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


Patenting Trends in the United States
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 -

Patenting Trends in the United States
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.


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Patenting Trends in the United States
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 3253,3255,3256,3259. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION

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   1323 1230 1541 2186 2076 1668 1924 1869 2028 2787 2373 2484 2685 3118 2872 3165 2329 2745 2961 2567 2710 3041 3291 2883 3200 3271 4126 3857 4330 4270 4314 4165 4311 4799 5385 6116 6488 6120 6386 6342 6042 4830 3692 4351 4018 3744 162015
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1113 1019 1247 1777 1685 1346 1488 1420 1537 2049 1678 1712 1815 1987 1751 1899 1422 1589 1634 1440 1543 1693 1779 1488 1684 1681 2052 1897 2252 2215 2254 2213 2228 2584 2976 3312 3508 3212 3300 3267 3163 2439 1905 2276 2008 1863 92402
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   210 211 294 409 391 321 436 449 491 738 694 773 870 1131 1122 1266 906 1156 1328 1126 1166 1349 1513 1394 1516 1591 2073 1960 2078 2055 2060 1952 2083 2215 2409 2804 2980 2908 3086 3075 2879 2391 1787 2075 2010 1881 69613
ALABAMA   10 3 8 6 17 11 8 10 12 11 23 21 16 28 12 16 7 6 6 5 13 14 14 12 12 11 15 20 18 8 9 10 10 11 20 14 14 16 19 18 21 12 14 10 10 9 575
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 14
ARIZONA   1 1 2 3 10 4 1 2 3 1 5 7 4 10 5 7 5 7 9 4 9 11 3 9 10 16 21 13 8 15 9 8 10 20 16 24 35 27 35 28 23 28 24 18 12 32 549
ARKANSAS   0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 0 3 2 2 4 5 1 8 6 3 5 6 4 9 7 3 3 104
CALIFORNIA   117 106 124 168 132 104 131 137 138 185 206 188 195 195 202 165 143 154 162 160 174 158 188 152 174 178 210 176 232 232 256 226 209 254 344 422 436 392 409 393 447 336 284 370 338 314 10419
COLORADO   3 4 1 1 0 6 5 6 12 10 17 15 11 10 14 9 12 11 8 6 12 11 12 6 11 5 7 11 13 11 11 19 9 16 26 49 37 41 35 40 33 30 19 18 14 21 679
CONNECTICUT   19 33 31 46 50 43 59 37 39 57 53 47 53 62 44 49 36 45 44 34 36 40 63 60 47 56 69 61 82 85 86 88 68 72 113 109 100 108 136 139 125 110 98 92 87 81 3092
DELAWARE   30 30 43 66 67 68 54 44 56 77 67 62 66 57 54 50 24 38 39 44 37 48 52 72 87 79 85 59 80 58 53 37 43 54 55 47 38 42 34 31 34 41 33 37 36 52 2358
FLORIDA   11 7 10 12 18 14 17 14 15 29 24 20 28 21 16 16 14 17 17 13 13 20 18 17 28 26 37 30 36 42 35 46 59 55 60 61 100 69 84 69 81 54 39 54 46 34 1539
GEORGIA   5 0 3 4 6 5 11 3 3 5 9 9 8 8 5 8 5 3 4 7 9 9 9 10 6 13 15 18 27 24 23 22 23 28 47 45 52 43 43 44 47 35 30 31 33 34 827
HAWAII   0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 7 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 65
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 6 6 4 9 9 11 13 19 13 6 12 8 3 151
ILLINOIS   107 100 103 130 128 112 112 112 87 151 96 100 81 116 112 97 64 96 64 66 82 99 77 65 79 75 87 82 90 114 111 110 107 102 122 125 124 137 122 113 104 72 63 72 69 62 4500
INDIANA   37 30 29 52 35 31 35 33 37 28 30 41 48 49 48 58 34 46 48 44 56 42 46 45 44 37 46 35 34 28 37 32 69 98 98 96 87 73 68 69 63 56 41 37 41 29 2191
IOWA   2 3 7 7 6 1 4 6 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 0 4 4 7 2 5 6 4 7 8 11 9 5 10 11 4 13 13 13 14 13 10 7 7 9 7 262
KANSAS   4 5 13 9 10 12 9 17 13 17 17 11 14 11 12 17 11 12 14 3 3 11 6 1 7 9 11 11 6 8 8 13 5 11 8 10 32 17 17 13 9 11 7 6 6 4 472
KENTUCKY   3 1 0 7 4 8 3 3 5 6 5 3 7 3 7 4 2 6 6 8 5 5 12 6 9 7 5 6 15 6 12 10 12 10 17 18 18 19 29 17 22 11 11 9 7 18 399
LOUISIANA   14 5 6 14 13 11 10 4 14 20 12 20 11 11 6 18 5 10 10 10 18 9 22 9 13 21 22 18 26 34 23 15 15 21 23 28 26 23 22 26 23 26 13 17 10 11 728
MAINE   1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 55
MARYLAND   19 25 30 21 25 29 30 31 27 41 36 31 41 36 23 36 21 28 35 33 41 31 25 26 26 27 34 34 46 49 54 49 58 70 81 82 96 76 96 86 85 61 54 61 65 45 2048
MASSACHUSETTS   32 22 31 57 33 34 46 50 52 68 43 39 54 52 44 32 30 26 38 36 32 38 32 21 44 47 48 48 60 59 70 64 60 79 133 137 161 143 161 159 155 139 111 126 117 114 3182
MICHIGAN   62 58 69 94 100 69 71 72 87 99 75 105 99 93 89 103 75 87 89 72 66 100 78 83 87 86 83 88 114 113 107 104 107 110 101 127 129 116 112 104 102 83 74 73 43 51 4109
