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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 D10, Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments

( 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 80 54 61 52 64 45 39 53 50 79 85 59 79 45 52 897
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 21 18 23 30 18 9 33 19 32 25 24 20 19 28 27 346
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 24 32 19 36 18 22 22 17 23 23 16 29 16 18 30 345
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 13 17 15 14 14 13 25 20 13 18 33 19 18 17 27 276
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 53 25 17 22 15 15 7 7 4 2 16 18 10 7 0 218
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 23 12 15 11 9 6 7 7 7 14 10 6 13 18 20 178
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 17 13 7 11 15 13 6 4 21 8 12 7 1 8 22 165
(U.S.) OH OHIO 11 17 15 13 7 12 10 10 5 10 18 9 6 5 15 163
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 11 5 11 10 7 5 4 10 9 12 16 7 11 16 9 143
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 16 6 4 21 9 8 8 9 13 10 12 3 3 8 10 140
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 19 7 5 10 6 7 6 7 4 9 16 17 7 11 7 138
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 3 6 14 10 8 7 6 5 15 15 16 9 12 2 2 130
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 10 11 10 7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 11 6 15 7 123
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 13 8 6 7 7 7 3 9 8 11 12 8 3 4 111
(U.S.) OR OREGON 5 7 6 13 8 6 5 11 11 6 6 1 7 8 11 111
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 4 2 3 2 11 3 6 3 2 13 16 7 18 10 9 109
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 11 11 8 5 7 7 14 14 10 11 2 2 3 0 108
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 9 6 10 6 5 4 4 4 11 7 13 5 3 3 6 96
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 5 4 2 6 5 6 11 7 10 9 3 2 3 2 80
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 5 13 7 13 3 4 3 6 5 1 4 2 1 4 4 75
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 5 5 28 2 4 8 70
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 6 4 5 8 3 3 2 4 4 9 7 3 1 5 4 68
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 4 4 8 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 11 8 6 3 61
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 7 8 7 3 1 4 2 1 3 1 3 6 1 6 5 58
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 4 5 6 2 4 2 7 1 2 6 3 2 6 3 55
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 4 2 2 8 3 3 6 1 2 2 5 7 4 1 4 54
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 4 3 1 5 6 4 40
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 7 6 0 8 3 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 38
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 5 2 0 3 1 34
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 0 1 4 6 2 2 1 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 31
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 5 2 1 0 0 27
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 3 3 0 0 3 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 24
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 21
(U.S.) IA IOWA 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 20
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 18
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 1 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 18
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 16
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 11
(U.S.) ME MAINE 2 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 9
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 9
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 403 336 322 358 285 238 244 254 304 339 410 323 287 283 310 4696
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 87 92 83 74 60 26 52 49 101 85 85 86 67 53 90 1090
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 33 41 42 43 56 45 49 49 76 96 129 70 96 59 52 936
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 36 54 45 46 45 44 38 34 46 23 47 26 30 23 26 563
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 22 19 19 23 27 17 25 20 26 41 31 22 22 26 26 366
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 17 25 21 28 45 31 24 15 17 26 32 20 12 7 17 337
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 24 21 20 23 21 20 14 16 23 20 26 32 22 16 26 324
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 11 17 18 16 11 12 15 7 19 19 29 44 34 12 18 282
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 12 8 26 42 16 6 5 6 11 14 26 19 17 11 14 233
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 12 13 21 15 14 11 19 11 14 21 28 6 16 9 17 227
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 2 3 0 4 1 9 12 14 20 28 20 14 7 11 145
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 4 0 2 6 3 7 8 5 6 3 13 6 4 13 14 94
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 5 5 3 2 1 9 3 1 0 12 9 5 4 3 5 67
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 2 1 0 3 3 8 1 3 3 5 12 7 5 3 6 62
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 5 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 11 12 3 6 58
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 2 3 3 3 3 7 2 2 3 3 9 1 4 4 51
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 4 1 5 3 0 4 27
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 4 26
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 10 2 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 17
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 15
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 14
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 10
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 10
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 10
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 7
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 6
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 290 314 319 342 320 254 280 237 370 408 514 404 378 269 356 5055
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 693 650 641 700 605 492 524 491 674 747 924 727 665 552 666 9751


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