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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)
- this report has been prepared with support from the National Science Foundation -
Classes listed in order of descending activity index for 2003
( a higher activity index indicates a higher level of patenting emphasis )
( technology class is determined by the primary patent classification - see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )
Class | Class Title | Number of Patents in 1993 |
Number of Patents in 2003 |
Number of University Patents in 1993 |
Number of University Patents in 2003 |
University Activity Index for 1993 |
University Activity Index for 2003 |
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800 | Multicellular Living Organisms and Unmodified Parts Thereof and Related Processes | 33 | 446 | 4 | 70 | 7.349 | 8.140 |
435 | Chemistry: Molecular Biology and Microbiology | 1498 | 3174 | 176 | 494 | 7.123 | 8.072 |
530 | Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof | 360 | 538 | 38 | 81 | 6.400 | 7.809 |
449 | Bee Culture (propagating, raising, caring for bees) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 7.409 |
23 | Chemistry: Physical Processes | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 6.483 |
436 | Chemistry: Analytical and Immunological Testing | 341 | 469 | 25 | 53 | 4.445 | 5.861 |
505 | Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process | 261 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 6.040 | 5.085 |
424 | Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions (includes Class 514) | 3851 | 6950 | 256 | 601 | 4.030 | 4.485 |
127 | Sugar, Starch, and Carbohydrates | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4.322 |
117 | Single-Crystal, Oriented-Crystal, and Epitaxy Growth Processes; Non-Coating Apparatus Therefor | 127 | 179 | 5 | 13 | 2.387 | 3.767 |
136 | Batteries: Thermoelectric and Photoelectric | 72 | 146 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 3.552 |
532 | Organic Compounds (includes Classes 532-570) | 3266 | 2824 | 122 | 174 | 2.265 | 3.196 |
423 | Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds | 538 | 491 | 12 | 25 | 1.352 | 2.641 |
356 | Optics: Measuring and Testing | 584 | 1262 | 11 | 63 | 1.142 | 2.589 |
149 | Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges | 25 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 2.551 |
504 | Plant Protecting and Regulating Compositions | 241 | 166 | 6 | 8 | 1.509 | 2.500 |
419 | Powder Metallurgy Processes | 34 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 3.566 | 2.357 |
483 | Tool Changing | 34 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.357 |
588 | Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment | 46 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2.357 |
128 | Surgery (includes Class 600) | 1261 | 2690 | 60 | 122 | 2.885 | 2.352 |
204 | Chemistry: Electrical and Wave Energy | 464 | 605 | 24 | 27 | 3.136 | 2.315 |
71 | Chemistry: Fertilizers | 38 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2.255 |
378 | X-Ray or Gamma Ray Systems or Devices | 253 | 452 | 16 | 19 | 3.834 | 2.180 |
607 | Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application | 252 | 606 | 8 | 25 | 1.925 | 2.140 |
374 | Thermal Measuring and Testing | 137 | 150 | 1 | 6 | 0.443 | 2.075 |
516 | Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents, Subcombinations Thereof, Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting | 53 | 75 | 1 | 3 | 1.144 | 2.075 |
422 | Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing | 599 | 712 | 16 | 28 | 1.620 | 2.040 |
367 | Communications, Electrical: Acoustic Wave Systems and Devices | 222 | 134 | 5 | 5 | 1.366 | 1.935 |
250 | Radiant Energy | 1101 | 1750 | 45 | 65 | 2.478 | 1.926 |
427 | Coating Processes | 702 | 1025 | 21 | 38 | 1.814 | 1.923 |
706 | DP: Artificial Intelligence (Data Processing) | 171 | 250 | 5 | 9 | 1.773 | 1.867 |
502 | Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making | 446 | 402 | 16 | 14 | 2.175 | 1.806 |
398 | Optical Communications | 120 | 387 | 1 | 13 | 0.505 | 1.742 |
252 | Compositions | 541 | 546 | 10 | 18 | 1.121 | 1.710 |
95 | Gas Separation: Processes | 151 | 276 | 7 | 9 | 2.811 | 1.691 |
702 | DP: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing (Data Processing) | 224 | 1295 | 10 | 42 | 2.707 | 1.682 |
460 | Crop Threshing or Separating | 18 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.673 |
205 | Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions | 331 | 346 | 12 | 11 | 2.198 | 1.649 |
216 | Etching a Substrate: Processes | 226 | 254 | 1 | 8 | 0.268 | 1.634 |
43 | Fishing, Trapping, and Vermin Destroying | 283 | 298 | 2 | 9 | 0.428 | 1.566 |
372 | Coherent Light Generators | 442 | 697 | 26 | 21 | 3.566 | 1.563 |
434 | Education and Demonstration | 233 | 269 | 1 | 8 | 0.260 | 1.542 |
382 | Image Analysis | 427 | 1624 | 9 | 47 | 1.278 | 1.501 |
363 | Electric Power Conversion Systems | 176 | 357 | 7 | 10 | 2.411 | 1.453 |
376 | Induced Nuclear Reactions: Processes, Systems, and Elements | 297 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 0.408 | 1.414 |
14 | Bridges | 25 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.402 |
332 | Modulators | 21 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.365 |
520 | Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers (includes Classes 520-528) | 3713 | 3393 | 70 | 88 | 1.143 | 1.345 |
237 | Heating Systems | 32 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.330 |
359 | Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements | 856 | 1903 | 18 | 48 | 1.275 | 1.308 |