MINNESOTA   15 13 21 23 19 16 22 14 17 37 26 19 25 23 31 21 22 19 24 15 26 28 30 25 34 28 33 39 40 30 37 48 54 64 61 77 78 88 96 120 107 84 55 82 62 45 1897
MISSISSIPPI   4 1 0 2 4 1 2 3 3 3 2 5 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 1 1 3 5 2 8 6 5 5 2 4 3 5 5 11 6 13 5 4 3 3 4 149
MISSOURI   37 38 36 57 77 48 48 39 63 64 55 51 42 66 31 53 51 62 55 55 52 41 33 31 31 31 34 26 39 50 40 34 47 40 58 62 52 44 50 64 49 40 34 33 19 11 2065
MONTANA   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 6 5 4 1 3 1 1 72
NEBRASKA   0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 3 5 1 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 5 8 3 5 5 8 5 3 4 2 2 3 2 106
NEVADA   1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 3 8 2 2 2 7 4 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 0 7 5 10 7 7 9 10 8 5 2 3 3 4 136
NEW HAMPSHIRE   2 4 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 2 5 4 1 3 4 2 3 2 4 5 2 6 12 8 17 10 8 12 9 7 5 7 3 4 164
NEW JERSEY   130 145 197 286 290 194 235 209 225 329 265 267 278 355 312 339 280 295 291 263 289 325 369 277 293 308 375 370 413 346 360 350 324 346 383 429 426 362 364 407 351 242 181 250 196 206 13730
NEW MEXICO   0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 5 2 4 2 4 3 9 4 3 6 2 4 4 9 8 8 8 16 8 21 4 6 8 8 8 205
NEW YORK   126 118 121 188 200 144 173 151 166 235 167 184 209 199 180 212 146 148 189 134 147 153 168 134 155 136 192 177 220 210 217 230 182 218 220 277 275 256 268 246 207 168 114 133 142 127 8367
NORTH CAROLINA   1 2 7 6 14 8 9 8 12 16 5 8 13 14 9 10 9 10 12 13 11 12 15 19 16 18 29 22 26 36 35 41 41 56 56 67 81 73 85 70 77 52 49 58 65 59 1347
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 0 28
OHIO   75 58 77 112 112 91 102 125 140 147 101 132 151 164 136 160 113 112 143 108 110 112 140 96 149 147 175 163 171 161 158 159 191 225 240 264 297 243 251 232 223 182 112 136 80 84 6858
OKLAHOMA   40 21 30 47 28 32 27 25 41 48 41 40 39 40 34 42 30 32 36 36 27 52 50 25 28 25 16 18 25 15 25 17 23 28 32 19 19 16 17 13 24 18 15 18 27 18 1312
OREGON   4 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 1 6 2 2 3 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 10 7 7 12 8 15 14 17 15 24 22 30 30 23 19 28 15 23 23 25 426
PENNSYLVANIA   85 74 110 164 145 120 126 125 130 182 125 143 163 154 145 179 127 150 128 111 124 135 113 105 141 123 159 160 164 169 195 185 207 258 259 264 275 270 250 270 228 161 122 151 165 144 7483
RHODE ISLAND   6 6 3 7 4 5 3 6 2 6 4 3 6 5 2 2 3 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 4 9 7 10 10 16 10 12 9 10 11 14 3 3 253
SOUTH CAROLINA   3 1 2 5 4 2 4 3 2 7 7 8 6 17 6 10 7 11 7 6 7 16 9 10 5 4 12 10 13 19 15 12 12 13 12 27 31 25 21 21 40 22 13 19 14 12 523
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 36
TENNESSEE   19 7 16 18 21 15 20 19 17 8 11 11 12 18 16 19 17 17 19 9 12 14 13 10 10 12 26 21 28 23 24 25 26 24 31 36 48 29 38 41 31 35 24 16 21 18 940
TEXAS   35 41 49 82 39 49 47 49 43 55 53 52 56 68 64 78 61 70 65 62 60 87 85 73 76 72 96 78 103 133 114 98 100 106 138 122 163 172 152 154 148 106 96 129 114 85 3974
UTAH   4 6 1 9 3 4 8 2 6 10 16 11 12 5 13 10 7 9 8 7 6 14 13 13 10 11 10 9 13 13 12 18 31 29 37 35 27 37 30 31 28 36 17 19 11 14 668
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 4 2 5 1 5 3 1 3 1 3 2 0 53
VIRGINIA   24 15 14 18 16 15 9 14 22 20 19 15 16 20 21 10 14 12 13 17 13 9 16 13 11 13 20 15 20 21 20 24 23 28 31 45 29 51 33 34 35 27 19 18 21 25 929
WASHINGTON   5 5 12 11 7 6 10 10 10 13 17 7 5 9 12 8 5 6 7 8 7 5 11 9 5 5 11 14 16 19 13 25 24 25 25 42 41 38 35 47 41 24 30 37 32 20 761
WEST VIRGINIA   10 7 16 17 21 15 8 10 6 12 9 5 13 12 7 19 10 12 10 10 12 12 7 10 5 3 5 5 7 13 8 10 10 7 8 13 10 14 7 9 8 5 7 8 3 2 429
WISCONSIN   9 12 16 15 13 9 14 12 14 20 15 11 15 15 15 16 14 15 11 18 8 10 14 18 14 22 32 18 25 21 20 24 28 30 32 57 51 39 38 39 59 29 32 42 29 24 1031
WYOMING   1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 25
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 3 3 2 7 3 2 8 2 5 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 6 5 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 97
NORTHERN MARIANA 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 0 1 0 0 0 1
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 15
