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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 2001 - 2015 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, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

( 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 4 5 11 64 41 101 97 110 155 166 104 189 76 123 176 1422
D26 Lighting 7 2 15 21 23 27 44 69 73 96 107 93 92 69 102 840
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 20 32 22 13 19 41 35 65 88 72 63 49 63 56 71 709
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 1 7 2 12 21 2 31 89 51 57 51 59 49 27 20 479
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 1 6 8 10 5 24 49 72 26 30 51 47 49 32 42 452
D08 Tools and Hardware 6 5 5 17 17 40 29 34 18 10 27 13 26 33 40 320
D06 Furnishings 1 9 3 8 4 8 21 26 41 32 21 37 29 19 51 310
D12 Transportation 0 1 4 2 3 5 11 26 45 38 36 14 21 26 65 297
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 2 2 11 7 2 8 12 11 9 23 19 23 26 25 43 223
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 0 4 1 9 12 14 20 28 20 14 7 11 22 24 27 213
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 6 5 4 5 6 7 10 7 17 15 8 32 32 21 13 188
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 1 1 1 1 0 1 27 9 16 7 7 20 24 38 34 187
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 3 3 6 4 1 6 8 18 3 4 11 8 19 17 25 136
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 4 6 3 1 2 1 1 11 6 11 11 10 16 23 22 128
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 0 0 4 2 0 2 11 1 2 6 10 4 24 26 20 112
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 8 0 4 0 2 7 7 7 1 4 1 5 16 5 45 112
D04 Brushware 2 11 14 5 1 2 0 2 8 7 3 16 20 16 2 109
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 0 0 3 2 1 1 6 1 6 14 8 16 9 13 20 100
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 8 12 7 8 12 20 80
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 9 6 5 10 7 10 2 6 64
D30 Animal Husbandry 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 7 3 5 8 15 6 55
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 5 3 6 2 6 16 1 52
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 7 0 1 0 2 3 5 34
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 3 0 2 2 1 3 5 3 30
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 7 0 5 8 30
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 7 2 9 4 30
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 11 2 5 1 1 27
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 4 1 3 2 20
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 6 20
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 1 14
D01 Edible Products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 10
D17 Musical Instruments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
D99 Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
ALL ALL CLASSES 68 102 127 192 163 309 455 626 606 645 603 694 661 676 881 6808


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