us-fl-129 Florida Wakulla County 0.0000