623 | Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts Thereof, or Aids and Accessories Therefor | 211 | 761 | 5 | 19 | 1.437 | 1.295 |
601 | Surgery: Kinesitherapy | 102 | 122 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 1.275 |
335 | Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets | 153 | 204 | 2 | 5 | 0.793 | 1.271 |
703 | DP: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation (Data Processing) | 56 | 169 | 2 | 4 | 2.165 | 1.228 |
585 | Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds | 294 | 170 | 5 | 4 | 1.031 | 1.220 |
203 | Distillation: Processes, Separatory | 82 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0.739 | 1.206 |
385 | Optical Waveguides | 613 | 1906 | 8 | 43 | 0.791 | 1.170 |
351 | Optics: Eye Examining, Vision Testing and Correcting | 167 | 314 | 0 | 7 | 0.000 | 1.156 |
606 | Surgery (instruments) | 666 | 1629 | 12 | 36 | 1.092 | 1.146 |
501 | Compositions: Ceramic | 321 | 227 | 11 | 5 | 2.078 | 1.142 |
148 | Metal Treatment | 382 | 464 | 14 | 10 | 2.222 | 1.118 |
219 | Electric Heating | 690 | 1045 | 7 | 21 | 0.615 | 1.042 |
518 | Chemistry: Fischer-Tropsch Processes; or Purification or Recovery of Products Thereof | 14 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1.017 |
47 | Plant Husbandry | 130 | 205 | 4 | 4 | 1.866 | 1.012 |
73 | Measuring and Testing | 1121 | 2052 | 35 | 40 | 1.893 | 1.011 |
429 | Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process | 353 | 924 | 3 | 18 | 0.515 | 1.010 |
110 | Furnaces | 108 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0.561 | 0.997 |
426 | Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products | 621 | 680 | 9 | 13 | 0.879 | 0.992 |
210 | Liquid Purification or Separation | 1198 | 1004 | 34 | 19 | 1.721 | 0.982 |
96 | Gas Separation: Apparatus | 107 | 159 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.979 |
324 | Electricity: Measuring and Testing | 872 | 1849 | 36 | 34 | 2.503 | 0.954 |
494 | Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators | 37 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.894 |
75 | Specialized Metallurgical Processes, Compositions for Use Therein, Consolidated Metal Powder Compositions, and Loose Metal Particulate Mixtures | 225 | 235 | 7 | 4 | 1.886 | 0.883 |
264 | Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes | 996 | 998 | 13 | 17 | 0.791 | 0.883 |
420 | Alloys or Metallic Compositions | 87 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.879 |
228 | Metal Fusion Bonding | 299 | 301 | 2 | 5 | 0.406 | 0.862 |
257 | Active Solid-State Devices (e.g., Transistors, Solid-State Diodes) | 1001 | 4293 | 17 | 71 | 1.030 | 0.858 |
428 | Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles | 1825 | 3177 | 12 | 52 | 0.399 | 0.849 |
602 | Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage | 111 | 184 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.846 |
431 | Combustion | 158 | 187 | 1 | 3 | 0.384 | 0.832 |
604 | Surgery (Medicators and Receptors) | 974 | 1707 | 18 | 27 | 1.120 | 0.820 |
342 | Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation) | 300 | 581 | 5 | 9 | 1.011 | 0.803 |
116 | Signals and Indicators | 63 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.798 |
452 | Butchering | 108 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.774 |
65 | Glass Manufacturing | 174 | 202 | 3 | 3 | 1.045 | 0.770 |
62 | Refrigeration | 703 | 1018 | 6 | 15 | 0.517 | 0.764 |
165 | Heat Exchange | 305 | 346 | 1 | 5 | 0.199 | 0.749 |
256 | Fences | 39 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.720 |
164 | Metal Founding | 257 | 290 | 1 | 4 | 0.236 | 0.715 |
68 | Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus | 70 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.710 |
315 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Systems | 319 | 751 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 0.691 |
209 | Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids | 197 | 158 | 7 | 2 | 2.154 | 0.657 |
310 | Electrical Generator or Motor Structure | 488 | 873 | 8 | 11 | 0.994 | 0.654 |
338 | Electrical Resistors | 92 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.648 |
405 | Hydraulic and Earth Engineering | 380 | 332 | 5 | 4 | 0.798 | 0.625 |
104 | Railways | 81 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.617 |
333 | Wave Transmission Lines and Networks | 203 | 589 | 8 | 7 | 2.389 | 0.616 |
353 | Optics: Image Projectors | 66 | 253 | 1 | 3 | 0.919 | 0.615 |
438 | Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process | 1131 | 5096 | 22 | 60 | 1.179 | 0.611 |
700 | DP: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications (Data Processing) | 389 | 1021 | 6 | 12 | 0.935 | 0.610 |
60 | Power Plants | 630 | 942 | 6 | 11 | 0.577 | 0.606 |
313 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices | 269 | 1027 | 1 | 12 | 0.225 | 0.606 |
177 | Weighing Scales | 90 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.603 |
119 | Animal Husbandry | 273 | 432 | 1 | 5 | 0.222 | 0.600 |
433 | Dentistry | 260 | 266 | 3 | 3 | 0.700 | 0.585 |
403 | Joints and Connections | 183 | 270 | 1 | 3 | 0.331 | 0.576 |
118 | Coating Apparatus | 289 | 451 | 1 | 5 | 0.210 | 0.575 |
510 | Cleaning Compositions for Solid Surfaces, Auxiliary Compositions Therefor, or Processes of Preparing the Compositions | 236 | 544 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.572 |
380 | Cryptography | 140 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 0.433 | 0.558 |
326 | Electronic Digital Logic Circuitry | 235 | 496 | 1 | 5 | 0.258 | 0.523 |
343 | Communications: Radio Wave Antennas | 229 | 602 | 3 | 6 | 0.794 | 0.517 |
