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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

JAPAN

( 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 314 319 369 325 325 400 387 305 435 496 583 485 309 243 240 5535
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 73 125 126 144 156 183 153 170 278 257 293 321 228 267 257 3031
D12 Transportation 68 60 107 98 114 155 193 162 314 244 341 329 259 274 298 3016
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 113 135 148 172 112 157 133 126 173 245 256 125 100 105 119 2219
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 121 85 125 156 105 88 102 73 215 186 143 133 93 98 95 1818
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 39 53 61 74 85 75 81 50 135 115 141 127 103 121 92 1352
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 87 92 83 74 60 26 52 49 101 85 85 86 67 53 90 1090
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 30 54 50 47 55 47 58 32 84 96 102 126 117 96 90 1084
D08 Tools and Hardware 57 57 68 65 41 52 43 49 87 91 116 84 62 85 62 1019
D26 Lighting 12 15 17 26 21 43 44 54 128 84 154 93 90 91 112 984
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 26 21 14 28 12 41 46 17 56 122 131 95 114 105 115 943
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 53 61 74 73 54 52 19 57 76 60 54 75 71 50 44 873
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 27 40 39 63 52 33 60 24 39 41 54 59 29 25 27 612
D06 Furnishings 13 7 29 29 29 29 25 30 52 67 53 53 59 43 57 575
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 15 24 41 33 23 34 29 39 57 55 41 63 40 33 39 566
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 21 19 24 40 24 25 11 11 18 31 16 28 17 27 21 333
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 13 20 14 17 13 32 22 25 18 8 31 7 23 47 34 324
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 7 19 17 18 9 24 18 17 25 31 23 28 18 32 20 306
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 13 27 4 4 10 5 15 24 32 10 16 7 14 17 10 208
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 30 17 14 8 4 7 12 16 16 6 14 9 26 14 12 205
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 12 7 15 11 11 13 13 8 21 9 18 16 13 10 5 182
D17 Musical Instruments 9 17 6 4 6 7 9 20 8 24 32 12 10 2 9 175
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 21 9 8 6 7 6 10 11 11 11 13 12 11 10 13 159
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 4 7 3 6 6 11 7 1 5 19 21 16 5 5 13 129
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 11 6 12 9 2 3 5 5 8 4 7 7 9 1 1 90
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 3 5 12 3 13 10 11 1 1 7 7 9 3 0 3 88
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 0 3 2 6 7 5 2 0 3 5 5 4 11 1 1 55
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 8 5 5 5 3 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 40
D04 Brushware 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 4 2 4 4 1 6 5 2 38
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 8 6 26
D30 Animal Husbandry 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 6 2 2 1 3 26
D01 Edible Products 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 13
D99 Miscellaneous 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10
ALL ALL CLASSES 1207 1310 1497 1546 1364 1567 1568 1384 2405 2416 2767 2415 1910 1869 1899 27124


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