Appendix A Table A1. Foreign Automobile Assembly Transplants in the United States in Operation in 2016. Table A2. Automotive Inventions by Patent Class in All U.S. Metropolitan Areas and Seven Transplant Areas in the Southeast. Period: 2000-2013. Table A3. Total U.S. Patents, and those with at least one U.S. Domiciled Inventor, in Automotive, by Country. Period: January 1, 2000 - May 20, 2016. Table A4. Patents Awarded to German Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States. Period: January 1, 2000 - May 20, 2016. Table A5. Patents Awarded to Japanese Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States, Period: January 1, 2000 - May 20, 2016.
Table A1. Foreign Automobile Assembly Transplants in the United States in Operation in 2016. Location Owner Metropolitan Area Sources: http://corporatenews.pressroom.toyota.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2372 http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/tmmi-20th-anniversary-may25.htm http://corporatenews.pressroom.toyota.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2381http://pressroom. toyota.com/releases/toyota+500k+corolla+line+off+tmmms.htm http://ohio.honda.com/honda-fact-book-2015/#?page=0 http://www.hondaalabama.com/our-company http://www.indiana.honda.com/our-operations http://nissan-smyrna.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/smyrnaplantinfo.pdf http://www.subaru-sia.com/ http://www.hmmausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fact-sheet-06_22_2016.pdf http://www.kmmgusa.com/ Production Start Employment 2016 Georgetown (KY) Toyota Georgetown (KY) 1988 8,000 Princeton (IN) Toyota Evansville (IN) 1999 5,500 San Antonio (TX) Toyota San Antonio (TX) 2006 3,100 Blue Springs (MS) Toyota Nonmetropolitan 2011 2,000 Marysville (OH) Honda Columbus (OH) 1982 4,250 East Liberty (OH) Honda Columbus (OH) 1989 2,350 Lincoln (AL) Honda Birmingham (AL) 2001 4,500 Greensburg (IN) Honda Nonmetropolitan 2008 2,300 Smyrna (TN) Nissan Nashville (TN) 1983 8,400 Canton (MS) Nissan Jackson (MS) 2003 6,400 Lafayette (IN) Fuji Heavy Industries Lafayette (IN) 1989 5,000 (Subaru) Chattanooga (TN) Volkswagen Chattanooga (TN) 2011 3,200 Montgomery (AL) Hyundai/Kia Montgomery (AL) 2005 3,000 West Point (GA) Hyundai/Kia Columbus (GA) 2009 3,000 Greer (SC) BMW Greenville (SC) 1994 8,000 Vance (AL) Daimler Birmingham (AL) 1997 3,500 https://www.bmwusfactory.com/manufacturing/production-overview/?r=1478647076893#stats http://nissannews.com/en-us/nissan/usa/channels/plant-fact-sheets/releases/vehicle-assemblyplant-canton-mississippi https://www.daimler.com/career/job-search/locations/detail-pages/location-detail-page- 5244.html
Table A2. Automotive Inventions by Patent Class in All U.S. Metropolitan Areas a and Seven Transplant Areas in the Southeast, Period: 2000-2013 Patent Class Patent Class Title All Areas a. Greenville b Nashville c San Antonio d Huntsville e Birmingham f Lexington g 37 Excavating 855 5 0 2 0 0 0 49 Movable or Removable Closures 1,094 0 10 2 1 2 0 52 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 8,193 31 25 17 6 31 9 59 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Power Plants 7,083 339 4 25 15 3 3 72 Metal Deforming 1,781 4 4 3 3 2 0 74 Machine Element or Mechanism 1,980 13 0 0 1 0 5 108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 1,275 4 6 1 1 1 2 123 Internal-Combustion Engines 7,369 16 19 35 8 3 1 137 Fluid Handling 5,156 21 26 8 8 6 3 172 Earth Working 718 1 0 0 2 0 1 180 Motor Vehicles 3,331 2 6 3 4 1 4 181 Acoustics 1,155 5 0 1 6 0 1 184 Lubrication 335 4 0 0 0 2 1 188 Brakes 1,564 15 1 0 3 3 2 192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 1,130 0 0 0 0 0 1 223 Apparel Apparatus 478 1 1 1 0 0 0 239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 3,394 13 20 4 2 1 2 248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 5,330 11 26 5 4 25 6 251 Valves and Valve Actuation 1,778 7 6 8 6 0 0 277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 1,342 10 2 4 3 3 1 280 Land Vehicles 9,107 32 13 12 7 27 7
