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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 D32, Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine

( 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 7 19 23 23 15 19 27 27 15 24 23 40 30 28 24 344
(U.S.) OH OHIO 20 28 42 21 18 32 49 34 15 15 4 6 17 5 13 319
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 10 14 13 13 15 21 25 27 25 32 29 18 21 9 11 283
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 4 6 18 4 5 20 18 12 24 12 29 17 10 10 11 200
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 11 6 11 9 7 6 16 8 20 19 8 9 24 15 7 176
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 2 4 5 0 2 4 22 13 13 13 8 8 19 7 14 134
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 5 10 9 3 1 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 16 112
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 5 2 3 4 1 8 12 13 2 6 6 8 7 14 19 110
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 4 4 3 2 0 4 6 8 15 13 6 10 7 3 6 91
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 1 2 2 2 1 3 9 10 8 11 14 4 10 5 4 86
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 14 5 6 0 8 8 2 12 8 2 5 0 7 3 1 81
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 3 8 9 2 0 2 8 3 4 5 7 8 10 5 6 80
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 4 4 7 5 7 6 30 73
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 5 1 2 3 0 11 5 6 5 6 3 8 7 3 7 72
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 0 5 6 3 0 4 9 6 9 6 2 9 0 2 2 63
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 3 5 7 19 1 6 2 1 2 5 0 2 1 5 2 61
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 0 0 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 10 5 6 5 2 51
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 6 5 2 2 7 3 2 1 1 1 5 5 3 7 50
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 1 1 2 8 0 1 5 0 0 6 4 11 2 7 0 48
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 38 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 47
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 7 4 3 3 4 3 1 1 38
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 0 1 4 8 1 4 5 1 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 38
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 7 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 0 7 1 4 1 0 2 36
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 2 1 3 2 2 0 8 1 6 2 1 1 2 0 5 36
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 0 3 0 0 1 3 8 4 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 35
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 6 3 3 3 30
(U.S.) OR OREGON 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 2 3 1 21
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 5 3 1 20
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 1 19
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 1 1 2 1 1 18
(U.S.) IA IOWA 1 1 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
(U.S.) UT UTAH 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 16
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 4 15
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 13
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 12
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) DC DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
(U.S.) PR PUERTO RICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.) US U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) ME MAINE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 169 151 190 146 88 196 282 227 210 230 200 216 234 160 210 2909
 
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 17 5 3 14 18 58 80 49 34 42 35 61 27 66 126 635
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 20 10 10 7 9 27 19 30 38 14 11 21 25 34 40 315
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 6 12 13 21 12 20 20 30 11 24 18 22 19 18 28 274
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 11 11 13 13 8 21 9 18 16 13 10 5 13 9 11 181
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 8 11 12 6 11 23 15 15 5 9 12 2 7 3 3 142
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 5 5 5 13 8 11 14 13 10 6 5 10 16 4 12 137
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 3 3 6 4 1 6 8 18 3 4 11 8 19 17 25 136
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 2 5 3 1 0 7 5 14 9 14 17 16 10 7 10 120
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 7 11 8 9 5 15 10 2 7 7 9 4 9 2 2 107
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 2 2 5 3 5 6 8 13 10 9 9 10 3 7 2 94
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 0 3 4 3 0 3 4 19 4 6 6 2 5 10 8 77
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 3 4 5 1 2 1 6 3 2 2 2 5 2 3 9 50
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 2 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 5 4 0 1 3 1 4 30
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 8 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 22
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 19
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 19
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 13
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 10
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 10
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
(Foreign) LKX SRI LANKA 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 8
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
(Foreign) HUX HUNGARY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
(Foreign) PHX PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) VNX VIET NAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SIX SLOVENIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 92 106 96 106 84 208 219 252 169 164 156 174 161 199 295 2481
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 261 257 286 252 172 404 501 479 379 394 356 390 395 359 505 5390


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