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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 337. FURNITURE AND RELATED 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   568 547 669 749 749 455 484 509 650 557 605 641 568 529 468 611 330 481 384 321 319 416 442 564 648 626 725 577 610 670 552 787 740 883 851 985 1045 1149 924 1039 1108 1120 894 1003 795 858 31205
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   505 486 577 669 648 404 390 404 536 435 470 480 428 396 338 475 239 352 261 221 202 288 269 343 375 423 477 397 413 440 388 523 511 618 565 653 677 721 564 612 683 686 536 601 465 502 21646
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   63 61 92 80 101 51 94 105 114 122 135 161 140 133 130 136 91 129 123 100 117 128 173 221 273 203 248 180 197 230 164 264 229 265 286 332 368 428 360 427 425 434 358 402 330 356 9559
ALABAMA   0 2 3 2 2 3 1 6 0 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 4 5 2 3 2 7 5 4 1 4 8 5 4 5 2 3 0 0 2 5 125
ALASKA   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 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 13
ARIZONA   1 2 4 4 5 4 4 1 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 6 6 8 5 2 2 4 3 7 3 9 7 10 11 4 3 6 5 10 6 5 10 19 10 6 5 7 8 7 5 5 256
ARKANSAS   0 1 4 1 5 3 0 4 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 4 0 1 3 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 78
CALIFORNIA   63 51 81 77 71 48 54 50 76 49 61 54 66 68 37 73 39 48 43 25 35 42 36 38 59 66 81 58 70 68 52 68 67 71 60 82 94 105 74 79 108 112 66 78 62 67 2932
COLORADO   7 2 5 7 6 6 1 4 4 5 2 7 2 6 6 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 3 2 4 6 7 5 10 7 6 12 8 19 15 13 18 26 7 13 16 7 16 14 5 9 335
CONNECTICUT   10 7 7 12 8 8 5 5 17 13 8 13 16 9 9 8 6 8 6 3 5 4 12 2 4 8 9 6 7 8 4 7 10 11 12 8 16 6 4 6 14 9 5 5 4 8 372
DELAWARE   0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 40
FLORIDA   20 22 18 16 16 12 9 15 17 8 10 8 9 13 7 9 10 12 8 4 8 11 11 11 15 19 13 15 14 24 9 14 12 17 35 39 35 34 36 21 33 26 25 26 34 31 811
GEORGIA   4 3 6 2 9 3 4 1 3 5 5 3 3 5 1 4 3 9 8 4 6 6 5 3 6 7 7 9 9 8 1 9 3 17 11 6 6 14 7 9 11 8 4 15 11 12 295
HAWAII   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 5 4 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 40
IDAHO   1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 4 2 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 48
ILLINOIS   56 56 62 88 61 44 35 42 59 52 53 47 46 41 47 43 24 29 20 20 12 21 14 27 22 23 29 19 17 18 17 14 33 26 25 30 30 31 28 32 27 22 20 26 16 19 1523
INDIANA   18 17 14 18 21 20 12 14 7 10 12 19 17 7 11 21 8 9 12 3 3 5 4 14 17 13 11 12 14 10 15 13 17 18 11 17 11 11 17 23 30 28 28 32 24 25 693
IOWA   3 7 10 8 4 4 3 8 5 9 4 6 4 5 4 4 1 2 4 3 0 0 4 4 5 4 8 3 3 4 7 8 11 10 3 10 9 8 3 3 5 10 17 12 1 5 255
KANSAS   3 3 3 8 3 8 5 1 3 7 6 5 2 1 2 8 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 5 1 2 5 5 5 4 3 6 3 3 4 8 2 3 146
KENTUCKY   5 9 5 15 13 5 5 10 12 6 11 18 7 5 5 9 5 14 9 7 1 4 5 5 2 7 8 8 4 2 3 3 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 4 1 5 1 5 6 284
LOUISIANA   0 2 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 6 5 1 1 2 0 1 3 5 6 5 5 3 3 4 6 1 3 3 2 2 107
MAINE   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 3 50
MARYLAND   5 2 7 8 11 2 4 6 7 2 1 3 4 6 5 8 3 5 7 7 2 7 4 5 7 7 10 4 2 9 4 6 8 2 6 7 7 10 9 8 12 12 10 10 10 6 287
MASSACHUSETTS   14 22 22 16 25 13 10 11 18 17 18 19 19 19 10 14 5 13 9 6 4 2 4 9 5 18 7 5 4 11 9 8 15 18 10 16 12 13 14 7 16 17 13 13 11 10 571
MICHIGAN   45 45 67 83 83 48 60 48 75 59 56 58 59 32 38 36 25 25 19 26 26 31 35 49 40 56 60 41 60 60 58 109 86 90 100 118 112 115 87 94 115 89 85 92 70 73 2938
