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U.S. Government Utility Patents
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 Utility Patents
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")
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 Utility Patents
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   12696 897 1137 1185 1154 1225 1135 921 924 1014 956 983 963 900 904 26994
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   12593 891 1133 1179 1146 1214 1126 920 910 1004 953 976 954 889 896 26784
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   103 6 4 6 8 11 9 1 14 10 3 7 9 11 8 210
ALABAMA   587 42 43 37 27 29 28 16 21 14 14 19 35 32 25 969
ALASKA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   60 2 6 2 5 3 2 1 5 3 1 3 3 3 2 101
ARKANSAS   6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 13
CALIFORNIA   2656 172 214 222 183 211 173 123 111 94 83 112 105 86 102 4647
COLORADO   169 11 23 21 31 18 15 16 17 6 10 14 11 16 9 387
CONNECTICUT   177 14 23 19 24 20 39 27 23 35 14 21 16 16 17 485
DELAWARE   15 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 31
FLORIDA   358 33 53 30 28 18 22 13 23 30 29 47 44 36 47 811
GEORGIA   33 2 4 6 9 22 26 9 11 18 16 16 15 7 17 211
HAWAII   30 2 2 3 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 51
IDAHO   44 10 20 15 12 9 6 2 4 7 4 2 2 5 4 146
ILLINOIS   462 31 31 27 34 20 12 16 13 24 26 21 15 17 17 766
INDIANA   53 3 4 3 3 1 5 2 3 1 0 3 3 4 9 97
IOWA   52 1 4 7 7 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 5 1 1 101
KANSAS   8 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 26
LOUISIANA   137 9 5 7 6 6 3 8 3 9 1 7 5 7 4 217
MAINE   5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11
MARYLAND   1758 130 198 199 241 232 247 217 239 261 302 261 239 244 234 5002
MASSACHUSETTS   370 25 26 29 25 30 27 36 26 25 17 26 22 26 32 742
MICHIGAN   191 10 7 16 13 13 17 8 25 14 14 9 20 20 10 387
MINNESOTA   76 3 5 7 2 3 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 1 110
MISSISSIPPI   56 4 1 7 4 14 10 11 17 10 15 12 6 10 13 190
MISSOURI   87 3 0 5 2 0 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 116
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   33 4 2 3 2 10 4 4 7 6 7 5 3 3 10 103
NEW JERSEY   700 38 40 55 57 75 66 58 52 45 35 41 33 39 41 1375
NEW MEXICO   525 61 85 76 52 62 30 12 23 19 7 16 19 18 19 1024
NEW YORK   396 20 10 30 12 17 20 18 20 28 18 14 23 11 18 655
NORTH CAROLINA   30 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 4 8 4 8 2 1 111
NORTH DAKOTA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 12
OHIO   667 46 64 59 63 75 48 50 37 45 54 50 48 40 45 1391
OKLAHOMA   13 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 25
OREGON   40 0 1 5 2 7 5 5 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 78
PENNSYLVANIA   524 20 51 67 46 37 35 27 23 16 26 15 20 14 24 945
RHODE ISLAND   43 1 17 22 32 34 51 47 49 84 52 83 48 60 55 678
SOUTH CAROLINA   41 3 8 0 0 20 22 10 5 6 3 1 5 3 1 128
SOUTH DAKOTA   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TENNESSEE   401 22 23 10 9 4 12 7 1 5 6 7 8 4 3 522
TEXAS   201 25 25 28 34 34 30 20 24 31 34 21 36 18 25 586
UTAH   58 3 1 5 5 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 3 4 1 92
VERMONT   11 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 5 32
VIRGINIA   958 108 106 114 122 135 121 104 85 114 119 109 113 102 75 2485
WASHINGTON   254 3 6 8 9 4 8 1 5 5 6 6 8 3 5 331
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   99 6 7 10 10 9 8 7 6 12 13 8 11 6 6 218
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   22 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 28
CANADA   17 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 25
ISRAEL   10 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 19
INDIA   15 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
JAPAN   4 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 15
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   12696 897 1137 1185 1154 1225 1135 921 924 1014 956 983 963 900 904 26994
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 Utility Patents
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 99.3 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 0.7 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   4.6 4.7 3.8 3.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.7 2.3 1.4 1.5 1.9 3.6 3.6 2.8 3.6
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 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 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   20.9 19.2 18.8 18.7 15.9 17.2 15.2 13.4 12.0 9.3 8.7 11.4 10.9 9.6 11.3 17.2
COLORADO   1.3 1.2 2.0 1.8 2.7 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.8 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.0 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.4 1.6 2.0 1.6 2.1 1.6 3.4 2.9 2.5 3.5 1.5 2.1 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8
