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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)


Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts

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


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION -

Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
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 patent number, 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-a and A2-a, 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-b and A2-b, 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.


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 34% 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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Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts
PART A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
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   681 712 663 1022 977 610 917 869 1015 1463 1306 1560 1867 2327 2439 2410 1847 2482 2601 2286 2017 2524 2532 2569 3126 3133 4330 4019 4321 4609 5022 4428 5054 6274 8560 10264 10550 9739 10720 10520 9735 7607 6681 8392 7780 7415 191975
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   476 507 441 678 652 433 587 565 626 872 768 867 1070 1228 1242 1255 932 1243 1336 1083 954 1302 1261 1235 1639 1630 2214 2024 2272 2451 2776 2485 2857 3757 5389 6402 6556 5962 6550 6464 5969 4636 4097 5119 4643 4309 111814
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   205 205 222 344 325 177 330 304 389 591 538 693 797 1099 1197 1155 915 1239 1265 1203 1063 1222 1271 1334 1487 1503 2116 1995 2049 2158 2246 1943 2197 2517 3171 3862 3994 3777 4170 4056 3766 2971 2584 3273 3137 3106 80161
ALABAMA   1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 1 4 2 1 7 4 5 9 8 3 16 8 13 9 14 14 28 35 45 33 35 44 46 29 25 27 31 19 533
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 19
ARIZONA   0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 2 1 5 2 3 8 2 3 7 5 15 12 9 10 14 16 18 23 24 36 42 43 36 28 34 33 23 42 32 43 587
ARKANSAS   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 2 2 3 1 6 3 6 11 7 14 14 23 8 15 18 10 10 177
CALIFORNIA   27 27 21 43 28 27 28 42 46 67 96 88 125 154 164 124 84 135 153 121 119 179 168 198 242 246 333 296 390 407 490 397 454 659 1081 1470 1469 1368 1512 1506 1463 1175 1063 1320 1254 1195 22054
COLORADO   0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 6 7 8 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 6 11 6 11 7 12 12 19 14 20 25 29 43 81 115 96 100 107 102 80 69 44 49 43 55 1207
CONNECTICUT   8 8 12 23 20 14 21 16 22 35 30 31 51 48 48 49 40 42 45 40 31 46 47 52 53 53 72 69 93 85 89 91 101 99 182 185 204 206 258 268 235 184 203 208 159 125 4001
DELAWARE   8 6 13 15 16 11 10 12 15 24 13 13 14 20 27 17 17 18 30 20 19 31 23 18 24 21 29 33 38 42 42 37 31 49 42 40 39 50 53 48 50 50 47 61 48 43 1327
FLORIDA   5 4 2 9 11 3 8 6 5 8 11 13 12 11 14 13 7 17 34 19 7 24 26 24 33 33 53 46 44 52 54 43 59 70 102 113 138 123 147 125 130 93 78 91 83 69 2072
GEORGIA   1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 3 7 3 4 7 6 2 2 3 9 6 5 7 5 7 9 16 29 26 34 32 29 35 56 79 53 58 54 81 56 49 54 79 70 65 1053
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 5 2 6 9 10 9 9 13 8 8 7 5 8 5 3 131
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 4 1 7 4 1 9 10 3 3 14 8 3 99
ILLINOIS   42 41 27 54 47 26 35 18 45 61 59 68 53 73 50 43 33 87 60 35 51 52 59 45 64 71 77 88 86 118 149 123 142 143 183 200 181 193 201 180 157 116 101 113 109 98 4057
INDIANA   20 21 24 32 21 39 31 32 31 43 30 55 54 57 67 56 48 58 77 88 70 69 85 58 85 72 79 78 60 60 77 64 140 200 208 190 166 146 142 140 114 81 76 80 90 57 3571
IOWA   3 6 4 6 4 1 6 1 7 5 4 4 0 3 3 5 5 5 2 4 2 7 1 7 8 8 10 8 15 14 19 21 23 22 16 41 47 27 48 35 35 32 27 44 52 38 685
KANSAS   3 6 4 4 1 2 5 5 4 7 9 9 9 17 16 12 16 8 9 3 6 19 9 3 9 15 19 15 9 13 11 14 8 12 11 15 25 17 14 19 12 16 6 9 11 12 478
KENTUCKY   0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 3 6 3 9 2 4 3 1 8 1 11 5 8 3 10 7 16 11 14 17 26 24 22 15 15 19 13 14 307
LOUISIANA   6 2 4 6 3 4 2 2 5 3 3 4 4 1 3 18 2 5 6 4 6 8 9 6 8 15 28 17 6 20 18 12 14 17 16 33 22 18 24 35 28 19 16 21 13 15 531
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 12 14 15 4 6 13 12 7 8 10 8 16 172
MARYLAND   14 4 8 7 10 8 13 7 8 14 17 17 13 20 20 23 17 26 30 22 26 32 33 36 60 52 66 54 70 118 121 119 134 187 271 341 408 316 355 357 303 265 228 293 235 226 5004
