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) | 3 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 33 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
705 | DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
099 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
244 | Aeronautics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
707 | DP: Database and File Management, Data Structures, Or Document Processing (Data Processing) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
379 | Telephonic Communications | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
455 | Telecommunications | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
005 | Beds | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
135 | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
250 | Radiant Energy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
348 | Television | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
380 | Cryptography | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
139 | Textiles: Weaving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
204 | Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
219 | Electric Heating | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
342 | Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
343 | Communications: Radio Wave Antennas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
356 | Optics: Measuring and Testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
358 | Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
372 | Coherent Light Generators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
375 | Pulse or Digital Communications | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
709 | Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
015 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
062 | Refrigeration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
084 | Music | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
114 | Ships | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
132 | Toilet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
186 | Merchandising | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
224 | Package and Article Carriers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
232 | Deposit and Collection Receptacles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
252 | Compositions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
280 | Land Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
312 | Supports: Cabinet Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
324 | Electricity: Measuring and Testing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
376 | Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
401 | Coating Implements with Material Supply | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
430 | Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
434 | Education and Demonstration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
441 | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
505 | Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
710 | Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
002 | Apparel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
004 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
016 | Miscellaneous Hardware | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
029 | Metal Working | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
060 | Power Plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
126 | Stoves and Furnaces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
156 | Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
208 | Mineral Oils: Processes and Products | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
211 | Supports: Racks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
220 | Receptacles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
222 | Dispensing (apparatus and process) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
241 | Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
292 | Closure Fasteners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
359 | Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
367 | Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
370 | Multiplex Communications | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
382 | Image Analysis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
385 | Optical Waveguides | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
404 | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
427 | Coating Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
433 | Dentistry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
452 | Butchering | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
482 | Exercise Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
493 | Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
530 | Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
588 | Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
601 | Surgery: Kinesitherapy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
701 | DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
704 | DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
706 | DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
713 | Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
716 | DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 40 | 52 | 74 | 55 | 62 | 283 |
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