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Patent Counts By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents
(December 2015)

Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Description of the Report

This report displays the number of U.S. patents distributed by U.S. state/territory and foreign country of origin and by calendar year of grant. The origin of a patent is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.

This report counts documents of the following type(s):
design patents (i.e., patents for ornamental designs for articles of manufacture)
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Number of Design Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant
Breakout by U.S. State/Territory and Foreign Country of Origin

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by U.S. State/Territory and Foreign Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
Origin   Pre 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   209268 15451 16574 15695 12951 20965 24062 25565 23116 22799 21356 21951 23468 23657 25986 502864
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   141139 9325 10045 9252 7554 11691 13494 13713 12026 12612 11756 12445 13312 13385 14335 306084
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   68129 6126 6529 6443 5397 9274 10568 11852 11090 10187 9600 9506 10156 10272 11651 196780
ALABAMA   1025 38 55 33 37 70 55 68 57 87 59 63 69 49 42 1807
ALASKA   138 7 6 10 1 9 6 8 16 3 5 18 8 2 6 243
ARIZONA   1830 107 127 103 137 183 249 304 190 179 172 152 196 146 194 4269
ARKANSAS   609 24 23 27 26 43 53 40 58 71 52 57 69 52 68 1272
CALIFORNIA   25572 2080 2137 1861 1532 2532 2799 2766 2506 2515 2364 2369 2705 2828 3230 59796
COLORADO   2379 182 227 189 113 222 232 236 248 294 285 298 376 366 418 6065
CONNECTICUT   4020 173 169 141 149 196 220 231 238 219 170 180 202 187 202 6697
DELAWARE   294 31 25 62 23 38 28 28 31 23 39 40 20 21 15 718
FLORIDA   5964 366 490 464 387 582 642 680 632 670 658 707 731 775 782 14530
GEORGIA   2558 223 190 155 136 202 244 224 232 257 246 344 334 281 369 5995
HAWAII   244 10 20 9 7 14 16 23 17 21 23 21 19 21 35 500
IDAHO   405 47 43 36 16 48 34 41 38 62 51 46 30 33 42 972
ILLINOIS   8995 451 645 570 533 737 802 815 699 739 767 704 679 785 805 18726
INDIANA   2900 331 282 194 133 319 238 202 147 198 187 218 244 213 239 6045
IOWA   1103 49 41 77 68 65 59 78 60 44 44 59 61 55 80 1943
KANSAS   1146 82 63 92 74 86 97 114 73 108 92 96 70 75 86 2354
KENTUCKY   921 46 55 56 30 57 75 54 88 64 59 76 69 63 46 1759
LOUISIANA   653 34 41 38 25 37 31 55 55 48 52 47 40 43 38 1237
MAINE   319 14 14 4 6 13 16 22 10 8 18 11 9 7 22 493
MARYLAND   1808 133 114 116 85 136 156 185 156 143 115 101 134 143 118 3643
MASSACHUSETTS   4612 214 273 225 177 336 313 355 330 315 310 362 336 337 442 8937
MICHIGAN   4763 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 510 427 382 377 487 479 588 10834
MINNESOTA   4018 213 285 230 146 290 357 311 324 390 347 364 481 442 446 8644
MISSISSIPPI   493 21 21 22 12 31 41 40 16 24 23 18 15 19 31 827
MISSOURI   2174 117 117 117 96 135 151 161 164 157 119 149 112 157 167 4093
MONTANA   258 14 4 11 18 15 21 24 18 13 18 13 9 24 26 486
NEBRASKA   464 36 43 37 23 51 49 23 29 36 39 43 34 32 23 962
NEVADA   685 60 66 65 58 84 97 86 87 96 116 128 157 135 63 1983
NEW HAMPSHIRE   689 46 53 52 39 53 74 43 62 70 70 50 70 60 73 1504
NEW JERSEY   6095 311 380 380 307 434 442 506 405 444 394 413 521 461 416 11909
NEW MEXICO   272 15 14 12 5 10 15 14 26 15 18 27 27 22 28 520
NEW YORK   12372 692 665 760 593 753 983 993 876 995 839 890 852 844 917 24024
NORTH CAROLINA   3328 311 291 268 219 247 253 289 266 271 257 261 289 286 287 7123
NORTH DAKOTA   150 13 7 12 4 8 10 9 10 4 10 2 19 16 9 283
OHIO   8789 621 699 525 404 652 785 910 676 739 712 708 598 621 689 18128
OKLAHOMA   1163 47 44 40 25 34 55 57 38 59 38 44 52 53 64 1813
OREGON   3138 218 181 218 198 421 369 343 199 273 341 334 454 448 368 7503
PENNSYLVANIA   4729 276 370 322 240 330 473 424 387 513 411 397 375 379 384 10010
RHODE ISLAND   1083 50 58 55 48 84 116 84 74 76 44 85 85 81 68 2091
SOUTH CAROLINA   1076 108 78 54 76 113 130 124 116 124 132 123 94 81 107 2536
SOUTH DAKOTA   149 14 9 6 2 4 6 6 10 12 10 16 7 13 15 279
TENNESSEE   1714 166 168 193 128 144 170 207 134 105 101 130 100 116 109 3685
