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


Asia 10 Countries
Fractional Counts

PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

PART A1 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

PART A2 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention")
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1963 and 12/31/2008. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by patent number, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-a and A2-a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-b and A2-b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not necessarily correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.


Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 34% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 32 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in the report.* This is because a significant number of those applications which ultimately will become patents were still pending as of these most recent years that are displayed.

Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2008, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 98% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2000, 93% complete for applications filed in 2001, 90% complete for applications filed in 2002, 78% complete for applications filed in 2003, 60% complete for applications filed in 2004, 37% complete for applications filed in 2005, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2006; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2000.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 335. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE AND COMPONENTS

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   23 48 76 106 138 108 149 224 388 417 411 415 446 426 405 466 332 505 601 654 651 906 964 943 1398 1279 1561 1532 1587 1722 1806 1805 1874 2048 2281 3172 3368 3764 4142 4407 4456 4758 4262 5184 4777 4847 75830
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   23 48 76 106 138 108 149 224 388 417 411 415 446 426 405 466 332 505 601 654 651 906 964 943 1398 1279 1561 1532 1587 1722 1806 1805 1874 2048 2281 3172 3368 3764 4142 4407 4456 4758 4262 5184 4777 4847 75830
JAPAN   23 45 75 103 132 105 145 223 381 412 406 409 442 421 396 460 326 499 590 641 644 885 935 914 1336 1200 1463 1392 1433 1526 1596 1564 1593 1720 1858 2469 2574 2788 3009 3287 3331 3421 2983 3434 3078 2976 59638
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 4 4 1 4 7 5 13 18 19 36 49 54 91 97 125 136 147 170 186 214 332 397 666 761 708 679 808 743 1020 971 935 9410
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 7 15 13 23 25 34 42 51 69 82 109 172 323 346 242 253 263 286 342 344 492 489 593 4627
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 6 4 6 2 3 4 5 5 3 5 3 7 16 51 78 75 92 84 139 119 213 932
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 5 2 8 10 14 15 14 17 11 14 14 13 14 32 25 34 34 31 39 52 52 44 60 47 636
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 7 6 7 15 10 9 13 10 18 17 30 23 29 24 31 42 312
INDIA   0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 4 9 9 3 10 15 11 15 28 127
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 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 4 5 5 9 8 7 7 10 10 11 86
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 6 3 1 35
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 5 1 2 20
INDONESIA   0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   1 0 1 6 8 9 6 6 10 5 3 7 4 7 4 7 7 9 3 7 10 4 12 17 28 24 38 37 43 45 46 61 52 62 75 79 97 124 120 107 85 95 81 99 90 101 1736
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 18
FOREIGN CORPORATION   11 31 50 76 103 77 115 184 347 378 373 373 409 382 356 427 306 469 554 604 606 845 893 872 1291 1157 1428 1361 1428 1534 1621 1606 1652 1810 2022 2833 3027 3346 3710 3977 4087 4334 3915 4774 4432 4557 68741
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 5 6 8 7 2 3 4 6 1 4 4 6 6 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 95
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   11 16 25 24 26 20 28 33 31 34 35 33 34 36 44 32 17 24 39 37 27 50 55 52 75 91 94 130 113 137 134 135 165 175 180 256 243 293 311 317 280 328 266 311 253 187 5236

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 335. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE AND COMPONENTS

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   289 81 92 125 154 205 309 371 383 341 468 459 420 432 500 530 594 702 726 816 815 923 1056 1221 1277 1518 1636 1763 1868 1878 1994 2334 2446 3017 3496 3547 4099 4622 5293 5303 5186 4792 4014 2744 937 50 75830
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   289 81 92 125 154 205 309 371 383 341 468 459 420 432 500 530 594 702 726 816 815 923 1056 1221 1277 1518 1636 1763 1868 1878 1994 2334 2446 3017 3496 3547 4099 4622 5293 5303 5186 4792 4014 2744 937 50 75830
JAPAN   282 79 90 119 153 202 304 368 378 335 466 453 411 422 494 524 585 687 715 801 792 900 1010 1159 1188 1422 1488 1604 1639 1632 1720 1973 2024 2384 2733 2709 2914 3576 3922 3840 3564 3034 2496 1534 500 17 59638
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 9 3 1 3 9 7 8 15 12 32 35 51 48 83 110 138 151 173 197 224 285 367 506 814 624 831 805 899 967 869 812 295 19 9410
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 4 6 9 11 21 23 36 31 61 69 73 121 164 304 337 288 262 300 335 430 526 522 427 195 58 4 4627
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 7 2 4 4 4 3 5 4 1 11 5 38 43 108 108 81 136 126 148 65 9 932
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 2 1 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 4 4 10 12 15 22 4 21 11 15 20 13 25 26 25 40 28 46 63 60 64 39 25 8 0 636
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 4 10 7 16 12 12 14 10 12 26 30 35 28 29 24 19 8 2 312
INDIA   3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 5 1 2 10 8 9 10 15 18 19 10 2 0 127
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 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 7 2 7 11 7 6 8 13 11 2 1 0 86
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 5 2 0 1 0 35
THAILAND   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 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 4 2 1 0 0 20
INDONESIA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

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   9 6 5 7 7 6 7 5 3 3 5 6 6 4 10 10 5 5 9 6 7 18 18 25 27 32 42 38 51 59 65 70 73 92 112 112 120 103 101 94 100 117 75 55 10 2 1736
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18
FOREIGN CORPORATION   196 60 61 101 129 177 269 330 349 312 427 423 365 388 464 485 547 653 671 767 764 847 971 1127 1164 1389 1469 1596 1676 1671 1756 2068 2178 2698 3126 3180 3679 4200 4850 4881 4736 4396 3715 2512 868 48 68741
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 1 5 10 9 2 4 2 2 3 3 5 4 5 5 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 95
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   84 15 26 17 19 21 33 35 31 26 35 30 46 40 23 31 41 39 37 35 39 52 65 65 84 94 120 124 137 142 170 193 188 226 257 254 296 313 339 326 348 278 223 177 59 1 5236

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


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