U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Technology Class
Count of 1996 - 2000 Utility Patent Grants By Calendar Year of Grant

[Explanation of Data]

Rank Ordered Listing of Technology Classes Receiving 1 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

GERMANY

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)

(technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data')
 
Class Class Title 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
532 Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) 450 458 579 480 458 2425
424 Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) 306 417 425 469 499 2116
520 Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) 386 363 489 388 423 2049
123 Internal-Combustion Engines 153 139 213 203 261 969
428 Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles 131 131 169 218 183 832
073 Measuring and Testing 135 132 159 152 159 737
435 Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology 85 105 163 158 154 665
101 Printing 103 109 150 112 96 570
280 Land Vehicles 70 71 98 134 147 520
439 Electrical Connectors 51 89 101 106 127 474
324 Electricity: Measuring and Testing 88 73 80 95 89 425
264 Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes 62 69 89 91 95 406
128 Surgery (includes Class 600) 61 82 86 84 91 404
210 Liquid Purification or Separation 77 97 73 71 81 399
242 Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding 60 54 96 86 102 398
427 Coating Processes 63 70 73 88 93 387
074 Machine Element or Mechanism 58 52 90 86 97 383
192 Clutches and Power-Stop Control 47 55 66 102 110 380
029 Metal Working 43 59 89 63 115 369
060 Power Plants 44 55 74 88 103 364
072 Metal Deforming 45 54 76 93 94 362
340 Communications: Electrical 44 53 76 70 95 338
361 Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices 50 51 71 80 86 338
137 Fluid Handling 44 53 53 76 101 327
303 Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems 69 54 70 59 75 327
359 Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements 62 50 79 67 62 320
156 Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture 50 46 63 89 64 312
606 Surgery (instruments) 35 57 80 63 77 312
296 Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops 43 41 56 79 92 311
701 DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) 35 29 59 67 114 304
356 Optics: Measuring and Testing 45 35 68 64 89 301
504 Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions 47 61 64 61 64 297
219 Electric Heating 36 39 51 70 96 292
252 Compositions 59 43 61 61 67 291
310 Electrical Generator or Motor Structure 35 43 70 60 82 290
430 Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof 52 45 52 60 78 287
057 Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining 49 51 63 67 54 284
250 Radiant Energy 42 54 63 57 62 278
257 Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) 25 45 62 59 75 266
438 Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process 30 23 55 61 84 253
106 Compositions: Coating or Plastic 44 54 55 42 49 244
318 Electricity: Motive Power Systems 29 35 63 52 64 243
417 Pumps 56 33 38 43 72 242
425 Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus 37 57 55 44 39 232
297 Chairs and Seats 28 34 40 62 62 226
198 Conveyors: Power-Driven 47 36 45 42 55 225
239 Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing 24 31 62 53 55 225
378 X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices 44 39 47 43 51 224
008 Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers 52 38 38 53 40 221
422 Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing 39 45 52 46 35 217
204 Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy 42 41 42 44 46 215
188 Brakes 36 34 46 36 52 204
370 Multiplex Communications 40 41 31 52 40 204
385 Optical Waveguides 31 21 45 45 57 199
423 Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds 34 32 34 41 54 195
502 Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making 44 29 34 40 48 195
510 Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions 35 38 35 49 38 195
053 Package Making 27 26 50 42 49 194
162 Paper Making and Fiber Liberation 33 38 41 34 39 185
604 Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) 31 27 53 32 41 184
455 Telecommunications 31 14 33 41 62 181
327 Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems 21 21 43 40 53 178
