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Calendar Year |
Utility Patent Applications (e) (inventions) |
Design Patent Applications |
Plant Patent Applications |
Utility Patents (e) (inventions) |
(notes) | Design Patents |
Plant Patents |
Patent Grants to Foreign Residents (a) |
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2020 | 597,175 | 47,838 | 976 | 352,066 | 34,877 | 1,398 | 223,727 | |
2019 | 621,453 | 46,847 | 1,134 | 354,430 | 34,794 | 1,275 | 204,656 | |
2018 | 597,141 | 45,083 | 1,079 | 307,759 | 30,497 | 1,208 | 177,915 | |
2017 | 606,956 | 43,340 | 1,059 | 318,828 | 30,870 | 1,311 | 182,002 | |
2016 | 605,571 | 42,571 | 1,177 | 303,049 | 28,873 | 1,235 | 172,818 | |
2015 | 589,410 | 39,097 | 1,140 | 298,408 | 25,986 | 1,074 | 169,764 | |
2014 | 578,802 | 35,378 | 1,063 | 300,677 | 23,657 | 1,072 | 166,999 | |
2013 | 571,612 | 36,034 | 1,406 | 277,835 | 23,468 | 847 | 154,891 | |
2012 | 542,815 | 32,799 | 1,149 | 253,155 | 21,951 | 860 | 142,180 | |
2011 | 503,582 | 30,467 | 1,139 | 224,505 | 21,356 | 823 | 125,998 | |
2010 | 490,226 | 29,059 | 992 | 219,614 | 22,799 | 981 | 122,694 | |
2009 | 456,106 | 25,806 | 959 | 167,349 | 23,116 | 1,009 | 96,677 | |
2008 | 456,321 | 27,782 | 1,209 | 157,772 | 25,565 | 1,240 | 92,929 | |
2007 | 456,154 | 27,752 | 1,049 | 157,282 | 24,062 | 1,047 | 89,007 | |
2006 | 425,967 | 25,515 | 1,151 | 173,772 | 20,965 | 1,149 | 93,942 | |
2005 | 390,733 | 25,553 | 1,222 | 143,806 | 12,951 | 716 | 75,046 | |
2004 | 356,943 | 23,975 | 1,221 | 164,290 | 15,695 | 1,016 | 87,051 | |
2003 | 342,441 | 22,602 | 1,000 | 169,023 | 16,574 | 994 | 88,258 | |
2002 | 334,445 | 20,904 | 1,144 | 167,331 | 15,451 | 1,133 | 87,101 | |
2001 | 326,508 | 18,280 | 944 | 166,035 | 16,871 | 584 | 85,173 | |
2000 | 295,926 | 18,292 | 797 | 157,494 | 17,413 | 548 | 78,871 | |
1999 | 270,187 | 17,761 | 863 | 153,485 | 14,732 | 420 | 74,877 | |
1998 | 243,062 | 17,107 | 720 | 147,517 | 14,766 | 561 | 72,398 | |
1997 | 215,257 | 16,546 | 621 | 111,984 | 11,414 | 394 | 54,107 | |
1996 | 195,187 | 15,161 | 665 | 109,645 | 11,410 | 362 | 52,267 | |
1995 | 212,377 | 15,409 | 452 | 101,419 | 11,712 | 387 | 49,327 | |
1994 | 189,857 | 15,774 | 459 | 101,676 | 11,095 | 499 | 49,224 | |
1993 | 174,743 | 13,635 | 361 | 98,342 | 10,630 | 442 | 48,531 | |
1992 | 173,075 | 13,078 | 354 | 97,444 | 9,269 | 321 | 48,572 | |
1991 | 164,306 | 13,061 | 463 | 96,511 | 9,569 | 353 | 48,944 | |
1990 | 164,558 | 11,288 | 418 | 90,365 | 8,024 | 318 | 46,094 | |
1989 | 152,750 | 12,615 | 383 | 95,537 | 6,092 | 587 | 47,804 | |
