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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 D24, Medical and Laboratory Equipment

( 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 99 97 105 93 90 100 50 43 69 106 89 128 156 150 107 1482
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 22 27 48 43 48 33 19 27 11 41 27 32 31 40 24 473
(U.S.) OH OHIO 30 41 33 25 23 16 27 11 10 24 68 53 34 28 37 460
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 17 19 28 51 15 12 19 16 15 24 43 44 60 33 41 437
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 28 27 40 37 35 16 26 11 20 20 30 25 32 44 23 414
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 13 25 23 16 28 25 17 8 8 17 26 16 32 23 39 316
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 22 13 32 22 9 21 8 3 11 32 19 16 32 40 21 301
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 7 5 25 61 16 22 6 8 8 8 13 9 38 27 37 290
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 14 15 19 11 12 16 19 6 15 18 23 18 20 17 43 266
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 13 14 16 13 18 29 15 11 11 18 25 13 28 19 14 257
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 13 7 14 5 11 11 9 20 26 13 13 23 23 24 217
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 7 6 5 7 6 5 5 2 2 21 42 39 16 10 6 179
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 15 12 8 11 11 10 9 9 6 6 19 18 13 22 177
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 18 10 9 11 4 12 11 3 2 5 12 16 29 16 18 176
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 10 7 10 9 9 9 13 1 11 12 13 7 21 12 30 174
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 11 8 8 4 17 18 8 2 10 4 6 8 12 37 21 174
(U.S.) UT UTAH 9 3 5 15 10 22 12 13 6 10 9 6 8 20 10 158
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 5 11 7 11 15 14 12 3 3 13 8 10 14 10 7 143
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 10 8 6 8 7 10 14 3 6 7 10 3 12 11 15 130
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 7 3 5 7 4 6 2 4 5 12 7 7 21 9 9 108
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 7 4 5 4 5 6 16 4 4 10 5 5 6 7 6 94
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 4 4 4 5 1 1 3 4 1 3 8 17 18 9 84
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 4 1 3 7 12 5 5 2 5 3 11 9 5 4 6 82
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 4 7 1 4 2 13 7 3 11 5 5 1 8 2 3 76
(U.S.) OR OREGON 2 1 5 4 3 6 2 3 1 5 8 6 9 6 13 74
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 6 5 7 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 1 8 10 17 73
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 2 7 15 11 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 6 2 58
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 1 4 20 11 2 51
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 5 2 10 2 3 6 44
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 2 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 8 5 10 1 3 43
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 10 0 4 4 5 43
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 3 2 2 2 8 0 1 2 0 1 5 1 3 1 6 37
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 0 5 7 2 2 33
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 2 5 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 2 1 26
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 7 3 3 0 1 24
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 20
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 4 1 1 17
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 17
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 15
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 11
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 10
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 10
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 8
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) GU GUAM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 402 428 503 537 449 466 351 223 302 486 569 549 757 668 647 7337
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 26 21 14 28 12 41 46 17 56 122 131 95 114 105 115 943
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 15 30 34 30 24 42 37 36 47 64 43 65 69 61 77 674
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 17 19 12 24 18 21 18 11 30 43 54 69 88 87 92 603
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 10 3 11 14 8 12 27 14 14 52 47 62 41 30 45 390
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 9 11 6 10 11 17 17 9 21 15 29 32 48 37 20 292
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 13 12 20 18 5 18 16 5 21 23 27 18 23 18 19 256
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 8 12 20 24 16 16 8 5 10 17 16 14 25 11 14 216
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 1 10 10 17 10 4 3 2 3 15 11 14 30 20 30 180
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 2 7 4 8 3 2 0 14 12 12 12 24 22 27 150
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 4 8 5 6 3 1 3 4 6 11 10 14 11 8 11 105
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 27 9 16 7 7 20 91
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1 3 5 6 7 5 1 3 0 7 8 11 8 11 10 86
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 1 2 4 2 7 2 5 4 1 8 7 8 9 14 12 86
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 5 7 0 2 6 1 4 6 14 7 11 8 6 78
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 3 2 3 3 4 1 3 1 5 7 4 10 13 16 77
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 0 8 13 5 11 12 7 71
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 1 7 10 7 9 9 0 4 6 2 0 3 4 0 63
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 0 1 0 21 6 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 7 46
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 3 2 0 5 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 4 11 3 5 46
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 9 6 2 2 38
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 8 4 5 0 7 4 32
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 8 1 5 6 26
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 22
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 5 1 3 0 19
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 8 17
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 3 3 17
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 7 0 13
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 11
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 9
(Foreign) PKX PAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 5
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) CRX COSTA RICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
(Foreign) LBX LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) YUX YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) IRX IRAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) JOX JORDAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) UYX URUGUAY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 121 147 170 222 148 233 220 129 251 475 472 489 575 518 563 4733
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 523 575 673 759 597 699 571 352 553 961 1041 1038 1332 1186 1210 12070


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