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U.S. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division 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, statutory invention registrations, defensive publications
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 10/01/1977 and 09/30/2003. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the Office of Electronic Information Products.


FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL DATA

Please note that this Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD) Report profiles patent activity by FISCAL YEAR. The time period covered by a fiscal year does not correspond to the time period covered by the same numeric calendar year. While the calendar year extends from January 1 to December 31, the fiscal year extends from October 1 through September 30. For example, fiscal year 2003 corresponds to the time period from October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003. Because the fiscal year and calendar year time periods differ, patent statistics for a fiscal year also will differ from the statistics for the same numeric calendar year.


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 25% 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 become patents were still pending as of these most recent years that are displayed.

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 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to a lack of funds to print patents. 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 calendar year report profiling utility patents granted through December 2003, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 91% complete for utility patent applications filed in calendar year 1999, 75% complete for applications filed in calendar year 2000, and 49% complete for applications filed in calendar year 2001; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to calendar year 1999. Completion percentages for fiscal year statistics should be similar.


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U.S. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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

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

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by State/Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   13200 982 1226 1261 1211 1276 1191 960 955 1030 972 993 1003 929 920 28109
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   13095 976 1221 1255 1203 1265 1182 959 941 1020 969 986 994 918 912 27896
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   105 6 5 6 8 11 9 1 14 10 3 7 9 11 8 213
ALABAMA   659 53 51 40 27 29 29 17 21 14 14 19 35 32 25 1065
ALASKA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   64 2 7 3 6 4 2 1 5 3 1 3 3 3 2 109
ARKANSAS   6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 13
CALIFORNIA   2717 179 225 238 188 217 187 129 120 95 88 113 109 89 106 4800
COLORADO   169 11 25 21 33 18 15 16 19 9 10 14 12 16 9 397
CONNECTICUT   182 14 23 20 26 20 40 27 23 35 14 21 16 16 17 494
DELAWARE   18 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 34
FLORIDA   371 35 53 33 29 22 24 16 25 31 29 47 49 38 47 849
GEORGIA   38 2 4 6 9 22 26 9 11 19 16 17 15 8 17 219
HAWAII   30 2 3 3 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 54
IDAHO   46 12 22 17 14 12 8 3 4 7 4 2 2 5 4 162
ILLINOIS   481 32 35 29 37 22 12 16 13 26 26 21 15 17 17 799
INDIANA   56 3 5 4 3 1 5 2 4 1 0 3 3 4 9 103
IOWA   55 1 5 7 8 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 5 1 1 106
KANSAS   8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 27
LOUISIANA   139 9 5 7 7 6 3 8 3 9 1 7 5 7 4 220
MAINE   5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12
MARYLAND   1851 148 215 214 253 242 255 225 242 265 308 263 249 248 241 5219
MASSACHUSETTS   383 26 26 31 25 31 28 38 27 25 17 26 22 26 33 764
MICHIGAN   192 10 7 17 13 13 17 8 25 14 14 9 20 20 10 389
MINNESOTA   78 4 6 7 2 3 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 114
MISSISSIPPI   59 4 1 7 4 15 10 11 17 10 15 12 7 11 13 196
MISSOURI   90 3 0 5 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 119
MONTANA   6 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 5 0 35
NEBRASKA   8 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14
NEVADA   53 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
NEW HAMPSHIRE   35 4 2 3 2 10 4 4 7 6 7 5 3 3 10 105
NEW JERSEY   761 51 56 65 68 83 77 66 56 45 35 42 34 40 41 1520
NEW MEXICO   530 68 85 76 53 62 32 12 23 19 7 16 19 18 19 1039
NEW YORK   413 24 14 33 15 20 20 21 20 28 18 15 25 14 18 698
NORTH CAROLINA   34 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 4 8 4 8 2 1 115
NORTH DAKOTA   9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 13
OHIO   687 49 67 64 66 77 53 55 41 47 55 50 53 44 47 1455
OKLAHOMA   13 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26
OREGON   40 0 1 5 2 7 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 78
PENNSYLVANIA   544 21 55 73 50 38 38 27 24 16 27 16 21 15 24 989
RHODE ISLAND   43 1 17 22 33 38 51 47 49 84 52 83 49 60 55 684
SOUTH CAROLINA   42 4 8 0 0 20 22 10 5 6 3 1 6 3 1 131
SOUTH DAKOTA   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TENNESSEE   414 26 27 10 10 5 12 7 1 5 6 7 8 4 3 545
TEXAS   204 25 27 28 35 34 32 20 24 31 35 21 38 22 25 601
UTAH   62 4 1 5 6 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 3 4 1 98
VERMONT   11 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 5 32
VIRGINIA   983 113 110 118 123 138 124 106 89 116 121 112 119 105 77 2554
WASHINGTON   269 6 6 8 9 4 9 1 5 5 6 6 8 3 5 350
WEST VIRGINIA   61 6 6 7 10 4 3 2 2 6 3 5 0 5 2 122
WISCONSIN   39 1 1 2 3 6 7 10 4 5 4 1 5 3 6 97
WYOMING   13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   104 6 7 10 10 9 8 7 6 12 13 8 11 6 6 223
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNITED STATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
GERMANY   8 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 4 1 29
UNITED KINGDOM   23 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 29
CANADA   17 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 25
INDIA   15 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ISRAEL   10 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 19
JAPAN   5 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 16
ITALY   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 9
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 8
FRANCE   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
GREECE   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
SWITZERLAND   2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
TAIWAN   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2
ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
POLAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 1 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
YUGOSLAVIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 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: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   13200 982 1226 1261 1211 1276 1191 960 955 1030 972 993 1003 929 920 28109
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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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

