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Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report

PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
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PART A1 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

PART A2 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

PART B
Organizational Patentees With 1000 or More Patents Granted During the Period, As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant and/or As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

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Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention")
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1963 and 12/31/2008. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by number and percent, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-1a and A2-1a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-1b and A2-1b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not necessarily correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.

PART B (IF INCLUDED)

Part B is a listing of national and international organizations (i.e., corporations, universities, government agencies, etc.) that have received U.S. patents during the profiled time period. The availability of assigned ownership data in the TAF database, as displayed in Part B, begins in 1969 for utility patent grants and in 1977 for design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications. The listing is limited to organizations receiving 1000 or more patents during the period. This minimum number is identified in the title heading of the table. Part B ranks these organizations in terms of total patents granted for the period and displays their annual patent activity for the most recent period. Patent grants may be distributed in two ways, by year of grant and/or by year of patent application. Data lines for each listed organization may distribute the counts of patent grants by the year of grant and/or by the year in which the patented applications were filed. Please note that in some reports, only one of these two data lines may be displayed. Information regarding patent ownership reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Although a substantial effort has been made to combine name variations into a single organizational name, many organizations continue to have patents listed under more than one name.

Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 35% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 32 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 will 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 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2008, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 98% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2000, 93% complete for applications filed in 2001, 90% complete for applications filed in 2002, 78% complete for applications filed in 2003, 60% complete for applications filed in 2004, 37% complete for applications filed in 2005, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2006; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2000.

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Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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

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

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   45679 47375 62857 68405 65652 59104 67559 64429 78317 74810 74143 76278 72000 70226 65269 66102 48854 61819 65771 57888 56860 67200 71661 70860 82952 77924 95537 90365 96511 97444 98342 101676 101419 109645 111984 147517 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 4380724
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   37174 38410 50331 54634 51274 45781 50394 47073 55975 51519 51501 50646 46712 44280 41488 41250 30074 37350 39218 33890 32868 38373 39556 38126 43519 40498 50184 47391 51177 52253 53231 56066 55739 61104 61708 80289 83905 85068 87600 86971 87893 84270 74637 89823 79526 77501 2538250
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   8505 8965 12526 13771 14378 13323 17165 17356 22342 23291 22642 25632 25288 25946 23781 24852 18780 24469 26553 23998 23992 28827 32105 32734 39433 37426 45353 42974 45334 45191 45111 45610 45680 48541 50276 67228 69580 72426 78435 80360 81130 80020 69169 83949 77756 80271 1842474
JAPAN   407 544 919 1122 1424 1464 2152 2625 4029 5151 4941 5894 6352 6542 6217 6912 5252 7124 8389 8149 8793 11110 12746 13209 16557 16158 20169 19525 21025 21925 22293 22384 21764 23053 23179 30840 31104 31295 33223 34858 35515 35348 30341 36807 33354 33682 725866
GERMANY   2338 2418 3338 3981 3766 3442 4524 4439 5525 5728 5588 6156 6058 6212 5563 5874 4545 5782 6304 5469 5478 6323 6718 6856 7884 7352 8352 7614 7680 7309 6893 6731 6600 6818 7008 9095 9337 10235 11260 11280 11444 10779 9011 10005 9051 8915 313078
UNITED KINGDOM   1813 1852 2558 2675 2800 2481 3181 2954 3465 3168 2855 3146 3043 2995 2655 2723 1911 2407 2474 2137 1931 2272 2494 2407 2777 2585 3100 2794 2803 2431 2302 2236 2481 2454 2680 3467 3576 3669 3967 3843 3631 3450 3148 3585 3292 3094 129762
FRANCE   853 1013 1372 1435 1558 1446 1809 1731 2215 2230 2144 2569 2367 2408 2108 2119 1604 2087 2181 1975 1895 2163 2400 2369 2874 2661 3140 2866 3030 3029 2909 2779 2821 2788 2958 3674 3820 3819 4041 4035 3868 3380 2866 3431 3130 3163 117133
CANADA   606 648 853 938 992 898 993 1068 1328 1242 1347 1326 1298 1193 1220 1227 867 1083 1138 993 1002 1202 1342 1314 1594 1489 1960 1859 2037 1964 1944 2008 2104 2232 2379 2973 3226 3419 3606 3431 3427 3374 2894 3572 3318 3393 84321
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 33 53 29 39 66 80 88 66 99 174 210 344 457 591 732 906 1001 1189 1443 1620 1897 2057 3100 3693 4667 5371 5431 5298 5938 5118 6361 6128 6339 70643
KOREA, SOUTH   0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 2 7 5 7 13 7 6 13 5 8 17 14 26 30 41 46 84 96 159 225 405 538 779 943 1161 1493 1891 3259 3562 3314 3538 3786 3944 4428 4352 5908 6295 7549 57968
SWITZERLAND   668 666 862 983 948 822 1058 1112 1281 1305 1326 1454 1456 1475 1347 1330 1026 1266 1240 1147 1016 1174 1233 1211 1374 1245 1362 1284 1335 1197 1127 1169 1056 1112 1090 1279 1279 1322 1420 1364 1308 1277 995 1201 1035 1112 54349
ITALY   345 308 414 429 471 477 556 571 726 838 759 807 737 754 756 725 595 806 883 753 625 794 919 995 1183 1076 1297 1259 1209 1271 1285 1215 1078 1200 1239 1584 1492 1714 1709 1751 1722 1584 1296 1480 1302 1357 46346
