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Patents By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents
(December 2008)

Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Description of the Report

This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by state and country of origin and by calendar year of grant. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.

This report counts documents of the following type(s):
design patents (i.e., patents for ornamental designs for articles of manufacture)
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2008. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State and Foreign Country of Origin

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by State and Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2008
    Pre 1995 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   110950 11712 11410 11414 14766 14732 17413 16871 15451 16574 15695 12951 20965 24062 25565 340531
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   76083 8251 7863 7747 9912 9654 11284 10345 9325 10045 9252 7554 11691 13494 13713 216213
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   34867 3461 3547 3667 4854 5078 6129 6526 6126 6529 6443 5397 9274 10568 11852 124318
ALABAMA   614 70 57 45 54 62 58 65 38 55 33 37 70 55 68 1381
ALASKA   55 9 14 14 12 13 13 8 7 6 10 1 9 6 8 185
ARIZONA   929 117 83 114 161 118 151 157 107 127 103 137 183 249 303 3039
ARKANSAS   353 37 49 25 38 37 33 37 24 23 27 26 43 53 40 845
CALIFORNIA   13355 1398 1329 1475 1889 1950 2163 2013 2080 2137 1861 1532 2531 2799 2766 41278
COLORADO   1292 102 139 123 161 168 217 177 182 227 189 113 223 232 237 3782
CONNECTICUT   2390 211 228 237 267 223 251 213 173 169 141 149 196 220 231 5299
DELAWARE   144 13 13 11 27 20 28 38 31 25 62 23 38 28 28 529
FLORIDA   3018 439 404 358 413 401 491 440 366 490 464 387 582 642 680 9575
GEORGIA   1207 193 166 141 199 215 214 223 223 190 155 136 202 244 224 3932
HAWAII   150 16 23 14 9 9 14 9 10 20 9 7 14 16 23 343
IDAHO   191 21 27 30 33 32 36 35 47 43 36 16 48 34 41 670
ILLINOIS   4947 590 508 516 633 549 642 610 451 645 570 533 737 802 815 13548
INDIANA   1559 163 138 113 185 260 269 213 331 282 194 133 319 238 202 4599
IOWA   643 65 51 50 75 69 86 64 49 41 77 68 65 59 78 1540
KANSAS   696 71 54 62 52 60 82 69 82 63 92 74 86 97 114 1754
KENTUCKY   499 66 77 54 53 54 56 62 46 55 56 30 57 75 54 1294
LOUISIANA   376 41 42 31 42 33 53 35 34 41 38 25 37 31 55 914
MAINE   184 24 15 16 20 24 25 11 14 14 4 6 13 16 22 408
MARYLAND   1032 98 97 85 122 116 112 146 133 114 116 85 136 156 185 2733
MASSACHUSETTS   2617 258 245 243 314 284 361 290 214 273 225 177 336 313 355 6505
MICHIGAN   2656 251 270 221 295 333 369 368 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 7584
MINNESOTA   2232 268 222 218 300 242 256 280 213 285 230 146 290 357 311 5850
MISSISSIPPI   265 33 25 26 24 35 29 56 21 21 22 12 31 41 40 681
MISSOURI   1249 141 104 130 143 147 141 119 117 117 117 96 135 151 161 3068
MONTANA   114 19 31 15 18 15 29 17 14 4 11 18 15 21 24 365
NEBRASKA   247 14 20 20 29 36 65 33 36 43 37 23 51 49 23 726
NEVADA   298 48 37 45 59 56 86 56 60 66 65 58 84 97 86 1201
NEW HAMPSHIRE   353 51 46 41 37 40 51 70 46 53 52 39 53 74 43 1049
NEW JERSEY   3609 282 275 261 418 367 485 398 311 380 380 307 434 442 506 8855
NEW MEXICO   145 24 16 15 20 15 22 15 15 14 12 5 10 15 14 357
NEW YORK   7334 557 613 585 777 766 928 812 692 665 760 593 753 983 993 17811
NORTH CAROLINA   1540 213 255 236 218 213 340 313 311 291 268 219 247 253 289 5206
NORTH DAKOTA   95 5 10 6 4 8 13 9 13 7 12 4 8 10 9 213
OHIO   4429 549 527 542 604 628 809 701 621 699 525 404 652 785 910 13385
OKLAHOMA   773 70 60 37 51 48 69 55 47 44 40 25 34 55 57 1465
OREGON   1399 148 185 305 347 275 248 231 218 181 218 198 421 369 343 5086
PENNSYLVANIA   2653 270 293 219 373 307 343 271 276 370 322 240 330 473 424 7164
RHODE ISLAND   651 55 56 53 77 80 65 46 50 58 55 48 84 116 84 1578
SOUTH CAROLINA   515 77 48 67 105 92 97 75 108 78 54 76 113 130 124 1759
SOUTH DAKOTA   85 11 6 7 7 12 12 9 14 9 6 2 4 6 6 196
TENNESSEE   854 112 82 95 124 155 156 136 166 168 193 128 144 170 207 2890
TEXAS   3139 392 309 276 377 344 427 360 289 331 290 257 385 467 448 8091
UTAH   513 44 59 51 63 62 81 84 72 86 100 87 110 126 85 1623
VERMONT   222 21 27 14 20 22 38 53 22 36 28 44 49 74 76 746
VIRGINIA   1036 111 104 93 104 101 136 157 135 129 103 80 128 149 144 2710
WASHINGTON   1209 217 183 154 219 204 213 274 187 217 214 187 322 655 626 5081
WEST VIRGINIA   117 17 24 18 20 15 14 12 13 2 6 6 8 10 16 298
WISCONSIN   1852 210 197 218 306 315 385 403 244 290 310 261 452 504 557 6504
WYOMING   84 26 12 9 4 6 12 7 13 13 3 2 8 8 6 213
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   99 5 2 7 9 6 3 5 4 1 5 4 6 8 3 167
GUAM   1 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PUERTO RICO   54 4 2 4 1 9 5 1 6 2 1 7 1 1 4 102
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 10
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   7 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
JAPAN   11912 1026 936 948 1207 1310 1497 1546 1364 1567 1568 1384 2405 2416 2767 33853
TAIWAN   1641 466 522 539 705 833 1135 1168 1294 1370 1268 870 1553 1355 1423 16142
GERMANY   2618 221 250 239 410 485 506 588 509 509 476 474 773 810 976 9844
CANADA   2939 330 401 418 547 438 484 439 410 446 398 277 501 632 705 9365
UNITED KINGDOM   2624 182 203 196 230 300 372 370 306 356 406 370 664 676 687 7942
FRANCE   2187 169 201 212 282 253 338 396 350 227 286 222 395 556 600 6674
ITALY   1740 159 179 165 231 179 247 254 205 292 358 294 416 524 544 5787
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1211 162 159 180 213 258 368 383 356 404 329 311 445 418 405 5602
KOREA, SOUTH   376 78 72 73 103 109 150 216 211 186 238 233 589 957 1159 4750
