PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 333
 Class Title: WAVE TRANSMISSION LINES AND NETWORKS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       PLURAL CHANNEL SYSTEMS
  1.1     .Nonreciprocal gyromagnetic type (e.g., circulators)
  2       .With automatic control
  3       ..Line substitution
  4       .With balanced circuits
  5       ..Plural balanced circuits
  100     .Having branched circuits
  101     ..Including switching means
  102     ...Having gyromagnetic operating means
  103     ...Having semiconductor operating means
  104     ....Using TEM lines
  105     ...Having mechanical switching means
  106     ....Using rotary switching means
  107     .....For TEM lines
  108     ....For waveguide
  109     ..Using directional coupler
  110     ...For providing frequency separation
  111     ...For providing adjustable coupling
  112     ...Having lumped parameters or impedances
  113     ...Having parallel-guide waveguide
  114     ...Having crossed-guide waveguide
  115     ...Having TEM lines
  116     ....Using stripline
  117     ..Including hybrid-type network
  118     ...Having lumped parameters or impedances
  119     ....Using transformer coil
  120     ...Having hybrid ring junction
  121     ...Having hybrid-T (e.g., magic-T)
  122     ....Using waveguide
  123     ...Having coaxial element
  124     ..With impedance matching
  125     ...Including long line element
  126     ....For providing frequency separation
  127     ....Using TEM lines
  128     .....Stripline
  129     ...For providing frequency separation
  130     ...Using resistors only
  131     ...Using coupled windings
  132     ..For providing frequency separation
  133     ...Utilizing electromechanical transducer
  134     ...Utilizing long line element
  135     ....Including waveguide element
  136     ..Including long line element
  137     ...Using waveguide
  12      TRANSMISSION LINE INDUCTIVE OR RADIATION INTERFERENCE REDUCTION
           SYSTEMS
  13      RESONATOR-TYPE BREAKDOWN DISCHARGE SYSTEMS (E.G., T-R OR R-T
           SYSTEMS)
  14      AMPLITUDE COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION SYSTEMS (I.E., COMPANDERS)
  15      PILOT LINE-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS
  16      PILOT CURRENT-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS
  17.1    AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED SYSTEMSS
  17.2    .Limiting of amplitude
  17.3    .Impedance matching
  18      .With control of equalizer and/or delay network
  19      DIFFERENTIATING OR INTEGRATING SYSTEMS
  20      WAVE-SHAPING
  21 R    WAVE MODE CONVERTERS
  21 A    .Polarization converters
  22 R    DISSIPATING TERMINATIONS FOR LONG LINES
  22 F    .Fluid-cooling
  23      ARTIFICIAL LINES
  24 R    COUPLING NETWORKS
  24.1    .Nonreciprocal gyromagnetic type (e.g., directional phase
            shifters)
  24.2    ..Nonreciprocal attenuators or isolators
  24.3    ..Nonreciprocal polarization rotators
  25      .Balanced to unbalanced circuits
  26      ..Having long line elements
  27      .Interlinking long line
  28 R    .Equalizers
  28 T    ..Audio tone control
  138     .Delay lines including a lumped parameter
  139     ..Variable parameter
  140     ..Physical structure
  141     .Delay lines including elastic bulk wave propagation means
  142     ..Multipath propagation
  143     ...Spurious signal reduction
  144     ..Variable delay
  145     ..Nonuniform propagation path
  146     ..Helical propagation path
  147     ..Propagation path has significant chemical or physical
             properties
  148     ..Including magnetostrictive transducers
  149     ..Significant transducer structure
  150     .Delay lines including elastic surface wave propagation means
  151     ..Spurious signal or mode cancellation means
  152     ..Variable delay
  153     ..Including discontinuities within propagation means
  154     ..Significant transmitting or receiving transducer structure
  155     ..Temperature stabilization or compensation
  156     .Delay lines including long line elements
  157     ..Waveguide
  158     ...Including ferrite means
  159     ...Having mechanically movable delay control means
  160     ..Coaxial line
  161     ..Planar line structure (e.g., stripline)
  162     ..Helical line structures and lines developed from a helical
             structure
  163     ...Having plural concentric helices