DELAWARE   0.1 0.6 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 3.7 4.7 2.5 2.4 1.5 1.9 1.4 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.8 4.6 4.0 5.2 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.8 2.3 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.8 1.9 0.8
HAWAII   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
IDAHO   0.3 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.5
ILLINOIS   3.6 3.5 2.7 2.3 2.9 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.4 2.4 2.7 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.8
INDIANA   0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.4
IOWA   0.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 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 0.0 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 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.8
MAINE   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
MARYLAND   13.8 14.5 17.4 16.8 20.9 18.9 21.8 23.6 25.9 25.7 31.6 26.6 24.8 27.1 25.9 18.5
MASSACHUSETTS   2.9 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 3.9 2.8 2.5 1.8 2.6 2.3 2.9 3.5 2.7
MICHIGAN   1.5 1.1 0.6 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.5 0.9 2.7 1.4 1.5 0.9 2.1 2.2 1.1 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.3 0.4 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 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.6 1.2 0.6 1.1 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 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 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 0.1
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 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 0.4
NEW JERSEY   5.5 4.2 3.5 4.6 4.9 6.1 5.8 6.3 5.6 4.4 3.7 4.2 3.4 4.3 4.5 5.1
NEW MEXICO   4.1 6.8 7.5 6.4 4.5 5.1 2.6 1.3 2.5 1.9 0.7 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 3.8
NEW YORK   3.1 2.2 0.9 2.5 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.8 1.9 1.4 2.4 1.2 2.0 2.4
NORTH CAROLINA   0.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
OHIO   5.3 5.1 5.6 5.0 5.5 6.1 4.2 5.4 4.0 4.4 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.4 5.0 5.2
OKLAHOMA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 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 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3
PENNSYLVANIA   4.1 2.2 4.5 5.7 4.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.5 1.6 2.7 1.5 2.1 1.6 2.7 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 0.1 1.5 1.9 2.8 2.8 4.5 5.1 5.3 8.3 5.4 8.4 5.0 6.7 6.1 2.5
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.9 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.5 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   3.2 2.5 2.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.3 1.9
TEXAS   1.6 2.8 2.2 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.6 2.1 3.7 2.0 2.8 2.2
UTAH   0.5 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4 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 0.6 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.5 12.0 9.3 9.6 10.6 11.0 10.7 11.3 9.2 11.2 12.4 11.1 11.7 11.3 8.3 9.2
WASHINGTON   2.0 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.2
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.5
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.4
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 0.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.4 0.8 1.1 0.7 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 0.3 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
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
INDIA   0.1 0.0 0.0 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
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 Utility Patents
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   14717 1141 1213 1214 1247 1066 1236 911 954 852 835 781 618 204 5 26994
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   14604 1133 1205 1202 1244 1055 1224 902 946 846 831 773 610 204 5 26784
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   113 8 8 12 3 11 12 9 8 6 4 8 8 0 0 210
ALABAMA   658 41 30 27 30 25 20 16 18 19 34 19 21 10 1 969
ALASKA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   65 5 4 3 2 3 6 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 0 101
ARKANSAS   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 13
CALIFORNIA   3054 214 214 188 194 132 114 93 98 104 87 69 59 25 2 4647
COLORADO   196 22 30 20 19 13 24 7 11 9 11 12 13 0 0 387
CONNECTICUT   211 21 21 18 29 35 37 30 26 15 14 13 11 4 0 485
DELAWARE   22 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 31
FLORIDA   441 33 25 14 26 22 21 35 35 43 39 25 39 13 0 811