MASSACHUSETTS   5 11 2 4 9 5 11 8 9 16 10 19 33 30 31 24 22 28 47 51 42 65 42 40 77 94 114 122 138 135 178 159 154 280 469 547 551 467 594 546 552 450 387 458 429 428 7893
MICHIGAN   45 44 47 51 59 39 37 34 47 58 53 77 109 112 102 132 95 88 182 76 65 75 61 80 82 76 66 82 68 94 103 97 68 109 131 133 157 174 138 136 143 132 132 102 85 92 4168
MINNESOTA   2 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 4 11 6 3 13 16 15 11 27 15 10 17 12 19 20 9 29 20 27 28 27 35 36 25 53 52 65 89 74 80 95 121 107 83 57 84 63 44 1541
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 7 3 4 2 6 4 5 4 4 7 6 13 3 9 6 9 7 5 10 149
MISSOURI   23 16 9 32 27 14 23 17 23 30 19 22 12 14 19 30 12 24 23 18 8 15 21 18 21 19 33 32 55 69 54 65 67 61 112 121 115 87 113 125 109 110 67 79 54 38 2075
MONTANA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 5 9 2 2 0 6 1 5 0 1 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 10 14 9 4 6 7 7 1 138
NEBRASKA   0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 6 5 1 2 3 3 0 3 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 2 3 3 6 4 7 13 27 15 13 28 22 19 13 16 13 12 18 15 319
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 6 3 10 6 4 6 0 4 0 1 4 5 66
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 2 3 3 6 2 8 12 23 40 49 28 18 17 18 11 13 15 21 17 328
NEW JERSEY   82 108 83 127 151 97 157 132 139 221 180 154 188 279 265 262 187 238 206 201 156 200 197 228 277 303 361 318 334 302 353 263 302 365 450 455 518 429 444 488 452 305 263 407 348 350 12325
NEW MEXICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 3 2 3 6 2 6 6 7 8 7 13 19 13 16 15 11 18 9 9 9 12 4 218
NEW YORK   85 68 75 84 101 52 80 83 83 97 87 86 118 111 114 116 77 127 156 119 95 136 151 126 161 155 217 178 190 184 182 205 197 251 352 442 428 376 375 365 313 275 194 277 230 243 8217
NORTH CAROLINA   0 1 2 3 5 5 2 5 5 5 3 3 7 10 11 16 7 8 11 19 10 16 19 19 40 31 59 38 44 62 66 65 63 104 132 145 159 145 180 154 170 107 115 154 142 146 2513
NORTH DAKOTA   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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 19
OHIO   21 20 9 28 10 8 10 19 28 34 21 22 44 47 38 43 36 42 44 31 38 36 33 24 41 52 71 66 80 88 82 60 93 116 188 143 163 144 166 171 113 72 71 76 62 67 2871
OKLAHOMA   7 6 7 11 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 4 2 6 2 5 5 3 4 3 4 11 6 5 3 6 10 6 12 13 13 5 14 13 26 27 17 14 31 14 14 9 11 22 17 11 434
OREGON   0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 3 5 5 4 1 9 8 8 7 16 16 28 21 21 46 24 30 28 24 30 25 13 22 20 21 462
PENNSYLVANIA   33 45 42 72 62 32 57 61 47 67 66 103 135 121 133 159 110 142 98 83 83 119 107 87 156 113 169 152 151 157 198 214 238 316 434 472 526 487 576 514 393 278 226 319 318 250 8721
RHODE ISLAND   1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 5 3 6 3 2 5 2 5 1 3 4 11 10 11 16 25 15 17 13 7 17 12 7 5 221
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 2 2 3 5 3 4 3 5 7 6 3 2 14 10 22 19 10 18 17 17 12 15 16 8 10 252
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 34
TENNESSEE   3 5 5 7 9 5 8 4 4 4 3 7 3 2 3 2 5 23 7 4 7 4 2 12 16 15 17 27 19 23 18 17 20 27 33 58 51 48 45 61 53 42 38 40 37 37 880
TEXAS   5 21 7 18 10 8 3 5 6 14 9 12 12 16 10 17 19 28 28 17 15 29 41 37 33 47 85 74 102 111 117 105 116 127 192 204 246 232 215 218 214 167 137 151 169 134 3583
UTAH   0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 6 7 3 4 3 1 2 5 1 8 12 3 6 8 5 18 12 19 20 24 55 59 44 40 62 50 41 48 20 36 33 26 691
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 4 5 5 2 1 2 12 8 6 13 5 9 9 2 2 6 8 7 2 126
VIRGINIA   2 2 4 7 7 7 5 10 8 6 6 6 11 14 24 8 14 11 22 17 12 10 14 13 14 15 31 19 25 26 31 29 34 44 61 76 60 73 56 61 64 34 31 36 39 49 1148
WASHINGTON   0 2 5 3 4 2 1 5 3 3 6 3 1 3 4 3 1 4 5 7 6 10 6 12 11 15 46 44 44 60 65 45 62 81 125 178 165 161 150 154 150 100 124 134 132 104 2249
WEST VIRGINIA   10 4 8 4 3 2 2 5 3 0 3 1 2 8 2 12 6 7 4 5 8 11 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 4 5 2 4 0 4 5 3 5 4 3 7 2 4 3 1 2 190
WISCONSIN   12 13 8 16 8 1 6 10 10 17 3 13 8 12 16 18 9 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 10 20 29 26 24 28 38 31 49 73 72 115 102 92 87 91 106 63 75 113 86 76 1660
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 1 1 7 2 2 1 5 1 38
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 3 3 7 3 10 8 9 7 11 20 10 7 12 9 8 7 5 8 6 7 197
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 1 22