  164     ..Control of delay with semiconductive means
  32      .With impedance matching
  33      ..Having long line elements
  34      ...Tapered
  35      ...Quarter-wave transformer type
  165     .Frequency or time domain filters and delay lines utilizing
            charge transfer devices
  166     .Time domain filters
  167     .Frequency domain filters utilizing only lumped parameters
  168     ..Including recurrent sectionss
  169     ..Wheatstone or lattice type
  170     ..Bridge type
  171     ...With variable response
  172     ..RC or RL type
  173     ..Synchronous filters
  174     ..With variable response
  175     ..Resonant, discrete frequency selective type
  176     ...Including specific frequency rejection means
  177     ..Transformer coupled
  178     ...Including bandwidth adjusting, shaping, or stabilization
              means
  179     ...With permeability tuning means
  180     ...With variable coupling means
  181     ..Smoothing type (e.g., direct current power supply filters or
             decoupling filters)
  182     ...Feedthrough type
  183     ....Resiliently mounted components
  184     ...Monolithic structure
  185     ..Having significant physical structure
  186     .Electromechanical filter
  187     ..Using bulk mode piezoelectric vibrator
  188     ...With means for varying response
  189     ...Plural coupled vibrators
  190     ....Lattice structure
  191     ....Monolithic structure
  192     .....With electrical coupling
  193     ..Using surface acoustic waves
  194     ...Including spurious signal prevention or reduction means
  195     ...With wave-modifying means (e.g., reflectors, resonators,
              diffractors, multistrip couplers, etc.)
  196     ...With response weighting means
  197     ..Plural mechanically coupled bar, plate, or rod-type resonating
             means
  198     ...Plural interresonator coupling paths
  199     ...Plural mechanically coupled disk resonators
  200     ..Reed- or fork-type resonators
  201     ..Magnetostrictive wave transmission path
  202     .Wave filters including long line elements
  203     ..Digital structure
  204     ..Stripline or microstrip
  205     ...Tunable
  206     ..Coaxial
  207     ...Tunable
  208     ..Waveguide
  209     ...Tunable
  210     ...Including evanescent guide sections
  211     ...Including frequency selective absorbing means
  212     ...Including directly coupled resonant sections
  24 C    .Capacity coupling
  213     NEGATIVE RESISTANCE OR REACTANCE NETWORKS OF THE ACTIVE TYPE
  214     .Simulating specific type of reactance
  215     ..Using gyrator
  216     .Having negative impedance
  217     ..Providing negative resistance
  81 R    ATTENUATORS
  81 A    .Coaxial or microstrip
  81 B    .Waveguide type
  218     FREQUENCY MULTIPLIERSS
  219     RESONATORS (DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER TYPE)
  219.1   .Dielectric type
  219.2   .Magnetic type
  220     .Open wire or Lecher line
  221     ..With tuning
  222     .Coaxial or shielded
  223     ..With tuning
  224     ...Having movable element
  225     ....Using movable shorting means
  226     ....Using plunger, rod, or piston
  227     .Cavity resonator
  228     ..With mode suppressor
  229     ..With temperature compensation
  230     ..With coupling
  231     ..With tuning
  232     ...Having movable element
  233     ....Using movable wall
  234     .Temperature compensated
  235     .With tuning
  236     LONG LINES
  237     .Leaky lines
  238     .Strip type
  239     .Waveguide type
  240     ..Surface wave
  241     ..Flexible
  242     ..Circular or helical structure
  243     .Shielded type
  244     ..Including spaced, electrically compensated, internal support
             means
  245     LONG LINE ELEMENTS AND COMPONENTS
  246     .Strip type
  247     ..Semiconductor mounts
  248     .Waveguide elements and components
  249     ..Bend
  250     ..Active element mounting
  251     ..Mode suppressor
  252     ..Window
  253     ..Including variable impedance
  254     ..Connectors and interconnections
  255     ...Quick disconnect
  256     ...Movable
  257     ....In line
  258     ..Switch
  259     ...Mechanically movable
  260     .Connectors and interconnections
  261     ..Rotary coupling
  262     .Switch
  263     .Including variable impedance
  99 R    MISCELLANEOUS
  99 S    .Superconductive
  99 PL   .Plasma
  99 MP   .Multipactor applications