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


Asia 10 Countries
Fractional 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
Fractional 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
Fractional 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 3345. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS

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   14 27 64 77 84 90 130 179 314 352 398 458 431 444 423 526 390 615 760 681 729 933 1028 1195 1478 1456 1975 1822 1930 1962 2104 1991 2027 2168 2040 2784 2688 2785 3017 3556 3981 3863 3550 4308 4038 4275 70142
-- 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   14 27 64 77 84 90 130 179 314 352 398 458 431 444 423 526 390 615 760 681 729 933 1028 1195 1478 1456 1975 1822 1930 1962 2104 1991 2027 2168 2040 2784 2688 2785 3017 3556 3981 3863 3550 4308 4038 4275 70142
JAPAN   14 27 64 76 81 85 127 178 310 348 396 456 431 439 416 520 390 609 754 675 723 924 1017 1177 1459 1424 1925 1782 1877 1890 2010 1895 1900 2020 1876 2430 2343 2393 2605 3030 3372 3168 2856 3475 3176 3269 62415
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 4 4 6 14 19 39 35 56 74 86 196 172 170 176 221 227 279 269 342 364 436 3204
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 3 4 3 3 9 7 12 20 32 25 31 41 43 50 60 52 70 128 146 175 184 218 276 290 302 354 319 334 3202
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 7 5 7 3 2 5 3 8 2 7 6 5 5 10 14 28 25 52 63 119 385
SINGAPORE   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 2 0 0 1 3 2 6 8 3 14 11 26 23 34 44 39 37 25 35 37 351
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 6 5 8 10 24 32 30 30 43 44 254
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 2 4 3 0 6 6 1 2 4 2 2 2 7 10 16 14 18 21 20 21 20 198
MALAYSIA   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 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 11 9 7 9 9 13 14 85
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 17
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 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 2 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 16
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 14

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 0 4 6 5 9 2 5 8 9 6 11 4 8 5 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 10 13 17 13 13 8 22 21 12 30 30 26 33 50 47 81 100 122 113 117 129 150 1275
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 11
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5 16 44 57 65 63 105 145 268 308 345 402 397 402 385 482 362 571 714 642 696 885 973 1145 1408 1374 1854 1723 1842 1868 2000 1892 1912 2051 1923 2636 2540 2612 2855 3332 3728 3606 3310 4061 3790 4016 65813
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 5 4 2 7 8 7 5 9 12 11 16 10 9 4 13 5 10 6 4 4 2 6 6 4 2 4 1 0 191
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   8 12 16 15 13 15 20 24 38 34 47 44 31 33 33 38 20 36 37 31 27 36 42 39 55 61 92 74 60 76 72 73 89 81 77 116 108 119 112 137 147 131 125 127 117 108 2846

Asia 10 Countries
Fractional 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 3345. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS

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   211 79 83 83 143 196 242 312 382 360 416 460 399 522 576 680 710 877 849 1001 854 1085 1302 1318 1562 1843 1993 2041 2150 2091 1978 2290 2497 2777 3035 3077 3211 3832 4335 4457 4305 4006 3114 1859 531 12 70142
-- 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   211 79 83 83 143 196 242 312 382 360 416 460 399 522 576 680 710 877 849 1001 854 1085 1302 1318 1562 1843 1993 2041 2150 2091 1978 2290 2497 2777 3035 3077 3211 3832 4335 4457 4305 4006 3114 1859 531 12 70142
JAPAN   209 73 82 80 142 194 239 309 379 359 416 457 390 518 572 677 705 868 845 989 845 1073 1287 1295 1521 1797 1950 1965 2063 1993 1862 2132 2314 2422 2681 2637 2722 3293 3694 3638 3429 3071 2437 1362 417 8 62415
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 8 11 23 34 37 45 86 99 198 176 196 187 222 265 337 379 411 251 190 29 0 3204
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 4 6 1 8 4 6 9 13 26 27 26 39 42 47 61 53 66 132 144 192 235 214 254 324 347 377 285 194 54 2 3202
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 6 6 4 8 2 4 4 5 6 4 9 2 7 13 28 35 31 49 62 73 15 1 385
SINGAPORE   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 7 7 13 16 27 28 44 42 41 40 23 32 14 6 0 351
INDIA   1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1 3 6 10 11 17 23 40 46 35 24 17 4 0 254
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 1 2 1 3 4 1 4 4 5 0 4 3 3 4 7 11 13 17 28 23 24 13 6 2 0 198
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 7 8 9 9 9 13 11 4 4 0 85
PHILIPPINES   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 17
THAILAND   0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 16
INDONESIA   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 14

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   14 7 3 4 5 4 6 8 4 9 5 4 6 8 5 4 4 5 3 6 3 4 7 20 7 12 16 9 15 29 17 26 43 23 35 51 55 85 128 128 124 130 108 74 15 0 1275
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   143 62 63 61 112 171 209 270 334 311 378 425 364 473 529 641 657 832 808 956 814 1039 1244 1250 1463 1749 1891 1943 2053 1980 1872 2150 2362 2637 2880 2905 3018 3591 4057 4157 4033 3749 2919 1739 505 12 65813
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 5 4 9 14 12 12 12 9 7 8 10 9 5 0 5 11 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 191
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   51 9 16 17 22 20 27 33 44 39 32 30 29 39 38 30 45 37 31 32 31 38 46 45 83 68 75 76 70 73 80 106 82 108 113 121 133 145 147 171 143 125 86 46 11 0 2846

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


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