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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 D08, Tools and Hardware

( 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 107 100 103 131 75 116 144 162 137 96 97 97 86 120 141 1712
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 35 33 58 32 44 47 57 82 46 59 50 50 53 65 45 756
(U.S.) OH OHIO 38 44 57 45 19 31 38 51 47 42 41 39 25 57 54 628
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 27 15 28 24 13 34 40 46 48 49 64 55 41 51 55 590
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 22 16 26 32 27 45 61 60 31 24 36 37 42 67 63 589
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 22 24 56 64 24 38 46 30 32 55 23 32 27 36 30 539
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 28 26 18 22 20 39 42 50 24 43 31 40 36 43 45 507
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 28 27 17 25 18 27 35 44 27 32 39 25 31 37 29 441
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 23 29 37 36 31 38 31 20 20 22 27 19 14 24 31 402
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 10 24 27 18 20 33 45 73 48 23 15 12 19 19 12 398
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 26 7 13 21 23 36 43 37 29 29 16 18 15 32 31 376
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 26 16 20 13 18 23 25 34 35 27 17 25 23 30 37 369
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 16 7 15 41 16 31 31 22 21 27 14 13 31 28 32 345
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 11 7 14 20 10 16 21 39 22 27 27 33 19 23 22 311
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 24 23 28 10 20 16 35 27 30 20 21 6 9 19 19 307
(U.S.) OR OREGON 15 10 14 25 3 14 14 27 14 22 20 20 7 14 21 240
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 10 4 4 10 1 11 27 39 22 9 17 19 10 19 16 218
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 15 32 25 15 14 13 17 17 21 6 6 12 3 10 6 212
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 15 10 5 7 10 12 12 16 16 10 31 16 20 13 17 210
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 4 20 12 14 6 13 38 22 12 11 11 11 10 14 11 209
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 10 19 16 12 9 9 15 22 11 13 14 11 10 8 14 193
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 5 2 15 8 5 6 23 13 8 12 11 11 10 8 14 151
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 5 8 10 12 18 20 10 5 1 16 5 9 19 3 1 142
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 4 8 6 7 7 14 16 16 16 10 6 6 5 13 135
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 5 5 13 6 1 5 5 4 14 12 9 9 9 9 7 113
(U.S.) IA IOWA 11 10 5 6 7 12 3 8 8 6 5 4 6 7 8 106
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 2 1 2 8 6 9 11 8 11 3 5 3 9 10 13 101
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 3 7 3 10 6 9 7 10 2 5 13 6 1 6 11 99
(U.S.) UT UTAH 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 5 2 6 6 1 10 12 90
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 6 3 8 5 6 3 5 4 3 4 2 9 9 13 81
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 2 3 7 12 6 12 7 3 4 3 3 9 6 3 1 81
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 14 19 4 18 2 1 2 2 74
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 4 4 5 7 4 5 5 5 5 2 4 3 4 5 8 70
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 0 1 3 2 10 6 1 6 4 3 8 7 3 6 61
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 4 3 4 2 9 11 5 3 5 0 1 1 3 7 58
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 10 4 3 3 4 2 6 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 2 51
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 9 0 3 6 1 4 45
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 1 5 2 4 2 1 3 5 3 3 4 1 1 2 38
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 4 2 2 6 1 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 29
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 3 2 6 3 2 1 1 26
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 24
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 1 3 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 22
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 13
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 12
(U.S.) ME MAINE 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 11
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 10
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5
(U.S.) VI U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 583 576 692 734 515 773 956 1051 825 762 731 695 634 827 869 11223
 
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 126 124 159 96 66 186 154 137 76 65 91 86 81 94 83 1624
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 65 41 52 43 49 87 91 116 84 62 85 62 91 75 59 1062
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 33 32 27 25 30 58 74 56 58 56 59 55 57 46 80 746
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 26 25 38 34 14 43 43 37 45 37 56 50 28 43 40 559
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 37 32 18 17 21 66 65 62 51 31 20 24 34 25 25 528
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 6 5 5 17 17 40 29 34 18 10 27 13 26 33 40 320
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 18 9 9 10 7 19 29 35 28 26 29 23 21 20 32 315
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 20 26 53 16 18 51 23 16 13 13 14 7 0 2 2 274
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 15 12 19 9 4 12 32 24 20 16 11 13 7 12 13 219
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 22 18 11 6 16 10 9 4 4 4 6 6 14 15 12 157
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 4 4 6 11 14 18 17 21 15 4 4 7 5 10 15 155
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 5 6 8 3 2 8 7 10 2 7 4 7 7 10 15 101
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 6 9 5 3 2 1 9 9 8 1 5 10 7 8 3 86
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 2 6 1 2 2 1 9 10 7 4 6 3 5 6 9 73
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 2 4 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 8 28 12 71
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 5 1 5 4 2 3 6 6 3 1 0 4 5 3 11 59
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 3 2 1 2 0 0 2 12 5 4 6 5 2 12 3 59
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 6 0 0 3 1 0 0 6 1 4 5 2 3 1 9 41
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 2 3 4 3 5 4 4 0 1 5 1 2 2 2 41
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 1 3 5 2 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 5 2 2 2 36
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 1 2 3 26
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 4 1 3 19
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 17
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 15
(Foreign) INX INDIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 6 15
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 2 15
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 13
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 12
(Foreign) LTX LITHUANIA 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 8
(Foreign) VGX BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(Foreign) BBX BARBADOS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) AMX ARMENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(Foreign) CLX CHILE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) GTX GUATEMALA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MTX MALTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) KZX KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) ZWX ZIMBABWE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) RSX SERBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 410 370 431 315 280 625 617 624 452 366 451 405 420 463 495 6724
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 993 946 1123 1049 795 1398 1573 1675 1277 1128 1182 1100 1054 1290 1364 17947


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