JAPAN   22 28 22 57 50 29 50 51 75 134 110 145 178 199 204 232 155 271 279 313 293 357 358 390 447 449 611 599 594 669 698 613 635 678 742 895 844 777 916 822 684 589 499 688 604 596 18651
GERMANY   58 49 52 87 58 34 76 73 80 112 118 148 183 303 323 275 214 294 300 254 222 228 268 304 307 278 451 411 370 429 363 306 355 376 515 548 593 619 680 648 613 483 387 484 471 452 14252
UNITED KINGDOM   19 22 23 34 48 28 39 21 39 68 58 80 92 135 197 182 153 202 181 173 144 194 177 161 184 208 291 258 279 237 268 222 250 280 414 495 504 516 527 501 419 332 314 372 357 325 10023
FRANCE   25 37 38 43 56 21 39 33 68 68 67 95 115 131 140 146 113 135 119 105 113 112 137 127 146 139 173 185 205 219 243 203 245 280 383 441 446 439 462 439 452 270 261 297 280 280 8571
CANADA   5 8 6 13 6 8 9 23 8 13 15 23 30 30 37 36 22 23 34 25 34 29 32 19 34 39 72 54 75 81 102 77 99 159 201 301 332 302 309 329 303 235 170 256 227 218 4463
SWITZERLAND   22 24 29 45 38 21 49 57 52 78 79 88 73 109 100 100 88 106 94 109 77 69 72 71 72 96 108 109 95 97 89 74 96 93 116 116 126 95 131 113 100 96 81 106 100 112 3871
ITALY   16 6 14 17 15 7 12 11 14 30 20 32 33 33 55 46 36 64 89 65 60 77 83 89 82 77 114 110 118 100 112 102 114 126 122 135 153 135 137 135 115 89 80 98 104 108 3390
SWEDEN   9 0 5 8 9 4 7 6 15 22 26 20 18 33 23 27 20 26 19 24 9 9 23 11 28 26 37 22 30 29 32 35 48 58 96 102 107 112 109 122 117 91 78 93 91 93 1929
NETHERLANDS   14 2 12 14 15 9 10 12 8 12 12 7 12 14 17 18 24 20 22 21 20 21 12 14 24 20 18 26 30 41 45 30 32 28 62 93 103 96 96 89 84 79 77 72 81 89 1657
DENMARK   3 4 2 2 9 0 2 0 6 7 2 3 3 10 11 9 7 5 8 7 7 13 7 21 11 10 31 26 38 33 42 43 50 51 80 108 115 104 119 79 103 72 67 69 74 60 1533
BELGIUM   2 9 5 5 7 4 5 1 5 7 4 10 7 11 17 17 20 27 25 22 14 18 20 16 20 24 26 37 35 28 35 24 38 50 64 81 80 78 69 92 71 77 51 73 79 71 1481
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 5 2 5 8 5 10 6 6 10 9 8 8 8 10 21 19 32 25 30 32 37 26 32 58 54 93 101 92 84 114 117 68 59 83 85 92 1465
AUSTRALIA   0 2 0 3 1 1 3 3 1 6 1 6 4 6 10 9 8 5 9 8 4 11 7 10 7 9 20 11 27 20 28 41 43 46 56 94 101 68 108 94 76 64 59 75 71 86 1322
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 6 4 7 15 15 17 33 37 46 57 53 66 72 84 82 65 91 104 84 949
INDIA   0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 0 2 2 1 6 3 8 1 1 1 8 15 4 9 9 11 23 31 40 52 67 98 57 76 88 75 73 789
HUNGARY   1 1 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 5 16 10 10 10 20 29 31 22 28 24 41 33 35 40 27 32 35 28 18 21 21 7 15 10 13 14 17 12 10 11 9 7 14 694
AUSTRIA   5 4 3 4 3 0 1 1 2 5 4 4 7 9 7 7 5 4 11 6 5 5 3 5 10 13 19 19 15 14 13 17 14 29 30 39 39 24 26 28 32 23 19 25 24 27 609
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6 3 4 2 7 10 6 8 1 1 3 4 1 8 9 7 14 12 12 10 18 16 17 18 17 25 41 26 16 24 38 36 33 27 34 42 44 605
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 8 7 7 11 14 26 32 23 39 44 40 41 48 61 46 70 533
FINLAND   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 4 1 5 8 8 13 8 6 8 9 15 10 15 19 29 25 37 37 22 29 32 27 21 23 21 16 28 489
NORWAY   0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 3 0 5 6 10 7 6 8 9 20 21 21 15 28 21 14 18 17 12 12 18 16 313
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 1 3 4 3 6 6 10 12 9 9 24 23 26 30 28 32 38 32 308
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 1 2 5 3 0 3 0 8 3 7 7 8 21 15 12 22 20 21 12 14 14 10 218
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 3 15 11 22 26 15 17 22 12 7 9 10 19 16 204
U.S.S.R.   0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 4 4 4 8 14 15 10 8 11 7 2 7 11 4 6 6 4 9 7 9 8 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 175
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 4 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 9 3 5 12 12 10 7 12 11 9 8 7 154
MEXICO   0 4 4 3 1 3 3 0 2 2 4 3 4 9 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 3 3 1 6 4 3 3 4 1 1 2 3 3 6 3 4 8 5 2 9 4 4 2 0 3 139
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 6 7 7 6 11 11 18 27 26 134
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 2 1 0 3 5 2 5 2 3 6 0 2 4 7 6 8 6 5 7 7 1 2 3 5 2 114
ARGENTINA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 3 5 5 7 3 4 6 9 8 9 2 6 5 4 104
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 2 3 9 5 6 16 6 5 81
SINGAPORE   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 1 1 2 1 8 7 5 4 1 7 7 4 10 6 11 77
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 1 0 0 2 2 6 1 1 3 2 1 2 5 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 5 2 1 3 5 3 3 2 6 5 10 6 55
