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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

KOREA, SOUTH

( 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 16 35 32 59 49 41 84 119 290 579 752 400 418 376 392 3642
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 0 0 2 17 5 3 14 18 58 80 49 34 42 35 61 418
D26 Lighting 3 2 3 19 5 1 10 1 7 4 6 27 39 147 110 384
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 5 6 5 6 11 6 17 7 25 43 55 60 27 32 21 326
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 2 3 3 11 16 14 14 16 31 30 34 31 19 23 46 293
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 5 1 15 14 8 15 10 8 29 40 40 16 24 31 21 277
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 18 4 9 6 5 10 8 0 24 29 24 25 16 56 39 273
D12 Transportation 8 2 2 16 3 9 16 3 13 18 19 57 29 26 25 246
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 3 5 8 5 9 9 4 6 17 19 36 27 12 28 9 197
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 3 3 6 7 3 4 10 7 15 16 22 16 19 18 14 163
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 3 3 2 1 29 13 13 9 10 5 2 10 16 7 4 127
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 9 7 4 2 2 8 0 1 1 9 15 16 9 19 22 124
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 9 19 16 18 16 20 6 111
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 5 9 9 12 5 3 5 9 21 9 8 1 7 2 2 107
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 4 0 2 6 3 7 8 5 6 3 13 6 4 13 14 94
D06 Furnishings 0 4 1 5 7 4 3 3 2 10 8 4 17 15 10 93
D08 Tools and Hardware 1 4 13 5 6 8 3 2 8 7 10 2 7 4 7 87
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 1 2 4 2 7 2 5 4 1 8 7 8 9 14 12 86
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 0 1 1 3 13 6 6 2 3 6 4 4 6 6 7 68
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 1 1 1 7 4 1 0 2 2 3 5 3 3 4 6 43
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 11 10 41
D04 Brushware 1 1 4 0 6 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 7 1 3 40
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 2 2 10 0 7 1 8 39
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9 8 7 34
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 2 4 4 5 1 2 1 30
D17 Musical Instruments 3 4 4 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 22
D99 Miscellaneous 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 1 4 2 1 2 21
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 2 0 1 1 20
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 0 3 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 14
D30 Animal Husbandry 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 13
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 12
D01 Edible Products 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7
ALL ALL CLASSES 103 109 150 216 211 186 238 233 589 957 1159 785 769 902 864 7471


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