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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 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
(U.S.) CA CALIFORNIA 15 17 22 16 14 34 47 28 28 31 30 38 50 39 34 443
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 16 27 19 15 9 28 34 26 19 18 12 29 21 27 37 337
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 10 27 10 15 14 22 30 15 24 29 25 16 19 25 48 329
(U.S.) OH OHIO 13 8 29 11 10 9 28 37 7 15 11 13 19 25 16 251
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 22 8 2 4 6 16 15 6 11 15 20 18 23 27 16 209
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 4 2 3 3 7 18 10 8 9 12 9 27 29 29 175
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 11 7 11 6 7 9 15 6 7 6 4 11 14 16 31 161
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 10 19 9 9 4 8 13 28 14 2 2 8 7 5 4 142
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 8 6 12 8 8 10 3 10 9 8 5 17 10 6 11 131
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 9 6 8 19 6 7 3 6 5 7 8 15 3 11 9 122
(U.S.) IA IOWA 3 4 3 6 20 12 10 2 6 5 7 3 12 11 15 119
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 2 5 2 4 10 9 4 20 7 5 10 8 10 5 18 119
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 12 4 8 3 5 9 6 3 7 6 3 17 11 3 10 107
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 14 8 11 9 6 11 13 11 0 2 0 0 6 4 8 103
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 9 5 1 1 3 17 6 12 4 13 10 6 5 2 3 97
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 7 6 3 6 3 0 8 4 4 8 3 5 11 10 13 91
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 2 3 9 4 5 7 4 7 2 8 11 7 5 4 81
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 1 3 2 1 0 4 4 5 2 5 8 6 10 15 9 75
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 4 2 5 6 0 6 6 3 3 3 10 4 0 3 7 62
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 5 2 1 0 4 6 2 2 7 8 2 5 4 8 59
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 4 3 6 2 13 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 6 6 3 56
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 1 9 1 1 7 0 15 0 3 6 2 4 5 0 0 54
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 8 11 3 9 4 3 47
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 3 3 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 3 5 11 5 3 2 47
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 5 8 6 42
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 1 0 3 1 2 2 12 1 4 3 0 3 1 4 40
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 1 1 1 0 4 5 7 0 1 4 2 2 4 3 4 39
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 4 8 6 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 2 39
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 3 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 38
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 7 2 7 5 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 28
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 1 1 2 4 28
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 4 1 0 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 4 24
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 2 4 21
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 0 20
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 2 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 19
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 14
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 13
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 9
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 214 213 197 194 169 264 335 268 208 254 246 276 322 321 376 3857
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 74 85 75 81 50 135 115 141 127 105 121 92 138 123 110 1572
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 8 11 25 12 16 46 31 31 53 69 44 78 82 65 54 625
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 11 16 14 14 16 31 30 34 31 19 23 46 48 141 133 607
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 20 24 22 43 16 23 29 22 27 18 19 10 21 14 12 320
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 4 4 10 5 11 19 16 16 31 19 22 18 26 27 234
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 14 13 20 7 11 15 8 6 15 16 16 18 9 15 28 211
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 6 5 4 5 6 7 10 7 17 15 8 32 32 21 13 188
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 4 8 8 15 4 18 15 5 7 9 11 17 20 22 20 183
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 6 5 6 4 6 14 4 12 19 29 9 13 15 3 149
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 3 3 9 5 3 13 7 11 15 17 17 24 14 5 149
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 4 0 0 10 6 2 2 9 7 10 9 9 11 79
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 0 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 13 3 10 7 7 11 70
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 10 8 0 1 2 0 2 10 4 3 7 6 4 6 6 69
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 4 0 1 3 3 5 6 1 5 2 6 8 2 3 49
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 2 4 6 8 3 3 2 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 41
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 3 1 2 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 8 0 1 4 6 37
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 3 4 5 2 2 0 5 30
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 1 0 2 3 5 3 1 4 0 2 7 0 1 1 30
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 4 3 0 2 3 3 29
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 1 2 1 10 5 6 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 29
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 1 29
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 20
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 3 6 19
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 2 6 16
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 12
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 11
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 10
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 8
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MCX MONACO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LIX LIECHTENSTEIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) KYX CAYMAN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 173 198 203 223 155 345 325 323 356 367 360 396 454 505 476 4859
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 387 411 400 417 324 609 660 591 564 621 606 672 776 826 852 8716


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