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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
JAPAN   13 9 23 31 42 42 85 118 116 202 167 179 233 295 263 312 221 274 387 328 379 429 546 512 498 559 736 762 789 827 832 798 816 825 850 1009 1002 994 1027 978 908 822 584 729 725 674 22951
GERMANY   61 74 93 130 120 89 125 105 116 191 174 193 227 290 274 300 219 271 321 267 292 290 327 321 373 377 457 428 418 393 390 356 362 415 428 481 513 537 561 570 530 452 315 363 320 299 14208
UNITED KINGDOM   30 36 54 79 84 73 56 71 75 109 91 113 116 153 172 200 136 169 185 145 123 186 174 145 156 173 227 208 248 200 208 182 204 192 230 295 294 306 321 277 280 227 175 198 189 157 7723
FRANCE   26 27 35 38 35 30 48 38 46 59 68 80 83 109 108 142 88 123 110 88 100 115 137 112 128 127 170 145 165 185 180 158 191 192 266 271 303 271 319 320 277 182 144 160 168 149 6315
SWITZERLAND   15 17 25 37 26 15 30 39 33 53 53 57 63 80 100 90 77 107 85 96 80 94 92 79 82 90 104 103 83 76 75 67 66 68 74 63 78 74 83 83 57 59 56 55 49 63 3050
CANADA   10 8 9 20 23 16 13 20 15 13 32 23 29 31 37 31 25 31 37 23 37 27 45 34 46 46 66 61 70 88 79 80 81 121 112 142 157 144 154 148 142 116 79 95 86 101 2806
ITALY   8 7 9 15 9 10 10 6 12 14 17 20 23 19 31 43 24 41 49 44 33 49 52 49 52 51 74 64 82 71 82 82 77 83 73 78 91 90 90 92 99 53 43 48 46 47 2154
BELGIUM   5 4 4 7 4 2 9 9 13 18 12 19 11 20 13 24 21 20 21 22 20 27 25 21 34 33 45 28 34 29 34 36 54 70 85 95 103 91 80 111 91 58 46 55 39 30 1633
NETHERLANDS   22 16 19 24 21 20 24 16 21 23 29 23 16 23 27 36 24 29 38 23 19 30 21 25 26 24 32 27 32 35 37 31 29 31 27 53 56 52 63 61 63 51 38 38 37 24 1435
SWEDEN   8 5 8 10 8 7 12 6 11 16 12 15 19 32 20 20 8 21 11 14 16 12 15 13 20 18 23 20 24 14 17 17 20 28 42 44 40 42 39 59 49 33 28 27 28 30 975
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 6 12 14 17 21 29 30 43 35 54 65 83 78 52 70 96 75 801
AUSTRALIA   3 3 2 5 6 7 8 3 8 6 5 13 11 14 14 10 11 8 12 11 10 13 9 10 18 10 17 15 17 10 10 13 16 15 23 29 30 24 34 28 26 30 34 21 26 25 671
DENMARK   1 3 2 1 4 1 2 1 5 3 1 1 3 5 5 5 4 3 8 4 3 5 4 8 8 7 16 15 17 20 22 20 27 21 30 42 55 45 43 35 38 30 23 20 25 21 652
ISRAEL   2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 4 4 2 6 6 4 5 6 4 9 5 5 6 10 7 17 11 13 12 15 14 18 24 23 28 34 34 29 46 38 25 25 31 24 28 578
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 5 7 8 8 9 12 14 11 15 29 29 31 29 31 32 24 24 24 31 388
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 8 6 5 4 12 17 19 10 20 16 25 23 22 23 16 22 19 15 7 9 10 5 8 4 6 8 6 6 3 4 3 5 9 372
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 1 4 6 3 4 1 3 7 17 20 29 27 32 28 26 31 29 19 319
AUSTRIA   1 1 4 5 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 7 7 5 4 5 7 9 9 12 9 5 4 5 5 10 10 10 12 8 6 10 11 11 11 13 20 10 11 12 13 8 5 6 7 6 318
SPAIN   2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 2 5 3 5 2 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 6 7 7 6 10 9 8 13 11 14 20 15 10 19 22 16 16 13 14 16 16 308
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 3 4 7 6 3 4 3 5 8 3 9 8 18 9 17 16 12 12 15 14 11 11 7 6 7 234
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 4 8 4 7 10 20 14 13 11 14 7 6 7 14 8 5 3 3 6 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 2 2 5 4 9 8 6 6 9 13 11 18 13 16 15 15 159
NORWAY   2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 4 1 4 1 4 3 4 1 3 1 5 3 6 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 5 1 1 5 3 4 1 5 7 6 6 2 4 7 6 8 6 134
SOUTH AFRICA   0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 4 2 3 7 2 2 3 4 1 1 6 2 5 3 7 4 5 6 5 6 4 9 3 7 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 130
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 1 4 5 6 13 13 11 9 12 5 3 4 5 8 6 100
MEXICO   0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 1 3 4 2 7 6 1 2 8 2 3 0 2 2 88
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 4 7 7 5 5 6 9 4 4 5 3 81
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 5 4 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 6 3 6 4 9 6 4 1 3 80
BRAZIL   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 5 5 4 4 6 2 5 70
ARGENTINA   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 2 5 2 1 56
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 4 5 7 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 49
