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Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)


U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011. 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 all U.S. patent documents (design, plant, reissue, and utility patents, defensive publications, and statutory invention registrations) granted between 01/01/1977 and 12/31/2011 for which ownership was assigned to a Federal organization at the time of grant. Most of these patents are utility patents, also known as “patents for inventions”. 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 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 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 34 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 2011, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 90% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2003, 82% complete for applications filed in 2004, 72% complete for applications filed in 2005, 61% complete for applications filed in 2006, 49% complete for applications filed in 2007, 34% complete for applications filed in 2008, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2009; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2003. Currently, completion percentages restricted to Federal Government patent documents are not available.


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U.S. Federal Government Patenting Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   23769 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 859 713 815 739 693 710 937 927 35983
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   23596 1031 996 953 975 933 881 855 699 801 728 683 704 917 918 35670
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   173 9 4 7 10 12 10 4 14 14 11 10 6 20 9 313
GERMANY   20 3 0 1 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 3 0 42
UNITED KINGDOM   28 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 40
CANADA   22 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 32
JAPAN   13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 5 2 32
ISRAEL   20 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 28
INDIA   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ITALY   4 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 14
FRANCE   5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 12
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
BRAZIL   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7
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
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6
SWITZERLAND   5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BELGIUM   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
TURKEY   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
TAIWAN   2 0 0 0 1 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
POLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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
DENMARK   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
JORDAN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
TANZANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Others (1)   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   23769 1040 1000 960 985 945 891 859 713 815 739 693 710 937 927 35983
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 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 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 99.1 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.9 99.5 98.0 98.3 98.5 98.6 99.2 97.9 99.0 99.1
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.5 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.4 0.8 2.1 1.0 0.9
GERMANY   0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 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 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   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 0.5 0.2 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 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 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   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 0.1 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   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 0.0 0.0
KOREA, SOUTH   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 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   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 0.1 0.2 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
KENYA   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 0.1 0.0
SWITZERLAND   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
BELGIUM   0.0 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 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
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 0.1 0.1 0.0
SWEDEN   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 0.1 0.0
TAIWAN   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
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
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 0.1 0.0 0.0
SINGAPORE   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 0.0 0.0
THAILAND   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 0.1 0.0 0.0
UKRAINE   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 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
DENMARK   0.0 0.0 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
JORDAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEW ZEALAND   0.0 0.0 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
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
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
Others (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 0.0 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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 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 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   26300 956 869 1017 1053 1009 931 860 835 685 631 467 289 76 5 35983
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   26104 950 860 1004 1040 999 915 851 827 673 618 464 288 73 4 35670
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   196 6 9 13 13 10 16 9 8 12 13 3 1 3 1 313
GERMANY   24 1 0 4 1 2 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 42
UNITED KINGDOM   30 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 40
CANADA   24 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
JAPAN   16 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 8 0 0 1 0 32
ISRAEL   20 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28
INDIA   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ITALY   7 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
FRANCE   7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
BRAZIL   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KENYA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
SWITZERLAND   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BELGIUM   2 0 0 0 1 1 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
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
TAIWAN   3 0 0 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   2 0 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
POLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SINGAPORE   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AUSTRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
DENMARK   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Others (1)   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   26300 956 869 1017 1053 1009 931 860 835 685 631 467 289 76 5 35983
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 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 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 99.0 98.7 98.8 99.0 98.3 99.0 99.0 98.2 97.9 99.4 99.7 96.1 80.0 99.1
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.6 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.8 2.1 0.6 0.3 3.9 20.0 0.9
GERMANY   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 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
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
KOREA, SOUTH   0.0 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 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 20.0 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 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 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
BELGIUM   0.0 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 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
NETHERLANDS   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 1.3 0.0 0.0
SWEDEN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
POLAND   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
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
THAILAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 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
DENMARK   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 0.0
JORDAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEW ZEALAND   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
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
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
Others (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 0.0 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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 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 - 12/31/2011
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 - 12/31/2011
    Pre 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Years
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY Patents By Year of Grant: 6475 346 360 366 326 388 366 322 262 284 273 229 236 307 321 10861
Patents By Year of Application: 7347 363 292 343 367 351 352 325 278 234 267 180 136 23 3 10861
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 4384 167 143 147 165 150 131 135 127 181 144 130 118 158 131 6411
Patents By Year of Application: 4729 158 155 165 146 162 167 191 179 138 86 69 45 21 0 6411
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 4297 63 53 57 69 45 43 40 22 22 23 17 23 38 27 4839
Patents By Year of Application: 4439 55 48 58 43 43 32 19 19 23 27 21 8 4 0 4839
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 2895 84 91 84 106 76 68 55 55 49 43 46 51 46 46 3795
Patents By Year of Application: 3095 93 85 78 76 74 56 51 69 38 34 27 16 3 0 3795
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 2438 95 93 97 92 85 80 102 87 62 70 66 86 101 107 3661
Patents By Year of Application: 2650 102 72 104 94 115 95 85 87 91 79 53 28 6 0 3661
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 1120 174 142 97 103 92 87 118 81 122 100 110 110 136 152 2744
Patents By Year of Application: 1596 80 110 137 166 145 123 85 93 71 61 39 26 11 1 2744
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 1019 75 71 55 67 51 63 41 29 39 26 31 27 41 56 1691
Patents By Year of Application: 1196 52 52 60 72 47 42 33 34 23 31 34 11 4 0 1691
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Patents By Year of Grant: 437 3 5 7 5 12 7 11 9 1 7 1 5 3 1 514
Patents By Year of Application: 444 10 7 8 17 5 8 3 3 2 5 2 0 0 0 514
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patents By Year of Grant: 266 15 21 21 21 20 12 9 4 5 3 5 4 10 15 431
Patents By Year of Application: 309 24 16 19 14 12 2 3 8 4 6 11 3 0 0 431
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 56 8 7 17 11 10 15 10 9 17 12 19 12 27 11 241
Patents By Year of Application: 80 11 15 17 12 16 4 18 23 15 12 8 9 1 0 241
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 94 3 4 9 12 6 8 8 6 12 10 9 9 11 17 218
Patents By Year of Application: 107 2 10 8 11 7 17 10 15 12 7 8 4 0 0 218
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 9 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 13 14 19 20 12 42 25 163
Patents By Year of Application: 9 0 2 9 25 24 17 25 16 18 9 7 0 2 0 163
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 139 3 7 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 160
Patents By Year of Application: 147 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 160
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Patents By Year of Grant: 10 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 7 3 5 7 13 8 14 75
Patents By Year of Application: 11 0 1 4 8 5 9 9 7 7 4 6 2 1 1 75
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Patents By Year of Grant: 60 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 64
Patents By Year of Application: 62 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Patents By Year of Grant: 34 3 2 1 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 50
Patents By Year of Application: 41 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
Patents By Year of Application: 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Patents By Year of Grant: 9 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
Patents By Year of Application: 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 6
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Patents By Year of Grant: 4 0 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, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Patents By Year of Application: 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 0 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, ARMY & AIR FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 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, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 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, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 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, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 CHICAGO 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 CLEVELAND Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF KANSAS CITY 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 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 1 0 0 0 1
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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, 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 - 12/31/2011
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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