TEXAS   5624 289 331 290 257 385 467 448 486 448 420 531 571 638 608 11793
UTAH   957 72 86 100 87 110 126 85 88 124 144 151 182 148 187 2647
VERMONT   417 22 36 28 44 49 74 76 48 26 31 19 15 32 18 935
VIRGINIA   1842 135 129 103 80 128 149 144 131 131 127 111 130 97 160 3597
WASHINGTON   2673 187 217 214 187 322 655 626 525 537 464 567 673 669 642 9158
WEST VIRGINIA   237 13 2 6 6 8 10 16 8 14 15 6 8 1 7 357
WISCONSIN   3886 244 290 310 261 452 504 557 413 404 352 492 464 526 520 9675
WYOMING   160 13 13 3 2 8 8 6 5 7 8 5 20 8 4 270
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   136 4 1 5 4 6 8 3 4 5 4 17 8 10 21 236
GUAM   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 14
PUERTO RICO   80 6 2 1 7 1 1 4 6 4 1 5 1 3 9 131
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   6 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 15
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18
JAPAN   20382 1364 1567 1568 1384 2405 2416 2767 2415 1910 1869 1899 2092 1975 1878 47891
TAIWAN   7012 1294 1370 1268 870 1553 1355 1423 1114 1348 1086 953 1024 908 877 23455
GERMANY   5317 509 509 476 474 773 810 976 1196 1070 909 1051 960 930 1040 17000
CANADA   5996 410 446 398 277 501 632 705 712 635 704 661 701 617 673 14068
KOREA, SOUTH   1177 211 186 238 233 589 957 1159 785 769 902 864 1102 1630 2238 13040
UNITED KINGDOM   4450 305 356 401 369 663 674 685 777 659 574 600 702 603 702 12520
FRANCE   4038 350 227 286 222 395 556 600 628 586 458 435 420 395 420 10016
ITALY   3154 205 292 358 294 416 524 544 485 439 437 412 418 393 425 8796
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.   2937 355 404 329 311 445 425 426 288 285 236 212 216 211 189 7269
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   142 102 127 192 163 309 455 626 606 645 603 694 661 676 881 6882
SWEDEN   2688 142 106 97 65 112 207 190 207 150 142 177 155 177 225 4840
AUSTRALIA   1879 103 120 114 90 160 241 253 299 282 265 226 269 273 247 4821
SWITZERLAND   1698 165 123 125 111 182 240 285 241 276 199 200 190 199 283 4517
NETHERLANDS   1188 69 79 50 63 107 124 127 102 113 148 117 165 98 186 2736
DENMARK   1127 54 55 40 40 33 63 126 125 134 90 105 158 151 137 2438
AUSTRIA   452 27 43 34 28 48 93 107 264 177 171 129 117 96 104 1890
BELGIUM   694 66 64 50 55 69 90 85 92 62 128 112 71 72 78 1788
ISRAEL   423 56 47 47 44 64 80 119 92 79 93 86 119 122 149 1620
FINLAND   464 46 77 35 31 53 92 82 132 82 65 60 65 116 100 1500
SPAIN   494 55 48 39 41 81 93 109 81 59 91 83 54 62 88 1478
NEW ZEALAND   279 26 18 30 11 32 37 46 44 34 46 55 34 43 58 793
NORWAY   303 19 17 11 21 27 39 24 27 46 45 26 43 54 60 762
SINGAPORE   120 11 33 36 29 55 56 49 56 27 49 30 59 60 82 752
BRAZIL   101 15 50 55 21 26 23 29 44 43 39 59 32 28 58 623
MEXICO   160 10 8 15 15 22 33 23 20 13 27 30 48 49 31 504
SOUTH AFRICA   151 8 14 14 16 13 30 32 39 23 19 14 20 26 29 448
INDIA   16 6 7 9 16 19 24 37 38 37 24 37 45 57 59 431
LUXEMBOURG   224 14 18 11 8 15 28 11 20 12 7 7 8 14 11 408
IRELAND   126 15 19 10 13 22 15 24 8 18 14 16 28 23 37 388
THAILAND   80 16 20 10 9 10 13 17 13 12 19 10 24 24 20 297
MALAYSIA   91 7 13 12 10 18 15 16 22 22 20 8 16 12 11 293
POLAND   7 2 2 3 2 2 6 14 8 17 22 18 15 21 23 162
TURKEY   6 3 5 6 3 9 5 19 17 16 11 7 8 13 18 146
ARGENTINA   52 4 7 4 5 7 14 9 4 8 2 4 5 8 5 138
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   17 3 0 3 2 2 4 4 7 12 9 7 14 3 41 128
GREECE   66 2 1 0 2 2 5 2 5 6 4 11 5 4 8 123
INDONESIA   35 8 3 17 12 12 8 8 1 0 4 4 0 6 1 119
PHILIPPINES   61 5 3 0 0 0 1 6 2 3 3 6 7 1 3 101
PORTUGAL   25 1 0 0 3 1 1 19 2 6 5 7 10 7 11 98
CZECH REPUBLIC   31 0 3 1 0 0 3 2 6 4 2 6 6 20 13 97
HUNGARY   15 0 0 4 2 0 4 6 2 7 11 6 6 11 11 85
URUGUAY   76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
VENEZUELA   35 2 1 5 2 2 6 2 3 5 0 1 2 2 8 76
SLOVENIA   16 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 5 2 6 8 1 5 4 62
MONACO   26 7 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 4 2 3 1 54
COLOMBIA   13 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 8 4 5 4 5 52
ISLE OF MAN   7 1 0 5 1 1 1 4 9 6 1 4 1 1 7 49
U.S.S.R.   44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
SRI LANKA   9 14 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 3 41
THE BAHAMAS   8 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 12 39
