U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
433 | Dentistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
508 | Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
711 | Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
027 | Undertaking | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
066 | Textiles: Knitting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
132 | Toilet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
348 | Television | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
362 | Illumination | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
427 | Coating Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
440 | Marine Propulsion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 4 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 49 |
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