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 2 3 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 55
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 7 8 7 5 5 5 1 2 6 3 52
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 6 2 5 5 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 50
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 3 4 3 3 4 9 5 1 3 0 2 6 46
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 6 1 4 4 6 2 2 4 2 0 45
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 5 6 2 2 35
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 34
PORTUGAL   0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 26
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 3 0 5 1 1 26
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19
THAILAND   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 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 3 1 4 19
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 19
BERMUDA   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 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15
EGYPT   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 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15
TURKEY   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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 14
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 3 0 1 0 3 4 11
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 0 3 1 2 0 10
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 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 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
ECUADOR   1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 3 0 5
GEORGIA (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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
ZIMBABWE   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
IRAN   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MOROCCO   0 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 4
SAUDI ARABIA   0 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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 4
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
CAYMAN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   0 1 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 1 3
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PANAMA   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 1 0 0 0 1 3
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   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 1 2
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2
PARAGUAY   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   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 1 0 0 2
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UGANDA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
BOLIVIA   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 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
EL SALVADOR   0 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 1
KOREA, NORTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
MALI   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 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
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   445 494 415 660 629 420 591 583 611 851 760 874 1064 1287 1288 1302 974 1264 1324 1086 937 1234 1267 1205 1572 1622 2147 1955 2169 2337 2628 2327 2647 3500 5034 5964 6082 5595 6077 6042 5629 4386 3875 4839 4429 4157 106578
U.S. GOVERNMENT   19 4 10 12 16 18 11 9 18 21 28 22 32 26 25 14 16 35 30 25 28 32 26 28 46 37 44 52 51 78 90 92 90 108 157 195 168 121 140 124 112 127 97 138 118 106 2796
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   43 40 42 58 54 33 41 41 62 82 56 86 82 62 87 99 75 117 121 105 100 133 100 122 140 125 211 199 199 200 205 194 240 304 407 493 537 454 552 480 426 282 225 247 215 180 8356
FOREIGN CORPORATION   150 159 176 262 247 129 248 216 298 447 393 500 633 895 981 940 732 999 1043 983 897 1042 1064 1136 1270 1244 1794 1686 1748 1852 1944 1687 1953 2201 2762 3346 3490 3325 3694 3622 3323 2626 2333 2981 2844 2839 69134
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 4 3 19 10 20 10 10 23 19 20 21 34 26 34 15 11 15 22 37 29 16 12 14 8 11 12 8 10 7 493
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   24 15 20 30 30 10 26 19 26 62 68 75 56 56 56 53 48 63 80 68 45 63 65 68 75 86 114 106 120 116 121 113 113 146 178 229 244 228 245 238 237 175 139 179 164 126 4618

Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts
PART A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
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   3489 531 717 784 883 992 1089 1178 1170 1226 1500 1784 2499 2338 2431 2411 2573 2560 2541 2654 2567 2977 3195 3360 3750 4012 4367 4510 4505 5193 6179 8570 13381 7957 10128 9873 11130 11840 12081 10593 7259 4691 2733 1446 317 11 191975
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2360 347 465 510 567 622 669 690 696 673 811 983 1245 1223 1229 1213 1274 1280 1206 1394 1290 1586 1691 1725 1934 2064 2278 2377 2515 2988 3713 5245 8636 4639 6292 6046 6698 7108 7014 6191 4422 2992 1820 896 191 6 111814
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1129 184 252 274 316 370 420 488 474 553 689 801 1254 1115 1202 1198 1299 1280 1335 1260 1277 1391 1504 1635 1816 1948 2089 2133 1990 2205 2466 3325 4745 3318 3836 3827 4432 4732 5067 4402 2837 1699 913 550 126 5 80161
ALABAMA   4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 8 4 10 4 9 9 12 12 9 24 31 46 23 41 25 39 58 41 34 29 17 7 5 2 0 533
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19
ARIZONA   2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 6 3 4 6 8 4 5 9 14 11 11 11 21 20 31 39 24 50 44 32 39 39 48 38 23 19 4 2 0 587
ARKANSAS   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 5 2 11 11 13 12 21 20 17 15 8 6 1 0 0 177
CALIFORNIA   126 23 25 28 32 52 51 62 82 81 82 108 170 143 124 116 157 136 154 206 213 265 264 260 317 325 375 424 433 457 666 1049 2027 962 1359 1428 1547 1788 1760 1553 1026 833 465 247 52 1 22054
COLORADO   2 0 0 2 2 1 3 8 2 6 4 1 3 3 2 1 3 4 6 5 10 12 13 14 10 7 17 14 18 29 47 73 150 75 81 103 105 92 93 76 56 28 18 7 1 0 1207
CONNECTICUT   58 16 13 17 14 15 30 34 18 32 33 38 47 48 52 32 51 38 50 48 43 64 55 51 53 71 77 95 91 106 124 167 216 130 219 162 285 300 279 248 220 124 93 33 11 0 4001
DELAWARE   47 9 12 10 11 24 9 17 11 11 13 10 20 20 20 23 19 30 18 34 22 20 27 21 30 32 42 43 27 44 34 46 47 34 53 40 62 58 63 65 60 37 30 19 2 1 1327
FLORIDA   26 2 5 4 8 6 8 7 11 14 8 8 13 12 12 20 22 38 14 20 24 32 34 31 33 55 44 44 47 55 57 103 153 97 144 127 132 127 146 122 94 64 29 16 4 0 2072
GEORGIA   2 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 5 2 6 4 6 4 5 1 6 8 8 8 5 4 15 16 26 37 28 41 28 47 94 51 71 52 71 72 82 97 66 31 23 14 1 1 1053
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 6 13 10 6 9 4 8 19 6 8 3 6 1 0 1 0 131
IDAHO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 2 5 6 6 10 8 6 10 2 2 0 0 99
ILLINOIS   175 27 26 36 20 42 40 50 56 57 47 67 49 48 45 50 74 51 49 65 53 54 62 71 68 99 90 105 119 160 143 194 287 158 175 178 190 211 185 138 99 74 44 23 2 1 4057
INDIANA   107 9 16 22 59 25 35 30 36 38 45 48 58 64 59 59 79 73 96 80 76 94 89 61 66 62 69 61 64 86 145 153 347 108 204 141 135 124 117 151 108 39 21 9 3 0 3571
IOWA   20 3 3 3 2 7 2 3 5 3 1 2 4 4 5 5 2 4 3 2 6 10 9 7 7 9 16 19 14 20 31 25 37 36 40 51 36 46 43 50 35 27 21 6 1 0 685
KANSAS   19 2 1 4 4 2 5 9 5 7 5 12 17 20 16 10 8 3 9 17 6 6 14 7 23 9 18 7 12 11 14 13 17 11 20 22 17 25 16 13 6 6 6 3 1 0 478
KENTUCKY   2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 6 4 5 5 3 4 2 4 3 7 7 8 5 10 6 11 20 12 14 23 19 22 34 20 15 14 4 1 1 0 307
LOUISIANA   22 0 3 2 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 21 4 6 4 5 6 7 10 13 12 20 22 13 17 16 16 17 22 32 14 27 17 38 29 31 28 15 7 6 1 0 0 531
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 2 1 0 2 1 5 3 2 1 3 0 4 2 7 12 11 10 12 15 9 13 11 11 3 8 9 3 0 0 172
MARYLAND   37 8 10 11 6 12 12 12 14 6 15 12 23 25 25 24 25 31 37 35 37 53 57 52 68 61 92 99 121 165 222 306 486 226 342 347 365 357 419 296 202 134 84 28 5 0 5004
MASSACHUSETTS   29 5 4 6 7 11 12 15 12 12 26 29 34 26 27 33 48 44 54 68 62 76 88 104 109 142 119 129 142 239 270 452 819 391 499 486 591 608 616 555 384 262 158 78 12 0 7893
MICHIGAN   210 43 32 42 33 47 40 48 52 40 92 116 82 103 134 101 85 181 86 78 58 65 89 78 65 73 57 92 116 90 100 148 158 112 159 148 147 164 192 173 116 70 32 19 2 0 4168
MINNESOTA   15 5 7 7 3 9 7 4 2 4 10 16 15 12 27 15 14 14 20 22 18 20 21 22 22 25 30 30 37 37 59 66 102 69 77 75 123 114 119 100 72 42 17 14 2 0 1541
MISSISSIPPI   1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 0 1 7 2 9 4 2 6 3 6 3 7 5 8 9 10 9 12 6 4 2 0 0 149
MISSOURI   90 13 27 15 22 16 18 25 17 14 12 15 15 30 17 22 23 14 13 16 21 26 21 21 34 33 61 53 57 76 72 100 171 107 86 103 101 131 126 113 72 33 11 10 2 0 2075