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 5 3 2 3 4 5 2 5 41
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5 3 2 1 5 2 37
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 32
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 26
MONACO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 25
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 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 2 24
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 23
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 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 1 22
CHILE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 20
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 17
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 16
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MALAYSIA   1 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 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 15
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 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 12
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 11
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 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 11
PORTUGAL   0 0 1 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 10
ICELAND   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
CUBA   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 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 8
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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 3 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
JORDAN   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 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
PERU   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5
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 2 2 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 4 1 0 0 0 0 5
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
MALI   0 0 3 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 3
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
ECUADOR   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
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 1 2
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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 1 0 0 2
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 2
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 1 0 0 0 1 2
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOLIVIA   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 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SENEGAL   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
SURINAME   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SYRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
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 0 1 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 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
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
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
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 0 0 1
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 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
SAN MARINO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   987 923 1158 1683 1542 1257 1371 1332 1432 1892 1531 1600 1687 1908 1740 1902 1416 1583 1670 1447 1508 1721 1822 1496 1690 1705 2071 1865 2199 2161 2222 2184 2202 2521 2903 3237 3424 3191 3227 3222 3133 2389 1869 2212 1996 1856 90093
U.S. GOVERNMENT   48 44 44 45 71 51 58 62 63 112 128 85 97 113 72 60 39 47 44 54 62 50 38 35 37 36 33 51 55 59 51 46 39 39 49 64 48 42 55 46 51 46 41 37 25 28 2495
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   120 97 104 132 141 94 122 96 117 158 126 142 143 132 107 133 97 137 105 91 116 126 124 110 134 119 181 194 199 187 164 179 185 252 241 319 401 307 356 311 285 224 146 155 125 109 7646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   137 141 197 273 286 243 331 341 367 567 503 585 693 899 893 1009 728 913 1052 900 956 1060 1235 1172 1261 1328 1720 1655 1755 1740 1789 1671 1791 1873 2058 2363 2487 2446 2604 2636 2445 2077 1572 1875 1808 1704 58141
