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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

WISCONSIN

( 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
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 57 49 41 43 36 55 51 84 96 86 101 81 65 71 85 1001
D06 Furnishings 27 39 50 43 29 42 57 14 89 100 94 58 41 20 41 744
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 8 19 24 32 25 17 23 14 51 50 58 58 35 39 49 502
D08 Tools and Hardware 41 19 18 22 16 26 32 27 45 61 60 31 24 36 37 495
D12 Transportation 41 40 37 27 18 12 16 9 21 13 24 12 23 9 16 318
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 7 5 25 61 16 22 6 8 8 8 13 9 38 27 37 290
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 5 11 27 30 10 5 14 13 20 49 18 19 19 18 24 282
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 9 9 11 16 27 19 15 9 28 34 26 19 18 12 29 281
D26 Lighting 13 12 21 15 5 7 4 14 5 12 44 17 11 6 11 197
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 5 11 11 24 8 5 4 7 9 11 16 10 7 5 4 137
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 9 15 22 12 4 2 12 10 14 5 1 4 2 4 12 128
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 14 10 9 10 1 7 6 3 12 7 14 9 4 8 14 128
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 5 9 7 3 3 11 7 3 6 6 12 8 21 8 16 125
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 10 11 10 7 7 6 4 5 5 9 10 11 6 15 7 123
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 5 7 11 17 4 6 5 3 5 8 3 3 12 3 7 99
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 3 5 6 12 3 2 1 7 6 9 4 2 11 12 15 98
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 4 4 3 3 4 6 3 2 4 2 8 7 13 14 9 86
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 7 1 1 4 4 3 2 0 4 6 8 15 13 6 10 84
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 3 7 16 1 3 8 8 4 2 2 6 1 2 2 9 74
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 7 4 3 2 2 2 5 3 5 3 12 7 5 3 8 71
D30 Animal Husbandry 2 2 5 2 0 5 8 3 5 3 2 8 6 5 12 68
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 2 3 5 1 3 4 4 1 5 2 8 3 7 4 8 60
D04 Brushware 4 3 5 9 7 3 7 4 1 3 2 1 2 0 4 55
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 6 5 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 5 4 2 7 4 48
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 6 0 1 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 2 4 3 5 2 34
D01 Edible Products 1 4 5 1 0 0 4 7 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 30
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 15 27
D99 Miscellaneous 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 6 4 26
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 7 1 2 25
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 0 3 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 18
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 14
D17 Musical Instruments 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 10
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10
ALL ALL CLASSES 306 315 385 403 244 290 310 261 452 504 557 413 404 352 492 5688


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