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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

CANADA

( 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
D06 Furnishings 103 115 105 79 40 53 41 50 49 71 52 47 40 31 42 918
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 26 19 32 28 30 23 21 10 59 24 46 85 112 107 129 751
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 19 16 9 6 16 27 26 21 42 107 169 74 27 19 51 629
D12 Transportation 38 22 29 27 31 46 40 30 24 25 49 85 55 61 31 593
D08 Tools and Hardware 35 30 31 26 25 38 34 14 43 43 37 45 37 56 50 544
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 42 29 26 25 37 24 14 19 13 30 47 72 51 32 32 493
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 27 19 22 16 23 20 25 13 24 38 29 32 23 42 32 385
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 44 26 32 29 40 25 23 17 17 14 35 18 16 38 9 383
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 15 19 26 22 15 33 17 8 27 33 11 37 33 29 25 350
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 31 18 22 29 16 12 14 10 29 19 22 24 29 25 25 325
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 9 11 6 10 11 17 17 9 21 15 29 32 48 37 20 292
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 16 13 11 14 21 17 10 13 19 22 6 19 22 24 45 272
D26 Lighting 19 5 10 11 3 12 12 9 7 39 34 29 24 21 7 242
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 10 14 8 4 11 15 15 12 15 17 12 25 22 21 31 232
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 12 13 21 15 14 11 19 11 14 21 28 6 16 9 17 227
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 10 7 11 15 9 10 3 0 15 31 10 5 12 18 17 173
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 18 12 9 7 4 11 5 4 10 9 18 14 10 18 17 166
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 10 6 9 4 8 8 15 4 18 15 5 7 9 11 17 146
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 11 4 9 10 9 5 14 3 15 11 13 4 6 15 8 137
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 11 6 2 2 5 3 1 0 7 5 14 9 14 17 16 112
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 5 4 2 8 5 6 7 4 1 12 2 4 6 21 10 97
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 13 8 12 11 4 8 5 4 3 7 0 3 3 9 2 92
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 6 4 7 6 8 5 4 7 5 10 10 3 5 5 5 90
D30 Animal Husbandry 1 3 6 5 0 4 6 1 5 5 5 8 4 8 10 71
D04 Brushware 1 2 2 5 5 6 4 1 1 3 7 4 2 7 2 52
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 1 1 1 9 12 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 46
D01 Edible Products 2 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 1 15 3 45
D99 Miscellaneous 4 1 9 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 2 35
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 2 3 9 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 34
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 21
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 15
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 2 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
D17 Musical Instruments 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 8
ALL ALL CLASSES 547 438 484 439 410 446 398 277 501 632 705 712 635 704 661 7989


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