U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
002 | Apparel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
049 | Movable or Removable Closures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
434 | Education and Demonstration | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
030 | Cutlery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
359 | Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
379 | Telephonic Communications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
062 | Refrigeration | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
073 | Measuring and Testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
104 | Railways | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
482 | Exercise Devices | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
015 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
029 | Metal Working | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
033 | Geometrical Instruments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
037 | Excavating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
075 | Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
084 | Music | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
108 | Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
109 | Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
114 | Ships | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
117 | Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
132 | Toilet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
136 | Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
174 | Electricity: Conductors and Insulators | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
188 | Brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
215 | Bottles and Jars | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
250 | Radiant Energy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
277 | Seal for a Joint or Juncture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
312 | Supports: Cabinet Structure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
335 | Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
336 | Inductor Devices | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
348 | Television | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
365 | Static Information Storage and Retrieval | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
372 | Coherent Light Generators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
392 | Electric Resistance Heating Devices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
408 | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
409 | Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
433 | Dentistry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
530 | Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
585 | Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 23 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 103 |
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