1988 | 139,825 | 11,289 | 377 | 77,924 | 5,679 | 425 | 39,625 | |
1987 | 127,917 | 11,153 | 385 | 82,952 | 5,959 | 229 | 41,588 | |
1986 | 122,433 | 9,912 | 320 | 70,860 | 5,518 | 224 | 34,780 | |
1985 | 117,006 | 9,551 | 231 | 71,661 | 5,066 | 242 | 33,796 | |
1984 | 111,284 | 8,739 | 253 | 67,200 | 4,938 | 212 | 30,388 | |
1983 | 103,703 | 8,082 | 255 | 56,860 | 4,563 | 197 | 25,334 | |
1982 | 109,625 | 8,174 | 188 | 57,888 | 4,944 | 173 | 25,534 | |
1981 | 106,413 | 7,375 | 178 | 65,771 | 4,745 | 183 | 27,757 | |
1980 | 104,329 | 7,830 | 220 | 61,819 | 3,949 | 117 | 25,392 | |
1979 | 100,494 | 7,519 | 196 | 48,854 | 3,119 | 131 | 19,462 | |
1978 | 100,916 | 7,538 | 194 | 66,102 | 3,862 | 186 | 25,715 | |
1977 | 100,931 | 7,258 | 188 | 65,269 | 3,929 | 173 | 24,684 | |
1976 | 102,344 | 7,061 | 175 | 70,226 | 4,564 | 176 | 27,134 | |
1975 | 101,014 | 6,292 | 150 | 72,000 | 4,282 | 150 | 36,271 | |
1974 | 102,538 | 5,318 | 155 | 76,278 | 4,304 | 261 | 26,514 | |
1973 | 104,079 | 5,425 | 118 | 74,143 | 4,033 | 132 | 23,344 | |
1972 | 99,298 | 5,867 | 135 | 74,810 | 2,901 | 199 | 23,815 | |
1971 | 104,729 | 6,211 | 155 | 78,317 | 3,156 | 71 | 22,850 | |
1970 | 103,175 | 5,996 | 188 | 64,429 | 3,214 | 52 | 17,872 | |
1969 | 98,750 | 5,496 | 111 | 67,559 | 3,335 | 103 | 17,573 | |
1968 | 93,471 | 5,171 | 95 | 59,104 | 3,352 | 72 | 13,722 | |
1967 | 85,697 | 4,744 | 103 | 65,652 | 3,165 | 85 | 14,711 | |
1966 | 88,525 | 4,853 | 104 | 68,405 | 3,188 | 114 | 14,008 | |
1965 | 94,629 | 5,413 | 108 | 62,857 | 3,424 | 120 | 12,525 | |
1964 | 87,592 | 5,259 | 120 | 47,375 | 2,686 | 128 | 8,966 | |
1963 | 85,869 | 4,968 | 145 | 45,679 | 2,965 | 129 | 8,505 | |
1962 | 85,029 | 4,897 | 151 | 55,691 | 2,300 | 91 | 10,112 | |
1961 | 83,100 | 4,714 | 107 | 48,368 | 2,488 | 108 | 8,214 | |
1960 | 79,590 | 4,525 | 131 | 47,169 | 2,543 | 116 | 7,698 | |
1959 | 78,594 | 4,879 | 114 | 52,408 | 2,769 | 101 | 8,340 | |
1958 | 77,495 | 4,923 | 134 | 48,330 | 2,375 | 130 | 7,395 | |
1957 | 74,197 | 4,714 | 101 | 42,745 | 2,362 | 129 | 6,282 | |
1956 | 74,906 | 4,824 | 104 | 46,816 | 2,977 | 101 | 6,646 | |
1955 | 77,188 | 5,764 | 118 | 30,432 | 2,713 | 103 | 4,065 | |
1954 | 77,185 | 5,465 | 95 | 33,809 | 2,536 | 101 | 4,433 | |
1953 | 72,284 | 5,450 | 99 | 40,467 | 2,714 | 78 | 4,331 | |
1952 | 64,554 | 4,993 | 84 | 43,616 | 2,959 | 101 | 5,635 | |
1951 | 60,438 | 4,279 | 71 | 44,326 | 4,164 | 58 | 4,888 | |
1950 | 67,264 | 6,739 | 105 | 43,039 | 4,718 | 90 | 4,408 | |
1949 | 67,592 | 6,998 | 70 | 35,131 | 4,451 | 93 | 3,105 | |
1948 | 68,740 | 7,048 | 59 | 23,961 | 3,968 | 44 | 1,984 | |
