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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 D34, Material or Article Handling 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 18 21 15 24 8 15 55 35 27 40 39 24 19 26 26 392
(U.S.) OH OHIO 9 10 10 7 4 14 24 17 9 7 11 8 7 4 11 152
(U.S.) IL ILLINOIS 9 3 11 4 3 4 22 9 6 5 5 10 2 6 6 105
(U.S.) NY NEW YORK 4 6 17 13 6 7 7 6 2 3 5 7 8 6 6 103
(U.S.) VA VIRGINIA 7 7 15 5 6 11 8 14 13 5 2 1 0 1 5 100
(U.S.) PA PENNSYLVANIA 7 11 5 3 3 2 15 6 8 1 4 12 3 3 4 87
(U.S.) CO COLORADO 3 2 4 1 0 1 3 6 8 6 13 17 6 3 8 81
(U.S.) MN MINNESOTA 8 2 2 2 2 6 9 5 11 5 10 4 5 5 3 79
(U.S.) FL FLORIDA 2 4 5 4 1 5 5 2 8 10 8 8 3 7 5 77
(U.S.) GA GEORGIA 3 4 3 5 2 4 7 1 13 8 0 3 4 4 9 70
(U.S.) WI WISCONSIN 2 2 2 5 3 5 3 12 7 5 3 8 4 3 5 69
(U.S.) MD MARYLAND 4 12 4 6 0 1 7 6 10 5 1 3 2 1 3 65
(U.S.) MI MICHIGAN 3 5 5 3 3 6 5 5 6 3 6 1 5 3 4 63
(U.S.) NJ NEW JERSEY 4 0 3 1 1 2 4 4 8 6 8 11 1 7 2 62
(U.S.) NC NORTH CAROLINA 5 2 3 3 3 1 6 7 5 1 11 5 2 1 3 58
(U.S.) TX TEXAS 2 2 2 2 2 9 1 3 4 2 5 4 3 4 5 50
(U.S.) IN INDIANA 4 1 8 1 7 4 3 2 0 2 4 4 1 3 2 46
(U.S.) MA MASSACHUSETTS 4 7 1 3 3 2 8 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 38
(U.S.) SC SOUTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 1 1 9 8 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 35
(U.S.) OR OREGON 1 0 5 0 1 3 2 2 3 2 5 0 1 2 6 33
(U.S.) MO MISSOURI 3 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 2 0 27
(U.S.) OK OKLAHOMA 3 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 24
(U.S.) CT CONNECTICUT 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 2 3 2 24
(U.S.) WA WASHINGTON 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 23
(U.S.) IA IOWA 4 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 20
(U.S.) NV NEVADA 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17
(U.S.) KS KANSAS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 17
(U.S.) TN TENNESSEE 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 15
(U.S.) UT UTAH 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 14
(U.S.) NH NEW HAMPSHIRE 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 13
(U.S.) KY KENTUCKY 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13
(U.S.) AZ ARIZONA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 3 13
(U.S.) AR ARKANSAS 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 12
(U.S.) ID IDAHO 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 10
(U.S.) NE NEBRASKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 0 10
(U.S.) MT MONTANA 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 9
(U.S.) WV WEST VIRGINIA 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
(U.S.) LA LOUISIANA 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
(U.S.) RI RHODE ISLAND 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
(U.S.) AL ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
(U.S.) NM NEW MEXICO 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
(U.S.) MS MISSISSIPPI 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
(U.S.) VT VERMONT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) ND NORTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(U.S.) HI HAWAII 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) DE DELAWARE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) SD SOUTH DAKOTA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.) WY WYOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(U.S.)   -- Subtotal -- 126 121 136 107 68 133 219 158 174 147 172 166 94 111 135 2067
 
(Foreign) TWX TAIWAN 25 32 31 23 13 57 46 22 16 8 8 9 3 7 9 309
(Foreign) CAX CANADA 15 9 10 3 0 15 31 10 5 12 18 17 18 15 10 188
(Foreign) JPX JAPAN 6 6 11 7 1 5 19 21 16 5 5 13 5 8 9 137
(Foreign) DEX GERMANY 3 6 3 10 0 6 12 19 14 14 6 13 9 5 6 126
(Foreign) GBX UNITED KINGDOM 6 3 2 3 1 7 7 3 3 6 11 5 4 4 3 68
(Foreign) CNX CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 9 6 5 10 7 10 2 6 64
(Foreign) AUX AUSTRALIA 3 3 1 3 2 5 7 3 15 4 4 3 2 3 1 59
(Foreign) NLX NETHERLANDS 5 0 1 4 3 8 1 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 38
(Foreign) ITX ITALY 1 1 2 0 0 4 10 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 38
(Foreign) SEX SWEDEN 5 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 1 3 1 3 4 0 1 29
(Foreign) FRX FRANCE 5 5 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 28
(Foreign) DKX DENMARK 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 16
(Foreign) ILX ISRAEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 0 2 2 16
(Foreign) ESX SPAIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 5 15
(Foreign) BEX BELGIUM 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 2 1 15
(Foreign) FIX FINLAND 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 15
(Foreign) CHX SWITZERLAND 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 14
(Foreign) NOX NORWAY 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 13
(Foreign) HKX CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) KRX KOREA, SOUTH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
(Foreign) NZX NEW ZEALAND 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 9
(Foreign) ZAX SOUTH AFRICA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 9
(Foreign) ATX AUSTRIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 8
(Foreign) MXX MEXICO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 8
(Foreign) SGX SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 7
(Foreign) PTX PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 5
(Foreign) MYX MALAYSIA 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
(Foreign) TRX TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) ARX ARGENTINA 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
(Foreign) KEX KENYA 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) BRX BRAZIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) IEX IRELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
(Foreign) PLX POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) IMX ISLE OF MAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) SAX SAUDI ARABIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) LUX LUXEMBOURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) INX INDIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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) GGX GUERNSEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
(Foreign) THX THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign) COX COLOMBIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
(Foreign)   -- Subtotal -- 75 73 73 63 26 121 159 120 96 73 105 90 73 64 68 1279
 
(ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 201 194 209 170 94 254 378 278 270 220 277 256 167 175 203 3346


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