MONTANA   0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 5 2 9 2 4 1 2 0 5 3 6 6 6 10 3 4 10 11 3 13 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 138
NEBRASKA   3 0 0 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 4 1 3 1 4 8 5 6 2 4 2 3 5 4 3 9 5 6 24 20 16 23 18 27 24 19 15 15 9 5 2 1 0 319
NEVADA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 8 5 9 3 2 5 3 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 66
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 0 4 3 0 4 8 11 14 28 62 10 16 32 23 15 19 21 20 5 13 2 0 0 328
NEW JERSEY   468 78 116 129 124 136 165 153 163 123 147 181 287 249 256 242 226 219 175 217 183 240 287 295 296 319 307 312 343 354 333 413 582 367 467 475 474 497 532 484 389 251 153 99 17 2 12325
NEW MEXICO   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 1 2 5 3 4 3 4 2 9 11 5 14 29 8 7 18 16 15 13 9 13 5 3 0 1 0 218
NEW YORK   351 46 68 64 87 76 81 83 72 75 85 95 117 105 111 127 134 127 145 156 148 138 166 172 203 155 207 157 186 210 286 378 550 345 405 346 379 382 356 327 201 158 100 46 11 0 8217
NORTH CAROLINA   7 2 4 5 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 10 12 12 12 14 10 18 9 23 16 33 37 33 49 50 49 53 47 76 87 134 205 120 144 137 179 194 207 180 119 95 64 32 9 0 2513
NORTH DAKOTA   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 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19
OHIO   83 4 8 13 14 25 27 33 15 16 44 34 36 40 33 47 48 37 38 42 30 38 35 52 56 68 67 83 84 78 101 134 246 151 159 135 147 173 132 109 72 44 33 6 1 0 2871
OKLAHOMA   35 1 5 9 8 2 2 3 4 1 1 4 6 4 3 4 5 6 6 5 10 9 7 6 6 6 11 13 10 8 12 34 31 12 15 20 24 16 19 18 12 8 7 6 0 0 434
OREGON   6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 4 0 3 2 0 0 6 3 8 1 10 5 6 8 11 13 16 39 28 38 22 25 35 27 43 26 25 19 9 8 5 0 0 462
PENNSYLVANIA   211 28 33 49 59 60 62 44 77 73 86 105 146 157 129 146 117 92 86 120 107 124 125 129 138 160 157 163 157 219 281 364 604 357 617 540 543 486 459 407 321 187 108 63 25 0 8721
RHODE ISLAND   4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 4 4 5 2 4 0 5 2 6 5 9 17 13 17 23 15 21 14 14 9 4 6 1 0 0 221
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 6 2 4 4 3 3 10 7 3 5 10 22 16 20 16 16 15 21 25 10 4 2 4 1 0 252
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 34
TENNESSEE   22 4 10 3 6 7 3 1 2 7 3 3 0 2 7 12 17 2 12 6 3 15 16 14 16 22 25 13 16 17 32 37 56 40 55 50 69 63 61 45 28 28 26 3 1 0 880
TEXAS   55 3 10 4 5 6 10 5 10 15 11 11 16 8 18 26 21 33 24 32 38 52 31 56 78 83 104 101 109 126 153 201 288 166 197 210 225 269 242 205 155 95 51 19 6 0 3583
UTAH   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 3 5 5 6 1 1 2 2 3 14 9 6 8 7 9 9 18 19 28 27 86 38 44 40 65 64 51 48 30 15 9 6 0 0 691
VERMONT   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 2 4 2 8 2 3 3 3 9 16 5 11 5 8 5 9 7 2 4 4 0 0 0 126
VIRGINIA   18 2 8 7 8 9 3 7 3 6 6 13 16 18 16 12 18 21 17 12 12 11 20 20 24 21 22 23 24 37 44 66 70 58 81 63 59 64 66 59 32 26 16 5 5 0 1148
WASHINGTON   10 1 1 4 4 4 3 6 2 3 0 5 3 6 0 2 6 5 15 10 4 17 28 36 40 30 54 48 47 57 83 136 260 110 145 157 159 194 159 125 116 72 48 32 2 0 2249
WEST VIRGINIA   26 2 4 0 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 7 13 9 9 5 5 5 4 5 4 1 2 2 3 4 9 3 3 3 6 7 2 3 1 5 5 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 190
WISCONSIN   54 3 3 4 6 12 12 11 7 7 8 9 16 7 17 12 14 7 10 11 14 15 21 22 21 23 36 30 23 29 60 83 123 90 115 86 121 101 111 107 78 60 42 17 2 0 1660
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 4 1 5 4 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 38
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 5 8 4 7 9 11 20 19 8 5 7 10 11 10 6 8 2 4 1 0 0 197
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
JAPAN   154 17 51 51 51 93 84 101 92 103 139 172 219 189 233 246 307 350 363 373 384 382 446 488 519 595 595 648 596 648 648 839 956 778 845 801 940 963 1072 929 580 338 169 92 11 1 18651
GERMANY   274 39 46 58 69 69 80 108 100 120 181 190 347 284 280 266 312 265 272 243 264 312 315 305 366 402 410 400 328 348 413 492 711 523 571 619 728 740 777 655 456 284 142 74 14 0 14252
UNITED KINGDOM   124 27 35 32 30 34 48 50 45 78 78 105 181 168 209 205 189 185 189 160 188 182 182 230 253 233 287 254 225 231 309 420 631 413 481 499 566 537 598 510 307 173 79 51 11 1 10023
FRANCE   172 32 25 37 36 63 55 52 81 69 90 90 157 144 135 138 119 112 129 128 138 121 142 151 157 181 186 209 232 249 244 394 577 377 436 435 492 509 501 418 243 146 88 62 19 0 8571
