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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

MASSACHUSETTS

( 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
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 51 42 36 54 15 32 12 15 36 35 61 72 38 49 68 616
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 30 24 56 20 22 18 8 15 78 12 24 32 17 8 6 370
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 37 21 20 27 12 20 12 14 14 27 36 30 21 27 36 354
D06 Furnishings 16 20 22 25 12 22 15 11 19 21 17 19 23 12 26 280
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 42 32 21 7 15 13 30 9 19 26 19 10 16 12 5 276
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 7 11 17 20 12 14 16 16 29 28 27 19 17 21 16 270
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 14 15 19 11 12 16 19 6 15 18 23 18 20 17 43 266
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 8 11 26 8 13 13 3 9 20 8 17 18 24 45 32 255
D08 Tools and Hardware 24 18 32 10 19 16 12 9 9 15 22 11 13 14 11 235
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 9 8 12 12 10 23 15 12 16 18 14 14 18 26 22 229
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 11 11 11 12 3 4 10 13 13 7 8 8 25 13 18 167
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 2 8 17 11 10 16 23 5 11 10 12 11 7 6 5 154
D26 Lighting 1 5 13 13 9 4 10 12 3 9 5 11 7 14 14 130
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 9 6 10 6 5 4 4 4 11 7 13 5 3 3 6 96
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 8 9 8 10 2 16 2 3 3 8 4 4 9 1 6 93
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 4 7 6 5 2 3 4 1 8 12 13 2 6 6 8 87
D12 Transportation 2 7 5 1 2 2 3 3 1 6 3 3 10 3 6 57
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 9 2 1 6 5 5 2 5 1 0 8 2 3 2 4 55
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 7 2 15 5 7 4 55
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 3 1 1 9 3 10 3 2 3 4 1 2 7 2 2 53
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 8 3 10 10 3 3 3 53
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 1 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 4 4 5 2 5 8 6 48
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 6 3 7 7 5 1 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 45
D30 Animal Husbandry 1 3 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 4 7 37
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 1 2 1 4 7 1 3 3 2 8 0 2 3 0 0 37
D17 Musical Instruments 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 27
D04 Brushware 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 0 3 2 2 23
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 0 1 2 6 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 21
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 3 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 19
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 5 5 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 16
D99 Miscellaneous 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 10
D01 Edible Products 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
ALL ALL CLASSES 314 284 361 290 214 273 225 177 336 313 355 330 315 310 362 4459


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