Patents Issued for Fiscal
Years 1981 through 2001
|
PATENT ISSUED
(FY 1981 - FY 2001)
|
|
Year
|
Utility /1
|
Design
|
Plant
|
Reissue
|
Total
|
|
1981
|
66,617
|
3,882
|
168
|
343
|
71,010
|
|
1982
|
59,449
|
5,299
|
120
|
284
|
65,152
|
|
1983
|
54,744
|
4,401
|
219
|
351
|
59,715
|
|
1984
|
66,753
|
4,935
|
174
|
287
|
72,149
|
|
1985
|
69,667
|
5,058
|
277
|
300
|
75,302
|
|
1986
|
71,301
|
5,202
|
227
|
263
|
76,993
|
|
1987
|
82,141
|
6,158
|
240
|
254
|
88,793
|
|
1988
|
77,317
|
5,740
|
283
|
244
|
83,584
|
|
1989
|
95,831
|
5,844
|
728
|
309
|
102,712
|
|
1990
|
88,974
|
7,176
|
295
|
282
|
96,727
|
|
1991
|
91,822
|
9,386
|
318
|
334
|
101,860
|
|
1992
|
99,405
|
9,612
|
336
|
375
|
109,728
|
|
1993
|
96,676
|
9,946
|
408
|
302
|
107,332
|
|
1994
|
101,270
|
11,138
|
513
|
347
|
113,268
|
|
1995
|
101,895
|
11,662
|
390
|
294
|
114,241
|
|
1996
|
104,900
|
11,346
|
338
|
291
|
116,875
|
|
1997
|
111,979
|
10,331
|
400
|
267
|
122,977
|
|
1998
|
139,298
|
14,420
|
577
|
284
|
154,579
|
|
1999
|
142,856
|
15,480
|
437
|
393
|
159,166
|
|
2000
|
164,490
|
16,719
|
453
|
561
|
182,223
|
|
2001
|
169,576
|
17,179
|
563
|
504
|
187,822
|
|
|
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