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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

TEXAS

( 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 35 37 26 22 32 47 15 11 36 34 39 73 38 24 46 515
D06 Furnishings 56 24 41 29 18 24 18 19 20 36 36 50 36 26 53 486
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 31 22 25 27 10 15 21 15 27 43 39 33 15 26 47 396
D08 Tools and Hardware 21 32 34 26 16 20 13 18 23 25 34 35 27 17 25 366
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 15 6 33 11 13 21 10 30 49 23 19 20 15 36 55 356
D12 Transportation 14 19 42 22 27 16 20 26 31 29 23 20 8 18 5 320
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 10 21 21 19 10 15 13 17 19 25 25 21 36 23 39 314
D26 Lighting 8 16 25 29 24 31 18 7 6 34 23 18 20 19 21 299
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 7 8 11 29 26 30 18 5 13 12 25 33 26 16 16 275
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 21 15 19 16 5 13 11 14 14 13 16 12 40 14 20 243
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 18 13 11 7 9 15 11 13 14 11 17 26 16 20 29 230
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 5 13 7 14 5 11 11 9 20 26 13 13 23 23 24 217
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 13 18 20 18 22 6 16 9 13 8 10 15 17 14 10 209
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 6 6 15 8 11 7 10 4 6 14 30 12 8 36 10 183
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 23 11 11 9 6 8 5 6 13 21 13 15 16 12 10 179
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 23 12 15 11 9 6 7 7 7 14 10 6 13 18 20 178
D30 Animal Husbandry 5 10 13 4 8 12 7 7 11 23 12 11 20 18 13 174
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 11 13 11 10 7 6 8 3 8 13 5 14 14 5 17 145
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 11 8 7 5 4 2 3 3 7 18 10 8 9 12 9 116
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 8 7 5 5 3 5 4 8 7 6 6 11 8 8 8 99
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 4 10 9 1 8 3 4 4 3 7 8 4 10 7 6 88
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 11 6 7 3 1 2 4 3 9 4 6 2 9 10 5 82
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 1 3 5 5 1 5 5 4 3 4 2 10 5 3 8 64
D01 Edible Products 0 3 2 4 4 2 10 4 0 3 5 4 1 4 4 50
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 9 1 3 4 2 5 4 47
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 1 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 6 3 8 2 3 14 46
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 5 1 2 7 1 3 3 1 2 1 3 0 7 1 4 41
D04 Brushware 4 3 2 3 0 0 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 34
D99 Miscellaneous 2 2 0 2 4 2 13 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 30
D17 Musical Instruments 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 0 5 1 1 3 29
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 25
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 13
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 11
ALL ALL CLASSES 377 344 427 360 289 331 290 257 385 467 448 486 448 420 531 5860


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