CAYMAN ISLANDS   6 9 2 0 0 0 11 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 38
CHILE   8 2 4 1 2 0 1 7 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 37
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
ICELAND   5 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 7 8 34
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   5 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 6 11 34
LIECHTENSTEIN   13 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 33
SLOVAKIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 2 1 2 2 6 2 33
LEBANON   1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 12 0 2 2 6 31
BULGARIA   6 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 26
ESTONIA   2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 5 2 3 5 26
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   13 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25
COSTA RICA   4 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 22
BARBADOS   7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 21
KENYA   4 0 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21
BELARUS   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 20
LITHUANIA   3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18
MALTA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 3 18
CROATIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 17
GUERNSEY   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16
KUWAIT   8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 16
ANDORRA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 0 3 3 15
BERMUDA   5 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 15
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 1 4 15
VIET NAM   1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 15
ECUADOR   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 14
GUATEMALA   5 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
PERU   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 13
PAKISTAN   1 0 1 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
SAUDI ARABIA   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 13
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   2 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 11
EGYPT   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 10
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
JERSEY   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CYPRUS   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
ROMANIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6
UKRAINE   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6
EL SALVADOR   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES   2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
QATAR   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
ZIMBABWE   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
GREENLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
JORDAN   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
MOLDOVA   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MOROCCO   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
SAMOA   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
SEYCHELLES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
JAMAICA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
OMAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
SENEGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
ALBANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
ANGOLA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BAHRAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUADELOUPE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HAITI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
NAMIBIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NEW CALEDONIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NORFOLK ISLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PALAU   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PANAMA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SAINT BARTHELEMY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
SOLOMON ISLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Patent Counts By Country, State, and Year - Design Patents (December 2015)
PARTS A1
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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