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2 1 3 5 1 2 2 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 4 7 5 8 6 15 9 26 22 14 23 19 20 13 26 26 24 9 9 16 13 11 4 10 5 4 7 1 1 0 1 1 402
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   28 23 36 49 35 21 39 29 45 56 81 64 61 60 56 55 43 59 85 59 57 58 51 56 54 64 100 79 96 96 65 76 85 99 122 123 124 124 139 123 122 92 64 73 62 47 3238

Patenting Trends in the United States
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 3253,3255,3256,3259. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION

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   7284 1191 1619 1793 1839 1853 2001 2153 2221 2077 2409 2526 2925 2762 2923 2888 2792 2783 2906 3011 2900 2980 3234 3268 3662 3978 4256 4250 4122 4252 4644 5300 6964 5677 6582 6070 6588 6958 7077 6609 4810 3066 1720 825 248 18 162015
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   5973 958 1276 1419 1410 1416 1497 1540 1570 1432 1600 1593 1748 1649 1748 1671 1557 1560 1638 1652 1567 1577 1718 1655 1846 1972 2152 2229 2195 2229 2529 2850 3913 2989 3536 3203 3387 3485 3485 3196 2544 1672 963 458 134 12 92402
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1311 233 342 374 429 437 504 613 651 645 809 933 1176 1113 1175 1217 1235 1223 1269 1359 1333 1403 1517 1613 1817 2006 2104 2021 1927 2022 2115 2450 3051 2689 3046 2867 3201 3473 3592 3413 2266 1394 757 367 114 6 69613
ALABAMA   43 15 10 11 17 15 13 17 13 11 15 9 11 8 11 9 7 11 9 7 20 14 9 11 10 16 18 9 10 9 16 19 17 10 14 13 21 21 18 15 15 8 6 3 0 0 575
ALASKA   0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14
ARIZONA   12 4 5 5 2 2 1 2 5 4 7 5 6 4 6 9 8 9 7 4 8 7 8 13 24 17 8 15 7 11 15 16 25 21 29 35 31 35 34 32 25 16 11 7 1 0 549
ARKANSAS   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 4 2 1 4 6 6 5 6 4 8 6 5 6 7 2 2 0 0 104
CALIFORNIA   600 91 111 125 133 146 133 142 176 141 155 151 196 168 152 155 189 158 192 181 154 160 163 198 195 188 217 232 227 248 266 316 525 317 408 403 404 465 473 418 370 308 153 86 25 3 10419
COLORADO   12 0 3 3 5 8 17 9 14 10 16 12 6 11 11 11 4 11 15 9 11 5 8 9 8 8 13 9 15 13 16 20 36 37 41 41 37 38 32 38 26 19 11 2 1 0 679
CONNECTICUT   149 32 44 51 46 34 36 40 47 42 39 53 42 49 57 30 43 36 42 43 55 56 69 46 61 64 67 86 80 90 94 101 115 87 121 94 125 162 151 144 109 79 56 21 7 0 3092
DELAWARE   193 39 53 54 56 52 56 55 56 61 58 51 46 40 42 39 30 44 45 56 43 62 77 82 85 68 72 80 47 43 43 56 48 43 50 41 39 33 47 41 50 34 32 15 3 1 2358
FLORIDA   47 9 12 16 13 21 13 23 28 19 16 23 14 15 13 17 19 22 13 13 21 20 28 24 26 35 35 33 44 47 43 68 85 69 82 82 74 76 82 66 57 35 28 12 5 1 1539
GEORGIA   15 2 7 9 4 4 3 4 8 10 8 7 6 6 8 4 4 9 6 5 12 7 9 7 13 21 20 35 25 20 25 32 49 49 52 48 57 45 48 54 37 22 12 5 4 0 827
HAWAII   3 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 4 2 4 1 3 7 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 65
IDAHO   0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 6 2 8 6 10 10 14 22 15 16 7 5 1 1 0 0 151
ILLINOIS   487 77 97 99 118 96 93 107 88 88 76 75 114 101 90 83 70 75 66 94 86 62 86 69 82 98 95 89 111 106 102 123 161 134 126 124 129 126 105 105 85 59 25 14 3 1 4500
INDIANA   165 16 30 27 36 30 36 21 31 25 50 41 38 67 48 41 39 45 65 42 40 48 50 36 40 32 36 30 27 43 68 81 159 62 101 74 65 60 64 84 64 21 13 6 3 0 2191
IOWA   20 2 4 2 4 5 3 3 3 4 5 1 3 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 9 9 12 6 10 10 11 14 14 13 12 18 9 5 3 3 0 0 262
KANSAS   33 7 7 14 13 10 18 16 14 8 13 9 13 13 15 9 9 9 8 9 3 3 9 7 11 7 9 4 11 9 12 9 14 10 24 18 18 17 12 9 8 5 4 1 0 0 472
KENTUCKY   11 4 5 6 4 2 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 3 5 9 4 7 4 9 10 10 6 6 11 9 8 5 13 12 18 19 9 29 15 26 18 26 19 8 10 6 5 1 0 399
LOUISIANA   47 9 5 11 8 9 14 10 13 18 12 6 7 5 18 10 10 11 17 11 15 15 16 13 22 19 20 30 35 21 11 19 27 25 31 21 35 23 26 19 25 9 5 1 2 0 728
MAINE   4 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 55
MARYLAND   107 25 25 31 24 37 41 43 20 25 35 26 26 32 25 25 26 39 43 35 22 32 25 23 33 38 34 50 55 59 70 95 100 60 92 90 84 81 96 79 61 40 26 13 7 0 2048
MASSACHUSETTS   175 31 24 29 44 45 45 45 45 43 49 39 42 32 33 30 31 39 34 34 37 29 39 47 49 53 51 56 60 85 79 104 206 119 149 132 166 180 175 184 132 73 53 26 5 0 3182
MICHIGAN   329 46 79 70 76 97 58 71 78 59 116 74 73 92 82 93 92 78 87 73 84 75 104 91 67 82 88 118 126 100 101 133 138 121 117 119 108 106 123 114 90 51 20 8 2 0 4109
