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U.S. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003. 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 01/01/1977 and 12/31/2003. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the Office of Electronic Information Products.


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 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 1999, 75% complete for applications filed in 2000, and 49% complete for applications filed in 2001; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 1999.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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U.S. Government Patents (Utility, Design, Plant Patents, SIR, DEF)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   14636 1064 1271 1223 1231 1309 1082 961 973 1039 999 955 982 944 891 29560
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   14522 1059 1267 1216 1223 1298 1075 956 962 1030 995 948 972 932 881 29336
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   114 5 4 7 8 11 7 5 11 9 4 7 10 12 10 224
ALABAMA   727 56 46 39 26 26 26 19 18 16 16 26 35 28 24 1128
ALASKA   3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7
ARIZONA   70 2 7 5 5 4 1 4 3 2 3 1 4 2 2 115
ARKANSAS   6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 13
CALIFORNIA   3043 180 256 232 174 235 150 125 115 99 94 115 101 86 114 5119
COLORADO   186 16 21 25 32 13 15 20 15 9 15 9 13 16 8 413
CONNECTICUT   197 17 18 22 29 24 36 26 26 27 23 16 12 18 18 509
DELAWARE   20 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 36
FLORIDA   409 56 41 26 30 27 17 18 25 27 45 42 41 48 46 898
GEORGIA   47 1 4 8 9 28 20 10 13 18 15 18 15 7 13 226
HAWAII   36 4 2 2 6 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 61
IDAHO   53 13 22 17 12 13 6 4 7 2 5 2 3 4 3 166
ILLINOIS   538 36 29 35 33 18 11 19 11 31 25 20 17 15 16 854
INDIANA   67 2 6 3 3 3 4 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 11 115
IOWA   75 1 6 7 7 5 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 2 4 130
KANSAS   8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 27
LOUISIANA   167 10 3 8 7 4 4 7 6 6 3 5 7 5 5 247
MAINE   8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15
MARYLAND   2039 172 211 221 257 262 239 221 255 292 297 226 255 261 230 5438
MASSACHUSETTS   441 23 32 29 28 32 25 35 26 26 20 28 18 33 24 820
MICHIGAN   209 11 6 17 13 15 14 16 18 16 11 13 19 18 12 408
MINNESOTA   89 5 6 6 2 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 125
MISSISSIPPI   62 3 2 6 7 15 9 12 18 8 14 11 14 4 13 198
MISSOURI   102 2 0 5 2 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 4 3 1 130
MONTANA   8 1 2 1 1 4 0 2 3 4 2 1 2 5 1 37
NEBRASKA   8 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14
NEVADA   59 1 1 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
NEW HAMPSHIRE   37 4 3 1 5 8 4 5 6 8 4 6 3 3 9 106
NEW JERSEY   846 46 66 65 68 78 86 65 48 43 36 42 35 41 33 1598
NEW MEXICO   567 81 78 71 60 48 29 14 24 14 9 15 22 21 13 1066
NEW YORK   442 22 23 28 14 21 18 19 25 26 15 19 25 11 20 728
NORTH CAROLINA   43 4 7 4 8 6 8 5 8 6 7 5 7 2 3 123
NORTH DAKOTA   10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14
OHIO   760 55 69 57 74 75 44 60 42 49 55 45 54 43 49 1531
OKLAHOMA   14 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 29
OREGON   47 0 3 4 5 4 6 4 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 85
PENNSYLVANIA   593 26 69 61 44 45 29 27 21 23 24 16 18 14 25 1035
RHODE ISLAND   46 2 19 29 28 46 51 47 65 67 61 83 37 67 51 699
SOUTH CAROLINA   44 5 6 0 0 24 22 6 7 5 2 2 7 1 1 132
SOUTH DAKOTA   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TENNESSEE   458 32 19 9 9 4 13 6 2 5 8 6 7 3 3 584
TEXAS   221 27 30 28 37 32 26 20 31 26 31 27 34 26 22 618
UTAH   69 1 4 5 4 1 1 5 1 3 0 0 4 4 0 102
VERMONT   12 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 5 2 34
VIRGINIA   1076 114 127 97 147 136 116 99 86 127 121 108 117 97 83 2651
WASHINGTON   295 5 8 7 8 4 8 1 6 5 6 8 6 3 4 374
WEST VIRGINIA   70 7 4 11 5 4 4 2 3 4 3 5 0 7 1 130
WISCONSIN   42 1 1 3 2 9 7 10 3 6 1 2 4 5 5 101
WYOMING   15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   118 5 7 10 10 10 8 6 6 14 13 9 9 7 4 236
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
UNITED KINGDOM   26 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 33
GERMANY   9 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 1 4 0 29
CANADA   18 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 26
ISRAEL   11 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 21
INDIA   15 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
JAPAN   6 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 17
ITALY   0 0 0 0 2 0 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 5 1 9
FRANCE   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
GREECE   7 0 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
