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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 D26, Lighting

( 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 131 140 105 98 91 130 167 133 99 132 115 90 158 117 112 1818
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 37 20 19 17 33 47 71 106 72 65 53 61 54 32 30 717
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 18 16 20 20 10 43 33 24 30 27 26 36 44 47 30 424
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 12 10 29 20 15 28 41 27 17 22 30 30 13 27 51 372
(U.S.) OH OHIO 44 17 30 6 13 7 15 36 31 25 21 23 27 18 36 349
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 5 10 17 13 16 11 29 41 26 28 19 19 36 25 47 342
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 29 24 31 18 7 6 34 23 18 20 19 21 11 12 8 281
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 9 15 8 9 4 15 25 13 8 8 16 34 29 22 28 243
(U.S.) OR OREGON 60 44 12 16 2 13 14 3 11 7 5 8 13 12 16 236
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 15 5 7 4 14 5 12 44 17 11 6 11 14 18 24 207
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 26 20 14 9 5 6 15 18 11 13 14 9 18 16 13 207
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 13 9 5 5 0 8 33 14 15 13 13 17 16 13 19 193
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 13 9 4 10 12 3 9 5 11 7 14 14 21 19 16 167
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 17 2 3 3 3 4 4 9 13 6 7 16 28 26 21 162
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 9 4 14 4 1 8 11 16 4 9 7 4 14 14 6 125
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 8 5 7 2 2 5 7 12 16 11 14 12 6 6 5 118
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 5 2 2 17 10 17 10 9 5 6 5 21 7 116
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 1 3 12 2 11 3 4 13 8 10 7 8 6 17 107
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 0 21 17 9 3 11 5 6 2 0 7 3 4 12 7 107
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 6 3 6 8 10 6 9 3 4 0 2 7 9 11 16 100
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 6 7 5 0 1 5 13 4 0 7 13 3 9 20 93
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 5 3 0 5 6 20 17 6 9 5 1 1 1 0 81
(U.S.) IA IOWA 3 0 2 0 2 2 11 17 6 2 4 6 8 1 6 70
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 12 3 1 2 2 1 9 5 8 9 3 2 5 3 0 65
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 14 3 0 5 1 7 8 4 0 12 3 3 1 1 2 64
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 5 4 3 9 4 7 16 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 4 61
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 4 6 10 2 1 1 2 0 2 7 7 1 9 1 1 54
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 5 5 2 2 1 2 3 1 6 5 1 2 2 9 4 50
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 3 4 9 6 4 8 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 49
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 0 4 3 0 0 2 1 2 4 6 6 3 5 10 49
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 0 2 4 1 6 0 7 42
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 5 5 1 2 1 1 4 37
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 6 5 2 0 29
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 23
(U.S.) UT UTAH 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 4 4 2 2 23
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 17
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 17
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 16
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 15
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 525 424 409 330 271 432 644 638 487 498 459 481 580 522 579 7279
 
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 157 145 139 109 39 87 119 153 126 197 136 89 155 110 110 1871
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 26 21 43 44 54 128 84 154 93 90 91 112 68 77 60 1145
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 7 2 15 21 23 27 44 69 73 96 107 93 92 69 102 840
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 80 54 71 82 43 93 99 101 61 37 31 27 15 22 14 830
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 26 15 17 30 23 32 42 67 80 38 58 49 69 71 49 666
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 19 5 1 10 1 7 4 6 27 39 147 110 45 59 55 535
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 11 8 12 6 2 3 10 22 18 33 39 29 22 34 38 287
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 12 90 66 38 35 10 16 10 283
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 11 3 12 12 9 7 39 34 29 24 21 7 24 17 27 276
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 8 5 12 5 4 14 29 15 20 22 17 14 18 18 29 230
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 20 57 35 7 5 13 144
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 4 1 1 1 6 3 5 5 11 11 20 10 8 8 47 141
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 4 5 4 5 0 7 11 8 22 11 6 9 4 12 19 127
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 10 3 8 6 7 5 7 12 8 12 1 3 17 10 12 121
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 1 0 6 2 2 1 2 1 4 15 8 1 8 4 56
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 16 7 4 10 10 55
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 4 0 8 1 0 0 0 3 9 4 4 8 7 3 4 55
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 16 5 1 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 6 0 2 2 42
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 12 2 35
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 5 3 1 0 3 1 2 27
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 18
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 1 0 0 5 18
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 13
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 3 1 10
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 6
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 6
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 5
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) PEX PERU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BGX BULGARIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) HRX CROATIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
(Foreign) IDX INDONESIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MAX MOROCCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 395 281 363 342 219 427 519 683 692 723 824 665 578 575 626 7912
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 920 705 772 672 490 859 1163 1321 1179 1221 1283 1146 1158 1097 1205 15191


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