1947 | 75,443 | 7,644 | 92 | 20,139 | 2,102 | 52 | 1,617 | |
1946 | 81,056 | 10,698 | 72 | 21,805 | 2,779 | 56 | 1,656 | |
1945 | 67,846 | 8,066 | 52 | 25,694 | 3,524 | 17 | 2,112 | |
1944 | 54,190 | 5,063 | 42 | 28,053 | 2,916 | 38 | 2,564 | |
1943 | 45,493 | 2,986 | 41 | 31,054 | 2,229 | 47 | 2,625 | |
1942 | 45,549 | 4,218 | 60 | 38,449 | 3,728 | 65 | 3,943 | |
1941 | 52,339 | 7,203 | 67 | 41,108 | 6,486 | 62 | 5,311 | |
1940 | 60,863 | 8,530 | 91 | 42,237 | 6,145 | 85 | 6,148 | |
1939 | 64,093 | 7,137 | 76 | 43,073 | 5,593 | 45 | 6,338 | |
1938 | 66,874 | 8,084 | 48 | 38,062 | 5,027 | 41 | 5,776 | |
1937 | 65,324 | 7,207 | 45 | 37,683 | 5,137 | 55 | 5,638 | |
1936 | 62,599 | 6,478 | 66 | 39,783 | 4,556 | 49 | 5,734 | |
1935 | 58,117 | 5,728 | 72 | 40,618 | 3,866 | 45 | 5,980 | |
1934 | 56,643 | 4,399 | 28 | 44,419 | 2,921 | 32 | 6,489 | |
1933 | 56,558 | 3,600 | 27 | 48,774 | 2,411 | 33 | 7,170 | |
1932 | 67,006 | 4,345 | 46 | 53,458 | 2,944 | 46 | 7,376 | |
1931 | 79,740 | 4,190 | 37 | 51,756 | 2,937 | 5 | 6,897 | |
1930 | 89,554 | 4,182 | 16 | 45,226 | 2,712 | 6,085 | ||
1929 | 89,752 | 4,520 | 45,267 | 2,907 | 5,921 | |||
1928 | 87,603 | 4,761 | 42,326 | 3,188 | 5,218 | |||
1927 | 87,219 | 4,473 | 41,718 | 2,387 | 4,918 | |||
1926 | 81,365 | 4,343 | 44,733 | 2,602 | 5,103 | |||
1925 | 80,208 | 4,082 | 46,432 | 2,824 | 5,347 | |||
1924 | 76,987 | 3,635 | 42,572 | 2,671 | 4,723 | |||
1923 | 76,783 | 3,550 | 38,614 | 1,927 | 4,133 | |||
1922 | 83,962 | 4,763 | 38,361 | 1,627 | 4,455 | |||
1921 | 87,467 | 5,596 | 37,792 | 3,277 | 3,963 | |||
1920 | 81,915 | 4,660 | 37,057 | 2,485 | 3,762 | |||
1919 | 76,710 | 3,627 | 36,795 | 1,523 | 3,687 | |||
1918 | 57,347 | 2,234 | 38,450 | 1,207 | 2,883 | |||
1917 | 67,590 | 2,545 | 40,927 | 1,512 | 3,209 | |||
1916 | 68,075 | 2,684 | 43,892 | 1,759 | 3,767 | |||
1915 | 67,138 | 2,734 | 43,117 | 1,545 | 4,334 | |||
1914 | 67,774 | 2,454 | 39,899 | 1,715 | 4,595 | |||
1913 | 68,117 | 2,060 | 33,915 | 1,683 | 4,212 | |||
1912 | 68,969 | 1,850 | 36,196 | 1,342 | 4,489 | |||
1911 | 67,370 | 1,534 | 32,855 | 1,010 | 4,058 | |||
1910 | 63,293 | 1,155 | 35,130 | 639 | 3,719 | |||
1909 | 64,408 | 1,234 | 36,562 | 687 | 3,812 | |||
1908 | 60,142 | 1,131 | 32,736 | 757 | 3,338 | |||
1907 | 57,679 | 896 | 35,860 | 589 | 3,866 | |||
1906 | 55,471 | 806 | 31,169 | 625 | 3,471 | |||
1905 | 54,034 | 781 | 29,777 | 486 | 3,292 | |||
1904 | 51,168 | 818 | 30,259 | 557 | 3,285 | |||
1903 | 49,289 | 770 | 31,032 | 536 | 3,763 | |||
1902 | 48,320 | 1,170 | 27,121 | 640 | 3,499 | |||
1901 | 43,973 | 2,361 | 25,554 | 1,734 | 3,402 | |||