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 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
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 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 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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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   14636 1064 1271 1223 1231 1309 1082 961 973 1039 999 955 982 944 891 29560
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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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 99.5 99.7 99.4 99.4 99.2 99.4 99.5 98.9 99.1 99.6 99.3 99.0 98.7 98.9 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.8 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.8
ALABAMA   5.0 5.3 3.6 3.2 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.6 2.7 3.6 3.0 2.7 3.8
ALASKA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARIZONA   0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4
ARKANSAS   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
CALIFORNIA   20.8 16.9 20.1 19.0 14.1 18.0 13.9 13.0 11.8 9.5 9.4 12.0 10.3 9.1 12.8 17.3
COLORADO   1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.6 1.0 1.4 2.1 1.5 0.9 1.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 0.9 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.3 1.6 1.4 1.8 2.4 1.8 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.3 1.7 1.2 1.9 2.0 1.7
DELAWARE   0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
FLORIDA   2.8 5.3 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.1 1.6 1.9 2.6 2.6 4.5 4.4 4.2 5.1 5.2 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.1 0.3 0.7 0.7 2.1 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.9 1.5 0.7 1.5 0.8
HAWAII   0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2
IDAHO   0.4 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6
ILLINOIS   3.7 3.4 2.3 2.9 2.7 1.4 1.0 2.0 1.1 3.0 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.9
INDIANA   0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.4
IOWA   0.5 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 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 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
LOUISIANA   1.1 0.9 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8
MAINE   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
MARYLAND   13.9 16.2 16.6 18.1 20.9 20.0 22.1 23.0 26.2 28.1 29.7 23.7 26.0 27.6 25.8 18.4
MASSACHUSETTS   3.0 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 3.6 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.9 1.8 3.5 2.7 2.8
MICHIGAN   1.4 1.0 0.5 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.4
MISSISSIPPI   0.4 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.8 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.4 1.5 0.7
MISSOURI   0.7 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4
MONTANA   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.4
NEW JERSEY   5.8 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.5 6.0 7.9 6.8 4.9 4.1 3.6 4.4 3.6 4.3 3.7 5.4
NEW MEXICO   3.9 7.6 6.1 5.8 4.9 3.7 2.7 1.5 2.5 1.3 0.9 1.6 2.2 2.2 1.5 3.6
NEW YORK   3.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.1 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 1.2 2.2 2.5
NORTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.3 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 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
OHIO   5.2 5.2 5.4 4.7 6.0 5.7 4.1 6.2 4.3 4.7 5.5 4.7 5.5 4.6 5.5 5.2
OKLAHOMA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
OREGON   0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3
PENNSYLVANIA   4.1 2.4 5.4 5.0 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.5 2.8 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 0.2 1.5 2.4 2.3 3.5 4.7 4.9 6.7 6.4 6.1 8.7 3.8 7.1 5.7 2.4
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.8 2.0 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.4
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 3.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 2.0
TEXAS   1.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.1 3.2 2.5 3.1 2.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.1
UTAH   0.5 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.3
VERMONT   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.4 10.7 10.0 7.9 11.9 10.4 10.7 10.3 8.8 12.2 12.1 11.3 11.9 10.3 9.3 9.0
WASHINGTON   2.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.3
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.4
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 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 0.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0.8 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.4 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
