Design Patenting By Geographic Region (NORTH CAROLINA), 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
D06	Furnishings	130	177	162	118	102	82	52	48	20	34	36	33	44	42	32	1112
D08	Tools and Hardware	11	7	14	20	10	16	21	39	22	27	27	33	19	23	22	311
D07	Equipment for Preparing or Serving Food or Drink Not Elsewhere Specified	4	7	7	3	17	9	22	30	16	36	14	12	3	13	18	211
D14	Recording, Communication, or Information Retrieval Equipment	18	8	11	12	12	17	9	12	6	11	21	11	22	20	12	202
D12	Transportation	10	6	4	21	7	7	17	13	5	4	15	12	19	22	11	173
D21	Games, Toys, and Sports Goods	22	14	6	15	8	7	14	10	22	10	5	11	7	8	8	167
D26	Lighting	17	2	3	3	3	4	4	9	13	6	7	16	28	26	21	162
D23	Environmental Heating and Cooling; Fluid Handling and Sanitary Equipment	3	6	3	4	4	13	12	29	15	23	10	8	9	10	11	160
D13	Equipment for Production, Distribution, or Transformation of Energy	3	4	5	0	1	2	13	10	25	10	15	22	12	21	14	157
D24	Medical and Laboratory Equipment	8	7	10	14	3	6	7	10	3	12	11	15	16	9	23	154
D09	Packages and Containers for Goods	5	3	2	7	4	6	4	5	13	16	20	8	22	13	12	140
D03	Travel Goods and Personal Belongings	17	6	9	3	6	8	14	8	7	10	11	10	8	8	5	130
D10	Measuring, Testing, or Signalling Instruments	10	8	7	6	5	15	15	16	9	12	2	2	5	9	7	128
D02	Apparel and Haberdashery	12	3	3	4	4	11	6	4	10	13	8	7	5	15	11	116
D15	Machines Not Elsewhere Specified	12	4	8	3	5	9	6	3	7	6	3	17	11	3	10	107
D25	Building Units and Construction Elements	2	7	4	1	8	4	4	5	7	9	7	4	11	14	8	95
D11	Jewelry, Symbolic Insignia, and Ornaments	4	13	6	1	3	3	4	5	14	4	4	4	3	4	6	78
D32	Washing, Cleaning, or Drying Machine	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	4	4	7	5	7	6	30	73
D05	Textile or Paper Yard Goods; Sheet Material	0	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	0	3	8	9	4	4	0	59
D34	Material or Article Handling Equipment	5	2	3	3	3	1	6	7	5	1	11	5	2	1	3	58
D19	Office Supplies; Artists' and Teachers' Materials	2	8	3	3	3	6	2	5	5	3	2	5	1	1	1	50
D22	Arms, Pyrotechnics, Hunting and Fishing Equipment	3	7	4	3	2	3	4	1	4	2	3	0	4	3	5	48
D18	Printing and Office Machinery	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	11	1	0	34
D28	Cosmetic Products and Toilet Articles	7	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	0	3	2	4	4	3	0	31
D29	Equipment for Safety, Protection, and Rescue	1	4	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	27
D20	Sales and Advertising Equipment	2	0	4	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	20
D99	Miscellaneous	2	0	3	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	2	19
D04	Brushware	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	18
D30	Animal Husbandry	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	1	2	18
D16	Photography and Optical Equipment	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	14
D27	Tobacco and Smokers' Supplies	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	14
D01	Edible Products	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	0	1	13
D17	Musical Instruments	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	9
ALL	ALL CLASSES	313	311	291	268	219	247	253	289	266	271	257	261	289	286	287	4108

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

PTMT Contacts

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