432 | Heating | 78 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 0.777 | 0.514 |
345 | Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems | 613 | 2325 | 9 | 23 | 0.890 | 0.513 |
417 | Pumps | 439 | 623 | 4 | 6 | 0.552 | 0.499 |
348 | Television | 834 | 1071 | 8 | 10 | 0.582 | 0.484 |
241 | Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration | 246 | 217 | 2 | 2 | 0.493 | 0.478 |
134 | Cleaning and Liquid Contact with Solids | 270 | 549 | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.472 |
244 | Aeronautics | 293 | 440 | 3 | 4 | 0.621 | 0.471 |
416 | Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers) | 189 | 220 | 1 | 2 | 0.321 | 0.471 |
124 | Mechanical Guns and Projectors | 84 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.459 |
72 | Metal Deforming | 326 | 349 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.446 |
269 | Work Holders | 85 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.425 |
33 | Geometrical Instruments | 248 | 385 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.404 |
425 | Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus | 427 | 387 | 2 | 3 | 0.284 | 0.402 |
318 | Electricity: Motive Power Systems | 468 | 527 | 7 | 4 | 0.907 | 0.394 |
381 | Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices | 221 | 399 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.390 |
251 | Valves and Valve Actuation | 244 | 283 | 1 | 2 | 0.248 | 0.367 |
349 | Liquid Crystal Cells, Elements and Systems | 236 | 856 | 5 | 6 | 1.285 | 0.364 |
375 | Pulse or Digital Communications | 512 | 1567 | 6 | 11 | 0.711 | 0.364 |
52 | Static Structures (e.g., Buildings) | 642 | 859 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.362 |
341 | Coded Data Generation or Conversion | 288 | 722 | 6 | 5 | 1.263 | 0.359 |
114 | Ships | 239 | 291 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.356 |
320 | Electricity: Battery or Capacitor Charging or Discharging | 122 | 297 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.349 |
404 | Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus | 145 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.348 |
162 | Paper Making and Fiber Liberation | 214 | 308 | 1 | 2 | 0.283 | 0.337 |
712 | Processing Architectures and Instruction Processing, e.g., Processors (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 150 | 308 | 3 | 2 | 1.213 | 0.337 |
138 | Pipes and Tubular Conduits | 81 | 157 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.330 |
188 | Brakes | 212 | 314 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.330 |
29 | Metal Working | 1046 | 1464 | 7 | 9 | 0.406 | 0.319 |
106 | Compositions: Coating or Plastic | 377 | 488 | 4 | 3 | 0.643 | 0.319 |
445 | Electric Lamp or Space Discharge Component or Device Manufacturing | 70 | 163 | 1 | 1 | 0.866 | 0.318 |
442 | Fabric (Woven, Knitted, or Nonwoven Textile or Cloth, Etc.) | 174 | 169 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.307 |
701 | DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing) | 294 | 1195 | 4 | 7 | 0.825 | 0.304 |
454 | Ventilation | 118 | 173 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.300 |
508 | Solid Anti-Friction Devices, Materials Therefor, Lubricant or Separant Compositions for Moving Solid Surfaces, and Miscellaneous Mineral Oil Compositions | 201 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 0.302 | 0.296 |
707 | DP: Database and File Management or Data Structures (Data Processing) | 150 | 1403 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 0.296 |
267 | Spring Devices | 146 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.295 |
430 | Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or Product Thereof | 1452 | 1585 | 2 | 9 | 0.084 | 0.294 |
34 | Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact with Solids | 199 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 0.305 | 0.283 |
482 | Exercise Devices | 304 | 371 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.280 |
715 | DP: Presentation Processing of Document (Data Processing) | 67 | 191 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.272 |
440 | Marine Propulsion | 134 | 192 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.270 |
336 | Inductor Devices | 55 | 202 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.257 |
366 | Agitating (e.g., of articles and materials) | 140 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 0.866 | 0.253 |
414 | Material or Article Handling | 433 | 433 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.240 |
709 | Multiple Computer or Process Coordinating (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 115 | 1166 | 2 | 5 | 1.054 | 0.222 |
292 | Closure Fasteners | 147 | 238 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.218 |
327 | Miscellaneous Active Electrical Nonlinear Devices, Circuits, and Systems | 392 | 1254 | 5 | 5 | 0.773 | 0.207 |
714 | Error Detection/Correction and Fault Detection/Recovery | 374 | 1265 | 3 | 5 | 0.486 | 0.205 |
708 | Arithmetic Processing and Calculating (Electrical Computers) | 298 | 256 | 5 | 1 | 1.017 | 0.203 |
83 | Cutting | 259 | 260 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.199 |
716 | DP: Design and Analysis of Circuit or Semiconductor Mask (Data Processing) | 76 | 805 | 1 | 3 | 0.798 | 0.193 |
99 | Foods and Beverages: Apparatus | 252 | 275 | 1 | 1 | 0.241 | 0.189 |
369 | Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval | 661 | 1102 | 2 | 4 | 0.183 | 0.188 |
330 | Amplifiers | 195 | 554 | 1 | 2 | 0.311 | 0.187 |
340 | Communications: Electrical | 664 | 1121 | 9 | 4 | 0.822 | 0.185 |
180 | Motor Vehicles | 327 | 581 | 2 | 2 | 0.371 | 0.179 |