414 Material or Article Handling 36 36 40 35 30 177
118 Coating Apparatus 29 35 32 50 30 176
180 Motor Vehicles 38 16 39 37 45 175
015 Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning 27 29 23 48 47 174
384 Bearings 33 27 40 27 47 174
307 Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems 13 18 41 55 46 173
052 Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) 22 24 39 34 51 170
222 Dispensing (apparatus and process) 23 25 34 48 40 170
271 Sheet Feeding or Delivering 29 32 32 37 39 169
403 Joints and Connections 32 35 35 24 41 167
206 Special Receptacle or Package 36 29 33 36 32 166
200 Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers 26 25 35 33 45 164
034 Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids 36 29 29 29 39 162
362 Illumination 20 33 24 43 41 161
451 Abrading 21 39 28 36 36 160
241 Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration 39 31 21 42 25 158
248 Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) 27 17 27 38 46 155
251 Valves and Valve Actuation 17 21 25 36 56 155
313 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices 26 30 34 31 33 154
205 Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions 29 30 29 33 27 148
375 Pulse or Digital Communications 20 20 33 35 40 148
174 Electricity: Conductors and Insulators 24 18 32 31 38 143
062 Refrigeration 25 27 19 40 31 142
348 Television 26 28 29 27 32 142
623 Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor 24 19 26 29 42 140
165 Heat Exchange 19 25 31 28 33 136
464 Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts 27 29 27 26 24 133
315 Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems 24 14 34 29 31 132
415 Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps 25 23 18 20 43 129
267 Spring Devices 33 19 24 24 28 128
429 Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process 20 17 21 29 41 128
285 Pipe Joints or Couplings 14 7 26 35 44 126
433 Dentistry 16 21 27 26 36 126
244 Aeronautics 18 19 26 32 28 123
436 Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing 20 13 32 28 29 122
426 Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products 25 10 27 33 25 120
381 Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices 15 26 28 21 29 119
083 Cutting 15 17 22 32 32 118
134 Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids 19 17 30 27 25 118
277 Seal for a Joint or Juncture 21 22 14 31 30 118
411 Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener 18 20 24 25 30 117
148 Metal Treatment 21 9 27 29 30 116
477 Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control 20 14 20 27 35 116
408 Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool 17 17 30 29 22 115
235 Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) 13 13 19 27 42 114
702 DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) 18 17 25 26 28 114
019 Textiles: Fiber Preparation 25 28 19 15 26 113
164 Metal Founding 21 20 20 23 29 113
220 Receptacles 17 21 19 28 27 112
363 Electric Power Conversion Systems 11 18 20 34 28 111
475 Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components 22 23 20 20 24 109
141 Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means 24 15 20 28 18 105
530 Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof 10 30 16 29 18 103
366 Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) 31 9 15 19 28 102
714 Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery 24 13 25 12 28 102
100 Presses 16 23 22 21 19 101
209 Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids 20 18 20 15 27 100
342 Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) 18 10 20 19 31 98
700 DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) 22 20 33 10 13 98
033 Geometrical Instruments 19 15 20 17 26 97
030 Cutlery 17 24 22 16 17 96
379 Telephonic Communications 21 6 19 19 31 96
382 Image Analysis 8 12 26 28 22 96
335 Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets 15 14 12 27 27 95
365 Static Information Storage and Retrieval 8 8 16 25 37 94
024 Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. 11 18 21 24 16 90
372 Coherent Light Generators 16 8 21 23 21 89
493 Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web 11 7 17 27 26 88
066 Textiles: Knitting 16 14 6 19 31 86
092 Expansible Chamber Devices 15 14 19 18 20 86
501 Compositions: Ceramic 16 16 19 13 21 85