MINNESOTA   16 7 12 19 20 10 13 9 12 12 8 9 8 9 12 17 19 8 7 3 4 15 4 7 8 12 8 8 12 11 8 16 12 6 22 15 18 14 8 19 6 18 12 18 8 12 531
MISSISSIPPI   2 2 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 6 6 8 5 5 6 3 18 4 9 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 7 4 146
MISSOURI   9 15 11 10 11 5 5 8 9 5 15 9 11 7 11 7 2 6 3 1 4 5 3 7 10 10 10 14 11 10 9 9 13 14 17 15 17 9 15 20 21 15 9 7 10 11 455
MONTANA   1 2 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 49
NEBRASKA   1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 4 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 7 3 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 7 5 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 93
NEVADA   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 5 1 4 3 4 4 5 74
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 4 3 2 1 4 1 1 5 1 2 5 2 4 1 0 1 2 3 1 70
NEW JERSEY   15 22 11 21 9 13 12 13 15 19 20 18 8 21 13 17 4 15 15 8 7 7 5 5 10 9 9 8 8 13 10 11 13 12 6 20 12 23 13 19 21 17 16 10 11 8 592
NEW MEXICO   1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 0 3 56
NEW YORK   63 56 66 90 83 36 47 46 58 39 38 55 38 44 28 47 13 24 27 30 14 26 20 29 36 22 25 33 38 29 23 27 31 32 17 44 34 38 32 37 32 40 27 21 18 19 1672
NORTH CAROLINA   13 9 10 8 22 10 6 8 6 6 14 13 6 7 6 12 3 13 6 6 6 8 15 7 19 14 16 15 8 21 17 17 15 28 20 21 19 30 15 20 23 34 16 27 19 23 657
NORTH DAKOTA   0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17
OHIO   32 16 35 36 30 29 30 26 31 25 31 30 19 24 15 23 8 18 12 8 8 9 10 22 16 18 19 17 14 15 20 21 26 37 33 30 44 43 20 34 23 44 32 24 25 15 1097
OKLAHOMA   2 2 3 2 5 0 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 6 1 1 3 1 5 2 6 8 5 5 1 3 123
OREGON   4 5 6 4 8 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 5 4 0 6 4 3 5 5 11 3 6 4 5 3 8 9 4 6 1 8 9 7 3 4 182
PENNSYLVANIA   26 26 32 22 33 29 16 18 22 24 22 17 19 13 10 16 4 5 4 17 16 21 15 18 15 12 21 11 13 9 13 18 13 28 25 23 29 19 22 17 23 25 18 16 18 21 854
RHODE ISLAND   1 2 0 1 3 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 0 3 4 2 6 4 2 1 2 3 3 4 78
SOUTH CAROLINA   2 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 4 3 4 1 6 0 0 1 4 4 3 5 2 6 4 7 3 0 6 2 3 4 6 4 5 13 8 4 4 8 10 11 7 175
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
TENNESSEE   7 5 2 14 2 1 8 3 5 5 4 3 4 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 6 3 4 6 2 5 8 6 11 6 11 8 15 10 10 10 14 11 13 6 5 2 5 267
TEXAS   12 12 14 17 9 8 6 12 15 7 8 12 6 11 4 11 8 5 6 3 3 6 9 9 10 7 16 24 11 16 13 17 12 22 23 25 20 32 23 28 30 25 15 14 16 12 624
UTAH   2 3 4 5 2 0 2 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 1 2 4 1 4 0 3 0 1 1 6 2 3 1 1 6 4 5 4 5 6 9 10 7 10 14 5 15 19 11 16 213
VERMONT   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 51
VIRGINIA   6 11 5 5 10 4 7 5 6 2 6 6 2 3 2 7 3 10 3 5 1 4 7 4 4 3 5 10 5 8 9 7 9 8 7 4 7 10 6 9 4 11 8 15 6 6 285
WASHINGTON   4 12 7 4 11 3 4 2 5 5 7 6 8 3 5 11 6 7 2 2 7 4 2 6 7 8 10 4 5 8 6 7 9 9 3 6 11 11 7 6 13 19 6 13 12 12 325
WEST VIRGINIA   2 3 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
WISCONSIN   20 15 19 18 22 8 5 5 16 14 15 17 11 13 9 14 10 12 6 8 5 10 12 11 22 8 15 6 12 16 19 18 17 20 25 18 19 10 21 11 20 18 7 16 4 12 629
WYOMING   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 22
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 37
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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 0 0 0 0 0 1
GERMANY   23 17 21 14 32 11 19 18 29 29 31 34 33 32 33 40 20 34 29 25 33 28 45 46 73 43 46 35 42 41 33 46 38 45 48 61 76 92 74 88 95 93 50 75 71 69 2010
