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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

U.S. GOVERNMENT PATENTS
2003

- this report has been prepared with support from the National Science Foundation -


UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969-2003

(patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent)

U.S. Government Utility Patents, Calendar Years 1969-2003
Number and Percent of Total Utility Patents and
Number and Percent of all U.S.-Owned Utility Patents
Patent
Category
1969-891990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
                                 
Total Number of Utility Patent Grants 1466459 90365 96511 97444 98342 101676 101419 109645 111984 147518 153485 157494 166036 167332 169024 3234734
Total Number of U.S.- Owned Utility Patent Grants 941807 49619 53522 54220 55273 58099 57948 63393 64079 83486 87071 87941 90485 89184 89747 1925874
                                 
-Total Number of U.S.- Owned Utility Patents Granted to
U.S. Government Institutions
29145 983 1183 1161 1167 1258 1028 924 944 1027 984 928 957 912 882 43483
-Total Number of U.S.- Owned Utility Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals 218710 12542 13207 12751 12281 12805 12885 13729 12914 16407 16698 16129 15203 14116 13536 413913
                                 
Patents Granted to U.S. Government Institutions as a % of Total Utility Patents 1.99% 1.09% 1.23% 1.19% 1.19% 1.24% 1.01% 0.84% 0.84% 0.70% 0.64% 0.59% 0.58% 0.55% 0.52% 1.34%
Patents Granted to U.S. Government Institutions as a % of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 3.09% 1.98% 2.21% 2.14% 2.11% 2.17% 1.77% 1.46% 1.47% 1.23% 1.13% 1.06% 1.06% 1.02% 0.98% 2.26%
Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals as a % of Total Utility Patents 14.91% 13.88% 13.68% 13.09% 12.49% 12.59% 12.70% 12.52% 11.53% 11.12% 10.88% 10.24 9.16% 8.44% 8.01% 12.80%
Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals as a % of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 23.22% 25.28% 24.68% 23.52% 22.22% 22.04% 22.24% 21.66% 20.15% 19.65% 19.18% 18.34% 16.80% 15.83% 15.08% 21.49%

 


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