SWEDEN   386 369 562 536 574 569 675 628 842 777 762 925 914 1002 862 826 573 822 766 685 623 701 857 883 948 777 837 768 716 626 636 706 806 854 867 1225 1401 1577 1741 1675 1521 1290 1123 1243 1061 1060 40577
NETHERLANDS   329 356 519 481 507 476 559 544 695 673 686 731 617 744 708 659 525 655 641 619 626 726 766 722 922 806 1061 960 992 855 800 852 799 797 808 1226 1247 1241 1332 1391 1325 1273 993 1323 1250 1329 38146
AUSTRALIA   69 81 110 111 151 119 155 144 201 183 202 234 248 261 243 281 211 265 318 266 237 292 340 374 389 416 501 432 463 409 378 467 459 471 478 720 707 705 876 859 902 953 910 1325 1265 1292 20473
ISRAEL   20 26 33 45 53 38 61 46 54 55 84 89 95 105 92 101 83 113 124 114 109 159 179 189 245 238 325 299 304 335 314 350 384 484 534 754 743 783 970 1040 1193 1028 924 1218 1107 1166 16805
BELGIUM   85 130 184 185 176 169 220 233 305 319 283 348 277 334 255 264 185 244 263 224 205 240 240 243 295 302 359 313 324 325 350 352 397 488 515 693 648 694 718 722 622 612 519 625 520 510 16514
AUSTRIA   86 91 143 128 151 160 191 189 251 271 237 294 310 296 243 274 223 267 279 229 267 256 318 357 345 337 402 393 359 371 312 289 337 362 376 387 479 505 589 530 592 540 463 577 457 463 14976
FINLAND   18 9 22 27 34 31 43 46 59 69 88 109 98 109 105 125 77 121 140 125 116 167 200 210 275 232 230 304 331 361 293 312 358 444 452 595 649 618 732 809 865 918 720 950 850 824 14270
DENMARK   70 63 88 101 123 82 144 138 170 173 154 176 146 178 155 168 105 157 130 121 125 150 187 182 204 151 221 158 210 193 197 207 199 241 333 392 487 436 479 426 529 414 358 439 388 391 10339
U.S.S.R.   15 13 28 66 115 97 160 220 336 359 384 496 421 426 394 412 354 460 373 209 222 214 147 116 121 96 161 174 178 66 65 53 12 16 4 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6994
SPAIN   26 19 49 50 46 48 59 57 74 60 87 89 93 102 96 92 49 65 58 49 50 69 78 97 115 126 131 130 153 133 158 141 148 157 177 248 222 270 269 303 309 264 273 295 268 303 6155
NORWAY   33 43 52 59 49 49 69 68 77 88 84 91 103 103 106 89 80 79 93 65 66 87 90 81 135 121 126 112 111 108 117 126 130 139 142 198 224 248 265 242 262 243 220 244 247 273 5837
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 3 4 2 9 5 5 6 15 8 10 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 23 47 52 47 50 41 53 48 62 46 62 72 90 119 195 289 297 404 402 661 772 1225 5162
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 7 6 1 3 3 2 0 3 4 3 5 4 9 3 11 6 18 12 15 32 38 51 53 88 94 120 144 218 296 410 427 449 346 412 393 399 4097
INDIA   4 7 8 5 10 15 18 16 10 19 21 17 13 17 13 15 14 4 6 4 14 12 10 18 12 14 14 23 22 24 30 27 37 35 47 85 112 131 178 249 342 363 384 481 546 634 4080
SOUTH AFRICA   30 37 69 48 52 35 65 50 71 54 86 86 74 83 68 81 64 74 111 73 60 82 96 88 107 103 134 114 105 97 93 101 123 111 101 115 110 111 120 113 112 100 87 109 82 91 3976
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   6 5 6 8 12 7 7 8 20 7 15 9 10 21 9 21 14 27 33 18 14 24 25 31 34 41 48 52 50 60 60 57 86 88 81 160 155 179 237 233 276 311 283 308 338 311 3805
HUNGARY   13 20 20 31 23 21 22 37 38 48 46 62 51 75 80 66 63 87 98 112 106 111 108 131 127 94 129 93 85 88 61 46 50 43 25 50 39 36 60 48 72 48 46 49 47 66 2871
NEW ZEALAND   12 12 17 10 15 13 16 14 17 26 25 20 28 33 32 41 23 51 47 44 38 50 33 52 68 55 58 51 41 44 39 37 44 52 85 114 114 107 124 140 135 142 122 136 113 105 2595
MEXICO   92 73 87 99 43 41 67 43 64 43 42 51 67 78 42 24 36 41 42 35 32 42 32 37 49 44 39 32 29 39 45 44 40 39 45 57 76 76 81 94 85 86 80 66 56 54 2509
IRELAND   2 0 5 9 8 10 13 12 29 18 28 17 15 18 16 21 8 16 17 19 18 26 30 26 36 37 59 49 53 49 46 48 47 77 71 71 90 121 141 127 163 186 156 174 146 164 2492
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 38 98 116 111 189 181 183 234 200 203 169 148 172 188 176 2409
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   44 34 52 38 96 96 132 118 153 110 94 112 117 111 93 91 50 55 41 50 38 33 54 35 46 33 34 39 27 17 13 19 15 8 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2121
BRAZIL   17 10 11 17 12 13 18 17 14 16 18 21 17 18 21 24 19 24 23 27 19 20 30 27 34 29 36 41 62 40 57 60 63 63 62 74 91 98 110 96 130 106 77 121 90 101 2094
ARGENTINA   19 27 18 20 16 18 17 23 22 29 28 24 24 24 20 21 24 18 25 18 21 20 11 17 18 16 20 17 16 20 24 32 31 30 35 43 44 54 51 54 63 46 24 38 37 32 1249
LUXEMBOURG   5 4 3 6 7 7 2 1 6 8 6 19 16 15 16 16 21 13 27 26 27 24 37 31 22 29 29 17 27 26 28 22 24 18 22 20 22 40 33 37 35 44 41 33 38 24 974
MALAYSIA   1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 12 5 13 10 7 12 17 23 30 42 39 55 50 80 88 113 158 152 947
POLAND   3 1 9 10 12 25 31 33 31 21 25 27 36 26 24 33 29 37 38 26 20 15 11 14 13 8 14 17 8 5 8 8 8 15 11 15 19 13 16 11 17 16 23 29 32 54 897
Others (139)   86 80 107 112 124 146 141 161 213 184 174 197 146 142 157 152 104 142 147 111 100 132 146 142 166 147 183 166 161 157 159 199 178 200 231 296 359 366 414 427 446 377 338 458 402 468 9644
PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   26633 27849 37158 41640 38353 34888 38816 36832 43133 39927 38731 38186 35541 34390 31507 31355 22504 27640 29433 25783 25677 29999 31181 29490 33726 31437 38665 36094 39132 40308 41825 44037 44038 48742 50221 66052 69389 70887 74329 74154 75327 73021 65207 78925 70498 69962 2032622
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1021 1183 1540 1531 1757 1488 1823 1772 2144 1771 2090 1727 1895 1823 1494 1241 964 1237 1121 1005 1048 1235 1139 1022 981 733 880 983 1183 1161 1167 1258 1028 924 944 1028 984 928 957 913 882 842 698 792 724 676 55737
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   10393 10377 13063 13088 12670 10796 11337 10137 12669 11652 12417 12678 11198 10098 10263 10418 7805 9955 10265 8552 7574 8911 9265 9477 10887 10122 13027 12542 13207 12751 12281 12805 12885 13729 12914 16407 16698 16129 15203 14116 13536 12172 10358 11857 9898 9021 537603
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5369 5712 7886 8970 9611 9037 12081 12229 16045 16980 16634 18715 18868 19770 18058 19070 14616 18874 20788 18856 19246 23238 25957 26545 32371 30960 37505 35548 37593 38239 38401 38787 38685 41475 42907 57665 60168 63179 68938 71662 73098 72776 63114 77374 71954 74465 1550019
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   133 147 211 252 284 135 247 194 142 112 143 187 194 209 216 251 186 254 251 369 339 438 483 479 555 453 441 423 472 463 434 296 245 259 273 256 162 104 92 112 85 79 58 51 69 33 11271
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2130 2107 2999 2924 2977 2760 3255 3265 4184 4368 4128 4785 4304 3936 3731 3767 2779 3859 3913 3323 2976 3379 3636 3847 4432 4219 5019 4775 4924 4522 4234 4493 4538 4516 4725 6109 6084 6267 6516 6374 6095 5400 4371 4773 4139 3615 193472

Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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

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

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   81.4 81.1 80.1 79.9 78.1 77.5 74.6 73.1 71.5 68.9 69.5 66.4 64.9 63.1 63.6 62.4 61.6 60.4 59.6 58.5 57.8 57.1 55.2 53.8 52.5 52.0 52.5 52.4 53.0 53.6 54.1 55.1 55.0 55.7 55.1 54.4 54.7 54.0 52.8 52.0 52.0 51.3 51.9 51.7 50.6 49.1 57.9
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   18.6 18.9 19.9 20.1 21.9 22.5 25.4 26.9 28.5 31.1 30.5 33.6 35.1 36.9 36.4 37.6 38.4 39.6 40.4 41.5 42.2 42.9 44.8 46.2 47.5 48.0 47.5 47.6 47.0 46.4 45.9 44.9 45.0 44.3 44.9 45.6 45.3 46.0 47.2 48.0 48.0 48.7 48.1 48.3 49.4 50.9 42.1
JAPAN   0.9 1.1 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.2 4.1 5.1 6.9 6.7 7.7 8.8 9.3 9.5 10.5 10.8 11.5 12.8 14.1 15.5 16.5 17.8 18.6 20.0 20.7 21.1 21.6 21.8 22.5 22.7 22.0 21.5 21.0 20.7 20.9 20.3 19.9 20.0 20.8 21.0 21.5 21.1 21.2 21.2 21.3 16.6
GERMANY   5.1 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.8 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.7 7.5 8.1 8.4 8.8 8.5 8.9 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.4 9.6 9.4 9.4 9.7 9.5 9.4 8.7 8.4 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.7 7.1
UNITED KINGDOM   4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 3.0
FRANCE   1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.7
CANADA   1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.9
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 1.6
KOREA, SOUTH   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.4 4.0 4.8 1.3
SWITZERLAND   1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.2
ITALY   0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.1
SWEDEN   0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9
NETHERLANDS   0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9
AUSTRALIA   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5
ISRAEL   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4
BELGIUM   0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
AUSTRIA   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
FINLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3
DENMARK   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
U.S.S.R.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 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 0.2
SPAIN   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
NORWAY   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.1
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1
INDIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1
SOUTH AFRICA   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
HUNGARY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.0 0.1
NEW ZEALAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
MEXICO   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
IRELAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
ARGENTINA   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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LUXEMBOURG   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MALAYSIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
POLAND   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 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others (139)   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   58.3 58.8 59.1 60.9 58.4 59.0 57.5 57.2 55.1 53.4 52.2 50.1 49.4 49.0 48.3 47.4 46.1 44.7 44.8 44.5 45.2 44.6 43.5 41.6 40.7 40.3 40.5 39.9 40.5 41.4 42.5 43.3 43.4 44.5 44.8 44.8 45.2 45.0 44.8 44.3 44.6 44.4 45.3 45.4 44.8 44.3 46.4
U.S. GOVERNMENT   2.2 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.3 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   22.8 21.9 20.8 19.1 19.3 18.3 16.8 15.7 16.2 15.6 16.7 16.6 15.6 14.4 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.1 15.6 14.8 13.3 13.3 12.9 13.4 13.1 13.0 13.6 13.9 13.7 13.1 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.5 11.5 11.1 10.9 10.2 9.2 8.4 8.0 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.7 12.3
FOREIGN CORPORATION   11.8 12.1 12.5 13.1 14.6 15.3 17.9 19.0 20.5 22.7 22.4 24.5 26.2 28.2 27.7 28.8 29.9 30.5 31.6 32.6 33.8 34.6 36.2 37.5 39.0 39.7 39.3 39.3 39.0 39.2 39.0 38.1 38.1 37.8 38.3 39.1 39.2 40.1 41.5 42.8 43.2 44.3 43.9 44.5 45.7 47.2 35.4
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   4.7 4.4 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.8 5.6 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.3 4.4

Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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