1900 | 39,673 | 2,225 | 24,656 | 1,758 | 3,483 | |||
1899 | 38,937 | 2,400 | 23,288 | 2,139 | 3,311 | |||
1898 | 33,915 | 1,843 | 20,375 | 1,803 | 2,752 | |||
1897 | 45,661 | 2,150 | 22,065 | 1,631 | 2,221 | |||
1896 | 42,077 | 1,828 | 21,825 | 1,445 | 2,027 | |||
1895 | 39,145 | 1,463 | 20,855 | 1,115 | 2,049 | |||
1894 | 36,987 | 1,357 | 19,833 | 928 | 2,166 | |||
1893 | 37,293 | 1,060 | 22,747 | 902 | 2,473 | |||
1892 | 39,514 | 1,130 | 22,645 | 817 | 2,051 | |||
1891 | 39,418 | 1,025 | 22,310 | 836 | 1,928 | |||
1890 | 39,884 | 1,046 | 25,308 | 886 | 2,105 | |||
1889 | 39,607 | 857 | 23,322 | 723 | 2,003 | |||
1888 | 34,713 | 971 | 19,552 | 835 | 1,536 | |||
1887 | 34,420 | 1,041 | 20,399 | 949 | 1,466 | |||
1886 | 35,161 | 645 | 21,768 | 595 | 1,489 | |||
1885 | 34,697 | 862 | 23,282 | 773 | 1,549 | |||
1884 | 34,192 | 1,230 | 19,122 | 1,150 | 1,284 | |||
1883 | 33,073 | 1,238 | 21,160 | 1,020 | 1,259 | |||
1882 | 30,270 | 948 | 18,135 | 861 | 1,135 | |||
1881 | 24,878 | 678 | 15,548 | 565 | 995 | |||
1880 | 21,761 | 634 | 12,926 | 515 | 786 | |||
1879 | 20,059 | 12,133 | 592 | 648 | ||||
1878 | 20,260 | 12,345 | 590 | 581 | ||||
1877 | 20,308 | 12,920 | 699 | 590 | ||||
1876 | 21,425 | 14,172 | 802 | 787 | ||||
1875 | 21,638 | 13,291 | 915 | 563 | ||||
1874 | 21,602 | 12,230 | 886 | 547 | ||||
1873 | 20,414 | 11,616 | 747 | 493 | ||||
1872 | 18,246 | 12,200 | 884 | 581 | ||||
1871 | 19,472 | 11,687 | 905 | 522 | ||||
1870 | 19,171 | 12,157 | 737 | 644 | ||||
1869 | 19,271 | 12,957 | 506 | 377 | ||||
1868 | 20,420 | 12,544 | 446 | 337 | ||||
1867 | 21,276 | 12,301 | 325 | 275 | ||||
1866 | 15,269 | 8,874 | 294 | 244 | ||||
1865 | 10,664 | 6,099 | 221 | 181 | ||||
1864 | 6,932 | 4,638 | 139 | 181 | ||||
1863 | 6,014 | 3,781 | 176 | 125 | ||||
1862 | 5,038 | 3,221 | 195 | 80 | ||||
1861 | 4,643 | 3,040 | 142 | 83 | ||||
1860 | 7,653 | 4,363 | 183 | 49 | ||||
1859 | 6,225 | 4,165 | 108 | 47 | ||||
1858 | 5,364 | 3,467 | 102 | 28 | ||||
1857 | 4,771 | 2,686 | 113 | 45 | ||||
1856 | 4,960 | 2,315 | 107 | 31 | ||||
1855 | 4,435 | 1,892 | 70 | 41 | ||||
1854 | 3,328 | 1,759 | 57 | 35 | ||||
1853 | 2,673 | 846 | 86 | 26 | ||||
1852 | 2,639 | 890 | 109 | 20 | ||||
1851 | 2,258 | 757 | 90 | 17 | ||||
1850 | 2,193 | 884 | 83 | 20 | ||||
1849 | 1,955 | 988 | 49 | 17 | ||||
1848 | 1,628 | 584 | 46 | 14 | ||||
1847 | 1,531 | 495 | 60 | 21 | ||||
1846 | 1,272 | 566 | 59 | 19 | ||||
1845 | 1,246 | 475 | 17 | 12 | ||||
1844 | 1,045 | 478 | 12 | 20 | ||||
1843 | 819 | 494 | 14 | 8 | ||||
1842 | 761 | 488 | (b) | (b) | 11 | |||
1841 | 847 | 490 | (b) | (b) | 21 | |||