UNITED KINGDOM   0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
GERMANY   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.0 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 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
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 0.5 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
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 0.1 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   16889 1268 1246 1290 1268 1112 1184 944 974 921 791 815 618 232 8 29560
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   16767 1259 1235 1281 1264 1100 1174 934 967 915 784 806 611 231 8 29336
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   122 9 11 9 4 12 10 10 7 6 7 9 7 1 0 224
ALABAMA   814 43 29 26 34 21 20 17 15 35 19 24 18 12 1 1128
ALASKA   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ARIZONA   75 8 5 3 3 3 5 2 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 115
ARKANSAS   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 13
CALIFORNIA   3484 229 214 200 188 134 114 86 108 112 83 73 59 34 1 5119
COLORADO   218 25 27 20 16 18 21 11 10 12 12 11 11 1 0 413
CONNECTICUT   229 26 18 23 39 29 33 27 31 13 11 15 10 5 0 509
DELAWARE   27 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 36
FLORIDA   500 38 24 19 24 23 31 30 40 45 38 29 41 16 0 898
GEORGIA   53 10 14 19 20 15 24 15 21 11 7 10 4 3 0 226
HAWAII   43 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 61
IDAHO   84 18 15 12 6 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 3 2 0 166
ILLINOIS   601 32 34 24 15 13 20 22 28 20 11 19 12 3 0 854
INDIANA   74 3 4 3 4 2 3 0 4 2 2 3 6 5 0 115
IOWA   81 5 9 6 3 2 2 8 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 130
KANSAS   8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 27
LOUISIANA   181 8 10 3 6 7 6 8 2 1 5 7 3 0 0 247
MAINE   11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15
MARYLAND   2533 224 232 295 291 277 335 191 247 212 198 207 152 40 4 5438
MASSACHUSETTS   496 30 31 28 30 32 34 24 18 27 18 25 24 3 0 820
MICHIGAN   223 9 17 16 16 11 20 21 12 11 14 20 14 3 1 408
MINNESOTA   96 6 6 3 5 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 125
MISSISSIPPI   68 5 5 9 17 8 17 17 13 15 7 5 9 3 0 198
MISSOURI   104 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 130
MONTANA   9 3 2 4 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 37
NEBRASKA   9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
NEVADA   60 2 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
NEW HAMPSHIRE   45 1 4 6 3 8 7 8 6 5 3 1 8 1 0 106
NEW JERSEY   920 61 69 74 90 88 63 50 24 47 32 44 19 16 1 1598
NEW MEXICO   695 84 62 52 43 20 19 14 4 16 21 19 16 1 0 1066
NEW YORK   486 24 25 18 16 20 24 27 17 17 23 16 8 7 0 728
NORTH CAROLINA   49 9 6 8 9 9 9 3 8 4 5 3 0 1 0 123
NORTH DAKOTA   10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14
OHIO   867 58 62 71 73 45 57 54 55 48 40 45 39 17 0 1531
OKLAHOMA   15 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 29
OREGON   49 3 4 5 4 7 4 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 85
PENNSYLVANIA   668 66 54 36 42 22 32 23 21 17 15 14 21 4 0 1035
RHODE ISLAND   55 26 30 33 47 65 56 99 67 60 57 49 38 17 0 699
SOUTH CAROLINA   53 3 8 13 23 12 6 3 1 3 0 6 0 1 0 132
SOUTH DAKOTA   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TENNESSEE   498 20 7 11 7 10 3 5 7 7 4 4 1 0 0 584
TEXAS   271 25 36 39 35 31 29 26 30 24 27 21 21 3 0 618
UTAH   75 3 6 2 0 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 102
VERMONT   13 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 4 0 34
VIRGINIA   1296 120 119 152 117 117 122 109 142 109 91 87 46 24 0 2651
WASHINGTON   308 5 7 7 6 6 7 2 8 6 6 5 0 1 0 374
WEST VIRGINIA   81 5 8 5 6 4 2 6 3 3 2 3 1 1 0 130
WISCONSIN   45 1 5 6 5 10 6 4 3 2 3 5 5 1 0 101
WYOMING   15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   143 7 11 11 9 9 19 3 3 6 6 6 3 0 0 236
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
UNITED KINGDOM   27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 33
GERMANY   12 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 29
CANADA   19 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 26
ISRAEL   11 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21
INDIA   15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
JAPAN   6 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17
ITALY   0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 9
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 1 1 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 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 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
NETHERLANDS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
POLAND   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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   16889 1268 1246 1290 1268 1112 1184 944 974 921 791 815 618 232 8 29560