JAPAN   0 0 4 2 4 2 6 12 8 7 15 21 21 22 25 21 27 18 25 17 23 33 53 70 74 64 68 49 44 61 33 66 34 40 57 52 50 62 62 86 82 74 72 78 65 69 1778
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 4 6 8 5 10 5 18 14 19 41 44 47 48 53 80 86 71 106 95 95 91 87 63 63 1175
CANADA   12 7 16 22 15 7 16 15 17 21 20 16 22 13 13 16 7 19 8 5 10 15 15 20 18 14 25 16 19 25 17 37 21 31 35 26 31 45 39 38 29 37 35 41 25 26 977
UNITED KINGDOM   6 17 14 15 17 7 14 18 10 16 22 25 14 12 13 7 7 17 21 11 7 15 15 14 12 11 8 7 10 15 12 13 18 7 11 17 20 25 10 15 14 17 12 12 11 16 627
FRANCE   7 4 7 4 9 6 8 9 13 11 15 10 12 19 10 10 7 6 10 8 6 8 12 11 24 16 15 14 21 19 13 12 12 20 26 28 26 19 19 12 28 22 10 17 18 10 623
ITALY   2 4 6 2 4 3 1 10 2 11 8 16 5 8 5 5 4 3 4 6 7 6 1 10 13 11 12 13 7 16 5 14 12 13 12 19 9 24 10 14 18 22 16 12 15 13 433
SWEDEN   5 4 4 8 3 2 5 9 7 9 4 8 9 4 5 6 2 7 6 6 3 4 7 10 11 2 5 3 4 4 2 2 6 2 6 13 10 20 14 14 10 8 7 4 5 6 295
SWITZERLAND   1 3 6 5 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 9 8 6 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 1 4 9 10 15 16 8 6 6 4 3 1 6 2 1 3 4 11 3 9 5 3 2 3 5 248
AUSTRIA   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 5 7 6 15 6 5 7 7 11 13 19 11 5 13 13 10 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 233
AUSTRALIA   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 5 5 1 5 2 2 5 5 4 3 3 4 5 6 0 5 3 4 3 9 4 14 10 5 6 9 4 5 11 3 4 6 172
KOREA, SOUTH   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 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 6 11 8 2 9 7 11 17 8 14 15 14 141
NETHERLANDS   0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 4 5 1 2 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 4 2 0 5 2 6 0 1 3 1 2 3 7 94
SPAIN   0 1 6 0 0 2 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 7 3 1 1 3 1 1 4 10 3 4 89
NORWAY   3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 5 4 2 4 0 4 4 2 5 5 4 2 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 84
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 7 6 6 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 4 78
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 6 8 16 7 16 69
DENMARK   1 1 4 3 3 1 3 0 2 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 63
BELGIUM   0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 43
FINLAND   2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 36
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 1 3 5 5 0 2 34
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 33
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 27
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 6 3 3 2 5 26
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 24
IRELAND   0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 16
MEXICO   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
ARGENTINA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 13
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 9
POLAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
HAITI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 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
INDONESIA   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 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
PERU   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
VENEZUELA   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3
COLOMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
MOROCCO   0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
THAILAND   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IRAN   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 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S.S.R.   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 0 0 2