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

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    Pre-64 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   243177 32206 54917 59716 60077 63010 65891 65991 66401 63410 66354 66453 65902 65813 65998 65610 65728 66500 63928 65027 61577 67085 71464 75107 81497 90179 96135 99369 100260 103924 108328 123338 144532 144756 169297 167857 179032 192275 200881 198600 175281 140688 95532 47747 13329 545 4380724
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   195313 24406 42269 45057 44220 45363 46428 45889 45618 42482 42794 41897 42273 41654 40855 39640 38990 38951 36846 36609 34512 36277 37736 38948 42483 47049 50304 53378 54094 57368 60729 68196 81861 77918 91891 91069 96052 101593 101763 99367 88540 70749 48279 23634 6614 292 2538250
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   47864 7800 12648 14659 15857 17647 19463 20102 20783 20928 23560 24556 23629 24159 25143 25970 26738 27549 27082 28418 27065 30808 33728 36159 39014 43130 45831 45991 46166 46556 47599 55142 62671 66838 77406 76788 82980 90682 99118 99233 86741 69939 47253 24113 6715 253 1842474
JAPAN   3479 960 1358 1708 2279 2842 3752 4370 4759 4589 5867 6327 6074 6579 7078 7480 8418 9561 10020 11319 10795 12430 14334 15372 16964 19875 21663 22126 22868 22920 22515 26230 29058 30955 35832 33211 34155 38775 42699 40431 36884 30658 22170 10876 3161 90 725866
GERMANY   13229 1976 3377 3866 3926 4525 4777 5030 4997 5056 5764 5877 5498 5592 6004 6222 6206 6245 6128 6060 5541 6337 6892 7206 7360 7628 7769 7513 6935 7014 6932 7662 8636 8864 10251 10365 12173 12878 13928 14522 11130 7727 4708 2206 530 16 313078
UNITED KINGDOM   9685 1467 2382 2693 2780 2894 2945 2731 2581 2668 2787 2886 2670 2622 2641 2527 2498 2378 2211 2216 2159 2372 2404 2481 2766 2723 2827 2611 2364 2293 2552 2962 3482 3393 3932 4001 4376 4560 4937 4798 3531 2113 1166 564 122 11 129762
FRANCE   5106 865 1328 1583 1663 1763 1896 1855 2022 2115 2214 2225 2151 2129 2103 2272 2228 2305 2080 2134 2084 2257 2365 2581 2725 2948 2933 3055 2997 2951 2978 3192 3766 3565 4089 3983 4394 4752 4674 4724 3598 2397 1329 614 140 5 117133
CANADA   3222 469 866 912 943 1029 1082 1143 1143 1135 1168 1197 1133 1207 1232 1175 1214 1127 1159 1107 1091 1294 1300 1402 1673 1884 2037 1940 2062 2000 2314 2576 3081 2991 3471 3771 3892 4105 4081 4063 3582 2942 1887 959 251 9 84321
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 30 44 45 36 68 85 100 66 119 117 159 253 352 517 557 725 934 1116 1260 1574 1922 2257 2941 3547 4522 5694 5050 5917 6829 7106 6897 5284 3356 1097 52 70643
KOREA, SOUTH   7 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 6 7 7 11 9 8 9 8 19 17 22 37 39 36 69 86 141 207 410 510 795 910 1039 1617 2125 3486 3858 3949 3691 4188 4754 5798 6510 6514 4400 2167 475 14 57968
SWITZERLAND   3433 498 790 950 1009 1036 1111 1175 1183 1280 1282 1354 1389 1322 1320 1359 1237 1261 1130 1122 1049 1146 1158 1245 1189 1328 1359 1200 1177 1139 1141 1242 1356 1238 1358 1385 1473 1566 1689 1641 1263 881 494 301 83 7 54349
ITALY   1657 251 388 527 535 590 628 716 671 697 645 741 704 747 765 811 918 857 717 800 726 945 955 1098 1139 1267 1233 1285 1251 1280 1199 1304 1499 1518 1677 1666 1760 1902 2129 2135 1751 1134 681 351 93 3 46346
SWEDEN   1946 267 516 633 578 684 729 652 729 709 864 957 893 856 843 805 825 748 689 672 743 809 789 771 749 724 749 660 698 726 841 1016 1126 1174 1736 1781 1831 1894 1884 1714 1218 718 413 183 33 2 40577
NETHERLANDS   1856 297 424 471 515 540 607 552 647 578 638 655 680 655 704 710 653 717 671 703 645 725 772 798 842 982 1005 919 815 862 918 953 1083 1216 1415 1267 1400 1569 1779 1720 1392 1119 426 193 57 1 38146
AUSTRALIA   404 79 123 135 148 142 170 173 177 209 237 239 229 300 257 291 325 274 289 286 293 332 368 426 433 445 427 449 424 458 513 534 644 736 724 918 918 1164 1144 1348 1076 1104 665 289 140 14 20473
ISRAEL   149 22 45 52 37 48 49 58 64 72 82 105 96 103 125 112 130 142 143 158 152 191 186 231 295 283 321 326 319 362 432 600 695 682 845 943 1268 1407 1533 1372 982 732 544 244 62 6 16805
BELGIUM   666 110 159 209 222 246 252 236 279 249 284 278 295 241 230 267 239 246 231 214 215 244 262 308 307 301 346 336 349 345 411 530 713 697 689 733 783 783 792 793 669 387 223 114 31 0 16514
AUSTRIA   486 76 152 152 184 196 238 230 226 218 279 268 255 282 274 313 293 262 270 271 283 277 312 335 338 381 367 397 332 312 330 408 454 406 467 536 588 605 688 809 593 427 224 151 29 2 14976
FINLAND   79 14 34 30 43 56 52 72 79 91 87 91 103 114 122 135 141 127 155 156 181 200 218 211 264 262 310 350 354 333 369 475 551 693 757 728 990 1183 1269 1114 807 501 241 111 17 0 14270
DENMARK   353 70 95 104 113 149 147 134 157 148 157 140 171 144 155 158 139 149 136 148 160 155 170 170 190 200 154 232 203 183 238 290 457 360 475 484 558 544 682 617 421 243 117 57 11 1 10339
U.S.S.R.   152 104 111 69 235 235 261 313 348 393 431 388 396 427 449 466 367 246 251 182 115 95 96 107 140 147 156 137 80 51 20 10 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6994
SPAIN   156 15 39 56 56 63 67 63 67 76 89 79 104 86 76 71 69 51 60 63 66 98 92 118 117 124 146 146 133 166 156 191 209 229 270 255 267 331 438 378 349 251 139 58 22 0 6155
NORWAY   199 32 47 42 65 64 72 78 76 68 88 101 103 90 112 99 91 67 81 87 66 88 99 127 115 120 94 120 122 129 142 146 188 192 228 227 311 320 370 387 260 175 87 49 12 1 5837
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   15 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 12 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 8 13 51 42 51 45 43 53 50 73 52 64 70 100 125 184 326 476 596 607 724 629 532 138 12 5162
SINGAPORE   0 2 0 2 1 3 4 1 5 6 2 1 4 3 1 1 5 3 4 5 7 5 10 7 10 14 21 19 32 60 55 99 101 138 173 234 361 459 519 544 412 360 245 125 32 2 4097
INDIA   27 9 13 12 15 14 14 12 17 12 15 19 11 17 11 8 5 5 16 10 10 14 14 18 10 20 27 25 24 35 34 42 53 83 121 138 205 330 468 629 614 465 262 143 33 1 4080
SOUTH AFRICA   194 18 40 43 68 53 59 49 79 64 75 70 85 82 77 92 101 86 71 78 74 90 89 89 130 95 124 98 88 97 144 138 101 112 110 122 129 132 159 142 102 79 25 16 7 0 3976
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   26 4 10 9 3 12 13 11 9 8 13 13 18 13 28 28 21 28 14 24 22 23 26 40 43 46 62 50 64 65 69 110 102 139 156 189 236 257 365 377 392 316 217 101 33 0 3805
HUNGARY   93 14 12 31 28 28 41 38 53 47 60 59 74 77 84 74 103 123 122 112 105 118 111 102 101 98 87 86 67 44 46 45 51 36 38 53 55 72 70 88 54 34 29 3 5 0 2871
NEW ZEALAND   51 7 15 15 20 13 13 23 18 20 25 33 26 43 40 49 50 55 44 38 36 46 48 62 52 45 53 44 39 40 37 79 89 111 129 118 130 175 198 182 151 67 42 21 3 0 2595
MEXICO   377 15 45 46 41 55 43 40 35 40 54 64 63 34 37 43 43 38 44 34 25 36 38 45 31 37 38 34 43 49 36 51 52 65 71 88 84 96 117 82 92 44 43 18 3 0 2509
IRELAND   18 7 5 12 9 20 23 22 19 14 22 10 14 22 16 14 15 24 22 24 26 23 33 39 45 58 46 51 50 48 49 98 78 81 108 155 139 185 207 234 156 116 82 34 18 1 2492
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 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 97 129 147 187 195 190 253 248 259 220 194 125 79 43 13 1 2409
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   183 33 112 106 116 115 147 87 97 102 95 109 92 87 57 57 48 51 40 37 37 38 39 39 26 40 32 16 14 20 19 10 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2121
BRAZIL   60 3 12 13 16 19 9 14 17 19 16 17 22 20 24 27 26 26 19 22 23 27 31 28 36 31 62 41 58 57 61 92 66 77 91 93 119 118 135 159 126 94 35 27 6 0 2094
ARGENTINA   85 9 14 17 14 23 26 24 22 26 17 25 23 23 27 22 22 25 18 15 12 13 15 18 24 13 10 27 24 24 38 38 35 45 46 58 43 64 74 45 38 33 14 17 4 0 1249
LUXEMBOURG   19 3 6 5 2 2 8 5 9 11 22 11 13 17 21 22 28 22 25 30 31 28 20 29 23 21 23 25 29 25 18 32 20 25 32 32 34 41 47 60 45 36 13 4 0 0 974
MALAYSIA   5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 4 3 1 4 2 9 5 14 8 11 13 20 24 42 25 55 57 86 85 139 144 99 55 16 0 947
POLAND   28 13 13 30 28 27 26 18 26 22 27 31 21 29 34 36 46 26 20 14 9 21 5 9 9 17 8 8 9 6 13 15 9 18 14 15 21 21 25 45 32 25 15 11 2 0 897
Others (139)   419 87 110 118 155 153 191 164 151 164 127 143 162 142 149 148 129 152 111 119 127 124 139 157 164 156 153 173 162 207 185 239 284 283 352 426 410 525 526 552 465 357 226 120 36 2 9644
PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    Pre-64 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   145721 19831 31584 34436 33654 34677 35507 34874 34273 32313 32458 32324 32346 30959 30375 29562 29180 29633 28677 29107 27449 28602 29666 30434 32792 36246 38844 41011 42096 45245 48008 54501 67591 64753 77220 76809 81858 87418 88942 86846 76944 60765 41187 20085 5556 263 2032622
U.S. GOVERNMENT   6437 993 1481 1542 1623 1749 1844 1655 1631 1548 1426 1612 1533 1370 1201 1219 1104 1161 1208 1247 1030 956 883 742 667 896 1011 1181 1192 1228 1222 1093 1178 924 962 928 847 987 999 937 825 673 507 225 57 3 55737
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   48648 4473 10487 10486 10411 10417 10687 10924 11173 10250 10650 9922 10244 10958 10921 10483 10313 9866 8585 8008 7739 8521 8993 9654 10907 12092 12754 13346 12845 12940 13881 15220 16104 15322 16932 15959 15886 15772 14394 14396 12891 10538 7610 3878 1073 50 537603
FOREIGN CORPORATION   30845 5399 8591 10151 11044 12675 14115 14560 15388 15333 17457 18604 17901 18422 19364 20039 20743 21740 21713 23154 21947 25000 27844 29819 32119 35997 38328 38667 39264 39801 40218 46986 53965 57746 67729 68022 73530 80962 89379 89457 79004 64814 43650 22087 6231 215 1550019
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   829 147 185 188 194 136 125 106 145 152 187 181 193 241 267 286 272 414 391 433 414 462 440 451 432 388 453 473 421 342 265 290 294 243 169 111 108 134 88 96 61 44 14 5 1 0 11271
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   10697 1363 2589 2913 3151 3356 3613 3872 3791 3814 4176 3810 3685 3863 3870 4021 4116 3686 3354 3078 2998 3544 3638 4007 4580 4560 4745 4691 4442 4368 4734 5248 5400 5768 6285 6028 6803 7002 7079 6868 5556 3854 2564 1467 411 14 193472

Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

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

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

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    Pre-64 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   80.3 75.8 77.0 75.5 73.6 72.0 70.5 69.5 68.7 67.0 64.5 63.0 64.1 63.3 61.9 60.4 59.3 58.6 57.6 56.3 56.0 54.1 52.8 51.9 52.1 52.2 52.3 53.7 54.0 55.2 56.1 55.3 56.6 53.8 54.3 54.3 53.7 52.8 50.7 50.0 50.5 50.3 50.5 49.5 49.6 53.6 57.9
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   19.7 24.2 23.0 24.5 26.4 28.0 29.5 30.5 31.3 33.0 35.5 37.0 35.9 36.7 38.1 39.6 40.7 41.4 42.4 43.7 44.0 45.9 47.2 48.1 47.9 47.8 47.7 46.3 46.0 44.8 43.9 44.7 43.4 46.2 45.7 45.7 46.3 47.2 49.3 50.0 49.5 49.7 49.5 50.5 50.4 46.4 42.1
JAPAN   1.4 3.0 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.5 5.7 6.6 7.2 7.2 8.8 9.5 9.2 10.0 10.7 11.4 12.8 14.4 15.7 17.4 17.5 18.5 20.1 20.5 20.8 22.0 22.5 22.3 22.8 22.1 20.8 21.3 20.1 21.4 21.2 19.8 19.1 20.2 21.3 20.4 21.0 21.8 23.2 22.8 23.7 16.5 16.6
GERMANY   5.4 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.5 7.2 7.2 7.6 7.5 8.0 8.7 8.8 8.3 8.5 9.1 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.6 9.3 9.0 9.4 9.6 9.6 9.0 8.5 8.1 7.6 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.8 6.7 6.9 7.3 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.0 2.9 7.1
UNITED KINGDOM   4.0 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.9 2.0 3.0
FRANCE   2.1 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 2.7
CANADA   1.3 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.9
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.6 2.0 2.1 2.7 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.4 4.1 4.9 5.5 7.0 8.2 9.5 1.6
KOREA, SOUTH   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 3.6 2.6 1.3
SWITZERLAND   1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.2
ITALY   0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.1
SWEDEN   0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.9
NETHERLANDS   0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.9
AUSTRALIA   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.1 2.6 0.5
ISRAEL   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.4
BELGIUM   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
AUSTRIA   0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3
FINLAND   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3
DENMARK   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
U.S.S.R.   0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
SPAIN   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
NORWAY   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.0 2.2 0.1
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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1
INDIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
SOUTH AFRICA   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1
HUNGARY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
NEW ZEALAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
MEXICO   0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 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 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
IRELAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
ARGENTINA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LUXEMBOURG   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MALAYSIA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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 0.1 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Others (139)   0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2
PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    Pre-64 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   59.9 61.6 57.5 57.7 56.0 55.0 53.9 52.8 51.6 51.0 48.9 48.6 49.1 47.0 46.0 45.1 44.4 44.6 44.9 44.8 44.6 42.6 41.5 40.5 40.2 40.2 40.4 41.3 42.0 43.5 44.3 44.2 46.8 44.7 45.6 45.8 45.7 45.5 44.3 43.7 43.9 43.2 43.1 42.1 41.7 48.3 46.4
U.S. GOVERNMENT   2.6 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 1.3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   20.0 13.9 19.1 17.6 17.3 16.5 16.2 16.6 16.8 16.2 16.1 14.9 15.5 16.7 16.5 16.0 15.7 14.8 13.4 12.3 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.9 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.4 12.8 12.5 12.8 12.3 11.1 10.6 10.0 9.5 8.9 8.2 7.2 7.2 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.1 9.2 12.3
FOREIGN CORPORATION   12.7 16.8 15.6 17.0 18.4 20.1 21.4 22.1 23.2 24.2 26.3 28.0 27.2 28.0 29.3 30.5 31.6 32.7 34.0 35.6 35.6 37.3 39.0 39.7 39.4 39.9 39.9 38.9 39.2 38.3 37.1 38.1 37.3 39.9 40.0 40.5 41.1 42.1 44.5 45.0 45.1 46.1 45.7 46.3 46.7 39.4 35.4
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   4.4 4.2 4.7 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.3 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.7 3.1 3.1 2.6 4.4

Historic Data, All Technologies (Utility Patents) Report
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part B

