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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 D14, Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment

( 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 229 237 268 232 160 347 312 374 539 384 362 407 551 614 724 5740
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 76 29 41 36 49 115 302 251 233 219 204 299 402 315 318 2889
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 34 51 29 81 68 69 109 92 74 76 74 76 60 66 69 1028
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 25 16 61 51 43 45 53 54 52 36 67 42 66 64 62 737
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 33 30 40 45 13 30 44 61 60 59 69 54 51 66 59 714
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 22 32 47 15 11 36 34 39 73 38 24 46 64 53 86 620
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 22 22 26 13 5 5 5 8 13 50 54 31 96 65 57 472
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 27 12 20 12 14 14 27 36 30 22 27 36 38 19 54 388
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 11 9 11 16 11 25 24 62 29 22 22 12 36 43 41 374
(U.S.) OR OREGON 24 24 12 7 13 12 9 13 5 14 9 14 57 49 24 286
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 25 18 28 19 4 12 13 19 21 17 18 10 21 29 23 277
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 8 8 9 8 12 17 26 27 17 15 18 4 40 15 19 243
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 18 8 11 12 12 17 9 12 6 11 21 11 22 20 12 202
(U.S.) UT UTAH 14 12 2 5 3 5 15 9 7 12 5 17 33 19 17 175
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 11 14 5 9 5 19 9 15 9 8 12 20 16 14 8 174
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 5 2 5 2 6 3 0 3 6 6 19 30 39 18 9 153
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 4 5 10 6 4 11 9 12 17 25 5 7 10 9 19 153
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 11 10 10 6 7 12 13 33 7 13 6 4 6 8 6 152
(U.S.) OH OHIO 6 10 12 3 5 10 6 8 6 8 9 17 6 10 19 135
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 6 7 4 9 6 8 11 3 6 16 10 8 12 10 15 131
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 3 4 6 3 2 4 2 8 7 13 14 9 11 6 9 101
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 3 2 3 3 7 13 15 18 5 1 2 3 11 4 4 94
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 1 4 5 6 4 4 7 9 8 3 5 4 9 12 9 90
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 2 4 11 3 6 6 21 5 10 2 3 2 7 2 2 86
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 5 7 2 12 3 6 8 4 5 7 2 2 3 6 6 78
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 6 8 6 3 2 9 1 0 5 0 0 1 9 13 7 70
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 6 11 4 3 1 5 4 4 4 4 0 1 9 7 6 69
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 5 7 2 3 0 2 7 2 5 8 5 2 0 6 55
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 9 23 51
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 2 2 5 3 0 5 4 2 2 3 1 1 7 6 1 44
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 15 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 33
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 2 32
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 5 0 1 4 0 3 4 4 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 28
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 2 3 4 2 3 4 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 28
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 24
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 2 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 17
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 10
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 10
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) AK ALASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 663 640 730 635 486 879 1110 1202 1269 1102 1080 1194 1722 1594 1732 16038
 
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 59 49 41 84 119 290 579 752 400 418 376 392 541 861 1367 6328
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 325 325 400 388 306 436 496 584 487 309 243 240 306 324 317 5486
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 115 138 189 299 162 383 227 271 198 293 260 195 208 157 140 3235
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 4 5 11 64 41 101 97 110 155 166 104 189 76 123 176 1422
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 28 30 23 21 10 59 24 46 85 113 107 129 158 88 47 968
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 30 22 57 46 29 54 36 76 108 39 57 57 34 58 74 777
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 27 52 52 41 22 29 33 47 65 33 39 49 61 53 74 677
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 35 25 47 17 26 32 43 26 16 55 33 31 48 23 47 504
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 8 26 60 21 12 27 36 59 91 37 21 19 12 13 16 458
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 5 26 26 15 24 27 23 33 17 21 9 28 29 24 307
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 13 27 14 11 4 8 8 34 44 12 10 11 32 22 20 270
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 24 7 12 3 10 14 15 30 19 15 28 22 31 34 269
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 9 15 5 4 1 3 6 3 22 25 12 8 20 29 16 178
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 3 4 4 15 6 5 8 14 22 16 8 9 6 18 14 152
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 7 5 16 7 4 8 18 14 8 2 12 6 11 4 5 127
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 5 4 3 5 3 7 8 11 2 5 1 13 16 12 96
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 4 5 5 3 4 7 1 5 4 0 6 5 8 16 22 95
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 3 2 4 3 3 3 6 4 10 2 10 12 10 5 8 85
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 18 8 12 4 7 9 4 3 2 0 0 3 5 3 2 80
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 9 4 3 5 6 6 24 76
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 6 1 14 10 3 2 9 11 66
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 5 4 1 13 4 9 9 50
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 10 4 3 4 1 2 3 36
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 29 34
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 4 2 4 2 4 2 2 31
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 4 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 6 30
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 9 1 0 20
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 19
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 2 0 5 1 18
(Foreign) BYX BELARUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 16
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 7 13
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 0 1 11
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
(Foreign) ADX ANDORRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6
(Foreign) VEX VENEZUELA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
(Foreign) GRX GREECE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
(Foreign) AEX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
(Foreign) UAX UKRAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) TTX TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BMX BERMUDA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EGX EGYPT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign) SKX SLOVAKIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) ROX ROMANIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) BOX BOLIVIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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) PEX PERU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PAX PANAMA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 705 782 982 1079 785 1505 1687 2129 1823 1600 1378 1432 1640 1921 2531 21979
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 1368 1422 1712 1714 1271 2384 2797 3331 3092 2702 2458 2626 3362 3515 4263 38017



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