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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Design Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Design Class

Count of 1998 - 2012 Design Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Design Classes Receiving 1 or More Design Patents During the Period
Originating From

TAIWAN

( design patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( design class is determined by the primary classification assigned to a patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays design classes and counts of design patents classified in them; design patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Class Class Title 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 72 107 159 115 136 189 299 161 383 226 270 198 293 260 195 3063
D26 Lighting 78 73 106 157 145 139 109 39 87 119 153 126 197 136 89 1753
D08 Tools and Hardware 65 92 118 126 124 159 96 66 186 154 137 76 65 91 85 1640
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 33 63 83 51 72 84 63 61 115 111 193 178 232 149 138 1626
D06 Furnishings 59 73 107 149 187 125 126 107 117 96 84 78 51 54 65 1478
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 63 83 92 88 101 130 131 102 143 122 115 83 100 43 52 1448
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 27 55 68 75 73 82 46 32 68 67 53 27 48 32 37 790
D12 Transportation 34 37 55 56 55 56 70 57 60 49 61 65 53 48 33 789
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 34 30 45 28 47 52 33 35 52 94 44 40 64 52 41 691
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 53 33 46 59 68 48 45 21 48 23 31 25 27 27 26 580
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 36 54 45 46 45 44 38 34 46 23 47 26 30 23 26 563
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 22 36 35 23 42 41 27 17 29 36 28 19 30 18 24 427
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 22 14 20 20 24 22 43 16 23 29 22 27 18 19 10 329
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 7 5 7 25 32 31 23 13 57 46 22 16 8 8 9 309
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 20 14 26 20 15 35 23 29 12 21 13 17 13 18 12 288
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 13 12 20 18 5 18 16 5 21 23 27 18 23 18 19 256
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 10 4 20 5 15 47 10 4 19 9 6 17 25 30 21 242
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 12 4 13 13 9 9 10 7 6 18 38 17 15 12 7 190
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 6 5 11 11 11 15 8 18 17 17 13 9 12 8 8 169
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 3 3 13 19 16 12 5 7 21 18 7 7 7 6 2 146
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 3 6 9 8 14 6 9 3 6 7 11 7 3 6 12 110
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 10 6 9 8 13 3 8 4 4 9 10 3 1 4 17 109
D04 Brushware 3 7 11 15 15 3 2 12 4 8 16 3 4 6 0 109
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 3 10 1 7 11 8 9 5 15 10 2 7 7 9 4 108
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 0 1 6 2 7 2 3 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 5 60
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 11 2 1 3 4 3 4 6 3 5 4 1 2 0 3 52
D30 Animal Husbandry 1 1 5 12 1 1 4 2 0 1 3 3 9 2 3 48
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 1 2 6 1 3 3 0 3 36
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 5 6 1 2 4 24
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 18
D17 Musical Instruments 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 15
D99 Miscellaneous 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
D01 Edible Products 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
ALL ALL CLASSES 705 833 1135 1168 1294 1370 1268 870 1553 1355 1423 1114 1348 1086 953 17475


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