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Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)


U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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/or As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents for which ownership was assigned to a Federal Government organization at the time of grant. Patents included in this report are limited to those granted between 01/01/1977 and 12/31/2009. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


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 necessarily 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 Federal Government organizations 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 may be distributed in two ways, by year of grant and/or by year of patent application. Data lines for each listed organization may distribute the counts of patent grants by the year of grant and/or by the year in which the patented applications were filed. Please note that in some reports, only one of these 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 (HISTORICALLY, ABOUT 35% 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 35 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of patent application, are incomplete for the most recent years displayed in the report.* This is because the patents included in this report are limited to those granted during the specified time period. However, a significant number of the applications filed during the most recent years of this time period were still pending at the end of the period. While many of these applications eventually will be patented, they will not be patented until sometime following the end of the period displayed 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 2009, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 99% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2000, 94% complete for applications filed in 2001, 92% complete for applications filed in 2002, 83% complete for applications filed in 2003, 70% complete for applications filed in 2004, 52% complete for applications filed in 2005, 32% complete for applications filed in 2006 and 15% complete for applications filed in 2007; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2000. 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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   21834 961 974 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 859 713 815 739 693 710 34119
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   21677 956 963 1031 996 953 975 933 881 855 699 801 728 683 704 33835
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   157 5 11 9 4 7 10 12 10 4 14 14 11 10 6 284
GERMANY   15 3 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 39
UNITED KINGDOM   28 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 38
CANADA   22 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 31
ISRAEL   17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 26
JAPAN   12 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 25
INDIA   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ITALY   2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12
FRANCE   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 11
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 11
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 8
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SWITZERLAND   5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5
BELGIUM   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
BRAZIL   1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
TURKEY   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TAIWAN   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
AUSTRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   0 0 1 0 0 0 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
TANZANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   21834 961 974 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 859 713 815 739 693 710 34119
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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 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 99.5 98.9 99.1 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.9 99.5 98.0 98.3 98.5 98.6 99.2 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.8
GERMANY   0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 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
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
KOREA, SOUTH   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 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 0.0 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
SWITZERLAND   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
KENYA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0
BELGIUM   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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
TAIWAN   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 0.0 0.0
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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
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 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
UKRAINE   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 0.1 0.0 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 0.0
AUSTRIA   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
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 0.1 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
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
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
THAILAND   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
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   24337 956 988 954 867 1013 1030 977 890 772 679 406 199 47 4 34119
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   24158 946 981 948 858 1000 1017 967 875 764 676 399 195 47 4 33835
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   179 10 7 6 9 13 13 10 15 8 3 7 4 0 0 284
GERMANY   20 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 39
UNITED KINGDOM   28 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 38
CANADA   24 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
ISRAEL   19 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
JAPAN   14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 25
INDIA   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ITALY   6 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
FRANCE   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SWITZERLAND   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KENYA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
BELGIUM   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BRAZIL   2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TURKEY   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TAIWAN   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AUSTRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 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
TANZANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   24337 956 988 954 867 1013 1030 977 890 772 679 406 199 47 4 34119
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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 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 99.0 99.3 99.4 99.0 98.7 98.7 99.0 98.3 99.0 99.6 98.3 98.0 100.0 100.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.0 0.4 1.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
GERMANY   0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 1.0 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
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
KOREA, SOUTH   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 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
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BELGIUM   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   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
TAIWAN   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
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 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
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
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UKRAINE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 0.0 0.0
AUSTRIA   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 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 0.1 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
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
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
THAILAND   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
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team 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 - 12/31/2009
    Pre 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 All Years
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY Patents By Year of Grant: 5873 299 303 346 360 366 326 388 366 322 262 284 273 229 236 10233
Patents By Year of Application: 6620 339 378 362 292 343 365 349 346 310 250 159 100 17 3 10233
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 4058 156 170 167 143 147 165 150 131 135 127 181 144 130 118 6122
Patents By Year of Application: 4401 180 148 158 154 164 144 159 163 176 153 90 28 4 0 6122
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 4157 71 69 63 53 57 69 45 43 40 22 22 23 17 23 4774
Patents By Year of Application: 4315 68 56 55 48 58 43 43 30 18 17 12 9 2 0 4774
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 2697 104 94 84 91 84 106 76 68 55 55 49 43 46 51 3703
Patents By Year of Application: 2912 94 83 92 85 78 76 74 55 48 62 24 14 6 0 3703
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 2237 104 97 95 93 97 92 85 80 102 87 62 70 66 86 3453
Patents By Year of Application: 2456 99 95 102 72 104 94 114 93 72 74 52 19 6 1 3453
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 845 123 152 174 142 97 103 92 87 118 81 122 100 110 110 2456
Patents By Year of Application: 1414 73 106 80 109 135 160 130 100 65 45 31 8 0 0 2456
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 929 41 49 75 71 55 67 51 63 41 29 39 26 31 27 1594
Patents By Year of Application: 1057 74 65 52 52 60 72 45 41 27 26 9 7 7 0 1594
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Patents By Year of Grant: 412 17 8 3 5 7 5 12 7 11 9 1 7 1 5 510
Patents By Year of Application: 436 3 5 10 7 8 17 5 8 3 3 1 4 0 0 510
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patents By Year of Grant: 224 24 18 15 21 21 21 20 12 9 4 5 3 5 4 406
Patents By Year of Application: 279 12 18 24 16 19 14 12 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 406
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 52 3 1 8 7 17 11 10 15 10 9 17 12 19 12 203
Patents By Year of Application: 63 3 14 11 15 17 12 16 4 18 17 8 2 3 0 203
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 78 9 7 3 4 9 12 6 8 8 6 12 10 9 9 190
Patents By Year of Application: 97 2 8 2 10 8 11 7 17 10 10 4 4 0 0 190
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 133 3 3 3 7 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 160
Patents By Year of Application: 138 5 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 160
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 13 14 19 20 12 96
Patents By Year of Application: 8 1 0 0 2 8 13 15 16 16 9 7 1 0 0 96
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Patents By Year of Grant: 60 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 64
Patents By Year of Application: 61 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Patents By Year of Grant: 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 7 3 5 7 13 53
Patents By Year of Application: 10 0 1 0 1 4 7 5 8 5 5 3 3 1 0 53
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Patents By Year of Grant: 30 2 2 3 2 1 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 49
Patents By Year of Application: 33 3 5 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 15 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
Patents By Year of Application: 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Patents By Year of Grant: 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Patents By Year of Application: 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ATTORNEY GENERAL Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
Patents By Year of Application: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Patents By Year of Grant: 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Patents By Year of Application: 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
The White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance 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 1 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 0 1 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 AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 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 1 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 CLEVELAND 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF MINNEAPOLIS 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 1 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, 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 - 12/31/2009
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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