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


Asia 10 Countries
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 -

Asia 10 Countries
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.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

This report can be printed from an Internet browser - for such printing, optimal results are usually obtained by printing in landscape orientation with minimal margins and a small text font. Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7, works paticularly well for printing this report using its "Shrink to Fit" option in Print Preview mode.

Additionally, a user may import this report file into spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel to facilitate printing. Such spreadsheet software also may facilitate sorting and further manipulation of the data.


Asia 10 Countries
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 332. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

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   35 56 83 95 125 141 180 206 334 373 391 484 538 550 473 527 395 511 624 612 672 937 1041 1158 1332 1296 1627 1631 1667 1671 1590 1638 1579 1668 1662 2257 2549 2644 2755 2923 2776 2685 2296 2385 2051 1878 55101
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   35 56 83 95 125 141 180 206 334 373 391 484 538 550 473 527 395 511 624 612 672 937 1041 1158 1332 1296 1627 1631 1667 1671 1590 1638 1579 1668 1662 2257 2549 2644 2755 2923 2776 2685 2296 2385 2051 1878 55101
JAPAN   31 53 79 92 117 128 172 202 326 368 384 472 526 536 455 507 381 484 593 584 644 899 979 1067 1193 1132 1422 1394 1365 1359 1245 1244 1169 1197 1172 1501 1684 1781 1818 1843 1764 1598 1390 1376 1168 1033 40927
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 11 6 10 23 17 23 16 32 48 72 108 145 167 198 255 242 272 322 319 367 370 516 602 624 711 774 700 746 611 665 551 502 10035
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 6 2 7 11 13 9 22 25 31 47 53 49 58 74 102 209 226 186 151 218 205 215 204 236 228 219 2828
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 1 2 0 6 2 3 5 0 0 2 2 4 2 6 1 1 6 2 2 0 2 5 5 5 5 6 7 10 10 8 14 16 8 19 12 24 33 30 48 44 27 31 25 27 470
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 7 6 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 15 16 20 30 36 39 55 58 78 416
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 2 2 0 7 1 6 7 5 2 3 8 7 14 20 17 21 9 9 6 6 171
INDIA   0 1 1 0 3 2 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 3 4 4 12 8 7 8 3 95
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 1 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 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 8 3 8 6 4 6 5 66
THAILAND   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 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 4 1 6 4 2 5 0 2 0 2 40
PHILIPPINES   0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 35
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 2 3 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 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 18

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   1 2 3 2 5 7 2 7 6 10 5 15 5 5 4 4 7 4 7 6 5 6 5 12 5 7 24 17 18 8 12 26 28 27 24 34 49 44 65 54 51 49 52 55 49 33 866
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 29
FOREIGN CORPORATION   7 26 41 59 77 70 117 131 253 288 302 376 449 446 377 432 318 415 509 517 591 807 890 978 1117 1075 1348 1325 1326 1354 1253 1251 1200 1249 1267 1697 1936 1997 2039 2220 2140 2051 1776 1854 1592 1525 43068
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 1 9 2 8 13 8 4 7 5 8 9 10 2 1 6 1 1 3 4 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 2 0 0 128
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   26 28 39 33 43 63 59 68 73 75 83 93 82 98 91 89 66 91 99 86 68 110 138 164 201 208 247 278 313 306 323 352 350 391 368 522 564 595 647 645 578 583 468 472 409 320 11005

Asia 10 Countries
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 332. FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

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   298 73 112 135 186 232 312 330 384 367 480 520 464 505 546 571 637 711 759 820 837 971 1235 1217 1372 1489 1718 1700 1674 1648 1691 1862 1940 2226 2574 2645 2685 2892 3115 3286 3097 2382 1500 694 204 5 55101
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   298 73 112 135 186 232 312 330 384 367 480 520 464 505 546 571 637 711 759 820 837 971 1235 1217 1372 1489 1718 1700 1674 1648 1691 1862 1940 2226 2574 2645 2685 2892 3115 3286 3097 2382 1500 694 204 5 55101
JAPAN   281 69 105 126 181 224 304 326 379 357 473 508 447 486 525 548 599 676 735 782 791 909 1123 1080 1201 1299 1483 1399 1335 1287 1246 1349 1430 1533 1770 1783 1726 1889 2012 1977 1806 1293 739 276 60 0 40927
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 8 10 19 26 26 14 32 35 46 85 114 142 159 181 246 269 297 347 396 375 474 539 604 729 734 767 841 825 708 528 325 116 3 10035
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 6 1 6 3 5 7 14 8 19 19 33 37 45 49 63 85 106 191 239 196 154 185 216 313 336 255 151 51 18 2 2828
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   5 0 2 4 2 5 3 0 0 1 2 2 4 3 5 2 5 3 1 1 3 3 1 7 3 4 11 7 8 9 14 18 10 16 12 26 26 35 50 47 45 34 19 8 4 0 470
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 4 5 6 2 8 1 8 1 2 5 4 11 21 18 33 50 54 70 51 32 6 0 416
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 8 5 8 1 4 10 19 18 19 25 7 9 3 1 0 0 171
INDIA   3 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 0 8 14 11 8 3 1 0 0 95
MALAYSIA   1 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 2 1 4 2 3 3 5 3 5 5 13 9 4 2 0 0 0 66
THAILAND   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 2 1 0 2 1 6 1 1 4 2 8 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 40
PHILIPPINES   1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 35
INDONESIA   2 0 3 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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 18

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   10 3 4 2 5 8 5 7 11 10 5 2 7 2 8 6 7 5 4 8 7 4 11 8 12 18 20 12 10 26 28 34 28 36 41 49 47 57 66 63 79 49 25 12 5 0 866
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 5
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 29
FOREIGN CORPORATION   153 49 61 85 113 156 234 254 299 294 386 430 374 408 444 463 524 610 662 707 718 833 1045 1013 1140 1223 1430 1378 1344 1274 1280 1387 1515 1721 1993 2026 1965 2201 2402 2512 2381 1845 1137 466 129 4 43068
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 5 4 5 8 13 5 8 2 7 6 6 9 9 2 3 3 2 3 4 0 1 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 128
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   133 21 46 47 67 66 73 69 74 62 86 88 83 92 92 97 102 90 85 91 107 126 176 188 213 240 259 301 317 342 379 439 394 464 540 566 666 624 645 709 636 486 337 216 70 1 11005

Asia 10 Countries
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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