U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
215 | Bottles and Jars | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
074 | Machine Element or Mechanism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
132 | Toilet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
160 | Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
220 | Receptacles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
005 | Beds | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
024 | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
043 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
049 | Movable or Removable Closures | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
053 | Package Making | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
062 | Refrigeration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
099 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
152 | Resilient Tires and Wheels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
174 | Electricity: Conductors and Insulators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
187 | Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
242 | Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
297 | Chairs and Seats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
427 | Coating Processes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
434 | Education and Demonstration | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
452 | Butchering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
034 | Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
055 | Gas Separation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
056 | Harvesters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
070 | Locks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
073 | Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
084 | Music | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
101 | Printing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
111 | Planting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
112 | Sewing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
114 | Ships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
118 | Coating Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
119 | Animal Husbandry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
122 | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
137 | Fluid Handling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
165 | Heat Exchange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
168 | Farriery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
169 | Fire Extinguishers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
180 | Motor Vehicles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
184 | Lubrication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
222 | Dispensing (apparatus and process) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
251 | Valves and Valve Actuation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
267 | Spring Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
280 | Land Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
285 | Pipe Joints or Couplings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
310 | Electrical Generator or Motor Structure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
324 | Electricity: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
356 | Optics: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
378 | X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
381 | Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
383 | Flexible Bags | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
429 | Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
432 | Heating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
439 | Electrical Connectors | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
442 | Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
449 | Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
451 | Abrading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
455 | Telecommunications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
501 | Compositions: Ceramic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
585 | Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 30 | 35 | 43 | 44 | 54 | 206 |
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