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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 ALL, ALL DESIGN CLASSES

( 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 1889 1950 2163 2013 2080 2137 1861 1532 2532 2799 2766 2506 2515 2364 2369 33476
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 777 766 928 812 692 665 760 593 753 983 993 876 995 839 890 12322
(U.S.) OH OHIO 604 628 809 701 621 699 525 404 652 785 910 676 739 712 708 10173
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 633 549 642 610 451 645 570 533 737 802 815 699 739 767 704 9896
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 413 401 491 440 366 490 464 387 582 642 680 632 670 658 707 8023
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 418 367 485 398 311 380 380 307 434 442 506 405 444 394 413 6084
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 295 333 369 368 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 510 427 382 377 5882
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 377 344 427 360 289 331 290 257 385 467 448 486 448 420 531 5860
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 306 315 385 403 244 290 310 261 452 504 557 413 404 352 492 5688
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 373 307 343 271 276 370 322 240 330 473 424 387 513 411 397 5437
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 219 204 213 274 187 217 214 187 322 655 626 525 537 464 567 5411
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 314 284 361 290 214 273 225 177 336 313 355 330 315 310 362 4459
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 300 242 256 280 213 285 230 146 290 357 311 324 390 347 364 4335
(U.S.) OR OREGON 347 275 248 231 218 181 218 198 421 369 343 199 273 341 334 4196
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 218 213 340 313 311 291 268 219 247 253 289 266 271 257 261 4017
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 185 260 269 213 331 282 194 133 319 238 202 147 198 187 218 3376
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 199 215 214 223 223 190 155 136 202 244 224 232 257 246 344 3304
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 161 168 217 177 182 227 189 113 222 232 236 248 294 285 298 3249
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 267 223 251 213 173 169 141 149 196 220 231 238 219 170 180 3040
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 161 118 151 157 107 127 103 137 183 249 304 190 179 172 152 2490
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 124 155 156 136 166 168 193 128 144 170 207 134 105 101 130 2217
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 143 147 141 119 117 117 117 96 135 151 161 164 157 119 149 2033
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 122 116 112 146 133 114 116 85 136 156 185 156 143 115 101 1936
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 104 101 136 157 135 129 103 80 128 149 144 131 131 127 111 1866
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 105 92 97 75 108 78 54 76 113 130 124 116 124 132 123 1547
(U.S.) UT UTAH 63 62 81 84 72 86 100 87 110 126 85 88 124 144 151 1463
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 52 60 82 69 82 63 92 74 86 97 114 73 108 92 96 1240
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 59 56 86 56 60 66 65 58 84 97 86 87 96 116 128 1200
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 77 80 65 46 50 58 55 48 84 116 84 74 76 44 85 1042
(U.S.) IA IOWA 75 69 86 64 49 41 77 68 65 59 78 60 44 44 59 938
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 53 54 56 62 46 55 56 30 57 75 54 88 64 59 76 885
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 54 62 58 65 38 55 33 37 70 55 68 57 87 59 63 861
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 37 40 51 70 46 53 52 39 53 74 43 62 70 70 50 810
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 51 48 69 55 47 44 40 25 34 55 57 38 59 38 44 704
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 42 33 53 35 34 41 38 25 37 31 55 55 48 52 47 626
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 38 37 33 37 24 23 27 26 43 53 40 58 71 52 57 619
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 33 32 36 35 47 43 36 16 48 34 41 38 62 51 46 598
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 20 22 38 53 22 36 28 44 49 74 76 48 26 31 19 586
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 29 36 65 33 36 43 37 23 51 49 23 29 36 39 43 572
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 27 20 28 38 31 25 62 23 38 28 28 31 23 39 40 481
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 24 35 29 56 21 21 22 12 31 41 40 16 24 23 18 413
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 18 15 29 17 14 4 11 18 15 21 24 18 13 18 13 248
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 20 15 22 15 15 14 12 5 10 15 14 26 15 18 27 243
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 9 9 14 9 10 20 9 7 14 16 23 17 21 23 21 222
(U.S.) ME MAINE 20 24 25 11 14 14 4 6 13 16 22 10 8 18 11 216
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 20 15 14 12 13 2 6 6 8 10 16 8 14 15 6 165
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 12 13 13 8 7 6 10 1 9 6 8 16 3 5 18 135
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 7 12 12 9 14 9 6 2 4 6 6 10 12 10 16 135
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 4 8 13 9 13 7 12 4 8 10 9 10 4 10 2 123
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 4 6 12 7 13 13 3 2 8 8 6 5 7 8 5 107
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 6 3 5 4 1 5 4 6 8 3 4 5 4 17 84
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 1 9 5 1 6 2 1 7 1 1 4 6 4 1 5 54
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 9912 9654 11284 10345 9325 10045 9252 7554 11691 13494 13713 12026 12612 11756 12445 165108
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 1207 1310 1497 1546 1364 1567 1568 1384 2405 2416 2767 2415 1910 1869 1899 27124
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 705 833 1135 1168 1294 1370 1268 870 1553 1355 1423 1114 1348 1086 953 17475
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 410 485 506 588 509 509 476 474 773 810 976 1196 1070 909 1051 10742
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 547 438 484 439 410 446 398 277 501 632 705 712 635 704 661 7989
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 103 109 150 216 211 186 238 233 589 957 1159 785 769 902 864 7471
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 228 296 371 368 305 356 401 369 663 674 685 777 659 574 600 7326
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 282 253 338 396 350 227 286 222 395 556 600 628 586 458 435 6012
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 231 179 247 254 205 292 358 294 416 524 544 485 439 437 412 5317
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 213 258 368 383 355 404 329 311 445 418 405 281 285 236 206 4897
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 16 9 42 70 102 127 192 163 309 462 647 613 645 603 700 4700