323 | Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems | 109 | 290 | 1 | 1 | 0.556 | 0.179 |
123 | Internal-Combustion Engines | 1071 | 1747 | 2 | 6 | 0.113 | 0.178 |
384 | Bearings | 214 | 297 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.175 |
166 | Wells (shafts or deep borings in the earth, e.g., for oil and gas) | 415 | 595 | 1 | 2 | 0.146 | 0.174 |
70 | Locks | 189 | 307 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.169 |
361 | Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices | 708 | 1891 | 2 | 6 | 0.171 | 0.165 |
307 | Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems | 176 | 317 | 1 | 1 | 0.344 | 0.164 |
137 | Fluid Handling | 657 | 670 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.155 |
2 | Apparel | 232 | 337 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.154 |
331 | Oscillators | 126 | 343 | 2 | 1 | 0.962 | 0.151 |
386 | Television Signal Processing for Dynamic Recording or Reproducing | 183 | 343 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.151 |
451 | Abrading | 307 | 731 | 1 | 2 | 0.197 | 0.142 |
248 | Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.) | 491 | 737 | 1 | 2 | 0.123 | 0.141 |
370 | Multiplex Communications | 519 | 2593 | 5 | 7 | 0.584 | 0.140 |
200 | Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers | 231 | 385 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.135 |
713 | Support (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 153 | 807 | 1 | 2 | 0.396 | 0.129 |
455 | Telecommunications | 412 | 1653 | 1 | 4 | 0.147 | 0.126 |
360 | Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval | 700 | 1244 | 1 | 3 | 0.087 | 0.125 |
711 | Memory (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 255 | 1255 | 2 | 3 | 0.476 | 0.124 |
705 | DP: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination (Data Processing) | 164 | 422 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.123 |
704 | DP: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression (Data Processing) | 186 | 427 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.121 |
222 | Dispensing (apparatus and process) | 508 | 444 | 1 | 1 | 0.119 | 0.117 |
74 | Machine Element or Mechanism | 607 | 500 | 4 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.104 |
239 | Fluid Sprinkling, Spraying, and Diffusing | 397 | 533 | 1 | 1 | 0.153 | 0.097 |
347 | Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information | 469 | 1711 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.091 |
280 | Land Vehicles | 793 | 1154 | 1 | 2 | 0.076 | 0.090 |
156 | Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture | 761 | 1188 | 2 | 2 | 0.159 | 0.087 |
297 | Chairs and Seats | 231 | 639 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.081 |
365 | Static Information Storage and Retrieval | 627 | 1950 | 7 | 3 | 0.677 | 0.080 |
174 | Electricity: Conductors and Insulators | 337 | 788 | 1 | 1 | 0.180 | 0.066 |
235 | Registers (e.g., cash registers, calculators, devices for counting movements of devices, etc.) | 316 | 791 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.066 |
362 | Illumination | 397 | 1082 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.048 |
379 | Telephonic Communications | 354 | 1076 | 1 | 1 | 0.171 | 0.048 |
1 | ** Classification Undetermined ** | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
4 | Baths, Closets, Sinks, and Spittoons | 249 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
5 | Beds | 268 | 372 | 1 | 0 | 0.226 | 0.000 |
7 | Compound Hand Tools | 34 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
8 | Bleaching and Dyeing; Fluid Treatment and Chemical Modification of Textiles and Fibers | 200 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
12 | Boot and Shoe Making | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
15 | Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning | 312 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
16 | Miscellaneous Hardware | 130 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
19 | Textiles: Fiber Preparation | 54 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
24 | Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, Etc. | 209 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
26 | Textiles: Cloth Finishing | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
27 | Undertaking | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
28 | Textiles: Manufacturing | 39 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
30 | Cutlery | 201 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
36 | Boots, Shoes, and Leggings | 141 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
37 | Excavating | 82 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
38 | Textiles: Ironing or Smoothing | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
40 | Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting | 144 | 312 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
42 | Firearms | 92 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
44 | Fuel and Related Compositions | 85 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
48 | Gas: Heating and Illuminating | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
49 | Movable or Removable Closures | 165 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
51 | Abrasive Tool Making Process, Material, or Composition | 89 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
53 | Package Making | 301 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
54 | Harness (for animals) | 16 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
55 | Gas Separation | 113 | 169 | 1 | 0 | 0.537 | 0.000 |
