Design Patenting By Geographic Region (JAPAN), Breakout By Design Class, CY2001-2015 Design Patent Grants Distributed By Year of Grant

( 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	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
D14	Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment	325	325	400	388	306	436	496	584	487	309	243	240	306	324	317	5486
D12	Transportation	98	114	155	193	162	314	244	341	329	259	274	298	346	290	279	3696
D13	Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy	144	156	183	153	170	278	257	293	321	228	267	257	259	241	226	3433
D16	Photography and Optical Equipment	172	112	157	132	126	173	245	256	125	100	105	119	150	118	112	2202
D18	Printing and Office Machinery	156	105	88	102	73	215	186	143	133	93	98	95	113	69	73	1742
D15	Machines Not Elsewhere Specified	74	85	75	81	50	135	115	141	127	105	121	92	138	123	110	1572
D24	Medical and Laboratory Equipment	28	12	41	46	17	56	122	131	95	114	105	115	159	154	172	1367
D23	Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment	47	55	47	58	32	84	96	102	126	117	96	90	99	104	110	1263
D26	Lighting	26	21	43	44	54	128	84	154	93	90	91	112	68	77	60	1145
D10	Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments	74	60	26	52	49	101	85	85	86	67	53	90	75	88	81	1072
D08	Tools and Hardware	65	41	52	43	49	87	91	116	84	62	85	62	91	75	59	1062
D21	Games, Toys, and Sports Goods	73	55	52	19	57	76	60	54	75	71	50	44	44	61	34	825
D06	Furnishings	29	29	29	25	30	52	67	53	53	57	42	57	31	31	43	628
D09	Packages and Containers for Goods	33	23	34	29	39	57	55	41	63	40	33	39	22	41	43	592
D19	Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials	63	51	33	60	23	38	41	53	57	29	25	27	14	16	16	546
D11	Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments	17	13	32	22	25	18	8	31	7	23	47	34	31	36	16	360
D07	Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified	40	24	25	11	11	18	31	16	28	17	27	21	17	25	18	329
D28	Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles	18	9	24	18	17	25	31	23	28	18	32	20	26	18	11	318
D02	Apparel and Haberdashery	4	10	5	15	24	32	10	16	7	14	17	10	8	9	8	189
D22	Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment	8	4	7	12	16	16	6	14	9	26	14	12	15	13	13	185
D32	Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine	11	11	13	13	8	21	9	18	16	13	10	5	13	9	11	181
D17	Musical Instruments	4	6	7	9	20	8	24	32	12	10	2	9	8	11	6	168
D03	Travel Goods and Personal Belongings	6	7	6	10	11	11	11	13	12	11	10	13	9	7	15	152
D34	Material or Article Handling Equipment	6	6	11	7	1	5	19	21	16	5	5	13	5	8	9	137
D25	Building Units and Construction Elements	3	13	10	11	1	1	7	7	9	3	1	3	8	8	9	94
D20	Sales and Advertising Equipment	9	2	3	5	5	8	4	7	7	9	1	1	2	0	5	68
D29	Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue	6	7	5	2	0	3	5	5	4	11	1	1	9	1	8	68
D04	Brushware	0	3	0	2	4	2	4	4	1	6	5	2	12	3	4	52
D05	Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	0	8	6	12	1	0	36
D30	Animal Husbandry	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	6	2	2	1	3	0	1	5	29
D01	Edible Products	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	11	4	27
D27	Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies	5	3	3	4	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	23
D99	Miscellaneous	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	8
ALL	ALL CLASSES	1546	1364	1567	1568	1384	2405	2416	2767	2415	1910	1869	1899	2092	1975	1878	29055

Design Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Design Class

Count of 2001 - 2015 Design Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

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Design Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),Breakout By Design Class

Count of 2001 - 2015 Design Patent Grants As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

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Design Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Design Class

Count of 2001 - 2015 Design Patent Grants
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant