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


EU 27 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
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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 -

EU 27 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

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EU 27 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 333. MACHINERY

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   2130 2213 3084 3192 3164 2924 3691 3500 4629 4153 4190 4619 4138 4032 3715 3837 2867 3771 3816 3237 3226 3767 4252 4296 4786 4268 4690 4281 4340 4184 3887 3663 3501 3524 3660 4551 4611 5013 5201 4897 4872 4534 3710 4117 3581 3628 179939
-- 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   2130 2213 3084 3192 3164 2924 3691 3500 4629 4153 4190 4619 4138 4032 3715 3837 2867 3771 3816 3237 3226 3767 4252 4296 4786 4268 4690 4281 4340 4184 3887 3663 3501 3524 3660 4551 4611 5013 5201 4897 4872 4534 3710 4117 3581 3628 179939
GERMANY   862 895 1254 1333 1241 1164 1498 1499 1940 1756 1832 1992 1748 1717 1592 1713 1283 1725 1769 1547 1580 1846 1942 2101 2318 2079 2248 1994 2022 1960 1788 1777 1615 1656 1703 2110 2204 2358 2455 2330 2374 2184 1869 1868 1688 1647 82079
UNITED KINGDOM   573 573 790 816 826 692 949 796 1053 843 772 812 737 694 616 604 473 578 555 462 441 505 599 511 606 541 615 507 548 458 436 389 413 411 449 507 519 550 601 540 508 444 370 436 361 359 26840
FRANCE   255 315 404 414 416 398 441 423 575 565 566 664 598 525 482 475 344 490 483 409 407 489 522 542 580 512 577 571 577 602 552 479 463 390 412 522 505 555 575 557 494 476 358 453 384 388 22186
ITALY   128 92 127 131 147 159 146 172 235 261 235 237 218 249 229 231 205 236 270 201 197 262 318 313 372 317 383 344 358 397 392 328 322 307 324 400 372 459 374 375 413 414 303 345 297 313 12909
SWEDEN   142 135 221 205 201 191 259 233 286 272 288 343 321 341 281 275 191 273 269 221 199 216 288 271 305 245 250 245 224 173 183 187 202 181 197 272 300 326 335 303 278 237 196 215 212 189 11178
NETHERLANDS   65 105 123 114 136 112 132 136 178 148 165 168 143 156 190 176 155 136 143 123 133 139 169 172 176 163 202 181 182 168 148 170 124 128 133 185 190 193 229 212 209 221 168 304 270 323 7697
AUSTRIA   24 23 44 42 40 50 60 56 86 90 85 106 127 99 91 95 65 101 95 63 76 84 117 116 116 100 105 107 93 104 85 72 90 100 85 102 112 145 182 137 152 116 113 127 108 90 4277
FINLAND   9 3 6 14 13 16 18 19 21 29 37 42 44 40 46 61 36 58 49 47 51 58 87 83 92 98 80 134 115 143 103 74 92 125 123 153 152 131 156 168 158 158 110 130 79 91 3552
BELGIUM   22 30 57 49 57 59 67 56 88 87 71 98 71 73 53 61 39 51 73 61 45 60 66 58 74 78 88 81 67 69 70 66 76 101 97 139 95 126 107 112 88 95 80 90 63 76 3393
DENMARK   29 22 36 32 42 21 51 47 69 53 55 60 47 54 56 52 25 47 36 39 47 42 61 54 59 51 52 37 56 48 50 44 36 54 71 82 65 62 87 55 74 72 53 57 54 60 2362
SPAIN   10 7 10 21 14 22 24 21 36 16 31 34 31 27 24 32 15 21 15 15 13 24 23 28 38 37 36 36 45 39 42 42 45 37 37 39 55 58 58 70 72 65 49 49 36 42 1542
HUNGARY   3 6 3 7 5 9 5 8 13 9 13 16 11 12 9 9 10 14 14 17 12 14 14 13 16 12 20 16 14 4 5 3 3 6 3 4 4 2 1 5 6 7 3 5 3 7 392
LUXEMBOURG   1 2 2 3 5 3 1 0 2 3 1 5 9 9 9 8 8 6 11 7 8 6 23 13 9 16 13 7 12 8 14 14 10 9 9 5 8 5 14 6 6 6 9 7 5 2 332
IRELAND   0 0 2 1 5 4 9 2 11 6 8 7 4 6 4 6 1 6 5 8 3 6 5 3 4 9 10 10 12 6 10 6 3 10 6 10 13 17 8 14 14 21 16 8 6 9 330
POLAND   2 1 2 2 5 12 14 10 11 5 11 12 10 14 7 15 7 18 11 8 4 4 5 3 5 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 10 256
BULGARIA   0 1 0 0 5 1 4 4 5 2 8 7 9 7 17 15 5 8 15 6 7 10 11 11 10 10 1 6 6 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 200
ROMANIA   1 0 1 2 4 11 9 15 14 4 8 8 3 4 6 5 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 114
GREECE   2 0 1 5 3 0 3 2 2 5 4 6 3 4 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 86
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 1 1 1 7 5 6 10 6 4 8 2 5 11 4 3 72
PORTUGAL   2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 4 59
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 2 0 4 4 6 3 1 8 8 4 2 4 5 52
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 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 14
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 2 0 2 5
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 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   145 189 219 264 217 232 219 232 310 254 236 267 262 242 215 192 137 168 170 174 198 242 294 259 263 206 288 243 278 261 235 234 257 246 267 368 382 380 392 448 442 401 338 371 324 326 12288
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 2 3 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 26
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   5 9 4 7 7 5 6 10 14 14 5 3 4 4 1 4 0 1 3 3 0 3 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 134
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1416 1448 2052 2083 2171 2006 2667 2486 3404 2963 3057 3380 3001 3013 2799 2940 2233 2876 2990 2464 2478 2909 3213 3267 3707 3379 3661 3382 3373 3318 3097 2938 2755 2850 2943 3676 3732 4163 4342 4037 4038 3773 3127 3470 3054 3098 139234
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   38 38 56 53 73 22 58 31 30 13 25 26 31 33 47 41 21 33 42 45 44 51 70 69 81 55 45 49 41 45 55 35 27 23 24 13 8 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1507
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   525 528 750 781 696 656 737 741 871 908 866 943 840 740 653 658 475 693 612 551 506 561 672 695 734 628 693 606 649 559 499 452 461 403 425 492 488 465 465 407 389 356 242 273 203 202 26750

EU 27 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 333. MACHINERY

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   11090 1393 2705 3250 3371 3729 3856 3807 3702 3714 4016 3982 3671 3851 3929 3986 3887 3779 3593 3585 3425 3850 4025 4148 4218 4334 4253 4264 4004 3892 3785 3908 4232 4432 4806 4811 5388 5499 5898 6143 5007 3608 1958 917 228 5 179939
-- 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   11090 1393 2705 3250 3371 3729 3856 3807 3702 3714 4016 3982 3671 3851 3929 3986 3887 3779 3593 3585 3425 3850 4025 4148 4218 4334 4253 4264 4004 3892 3785 3908 4232 4432 4806 4811 5388 5499 5898 6143 5007 3608 1958 917 228 5 179939
GERMANY   4534 523 1113 1341 1344 1588 1580 1625 1595 1614 1747 1694 1561 1663 1776 1810 1765 1822 1755 1710 1584 1843 1983 2082 1998 2025 2031 1992 1866 1835 1784 1820 1981 2041 2250 2276 2639 2618 2800 2858 2368 1666 999 452 127 1 82079
UNITED KINGDOM   2865 358 696 757 851 844 868 805 649 660 696 724 630 597 635 617 589 499 504 511 440 507 491 517 572 509 502 503 438 420 447 448 507 516 540 561 593 618 631 647 506 320 157 80 15 1 26840
FRANCE   1442 196 323 431 421 426 527 491 532 534 555 538 471 506 470 537 481 502 451 436 462 470 498 478 515 565 564 579 572 527 512 421 496 502 529 505 592 612 650 646 524 379 216 94 11 0 22186
ITALY   506 65 130 150 154 194 191 237 198 213 200 238 201 243 261 251 281 255 215 260 230 300 299 307 327 393 342 378 377 396 307 366 356 380 420 402 408 422 471 535 435 317 185 81 32 0 12909
SWEDEN   727 87 171 223 218 258 252 234 258 264 314 317 299 304 282 272 286 243 215 217 246 232 251 231 238 224 246 179 181 204 198 231 210 265 318 316 326 332 358 383 274 158 82 41 10 2 11178
NETHERLANDS   431 63 103 114 131 141 136 151 155 135 145 155 168 184 203 139 143 136 145 147 126 154 161 151 169 189 171 178 160 152 164 149 166 178 201 189 208 255 264 271 288 414 136 62 13 0 7697
AUSTRIA   144 16 43 53 55 63 78 78 83 71 113 104 89 102 79 113 93 92 77 89 91 90 106 103 91 104 88 109 99 73 84 106 109 101 113 145 170 157 171 202 139 111 41 31 3 1 4277
FINLAND   32 6 15 14 19 21 18 33 33 33 38 30 45 57 57 63 52 54 66 52 74 77 74 84 98 107 109 134 126 94 99 135 132 148 160 130 155 193 183 215 152 71 33 28 5 0 3552
BELGIUM   178 33 48 61 71 66 73 56 81 63 79 68 54 54 51 67 66 62 53 52 53 60 54 71 82 75 76 79 67 71 74 94 108 137 117 122 122 103 127 117 113 56 49 20 7 0 3393
DENMARK   125 17 22 37 47 55 55 44 46 57 52 45 65 47 37 43 46 43 45 49 59 44 45 42 51 51 41 57 49 37 44 58 90 81 58 65 79 77 86 107 88 43 21 9 0 1 2362
SPAIN   50 7 9 28 22 26 26 22 25 26 30 19 29 31 23 21 20 17 16 22 16 28 30 33 33 35 41 43 39 54 42 44 38 40 59 51 59 65 105 79 68 37 19 10 3 0 1542