56 | Harvesters | 174 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
57 | Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining | 110 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
59 | Chain, Staple, and Horseshoe Making | 20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
63 | Jewelry | 34 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
66 | Textiles: Knitting | 80 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
69 | Leather Manufactures | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
76 | Metal Tools and Implements, Making | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
79 | Button Making | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
81 | Tools | 186 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
82 | Turning (e.g., for metal working) | 62 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 0.978 | 0.000 |
84 | Music | 298 | 274 | 1 | 0 | 0.203 | 0.000 |
86 | Ammunition and Explosive-Charge Making | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
87 | Textiles: Braiding, Netting, and Lace Making | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
89 | Ordnance | 129 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 0.940 | 0.000 |
91 | Motors: Expansible Chamber Type | 120 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
92 | Expansible Chamber Devices | 91 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
100 | Presses | 115 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
101 | Printing | 306 | 547 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
102 | Ammunition and Explosives | 185 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 0.983 | 0.000 |
105 | Railway Rolling Stock | 72 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
108 | Horizontally Supported Planar Surfaces | 74 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
109 | Safes, Bank Protection, or a Related Device | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
111 | Planting | 26 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
112 | Sewing | 143 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0.424 | 0.000 |
122 | Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers | 68 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
125 | Stone Working | 36 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
126 | Stoves and Furnaces | 149 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
131 | Tobacco | 94 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
132 | Toilet | 102 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
135 | Tent, Canopy, Umbrella, or Cane | 86 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
139 | Textiles: Weaving | 100 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
140 | Wireworking | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
141 | Fluent Material Handling, with Receiver or Receiver Coacting Means | 215 | 286 | 1 | 0 | 0.282 | 0.000 |
142 | Wood Turning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
144 | Woodworking | 87 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0.697 | 0.000 |
147 | Coopering | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
150 | Purses, Wallets, and Protective Covers | 21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
152 | Resilient Tires and Wheels | 160 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
157 | Wheelwright Machines | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
159 | Concentrating Evaporators | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.332 | 0.000 |
160 | Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel | 121 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
163 | Needle and Pin Making | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
168 | Farriery | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
169 | Fire Extinguishers | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
171 | Unearthing Plants or Buried Objects | 8 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 5.158 | 0.000 |
172 | Earth Working | 75 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
173 | Tool Driving or Impacting | 46 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
175 | Boring or Penetrating the Earth | 158 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
178 | Telegraphy | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
181 | Acoustics | 112 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
182 | Fire Escape, Ladder, or Scaffold | 82 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
184 | Lubrication | 70 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
185 | Motors: Spring, Weight, or Animal Powered | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
186 | Merchandising | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
187 | Elevator, Industrial Lift Truck, or Stationary Lift for Vehicle | 114 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
190 | Trunks and Hand-Carried Luggage | 24 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
191 | Electricity: Transmission To Vehicles | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3.032 | 0.000 |
192 | Clutches and Power-Stop Control | 179 | 324 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
193 | Conveyors, Chutes, Skids, Guides, and Ways | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
194 | Check-Actuated Control Mechanisms | 60 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
196 | Mineral Oils: Apparatus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
198 | Conveyors: Power-Driven | 389 | 486 | 1 | 0 | 0.156 | 0.000 |
199 | Type Casting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
