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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 D18, Printing and Office Machinery

( 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 16 17 18 6 9 12 14 14 23 29 20 11 2 26 7 224
(U.S.) OR OREGON 3 21 6 10 7 18 4 9 29 19 10 4 30 31 10 211
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 3 10 12 7 13 16 2 8 8 10 6 6 20 17 4 142
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 4 4 6 5 9 12 3 1 8 6 1 1 1 5 1 67
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 3 3 1 2 7 6 5 1 5 8 7 3 2 4 8 65
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 9 1 2 0 6 0 3 0 5 3 7 7 3 1 51
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 4 5 14 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 48
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 3 6 1 3 2 2 3 8 1 2 4 1 3 0 40
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 2 1 2 4 0 5 11 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 36
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 0 4 8 0 2 1 1 1 31
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 25
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 24
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 0 1 2 4 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 23
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 21
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 0 1 2 6 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 21
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 20
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 1 1 2 2 1 19
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 16
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 14
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 13
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 0 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 9
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 8
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 -- 55 91 96 67 63 104 62 47 109 126 83 68 84 99 47 1201
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 121 85 125 156 105 88 102 73 215 186 143 133 93 98 95 1818
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 3 3 13 19 16 12 5 7 21 18 7 7 7 6 2 146
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 19 16 18 16 20 6 111
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 2 6 2 7 10 8 14 16 11 1 10 10 2 6 108
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 0 4 7 6 1 0 3 4 39 2 11 6 11 0 8 102
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 4 1 6 9 2 1 2 4 2 1 6 7 4 1 5 55
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 4 4 4 1 0 1 3 3 10 0 0 5 1 2 39
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 6 5 2 3 0 26
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 23
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 21
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 1 21
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 3 0 2 2 1 19
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 3 15
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 15
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 14
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BSX THE BAHAMAS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 144 108 176 209 142 123 125 107 336 282 205 196 160 145 133 2591
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 199 199 272 276 205 227 187 154 445 408 288 264 244 244 180 3792


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