HUNGARY   19 4 5 9 5 9 10 11 13 9 10 10 13 8 14 12 13 19 20 12 8 11 18 12 16 18 12 7 5 2 2 6 8 2 3 2 1 4 10 7 4 3 5 1 1 0 392
LUXEMBOURG   8 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 8 8 5 10 11 8 13 5 12 10 16 12 5 15 10 12 10 7 12 13 9 14 9 8 6 8 10 7 9 10 11 5 0 1 0 0 332
IRELAND   3 3 3 6 5 9 5 9 4 8 6 1 6 6 4 3 7 9 4 3 3 6 3 7 8 10 12 7 8 9 4 10 7 16 12 11 13 15 15 25 13 9 3 2 0 0 330
POLAND   7 5 6 14 10 11 12 2 11 9 9 11 10 10 14 15 19 7 5 3 3 5 1 3 0 3 2 2 2 0 5 1 1 5 4 5 1 3 2 7 6 3 3 2 1 0 256
BULGARIA   2 0 4 2 6 5 4 3 3 7 5 10 12 21 7 9 9 11 6 12 12 7 6 9 6 7 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
ROMANIA   5 5 8 8 11 9 12 4 7 7 3 4 8 3 4 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
GREECE   8 1 4 0 1 2 5 2 5 2 5 3 4 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 86
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 1 2 8 4 5 11 5 6 8 7 11 2 2 1 0 0 72
PORTUGAL   5 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 3 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 59
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 2 0 1 2 6 7 2 3 2 13 2 9 0 2 0 0 52
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 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 14
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
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 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 1 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   861 104 179 216 221 230 251 253 190 211 228 254 215 206 199 167 195 204 225 240 204 253 224 233 225 249 272 261 254 226 287 257 337 358 403 367 404 494 524 491 473 297 209 117 23 0 12288
U.S. GOVERNMENT   6 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 26
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   27 5 5 7 4 12 16 9 5 0 2 6 2 0 4 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134
FOREIGN CORPORATION   7340 932 1875 2283 2412 2680 2836 2702 2708 2731 2902 2948 2785 2941 3040 3072 2984 2866 2763 2773 2611 2916 3099 3246 3308 3444 3315 3348 3169 3125 2994 3146 3426 3559 3879 4020 4508 4505 4917 5171 4211 3121 1664 756 199 5 139234
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   194 35 42 44 35 28 22 20 17 26 36 33 34 39 33 46 38 64 46 44 68 61 59 51 54 40 36 52 50 37 35 25 23 16 13 1 3 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1507
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2661 318 602 700 700 778 732 823 782 746 848 741 634 665 654 698 669 643 558 523 541 616 643 617 630 599 629 601 530 503 468 480 445 498 511 418 473 497 455 479 318 189 84 44 7 0 26750

EU 27 Countries
Fractional Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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