Ranked List of Organizations with 1000 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 1000 or More Patents, as Distributed by
the Year of Patent Grant and/or the Year Of Patent Application Filing
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2008
(*) For patents distributed by year of application, the Pre-70 column
corresponds to years prior to 1970.
    Pre-70 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 590 632 789 631 632 568 489 480 504 450 321 383 502 436 484 609 578 598 591 549 623 609 679 843 1085 1298 1383 1869 1724 2657 2756 2886 3411 3288 3415 3248 2941 3621 3125 4169 56446
Patents By Year of Application: 2157 529 513 535 471 439 509 467 463 422 532 533 589 568 580 487 509 547 541 637 709 877 1234 1500 1263 1843 2557 2725 3603 3772 4370 4273 3842 3233 3173 2377 1740 845 392 90 56446
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patents By Year of Grant: 5 5 20 83 90 148 154 165 160 163 154 173 268 290 330 430 427 523 846 723 954 870 827 1109 1036 1096 1085 1528 1373 1919 1793 1890 1877 1891 1992 1805 1829 2367 1983 2107 36488
Patents By Year of Application: 58 94 73 98 154 184 185 143 176 216 266 330 360 442 374 585 652 787 710 813 960 992 1170 1263 1328 1925 2426 2019 2442 1777 1940 1824 2048 1787 1947 1630 1462 634 204 10 36488
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 1151 1020 1139 924 1051 1001 835 802 822 821 610 768 875 740 637 789 778 714 779 689 819 787 809 937 932 970 758 819 664 729 699 787 1107 1416 1139 976 904 1051 911 911 35070
Patents By Year of Application: 3422 831 889 827 891 828 844 809 790 868 784 807 762 712 690 726 696 664 707 783 821 900 885 953 869 885 841 738 769 917 1233 1393 1257 1141 1130 943 691 294 77 3 35070
HITACHI, LTD Patents By Year of Grant: 85 100 186 205 219 325 370 340 367 388 304 380 489 479 432 596 693 731 845 908 1054 908 930 956 914 976 910 963 903 1094 1008 1036 1272 1600 1892 1513 1271 1732 1381 1301 32056
Patents By Year of Application: 458 159 229 253 380 336 287 428 390 434 516 548 561 640 632 682 720 827 924 1053 1065 1027 1004 919 915 986 1137 1003 1066 977 1325 1612 2210 1853 1463 1492 842 526 174 3 32056
TOSHIBA CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 53 79 119 150 128 73 88 88 103 164 144 242 254 295 377 543 698 694 824 751 962 893 1014 1024 1039 968 969 914 862 1170 1200 1232 1149 1130 1184 1311 1258 1672 1519 1575 28912
Patents By Year of Application: 285 103 135 63 79 80 90 157 225 241 281 354 460 600 643 616 661 693 823 961 1012 1040 1183 929 886 1088 1078 1240 1331 1293 1153 1195 1399 1483 1464 1554 1087 704 240 3 28912
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 76 141 198 220 217 235 222 222 193 166 97 150 159 203 212 233 249 224 305 277 365 343 456 608 713 771 854 841 746 1034 1052 1137 1440 1544 1774 1934 1688 2229 1910 1469 26907
Patents By Year of Application: 477 190 169 238 222 219 176 158 150 142 171 237 252 248 178 234 265 286 291 342 451 592 747 782 856 927 963 1063 1279 1364 1580 1968 2311 2099 2116 1662 929 467 104 2 26907
SONY CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 28 39 77 80 96 103 146 212 170 131 121 163 145 135 147 204 238 227 332 303 320 238 299 419 565 656 754 864 861 1316 1417 1385 1363 1434 1311 1305 1135 1771 1454 1461 23425
Patents By Year of Application: 167 63 78 86 127 189 189 137 142 181 165 154 206 218 224 210 274 275 260 295 300 385 561 729 754 930 1172 1463 1967 1557 1653 1646 1752 1312 1185 926 1108 303 80 2 23425
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 9 26 61 148 250 347 412 423 485 584 1305 1542 1437 1446 1328 1313 1604 1641 2451 2723 3502 23046
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 6 22 48 182 231 377 408 420 498 656 1532 1613 1847 1473 1344 1593 1948 2779 2821 1941 1088 202 7 23046
NEC CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 78 92 113 90 73 67 82 77 79 78 58 89 115 112 103 127 168 234 375 353 480 437 428 453 594 897 1005 1043 1095 1627 1843 2020 1953 1821 1181 813 661 728 600 527 22769
Patents By Year of Application: 301 67 69 56 72 76 74 79 86 99 136 135 115 139 210 247 307 311 360 461 469 420 612 885 778 1356 1268 1678 2324 2339 2123 1787 1346 804 525 352 208 79 16 0 22769
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 417 513 636 626 524 383 284 209 249 221 215 258 300 232 235 255 223 229 296 433 589 721 863 775 1007 888 772 768 795 1124 992 875 719 694 748 712 578 688 492 320 21858
Patents By Year of Application: 1705 496 457 387 264 233 213 237 249 258 269 232 228 261 244 174 289 346 459 696 834 908 929 1038 785 760 780 1203 1095 1108 666 890 809 821 661 550 224 75 24 1 21858
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patents By Year of Grant: 13 27 49 55 37 47 55 75 57 62 51 84 95 123 140 285 364 360 518 543 770 868 940 959 926 972 973 934 892 1080 1054 1010 1184 1373 1243 784 614 610 477 481 21184
Patents By Year of Application: 91 59 34 31 54 76 70 50 69 101 98 128 163 301 324 372 386 484 623 897 959 970 1078 976 946 981 1114 1075 1175 1041 1115 1302 1443 1031 566 493 282 169 56 1 21184
FUJITSU LIMITED Patents By Year of Grant: 40 22 32 30 37 47 38 32 33 33 44 45 69 114 152 179 183 204 241 245 283 261 358 412 452 592 724 869 903 1189 1192 1146 1166 1211 1302 1296 1154 1487 1293 1475 20585
Patents By Year of Application: 102 24 42 35 44 27 30 36 55 53 78 179 171 184 181 174 184 194 242 261 356 435 546 603 685 1018 1229 1289 1427 1454 1270 1431 1576 1341 1103 1076 936 405 106 3 20585
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patents By Year of Grant: 276 226 268 296 370 406 448 488 457 412 302 367 436 434 378 406 418 410 539 562 658 508 475 398 371 376 419 418 454 626 722 912 793 674 660 732 689 854 698 721 20057
Patents By Year of Application: 861 254 301 360 453 466 438 392 423 411 461 455 419 397 381 366 454 528 528 545 463 459 379 407 404 466 515 623 828 961 989 861 930 916 770 650 335 170 38 0 20057
MOTOROLA, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 160 178 208 211 239 160 169 190 213 175 131 165 160 172 232 225 256 334 414 341 384 394 613 660 729 837 1012 1064 1058 1406 1192 1196 778 712 610 564 456 576 411 350 19335
Patents By Year of Application: 528 213 212 149 170 178 219 177 180 179 190 195 240 249 249 253 287 371 330 361 581 682 783 840 964 1219 1399 1396 1394 1024 692 979 634 692 522 336 194 59 15 0 19335
AT&T CORP. Patents By Year of Grant: 783 782 884 802 678 543 464 456 451 370 283 406 414 398 465 488 546 437 406 375 387 430 484 440 449 595 638 510 46 150 278 294 289 284 208 218 202 264 273 248 17118
Patents By Year of Application: 2591 628 613 524 367 446 444 424 381 425 455 468 517 558 494 386 361 360 308 335 509 492 462 565 690 474 209 219 487 344 301 267 300 216 136 119 151 59 29 4 17118
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD Patents By Year of Grant: 47 87 131 160 168 205 195 202 167 187 124 157 237 182 186 278 380 448 494 589 892 768 734 641 632 545 504 510 467 547 539 542 583 687 804 1025 750 906 294 14 17008
Patents By Year of Application: 321 143 222 135 174 205 161 162 182 144 176 212 203 286 314 470 527 577 713 790 750 659 647 570 516 525 551 623 667 558 689 926 975 916 769 389 143 18 0 0 17008
XEROX CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 214 211 299 366 282 357 465 548 493 418 167 177 235 216 206 180 272 219 227 258 283 252 354 473 561 611 551 703 606 769 665 569 716 693 613 514 426 501 513 529 16712
Patents By Year of Application: 904 266 265 276 468 492 482 399 316 134 250 261 177 202 217 234 202 201 252 267 335 485 560 588 653 705 720 691 647 862 854 778 541 574 475 407 431 125 14 2 16712
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 651 600 590 692 529 529 537 457 431 386 227 289 343 283 326 348 342 329 419 375 443 481 597 599 568 486 441 395 311 393 338 338 330 312 340 330 251 362 369 325 16692
Patents By Year of Application: 2144 482 504 468 474 406 424 348 323 296 298 331 325 369 310 322 380 394 406 434 573 641 551 505 456 425 428 365 403 335 338 393 373 372 404 334 222 107 29 0 16692
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 34 77 114 172 105 63 125 318 581 934 1304 1643 1834 1707 1760 1561 1610 1476 1250 16680
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 37 109 143 174 75 96 387 680 1199 1512 1556 1835 1938 1998 1532 1509 1044 708 119 1 16680
INTEL CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 2 3 5 10 5 17 21 17 10 6 14 12 16 24 16 15 24 33 50 45 56 73 125 203 271 423 405 701 733 795 809 1077 1592 1601 1549 1959 1864 1772 16353
Patents By Year of Application: 1 3 4 7 8 9 21 21 10 18 13 11 23 17 16 8 22 25 52 50 50 74 113 208 324 455 613 835 1001 1093 1385 1699 1763 1920 1956 1390 784 304 45 2 16353
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 219 381 446 356 430 469 391 469 421 364 291 321 336 362 359 438 466 503 687 581 746 637 650 501 441 396 504 477 473 725 735 693 702 253 4 2 0 2 0 0 16231
