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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 D03, Travel Goods and Personal Belongings

( 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 75 88 65 68 76 87 55 51 95 71 68 58 88 67 88 1100
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 28 32 38 47 40 43 32 29 29 33 52 82 53 38 48 624
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 17 19 16 19 18 23 24 16 24 37 28 32 30 43 33 379
(U.S.) OH OHIO 31 28 27 16 24 14 18 21 30 24 21 14 15 22 17 322
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 14 17 17 17 20 17 17 18 43 29 26 22 17 19 10 303
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 13 9 20 24 9 18 24 17 32 24 22 16 13 11 18 270
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 13 11 18 17 28 35 15 9 17 15 14 23 18 10 21 264
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 21 15 19 16 5 13 11 14 14 13 16 12 40 14 20 243
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 2 8 17 11 10 16 23 5 11 10 12 11 7 6 5 154
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 13 14 6 9 7 7 12 3 11 7 3 12 10 13 12 139
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 5 11 11 24 8 5 4 7 9 11 16 10 7 5 4 137
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 6 12 5 17 6 9 3 6 8 14 8 7 10 11 10 132
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 6 5 2 5 7 5 10 9 5 10 13 24 7 8 13 129
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 9 9 9 3 9 4 5 4 15 10 10 7 15 3 13 125
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 4 5 6 7 7 6 9 4 10 12 7 10 10 10 10 117
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 3 4 6 2 6 3 1 6 14 14 9 4 17 15 9 113
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 7 5 5 22 12 6 4 8 13 5 4 9 5 4 4 113
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 3 8 8 4 4 3 8 3 10 10 5 8 14 9 13 110
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 9 8 5 1 10 9 12 6 3 10 4 2 2 2 6 89
(U.S.) UT UTAH 3 4 6 2 4 2 2 5 12 6 6 4 15 7 8 86
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 6 4 3 4 1 5 2 2 8 5 5 2 15 14 78
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 8 3 4 2 3 4 2 4 5 4 2 7 9 9 71
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 11 6 3 4 1 6 5 5 3 3 5 4 2 2 6 66
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 11 4 8 4 3 9 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 1 63
(U.S.) OR OREGON 5 3 4 4 4 1 4 5 2 7 4 3 3 3 7 59
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 3 5 3 4 1 1 6 8 2 1 5 3 3 4 2 51
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 3 2 3 1 5 47
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 2 1 8 2 2 1 2 5 0 3 4 3 2 2 38
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 5 1 2 0 3 2 2 4 3 1 1 4 3 3 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 3 2 4 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 31
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 6 2 6 29
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 5 4 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 1 0 2 1 29
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 4 2 2 1 3 5 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 27
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 2 1 22
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 5 0 3 22
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 21
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 20
(U.S.) IA IOWA 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 19
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 19
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 12
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 12
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 11
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 10
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 338 388 357 390 348 359 346 294 459 428 394 409 458 381 440 5789
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 22 36 35 23 42 41 27 17 29 36 28 19 30 18 24 427
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 7 11 15 34 18 9 32 25 32 31 50 27 38 33 29 391
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 5 2 4 6 5 1 0 13 28 39 62 31 37 18 25 276
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 16 13 11 14 21 17 10 13 19 22 6 19 22 24 45 272
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 2 5 7 13 4 7 7 6 8 9 13 12 26 20 39 178
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 5 12 14 8 6 10 4 12 6 18 13 24 16 14 10 172
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 21 9 8 6 7 6 10 11 11 11 13 12 11 10 13 159
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 12 5 12 8 19 10 5 20 17 15 5 2 12 4 2 148
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 6 9 8 24 7 70
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 3 3 5 8 4 4 2 2 8 4 6 7 2 5 3 66
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 2 2 6 10 9 6 5 5 7 3 3 0 2 5 66
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 4 0 8 3 9 2 1 3 2 7 4 3 2 3 9 60
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 1 1 1 7 4 1 0 2 2 3 5 3 3 4 6 43
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 8 12 7 40
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 0 4 5 1 6 4 6 2 39
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 5 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 8 3 6 1 38
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 3 6 0 1 26
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 20
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 17
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 2 15
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 11
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 10
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 9
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 8
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SVX EL SALVADOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MUX MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 113 117 131 150 165 134 127 140 181 232 236 197 235 219 243 2620
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 451 505 488 540 513 493 473 434 640 660 630 606 693 600 683 8409


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