201 | Distillation: Processes, Thermolytic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
202 | Distillation: Apparatus | 42 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
206 | Special Receptacle or Package | 594 | 558 | 1 | 0 | 0.102 | 0.000 |
208 | Mineral Oils: Processes and Products | 206 | 152 | 4 | 0 | 1.177 | 0.000 |
211 | Supports: Racks | 231 | 293 | 1 | 0 | 0.262 | 0.000 |
212 | Traversing Hoists | 30 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
213 | Railway Draft Appliances | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
215 | Bottles and Jars | 126 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
217 | Wooden Receptacles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
218 | High-Voltage Switches with Arc Preventing or Extinguishing Devices | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
220 | Receptacles | 410 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
221 | Article Dispensing | 114 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
223 | Apparel Apparatus | 31 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
224 | Package and Article Carriers | 205 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
225 | Severing by Tearing or Breaking | 35 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
226 | Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length | 47 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
227 | Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus | 70 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0.866 | 0.000 |
229 | Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes | 190 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
231 | Whips and Whip Apparatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
232 | Deposit and Collection Receptacles | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
234 | Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
236 | Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation | 93 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
238 | Railways: Surface Track | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
242 | Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding | 446 | 460 | 1 | 0 | 0.136 | 0.000 |
245 | Wire Fabrics and Structure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
246 | Railway Switches and Signals | 26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
249 | Static Molds | 39 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
254 | Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force | 129 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
258 | Railway Mail Delivery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
260 | Chemistry of Carbon Compounds | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 5.158 | 0.000 |
261 | Gas and Liquid Contact Apparatus | 86 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
266 | Metallurgical Apparatus | 111 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 1.092 | 0.000 |
270 | Sheet-Material Associating | 51 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
271 | Sheet Feeding or Delivering | 350 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
273 | Amusement Devices: Games | 257 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
276 | Typesetting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
277 | Seal for a Joint or Juncture | 186 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 0.326 | 0.000 |
278 | Land Vehicles: Animal Draft Appliances | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
279 | Chucks or Sockets | 49 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
281 | Books, Strips, and Leaves | 55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
283 | Printed Matter | 88 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
285 | Pipe Joints or Couplings | 248 | 293 | 2 | 0 | 0.489 | 0.000 |
289 | Knots and Knot Tying | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
290 | Prime-Mover Dynamo Plants | 22 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
291 | Track Sanders | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
293 | Vehicle Fenders | 26 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
294 | Handling: Hand and Hoist-Line Implements | 169 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 0.359 | 0.000 |
295 | Railway Wheels and Axles | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
296 | Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops | 289 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
298 | Land Vehicles: Dumping | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
299 | Mining or In Situ Disintegration of Hard Material | 55 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
300 | Brush, Broom, and Mop Making | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
301 | Land Vehicles: Wheels and Axles | 49 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
303 | Fluid-Pressure and Analogous Brake Systems | 223 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
305 | Wheel Substitutes for Land Vehicles | 15 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
312 | Supports: Cabinet Structure | 192 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
314 | Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices: Consumable Electrodes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
322 | Electricity: Single Generator Systems | 42 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
329 | Demodulators | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
334 | Tuners | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
