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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 D12, Transportation

( 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 142 129 190 188 201 196 217 162 188 218 207 139 205 165 167 2714
(U.S.) OH OHIO 89 86 119 126 93 69 68 47 81 106 81 76 99 67 67 1274
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 57 49 54 44 57 43 76 45 85 98 118 105 94 51 79 1055
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 32 34 52 46 20 33 37 34 40 56 39 14 27 11 18 493
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 36 29 22 15 28 32 14 16 15 24 20 29 18 30 15 343
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 14 19 42 22 27 16 20 26 31 29 23 20 8 18 5 320
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 41 40 37 27 18 12 16 9 21 13 24 12 23 9 16 318
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 22 22 23 6 17 24 20 19 25 14 18 18 8 8 257
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 20 23 29 27 29 24 12 4 21 23 3 5 13 3 14 250
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 18 16 22 12 7 34 31 5 14 13 17 19 15 15 9 247
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 9 11 10 10 11 15 9 23 11 20 23 34 26 22 243
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 21 17 12 14 7 9 18 8 28 22 16 14 15 18 12 231
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 25 26 20 21 6 14 15 9 21 10 13 6 8 13 11 218
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 12 7 13 10 6 4 21 7 7 17 13 5 4 15 12 153
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 9 8 5 5 7 2 15 2 13 15 20 23 11 9 8 152
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 30 10 16 10 5 6 8 18 6 9 6 5 4 12 5 150
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 11 11 7 13 9 10 7 9 12 11 9 11 8 2 5 135
(U.S.) OR OREGON 20 11 12 8 2 11 5 8 2 5 6 6 9 8 16 129
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 15 5 2 4 9 15 8 5 8 3 11 12 7 7 12 123
(U.S.) IA IOWA 6 15 9 2 6 1 23 3 8 13 4 3 6 2 9 110
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 7 7 17 3 3 8 3 4 2 7 8 8 9 7 1 94
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 4 4 4 2 4 7 5 3 4 15 15 3 4 5 15 94
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 4 1 2 0 8 12 9 3 5 6 11 6 3 7 3 80
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 9 6 6 4 11 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 3 3 5 71
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 7 3 2 3 0 3 0 3 6 3 2 5 12 12 9 70
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 2 7 5 1 2 2 3 3 1 6 3 3 10 3 6 57
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 5 1 9 4 9 4 10 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 0 55
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 3 4 7 1 4 9 7 3 2 4 4 3 3 0 1 55
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 2 5 11 7 6 2 4 2 1 5 2 0 3 0 1 51
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 2 0 1 5 5 8 2 2 2 2 10 5 1 2 49
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 4 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 5 2 2 42
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 2 2 4 0 3 3 5 1 5 4 2 3 1 1 3 39
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 4 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 1 3 5 1 2 35
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 1 2 3 7 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 2 4 34
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 3 1 2 2 2 8 3 0 2 1 1 1 4 2 0 32
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 26
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 22
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 2 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 21
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 4 1 1 1 21
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 20
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 18
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 14
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 13
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 13
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 0 10
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 9
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 689 633 789 672 625 638 750 484 701 801 746 623 707 554 579 9991
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 68 60 107 98 114 155 193 162 314 244 341 329 259 274 298 3016
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 64 94 106 96 110 93 92 117 188 154 197 284 285 219 239 2338
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 34 37 55 56 55 56 70 57 60 49 61 65 53 48 33 789
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 38 22 29 27 31 46 40 30 24 25 49 85 55 61 31 593
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 11 7 13 12 24 6 14 6 15 26 37 71 91 39 43 415
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 13 7 13 13 9 12 25 15 27 14 30 35 36 18 13 280
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 8 15 11 8 21 19 11 17 21 35 17 26 23 27 20 279
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 8 2 2 16 3 9 16 3 13 18 19 57 29 26 25 246
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 18 12 10 21 14 7 11 8 13 18 22 35 11 20 10 230
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 26 12 15 15 13 13 11 8 10 21 9 14 10 7 7 191
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 3 5 11 26 45 38 36 14 189
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 9 14 9 6 1 1 8 7 2 25 11 18 2 0 7 120
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 6 8 4 3 11 4 3 0 4 7 4 2 21 6 11 94
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 7 0 8 4 7 3 16 12 12 2 0 0 0 3 1 75
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 2 2 0 4 0 1 2 4 4 8 10 10 9 3 63
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 7 5 2 17 3 1 0 7 54
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 1 3 4 2 7 38
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 8 2 4 36
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 5 6 5 1 5 31
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 5 4 5 3 29
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 5 2 4 0 2 28
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 15 4 26
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 0 3 2 21
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 4 0 0 16
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 8 14
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 14
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 10
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 8
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 8
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 7
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 5
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ANX NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) HTX HAITI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ISX ICELAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 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) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 335 307 400 394 437 442 525 469 739 682 873 1114 963 837 809 9326
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1024 940 1189 1066 1062 1080 1275 953 1440 1483 1619 1737 1670 1391 1388 19317


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