SWEDEN   1767 107 115 100 118 136 160 185 142 106 97 65 112 207 190 3607
AUSTRALIA   1158 85 87 76 95 113 139 126 103 120 114 90 160 241 253 2960
SWITZERLAND   939 127 74 89 94 110 132 133 165 123 125 111 182 240 285 2929
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 1 2 4 16 9 42 70 101 127 192 163 309 462 647 2149
NETHERLANDS   701 57 44 55 84 80 66 101 69 79 50 63 107 124 127 1807
DENMARK   620 99 66 89 66 86 47 54 54 55 40 40 33 63 126 1538
BELGIUM   383 19 26 40 42 64 48 72 66 64 50 55 69 90 85 1173
SPAIN   214 19 28 15 60 42 46 70 55 48 39 41 81 93 109 960
FINLAND   267 27 9 15 34 45 30 37 46 77 35 31 53 92 82 880
ISRAEL   139 26 32 43 50 42 46 45 56 47 47 44 64 80 119 880
AUSTRIA   274 21 25 17 19 25 30 41 27 43 34 28 48 93 107 832
NEW ZEALAND   138 12 23 22 27 11 17 29 26 18 30 11 32 37 46 479
NORWAY   180 8 11 15 34 21 18 16 19 17 11 21 27 39 24 461
SINGAPORE   42 8 9 6 16 8 24 7 11 33 36 29 55 56 49 389
LUXEMBOURG   116 10 9 20 26 13 15 15 14 18 11 8 15 28 11 329
BRAZIL   35 7 6 4 14 7 13 15 15 50 55 21 26 23 29 320
MEXICO   71 5 7 11 20 17 23 6 10 8 15 15 22 33 23 286
SOUTH AFRICA   78 4 5 13 11 15 12 13 8 14 14 16 13 30 32 278
IRELAND   50 7 9 4 7 10 16 23 15 19 10 13 22 15 24 244
MALAYSIA   28 1 12 12 12 4 5 17 7 13 12 10 18 15 16 182
THAILAND   17 2 0 6 8 9 15 23 16 20 10 9 10 13 17 175
INDIA   4 1 1 1 7 1 0 1 6 7 9 16 19 24 37 134
INDONESIA   6 1 0 7 7 0 8 6 8 3 17 12 12 8 8 103
ARGENTINA   26 1 2 2 3 2 9 7 4 7 4 5 7 14 9 102
GREECE   63 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 5 2 80
PHILIPPINES   11 0 0 17 11 9 10 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 6 76
URUGUAY   74 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
TURKEY   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 5 6 3 9 5 19 56
VENEZUELA   18 2 5 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 6 2 55
PORTUGAL   18 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 19 50
U.S.S.R.   44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
MONACO   9 2 2 3 0 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 0 3 2 43
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 4 1 19 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 2 40
POLAND   1 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 6 14 38
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   30 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 1 1 5 4 1 5 3 0 3 2 2 4 4 35
HUNGARY   9 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 6 31
SLOVENIA   5 1 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 31
CAYMAN ISLANDS   1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 9 2 0 0 0 11 2 30
SRI LANKA   0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 28
CHILE   2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 0 1 7 25
COLOMBIA   7 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 24
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   7 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 23
KENYA   1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 1 0 0 0 20
LIECHTENSTEIN   9 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 20
THE BAHAMAS   5 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 18
COSTA RICA   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 17
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 16
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 16
BARBADOS   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 13
ICELAND   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 13
PAKISTAN   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 13
GUATEMALA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 12
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 12
BERMUDA   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 11
PERU   1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 11
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 10
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10
ESTONIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 8
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ECUADOR   3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
LEBANON   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 5
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MOLDOVA   0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SAMOA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
SAUDI ARABIA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
CYPRUS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
EGYPT   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
EL SALVADOR   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
JORDAN   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
ISLE OF MAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
JAMAICA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
MALTA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
MOROCCO   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
QATAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
ZIMBABWE   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANGOLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRUNEI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
GREENLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUADELOUPE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MAURITANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
NAMIBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NEW CALEDONIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NORFOLK ISLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PALAU   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
SOLOMON ISLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Patents By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents (December 2008)
PARTS A1
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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