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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Design Patenting In Design Classes
Breakout By Geographic Origin (State and Country)

Count of 1998 - 2012 Design Patent Grants,
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant
With Design Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of U.S. States and Countries
From Which 1 or More Design Patents Originated During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class D06, Furnishings

( design class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays U.S. states and countries and counts of design patents originating from them; design patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
(U.S. or Foreign) Code State-Territory or Country 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 205 237 222 179 211 180 191 139 280 373 238 216 207 171 184 3233
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 114 107 93 128 80 51 78 88 75 102 94 69 109 68 99 1355
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 89 57 105 130 177 162 118 102 82 52 48 20 34 36 33 1245
(U.S.) OH OHIO 42 70 74 99 60 90 65 43 89 101 141 74 68 71 67 1154
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 72 65 46 66 35 65 69 37 45 58 84 96 47 70 72 927
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 27 39 50 43 29 42 57 14 89 100 94 58 41 20 41 744
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 44 53 61 62 80 39 31 19 24 77 56 48 32 49 43 718
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 54 33 47 50 28 40 30 28 56 67 58 58 42 43 55 689
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 59 38 68 47 38 37 35 24 32 36 46 28 26 23 46 583
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 32 36 42 40 66 45 45 30 19 36 27 18 32 30 36 534
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 15 20 22 28 49 67 33 29 38 40 37 27 26 23 35 489
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 56 24 41 29 18 24 18 19 20 36 36 50 36 26 53 486
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 18 16 18 24 16 19 18 5 17 27 29 32 33 30 40 342
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 23 29 27 24 34 13 11 17 11 16 17 20 23 17 51 333
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 16 20 22 25 12 22 15 11 19 21 17 19 23 12 26 280
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 14 17 13 6 8 18 7 8 13 31 28 33 43 7 13 259
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 11 8 18 15 11 14 23 9 17 15 14 16 12 13 18 214
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 17 15 12 19 17 11 36 8 4 4 4 11 2 12 17 189
(U.S.) UT UTAH 6 10 16 3 4 26 27 19 19 13 7 5 9 2 18 184
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 8 4 31 19 13 7 17 14 14 12 18 10 8 4 3 182
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 8 17 15 20 9 5 0 1 14 10 25 19 20 11 7 181
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 13 20 10 13 15 8 6 8 12 17 11 13 7 4 17 174
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 12 7 12 13 5 3 11 8 11 29 13 12 8 16 12 172
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 6 14 27 19 10 6 15 5 6 8 9 5 8 8 15 161
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 12 15 17 13 17 5 8 7 9 9 12 10 5 7 8 154
(U.S.) IA IOWA 12 15 14 16 13 4 13 15 10 4 21 8 6 2 1 154
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 6 9 12 8 7 8 14 13 4 7 16 18 7 10 2 141
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 4 13 10 13 2 6 0 4 14 8 20 14 8 6 6 128
(U.S.) OR OREGON 8 4 3 7 4 3 7 4 4 15 7 7 15 8 15 111
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 13 6 9 4 11 1 0 7 4 9 5 7 6 8 11 101
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 3 8 4 1 2 2 4 1 8 9 13 3 6 3 3 70
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 6 7 4 9 1 3 4 1 1 4 2 6 12 3 4 67
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 3 7 5 3 7 5 2 2 6 3 0 6 2 8 62
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 5 4 7 3 4 8 0 2 3 5 1 3 3 3 7 58
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 5 3 6 4 4 2 1 1 2 5 4 8 3 2 4 54
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 1 4 3 0 6 7 3 1 3 5 4 5 5 6 54
(U.S.) ME MAINE 3 5 7 4 0 7 0 4 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 51
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 4 1 2 3 2 5 4 1 11 1 1 6 3 4 2 50
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 4 3 3 4 0 1 1 1 5 6 3 7 2 3 2 45
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 1 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 2 44
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 2 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 2 15 1 41
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 2 9 3 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 31
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 0 1 7 26
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 6 3 1 24
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 2 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 24
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 22
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 15
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 9
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 8
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 1057 1068 1228 1220 1110 1077 1036 765 1102 1395 1291 1080 1001 860 1103 16393
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 59 73 107 149 187 125 126 107 117 96 84 78 51 54 65 1478
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 46 33 63 50 30 101 144 80 111 141 83 82 36 59 58 1117
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 103 115 105 79 40 53 41 50 49 71 52 47 40 31 42 918
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 13 7 29 29 29 29 25 30 52 67 53 53 59 43 57 575
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 21 19 25 37 25 17 36 10 31 66 56 70 55 31 36 535
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 39 34 35 74 33 30 13 22 14 36 45 39 32 25 36 507
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 24 19 26 29 12 29 25 22 27 41 26 56 52 32 43 463
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 13 10 15 19 17 17 14 16 21 20 9 16 12 11 10 220
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 1 0 0 3 9 3 8 4 8 21 27 41 32 21 37 215
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 13 4 2 14 10 1 0 9 23 18 35 14 4 17 11 175
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 10 6 26 8 4 4 2 15 8 16 21 11 8 10 154
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 9 7 8 5 7 18 6 6 1 8 7 14 15 15 12 138
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 9 5 6 22 5 10 3 4 8 11 9 9 14 5 10 130
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 2 6 4 9 4 2 4 3 2 17 14 17 12 15 111
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 5 5 6 8 4 2 1 4 7 6 11 8 4 10 13 94
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 0 4 1 5 7 4 3 3 2 10 8 4 17 15 10 93
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 3 2 0 2 4 4 4 6 4 12 6 10 4 5 11 77
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 0 0 1 2 4 4 2 0 5 6 19 3 21 4 72
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 8 4 2 3 0 2 6 0 3 6 7 3 6 8 10 68
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 16 11 9 1 0 0 0 3 6 6 5 5 1 2 66
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 2 2 7 5 0 7 1 4 1 6 8 6 6 7 63
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 4 3 10 9 0 46
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 3 0 4 7 27
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 3 3 4 4 0 0 2 4 1 1 3 1 0 26
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 2 19
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 2 1 1 5 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 18
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 16
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 1 2 14
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 14
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 13
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 0 0 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 9
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 9
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 9
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 7
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 6
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) WSX SAMOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NCX NEW CALEDONIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) OMX OMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 397 391 471 593 463 472 487 399 514 686 600 643 503 450 531 7600
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1454 1459 1699 1813 1573 1549 1523 1164 1616 2081 1891 1723 1504 1310 1634 23993


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