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Patents By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents
(December 2009)

Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Description of the Report

This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by state and country of origin and by calendar year of grant. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.

This report counts documents of the following type(s):
design patents (i.e., patents for ornamental designs for articles of manufacture)
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State and Foreign Country of Origin

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by State and Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   122662 11410 11414 14766 14732 17413 16871 15451 16574 15695 12951 20965 24062 25565 23116 363647
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   84334 7863 7747 9912 9654 11284 10345 9325 10045 9252 7554 11691 13494 13713 12025 228238
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   38328 3547 3667 4854 5078 6129 6526 6126 6529 6443 5397 9274 10568 11852 11091 135409
ALABAMA   684 57 45 54 62 58 65 38 55 33 37 70 55 68 57 1438
ALASKA   64 14 14 12 13 13 8 7 6 10 1 9 6 8 16 201
ARIZONA   1046 83 114 161 118 151 157 107 127 103 137 183 249 303 190 3229
ARKANSAS   390 49 25 38 37 33 37 24 23 27 26 43 53 40 58 903
CALIFORNIA   14753 1329 1475 1889 1950 2163 2013 2080 2137 1861 1532 2531 2799 2766 2506 43784
COLORADO   1394 139 123 161 168 217 177 182 227 189 113 223 232 237 248 4030
CONNECTICUT   2601 228 237 267 223 251 213 173 169 141 149 196 220 231 238 5537
DELAWARE   157 13 11 27 20 28 38 31 25 62 23 38 28 28 30 559
FLORIDA   3457 404 358 413 401 491 440 366 490 464 387 582 642 680 632 10207
GEORGIA   1400 166 141 199 215 214 223 223 190 155 136 202 244 224 232 4164
HAWAII   166 23 14 9 9 14 9 10 20 9 7 14 16 23 17 360
IDAHO   212 27 30 33 32 36 35 47 43 36 16 48 34 41 38 708
ILLINOIS   5537 508 516 633 549 642 610 451 645 570 533 737 802 815 699 14247
INDIANA   1722 138 113 185 260 269 213 331 282 194 133 319 238 202 147 4746
IOWA   708 51 50 75 69 86 64 49 41 77 68 65 59 78 60 1600
KANSAS   767 54 62 52 60 82 69 82 63 92 74 86 97 114 73 1827
KENTUCKY   565 77 54 53 54 56 62 46 55 56 30 57 75 54 88 1382
LOUISIANA   417 42 31 42 33 53 35 34 41 38 25 37 31 55 55 969
MAINE   208 15 16 20 24 25 11 14 14 4 6 13 16 22 10 418
MARYLAND   1130 97 85 122 116 112 146 133 114 116 85 136 156 185 156 2889
MASSACHUSETTS   2875 245 243 314 284 361 290 214 273 225 177 336 313 355 330 6835
MICHIGAN   2907 270 221 295 333 369 368 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 510 8094
MINNESOTA   2500 222 218 300 242 256 280 213 285 230 146 290 357 311 324 6174
MISSISSIPPI   298 25 26 24 35 29 56 21 21 22 12 31 41 40 16 697
MISSOURI   1390 104 130 143 147 141 119 117 117 117 96 135 151 161 164 3232
MONTANA   133 31 15 18 15 29 17 14 4 11 18 15 21 24 18 383
NEBRASKA   261 20 20 29 36 65 33 36 43 37 23 51 49 23 29 755
NEVADA   346 37 45 59 56 86 56 60 66 65 58 84 97 86 87 1288
NEW HAMPSHIRE   404 46 41 37 40 51 70 46 53 52 39 53 74 43 62 1111
NEW JERSEY   3891 275 261 418 367 485 398 311 380 380 307 434 442 506 405 9260
NEW MEXICO   169 16 15 20 15 22 15 15 14 12 5 10 15 14 26 383
NEW YORK   7891 613 585 777 766 928 812 692 665 760 593 753 983 993 876 18687
NORTH CAROLINA   1753 255 236 218 213 340 313 311 291 268 219 247 253 289 266 5472
NORTH DAKOTA   100 10 6 4 8 13 9 13 7 12 4 8 10 9 10 223
OHIO   4978 527 542 604 628 809 701 621 699 525 404 652 785 910 676 14061
OKLAHOMA   843 60 37 51 48 69 55 47 44 40 25 34 55 57 38 1503
OREGON   1547 185 305 347 275 248 231 218 181 218 198 421 369 343 199 5285
PENNSYLVANIA   2923 293 219 373 307 343 271 276 370 322 240 330 473 424 387 7551
RHODE ISLAND   706 56 53 77 80 65 46 50 58 55 48 84 116 84 74 1652
SOUTH CAROLINA   592 48 67 105 92 97 75 108 78 54 76 113 130 124 116 1875
SOUTH DAKOTA   96 6 7 7 12 12 9 14 9 6 2 4 6 6 10 206
TENNESSEE   966 82 95 124 155 156 136 166 168 193 128 144 170 207 134 3024
TEXAS   3531 309 276 377 344 427 360 289 331 290 257 385 467 448 486 8577
UTAH   557 59 51 63 62 81 84 72 86 100 87 110 126 85 88 1711
VERMONT   243 27 14 20 22 38 53 22 36 28 44 49 74 76 48 794
VIRGINIA   1147 104 93 104 101 136 157 135 129 103 80 128 149 144 131 2841
WASHINGTON   1426 183 154 219 204 213 274 187 217 214 187 322 655 626 525 5606
WEST VIRGINIA   134 24 18 20 15 14 12 13 2 6 6 8 10 16 8 306
WISCONSIN   2062 197 218 306 315 385 403 244 290 310 261 452 504 557 413 6917
WYOMING   110 12 9 4 6 12 7 13 13 3 2 8 8 6 5 218
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   104 2 7 9 6 3 5 4 1 5 4 6 8 3 4 171
GUAM   3 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PUERTO RICO   58 2 4 1 9 5 1 6 2 1 7 1 1 4 6 108
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 14
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   7 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
JAPAN   12938 936 948 1207 1310 1497 1546 1364 1567 1568 1384 2405 2416 2767 2415 36268
TAIWAN   2107 522 539 705 833 1135 1168 1294 1370 1268 870 1553 1355 1423 1114 17256
GERMANY   2839 250 239 410 485 506 588 509 509 476 474 773 810 976 1197 11041
CANADA   3269 401 418 547 438 484 439 410 446 398 277 501 632 705 712 10077
UNITED KINGDOM   2806 203 196 230 300 372 370 306 356 406 370 664 676 687 782 8724
FRANCE   2356 201 212 282 253 338 396 350 227 286 222 395 556 600 628 7302
ITALY   1899 179 165 231 179 247 254 205 292 358 294 416 524 544 485 6272
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1373 159 180 213 258 368 383 356 404 329 311 445 418 405 281 5883
KOREA, SOUTH   454 72 73 103 109 150 216 211 186 238 233 589 957 1159 785 5535
SWEDEN   1874 115 100 118 136 160 185 142 106 97 65 112 207 190 207 3814
AUSTRALIA   1243 87 76 95 113 139 126 103 120 114 90 160 241 253 299 3259
SWITZERLAND   1066 74 89 94 110 132 133 165 123 125 111 182 240 285 241 3170
