FRED Graph

Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  

Release: New Patent Assignments  

Units:  Patents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

The number of patent assignments for a county is based upon the cumulative assignees in a county for the designated time-period, i.e. the total number of patents transferred to assignees based in the county represented over the course of the particular month.

Assignment, in patent and trademark terms, is the act of transferring to another the ownership of one's property; meaning the interest and rights to a patent as defined by the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP). In order for an assignment to take place, the transfer to another must include the entirety of the 'bundle of rights' associated with the ownership interest, meaning all of the rights that are inherent in the right, title, and interest in the patent or patent application.

The assignee is the person, group of persons, or organization that receives ownership rights of the patent application or patent from the assignor.

Please visit the Transferring Ownership/Assignments FAQs to query it for more information about assignments in general.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Release: Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties  

Units:  Thousands of Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Data for "Resident Population" are estimates as of July 1. Data for 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 are annual census.

Population estimates are updated annually using current data on births, deaths, and migration to calculate population change since the most recent decennial census. The annual time series of estimates begins with the most recent decennial census data and extends to the vintage year. Each vintage of estimates includes all years since the most recent decennial census.

Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office  

Release: New Patent Assignments  

Units:  Patents, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

The number of patent assignments for a county is based upon the cumulative assignees in a county for the designated time-period, i.e. the total number of patents transferred to assignees based in the county represented over the course of the particular month.

Assignment, in patent and trademark terms, is the act of transferring to another the ownership of one's property; meaning the interest and rights to a patent as defined by the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP). In order for an assignment to take place, the transfer to another must include the entirety of the 'bundle of rights' associated with the ownership interest, meaning all of the rights that are inherent in the right, title, and interest in the patent or patent application.

The assignee is the person, group of persons, or organization that receives ownership rights of the patent application or patent from the assignor.

Please visit the Transferring Ownership/Assignments FAQs to query it for more information about assignments in general.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Release: Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties  

Units:  Thousands of Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Data for "Resident Population" are estimates as of July 1. Data for 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 are annual census.

Population estimates are updated annually using current data on births, deaths, and migration to calculate population change since the most recent decennial census. The annual time series of estimates begins with the most recent decennial census data and extends to the vintage year. Each vintage of estimates includes all years since the most recent decennial census.