MINNESOTA   81 9 17 23 10 15 29 17 30 20 23 17 28 17 23 22 21 21 27 29 19 31 34 26 35 39 35 39 39 41 61 65 88 81 78 85 107 118 116 92 94 54 23 12 2 0 1897
MISSISSIPPI   8 3 0 0 6 1 3 0 5 3 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 3 2 2 5 4 6 4 5 5 5 3 6 4 5 7 8 7 9 6 3 3 2 0 0 149
MISSOURI   202 38 44 44 46 50 52 61 44 34 50 49 43 44 54 73 53 61 47 37 28 35 27 29 31 30 40 41 47 34 52 47 80 48 49 44 51 61 64 48 32 14 5 8 1 0 2065
MONTANA   2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 4 2 3 6 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 72
NEBRASKA   2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 3 5 4 8 5 6 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 106
NEVADA   4 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 7 4 6 1 4 4 5 3 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 7 10 8 10 5 10 8 4 2 3 3 2 0 0 136
NEW HAMPSHIRE   9 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 5 2 3 3 4 4 4 7 11 9 13 16 9 9 14 6 6 3 3 0 0 0 164
NEW JERSEY   892 175 203 213 190 206 243 219 258 239 245 261 327 279 338 321 266 280 304 325 320 305 314 300 336 341 394 369 356 347 374 360 467 387 438 356 377 382 405 375 280 184 96 59 17 1 13730
NEW MEXICO   6 1 1 2 1 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 5 1 6 4 1 3 5 10 3 4 1 4 5 12 8 9 14 10 14 12 8 14 3 5 3 1 0 205
NEW YORK   657 93 149 160 156 133 163 183 160 154 173 191 179 189 184 154 160 138 162 162 135 137 150 147 175 176 224 220 205 218 227 229 260 238 291 265 260 259 260 198 153 124 83 20 10 0 8367
NORTH CAROLINA   20 9 9 7 10 9 11 9 8 9 12 10 10 9 10 13 10 14 9 16 16 15 21 13 24 24 33 32 29 33 50 63 78 66 81 68 80 92 81 82 63 43 32 16 5 1 1347
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 28
OHIO   369 41 78 131 107 116 120 123 102 110 132 143 147 116 142 118 128 117 126 110 119 111 124 153 165 166 174 173 151 135 199 235 287 305 295 238 242 270 241 216 138 79 47 12 3 3 6858
OKLAHOMA   159 21 26 26 23 29 31 34 44 29 42 28 33 30 46 46 39 29 27 44 37 40 31 21 18 20 20 22 16 25 20 35 35 18 17 10 20 14 21 26 30 16 12 7 2 0 1312
OREGON   14 2 0 3 2 2 1 5 4 1 2 3 7 1 0 2 1 4 2 6 1 3 2 5 3 7 9 7 12 15 13 16 20 23 26 25 36 28 22 28 31 20 20 1 1 0 426
PENNSYLVANIA   485 77 109 126 124 110 135 145 137 126 123 126 161 146 154 156 130 121 131 128 105 116 122 125 137 167 163 180 178 180 228 243 356 230 297 273 262 260 247 233 182 125 67 38 15 3 7483
RHODE ISLAND   22 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 3 0 4 2 2 2 0 4 1 3 3 1 6 8 6 8 6 6 9 10 11 10 17 11 14 12 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 253
SOUTH CAROLINA   12 2 5 3 1 3 2 5 6 10 9 11 10 8 9 12 7 3 9 9 10 11 9 2 8 13 20 10 13 15 12 14 15 28 28 31 22 23 40 29 19 14 5 6 2 0 523
SOUTH DAKOTA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36
TENNESSEE   69 8 15 24 16 17 8 9 12 11 8 15 16 20 14 20 20 13 7 16 7 15 12 12 15 30 26 25 22 19 28 32 44 28 46 36 53 35 33 40 22 14 11 3 0 0 940
TEXAS   226 29 40 49 50 38 32 34 50 53 49 61 54 58 81 80 53 78 67 81 67 75 79 66 88 96 97 114 115 120 109 125 176 117 159 156 185 164 158 161 127 88 38 23 8 0 3974
UTAH   20 4 5 4 5 12 12 8 9 6 8 10 6 14 5 9 14 7 5 4 14 22 9 9 9 10 16 12 17 17 31 28 41 31 31 32 34 44 38 20 25 8 6 7 0 0 668
VERMONT   0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 53
VIRGINIA   81 14 16 5 13 18 14 14 16 15 12 18 16 11 21 11 11 23 9 12 19 7 15 15 18 15 13 23 21 17 31 33 36 37 44 41 43 29 38 29 28 17 10 3 3 0 929
WASHINGTON   35 3 4 10 13 5 14 14 10 7 3 4 14 8 5 5 6 10 7 7 9 6 8 8 7 14 15 15 12 25 28 25 61 29 37 41 39 40 50 39 37 23 10 4 2 0 761
WEST VIRGINIA   58 12 12 9 9 9 7 10 5 8 8 13 10 14 14 14 11 9 6 9 6 6 10 4 3 4 12 10 13 9 7 10 15 8 11 9 14 9 3 9 7 4 2 1 0 0 429
WISCONSIN   61 4 12 8 12 9 19 16 11 13 11 14 16 10 14 19 16 10 14 11 10 15 21 18 20 28 25 22 18 24 32 25 50 60 58 34 47 47 44 51 40 25 14 7 1 0 1031
WYOMING   2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   20 0 3 3 1 9 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 5 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 97
NORTHERN MARIANA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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
