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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

MICHIGAN

( 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
D12 Transportation 44 57 43 76 45 85 98 118 105 94 51 79 149 134 193 1371
D06 Furnishings 62 80 39 31 19 24 77 56 48 31 48 44 69 53 43 724
D08 Tools and Hardware 28 27 17 25 18 27 35 44 27 32 39 25 31 37 29 441
D07 Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified 15 19 39 21 37 27 24 21 19 20 34 29 20 30 22 377
D26 Lighting 5 10 17 13 16 11 29 41 26 28 19 19 36 25 47 342
D09 Packages and Containers for Goods 16 14 24 15 12 26 35 19 21 13 20 20 35 28 32 330
D32 Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine 10 14 13 13 15 21 25 27 25 32 29 18 21 9 11 283
D23 Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment 12 12 12 16 21 16 40 28 16 18 16 12 9 13 21 262
D25 Building Units and Construction Elements 60 11 22 25 9 6 6 6 24 5 10 10 8 7 17 226
D21 Games, Toys, and Sports Goods 11 7 10 17 15 24 20 16 23 8 16 15 13 9 17 221
D02 Apparel and Haberdashery 14 12 5 14 13 19 28 28 23 9 10 10 9 8 10 212
D13 Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy 14 11 9 12 4 6 6 10 14 19 11 16 14 21 19 186
D24 Medical and Laboratory Equipment 7 6 5 5 2 2 21 42 39 16 10 6 3 7 13 184
D15 Machines Not Elsewhere Specified 11 7 11 6 7 9 15 6 7 6 4 11 14 16 31 161
D14 Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment 4 5 10 6 4 11 9 12 17 25 5 7 10 9 19 153
D03 Travel Goods and Personal Belongings 3 9 4 5 4 15 10 10 7 15 3 13 6 10 4 118
D11 Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments 6 4 8 5 4 22 6 3 5 8 4 6 3 10 14 108
D10 Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments 6 7 7 7 3 9 8 11 12 8 3 4 4 5 12 106
D22 Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment 6 1 5 0 6 5 6 2 3 9 9 11 4 13 7 87
D19 Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials 20 3 10 4 4 2 2 5 15 3 6 4 1 3 3 85
D01 Edible Products 4 4 1 3 3 11 3 10 4 8 3 0 6 7 0 67
D20 Sales and Advertising Equipment 1 11 10 9 10 1 7 7 1 1 5 1 3 0 0 67
D34 Material or Article Handling Equipment 3 5 5 3 3 6 5 5 6 3 6 1 5 3 4 63
D04 Brushware 1 8 6 1 2 2 3 4 11 3 7 6 3 0 2 59
D29 Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue 1 0 3 3 1 5 3 8 1 1 3 4 2 4 6 45
D28 Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles 2 0 1 3 3 3 3 5 1 0 3 2 3 9 1 39
D30 Animal Husbandry 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 1 5 1 3 1 3 3 32
D99 Miscellaneous 2 2 2 6 1 4 0 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 0 32
D16 Photography and Optical Equipment 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 5 0 1 2 3 23
D17 Musical Instruments 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 11
D27 Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9
D18 Printing and Office Machinery 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
D05 Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
ALL ALL CLASSES 368 348 344 351 283 404 528 563 510 427 382 377 487 479 588 6439



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