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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 3342. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

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   13 16 24 36 50 45 68 92 155 190 222 209 244 240 250 268 204 266 321 350 382 464 706 748 1103 1012 1489 1326 1359 1514 1591 1835 1983 2304 2179 3389 3252 3065 3123 3345 3414 3851 3765 5666 5330 6225 67683
-- 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   13 16 24 36 50 45 68 92 155 190 222 209 244 240 250 268 204 266 321 350 382 464 706 748 1103 1012 1489 1326 1359 1514 1591 1835 1983 2304 2179 3389 3252 3065 3123 3345 3414 3851 3765 5666 5330 6225 67683
JAPAN   13 15 24 36 48 43 65 92 155 189 222 207 241 238 249 267 203 264 308 341 376 457 695 740 1088 986 1436 1272 1271 1413 1434 1676 1787 2022 1846 2844 2659 2454 2512 2667 2731 2981 2917 4286 3782 4163 55715
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 7 14 17 45 71 111 119 132 199 219 376 430 396 385 400 401 471 455 699 800 1178 6937
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 7 5 3 2 6 5 10 18 34 31 38 24 37 31 55 61 88 141 132 175 181 208 220 300 274 469 544 581 3687
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 5 4 3 9 7 24 35 74 78 131 387
SINGAPORE   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 1 2 0 2 3 4 3 12 17 13 10 15 19 43 22 31 26 39 28 40 332
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 9 19 18 36 56 67 103 323
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 5 2 2 7 3 9 11 15 15 5 11 18 19 39 25 21 238
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 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 2 6 3 2 4 6 42
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 11
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6
INDONESIA   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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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   0 0 2 1 2 3 4 6 2 6 6 2 1 1 1 5 1 4 0 4 2 5 0 2 8 8 17 13 15 12 12 16 14 27 34 46 23 34 43 58 60 85 118 181 161 208 1253
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   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 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
FOREIGN CORPORATION   12 10 17 31 44 33 56 81 142 170 193 196 233 225 235 255 192 250 295 328 363 451 688 729 1063 973 1419 1261 1297 1465 1539 1786 1915 2232 2091 3258 3151 2952 3001 3195 3268 3689 3567 5367 5073 5930 64721
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 26
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1 6 5 4 3 9 8 5 11 14 23 11 10 14 14 7 11 12 24 16 17 7 15 16 32 29 52 48 45 35 39 33 54 44 53 83 76 79 78 92 85 77 78 116 94 87 1672

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 3342. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

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   115 39 47 62 82 76 136 160 193 193 219 235 225 276 273 283 338 424 516 670 648 709 842 938 1113 1388 1559 1628 1833 1899 1908 2611 3256 3707 4559 4480 4609 4838 5225 4522 4087 3395 2246 905 212 4 67683
-- 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   115 39 47 62 82 76 136 160 193 193 219 235 225 276 273 283 338 424 516 670 648 709 842 938 1113 1388 1559 1628 1833 1899 1908 2611 3256 3707 4559 4480 4609 4838 5225 4522 4087 3395 2246 905 212 4 67683
JAPAN   113 39 44 60 81 76 135 160 193 192 216 233 223 274 273 277 327 415 510 656 643 701 831 920 1065 1346 1439 1528 1655 1750 1707 2299 2852 3062 3808 3527 3702 3884 4096 3296 2747 2179 1490 553 136 2 55715
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 6 12 15 66 69 130 105 142 219 280 469 543 675 572 584 606 607 704 661 315 126 17 1 6937
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 5 4 7 3 4 7 11 33 21 48 25 40 34 40 68 100 141 171 214 239 262 340 449 419 400 356 187 46 0 3687
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 7 11 32 59 70 82 57 33 13 1 1 387
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 8 9 14 12 18 14 33 43 35 36 35 30 24 8 4 2 0 332
INDIA   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 3 19 18 37 51 73 52 34 13 9 0 323
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 2 3 7 7 9 16 17 12 17 48 10 24 13 8 8 1 0 238
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 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 4 1 7 4 2 1 7 6 2 1 0 0 42
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 11
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
INDONESIA   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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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   6 2 3 2 2 4 3 2 7 2 2 0 2 5 0 3 2 4 3 4 0 4 3 10 12 16 13 16 18 15 14 34 42 39 37 60 85 125 162 126 128 124 65 32 14 1 1253
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 1 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 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
FOREIGN CORPORATION   92 35 35 51 71 69 121 148 172 176 208 226 206 259 262 261 315 404 494 645 635 684 815 905 1059 1329 1488 1569 1773 1844 1851 2527 3150 3580 4433 4352 4417 4585 4933 4279 3879 3212 2126 848 195 3 64721
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   17 2 8 9 9 3 12 10 14 15 9 9 17 11 11 17 19 16 17 20 12 19 23 22 41 41 54 42 41 40 42 50 62 84 89 68 107 126 128 115 79 59 55 25 3 0 1672

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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