JAPAN   95 21 65 57 110 103 140 146 167 139 221 259 276 254 307 292 354 359 402 448 459 496 507 576 668 736 820 836 761 820 785 916 1010 996 1056 961 1066 1108 1171 1097 828 549 308 147 51 3 22951
GERMANY   417 73 100 97 116 101 121 157 157 157 212 224 292 275 280 283 290 295 301 318 289 308 375 365 412 449 428 380 344 390 399 426 564 468 549 513 617 601 684 629 355 223 112 47 13 0 14208
UNITED KINGDOM   233 49 60 76 63 75 68 89 78 114 96 131 176 164 187 175 164 161 160 154 154 176 150 178 202 207 239 215 194 181 210 217 315 249 325 302 313 311 368 346 211 103 49 26 7 1 7723
FRANCE   143 24 34 43 27 50 44 49 73 55 83 85 120 121 119 131 113 100 108 107 137 108 131 128 132 160 151 174 181 171 180 237 325 264 302 276 312 363 315 291 165 88 58 31 7 0 6315
SWITZERLAND   107 12 19 19 27 32 32 61 50 40 47 76 103 101 77 107 93 91 86 107 93 72 84 85 84 109 81 62 71 67 80 85 89 61 78 80 70 91 88 95 55 40 21 15 4 0 3050
CANADA   54 9 18 20 14 13 12 22 19 28 19 30 32 27 31 37 38 25 38 21 34 47 46 37 63 70 78 64 88 84 86 112 179 124 140 157 161 176 150 152 106 75 44 17 7 1 2806
ITALY   41 7 7 7 12 5 14 9 19 17 17 19 34 36 34 42 40 47 44 52 46 46 49 60 59 78 70 80 72 82 93 78 89 85 80 88 97 104 109 91 50 31 11 9 3 0 2154
BELGIUM   23 2 4 3 12 8 13 18 12 9 20 14 17 19 21 20 18 26 18 29 19 28 35 39 29 30 42 28 36 29 47 79 96 103 89 85 86 112 103 107 54 31 16 6 1 0 1633
NETHERLANDS   90 17 18 17 16 16 17 18 28 24 20 15 23 32 27 34 30 25 23 28 18 26 24 21 33 30 36 31 35 32 31 36 42 47 63 53 64 77 69 67 49 16 8 2 1 0 1435
SWEDEN   34 3 5 12 7 6 13 13 13 13 21 22 27 15 17 15 17 14 12 18 8 15 22 21 18 20 22 17 18 15 25 35 55 40 41 39 48 55 58 55 31 13 8 4 0 0 975
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 7 8 4 7 14 19 21 31 28 38 41 47 87 93 129 92 71 34 15 2 1 801
AUSTRALIA   16 5 3 9 7 4 5 2 8 9 15 13 9 10 10 13 8 9 17 10 11 9 13 14 14 14 21 14 8 14 14 23 23 30 33 23 42 42 31 34 28 22 5 2 4 0 671
DENMARK   9 3 0 1 1 3 2 4 1 2 3 4 4 6 6 4 5 6 5 4 6 6 6 10 14 13 19 19 24 19 27 27 56 26 47 49 51 39 50 33 27 7 7 7 2 0 652
ISRAEL   5 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 3 4 5 4 7 6 5 8 3 5 6 9 10 7 14 16 13 9 12 13 23 32 37 26 31 29 35 52 48 40 25 14 10 7 0 0 578
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 7 10 7 11 17 13 14 26 23 29 34 30 43 38 19 21 14 6 0 388
HUNGARY   0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 9 6 10 18 19 17 18 17 22 23 25 16 16 18 23 13 9 9 9 10 5 5 8 7 6 4 6 7 5 3 0 0 0 372
INDIA   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 2 3 7 3 1 4 9 18 17 22 40 36 51 33 25 8 3 1 0 319
AUSTRIA   12 0 3 1 1 2 3 2 0 6 7 4 5 5 10 9 10 11 7 6 3 5 6 10 9 7 12 10 7 12 10 14 10 17 16 9 11 13 17 10 5 4 4 1 1 0 318
SPAIN   3 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 6 2 4 5 2 1 2 1 2 6 3 3 10 8 7 5 9 8 12 10 19 18 17 14 12 25 26 25 15 14 5 4 1 0 308
FINLAND   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 7 5 3 6 5 6 4 7 8 13 17 14 15 16 15 19 16 14 11 5 1 1 0 0 234
U.S.S.R.   3 1 2 1 5 4 7 3 6 9 11 10 15 11 15 13 6 8 8 6 11 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 10 8 5 7 6 16 18 24 24 7 9 3 1 0 159
NORWAY   3 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 1 3 3 4 3 2 3 5 3 2 4 6 3 4 6 8 6 11 10 3 1 2 1 0 0 134
SOUTH AFRICA   4 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 4 2 5 7 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 7 2 4 8 6 4 8 8 4 5 6 6 7 6 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 130
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 1 4 7 10 13 9 13 9 9 13 3 4 4 3 1 1 0 100
MEXICO   3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 0 1 2 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 6 2 3 1 5 1 7 4 4 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 88
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 5 5 7 10 11 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 81
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 80
BRAZIL   2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 4 3 1 4 5 9 7 5 4 6 3 1 0 0 0 70
ARGENTINA   2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 5 6 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 56
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 6 3 3 8 0 6 1 5 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 49
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 3 4 6 5 1 5 3 2 0 0 41
