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) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
455 | Telecommunications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
703 | DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
709 | Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
711 | Memory (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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
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