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 1,814 3 15 2 3 10 2 292 Closure Fasteners 1,249 2 1 0 1 1 2 293 Vehicle Fenders 366 0 1 1 1 0 1 296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 5,237 12 7 3 2 1 2 297 Chairs and Seats 4,137 2 7 4 3 7 3 301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 626 1 14 0 1 2 0 303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 692 13 0 0 2 0 2 305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 201 1 1 0 0 0 0 312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 1,351 5 6 0 0 2 1 318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 2,941 0 6 0 4 1 0 340 Communications: Electrical 15,827 46 42 42 48 5 16 359 Optical: Systems and Elements 9,990 6 5 3 18 2 23 362 Illumination 7,977 36 18 17 6 5 10 403 Joints and Connections 1,084 6 3 0 1 1 1 475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 2,087 4 3 1 0 0 1 477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 776 0 0 1 0 1 0 494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 288 0 0 0 0 0 0 701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 10,100 18 3 27 12 1 0 Total Automotive Classes 131,313 689 301 232 182 149 113 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):
g. Lexington Metropolitan Area and Frankfort, Mount Sterling, and Richmond Micropolitan Areas Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2016b)
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, 2000 - May 20, 2016. Germany Japan Korea U.S. Inventor Total U.S. Inventor Total 37 Excavating 79 2 269 11 13 0 49 Movable or removable closures 524 16 835 52 96 1 52 Static structures (e.g., buildings) 693 24 752 8 123 2 59 Chain, staple, and horseshoe making 124 0 127 0 2 0 60 Power plants 2,473 140 4,497 81 204 2 72 Metal deforming 1,159 13 1,729 7 97 1 74 Machine element or mechanism 2,212 73 4,040 64 431 6 108 Horizontally supported planar surfaces 96 2 133 8 47 1 123 Internal combustion engines 5,068 194 10,372 130 523 6 137 Fluid handling 1,628 34 1,906 43 278 1 172 Earth working 76 0 146 2 5 0 180 Motor vehicles 2,079 116 7,779 240 484 3 181 Electrical audio signal processing systems and devices 355 16 791 17 121 1 184 Lubrication 202 5 484 7 61 0 188 Brakes 1,322 45 1,578 24 186 0 192 192 clutches and power-stop control 1,498 137 1,753 29 130 4 223 Apparel apparatus 21 0 43 1 7 0 239 Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing 1,246 29 1,048 19 121 4 248 Supports 1,003 28 1,770 59 450 4 251 Valves and valve actuation 1,262 22 1,545 22 161 0 277 Seal for a joint or juncture 632 21 1,113 12 30 0 280 Land vehicles 2,456 47 4,772 180 520 3 285 Pipe joints or couplings 591 15 710 11 73 5 292 Closure fasteners 483 11 535 35 104 0 293 Vehicle fenders 130 5 315 20 46 0 296 Land vehicles: bodies and tops 2,225 78 3,540 352 356 1 297 Chairs and seats 1,242 34 1,887 108 175 2 U.S. Inventor
301 Land vehicles: wheels and axles 110 3 345 5 10 0 303 Fluid-pressure and analogous brake systems 977 40 1,336 10 88 0 305 Wheel substitutes for land vehicles 28 0 152 1 8 0 312 Supports: cabinet structure 388 7 519 8 458 1 318 Electricity: motive power systems 1,329 39 5,365 63 538 0 340 Communications: Electrical 3,012 199 8,651 305 1,288 19 359 Optical: Systems and Elements 2,359 113 17,706 292 2,120 31 362 Illumination 1,218 30 5,732 63 1,989 45 403 Joints and connections 475 24 641 9 90 1 475 Planetary gear transmission systems or components 881 43 1,624 18 285 0 477 Interrelated power delivery controls, including engine control 940 72 2,437 40 180 0 494 Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators 152 2 97 1 14 0 701 Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location 4,539 317 12,388 369 1,073 12 320 Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging 327 28 2,748 24 576 28 429 Chemicals: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and process 1,222 84 8,603 116 3,076 49 Grand Total 48,836 2,108 122,813 2,866 16,637 233
Table A4. Patents Awarded to German Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States. Period: January 1, 2000 - May 20, 2016. At Least One Inventor Domiciled Patent Class Patent Class Title U.S. Michigan Ohio Indiana California South Carolina 192 192 clutches and power-stop control 137 23 132 2 1 11 701 Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location 317 217 11 13 91 2 180 Motor vehicles 116 110 7 8 12 1 123 Internal combustion engines 194 203 2 1 10 16 60 Power plants 140 45 58 8 9 6 340 Communications: Electrical 199 51 2 5 93 1 359 Optical: Systems and Elements 113 6 5 0 40 1
Table A5. Patents Awarded to Japanese Assignees with at least one Inventor Domiciled in The United States and Listed States, Period: January 1, 2000 - May 20, 2016. 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 130 60 60 2 12 3 8 0 2 0 1 180 Motor vehicles 240 24 138 3 42 0 25 0 2 2 30 280 Land vehicles 180 42 118 1 15 0 3 1 0 2 8 296 Land vehicles: bodies and tops 352 41 304 5 33 0 0 0 0 4 6 297 Chairs and seats 108 18 85 0 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 340 Communications: Electrical 305 40 49 0 253 0 0 0 7 0 2 359 Optical: Systems and Elements 292 7 13 0 213 0 4 0 28 0 3 701 Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location 369 82 106 0 237 0 0 0 2 0 1