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 2 4 16 9 42 70 101 127 192 163 309 462 647 613 2762
NETHERLANDS   758 44 55 84 80 66 101 69 79 50 63 107 124 127 102 1909
DENMARK   719 66 89 66 86 47 54 54 55 40 40 33 63 126 125 1663
BELGIUM   402 26 40 42 64 48 72 66 64 50 55 69 90 85 92 1265
AUSTRIA   295 25 17 19 25 30 41 27 43 34 28 48 93 107 264 1096
SPAIN   233 28 15 60 42 46 70 55 48 39 41 81 93 109 81 1041
FINLAND   294 9 15 34 45 30 37 46 77 35 31 53 92 82 132 1012
ISRAEL   165 32 43 50 42 46 45 56 47 47 44 64 80 119 92 972
NEW ZEALAND   150 23 22 27 11 17 29 26 18 30 11 32 37 46 44 523
NORWAY   188 11 15 34 21 18 16 19 17 11 21 27 39 24 27 488
SINGAPORE   50 9 6 16 8 24 7 11 33 36 29 55 56 49 56 445
BRAZIL   42 6 4 14 7 13 15 15 50 55 21 26 23 29 44 364
LUXEMBOURG   126 9 20 26 13 15 15 14 18 11 8 15 28 11 20 349
SOUTH AFRICA   82 5 13 11 15 12 13 8 14 14 16 13 30 32 39 317
MEXICO   76 7 11 20 17 23 6 10 8 15 15 22 33 23 20 306
IRELAND   57 9 4 7 10 16 23 15 19 10 13 22 15 24 8 252
MALAYSIA   29 12 12 12 4 5 17 7 13 12 10 18 15 16 22 204
THAILAND   19 0 6 8 9 15 23 16 20 10 9 10 13 17 13 188
INDIA   5 1 1 7 1 0 1 6 7 9 16 19 24 37 38 172
ARGENTINA   27 2 2 3 2 9 7 4 7 4 5 7 14 9 4 106
INDONESIA   7 0 7 7 0 8 6 8 3 17 12 12 8 8 1 104
GREECE   64 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 5 2 5 85
PHILIPPINES   11 0 17 11 9 10 3 5 3 0 0 0 1 6 2 78
URUGUAY   74 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
TURKEY   1 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 5 6 3 9 5 19 17 73
VENEZUELA   20 5 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 6 2 3 58
PORTUGAL   18 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 19 2 52
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 4 1 19 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 46
POLAND   1 1 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 6 14 8 46
U.S.S.R.   44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
MONACO   11 2 3 0 2 2 6 7 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 43
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 1 5 4 1 5 3 0 3 2 2 4 4 7 42
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   31 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
SLOVENIA   6 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 5 36
HUNGARY   10 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 6 2 33
CAYMAN ISLANDS   2 0 0 0 1 2 1 9 2 0 0 0 11 2 1 31
CHILE   2 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 2 0 1 7 5 30
SRI LANKA   0 1 1 1 0 4 2 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 30
COLOMBIA   8 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 26
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   7 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 23
LIECHTENSTEIN   9 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 21
THE BAHAMAS   5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 20
KENYA   1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 20
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 18
BULGARIA   0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 17
COSTA RICA   3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 0 17
BARBADOS   3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 16
ICELAND   1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 13
PAKISTAN   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 13
PERU   1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 13
GUATEMALA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12
BERMUDA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 11
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 11
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 10
KUWAIT   0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10
ECUADOR   3 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9
ESTONIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 9
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8
LEBANON   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 8
CROATIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 7
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
ISLE OF MAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
SAUDI ARABIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GREENLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
MOLDOVA   0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
MOROCCO   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
SAMOA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
ANDORRA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
CYPRUS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
EGYPT   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
EL SALVADOR   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
JORDAN   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
BELARUS   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
JAMAICA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
MALTA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
QATAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
ZIMBABWE   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANGOLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRUNEI   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
GUADELOUPE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MAURITANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NAMIBIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NEW CALEDONIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
NORFOLK ISLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PALAU   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
SOLOMON ISLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Patents By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents (December 2009)
PARTS A1
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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