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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 2001 - 2015 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 52 64 45 39 53 50 79 85 59 79 45 52 41 77 141 961
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 30 18 9 33 19 32 25 24 20 19 28 27 13 22 21 340
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 36 18 22 22 17 23 23 16 29 16 18 30 17 17 23 327
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 14 14 13 25 20 13 18 33 19 18 17 27 23 19 18 291
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 11 9 6 7 7 7 14 10 6 13 18 20 13 32 21 194
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 11 15 13 6 4 21 8 12 7 1 8 22 16 14 10 168
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 10 7 5 4 10 9 12 16 7 11 16 9 12 21 18 167
(U.S.) OH OHIO 13 7 12 10 10 5 10 18 9 6 5 15 16 15 10 161
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 22 15 15 7 7 4 2 16 18 10 7 0 7 4 7 141
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 2 11 3 6 3 2 13 16 7 18 10 9 7 15 15 137
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 21 9 8 8 9 13 10 12 3 3 8 10 5 3 7 129
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 10 8 7 6 5 15 15 16 9 12 2 2 5 9 7 128
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 10 6 7 6 7 4 9 16 17 7 11 7 7 6 4 124
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 11 6 15 7 7 6 19 124
(U.S.) OR OREGON 13 8 6 5 11 11 6 6 1 7 8 11 7 4 5 109
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 6 7 7 7 3 9 8 11 12 8 3 4 4 5 12 106
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 8 5 7 7 14 14 10 11 2 2 3 0 6 5 3 97
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 6 5 4 4 4 11 7 13 5 3 3 6 4 7 8 90
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 13 3 4 3 6 5 1 4 2 1 4 4 5 1 19 75
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 2 6 5 6 11 7 10 9 3 2 3 2 1 0 2 69
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 8 3 3 2 4 4 9 7 3 1 5 4 2 5 8 68
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 1 4 2 1 3 1 3 6 1 6 5 6 6 16 64
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 4 0 0 0 4 5 5 28 2 4 8 3 0 0 63
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 8 3 3 6 1 2 2 5 7 4 1 4 7 3 3 59
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 8 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 11 8 6 3 2 2 1 58
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 6 2 4 2 7 1 2 6 3 2 6 3 2 1 2 49
(U.S.) UT UTAH 2 2 0 2 0 3 4 3 1 5 6 4 7 4 5 48
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 6 2 2 1 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 5 8 43
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 5 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 32
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 8 3 1 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 29
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 24
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 3 6 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 22
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 2 3 1 0 4 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 18
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 17
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 15
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 13
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 12
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 8
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 7
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 358 285 238 244 254 304 339 410 323 287 283 310 259 324 431 4649
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 74 60 26 52 49 101 85 85 86 67 53 90 75 88 81 1072
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 43 56 45 49 49 76 96 129 70 96 59 52 51 88 96 1055
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 46 45 44 38 34 46 23 47 26 30 23 26 22 14 18 482
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 23 21 20 14 16 23 20 26 32 22 16 26 41 39 39 378
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 23 27 17 25 20 26 41 31 22 22 26 26 24 15 28 373
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 28 45 31 24 15 17 26 32 20 12 7 17 8 6 6 294
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 16 11 12 15 7 19 19 29 44 34 12 18 14 15 26 291
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 15 14 11 19 11 14 21 28 6 16 9 17 12 16 22 231
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 42 16 6 5 6 11 14 26 19 17 11 14 14 10 11 222
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 4 1 9 12 14 20 28 20 14 7 11 22 24 27 213
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 6 3 7 8 5 6 3 13 6 4 13 14 4 9 22 123
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 1 9 3 1 0 12 9 5 4 3 5 5 1 12 72
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 3 8 1 3 3 5 12 7 5 3 6 4 3 6 72
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 11 12 3 6 3 16 4 70
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 3 3 3 7 2 2 3 3 9 1 4 4 4 7 4 59
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 0 2 1 1 3 4 1 5 3 0 4 5 3 5 38
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 4 4 4 6 36
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 7 9 2 27
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 5 1 20
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 5 19
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 17
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 13
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 8
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 8
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 7
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) CYX CYPRUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MEX MONTENEGRO 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) KWX KUWAIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 342 320 254 280 237 370 408 514 404 378 269 356 333 390 430 5285
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 700 605 492 524 491 674 747 924 727 665 552 666 592 714 861 9934


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