Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater)
Los Angeles (Greater): Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 2,374 Patents in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater), 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater) is 2,374 Patents, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater) peaked at 2,651 Patents in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,623 Patents, in 2000.
Los Angeles (Greater) ranks 6th of 873 regions on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater), year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,623 Patents | — |
| 2001 | 2,006 Patents | +23.6% |
| 2002 | 2,041 Patents | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,836 Patents | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 1,870 Patents | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 2,166 Patents | +15.8% |
| 2006 | 2,171 Patents | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,249 Patents | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 2,122 Patents | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,900 Patents | -10.5% |
| 2010 | 1,856 Patents | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,975 Patents | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,151 Patents | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 2,307 Patents | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 2,378 Patents | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,101 Patents | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 2,258 Patents | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 2,218 Patents | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 2,381 Patents | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 2,437 Patents | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 2,643 Patents | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 2,651 Patents | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,374 Patents | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,998 Patents | 1,623 Patents | 2,249 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,206 Patents | 1,856 Patents | 2,437 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,556 Patents | 2,374 Patents | 2,651 Patents | 3 |
More environment data for Los Angeles (Greater)
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 15.69 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 49.45 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 18.5 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 37.56 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 24.2 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 3.59 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 13.77 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 35.73 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 52.05 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Los Angeles (Greater) was 2,374 Patents in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,651 Patents in 2021.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,623 Patents in 2000.
- How does Los Angeles (Greater) rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Los Angeles (Greater) ranks 6th out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in Los Angeles (Greater)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Los Angeles (Greater) data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org