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Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)


U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
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PART A1 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

PART A2 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

PART B
Organizational Patentees With 1 or More Patents Granted During the Period, As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant and As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention"), design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, defensive publications
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

The patent documents profiled in this report are limited to those for which ownership was assigned to a Federal organization at the time of grant, based on the first-named owner information listed on each issuing patent.


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1977 and 12/31/2005. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the Electronic Information Products Division.


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by number and percent, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-1a and A2-1a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-1b and A2-1b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.


PART B (IF INCLUDED)

Part B is a listing of national and international organizations (i.e., corporations, universities, government agencies, etc.) that have received U.S. patents during the profiled time period. The availability of assigned ownership data in the TAF database, as displayed in Part B, begins in 1969 for utility patent grants and in 1977 for design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications. The listing is limited to organizations receiving 1 or more patents during the period. This minimum number is identified in the title heading of the table. Part B ranks these organizations in terms of total patents granted for the period and displays their annual patent activity for the most recent period. Patent grants are distributed in two ways, by year of grant and by year of patent application. Data line 1 for each listed organization distributes the counts of patent grants by the year of grant while data line 2 redistributes those same patent grants by the year in which the patented applications were filed. Please note that in some reports, only one of the two data lines may be displayed. Information regarding patent ownership reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Although a substantial effort has been made to combine name variations into a single organizational name, many organizations continue to have patents listed under more than one name.

Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 30% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 24 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in the report.* This is because a significant number of those applications which ultimately would or will become patents were still pending as December 31, 2005, the end of the time period for patents profiled in this report.

Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2005, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 97% complete for utility patent applications filed in 1999, 90% complete for applications filed in 2000, 77% complete for applications filed in 2001, 62% complete for applications filed in 2002, and 34% complete for applications filed in 2003; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 1999. Currently, completion percentages restricted to Federal Government patents are not available.


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U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   16982 1225 1234 1310 1083 961 974 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 846 712 31148
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   16859 1218 1226 1299 1076 956 963 1031 996 953 975 933 881 842 698 30906
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   123 7 8 11 7 5 11 9 4 7 10 12 10 4 14 242
UNITED KINGDOM   27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 35
GERMANY   12 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 3 34
CANADA   19 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 28
ISRAEL   12 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 22
INDIA   17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
JAPAN   6 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17
ITALY   0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 11
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 9
FRANCE   4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 6
SWITZERLAND   2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TURKEY   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BELGIUM   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TAIWAN   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
CHINA P.REP.   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
EGYPT   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
POLAND   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VENEZUELA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Others (0)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   16982 1225 1234 1310 1083 961 974 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 846 712 31148
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   99.3 99.4 99.4 99.2 99.4 99.5 98.9 99.1 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.9 99.5 98.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.5 2.0 0.8
UNITED KINGDOM   0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
GERMANY   0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
GREECE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AUSTRALIA   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SOUTH KOREA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TURKEY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BELGIUM   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TAIWAN   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHINA P.REP.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EGYPT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FINLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
KENYA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
NORWAY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BULGARIA   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
JORDAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NETHERLANDS   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
POLAND   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SWEDEN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TANZANIA   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VENEZUELA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others (0)   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Part A2
Tables A2-1a and A2-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-1b)

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   19436 1293 1274 1117 1197 953 981 941 840 936 921 741 414 101 3 31148
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   19294 1284 1270 1105 1187 943 974 935 832 927 911 735 405 101 3 30906
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   142 9 4 12 10 10 7 6 8 9 10 6 9 0 0 242
UNITED KINGDOM   27 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 35
GERMANY   13 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 34
CANADA   20 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 28
ISRAEL   15 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
INDIA   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
JAPAN   8 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
ITALY   2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 11
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 9
FRANCE   4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 6
SWITZERLAND   4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TURKEY   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BELGIUM   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
BRAZIL   0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TAIWAN   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHINA P.REP.   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
EGYPT   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
POLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VENEZUELA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Others (0)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   19436 1293 1274 1117 1197 953 981 941 840 936 921 741 414 101 3 31148
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Part A2
Tables A2-2a and A2-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-2b)