CANADA   33 3 9 15 13 10 13 18 12 20 13 26 37 33 35 25 35 26 45 23 30 39 36 48 66 65 72 61 93 119 121 233 408 260 284 304 353 351 346 301 171 126 70 44 18 0 4463
SWITZERLAND   134 27 26 35 48 48 54 82 62 63 69 78 112 103 101 110 97 107 90 89 65 63 79 93 87 103 103 89 93 82 98 129 149 92 133 112 107 145 148 146 95 57 32 27 9 0 3871
ITALY   59 12 10 6 14 13 16 25 21 24 26 27 55 51 45 55 77 71 82 86 69 95 72 96 95 118 103 121 88 116 136 130 178 116 126 129 149 148 168 162 88 58 22 22 9 1 3390
SWEDEN   26 7 7 7 10 9 16 12 17 24 18 24 29 25 31 17 24 19 19 15 12 17 35 28 28 25 28 30 34 36 70 82 168 85 102 110 114 133 145 142 74 39 25 11 0 0 1929
NETHERLANDS   49 5 14 6 14 5 13 4 12 9 14 11 13 20 22 24 19 22 27 16 16 19 21 19 21 26 38 34 36 44 52 50 109 75 108 82 113 121 114 87 68 42 29 11 3 0 1657
DENMARK   14 5 2 3 0 5 7 4 2 1 3 7 10 9 10 10 4 11 12 9 13 10 11 16 27 21 42 39 39 46 58 64 140 62 127 101 121 109 143 95 62 21 22 13 3 0 1533
BELGIUM   25 2 6 4 4 5 3 4 5 2 10 9 15 15 24 28 27 19 24 21 14 21 22 24 22 21 42 37 33 29 41 54 133 63 82 83 84 111 103 81 63 30 23 10 3 0 1481
ISRAEL   0 1 2 2 2 0 2 6 2 1 5 6 9 9 13 7 9 7 8 8 10 23 19 20 31 31 27 26 27 29 58 74 105 79 85 90 103 131 147 91 71 41 27 20 1 0 1465
AUSTRALIA   6 0 0 2 5 3 3 3 0 4 5 9 6 12 6 11 6 6 8 8 6 12 13 9 24 13 26 34 32 50 42 73 114 71 87 86 124 114 106 75 46 35 13 9 5 0 1322
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 7 7 7 19 18 38 43 44 50 50 73 105 119 145 104 50 36 18 0 0 949
INDIA   2 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 4 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 10 2 0 6 6 7 14 6 9 15 24 36 39 45 93 108 140 86 58 23 17 5 0 789
HUNGARY   7 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 4 5 4 9 7 14 13 19 27 35 25 35 27 42 32 35 29 29 29 36 24 20 20 18 19 11 11 17 15 15 13 15 10 10 4 0 0 0 694
AUSTRIA   17 0 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 9 3 6 6 11 6 6 7 6 6 5 7 8 15 17 12 17 19 14 19 17 43 42 38 30 28 31 34 40 27 16 10 13 2 1 0 609
SPAIN   1 0 1 1 3 0 4 2 4 1 4 4 13 6 6 4 3 2 3 2 5 10 10 6 16 12 14 13 19 15 18 22 32 38 32 23 16 42 57 58 39 21 14 8 1 0 605
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 7 10 6 16 22 19 31 24 33 51 50 77 66 58 24 17 6 2 533
FINLAND   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 8 9 5 11 6 11 8 12 15 13 12 25 24 42 31 31 27 33 36 33 34 20 11 8 2 0 0 489
NORWAY   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 3 2 4 2 4 2 5 6 7 6 8 14 11 20 34 14 18 20 25 26 34 13 10 4 4 1 0 0 313
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 2 4 1 5 7 7 11 11 7 20 17 32 50 45 44 16 10 4 3 0 308
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 4 1 4 3 1 1 8 2 11 8 14 15 17 23 28 28 16 13 4 4 2 0 0 218
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 3 7 16 21 27 16 19 15 17 21 16 9 7 2 8 0 0 204
U.S.S.R.   2 2 2 0 1 0 7 2 5 2 6 8 17 11 11 10 7 4 7 9 3 5 8 6 5 9 7 8 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 5 8 4 2 7 7 3 7 8 4 11 14 13 16 6 12 9 4 0 2 0 0 154
MEXICO   12 0 3 3 1 0 2 1 2 8 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 4 4 4 5 3 4 2 3 3 4 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 139
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 7 6 4 7 16 23 26 15 9 7 1 0 134
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 2 0 3 6 3 2 2 2 7 1 2 5 5 6 3 6 7 7 6 8 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 114
ARGENTINA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 5 7 1 6 6 6 2 11 16 5 4 4 0 2 0 0 104
BRAZIL   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 6 2 2 3 7 10 5 13 7 4 2 4 0 0 81
SINGAPORE   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 1 0 5 7 3 6 3 10 7 10 11 6 2 3 1 0 0 77
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 8 2 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 4 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 4 1 3 4 2 6 6 7 13 2 0 2 0 0 55
POLAND   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 5 2 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 55
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 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 3 8 2 6 4 3 6 10 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 52
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 2 6 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 50
CUBA   0 0 0 0 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 1 1 5 2 3 3 4 7 8 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 46
