U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
Class | Class Title | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
169 | Fire Extinguishers | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
114 | Ships | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
033 | Geometrical Instruments | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
060 | Power Plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
073 | Measuring and Testing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
102 | Ammunition and Explosives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
220 | Receptacles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
417 | Pumps | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
510 | Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
052 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
053 | Package Making | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
062 | Refrigeration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
096 | Gas Separation: Apparatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
137 | Fluid Handling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
180 | Motor Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
188 | Brakes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
280 | Land Vehicles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
283 | Printed Matter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
290 | Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
342 | Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
404 | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
493 | Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 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 |
702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
708 | Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ALL | ALL CLASSES | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 71 |
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