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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

CONNECTICUT

( 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
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 31 19 27 14 6 10 18 22 28 34 53 28 34 15 35 374
D08 Tools and Hardware 16 20 34 24 23 28 10 20 16 35 27 30 20 21 6 330
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 26 26 31 30 11 15 7 12 12 17 15 6 8 9 10 235
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 53 25 17 22 15 15 7 7 4 2 16 18 10 7 0 218
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 7 7 13 12 18 7 11 8 7 16 18 19 28 9 15 195
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 18 14 11 8 5 3 5 2 10 29 14 17 16 10 16 178
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 8 15 12 8 11 11 10 9 9 6 6 19 18 13 22 177
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 13 8 9 13 6 16 11 14 18 13 11 9 12 5 9 167
D06 Furnishings 12 15 17 13 17 5 8 7 9 9 12 10 5 7 8 154
D26 Lighting 7 5 18 8 5 7 2 2 5 7 12 16 11 14 12 131
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 12 9 10 12 5 8 3 1 8 5 4 6 1 8 1 93
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 15 4 7 2 0 1 8 3 3 10 9 9 4 4 8 87
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 3 3 3 12 20 6 7 1 4 3 4 6 2 0 1 75
D12 Transportation 7 3 2 3 0 3 0 3 6 3 2 5 12 12 9 70
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 3 11 4 8 4 3 9 2 2 2 2 2 6 4 1 63
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 1 5 10 6 8 6 3 2 9 1 0 5 0 0 1 57
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 8 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 4 7 5 10 2 0 56
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 4 5 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 10 5 48
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 1 3 6 1 3 2 2 3 8 1 2 4 1 3 0 40
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 2 4 1 2 3 2 2 4 11 0 1 0 2 2 1 37
D04 Brushware 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 7 3 3 4 7 1 1 0 35
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 2 5 6 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 33
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 5 31
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 3 3 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 29
D30 Animal Husbandry 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 5 2 0 2 1 5 1 26
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 23
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 3 5 0 1 1 1 0 23
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 4 23
D99 Miscellaneous 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 8
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
D17 Musical Instruments 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
D01 Edible Products 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
ALL ALL CLASSES 267 223 251 213 173 169 141 149 196 220 231 238 219 170 180 3040


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