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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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 99.1 99.3 99.7 98.9 99.2 98.9 99.3 99.3 99.1 98.9 98.9 99.6 100.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.8
ALABAMA   4.8 3.4 2.3 2.0 2.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5 3.8 2.4 2.9 2.9 5.2 12.5 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 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4
ARKANSAS   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
CALIFORNIA   20.6 18.1 17.2 15.5 14.8 12.1 9.6 9.1 11.1 12.2 10.5 9.0 9.5 14.7 12.5 17.3
COLORADO   1.3 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.4 2.1 1.4 1.8 3.1 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.2 0.0 1.7
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 3.0 1.9 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.6 3.2 4.1 4.9 4.8 3.6 6.6 6.9 0.0 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.6 2.2 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.6 1.3 0.0 0.8
HAWAII   0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
IDAHO   0.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.6
ILLINOIS   3.6 2.5 2.7 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.3 2.9 2.2 1.4 2.3 1.9 1.3 0.0 2.9
INDIANA   0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.0 2.2 0.0 0.4
IOWA   0.5 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4
KANSAS   0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 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 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
LOUISIANA   1.1 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8
MAINE   0.1 0.0 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 0.1
MARYLAND   15.0 17.7 18.6 22.9 22.9 24.9 28.3 20.2 25.4 23.0 25.0 25.4 24.6 17.2 50.0 18.4
MASSACHUSETTS   2.9 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.5 1.8 2.9 2.3 3.1 3.9 1.3 0.0 2.8
MICHIGAN   1.3 0.7 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.7 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.8 2.5 2.3 1.3 12.5 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
MISSISSIPPI   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.7 1.4 1.8 1.3 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.5 1.3 0.0 0.7
MISSOURI   0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.4
MONTANA   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
NEBRASKA   0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 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 0.1 0.4 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 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.4
NEW JERSEY   5.4 4.8 5.5 5.7 7.1 7.9 5.3 5.3 2.5 5.1 4.0 5.4 3.1 6.9 12.5 5.4
NEW MEXICO   4.1 6.6 5.0 4.0 3.4 1.8 1.6 1.5 0.4 1.7 2.7 2.3 2.6 0.4 0.0 3.6
NEW YORK   2.9 1.9 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.8 2.0 2.9 1.7 1.8 2.9 2.0 1.3 3.0 0.0 2.5
NORTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 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 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OHIO   5.1 4.6 5.0 5.5 5.8 4.0 4.8 5.7 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.5 6.3 7.3 0.0 5.2
OKLAHOMA   0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
OREGON   0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
PENNSYLVANIA   4.0 5.2 4.3 2.8 3.3 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 1.8 1.9 1.7 3.4 1.7 0.0 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 2.1 2.4 2.6 3.7 5.8 4.7 10.5 6.9 6.5 7.2 6.0 6.1 7.3 0.0 2.4
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.8 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
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   2.9 1.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.0
TEXAS   1.6 2.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.8 3.1 2.6 3.4 2.6 3.4 1.3 0.0 2.1
UTAH   0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3
VERMONT   0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 1.7 0.0 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.7 9.5 9.6 11.8 9.2 10.5 10.3 11.5 14.6 11.8 11.5 10.7 7.4 10.3 0.0 9.0
WASHINGTON   1.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.3
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.4 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 0.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 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
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 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
GERMANY   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
CANADA   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
INDIA   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
JAPAN   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