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

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by State/Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 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   99.2 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.3 99.1 99.2 99.9 98.5 99.0 99.7 99.3 99.1 98.8 99.1 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.8 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.1 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.8
ALABAMA   5.0 5.4 4.2 3.2 2.2 2.3 2.4 1.8 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.9 3.5 3.4 2.7 3.8
ALASKA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARIZONA   0.5 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4
ARKANSAS   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0
CALIFORNIA   20.6 18.2 18.4 18.9 15.5 17.0 15.7 13.4 12.6 9.2 9.1 11.4 10.9 9.6 11.5 17.1
COLORADO   1.3 1.1 2.0 1.7 2.7 1.4 1.3 1.7 2.0 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.0 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.4 1.4 1.9 1.6 2.1 1.6 3.4 2.8 2.4 3.4 1.4 2.1 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8
DELAWARE   0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
FLORIDA   2.8 3.6 4.3 2.6 2.4 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.6 3.0 3.0 4.7 4.9 4.1 5.1 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.2 0.9 1.2 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.9 1.8 0.8
HAWAII   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
IDAHO   0.3 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.6
ILLINOIS   3.6 3.3 2.9 2.3 3.1 1.7 1.0 1.7 1.4 2.5 2.7 2.1 1.5 1.8 1.8 2.8
INDIANA   0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.4
IOWA   0.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4
KANSAS   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
KENTUCKY   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
LOUISIANA   1.1 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8
MAINE   0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
MARYLAND   14.0 15.1 17.5 17.0 20.9 19.0 21.4 23.4 25.3 25.7 31.7 26.5 24.8 26.7 26.2 18.6
MASSACHUSETTS   2.9 2.6 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.4 4.0 2.8 2.4 1.7 2.6 2.2 2.8 3.6 2.7
MICHIGAN   1.5 1.0 0.6 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.4 0.8 2.6 1.4 1.4 0.9 2.0 2.2 1.1 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.4
MISSISSIPPI   0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.5 1.2 0.7 1.2 1.4 0.7
MISSOURI   0.7 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
MONTANA   0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.1
NEBRASKA   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEVADA   0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.4
NEW JERSEY   5.8 5.2 4.6 5.2 5.6 6.5 6.5 6.9 5.9 4.4 3.6 4.2 3.4 4.3 4.5 5.4
NEW MEXICO   4.0 6.9 6.9 6.0 4.4 4.9 2.7 1.3 2.4 1.8 0.7 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 3.7
NEW YORK   3.1 2.4 1.1 2.6 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.7 1.9 1.5 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
NORTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.4
NORTH DAKOTA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
OHIO   5.2 5.0 5.5 5.1 5.5 6.0 4.5 5.7 4.3 4.6 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.1 5.2
OKLAHOMA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
OREGON   0.3 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3
PENNSYLVANIA   4.1 2.1 4.5 5.8 4.1 3.0 3.2 2.8 2.5 1.6 2.8 1.6 2.1 1.6 2.6 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 0.1 1.4 1.7 2.7 3.0 4.3 4.9 5.1 8.2 5.3 8.4 4.9 6.5 6.0 2.4
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.4 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TENNESSEE   3.1 2.6 2.2 0.8 0.8 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.9
TEXAS   1.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.1 2.5 3.0 3.6 2.1 3.8 2.4 2.7 2.1
UTAH   0.5 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3
VERMONT   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.4 11.5 9.0 9.4 10.2 10.8 10.4 11.0 9.3 11.3 12.4 11.3 11.9 11.3 8.4 9.1
WASHINGTON   2.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.5 1.2
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.4
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3
WYOMING   0.1 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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.8
PUERTO RICO   0.0 0.0 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
UNITED STATES   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 0.1 0.0
GERMANY   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0
FRANCE   0.0 0.1 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
GREECE   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
AUSTRALIA   0.0 0.0 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
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.0 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
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 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 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
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.1 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
SOUTH KOREA   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 0.1 0.0 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES   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
BULGARIA   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
JORDAN   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
KENYA   0.0 0.0 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
POLAND   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
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.0 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
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 0.1 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
YUGOSLAVIA   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

PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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

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

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by State/Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   15395 1223 1284 1272 1310 1085 1267 937 979 875 846 797 627 207 5 28109
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   15280 1214 1276 1260 1307 1074 1255 928 971 869 842 789 619 207 5 27896
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   115 9 8 12 3 11 12 9 8 6 4 8 8 0 0 213
ALABAMA   743 50 30 27 32 25 20 16 18 19 34 19 21 10 1 1065
ALASKA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   69 5 6 4 3 3 6 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 0 109
ARKANSAS   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13
CALIFORNIA   3145 225 222 197 205 135 119 95 103 108 88 72 59 25 2 4800
COLORADO   198 24 30 20 19 13 25 9 14 9 11 12 13 0 0 397
CONNECTICUT   216 21 23 20 29 35 37 30 26 15 14 13 11 4 0 494
DELAWARE   25 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 34
FLORIDA   455 40 25 18 26 24 25 35 39 45 39 26 39 13 0 849
GEORGIA   45 9 15 14 23 16 23 14 22 11 7 10 7 2 1 219
HAWAII   36 4 1 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 54
IDAHO   77 18 13 14 7 5 4 7 4 3 3 2 3 2 0 162
ILLINOIS   546 33 29 27 18 15 12 29 23 18 19 14 13 3 0 799
INDIANA   64 2 4 4 2 4 2 1 3 1 4 3 3 6 0 103
IOWA   59 5 11 5 3 2 3 7 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 106
KANSAS   8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 27
LOUISIANA   154 6 12 4 6 5 7 8 3 1 3 9 2 0 0 220
MAINE   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 12
MARYLAND   2320 211 244 288 295 260 368 181 241 206 208 204 151 42 0 5219
MASSACHUSETTS   438 29 29 31 29 33 35 25 15 24 24 22 25 5 0 764
MICHIGAN   206 9 13 18 18 11 16 20 18 9 16 15 18 2 0 389
MINNESOTA   85 6 6 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 114
MISSISSIPPI   65 6 5 5 17 8 19 17 12 15 8 7 9 3 0 196
MISSOURI   93 3 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 119
MONTANA   8 3 2 4 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 35
NEBRASKA   9 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
NEVADA   54 2 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
NEW HAMPSHIRE   44 1 4 6 2 6 9 5 9 4 4 1 8 2 0 105
NEW JERSEY   830 55 78 72 94 68 87 51 25 40 40 41 27 11 1 1520
NEW MEXICO   655 84 66 57 44 24 19 12 6 16 20 17 15 4 0 1039
NEW YORK   455 26 25 16 19 20 22 24 20 21 21 15 10 4 0 698
NORTH CAROLINA   42 10 3 11 5 9 12 4 8 2 6 2 1 0 0 115
NORTH DAKOTA   9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 13
OHIO   792 52 67 65 83 43 61 50 56 48 39 48 36 15 0 1455
OKLAHOMA   14 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 26
OREGON   42 0 6 3 5 5 8 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 78
PENNSYLVANIA   619 53 63 37 41 28 35 21 17 20 15 16 19 5 0 989
RHODE ISLAND   51 16 29 40 42 57 59 102 67 61 48 56 39 17 0 684
SOUTH CAROLINA   52 3 5 13 22 16 5 4 1 2 1 6 0 1 0 131
SOUTH DAKOTA   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TENNESSEE   457 21 7 10 7 12 3 4 5 8 6 2 3 0 0 545
TEXAS   255 27 30 37 38 31 33 26 31 20 29 22 20 2 0 601
UTAH   71 2 6 3 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 98
VERMONT   12 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 0 32
VIRGINIA   1188 127 122 143 133 108 127 104 154 104 95 90 37 22 0 2554
WASHINGTON   281 5 10 7 5 6 8 0 7 9 6 3 2 1 0 350
WEST VIRGINIA   73 6 8 5 4 5 2 5 3 4 2 4 1 0 0 122
WISCONSIN   42 1 4 6 4 9 7 5 3 3 3 5 5 0 0 97
WYOMING   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   131 6 10 10 8 12 19 3 3 5 7 5 4 0 0 223
PUERTO RICO   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNITED STATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
GERMANY   11 1 1 2 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 29
UNITED KINGDOM   24 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 29
CANADA   18 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 25
INDIA   15 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
ISRAEL   10 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
JAPAN   6 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
ITALY   0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 8
FRANCE   4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
GREECE   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AUSTRALIA   3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
SWITZERLAND   3 0 0 2 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TAIWAN   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 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
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
SWEDEN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 1 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
YUGOSLAVIA   0 0 1 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: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   15395 1223 1284 1272 1310 1085 1267 937 979 875 846 797 627 207 5 28109
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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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