049 Movable or Removable Closures 14 14 15 18 23 84
091 Motors: Expansible Chamber Type 15 17 14 16 22 84
228 Metal Fusion Bonding 13 14 15 19 23 84
474 Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components 6 17 22 21 18 84
112 Sewing 16 12 18 24 13 83
292 Closure Fasteners 12 18 16 21 16 83
323 Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems 14 17 8 16 27 82
139 Textiles: Weaving 9 12 19 14 26 80
065 Glass Manufacturing 8 22 25 12 12 79
347 Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information 12 10 27 16 14 79
405 Hydraulic and Earth Engineering 13 13 23 19 11 79
585 Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds 10 8 28 23 10 79
704 DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) 5 11 19 26 18 79
099 Foods and Beverages: Apparatus 14 13 14 19 17 77
056 Harvesters 5 7 23 20 20 75
070 Locks 10 11 11 24 19 75
102 Ammunition and Explosives 19 17 13 18 6 73
345 Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems 9 15 14 13 22 73
376 Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements 12 10 16 25 10 73
055 Gas Separation 10 6 17 18 21 72
418 Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices 12 16 10 10 24 72
138 Pipes and Tubular Conduits 5 5 7 21 33 71
442 Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) 9 15 18 15 14 71
607 Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application 10 10 10 18 23 71
095 Gas Separation: Processes 13 8 22 15 12 70
409 Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing 9 12 19 19 11 70
709 Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 10 21 12 21 70
710 Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 10 14 10 20 16 70
016 Miscellaneous Hardware 15 9 18 14 13 69
089 Ordnance 10 15 11 21 12 69
075 Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures 11 7 18 11 18 65
800 Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes 11 12 12 12 18 65
312 Supports: Cabinet Structure 4 10 12 10 28 64
341 Coded Data Generation or Conversion 7 14 17 9 16 63
343 Communications: Radio Wave Antennas 4 6 10 23 20 63
110 Furnaces 11 14 12 10 12 59
360 Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval 7 8 14 17 13 59
117 Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor 10 3 13 17 15 58
181 Acoustics 10 8 10 15 14 57
351 Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting 5 6 12 21 13 57
454 Ventilation 14 13 10 11 9 57
203 Distillation: Processes, Separatory 6 13 10 16 11 56
407 Cutters, for Shaping 3 9 20 13 11 56
369 Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval 9 5 13 12 15 54
187 Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle 10 13 14 6 10 53
432 Heating 5 5 18 17 8 53
396 Photography 6 9 15 15 7 52
399 Electrophotography 10 3 12 11 16 52
337 Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches 2 7 10 20 11 50
431 Combustion 6 7 15 13 9 50
713 Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 6 5 10 14 15 50
175 Boring or Penetrating the Earth 8 7 9 11 14 49
711 Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 7 4 14 8 16 49
105 Railway Rolling Stock 9 6 11 12 10 48
266 Metallurgical Apparatus 12 11 4 12 9 48
330 Amplifiers 3 8 7 13 17 48
416 Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) 4 11 5 11 17 48
126 Stoves and Furnaces 5 5 9 13 14 46
173 Tool Driving or Impacting 3 6 9 13 15 46
333 Wave Transmission Lines and Networks 7 9 6 8 16 46
374 Thermal Measuring and Testing 6 7 14 2 17 46
218 High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices 10 4 13 8 10 45
492 Roll or Roller 3 11 16 8 7 45
005 Beds 11 14 4 7 8 44
096 Gas Separation: Apparatus 10 9 10 6 8 43
131 Tobacco 7 10 12 6 8 43
215 Bottles and Jars 7 3 13 8 12 43
358 Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing 11 7 13 11 1 43
508 Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separate Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions 10 7 5 10 11 43
269 Work Holders 7 4 11 9 11 42
082 Turning (e.g., for metal working) 5 9 7 9 11 41
108 Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces 10 6 9 4 12 41
226 Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length 5 9 8 13 6 41
404 Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus 8 6 9 10 8 41
002 Apparel 3 5 10 9 12 39
004 Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons 3 4 8 15 9 39
036 Boots, Shoes, and Leggings 8 8 9 7 7 39
