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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 D21, Games, Toys, and Sports Goods

( 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 182 133 208 171 136 215 129 133 207 217 201 218 141 189 153 2633
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 29 35 44 22 35 34 23 36 48 45 45 25 23 48 41 533
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 20 23 15 31 12 8 18 17 35 37 95 37 38 44 25 455
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 42 25 35 28 32 28 27 21 28 33 48 32 17 25 18 439
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 50 42 41 36 22 22 20 21 24 31 30 23 17 18 16 413
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 31 22 25 27 10 15 21 15 27 43 39 33 15 26 47 396
(U.S.) OR OREGON 12 10 9 5 8 7 17 16 33 30 59 29 44 26 32 337
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 35 27 33 28 19 24 18 6 20 12 13 16 16 19 14 300
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 42 32 21 7 15 13 30 9 19 26 19 10 16 12 5 276
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 40 25 23 8 11 27 10 12 19 16 15 17 10 12 7 252
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 11 19 22 24 11 7 8 6 16 22 38 12 18 17 21 252
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 9 9 11 14 19 11 22 15 34 39 23 13 9 7 7 242
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 12 14 20 11 7 10 17 15 24 20 16 23 8 16 15 228
(U.S.) OH OHIO 30 15 23 13 8 14 15 10 18 10 11 8 8 24 18 225
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 15 16 23 2 2 16 21 11 29 30 6 0 2 2 5 180
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 13 21 9 11 12 10 7 7 9 11 8 10 20 13 11 172
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 7 7 11 22 14 6 15 8 7 14 10 22 10 5 11 169
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 16 15 12 3 7 10 11 5 9 14 13 8 9 12 17 161
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 19 13 17 10 5 12 6 4 15 6 11 7 9 13 8 155
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 15 15 13 11 27 9 5 4 5 1 3 8 2 13 8 139
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 14 10 9 10 1 7 6 3 12 7 14 9 4 8 14 128
(U.S.) UT UTAH 9 10 1 16 5 3 11 9 6 18 4 9 2 11 10 124
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 8 12 3 0 2 9 8 3 4 2 5 4 20 9 21 110
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 14 5 6 3 10 7 4 8 6 9 3 11 1 4 8 99
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 12 9 10 12 5 8 3 1 8 5 4 6 1 8 1 93
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 7 5 3 6 12 5 3 4 11 9 6 5 8 6 2 92
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 4 3 10 8 9 7 5 2 2 5 7 4 8 2 0 76
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 3 5 8 6 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 8 4 23 8 76
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 5 6 6 11 6 3 1 3 2 1 5 1 4 8 7 69
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 4 5 5 2 5 5 2 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 59
(U.S.) IA IOWA 3 1 3 3 0 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 7 35
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 7 3 1 5 1 1 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 2 32
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 4 2 2 1 0 4 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 1 6 32
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 5 1 6 3 1 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 30
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 26
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 4 1 3 2 3 0 26
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 1 23
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 23
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 17
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 15
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 11
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 7
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 739 608 718 595 480 580 508 420 703 737 781 634 506 644 584 9237
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 53 61 74 73 54 52 19 57 76 60 54 75 71 50 44 873
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 53 33 46 59 68 48 45 21 48 23 31 25 27 27 26 580
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 44 26 32 29 40 25 23 17 17 14 35 18 16 38 9 383
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 40 56 44 30 19 13 18 11 26 30 30 14 15 21 11 378
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 11 13 15 13 16 7 17 14 15 25 17 19 18 18 24 242
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 5 10 14 13 8 9 14 13 29 14 28 17 16 6 5 201
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 35 61 11 5 1 2 2 0 3 8 4 4 27 14 15 192
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 9 14 17 8 9 10 4 12 3 6 9 13 5 6 129
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 5 9 14 3 6 7 4 2 5 4 8 8 16 9 11 111
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 5 9 9 12 5 3 5 9 21 9 8 1 7 2 2 107
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 1 4 1 6 3 10 14 13 8 10 8 3 11 5 100
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 2 2 9 4 6 3 1 2 1 1 11 6 11 11 10 80
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 3 5 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 5 6 2 2 7 2 51
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 7 11 5 1 1 2 40
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 5 4 4 6 3 2 2 36
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 4 3 2 30
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 27
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 5 4 5 0 27
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 0 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 8 0 26
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 1 2 1 9 2 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 26
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 23
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 1 4 18
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 4 17
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 13
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 9
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 9
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 8
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) AOX ANGOLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 280 312 307 286 266 201 186 180 289 240 291 247 277 252 195 3809
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1019 920 1025 881 746 781 694 600 992 977 1072 881 783 896 779 13046


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