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

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by State/Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 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 99.4 99.1 99.8 99.0 99.1 99.0 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.0 98.7 100.0 100.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.8
ALABAMA   4.8 4.1 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.2 4.0 2.4 3.3 4.8 20.0 3.8
ALASKA   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARIZONA   0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.4
ARKANSAS   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
CALIFORNIA   20.4 18.4 17.3 15.5 15.6 12.4 9.4 10.1 10.5 12.3 10.4 9.0 9.4 12.1 40.0 17.1
COLORADO   1.3 2.0 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.2 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.4 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.2 3.2 2.9 3.2 2.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.9 0.0 1.8
DELAWARE   0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
FLORIDA   3.0 3.3 1.9 1.4 2.0 2.2 2.0 3.7 4.0 5.1 4.6 3.3 6.2 6.3 0.0 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.5 2.2 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.1 1.0 20.0 0.8
HAWAII   0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
IDAHO   0.5 1.5 1.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.6
ILLINOIS   3.5 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.4 1.4 0.9 3.1 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.1 1.4 0.0 2.8
INDIANA   0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.9 0.0 0.4
IOWA   0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.4
KANSAS   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
KENTUCKY   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
LOUISIANA   1.0 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8
MAINE   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
MARYLAND   15.1 17.3 19.0 22.6 22.5 24.0 29.0 19.3 24.6 23.5 24.6 25.6 24.1 20.3 0.0 18.6
MASSACHUSETTS   2.8 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 1.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 4.0 2.4 0.0 2.7
MICHIGAN   1.3 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.3 2.1 1.8 1.0 1.9 1.9 2.9 1.0 0.0 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
MISSISSIPPI   0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.7 1.5 1.8 1.2 1.7 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.7
MISSOURI   0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4
MONTANA   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
NEBRASKA   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEVADA   0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.4
NEW JERSEY   5.4 4.5 6.1 5.7 7.2 6.3 6.9 5.4 2.6 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.3 5.3 20.0 5.4
NEW MEXICO   4.3 6.9 5.1 4.5 3.4 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.6 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.4 1.9 0.0 3.7
NEW YORK   3.0 2.1 1.9 1.3 1.5 1.8 1.7 2.6 2.0 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.6 1.9 0.0 2.5
NORTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
NORTH DAKOTA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OHIO   5.1 4.3 5.2 5.1 6.3 4.0 4.8 5.3 5.7 5.5 4.6 6.0 5.7 7.2 0.0 5.2
OKLAHOMA   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
OREGON   0.3 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3
PENNSYLVANIA   4.0 4.3 4.9 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.2 1.7 2.3 1.8 2.0 3.0 2.4 0.0 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 1.3 2.3 3.1 3.2 5.3 4.7 10.9 6.8 7.0 5.7 7.0 6.2 8.2 0.0 2.4
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TENNESSEE   3.0 1.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.9
TEXAS   1.7 2.2 2.3 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.8 3.2 2.3 3.4 2.8 3.2 1.0 0.0 2.1
UTAH   0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3
VERMONT   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.7 10.4 9.5 11.2 10.2 10.0 10.0 11.1 15.7 11.9 11.2 11.3 5.9 10.6 0.0 9.1
WASHINGTON   1.8 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 1.2
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.3
WYOMING   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 0.0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0.9 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.8
PUERTO RICO   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 0.0 0.0 0.0
UNITED STATES   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
GERMANY   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.2 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 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
FRANCE   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
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
SWITZERLAND   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 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.0 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
SOUTH KOREA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARAB EMIRATES   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
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 0.0 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 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.1 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
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
YUGOSLAVIA   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

PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division 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: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY Patents By Year of Grant: 3282 216 396 334 346 374 370 308 291 353 314 374 346 370 366 8040
Patents By Year of Application: 3978 324 353 380 357 316 334 350 365 341 284 295 251 110 2 8040
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 2605 184 166 198 173 215 183 154 174 160 149 154 157 154 142 4968
Patents By Year of Application: 2896 172 187 201 217 174 221 173 155 136 157 130 119 28 2 4968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 2733 219 236 229 202 207 152 62 70 70 49 54 70 53 43 4449
Patents By Year of Application: 3145 240 220 174 184 99 69 63 53 55 54 50 32 11 0 4449
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 1754 118 140 147 133 136 110 107 85 88 84 79 114 74 77 3246
Patents By Year of Application: 2004 152 142 123 121 98 116 80 92 90 82 74 52 20 0 3246
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1267 125 124 166 156 148 157 102 93 104 87 98 92 82 82 2883
Patents By Year of Application: 1476 140 160 165 179 125 121 96 103 76 90 77 61 14 0 2883
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 348 36 48 67 88 99 97 110 144 149 154 121 99 92 85 1737
Patents By Year of Application: 486 82 92 123 131 159 251 66 91 78 70 68 33 7 0 1737
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 542 44 53 49 57 38 44 48 40 69 79 58 66 50 62 1299
Patents By Year of Application: 639 50 67 40 43 46 71 75 65 48 51 51 43 9 1 1299
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Patents By Year of Grant: 280 8 14 23 9 10 13 20 6 3 6 5 7 7 13 424
Patents By Year of Application: 297 15 20 9 12 13 17 3 5 9 5 6 12 1 0 424
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patents By Year of Grant: 86 9 15 17 21 28 35 22 21 16 21 19 21 21 13 365
Patents By Year of Application: 105 16 20 38 35 29 26 14 14 22 19 20 7 0 0 365
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Patents By Year of Grant: 90 6 15 16 11 6 13 10 14 8 10 1 2 3 1 206
Patents By Year of Application: 116 13 14 6 13 9 21 3 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 206
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 88 10 8 8 1 3 6 5 4 2 6 3 3 0 2 149
Patents By Year of Application: 102 10 3 2 5 6 4 4 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 149
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 41 5 5 4 7 5 4 7 9 2 4 7 11 8 5 124
Patents By Year of Application: 49 5 4 6 6 6 10 5 9 1 10 6 5 2 0 124
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 29 2 3 3 5 6 4 3 1 3 7 17 11 11 15 120
Patents By Year of Application: 43 2 1 5 3 4 4 2 12 11 14 13 3 3 0 120
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Patents By Year of Grant: 21 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 5 39
Patents By Year of Application: 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 3 2 0 0 39
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 15
Patents By Year of Application: 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 15
Patents By Year of Application: 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10
Patents By Year of Application: 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURY Patents By Year of Grant: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Patents By Year of Application: 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ATTORNEY GENERAL Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Patents By Year of Grant: 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 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, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
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, 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. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Fiscal Years 1978 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 10/01/1977 - 09/30/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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