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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 D08, Tools and Hardware

( 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 120 115 121 107 100 103 131 75 116 144 162 137 96 97 98 1722
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 54 52 78 35 33 58 32 44 47 57 82 46 59 50 50 777
(U.S.) OH OHIO 29 42 49 38 44 57 45 19 31 38 51 47 42 41 39 612
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 42 37 43 22 24 56 64 24 38 46 30 32 55 23 32 568
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 51 38 47 28 26 18 22 20 39 42 50 24 43 31 40 519
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 17 16 29 27 15 28 24 13 34 40 46 48 49 64 55 505
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 41 19 18 22 16 26 32 27 45 61 60 31 24 36 37 495
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 16 24 22 10 24 27 18 20 33 45 73 48 23 15 12 410
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 23 16 26 28 27 17 25 18 27 35 44 27 31 38 25 407
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 31 22 30 26 7 13 21 23 36 43 37 29 29 16 18 381
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 17 9 17 23 29 37 36 31 38 31 20 20 22 27 19 376
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 21 32 34 26 16 20 13 18 23 25 34 35 27 17 25 366
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 34 18 25 16 7 15 41 16 31 31 22 21 27 14 13 331
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 16 20 34 24 23 28 10 20 16 35 27 30 20 21 6 330
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 9 5 17 11 7 14 20 10 16 21 39 22 27 27 33 278
(U.S.) OR OREGON 17 28 22 15 10 14 25 3 14 14 27 14 22 20 20 265
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 24 18 32 10 19 16 12 9 9 15 22 11 13 14 11 235
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 11 10 17 15 32 25 15 14 13 17 17 21 6 6 12 231
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 18 12 21 4 20 12 14 6 13 38 22 12 11 11 11 225
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 19 15 7 10 4 4 10 1 11 27 39 22 9 17 19 214
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 16 11 23 15 10 5 7 10 12 12 16 16 10 31 16 210
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 18 10 13 5 2 15 8 5 6 23 13 8 12 11 11 160
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 6 14 12 1 4 8 6 7 7 14 16 16 16 10 6 143
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 4 8 11 5 8 10 12 18 20 10 5 1 16 5 9 142
(U.S.) IA IOWA 8 5 9 11 10 5 6 7 12 3 8 8 6 5 4 107
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 6 7 5 5 13 6 1 5 5 4 14 12 9 9 106
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 6 9 4 3 7 3 10 6 9 7 10 2 5 13 6 100
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 4 3 7 2 1 2 8 6 9 11 8 11 3 5 3 83
(U.S.) UT UTAH 7 2 6 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 2 6 6 82
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 4 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 14 19 4 18 2 79
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 4 0 2 3 7 12 6 12 7 3 4 3 3 9 77
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 3 5 9 4 4 5 7 4 5 5 5 5 2 4 3 70
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 3 5 11 1 0 1 3 2 10 6 1 6 4 3 8 64
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 7 3 4 0 4 3 4 2 9 11 5 3 5 0 1 61
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 2 4 1 6 3 8 5 6 3 5 4 3 4 2 59
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 2 9 3 10 4 3 3 4 2 6 4 3 3 1 1 58
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 4 3 11 1 1 5 2 4 2 1 3 5 3 3 4 52
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 9 0 3 41
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 2 0 4 1 4 2 2 6 1 4 2 2 0 0 3 33
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 6 3 29
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 4 8 6 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 25
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 1 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 1 22
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 20
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 5 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 17
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 14
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 12
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 9
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 734 668 848 583 576 692 734 515 773 956 1051 825 761 730 696 11142
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 65 92 118 126 124 159 96 66 186 154 137 76 65 91 85 1640
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 57 57 68 65 41 52 43 49 87 91 116 84 62 85 62 1019
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 26 24 19 33 32 27 25 30 58 74 56 58 56 59 55 632
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 35 30 31 26 25 38 34 14 43 43 37 45 37 56 50 544
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 10 28 31 37 32 18 17 21 66 65 62 51 31 20 24 513
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 6 20 13 20 26 53 16 18 51 23 16 13 13 14 7 309
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 10 9 23 18 9 9 10 7 19 29 35 28 26 29 23 284
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 12 18 11 15 12 19 9 4 12 32 24 20 16 11 13 228
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 1 0 3 6 5 5 17 17 40 29 34 18 10 27 13 225
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 23 10 26 22 18 11 6 16 10 9 4 4 4 6 6 175
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 3 1 4 4 6 11 14 18 17 21 15 4 4 7 132
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 1 4 13 5 6 8 3 2 8 7 10 2 7 4 7 87
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 6 4 8 6 9 5 3 2 1 9 9 8 1 5 10 86
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 2 0 3 2 6 1 2 2 1 9 10 7 4 6 3 58
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 10 4 3 2 3 4 3 5 4 4 0 1 5 1 51
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 2 12 5 4 6 4 45
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 4 0 1 5 1 5 4 2 3 6 6 3 1 0 4 45
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 5 3 6 1 3 5 2 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 5 44
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 1 4 5 2 31
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 3 4 1 2 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 31
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 20
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 15
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 13
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 13
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 12
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 11
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 10
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 9
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 1 0 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) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 280 321 391 410 370 431 315 280 625 617 624 452 366 451 403 6336
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1014 989 1239 993 946 1123 1049 795 1398 1573 1675 1277 1127 1181 1099 17478


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