160 Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel 8 6 8 6 11 39
401 Coating Implements with Material Supply 5 3 7 9 15 39
708 Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) 2 7 8 12 10 39
119 Animal Husbandry 7 3 8 7 13 38
320 Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging 7 9 9 6 7 38
373 Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces 10 8 6 8 6 38
452 Butchering 9 4 7 11 7 38
706 DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) 1 6 20 4 7 38
400 Typewriting Machines 10 5 6 5 11 37
177 Weighing Scales 3 3 14 7 9 36
224 Package and Article Carriers 7 10 6 8 4 35
516 Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting 6 5 8 9 7 35
602 Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage 3 4 8 6 14 35
331 Oscillators 3 5 9 10 7 34
136 Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric 3 8 5 7 10 33
211 Supports: Racks 5 3 9 5 11 33
355 Photocopying 2 6 10 8 7 33
419 Powder Metallurgy Processes 5 9 6 6 7 33
028 Textiles: Manufacturing 2 9 4 6 11 32
081 Tools 6 6 5 5 10 32
104 Railways 7 7 9 2 7 32
236 Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation 2 3 5 12 10 32
279 Chucks or Sockets 3 4 8 8 9 32
294 Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements 3 7 4 7 11 32
336 Inductor Devices 6 4 10 8 4 32
114 Ships 7 3 9 3 9 31
152 Resilient Tires and Wheels 8 7 5 5 6 31
460 Crop Threshing or Separating 6 4 6 9 6 31
705 DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) 1 6 6 10 8 31
042 Firearms 5 10 7 4 4 30
084 Music 6 1 8 10 5 30
212 Traversing Hoists 2 9 7 5 7 30
216 Etching a Substrate: Processes 7 10 7 1 5 30
326 Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry 4 4 4 5 13 30
367 Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices 9 3 7 5 6 30
707 DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) 1 1 5 13 10 30
229 Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes 6 5 3 11 4 29
261 Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus 3 7 4 3 12 29
227 Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus 5 1 5 7 10 28
392 Electric Resistance Heating Devices 2 4 2 11 9 28
473 Games Using Tangible Projectile 3 7 9 4 5 28
044 Fuel and Related Compositions 4 3 6 6 8 27
122 Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers 6 3 5 9 4 27
301 Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles 3 6 3 7 8 27
349 Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems 5 6 8 3 5 27
483 Tool Changing 3 6 4 6 8 27
068 Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus 2 5 5 9 5 26
132 Toilet 1 4 11 6 4 26
237 Heating Systems 6 5 8 4 3 26
144 Woodworking 2 2 4 7 9 24
149 Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges 11 5 1 3 4 24
254 Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force 3 4 6 4 7 24
712 Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) 1 2 6 10 5 24
338 Electrical Resistors 4 4 5 6 4 23
368 Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices 4 6 3 5 5 23
420 Alloys or Metallic Compositions 5 5 5 4 4 23
040 Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting 4 4 5 1 8 22
047 Plant Husbandry 1 2 3 5 11 22
494 Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators 3 3 4 8 4 22
026 Textiles: Cloth Finishing 3 2 8 5 3 21
037 Excavating 1 4 4 6 6 21
299 Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material 7 7 2 2 3 21
380 Cryptography 4 3 8 3 3 21
601 Surgery: Kinesitherapy 3 3 8 5 2 21
194 Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms 11 1 4 2 2 20
505 Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process 2 1 7 2 8 20
014 Bridges 8 2 4 4 1 19
140 Wireworking 2 3 3 4 7 19
270 Sheet-Material Associating 7 3 7 0 2 19
283 Printed Matter 2 2 3 4 8 19
383 Flexible Bags 2 2 7 2 5 18
588 Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment 6 3 5 2 2 18
038 Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing 1 4 3 5 4 17
169 Fire Extinguishers 1 1 3 5 7 17
410 Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier 2 0 2 8 5 17
440 Marine Propulsion 3 5 3 1 5 17
208 Mineral Oils: Processes and Products 3 0 5 7 1 16
445 Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing 5 1 4 2 4 16
703 DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) 2 3 7 2 2 16
071 Chemistry: Fertilizers 0 4 4 4 3 15
182 Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold 0 1 3 9 2 15