THE BAHAMAS   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 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 1
ECUADOR   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 0 1
HONDURAS   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 0 1
ICELAND   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 0 1
MONACO   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 0 0 0 0 1
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES   0 0 0 0 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
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SAINT LUCIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 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 1
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 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 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   239 230 291 304 322 215 214 229 295 235 264 297 247 218 157 224 121 152 121 110 104 166 143 186 185 216 224 174 192 192 207 292 289 329 304 369 367 388 321 346 414 397 345 388 305 318 11646
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3 5 8 3 5 4 5 1 6 1 0 3 6 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 87
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   279 257 284 365 322 187 171 180 240 203 216 187 184 185 179 252 119 202 140 117 101 126 129 163 201 212 259 225 219 243 179 243 223 287 266 290 320 343 252 264 280 294 203 239 166 183 10179
FOREIGN CORPORATION   16 18 27 35 39 23 33 50 54 56 73 91 75 74 82 84 55 79 79 57 73 82 125 154 188 152 167 125 131 153 111 168 155 165 188 221 236 266 245 315 293 315 236 290 257 277 6188
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   31 37 59 40 60 26 60 48 55 61 52 63 56 51 46 49 35 48 40 37 39 38 43 59 74 44 72 53 65 77 51 82 73 99 93 104 121 152 104 112 121 113 107 85 66 80 3081

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 337. FURNITURE AND RELATED 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   2557 83 436 588 571 615 585 482 521 545 559 457 513 522 558 502 507 449 379 348 372 440 456 568 604 636 644 658 680 760 783 842 843 941 1069 1087 1083 1200 1152 1183 1181 978 691 431 140 6 31205
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2259 73 367 507 467 497 468 390 411 418 398 346 381 395 418 372 345 310 250 232 223 265 279 362 386 440 412 436 473 530 538 590 589 609 715 686 641 741 702 691 677 578 438 254 82 5 21646
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   298 10 69 81 104 118 117 92 110 127 161 111 132 127 140 130 162 139 129 116 149 175 177 206 218 196 232 222 207 230 245 252 254 332 354 401 442 459 450 492 504 400 253 177 58 1 9559
ALABAMA   7 0 0 3 3 6 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 1 5 5 4 5 1 3 8 7 4 3 3 3 1 0 6 1 0 0 125
ALASKA   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 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 13
ARIZONA   11 1 2 5 4 4 1 5 3 2 4 3 4 5 8 8 7 4 2 3 2 3 5 7 5 11 11 6 1 7 5 9 10 4 7 15 14 11 8 8 6 5 6 4 0 0 256
ARKANSAS   6 1 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 3 3 0 4 2 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 78
CALIFORNIA   274 6 44 59 55 75 58 48 53 50 54 44 65 58 62 59 50 35 47 27 28 29 41 60 65 75 59 69 63 70 69 75 60 81 87 95 93 94 114 118 81 74 61 40 8 0 2932
COLORADO   21 1 4 7 1 5 3 5 2 4 4 3 6 6 6 3 5 1 0 2 2 2 1 5 3 7 8 10 11 9 10 19 9 19 19 19 12 15 15 11 13 11 9 6 1 0 335
CONNECTICUT   36 1 7 5 7 15 8 11 7 13 11 12 10 7 6 9 10 7 4 5 5 3 4 7 7 8 11 4 8 6 6 9 16 9 11 10 6 10 10 11 5 7 5 2 1 0 372
DELAWARE   3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
FLORIDA   80 2 9 10 15 13 15 6 7 11 8 9 10 9 12 14 12 4 11 6 8 13 10 15 16 12 23 14 17 16 7 16 35 28 44 30 43 27 35 25 28 30 29 17 9 1 811
