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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 D15, Machines Not Elsewhere Specified

( 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 23 18 15 15 17 22 16 14 34 47 28 28 31 30 38 376
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 9 9 11 16 27 19 15 9 28 34 26 19 18 12 29 281
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 11 9 19 10 27 10 15 14 22 30 15 24 28 25 16 275
(U.S.) OH OHIO 18 6 6 13 8 29 11 10 9 28 37 7 15 11 13 221
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 11 5 8 22 8 2 4 6 16 15 6 11 15 20 18 167
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 6 24 48 12 4 8 3 5 9 6 3 7 6 3 17 161
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 1 8 4 10 19 9 9 4 8 13 27 14 2 2 8 138
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 19 15 14 14 8 11 9 6 11 13 11 0 2 0 0 133
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 9 10 15 9 6 8 19 6 7 3 6 5 7 8 15 133
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 13 11 11 7 11 6 7 9 15 6 7 6 4 11 128
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 5 6 8 8 6 12 8 8 10 3 10 9 8 5 17 123
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 11 8 7 5 4 2 3 3 7 18 10 8 9 12 9 116
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 7 3 4 2 5 2 4 10 9 4 20 7 5 10 8 100
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 3 5 2 9 5 1 1 3 17 6 12 4 13 10 6 97
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 3 5 3 4 3 6 20 12 10 2 6 5 7 3 90
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 3 14 7 6 3 6 3 0 8 4 4 8 3 5 76
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 2 3 3 2 3 9 4 5 7 4 7 2 8 11 72
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 4 1 6 4 2 5 6 0 6 6 3 3 3 10 4 63
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 1 6 1 9 1 1 7 0 15 0 3 6 2 4 57
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 4 4 5 2 5 8 6 48
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 4 6 2 2 7 8 2 46
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 0 3 2 4 3 6 2 13 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 46
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 2 6 4 8 6 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 43
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 6 4 1 3 1 0 3 1 2 2 12 1 4 3 0 43
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 3 0 2 3 3 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 3 5 11 42
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 8 11 3 34
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 5 7 0 1 4 2 2 33
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 0 3 3 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 33
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 3 3 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 29
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 7 5 0 1 3 1 2 29
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 1 4 4 1 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 1 1 26
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 1 24
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 21
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 5 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 20
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 1 2 18
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 17
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 16
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 8
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 182 188 244 214 213 197 194 169 264 335 267 208 253 246 276 3450
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 39 53 61 74 85 75 81 50 135 115 141 127 103 121 92 1352
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 7 12 22 8 11 25 12 16 46 31 31 53 69 44 78 465
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 22 14 20 20 24 22 43 16 23 29 22 27 18 19 10 329
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 2 3 3 11 16 14 14 16 31 30 34 31 19 23 46 293
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 13 6 12 14 13 20 6 11 15 8 6 15 16 16 18 189
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 6 5 6 4 4 10 5 11 19 16 16 31 19 22 178
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 10 6 9 4 8 8 15 4 18 15 5 7 9 11 17 146
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 6 6 5 4 6 5 6 4 6 14 4 12 19 29 9 135
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 1 6 5 4 5 6 7 10 7 17 15 8 32 123
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 0 2 3 3 3 3 9 5 3 13 7 11 15 17 17 111
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 3 0 6 10 8 0 1 2 0 2 10 4 3 7 6 62
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 3 5 2 1 0 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 13 3 10 55
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 10 6 2 2 9 7 10 51
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 5 4 1 2 4 6 8 3 3 2 4 0 0 4 2 48
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 3 5 6 1 5 2 6 38
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 3 4 5 2 35
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 5 3 1 4 0 2 7 30
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 0 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 29
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 5 6 0 0 2 1 28
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 1 3 1 1 4 24
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 4 3 0 22
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 19
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 11
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 10
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 9
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 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) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 136 126 161 173 198 203 222 155 345 325 323 356 365 360 396 3844
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 318 314 405 387 411 400 416 324 609 660 590 564 618 606 672 7294


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