273 Amusement Devices: Games 2 2 3 6 2 15
023 Chemistry: Physical Processes 3 1 3 1 6 14
048 Gas: Heating and Illuminating 3 0 6 5 0 14
059 Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making 0 0 2 6 6 14
191 Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles 0 3 5 5 1 14
221 Article Dispensing 2 1 1 6 4 14
386 Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing 1 1 4 4 4 14
412 Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus 3 1 3 4 3 14
482 Exercise Devices 3 3 3 4 1 14
717 DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) 0 2 6 2 4 14
725 Interactive Video Distribution Systems 3 1 5 5 0 14
184 Lubrication 2 2 3 2 4 13
238 Railways: Surface Track 1 4 5 0 3 13
125 Stone Working 1 2 1 1 7 12
249 Static Molds 3 3 2 2 2 12
305 Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles 0 1 6 3 2 12
353 Optics: Image Projectors 4 0 0 5 3 12
406 Conveyors: Fluid Current 2 2 3 1 4 12
507 Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry 2 1 4 1 4 12
076 Metal Tools and Implements, Making 1 0 4 3 3 11
166 Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) 0 2 5 2 2 11
172 Earth Working 2 1 3 2 3 11
202 Distillation: Apparatus 1 2 3 3 2 11
322 Electricity: Single Generator Systems 5 0 1 2 3 11
446 Amusement Devices: Toys 1 1 3 2 4 11
127 Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates 3 3 1 1 2 10
223 Apparel Apparatus 1 2 3 2 2 10
293 Vehicle Fenders 1 0 5 2 2 10
332 Modulators 2 2 0 1 5 10
463 Amusement Devices: Games 1 1 1 4 3 10
512 Perfume Compositions 3 1 1 2 3 10
135 Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane 0 1 4 2 2 9
225 Severing by Tearing or Breaking 2 1 1 3 2 9
246 Railway Switches and Signals 2 1 5 0 1 9
290 Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants 0 2 2 2 3 9
434 Education and Demonstration 1 1 2 1 4 9
453 Coin Handling 3 2 1 1 2 9
001 ** Classification Undetermined ** 0 0 2 4 2 8
388 Electricity: Motor Control Systems 1 2 2 2 1 8
413 Sheet Metal Container Making 0 0 2 4 2 8
441 Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices 1 0 0 3 4 8
472 Amusement Devices 1 0 3 2 2 8
503 Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor 2 2 3 0 1 8
716 DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) 2 2 0 2 2 8
051 Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition 4 2 0 1 0 7
063 Jewelry 2 3 1 0 1 7
377 Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems 4 1 0 1 1 7
116 Signals and Indicators 1 1 0 1 3 6
159 Concentrating Evaporators 2 0 1 2 1 6
281 Books, Strips, and Leaves 1 1 2 1 1 6
329 Demodulators 1 1 2 1 1 6
352 Optics: Motion Pictures 0 2 1 1 2 6
043 Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying 1 0 1 2 1 5
124 Mechanical Guns and Projectors 0 2 1 1 1 5
193 Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways 0 0 1 2 2 5
295 Railway Wheels and Axles 2 1 0 2 0 5
300 Brush, Broom, and Mop Making 2 1 1 0 1 5
346 Recorders 3 0 1 0 1 5
470 Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus 2 2 0 1 0 5
476 Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components 0 0 0 2 3 5
087 Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making 1 0 3 0 0 4
190 Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage 1 1 0 1 1 4
201 Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic 1 3 0 0 0 4
213 Railway Draft Appliances 3 1 0 0 0 4
256 Fences 0 1 0 2 1 4
086 Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making 0 1 2 0 0 3
402 Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet 1 1 1 0 0 3
518 Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof 0 2 1 0 0 3
111 Planting 0 0 0 0 2 2
171 Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects 0 0 1 0 1 2
178 Telegraphy 2 0 0 0 0 2
186 Merchandising 0 0 1 1 0 2
450 Foundation Garments 0 0 1 1 0 2
007 Compound Hand Tools 0 1 0 0 0 1
027 Undertaking 0 0 1 0 0 1
054 Harness (for animals) 0 1 0 0 0 1
069 Leather Manufactures 0 1 0 0 0 1
109 Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device 0 1 0 0 0 1
150 Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers 0 0 0 1 0 1
163 Needle and Pin Making 1 0 0 0 0 1
168 Farriery 0 0 1 0 0 1
232 Deposit and Collection Receptacles 0 0 1 0 0 1
260 Chemistry of Carbon Compounds 0 0 0 0 1 1
ALL ALL CLASSES 6818 7008 9095 9337 10234 42492



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