GEORGIA   40 9 15 14 23 16 23 13 21 11 7 9 7 2 1 211
HAWAII   35 4 1 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 51
IDAHO   70 15 11 11 6 5 4 7 4 3 3 2 3 2 0 146
ILLINOIS   522 29 26 26 18 15 12 28 23 18 19 14 13 3 0 766
INDIANA   60 2 4 3 2 4 2 0 3 1 4 3 3 6 0 97
IOWA   56 5 10 4 3 2 3 7 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 101
KANSAS   8 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 15
KENTUCKY   13 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 26
LOUISIANA   152 6 11 4 6 5 7 8 3 1 3 9 2 0 0 217
MAINE   7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 11
MARYLAND   2193 196 226 279 281 258 361 176 236 204 204 203 145 40 0 5002
MASSACHUSETTS   421 28 28 30 29 32 35 25 15 24 24 22 24 5 0 742
MICHIGAN   204 9 13 18 18 11 16 20 18 9 16 15 18 2 0 387
MINNESOTA   81 6 6 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 110
MISSISSIPPI   62 6 5 5 16 8 19 17 11 14 8 7 9 3 0 190
MISSOURI   90 3 3 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 4 0 3 0 0 116
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   42 1 4 6 2 6 9 5 9 4 4 1 8 2 0 103
NEW JERSEY   749 48 60 59 82 61 85 49 25 38 39 41 27 11 1 1375
NEW MEXICO   642 84 66 57 43 23 19 12 6 16 20 17 15 4 0 1024
NEW YORK   428 20 24 15 14 20 21 24 19 20 21 15 10 4 0 655
NORTH CAROLINA   38 10 3 11 5 9 12 4 8 2 6 2 1 0 0 111
NORTH DAKOTA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 12
OHIO   763 50 66 62 75 42 55 46 56 43 38 44 36 15 0 1391
OKLAHOMA   13 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 25
OREGON   42 0 6 3 5 5 8 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 78
PENNSYLVANIA   594 48 59 35 38 28 33 21 17 19 13 16 19 5 0 945
RHODE ISLAND   50 15 27 39 41 57 59 102 67 61 48 56 39 17 0 678
SOUTH CAROLINA   50 3 5 13 22 16 5 4 1 2 1 5 0 1 0 128
SOUTH DAKOTA   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TENNESSEE   440 17 6 9 7 12 3 4 5 8 6 2 3 0 0 522
TEXAS   250 27 29 37 37 30 33 26 30 19 29 19 18 2 0 586
UTAH   66 2 5 3 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 92
VERMONT   12 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 0 32
VIRGINIA   1153 125 118 140 131 107 124 96 150 100 93 90 37 21 0 2485
WASHINGTON   263 5 10 6 5 6 8 0 7 9 6 3 2 1 0 331
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   126 6 10 10 8 12 19 3 3 5 7 5 4 0 0 218
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   23 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 28
CANADA   18 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 25
ISRAEL   10 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
INDIA   15 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
JAPAN   5 0 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
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   14717 1141 1213 1214 1247 1066 1236 911 954 852 835 781 618 204 5 26994
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 Utility Patents
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   99.2 99.3 99.3 99.0 99.8 99.0 99.0 99.0 99.2 99.3 99.5 99.0 98.7 100.0 100.0 99.2
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   0.8 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.5 1.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.8
ALABAMA   4.5 3.6 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.2 4.1 2.4 3.4 4.9 20.0 3.6
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 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 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   20.8 18.8 17.6 15.5 15.6 12.4 9.2 10.2 10.3 12.2 10.4 8.8 9.5 12.3 40.0 17.2
COLORADO   1.3 1.9 2.5 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.9 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.4
CONNECTICUT   1.4 1.8 1.7 1.5 2.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 2.0 0.0 1.8
DELAWARE   0.1 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 2.9 2.1 1.2 2.1 2.1 1.7 3.8 3.7 5.0 4.7 3.2 6.3 6.4 0.0 3.0
GEORGIA   0.3 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.4 2.2 1.3 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 20.0 0.8
HAWAII   0.2 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
IDAHO   0.5 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5
ILLINOIS   3.5 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.0 3.1 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.1 1.5 0.0 2.8
INDIANA   0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.5 2.9 0.0 0.4
IOWA   0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 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 0.0 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 1.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.8
MAINE   0.0 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 0.0
MARYLAND   14.9 17.2 18.6 23.0 22.5 24.2 29.2 19.3 24.7 23.9 24.4 26.0 23.5 19.6 0.0 18.5