ITALY   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 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 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 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 0.1 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
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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TAIWAN   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 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
NETHERLANDS   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
POLAND   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINGAPORE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
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: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
    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: 3723 276 396 313 358 395 347 294 299 345 357 363 325 386 365 8542
Patents By Year of Application: 4438 370 330 368 368 315 341 333 372 352 274 294 265 118 4 8542
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 2935 170 200 168 183 202 191 155 170 166 141 147 165 149 131 5273
Patents By Year of Application: 3232 169 172 213 205 188 205 178 142 153 139 141 99 36 1 5273
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 2939 240 215 250 182 205 119 71 69 62 53 57 69 45 42 4618
Patents By Year of Application: 3352 229 227 178 166 78 69 67 56 55 48 52 29 12 0 4618
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 1925 114 149 145 139 138 86 104 94 84 91 83 106 76 68 3402
Patents By Year of Application: 2171 154 135 131 111 101 106 94 83 90 84 70 52 20 0 3402
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1356 128 151 151 166 160 122 104 97 95 93 96 91 85 80 2975
Patents By Year of Application: 1583 138 170 159 167 125 110 97 94 99 69 87 54 22 1 2975
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 366 38 50 76 85 108 96 117 150 169 139 96 102 91 87 1770
Patents By Year of Application: 511 84 98 130 126 186 211 72 102 68 73 65 38 5 1 1770
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 633 49 47 54 54 38 49 41 48 75 71 55 67 51 63 1395
Patents By Year of Application: 731 57 58 39 48 51 67 74 65 51 47 53 42 12 0 1395
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Patents By Year of Grant: 331 8 18 20 10 10 14 17 6 3 5 7 5 12 7 473
Patents By Year of Application: 348 20 16 9 12 18 10 3 5 10 7 5 10 0 0 473
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Patents By Year of Grant: 92 18 8 18 27 34 26 24 18 15 21 21 21 20 12 375
Patents By Year of Application: 118 15 22 42 30 26 25 12 18 24 16 17 9 1 0 375
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Patents By Year of Grant: 99 7 16 18 8 5 14 16 9 8 8 1 1 3 2 215
Patents By Year of Application: 127 17 7 9 13 9 20 1 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 215
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 96 9 10 5 1 4 8 3 3 3 7 2 2 1 1 155
Patents By Year of Application: 112 6 3 2 8 3 4 5 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 155
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 47 4 6 2 8 4 5 8 7 3 4 9 12 6 8 133
Patents By Year of Application: 53 6 6 4 7 6 12 2 8 2 10 7 7 2 1 133
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Patents By Year of Grant: 29 3 2 3 8 4 3 3 1 8 6 17 11 10 15 123
Patents By Year of Application: 43 2 1 5 4 4 3 2 13 11 14 13 6 2 0 123
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Patents By Year of Grant: 21 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 6 0 39
Patents By Year of Application: 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 39
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Patents By Year of Grant: 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 17
Patents By Year of Application: 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 17
Patents By Year of Application: 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA POSTAL SERVICE Patents By Year of Grant: 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 16
Patents By Year of Application: 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURY Patents By Year of Grant: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 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, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Patents By Year of Application: 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ATTORNEY GENERAL Patents By Year of Grant: 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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, 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, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 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, 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)
Calendar Years 1977 - 2003
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1977 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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