337 | Electricity: Electrothermally or Thermally Actuated Switches | 63 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
346 | Recorders | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
352 | Optics: Motion Pictures | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
355 | Photocopying | 124 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
358 | Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing | 525 | 787 | 2 | 0 | 0.231 | 0.000 |
368 | Horology: Time Measuring Systems or Devices | 139 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
373 | Industrial Electric Heating Furnaces | 58 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
377 | Electrical Pulse Counters, Pulse Dividers, or Shift Registers: Circuits and Systems | 74 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2.458 | 0.000 |
383 | Flexible Bags | 77 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
388 | Electricity: Motor Control Systems | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
392 | Electric Resistance Heating Devices | 76 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0.798 | 0.000 |
396 | Photography | 483 | 474 | 1 | 0 | 0.126 | 0.000 |
399 | Electrophotography | 686 | 926 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
400 | Typewriting Machines | 240 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
401 | Coating Implements with Material Supply | 102 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
402 | Binder Device Releasably Engaging Aperture or Notch of Sheet | 30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
406 | Conveyors: Fluid Current | 58 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1.045 | 0.000 |
407 | Cutters, for Shaping | 70 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
408 | Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool | 110 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
409 | Gear Cutting, Milling, or Planing | 82 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
410 | Freight Accommodation On Freight Carrier | 29 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
411 | Expanded, Threaded, Driven, Headed, Tool-Deformed, or Locked-Threaded Fastener | 183 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
412 | Bookbinding: Process and Apparatus | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
413 | Sheet Metal Container Making | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
415 | Rotary Kinetic Fluid Motors or Pumps | 243 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
418 | Rotary Expansible Chamber Devices | 133 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
439 | Electrical Connectors | 933 | 1710 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
441 | Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices | 63 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
446 | Amusement Devices: Toys | 169 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
450 | Foundation Garments | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
453 | Coin Handling | 18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
462 | Books, Strips, and Leaves for Manifolding | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
463 | Amusement Devices: Games | 73 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
464 | Rotary Shafts, Gudgeons, Housings, and Flexible Couplings for Rotary Shafts | 83 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
470 | Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer Making: Process and Apparatus | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
472 | Amusement Devices | 43 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
473 | Games Using Tangible Projectile | 442 | 663 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
474 | Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components | 186 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
475 | Planetary Gear Transmission Systems or Components | 146 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
476 | Friction Gear Transmission Systems or Components | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
477 | Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control | 97 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
492 | Roll or Roller | 26 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
493 | Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web | 135 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
503 | Record Receiver Having Plural Interactive Leaves or a Colorless Color Former, Method of Use, or Developer Therefor | 182 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
507 | Earth Boring, Well Treating, and Oil Field Chemistry | 43 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
512 | Perfume Compositions | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
710 | Input/Output (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 286 | 977 | 2 | 0 | 0.424 | 0.000 |
717 | DP: Software Development, Installation, and Management (Data Processing) | 53 | 341 | 1 | 0 | 1.144 | 0.000 |
718 | Virtual Machine Task or Process Management or Task Management/Control (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 46 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
719 | Interprogram Communications or Interprocess Communication (IPC) (Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems) | 18 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
725 | Interactive Video Distribution Systems | 46 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
*** All Classes *** | 98342 | 169027 | 1622 | 3259 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
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