U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
375 | Pulse or Digital Communications | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
452 | Butchering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
425 | Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
083 | Cutting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
084 | Music | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
209 | Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
244 | Aeronautics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
283 | Printed Matter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
290 | Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
367 | Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
370 | Multiplex Communications | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
385 | Optical Waveguides | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
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