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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

WASHINGTON

( 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 30 19 32 76 29 41 36 49 115 302 250 233 219 204 299 1934
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 8 19 27 31 25 25 25 27 19 59 78 49 83 36 71 582
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 17 18 24 7 10 21 26 19 9 30 29 32 15 14 14 285
D06 Furnishings 14 17 13 6 8 18 7 8 13 31 28 33 43 7 13 259
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 11 19 22 24 11 7 8 6 16 22 38 12 18 17 21 252
D12 Transportation 21 17 12 14 7 9 18 8 28 22 16 14 15 18 12 231
D08 Tools and Hardware 19 15 7 10 4 4 10 1 11 27 39 22 9 17 19 214
D26 Lighting 14 3 8 13 9 5 5 0 8 33 14 15 13 13 17 170
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 3 3 7 8 11 5 8 5 10 25 13 8 16 21 12 155
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 11 5 11 10 7 5 4 10 9 12 16 7 11 16 9 143
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 5 11 7 11 15 14 12 3 3 13 8 10 14 10 7 143
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 12 9 6 7 4 9 2 1 2 14 16 14 23 10 7 136
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 6 5 2 5 7 5 10 9 5 10 13 24 7 8 13 129
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 9 7 3 5 4 2 2 2 21 9 14 7 7 12 12 116
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 2 0 2 16 5 6 5 10 7 4 10 6 2 12 3 90
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 6 4 3 2 1 6 7 3 3 9 3 5 7 4 6 69
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 4 4 6 5 9 12 3 1 8 6 1 1 1 5 1 67
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 3 5 3 6 7 12 4 3 60
D30 Animal Husbandry 2 2 1 1 3 4 5 2 5 3 7 2 5 13 4 59
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 9 5 2 5 4 1 4 0 4 2 6 5 4 5 2 58
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 0 3 2 4 3 6 2 13 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 46
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 6 6 0 2 5 5 34
D04 Brushware 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 5 5 2 7 1 1 2 31
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 5 3 3 2 0 24
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 24
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 6 23
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 3 1 1 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 23
D17 Musical Instruments 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 17
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 16
D01 Edible Products 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 12
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
D99 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ALL ALL CLASSES 219 204 213 274 187 217 214 187 322 655 626 525 537 464 567 5411


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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Alexandria VA 22313-1450

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