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 2 5 6 5 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 45
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 4 5 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 35
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 4 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 34
PORTUGAL   1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 6 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 26
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
THAILAND   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 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 19
VENEZUELA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 19
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15
TURKEY   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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 14
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 1 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 11
COLOMBIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
KENYA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
NIGERIA   0 0 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 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ECUADOR   1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
GEORGIA (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 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ZIMBABWE   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 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 4
IRAN   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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
KUWAIT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MOROCCO   2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
SAUDI ARABIA   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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 4
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
CAYMAN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   1 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 1 0 0 0 3
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MAURITIUS   0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PANAMA   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   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 1 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 2
PARAGUAY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   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 1 0 0 0 0 2
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2
UGANDA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
BOLIVIA   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 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
EL SALVADOR   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 1
KOREA, NORTH   0 0 0 0 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 1
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
MALI   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 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1

Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
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   2260 334 452 521 570 605 650 684 695 679 831 990 1298 1270 1274 1239 1257 1284 1175 1345 1253 1540 1649 1708 1872 1980 2129 2271 2363 2773 3459 4864 8096 4351 5895 5683 6296 6678 6580 5811 4205 2866 1755 904 177 7 106578
U.S. GOVERNMENT   48 16 12 12 18 10 20 20 20 19 17 24 30 19 15 32 32 25 46 30 31 39 36 41 49 56 79 79 93 127 133 186 246 106 127 106 121 150 181 131 100 60 33 17 4 0 2796
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   210 27 44 28 35 61 68 64 49 60 64 76 80 93 94 117 126 106 120 129 115 135 148 134 177 190 220 181 207 215 285 404 591 381 488 485 504 499 472 363 250 132 79 39 11 0 8356
FOREIGN CORPORATION   869 142 188 198 232 289 318 350 357 402 542 647 1024 903 983 962 1065 1072 1119 1061 1087 1175 1257 1366 1520 1657 1784 1839 1715 1943 2157 2885 4167 2892 3346 3369 3917 4237 4508 4028 2587 1554 828 469 120 4 69134
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 4 7 15 14 17 15 19 17 27 18 18 25 34 27 16 11 30 25 24 23 18 16 13 19 14 3 8 1 1 0 0 493
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   102 12 20 25 28 26 33 59 49 64 45 45 64 53 62 57 86 58 67 72 66 69 88 84 114 111 130 106 100 119 134 201 256 203 249 212 276 263 321 246 114 71 37 16 5 0 4618

Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
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