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 2 3 6 5 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 37
POLAND   0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32
LUXEMBOURG   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 26
MONACO   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 25
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 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 6 0 0 2 0 0 24
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
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 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 6 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 22
CHILE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 20
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 16
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 15
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 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 11
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 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 0 0 11
PORTUGAL   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 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 10
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 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
ICELAND   0 0 0 1 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 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
CUBA   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 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
BERMUDA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDONESIA   1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
JORDAN   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 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
PERU   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 5
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 1 2 2 1 0 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 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 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 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MOROCCO   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
KENYA   0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 3
MALI   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
ECUADOR   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 1 0 1 0 2
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOLIVIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SENEGAL   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
SURINAME   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SYRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 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
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
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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 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
SAN MARINO   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   5498 886 1150 1313 1302 1296 1369 1403 1446 1358 1521 1542 1731 1638 1741 1693 1566 1560 1615 1693 1579 1627 1705 1685 1824 1968 2133 2159 2162 2183 2477 2747 3817 2978 3465 3155 3367 3464 3440 3171 2472 1638 946 464 131 13 90093
U.S. GOVERNMENT   234 53 73 63 63 83 90 99 88 59 77 63 69 60 45 43 42 58 64 53 35 46 41 24 33 43 51 55 51 45 48 61 52 41 51 45 40 53 60 51 55 23 12 4 0 0 2495
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   499 63 112 92 112 99 112 141 129 117 107 124 120 127 117 119 121 106 113 115 127 85 151 126 169 181 189 188 173 176 222 257 329 273 366 341 323 343 286 275 191 112 75 31 9 0 7646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   890 172 255 282 325 336 392 449 477 488 641 743 942 880 958 965 969 983 1042 1082 1078 1151 1260 1355 1523 1686 1770 1740 1634 1760 1814 2099 2617 2251 2571 2403 2709 2951 3132 3002 2013 1254 668 314 106 5 58141
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   13 1 2 3 5 5 3 1 7 3 5 3 6 2 7 8 10 17 12 13 27 15 23 22 13 16 19 31 23 15 7 17 11 9 8 6 5 6 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 402
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   149 16 26 40 31 34 34 60 74 52 58 50 57 56 55 62 84 60 61 54 54 57 55 57 100 84 95 78 79 72 76 120 137 124 121 119 143 141 155 107 79 38 19 11 2 0 3238

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