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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 D16, Photography and Optical 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 47 37 71 25 33 39 106 74 71 52 44 77 78 63 117 934
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 13 7 9 7 4 5 5 6 15 7 17 16 16 39 35 201
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 7 4 9 2 1 2 14 16 14 23 10 7 11 8 12 140
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 15 9 81 1 115
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 0 6 7 2 1 2 9 19 15 7 10 9 10 10 109
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 5 1 5 5 4 3 4 2 10 5 3 8 8 8 9 80
(U.S.) OR OREGON 4 2 4 8 7 8 9 6 5 2 1 4 7 3 1 71
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 9 3 10 3 2 3 4 1 2 7 2 2 3 5 6 62
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 1 2 0 2 0 4 8 4 5 3 3 4 2 13 6 57
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 5 0 1 3 3 3 3 6 3 9 2 3 1 10 3 55
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 2 0 2 11 2 1 4 0 2 7 4 3 5 9 3 55
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 1 0 3 1 3 7 3 4 4 3 10 3 3 2 47
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 7 10 37
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 0 3 2 3 3 3 5 1 2 6 0 1 2 2 2 35
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 1 1 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 7 5 4 35
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 4 3 1 1 25
(U.S.) OH OHIO 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 3 4 2 2 24
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 5 0 1 2 3 23
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 5 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 23
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 2 3 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 22
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 7 2 21
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 14
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 14
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 14
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 13
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 10
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 9
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 7
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 7
(U.S.) IA IOWA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 107 77 145 93 79 97 211 151 183 169 122 184 189 297 245 2349
 
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 172 112 157 132 126 173 245 256 125 100 105 119 150 118 112 2202
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 28 47 52 33 35 52 94 44 40 64 52 41 29 25 42 678
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 6 5 10 8 0 24 29 24 25 16 56 39 49 57 113 461
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 4 2 5 1 5 1 9 19 17 6 14 15 6 2 20 126
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 8 5 6 7 4 1 12 2 4 6 21 10 7 13 19 125
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 10 12 3 6 4 4 21 10 8 10 6 7 3 3 8 115
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 1 1 1 0 2 1 19 21 15 4 17 8 14 4 6 114
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 4 2 0 2 11 1 2 6 10 4 24 26 20 112
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 2 8 7 13 0 9 11 7 9 4 11 8 9 3 102
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 6 3 3 1 8 7 6 9 12 11 14 5 12 0 5 102
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 2 2 2 2 1 6 7 5 4 5 6 8 2 4 9 65
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 4 4 4 3 6 3 4 7 0 1 6 4 10 5 1 62
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 0 1 0 1 3 6 0 2 2 1 6 1 1 2 4 30
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 4 0 0 2 4 4 3 5 1 3 0 2 1 0 30
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 19
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 17
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 16
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 10
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 2 9
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 6
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) RUX RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) EEX ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) CZX CZECH REPUBLIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) MOX CHINA, MACAU S.A.R. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 243 201 262 209 214 296 481 426 269 249 327 282 323 278 377 4437
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 350 278 407 302 293 393 692 577 452 418 449 466 512 575 622 6786



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