Patents By Year of Application: 1152 308 371 372 408 431 457 357 363 377 372 458 369 420 436 474 534 600 569 654 668 554 495 441 458 570 671 741 803 687 466 174 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16231
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED Patents By Year of Grant: 217 239 273 178 162 191 185 239 155 166 112 131 127 148 132 169 194 178 277 195 400 285 373 394 369 479 527 600 607 611 598 686 797 717 764 898 734 880 749 755 15891
Patents By Year of Application: 829 159 156 111 218 223 152 181 147 143 137 189 147 185 135 238 190 194 261 358 346 398 407 437 559 740 832 561 758 706 800 784 923 955 889 660 505 216 61 1 15891
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY Patents By Year of Grant: 498 535 665 560 739 509 671 631 474 363 298 410 329 287 318 285 248 216 170 104 129 267 388 299 344 378 331 285 288 341 349 351 313 378 359 317 258 270 268 224 14447
Patents By Year of Application: 2490 542 528 484 454 549 486 428 368 368 275 349 368 305 241 177 182 83 86 164 200 355 315 355 356 308 333 330 361 348 286 333 356 347 328 280 191 103 33 2 14447
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 482 393 681 611 665 584 495 402 290 252 244 326 278 251 217 324 286 294 370 383 412 379 437 399 438 331 282 297 277 305 275 254 176 190 291 376 392 490 343 194 14366
Patents By Year of Application: 1427 609 553 558 507 443 318 301 307 333 322 256 262 277 229 261 273 375 341 395 406 396 451 441 340 325 312 311 264 278 172 218 286 516 560 561 159 20 3 0 14366
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patents By Year of Grant: 232 245 271 410 363 413 451 555 483 434 355 414 508 350 335 363 359 389 371 441 470 499 492 472 443 342 327 323 357 381 341 304 362 398 348 329 176 148 38 11 14303
Patents By Year of Application: 1031 331 339 318 413 492 464 402 430 427 463 396 366 356 300 349 420 408 385 448 518 482 392 419 358 345 400 416 386 284 357 340 436 423 153 41 10 5 0 0 14303
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Patents By Year of Grant: 63 58 123 129 160 179 173 196 141 204 203 209 270 237 243 295 314 241 262 223 200 204 261 278 363 316 312 306 267 348 419 547 700 679 753 903 756 646 568 413 13162
Patents By Year of Application: 235 137 128 153 193 191 138 196 257 247 263 281 236 344 195 228 243 208 186 165 249 285 332 373 304 338 312 388 494 522 758 774 961 1227 875 404 230 85 27 0 13162
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. Patents By Year of Grant: 546 538 682 592 563 617 502 458 495 488 345 378 386 327 259 348 372 398 652 434 452 436 354 358 276 248 170 132 72 81 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11975
Patents By Year of Application: 1875 500 514 497 590 503 483 483 425 433 338 343 311 338 350 455 454 390 392 445 403 375 305 228 194 182 86 53 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11975
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) Patents By Year of Grant: 10 9 21 19 29 26 47 30 48 62 43 78 65 94 105 193 309 280 395 365 352 366 245 195 243 223 248 293 341 389 461 463 562 653 647 736 698 778 677 703 11501
Patents By Year of Application: 42 20 21 22 41 31 42 66 61 68 83 105 129 234 243 249 329 345 361 340 317 185 217 255 241 301 408 372 469 521 441 739 774 972 837 757 521 267 73 2 11501
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patents By Year of Grant: 137 144 136 239 145 186 232 278 268 192 168 250 270 232 215 260 265 250 263 297 354 395 384 396 360 318 301 317 276 399 414 509 486 473 393 343 231 278 225 214 11493
Patents By Year of Application: 581 164 138 164 196 237 230 203 192 248 240 260 251 266 218 251 270 248 328 390 388 384 346 315 331 327 385 363 478 514 502 497 505 525 336 153 40 23 5 1 11493
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) Patents By Year of Grant: 0 2 4 3 4 7 9 23 28 47 41 85 82 92 103 111 123 189 284 237 339 350 385 393 373 454 388 352 395 560 521 586 526 534 493 529 473 665 646 585 11021
Patents By Year of Application: 6 3 4 7 12 18 31 45 72 92 94 105 127 116 134 157 245 243 238 366 387 392 428 446 408 398 507 563 593 623 481 686 661 585 696 548 344 133 25 2 11021
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 497 419 421 464 402 402 365 293 297 334 217 249 260 277 246 328 336 371 469 421 431 400 332 320 328 267 226 196 163 175 141 133 167 118 42 28 10 9 5 0 10559
Patents By Year of Application: 1625 345 328 326 345 291 247 276 292 283 226 270 277 317 307 311 505 451 363 400 387 313 289 271 265 231 225 176 154 123 135 122 58 19 2 3 1 0 0 0 10559
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 12 31 120 131 97 83 89 67 78 75 82 90 143 127 111 123 143 199 205 180 274 293 314 358 282 298 266 290 328 403 405 414 372 326 410 530 469 693 727 851 10489
Patents By Year of Application: 218 95 69 85 94 60 68 80 93 118 134 156 114 137 133 154 181 183 184 306 333 381 302 306 282 331 371 412 441 423 447 467 541 676 729 583 481 247 72 2 10489
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1292 1775 1790 2099 1466 1422 9844
Patents By Year of Application: 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 2 7 25 97 325 984 2099 2100 2268 1165 641 105 24 1 9844
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 68 63 68 49 63 36 43 65 58 44 60 45 50 48 39 63 56 77 130 153 242 218 318 344 338 428 470 501 530 805 850 901 978 1061 403 0 7 10 3 0 9685
Patents By Year of Application: 196 46 46 50 41 49 70 55 70 53 47 51 43 58 58 89 81 156 206 221 332 336 393 413 449 553 661 879 1005 936 868 656 485 30 0 2 1 0 0 0 9685
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 41 33 46 55 92 133 169 148 146 179 225 312 302 396 498 618 764 839 884 1200 1205 1219 9531
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 14 13 32 31 42 55 105 135 154 170 186 216 297 308 372 479 586 719 936 994 1195 1268 808 329 78 3 9531
MICROSOFT CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 7 15 23 46 97 199 334 352 344 396 499 499 629 746 1463 1638 2026 9322
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 11 11 7 66 68 158 267 376 503 641 755 1020 850 932 1073 1325 974 247 29 1 9322
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 289 768 928 1152 1411 1109 662 621 534 405 552 432 405 9268
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 10 13 66 388 901 942 1266 1701 1413 844 433 408 473 239 115 40 11 0 9268
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 8 15 32 53 92 82 87 83 83 71 85 86 129 179 271 556 825 1053 1086 1154 904 802 526 439 304 194 9213
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 5 14 10 37 61 92 93 54 74 93 101 55 89 129 198 392 559 1116 1006 979 1231 985 831 481 300 153 53 10 1 9213
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 165 187 194 231 210 196 236 195 171 182 117 146 185 181 166 193 228 232 256 279 381 323 365 389 414 519 565 537 548 554 317 50 14 11 6 3 1 1 0 0 8948
Patents By Year of Application: 664 176 176 179 213 182 186 160 146 144 194 176 179 208 199 203 261 265 320 360 320 403 414 455 534 626 695 529 322 42 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8948
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY Patents By Year of Grant: 408 336 410 342 451 356 324 417 338 266 196 253 224 190 211 187 205 198 169 104 163 133 171 145 153 186 172 138 168 166 140 141 161 145 129 134 127 181 144 129 8611
Patents By Year of Application: 1478 332 356 286 239 327 321 272 252 239 240 247 222 188 189 176 138 115 96 129 156 140 149 179 179 179 206 173 144 157 149 161 142 154 159 161 125 47 9 0 8611
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED Patents By Year of Grant: 14 17 45 66 90 127 150 145 150 223 147 164 242 309 355 373 330 281 304 238 275 375 334 340 212 139 119 102 138 164 211 251 260 249 260 261 290 328 268 222 8568
Patents By Year of Application: 80 61 87 100 132 165 150 228 193 163 263 420 337 375 242 280 252 254 212 326 348 318 283 159 110 120 154 179 203 252 222 250 311 348 336 343 234 61 17 0 8568
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 167 215 185 319 239 250 319 399 354 347 248 309 345 281 244 290 307 244 286 279 346 409 414 319 332 299 272 271 238 16 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8552
Patents By Year of Application: 760 272 185 224 282 316 363 341 286 339 309 306 264 305 232 252 274 294 324 384 359 352 317 289 290 309 279 43 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8552
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. Patents By Year of Grant: 7 21 28 48 77 75 110 139 162 200 180 203 187 164 199 239 256 228 376 307 274 153 149 149 145 132 156 158 211 387 402 342 330 296 273 268 271 384 351 387 8424
Patents By Year of Application: 61 46 73 65 92 157 139 166 248 193 217 214 184 248 165 224 296 357 238 173 153 160 138 155 155 164 209 394 496 338 314 295 340 286 351 377 352 156 35 0 8424
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 72 99 147 121 98 100 94 128 99 134 74 105 99 74 83 100 93 75 127 92 143 127 146 156 155 205 226 346 406 454 550 465 426 433 438 397 296 273 215 208 8079
