Appendix A. Table A2. Automotive Inventions by Patent Class in All U.S. Metropolitan Areas and Seven

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1 Appendix A Table A1. Foreign Automobile Assembly Transplants in the United States in Operation in Table A2. Automotive Inventions by Patent Class in All U.S. Metropolitan Areas and Seven Transplant Areas in the Southeast. Period: Table A3. Total U.S. Patents, and those with at least one U.S. Domiciled Inventor, in Automotive, by Country. Period: January 1, May 20, Table A4. Patents Awarded to German Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States. Period: January 1, May 20, Table A5. Patents Awarded to Japanese Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States, Period: January 1, May 20, 2016.

2 Table A1. Foreign Automobile Assembly Transplants in the United States in Operation in Location Owner Metropolitan Area Sources: toyota.com/releases/toyota+500k+corolla+line+off+tmmms.htm Production Start Employment 2016 Georgetown (KY) Toyota Georgetown (KY) ,000 Princeton (IN) Toyota Evansville (IN) ,500 San Antonio (TX) Toyota San Antonio (TX) ,100 Blue Springs (MS) Toyota Nonmetropolitan ,000 Marysville (OH) Honda Columbus (OH) ,250 East Liberty (OH) Honda Columbus (OH) ,350 Lincoln (AL) Honda Birmingham (AL) ,500 Greensburg (IN) Honda Nonmetropolitan ,300 Smyrna (TN) Nissan Nashville (TN) ,400 Canton (MS) Nissan Jackson (MS) ,400 Lafayette (IN) Fuji Heavy Industries Lafayette (IN) ,000 (Subaru) Chattanooga (TN) Volkswagen Chattanooga (TN) ,200 Montgomery (AL) Hyundai/Kia Montgomery (AL) ,000 West Point (GA) Hyundai/Kia Columbus (GA) ,000 Greer (SC) BMW Greenville (SC) ,000 Vance (AL) Daimler Birmingham (AL) , html

3 Table A2. Automotive Inventions by Patent Class in All U.S. Metropolitan Areas a and Seven Transplant Areas in the Southeast, Period: Patent Class Patent Class Title All Areas a. Greenville b Nashville c San Antonio d Huntsville e Birmingham f Lexington g 37 Excavating Movable or Removable Closures 1, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8, Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making Power Plants 7, Metal Deforming 1, Machine Element or Mechanism 1, Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1, Internal-Combustion Engines 7, Fluid Handling 5, Earth Working Motor Vehicles 3, Acoustics 1, Lubrication Brakes 1, Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1, Apparel Apparatus Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3, Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5, Valves and Valve Actuation 1, Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1, Land Vehicles 9,

4 285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1, Closure Fasteners 1, Vehicle Fenders Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 5, Chairs and Seats 4, Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles Supports: Cabinet Structure 1, Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2, Communications: Electrical 15, Optical: Systems and Elements 9, Illumination 7, Joints and Connections 1, Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 10, Total Automotive Classes 131, a. All U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas b. Greenville (SC): Greenville and Spartanburg Metropolitan Areas and Greenwood, Seneca, and Gaffney Micropolitan Areas. c. Nashville (TN): Nashville Metropolitan Area and Shelbyville, Lawrenceburg, and Lewisburg Micropolitan Areas d. San Antonio (TX): San Antonio Metropolitan Area. e. Huntsville (AL): Huntsville and Decatur Metropolitan Areas and Albertville Micropolitan Area. f. Birmingham (AL): Birmingham Metropolitan and Cullman and Talladega Micropolitan Areas.Lexington (KY):

5 g. Lexington Metropolitan Area and Frankfort, Mount Sterling, and Richmond Micropolitan Areas Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2016b)

6 Table A3. Total U.S. Patents, and those with at least one U.S. Domiciled Inventor, in Automotive, by Country. Patent Class Number Patent Class Title Total Period: January 1, May 20, Germany Japan Korea U.S. Inventor Total U.S. Inventor Total 37 Excavating Movable or removable closures Static structures (e.g., buildings) Chain, staple, and horseshoe making Power plants 2, , Metal deforming 1, , Machine element or mechanism 2, , Horizontally supported planar surfaces Internal combustion engines 5, , Fluid handling 1, , Earth working Motor vehicles 2, , Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices Lubrication Brakes 1, , clutches and power-stop control 1, , Apparel apparatus Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 1, , Supports 1, , Valves and valve actuation 1, , Seal for a joint or juncture , Land vehicles 2, , Pipe joints or couplings Closure fasteners Vehicle fenders Land vehicles: bodies and tops 2, , Chairs and seats 1, , U.S. Inventor

7 301 Land vehicles: wheels and axles Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems , Wheel substitutes for land vehicles Supports: cabinet structure Electricity: motive power systems 1, , Communications: Electrical 3, , , Optical: Systems and Elements 2, , , Illumination 1, , , Joints and connections Planetary gear transmission systems or components , Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control , Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location 4, , , Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging , Chemicals: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 1, , , Grand Total 48,836 2, ,813 2,866 16,

8 Table A4. Patents Awarded to German Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States. Period: January 1, May 20, At Least One Inventor Domiciled Patent Class Patent Class Title U.S. Michigan Ohio Indiana California South Carolina clutches and power-stop control Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location Motor vehicles Internal combustion engines Power plants Communications: Electrical Optical: Systems and Elements

9 Table A5. Patents Awarded to Japanese Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States, Period: January 1, May 20, At Least One Inventor Domiciled Patent Class Patent Class Title U.S. Michigan Ohio Indiana California Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Texas Alabama Georgia 123 Internal combustion engines Motor vehicles Land vehicles Land vehicles: bodies and tops Chairs and seats Communications: Electrical Optical: Systems and Elements Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location