GEORGIA   15 2 5 7 2 1 3 6 4 2 4 1 2 9 3 4 10 8 5 6 5 6 4 3 5 5 6 14 5 4 7 10 17 3 12 8 10 15 7 11 10 13 8 4 4 0 295
HAWAII   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 40
IDAHO   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 48
ILLINOIS   265 7 25 55 48 56 43 48 47 47 45 30 49 42 38 36 26 23 17 15 15 19 18 19 24 24 18 18 22 18 23 31 29 29 29 24 41 29 26 25 34 23 11 9 3 0 1523
INDIANA   67 2 18 17 19 14 8 5 14 11 17 11 8 14 22 8 12 5 4 3 2 12 12 20 8 11 11 14 9 16 21 16 11 17 15 18 9 32 27 30 30 34 25 9 5 0 693
IOWA   28 0 2 3 6 10 3 8 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 1 4 5 0 1 2 5 4 3 5 6 5 2 9 6 11 10 3 11 8 9 4 5 6 11 19 9 2 0 1 0 255
KANSAS   17 1 3 7 5 1 4 8 3 3 4 1 1 5 5 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 5 3 8 1 8 2 2 5 8 4 2 0 0 146
KENTUCKY   34 0 8 9 7 11 10 7 12 15 5 4 6 8 7 11 13 7 3 7 3 1 4 3 7 8 7 3 2 6 3 6 6 3 6 3 3 2 7 0 8 1 2 4 2 0 284
LOUISIANA   9 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 5 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 6 7 3 5 1 9 3 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 107
MAINE   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 50
MARYLAND   23 2 6 6 3 4 5 4 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 7 9 7 5 5 1 6 4 5 9 9 2 5 5 9 5 6 4 7 10 6 8 10 13 15 10 8 9 6 1 0 287
MASSACHUSETTS   74 5 11 16 16 15 13 18 14 19 13 19 13 14 13 10 10 7 6 3 5 6 2 11 12 9 2 7 11 11 13 13 15 18 13 13 10 13 16 12 21 12 8 6 3 0 571
MICHIGAN   243 9 48 58 73 52 72 56 52 43 60 36 33 33 40 33 24 38 29 27 26 39 34 41 52 49 46 59 84 103 93 99 87 101 137 111 91 124 107 95 94 91 77 31 8 0 2938
MINNESOTA   56 1 11 15 15 11 11 9 7 5 9 7 11 17 16 18 9 7 6 10 3 7 4 12 4 9 10 12 17 14 13 7 19 15 20 11 14 14 9 17 19 14 9 5 2 0 531
MISSISSIPPI   10 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 4 5 7 5 8 6 5 5 5 12 7 9 3 4 2 4 2 8 5 1 6 0 0 146
MISSOURI   45 0 8 9 6 8 6 5 12 9 7 10 7 11 5 7 4 4 2 3 5 4 8 8 10 15 9 11 11 13 11 16 13 12 15 15 9 30 19 11 12 11 9 7 3 0 455
MONTANA   4 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 49
NEBRASKA   7 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 6 2 3 1 2 4 1 4 3 0 2 7 3 2 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 93
NEVADA   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 2 5 1 0 2 2 3 5 3 2 5 2 4 5 2 4 0 1 74
NEW HAMPSHIRE   3 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 4 1 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 70
NEW JERSEY   69 2 5 13 17 13 19 12 16 19 10 10 18 12 18 13 12 12 9 5 8 5 4 10 7 4 10 12 12 9 15 13 12 8 17 20 15 30 16 16 16 12 12 4 1 0 592
NEW MEXICO   7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 56
NEW YORK   276 14 48 48 54 54 58 33 32 44 31 48 29 39 37 24 33 37 13 24 15 26 23 24 17 30 35 35 31 29 35 28 27 32 37 41 39 36 35 38 29 20 20 10 4 0 1672
NORTH CAROLINA   41 6 10 13 8 10 5 7 10 11 7 6 7 7 12 11 8 7 8 7 14 7 10 14 13 14 16 15 15 16 22 25 23 20 16 23 25 25 23 35 26 27 10 18 4 0 657
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17
OHIO   119 2 20 36 34 27 28 24 30 19 26 16 24 18 16 14 16 17 9 5 13 9 16 11 23 15 17 15 17 24 30 37 30 32 43 48 25 30 39 35 34 29 15 9 1 0 1097
OKLAHOMA   9 0 1 4 2 3 3 0 1 3 0 1 5 2 1 2 8 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 6 1 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 5 4 3 7 8 4 2 2 1 0 123
OREGON   19 0 5 5 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 7 4 2 6 7 11 6 2 5 5 7 8 5 6 3 6 9 10 2 2 0 0 182
PENNSYLVANIA   106 3 22 32 17 25 24 12 18 23 20 9 14 10 12 4 13 23 20 15 11 8 16 12 13 18 9 13 14 15 16 28 23 21 30 21 20 25 21 30 19 24 17 4 4 0 854
RHODE ISLAND   4 0 3 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 4 1 2 3 4 6 3 1 2 0 4 6 1 0 1 78
