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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 D14, Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval 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 230 232 284 228 237 268 232 159 346 312 374 538 384 362 407 4593
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 30 19 32 76 29 41 36 49 115 302 250 233 219 204 299 1934
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 43 48 76 34 51 29 81 68 69 109 92 74 76 74 76 1000
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 63 49 47 33 30 40 45 13 30 44 61 60 59 69 54 697
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 38 24 27 25 16 61 51 43 45 53 54 52 36 67 42 634
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 35 37 26 22 32 47 15 11 36 34 39 73 38 24 46 515
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 37 21 20 27 12 20 12 14 14 27 36 30 21 27 36 354
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 25 24 26 11 9 11 16 11 25 24 62 29 22 22 12 329
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 11 22 27 22 22 26 13 5 5 5 8 13 50 54 31 314
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 33 12 8 25 18 28 19 4 12 13 19 21 17 18 10 257
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 22 18 39 18 8 11 12 12 17 9 12 6 11 21 11 227
(U.S.) OR OREGON 21 12 17 24 24 12 7 13 12 9 13 5 14 9 14 206
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 11 12 10 8 8 9 8 12 17 26 27 17 15 18 4 202
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 11 6 24 11 10 10 6 7 12 13 33 7 13 6 4 173
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 13 12 12 11 14 5 9 5 19 9 15 9 8 12 20 173
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 15 32 16 6 7 4 9 6 8 11 3 6 16 10 8 157
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 2 12 7 4 5 10 6 4 11 9 12 17 25 5 7 136
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 11 10 14 12 2 5 3 5 15 9 7 12 5 17 129
(U.S.) OH OHIO 7 5 11 6 10 12 3 5 10 6 8 6 8 9 17 123
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 12 3 4 2 4 11 3 6 6 21 5 10 2 3 2 94
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 2 3 1 5 2 5 2 6 3 0 3 6 6 19 30 93
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 4 3 3 4 6 3 2 4 2 8 7 13 14 9 86
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 3 4 1 3 2 3 3 7 13 15 18 5 1 2 3 83
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 4 8 5 5 7 2 12 3 6 8 4 5 7 2 2 80
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 2 4 1 4 5 6 4 4 7 9 8 3 5 4 69
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 1 5 10 6 8 6 3 2 9 1 0 5 0 0 1 57
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 8 1 5 7 2 3 0 2 7 2 5 8 5 56
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 1 3 5 6 11 4 3 1 5 4 4 4 4 0 1 56
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 0 5 4 2 2 3 1 1 36
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 5 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 3 0 0 2 32
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 4 0 4 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 29
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 29
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 1 0 1 5 0 1 4 0 3 4 4 1 1 0 3 28
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 3 3 4 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 25
(U.S.) IA IOWA 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 21
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 0 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 19
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 7 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 14
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 11
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 10
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 712 663 788 662 640 730 635 485 878 1110 1201 1268 1101 1080 1194 13147
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 314 319 369 325 325 400 387 305 435 496 583 485 309 243 240 5535
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 16 35 32 59 49 41 84 119 290 579 752 400 418 376 392 3642
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 72 107 159 115 136 189 299 161 383 226 270 198 293 260 195 3063
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 1 0 0 4 5 11 64 41 101 97 108 155 166 104 189 1046
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 26 19 32 28 30 23 21 10 59 24 46 85 112 107 129 751
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 29 45 30 22 57 46 29 54 36 76 108 39 57 57 691
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 14 46 17 27 52 52 41 22 29 33 47 65 33 39 48 565
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 29 25 29 35 25 47 17 26 32 42 26 16 55 33 31 468
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 8 19 8 8 26 60 21 12 27 36 59 91 37 21 19 452
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 5 5 16 0 5 26 26 15 24 27 23 33 17 21 9 252
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 9 12 20 5 24 7 12 3 10 14 15 30 19 15 28 223
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 2 0 5 13 27 14 11 4 8 8 34 44 12 10 11 203
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 6 12 15 9 15 5 4 1 3 6 3 22 25 12 8 146
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 12 6 9 7 5 16 7 4 8 18 14 8 2 12 6 134
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 5 2 3 4 4 15 6 5 8 14 22 16 8 9 124
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 5 3 18 8 12 4 7 9 4 3 2 0 0 3 79
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 3 3 6 4 10 2 10 12 64
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 0 5 1 5 4 3 5 3 7 8 11 2 5 1 60
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 3 0 1 4 5 5 3 4 7 1 5 4 0 6 5 53
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 4 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 9 4 3 5 50
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 6 1 14 10 2 43
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 9 4 3 4 31
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 4 2 4 2 30
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 4 1 13 28
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 0 22
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 2 17
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 2 13
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 11
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 9
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 8
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) BOX BOLIVIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 535 653 777 705 780 982 1078 783 1504 1685 2125 1820 1599 1378 1430 17834
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1247 1316 1565 1367 1420 1712 1713 1268 2382 2795 3326 3088 2700 2458 2624 30981


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