MASSACHUSETTS   2.9 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.7 1.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.9 2.5 0.0 2.7
MICHIGAN   1.4 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.3 2.2 1.9 1.1 1.9 1.9 2.9 1.0 0.0 1.4
MINNESOTA   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.6 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 0.8 1.5 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.7
MISSOURI   0.6 0.3 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 0.3 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 0.1
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   5.1 4.2 4.9 4.9 6.6 5.7 6.9 5.4 2.6 4.5 4.7 5.2 4.4 5.4 20.0 5.1
NEW MEXICO   4.4 7.4 5.4 4.7 3.4 2.2 1.5 1.3 0.6 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.0 0.0 3.8
NEW YORK   2.9 1.8 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.7 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.6 2.0 0.0 2.4
NORTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.9 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 1.0 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 0.0 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   5.2 4.4 5.4 5.1 6.0 3.9 4.4 5.0 5.9 5.0 4.6 5.6 5.8 7.4 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 4.2 4.9 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.3 1.8 2.2 1.6 2.0 3.1 2.5 0.0 3.5
RHODE ISLAND   0.3 1.3 2.2 3.2 3.3 5.3 4.8 11.2 7.0 7.2 5.7 7.2 6.3 8.3 0.0 2.5
SOUTH CAROLINA   0.3 0.3 0.4 1.1 1.8 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 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 1.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 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 2.4 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.2 3.5 2.4 2.9 1.0 0.0 2.2
UTAH   0.4 0.2 0.4 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 1.5 0.0 0.1
VIRGINIA   7.8 11.0 9.7 11.5 10.5 10.0 10.0 10.5 15.7 11.7 11.1 11.5 6.0 10.3 0.0 9.2
WASHINGTON   1.8 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.0 1.2
WEST VIRGINIA   0.5 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5
WISCONSIN   0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4
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   0.9 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
ISRAEL   0.1 0.3 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
INDIA   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
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 Utility Patents
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: 3192 200 384 314 333 360 352 299 279 347 306 369 326 362 359 7782
Patents By Year of Application: 3839 310 335 365 343 312 323 341 353 330 279 291 249 110 2 7782
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 2387 145 129 172 147 194 163 138 169 160 145 151 151 149 140 4540
Patents By Year of Application: 2628 142 153 171 187 163 217 168 152 133 154 127 117 26 2 4540
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 2658 203 218 218 193 201 146 60 70 69 48 53 68 52 43 4300
Patents By Year of Application: 3038 218 214 170 180 98 69 62 51 54 54 49 32 11 0 4300
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE Patents By Year of Grant: 1690 107 126 138 126 130 104 101 78 81 83 79 103 66 75 3087
Patents By Year of Application: 1909 141 138 118 112 96 109 73 86 83 81 69 52 20 0 3087
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Patents By Year of Grant: 1266 125 124 166 156 148 157 102 92 104 87 98 92 82 82 2881
Patents By Year of Application: 1475 140 160 165 179 125 121 95 103 76 90 77 61 14 0 2881
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Patents By Year of Grant: 348 35 46 67 88 99 96 110 144 149 154 121 99 92 84 1732
Patents By Year of Application: 485 81 91 122 131 159 251 66 91 78 70 68 33 6 0 1732
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Patents By Year of Grant: 534 44 52 48 57 38 44 48 39 68 79 57 66 46 58 1278
Patents By Year of Application: 629 50 67 40 43 46 70 74 64 48 51 48 38 9 1 1278
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: 65 5 10 10 9 3 9 5 9 7 8 1 1 0 1 143
Patents By Year of Application: 85 10 6 4 9 8 13 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 143
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, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Patents By Year of Grant: 67 9 8 5 1 2 5 4 4 2 6 3 3 0 2 121
Patents By Year of Application: 78 9 3 1 3 6 4 4 4 5 2 1 0 1 0 121
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: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
Patents By Year of Application: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
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 Utility Patents
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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