SOUTH CAROLINA   5 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 5 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 5 5 0 6 4 6 1 2 6 3 1 9 4 2 11 11 6 5 10 12 8 2 3 0 175
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
TENNESSEE   28 0 3 0 6 6 5 4 2 4 3 3 3 0 3 4 5 3 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 6 5 4 11 10 8 11 8 9 13 10 16 11 15 8 10 3 3 3 0 0 267
TEXAS   55 0 6 10 7 13 11 9 8 10 7 9 9 6 9 5 9 4 6 5 8 6 9 5 9 20 22 16 12 20 13 15 24 27 22 26 22 37 33 22 23 12 14 7 2 0 624
UTAH   14 0 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 2 4 1 4 0 4 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 0 3 6 6 6 3 8 8 10 10 9 8 12 21 11 16 6 4 0 213
VERMONT   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 3 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
VIRGINIA   27 1 6 5 7 6 7 1 7 4 3 4 1 4 4 11 5 6 3 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 10 8 8 7 8 11 7 4 10 4 11 10 4 14 9 9 5 6 1 1 285
WASHINGTON   30 1 1 8 2 6 4 6 5 6 7 2 5 10 8 8 3 5 6 2 0 7 7 6 9 6 7 7 5 8 10 3 14 6 8 8 7 11 14 13 17 14 7 2 3 1 325
WEST VIRGINIA   10 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
WISCONSIN   72 3 10 15 7 5 16 10 18 10 12 13 13 9 10 18 8 7 10 8 11 12 7 19 13 9 8 12 19 20 20 19 23 25 14 17 20 12 22 17 17 8 6 3 2 0 629
WYOMING   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 22
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   9 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 37
PUERTO RICO   4 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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
GERMANY   75 2 19 25 22 21 31 22 25 27 42 25 29 32 36 32 39 33 39 30 37 33 45 50 51 33 48 41 40 45 36 45 44 60 78 84 90 105 95 106 83 53 65 27 10 0 2010
JAPAN   6 1 2 3 7 14 8 3 12 23 22 16 20 25 30 22 30 30 26 35 46 52 51 68 53 50 66 52 53 56 42 50 36 59 46 63 70 93 82 78 103 75 46 42 11 0 1778
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 5 1 2 2 3 8 3 10 8 8 15 18 21 46 49 50 43 61 75 95 89 110 92 107 104 58 59 23 1 1175
CANADA   57 0 13 11 17 14 18 19 11 16 16 18 16 13 15 15 13 10 12 10 16 15 10 13 17 21 21 23 26 30 36 17 36 37 28 35 47 42 34 30 55 38 22 13 1 0 977
UNITED KINGDOM   52 2 11 15 15 16 13 10 16 20 20 11 16 8 8 18 25 12 10 12 12 11 10 5 10 12 9 16 20 8 14 13 8 13 16 28 20 18 15 17 14 15 9 4 0 0 627
FRANCE   22 1 7 7 9 13 12 7 16 7 9 14 18 6 12 7 10 11 7 10 9 10 12 19 14 16 17 22 16 11 14 18 18 31 24 23 23 19 20 33 19 17 9 3 1 0 623
ITALY   14 1 0 4 5 9 3 11 6 10 10 6 5 5 7 2 8 8 5 2 3 8 9 15 6 12 14 9 8 13 13 16 8 17 16 19 15 14 22 26 25 12 7 5 0 0 433
SWEDEN   21 0 2 4 5 10 6 6 7 6 8 3 6 5 4 8 8 5 5 3 7 7 11 2 2 4 9 1 3 2 6 1 4 7 19 14 18 18 10 10 8 7 3 0 0 0 295
SWITZERLAND   16 0 2 5 4 7 4 3 4 9 10 2 5 8 7 8 8 6 0 3 3 12 5 10 16 7 9 10 3 4 2 4 1 1 5 4 7 9 8 7 2 5 1 2 0 0 248
AUSTRIA   1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 1 5 2 2 1 2 4 4 5 10 10 9 7 8 11 11 11 18 7 13 15 8 8 10 11 11 6 1 0 1 0 233
AUSTRALIA   1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 5 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 3 5 6 3 3 2 5 5 5 6 13 12 9 7 3 7 10 9 6 1 1 0 0 172
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 3 2 4 12 6 7 6 10 7 20 16 23 5 2 5 0 141
NETHERLANDS   2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 4 0 2 3 1 0 3 0 2 3 4 2 0 5 2 5 0 1 3 2 5 2 1 2 1 6 3 3 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 94
SPAIN   7 0 1 2 6 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 5 2 3 3 2 5 4 6 1 1 3 0 89
NORWAY   6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 6 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 2 3 5 5 4 3 3 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 84
