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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

ITALY

( 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 46 33 63 50 30 101 144 80 111 141 83 82 36 59 58 1117
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 13 15 14 24 10 16 28 25 38 46 50 47 43 29 54 452
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 20 14 19 17 24 20 22 12 17 30 40 33 26 21 23 338
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 8 7 17 7 11 20 15 10 33 27 54 24 42 39 22 336
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 5 9 10 15 11 11 12 29 28 22 51 31 28 32 29 323
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 23 12 17 14 7 13 8 8 31 14 18 24 38 44 39 310
D12 Transportation 8 15 11 8 21 19 11 17 21 35 17 26 23 27 20 279
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 5 2 4 6 5 1 0 13 28 39 62 31 37 18 25 276
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 12 8 26 42 16 6 5 6 11 14 26 19 17 11 14 233
D26 Lighting 16 6 15 11 8 12 6 2 3 10 22 18 33 39 29 230
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 34 9 14 6 3 3 1 8 7 6 9 12 11 14 5 142
D08 Tools and Hardware 3 3 1 4 4 6 11 14 18 17 21 15 4 4 7 132
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 3 5 2 3 4 4 15 6 5 8 14 22 16 8 9 124
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 3 1 3 5 5 5 13 8 11 14 13 10 6 5 10 112
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 0 2 3 3 3 3 9 5 3 13 7 11 15 17 17 111
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 4 8 5 6 3 1 3 4 6 11 10 14 11 8 11 105
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 3 1 4 1 6 3 10 14 13 8 10 8 3 11 5 100
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 4 5 6 5 3 3 0 0 2 17 6 12 14 12 8 97
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 4 1 6 3 5 10 5 11 5 15 8 9 3 4 4 93
D04 Brushware 6 2 2 5 1 5 17 14 4 6 3 1 1 1 0 68
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 1 8 2 3 5 8 6 4 2 7 2 2 4 8 2 64
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 1 0 0 1 1 11 5 1 4 5 1 8 7 5 5 55
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 1 4 0 1 8 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 1 7 8 45
D01 Edible Products 2 2 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 10 7 6 2 44
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 1 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 10 3 3 3 3 4 41
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 1 0 19
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 1 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 17
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 14
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 0 14
D30 Animal Husbandry 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 13
D99 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
ALL ALL CLASSES 231 179 247 254 205 292 358 294 416 524 544 485 439 437 412 5317


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