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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

CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.

( 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
D26 Lighting 30 40 84 80 54 71 82 43 93 99 100 61 37 31 22 927
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 10 16 48 57 35 40 46 41 39 40 51 18 25 34 16 516
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 29 25 29 35 25 47 17 26 32 42 26 16 55 33 31 468
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 40 56 44 30 19 13 18 11 26 30 30 14 15 21 11 378
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 17 25 21 28 45 31 24 15 17 26 32 20 12 7 17 337
D08 Tools and Hardware 6 20 13 20 26 53 16 18 51 23 16 13 13 14 7 309
D06 Furnishings 13 10 15 19 17 17 14 16 21 20 9 16 12 11 10 220
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 9 4 10 10 10 6 10 14 19 16 23 19 15 14 26 205
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 6 9 25 10 22 5 10 7 30 7 15 7 25 9 9 196
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 8 9 15 18 16 17 11 11 15 6 13 15 10 10 9 183
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 12 5 12 8 19 10 5 20 17 15 5 2 12 4 2 148
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 3 6 8 8 11 12 6 11 23 15 15 5 9 12 2 146
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 1 3 9 8 12 11 7 8 8 8 0 29 9 0 3 116
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 6 10 10 8 8 7 5 10 11 10 8 2 4 6 6 111
D04 Brushware 1 1 0 7 8 15 10 16 8 13 2 6 0 3 1 91
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 2 4 1 1 2 8 7 13 0 9 11 7 9 4 11 89
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 2 1 5 2 3 12 4 6 4 5 2 7 6 1 3 63
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 1 1 7 10 7 9 9 0 4 6 2 0 3 4 0 63
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 4 1 6 9 2 1 2 4 2 1 6 7 4 1 5 55
D12 Transportation 3 0 0 3 2 3 1 7 5 2 17 3 1 0 7 54
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 5 4 1 2 4 6 8 3 3 2 4 0 0 4 2 48
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 0 1 2 3 2 4 8 6 3 5 6 4 2 0 0 46
D30 Animal Husbandry 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 3 1 5 1 5 3 29
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 1 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 19
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 13
D17 Musical Instruments 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 11
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 11
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 10
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8
D99 Miscellaneous 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
D01 Edible Products 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 7
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 7
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
ALL ALL CLASSES 213 258 368 383 355 404 329 311 445 418 405 281 285 236 206 4897


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