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 2 4 1 5 2 7 5 4 4 2 1 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 78
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 10 12 12 11 7 2 0 69
DENMARK   9 0 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 63
BELGIUM   0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 43
FINLAND   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 36
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 34
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 33
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 27
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 5 3 1 3 1 0 26
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24
IRELAND   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
MEXICO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16
ARGENTINA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 9
POLAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
BERMUDA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
HAITI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4
INDONESIA   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 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
PERU   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
VENEZUELA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
MOROCCO   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 3
THAILAND   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 0 0 1 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IRAN   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 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
PHILIPPINES   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
THE BAHAMAS   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
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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 0 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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
ECUADOR   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 0 1
HONDURAS   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 0 0 1
ICELAND   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 0 0 0 1
MONACO   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
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES   0 0 0 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 1
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SAINT LUCIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 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 1
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 1 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 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   1076 34 198 249 256 277 253 221 223 253 231 198 196 187 193 182 161 153 130 140 125 144 136 193 183 196 193 201 242 289 295 327 308 334 414 366 364 428 413 418 441 364 273 142 46 0 11646
U.S. GOVERNMENT   19 0 4 3 6 2 4 2 1 2 2 4 3 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 87
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1196 38 170 253 208 223 213 173 194 167 174 154 187 205 228 191 188 162 122 98 99 125 151 173 212 245 221 233 233 242 250 258 283 274 316 331 288 322 294 284 258 221 173 110 34 5 10179
FOREIGN CORPORATION   96 4 18 43 39 55 59 38 63 72 96 54 78 74 80 89 104 82 75 79 114 118 117 160 143 142 165 144 135 157 156 169 161 226 230 259 295 325 317 342 356 296 189 134 40 0 6188
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   168 7 45 40 61 57 55 48 40 51 56 47 48 52 57 40 51 50 47 31 33 49 52 42 64 51 64 77 65 68 81 86 90 106 108 131 135 124 126 136 125 96 55 45 20 1 3081

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