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   99.3 99.3 99.7 98.9 99.2 99.0 99.3 99.4 99.0 99.0 98.9 99.2 97.8 100.0 100.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.8 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.8
UNITED KINGDOM   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1
GERMANY   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GREECE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AUSTRALIA   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SOUTH KOREA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TURKEY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BELGIUM   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHINA P.REP.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EGYPT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FINLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
KENYA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NORWAY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BULGARIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
JORDAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NETHERLANDS   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
POLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SWEDEN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TANZANIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
VENEZUELA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others (0)   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


Part B

Ranked List of Organizations with 1 or More Patents Granted During the Period,
as Distributed Either or Both
by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Filing

PART B -
Ranked List of Organizations with 1 or More Patents, as Distributed by
the Year of Patent Grant and/or the Year Of Patent Application Filing
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
    Pre 1992 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 All Years
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY Patents By Year of Grant: 4440 321 363 397 352 299 303 346 360 366 326 388 366 322 262 9211
Patents By Year of Application: 5205 372 369 318 351 338 376 360 288 330 345 308 196 54 1 9211
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 3309 169 184 204 192 156 170 167 143 147 165 150 131 135 127 5549
Patents By Year of Application: 3579 215 206 189 207 178 146 157 151 155 130 128 83 24 1 5549
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 3401 250 182 205 119 71 69 63 53 57 69 45 43 40 22 4689
Patents By Year of Application: 3822 178 168 78 69 68 56 55 48 57 41 37 11 1 0 4689
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 2189 145 139 138 86 104 94 84 91 84 106 76 68 55 55 3514
Patents By Year of Application: 2462 131 112 101 106 94 83 92 85 75 75 52 36 9 1 3514
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1637 152 166 160 122 104 97 95 93 97 92 85 80 89 86 3155
Patents By Year of Application: 1894 159 167 125 111 99 95 102 72 101 87 95 41 7 0 3155
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 459 83 89 110 104 123 152 174 142 97 103 92 87 118 81 2014
Patents By Year of Application: 711 136 138 193 226 73 103 70 91 93 115 49 15 1 0 2014
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 733 55 54 38 49 41 49 75 71 55 67 51 63 41 29 1471
Patents By Year of Application: 851 39 49 51 67 74 65 52 51 57 69 35 10 1 0 1471
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Patents By Year of Grant: 358 20 10 10 14 17 8 3 5 7 5 12 7 11 9 496
Patents By Year of Application: 385 9 12 18 12 3 5 10 7 8 16 4 5 2 0 496
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patents By Year of Grant: 118 19 27 34 26 24 18 15 21 21 21 20 12 9 4 389
Patents By Year of Application: 156 42 30 26 25 12 18 24 16 18 13 9 0 0 0 389
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 115 5 1 4 8 3 3 3 7 2 2 1 1 2 0 157
Patents By Year of Application: 121 2 8 3 4 5 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 157
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 59 2 8 4 5 9 7 3 4 9 12 6 8 8 6 150
Patents By Year of Application: 67 4 7 7 12 2 8 2 10 8 10 6 7 0 0 150
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 34 3 8 4 3 3 1 8 7 17 11 10 15 10 9 143
Patents By Year of Application: 47 5 4 4 3 3 14 11 14 17 10 8 2 1 0 143
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Patents By Year of Grant: 58 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 62
Patents By Year of Application: 59 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Patents By Year of Grant: 27 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 6 0 2 1 49
Patents By Year of Application: 30 0 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 49
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 13 31
Patents By Year of Application: 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 2 5 6 1 0 31
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 7 25
Patents By Year of Application: 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 6 2 1 0 0 25
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
Patents By Year of Application: 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURY Patents By Year of Grant: 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Patents By Year of Application: 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Patents By Year of Application: 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ATTORNEY GENERAL Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Patents By Year of Application: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Other Organizations (0) Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2005
A Patent Technology Monitoring Branch Report


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