U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
280 | Land Vehicles | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
042 | Firearms | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
137 | Fluid Handling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
043 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
024 | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
427 | Coating Processes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
073 | Measuring and Testing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
211 | Supports: Racks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
224 | Package and Article Carriers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
400 | Typewriting Machines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
404 | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
408 | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
530 | Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
002 | Apparel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
023 | Chemistry: Physical Processes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
034 | Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
070 | Locks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
083 | Cutting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
099 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
102 | Ammunition and Explosives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
110 | Furnaces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
111 | Planting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
144 | Woodworking | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
156 | Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
188 | Brakes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
204 | Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
298 | Land Vehicles: Dumping | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
312 | Supports: Cabinet Structure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
360 | Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
414 | Material or Article Handling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
439 | Electrical Connectors | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
602 | Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
700 | DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
004 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
005 | Beds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
015 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
033 | Geometrical Instruments | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
036 | Boots, Shoes, and Leggings | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
040 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
044 | Fuel and Related Compositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
056 | Harvesters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
060 | Power Plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
072 | Metal Deforming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
095 | Gas Separation: Processes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
119 | Animal Husbandry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
124 | Mechanical Guns and Projectors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
126 | Stoves and Furnaces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
131 | Tobacco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
148 | Metal Treatment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
165 | Heat Exchange | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
172 | Earth Working | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
175 | Boring or Penetrating the Earth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
177 | Weighing Scales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
180 | Motor Vehicles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
182 | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
191 | Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
200 | Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
202 | Distillation: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
220 | Receptacles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
221 | Article Dispensing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
223 | Apparel Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
242 | Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
244 | Aeronautics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
297 | Chairs and Seats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
299 | Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
315 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
320 | Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
356 | Optics: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
358 | Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
359 | Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
362 | Illumination | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
379 | Telephonic Communications | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
385 | Optical Waveguides | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
392 | Electric Resistance Heating Devices | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
402 | Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
406 | Conveyors: Fluid Current | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
409 | Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
415 | Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
417 | Pumps | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
425 | Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
430 | Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
433 | Dentistry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
438 | Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
441 | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
451 | Abrading | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
452 | Butchering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
454 | Ventilation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
472 | Amusement Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
588 | Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
601 | Surgery: Kinesitherapy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
709 | Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 33 | 51 | 45 | 52 | 55 | 236 |
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