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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

JAPAN

( 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



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