Patents By Year of Application: 369 98 96 82 90 97 120 115 91 112 88 80 81 99 94 95 101 100 137 116 137 146 148 183 249 341 478 575 582 404 454 526 508 420 292 185 128 44 15 3 8079
HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patents By Year of Grant: 156 113 139 207 142 173 280 347 288 311 222 238 262 218 238 223 237 231 234 227 260 282 282 331 356 335 311 351 353 327 152 82 18 18 9 1 2 0 0 0 7956
Patents By Year of Application: 540 134 152 150 266 286 297 272 279 240 238 237 236 240 227 209 249 237 233 298 299 282 297 367 331 370 497 226 203 39 14 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7956
RCA CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 309 329 453 408 329 339 401 423 428 424 282 410 437 465 448 429 454 484 504 129 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7888
Patents By Year of Application: 1151 331 311 295 348 389 417 410 443 385 473 506 531 429 420 379 394 237 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7888
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 438 404 418 424 322 352 313 296 270 312 225 283 294 221 265 279 291 222 206 153 142 131 157 171 193 149 101 91 76 75 72 113 89 80 48 15 9 11 3 2 7716
Patents By Year of Application: 1453 331 320 276 289 235 296 293 269 302 263 283 213 306 223 256 240 147 116 126 127 181 169 172 121 99 127 63 70 120 90 74 28 14 18 4 2 0 0 0 7716
SHELL OIL COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 324 289 272 300 247 167 153 167 186 154 92 154 154 136 162 181 206 203 158 206 370 263 267 270 223 226 161 125 123 143 131 132 127 79 100 170 119 185 138 135 7398
Patents By Year of Application: 1005 220 223 132 137 133 142 153 161 130 159 161 152 200 161 208 196 189 262 292 255 272 244 233 197 174 154 156 144 128 110 114 226 233 137 116 46 30 13 0 7398
UNISYS CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 349 347 399 399 292 255 239 255 252 251 237 216 271 234 241 278 285 181 136 97 95 82 99 85 51 80 112 133 109 122 91 97 107 118 99 117 83 106 86 89 7175
Patents By Year of Application: 1116 372 273 220 211 229 277 251 273 244 293 334 254 275 215 185 122 70 101 90 103 69 63 75 117 133 136 120 141 152 156 126 100 101 106 42 24 5 1 0 7175
MOBIL OIL CORP. Patents By Year of Grant: 199 192 132 193 147 174 167 170 192 225 130 198 199 177 308 373 351 341 292 248 376 355 366 299 284 286 202 167 91 67 72 70 52 14 4 4 3 0 0 1 7121
Patents By Year of Application: 620 147 132 115 152 175 178 190 182 202 184 237 296 348 294 343 303 231 335 347 363 309 323 282 239 208 137 53 68 70 51 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7121
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 7 13 21 53 64 69 63 113 152 423 560 465 436 502 564 678 653 776 610 509 6739
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 3 14 36 52 54 76 65 118 314 608 663 506 569 686 857 982 553 334 172 64 3 0 6739
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Patents By Year of Grant: 273 227 319 232 254 266 260 271 197 202 158 189 212 243 131 327 293 234 236 224 215 224 195 242 172 199 114 71 68 62 53 56 66 45 43 40 22 22 23 17 6697
Patents By Year of Application: 962 200 191 227 207 236 232 212 192 216 227 216 212 308 252 253 199 208 170 203 227 210 220 173 167 77 69 66 55 54 48 57 43 43 29 15 13 6 2 0 6697
CATERPILLAR INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 172 112 171 99 171 225 282 340 335 363 183 176 176 147 71 54 75 46 54 44 58 52 76 60 107 107 143 206 212 197 262 334 258 246 220 174 154 142 176 172 6652
Patents By Year of Application: 443 121 149 181 203 268 392 353 331 199 182 155 73 50 38 45 49 53 44 44 54 86 84 117 134 206 229 263 262 299 294 263 243 246 147 124 148 71 9 0 6652
BOEING COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 49 52 73 35 45 59 81 88 83 92 65 94 113 112 117 141 121 138 169 168 214 192 197 182 106 80 93 97 114 157 147 136 163 199 266 420 403 478 428 421 6388
Patents By Year of Application: 169 48 32 41 74 92 85 95 101 112 125 150 114 133 147 135 151 139 168 207 205 161 131 88 93 68 211 149 120 140 130 187 373 514 571 464 310 127 25 3 6388
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 194 151 181 226 184 150 169 139 124 145 109 129 111 120 138 164 303 249 285 245 274 246 250 319 245 270 196 189 119 140 147 183 162 67 39 13 3 1 2 0 6381
Patents By Year of Application: 693 120 165 137 126 130 123 122 148 132 113 148 135 199 259 254 276 208 231 248 272 277 308 259 218 173 157 161 161 170 193 34 20 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 6381
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 223 198 203 148 208 134 162 201 163 156 112 145 171 148 175 175 168 191 206 189 232 152 164 235 205 203 214 159 123 116 107 118 101 78 58 54 82 133 122 130 6262
Patents By Year of Application: 680 130 152 130 124 164 204 174 177 144 165 176 193 188 164 173 147 171 212 199 170 177 227 220 200 207 142 110 116 117 93 49 71 85 117 165 87 35 7 0 6262
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF Patents By Year of Grant: 24 18 17 16 25 22 17 22 25 23 1 2 38 42 48 45 42 54 65 59 79 63 83 79 112 153 203 255 264 386 434 432 401 430 437 422 388 410 333 237 6206
Patents By Year of Application: 67 13 19 18 27 15 20 21 11 8 37 56 40 52 51 61 56 62 65 68 89 93 115 129 239 320 481 372 414 449 460 486 523 452 372 238 130 68 9 0 6206
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 842 1354 1217 763 896 547 483 6114
Patents By Year of Application: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 11 26 36 169 578 1117 1729 1376 639 343 70 15 1 0 6114
FORD MOTOR COMPANY Patents By Year of Grant: 226 168 224 165 173 202 200 160 111 88 83 149 147 88 152 157 186 121 138 139 163 155 180 229 286 320 334 381 265 147 151 102 27 18 46 58 46 41 31 42 6099
Patents By Year of Application: 599 191 157 146 178 197 120 100 106 130 166 135 146 133 153 111 135 116 175 154 146 212 246 303 395 360 345 156 145 114 44 73 29 57 50 36 24 14 2 0 6099
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 11 12 38 65 81 79 77 79 55 76 65 74 103 59 72 90 80 70 99 171 350 376 315 282 237 160 114 164 158 304 365 333 304 240 221 210 159 169 113 53 6083
Patents By Year of Application: 81 55 62 60 79 86 72 57 80 80 106 61 80 90 74 63 100 113 256 400 382 290 266 187 140 181 195 286 431 405 355 340 266 166 101 19 11 2 5 0 6083
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. Patents By Year of Grant: 285 223 216 286 247 209 195 203 215 261 212 222 268 213 221 256 268 223 178 106 125 126 136 111 109 127 89 72 73 105 122 101 70 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 5883
Patents By Year of Application: 911 215 203 197 169 166 205 191 261 260 238 232 219 249 241 247 192 114 117 95 124 129 119 105 109 89 99 81 119 113 65 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5883
NIKON CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 19 39 50 68 54 17 35 44 46 38 33 47 60 75 62 88 71 69 119 79 69 73 84 104 132 113 224 423 479 575 365 280 285 245 299 228 183 142 134 157 5707
Patents By Year of Application: 129 43 43 27 27 37 55 43 37 41 62 66 90 89 59 76 86 77 54 65 90 85 138 121 172 386 625 503 505 281 296 346 297 193 163 102 117 64 17 0 5707
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 3 10 34 27 30 43 49 48 62 93 101 133 166 186 186 196 199 146 146 180 196 179 161 197 203 228 210 223 213 278 222 281 253 260 251 119 80 62 30 15 5699
Patents By Year of Application: 47 29 22 37 43 49 65 82 114 149 175 227 191 221 143 137 129 132 170 182 176 205 223 221 277 254 264 237 244 268 281 264 217 126 66 15 11 6 0 0 5699
DENSO CORPORATION Patents By Year of Grant: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 124 305 369 435 482 552 646 609 732 753 655 5669
Patents By Year of Application: 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 1 5 114 348 384 440 441 637 670 746 718 696 354 114 0 5669
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 451 325 413 397 280 273 233 255 192 264 144 205 211 131 136 138 100 111 91 76 88 84 129 129 103 76 75 82 97 77 83 77 63 10 11 6 4 2 0 1 5623
Patents By Year of Application: 1396 302 246 219 208 237 219 197 204 204 188 161 139 102 140 111 95 78 65 93 125 115 95 89 86 83 117 76 92 54 55 17 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5623
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Patents By Year of Grant: 4 6 9 13 8 7 12 13 19 13 18 31 20 31 29 37 36 73 96 80 96 111 133 117 119 123 115 130 164 251 239 251 286 367 373 377 352 516 454 446 5575
Patents By Year of Application: 20 12 8 7 9 13 13 22 18 31 18 42 31 44 34 46 95 72 82 113 127 135 112 104 144 163 177 268 277 326 319 469 466 476 417 407 285 147 26 0 5575
MERCK + CO., INC. Patents By Year of Grant: 137 131 119 164 126 107 134 151 145 150 127 156 160 135 115 135 105 103 123 125 173 134 152 164 222 163 125 126 161 178 216 182