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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

MICHIGAN

( 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
D12 Transportation 57 49 54 44 57 43 76 45 85 98 118 105 94 51 79 1055
D06 Furnishings 44 53 61 62 80 39 31 19 24 77 56 48 32 49 43 718
D08 Tools and Hardware 23 16 26 28 27 17 25 18 27 35 44 27 31 38 25 407
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 14 14 12 15 19 39 21 37 27 24 21 19 20 34 29 345
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 16 23 23 16 14 24 15 12 26 35 19 21 13 20 20 297
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 6 9 21 10 14 13 13 15 21 25 27 25 32 29 18 278
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 16 13 9 12 12 12 16 21 16 40 28 16 18 16 12 257
D26 Lighting 10 6 5 5 10 17 13 16 11 29 41 26 28 19 19 255
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 12 14 20 11 7 10 17 15 24 20 16 23 8 16 15 228
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 5 7 21 60 11 22 25 9 6 6 6 24 5 10 10 227
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 13 12 10 14 12 5 14 13 19 28 28 23 9 10 10 220
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 7 6 5 7 6 5 5 2 2 21 42 39 16 10 6 179
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 5 22 12 14 11 9 12 4 6 6 10 14 19 11 16 171
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 2 12 7 4 5 10 6 4 11 9 12 17 25 5 7 136
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 4 13 11 11 7 11 6 7 9 15 6 7 6 4 11 128
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 9 9 9 3 9 4 5 4 15 10 10 7 15 3 13 125
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 5 13 8 6 7 7 7 3 9 8 11 12 8 3 4 111
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 9 5 7 20 3 10 4 4 2 2 5 15 3 6 4 99
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 3 6 4 6 4 8 5 4 22 6 3 5 8 4 6 94
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 5 1 7 1 11 10 9 10 1 7 7 1 1 5 2 78
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 3 6 4 6 1 5 0 6 5 6 2 3 9 9 11 76
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 7 7 4 3 5 5 3 3 6 5 5 6 3 6 1 69
D01 Edible Products 2 3 5 4 4 1 3 3 11 3 10 4 8 3 0 64
D04 Brushware 2 2 0 1 8 6 1 2 2 3 4 11 3 7 6 58
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 3 2 9 2 0 1 3 3 3 3 5 1 0 3 2 40
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 5 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 3 4 38
D30 Animal Husbandry 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 1 5 1 3 35
D99 Miscellaneous 2 0 5 2 2 2 6 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 1 34
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 5 0 25
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
D17 Musical Instruments 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 9
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
ALL ALL CLASSES 295 333 369 368 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 510 427 382 377 5882


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