1840 | 735 | 458 | (b) | (b) | 19 | |||
1839 | n/a | 404 | (b) | (b) | 10 | |||
1838 | n/a | 515 | (b) | (b) | 17 | |||
1837 | n/a | 436 | (b) | (b) | 7 | |||
1836 (c) | n/a | 702 | (b) (d) | (b) | 8 | |||
1835 | n/a | 752 | n/a | |||||
1834 | n/a | 630 | n/a | |||||
1833 | n/a | 586 | n/a | |||||
1832 | n/a | 474 | n/a | |||||
1831 | n/a | 573 | n/a | |||||
1830 | n/a | 544 | n/a | |||||
1829 | n/a | 447 | n/a | |||||
1828 | n/a | 368 | n/a | |||||
1827 | n/a | 331 | n/a | |||||
1826 | n/a | 323 | n/a | |||||
1825 | n/a | 304 | n/a | |||||
1824 | n/a | 228 | n/a | |||||
1823 | n/a | 173 | n/a | |||||
1822 | n/a | 200 | n/a | |||||
1821 | n/a | 168 | n/a | |||||
1820 | n/a | 155 | n/a | |||||
1819 | n/a | 156 | n/a | |||||
1818 | n/a | 222 | n/a | |||||
1817 | n/a | 174 | n/a | |||||
1816 | n/a | 206 | n/a | |||||
1815 | n/a | 173 | n/a | |||||
1814 | n/a | 210 | n/a | |||||
1813 | n/a | 181 | n/a | |||||
1812 | n/a | 238 | n/a | |||||
1811 | n/a | 215 | n/a | |||||
1810 | n/a | 223 | n/a | |||||
1809 | n/a | 203 | n/a | |||||
1808 | n/a | 158 | n/a | |||||
1807 | n/a | 99 | n/a | |||||
1806 | n/a | 63 | n/a | |||||
1805 | n/a | 57 | n/a | |||||
1804 | n/a | 84 | n/a | |||||
1803 | n/a | 97 | n/a | |||||
1802 | n/a | 65 | n/a | |||||
1801 | n/a | 44 | n/a | |||||
1800 | n/a | 41 | n/a | |||||
1799 | n/a | 44 | n/a | |||||
1798 | n/a | 28 | n/a | |||||
1797 | n/a | 51 | n/a | |||||
1796 | n/a | 44 | n/a | |||||
1795 | n/a | 12 | n/a | |||||
1794 | n/a | 22 | n/a | |||||
1793 | n/a | 20 | n/a | |||||
1792 | n/a | 11 | n/a | |||||
1791 | n/a | 33 | n/a | |||||
1790 | n/a | 3 | n/a |
(a) - "Patent Grants to Foreign Residents" data include inventions, plants, and designs
(b) - counts of patent grants from 1836 to 1842 include design patents
(c) - data for 1836 include both the patents granted in that year prior to the effective date of the 1836 Patent Law (July 4, 1836) and those granted in that year after that date
(d) - data for 1836 include 599 patents issued prior to July 4, the effective date of the 1836 patent law
(e) - "Patents", as used in this column, refers to "patents for inventions", also known as "utility" patents
(a) - recent statistics are obtained from the report, U.S. Patent Statistics Report, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Patent Technology Monitoring Team, and from the USPTO TAF database
(b) - many of the older statistics are obtained from the Technology Assessment and Forecast Seventh Report, March 1977, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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