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 95 113 139 126 103 120 114 90 160 241 253 299 282 265 226 2626
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 94 110 132 133 165 123 125 111 182 240 285 241 276 199 200 2616
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 118 136 160 185 142 106 97 65 112 207 190 207 150 142 177 2194
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 84 80 66 101 69 79 50 63 107 124 127 102 113 148 117 1430
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 19 25 30 41 27 43 34 28 48 93 107 264 177 171 129 1236
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 66 86 47 54 54 55 40 40 33 63 126 125 134 90 105 1118
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 42 64 48 72 66 64 50 55 69 90 85 92 62 128 112 1099
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 60 42 46 70 55 48 39 41 81 93 109 81 59 91 83 998
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 50 42 46 45 56 47 47 44 64 80 119 92 79 93 86 990
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 34 45 30 37 46 77 35 31 53 92 82 132 82 65 60 901
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 16 8 24 7 11 33 36 29 55 56 49 56 27 49 30 486
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 27 11 17 29 26 18 30 11 32 37 46 44 34 46 55 463
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 14 7 13 15 15 50 55 21 26 23 29 44 43 39 59 453
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 34 21 18 16 19 17 11 21 27 39 24 27 46 45 26 391
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 20 17 23 6 10 8 15 15 22 33 23 20 13 27 30 282
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 11 15 12 13 8 14 14 16 13 30 32 39 23 19 14 273
(Foreign) INX INDIA 7 1 0 1 6 7 9 16 19 24 37 38 37 24 37 263
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 7 10 16 23 15 19 10 13 22 15 24 8 18 14 16 230
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 26 13 15 15 14 18 11 8 15 28 11 20 12 7 7 220
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 8 9 15 23 16 20 10 9 10 13 17 13 12 19 10 204
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 12 4 5 17 7 13 12 10 18 15 16 22 22 20 8 201
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 2 3 3 5 6 3 9 5 19 17 16 11 7 106
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 6 14 8 17 22 18 101
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 7 0 8 6 8 3 17 12 12 8 8 1 0 4 4 98
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 3 2 9 7 4 7 4 5 7 14 9 4 8 2 4 89
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 5 4 1 5 3 0 3 2 2 4 4 7 12 9 7 68
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 11 9 10 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 6 2 3 3 6 62
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 4 1 19 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 4 2 6 58
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 19 2 6 5 7 51
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 6 2 7 11 6 47
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 5 2 6 8 43
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 5 2 5 6 4 11 42
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 2 0 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 6 2 3 5 0 1 38
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 4 9 6 1 4 36
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 0 4 2 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 35
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 4 32
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 0 1 7 5 3 0 1 31
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 1 2 1 9 2 0 0 0 11 2 1 1 0 1 31
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 8 4 30
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 2 1 2 23
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 20
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 12 0 20
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 19
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 18
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 16
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 15
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1 15
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 5 15
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 12
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 12
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 12
(Foreign) DOX DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 11
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 11
(Foreign) ECX ECUADOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 10
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 9
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 9
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 8
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 8
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
(Foreign) GGX GUERNSEY 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) MDX MOLDOVA 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) WSX SAMOA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) AGX ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) GHX GHANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
(Foreign) GLX GREENLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) JEX JERSEY 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) LVX LATVIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) QAX QATAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 1 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) UYX URUGUAY 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ALX ALBANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) AOX ANGOLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BHX BAHRAIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BNX BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HTX HAITI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MKX MACEDONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MUX MAURITIUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) NAX NAMIBIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) NGX NIGERIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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) PAX PANAMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PFX FRENCH POLYNESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PWX PALAU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SNX SENEGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) TCX TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) TZX TANZANIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 4854 5078 6129 6526 6126 6529 6443 5397 9274 10568 11852 11090 10187 9600 9506 119159
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 14766 14732 17413 16871 15451 16574 15695 12951 20965 24062 25565 23116 22799 21356 21951 284267

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