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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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   1280 1269 1865 1744 1677 1626 1665 1594 2004 1884 2204 2397 2323 2033 1853 1979 1452 1880 1913 1803 1875 2271 2289 2352 2823 2663 3078 3013 3194 3000 2841 2777 2808 3255 3008 3833 4148 4656 5251 5239 5081 4946 4514 4978 4696 4556 129594
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1008 1014 1425 1346 1278 1230 1197 1123 1386 1226 1465 1532 1435 1173 1085 1116 785 959 982 862 843 942 982 900 1031 1049 1276 1194 1316 1259 1264 1338 1413 1682 1449 1769 1848 2105 2215 2226 2147 2118 1949 2121 1984 1821 63870
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   273 255 440 397 399 397 468 472 618 658 739 866 888 860 767 863 667 920 931 941 1033 1328 1307 1452 1792 1614 1802 1819 1878 1741 1577 1439 1395 1573 1560 2064 2300 2551 3036 3013 2935 2828 2565 2857 2713 2735 65724
ALABAMA   1 4 2 5 3 5 6 6 5 7 6 10 4 2 5 6 3 4 2 7 5 2 4 5 6 10 9 12 10 11 8 6 8 11 5 12 9 7 12 14 10 7 7 9 3 10 305
ALASKA   1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 46
ARIZONA   9 6 13 8 13 9 5 8 10 9 9 16 13 11 12 19 9 15 12 14 8 11 11 15 18 18 25 20 20 22 23 34 23 41 38 35 43 66 55 52 45 37 22 28 20 22 976
ARKANSAS   1 0 5 5 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 5 3 4 4 2 3 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 4 3 7 4 5 4 2 2 6 4 4 5 8 12 6 6 1 6 1 7 3 4 155
CALIFORNIA   100 99 140 158 122 124 130 124 188 139 166 171 194 145 135 129 94 110 109 104 86 103 101 77 111 106 155 118 109 128 116 147 121 132 117 161 156 173 172 189 155 154 162 184 175 147 6235
COLORADO   5 10 12 8 9 14 12 11 13 8 10 14 16 10 11 14 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 12 18 14 20 17 17 21 22 20 19 18 17 31 32 21 27 25 25 25 20 18 704
CONNECTICUT   15 16 37 22 26 22 21 26 22 18 27 24 22 31 20 19 8 15 22 15 14 26 21 29 17 17 27 23 26 19 19 17 25 18 16 20 30 29 23 27 21 23 22 19 25 17 999
DELAWARE   3 3 1 3 3 2 3 1 2 4 2 4 3 3 1 6 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 88
FLORIDA   13 17 17 21 18 17 22 22 24 25 24 36 32 23 29 17 15 25 24 14 21 19 27 26 24 48 36 42 44 46 34 37 45 47 45 52 55 63 54 55 58 55 54 48 42 48 1560
GEORGIA   5 3 9 11 6 7 4 6 2 5 9 6 7 9 6 8 9 4 9 5 4 9 10 6 9 7 6 7 13 12 9 8 10 16 9 15 21 23 32 29 29 34 30 23 28 31 561
HAWAII   1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 3 57
IDAHO   4 2 3 3 4 3 2 3 5 3 6 6 7 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 3 6 1 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 7 12 5 2 5 7 9 5 4 7 175
ILLINOIS   81 87 126 122 135 133 124 89 104 103 128 147 128 127 126 155 83 90 78 79 68 71 73 48 72 55 69 66 79 58 70 62 70 91 92 95 102 114 130 126 112 99 99 117 117 100 4497
INDIANA   63 52 62 69 64 81 56 52 71 54 65 64 56 55 47 48 33 38 44 40 44 50 45 49 67 68 58 72 74 58 62 59 76 73 67 73 91 110 121 128 147 124 104 102 96 85 3220
IOWA   10 12 17 28 22 17 27 18 21 22 33 31 30 33 26 24 21 26 26 28 30 23 23 15 27 26 21 17 29 21 17 16 22 26 23 19 24 24 35 35 26 32 29 22 28 24 1108
KANSAS   8 7 11 15 14 10 11 12 10 11 22 15 18 16 14 15 10 10 4 4 8 10 11 7 7 4 10 8 7 5 5 10 8 14 9 13 10 11 10 18 11 17 14 10 5 7 488
KENTUCKY   8 6 9 6 7 5 9 5 9 6 9 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 7 4 5 6 6 8 1 2 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 9 11 10 6 8 12 7 6 303
LOUISIANA   3 3 5 3 5 3 6 4 4 1 5 5 9 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 5 2 6 5 7 8 6 9 6 12 7 9 9 9 9 8 10 12 10 11 15 6 5 3 1 6 272
MAINE   1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 4 3 1 5 1 4 2 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 87
MARYLAND   9 9 17 19 17 12 12 17 21 9 13 12 10 13 8 7 5 8 10 12 7 18 9 9 15 9 13 6 9 15 11 18 15 14 10 14 16 16 11 7 20 16 8 12 16 13 572
MASSACHUSETTS   27 25 30 23 28 21 27 23 38 15 19 25 34 36 14 15 20 12 25 12 22 21 23 19 19 24 23 18 18 16 21 20 24 25 24 29 35 28 25 29 28 27 17 31 25 27 1086
MICHIGAN   214 195 277 273 268 242 233 244 285 264 291 311 276 224 187 166 184 193 202 164 162 194 204 190 213 236 294 275 322 307 338 344 362 523 402 488 572 635 712 717 718 757 692 761 698 668 16476
MINNESOTA   15 13 26 27 21 22 21 28 22 21 35 29 28 22 22 24 12 14 16 22 12 26 21 24 31 27 34 22 35 30 23 20 32 23 22 37 33 48 37 44 41 33 47 56 40 40 1279
MISSISSIPPI   3 4 5 2 3 3 6 0 6 3 4 6 4 5 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 2 4 6 4 2 4 4 3 5 6 4 5 4 6 8 3 5 2 162
MISSOURI   16 20 27 26 17 20 22 27 30 23 29 24 22 19 18 21 15 14 20 12 13 15 22 12 21 17 22 16 27 22 14 20 22 16 12 20 17 16 22 19 20 11 17 23 25 18 903
MONTANA   2 4 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 3 6 2 4 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 3 2 3 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 104
NEBRASKA   3 3 6 2 6 6 5 6 9 7 9 2 5 5 8 8 2 4 5 1 4 4 5 5 9 5 5 3 6 4 3 7 6 6 3 9 5 8 8 8 7 8 5 9 5 5 249
NEVADA   0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 3 3 5 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 5 8 6 4 7 6 6 11 10 7 8 4 170
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 4 4 6 8 3 2 3 0 5 2 3 4 4 2 7 4 3 2 6 9 16 7 18 20 10 11 13 16 14 14 14 13 13 11 16 13 7 326
NEW JERSEY   27 30 48 39 37 32 25 20 33 34 28 27 31 25 17 29 10 20 18 10 18 16 18 16 19 17 20 13 16 18 25 16 17 26 22 25 29 28 42 35 33 33 19 24 29 21 1136
NEW MEXICO   2 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 1 8 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 0 3 3 4 2 3 3 7 6 4 2 5 5 6 10 4 6 7 3 8 2 3 6 3 2 159
NEW YORK   68 85 101 86 82 73 83 77 76 71 79 98 64 55 60 45 35 58 49 42 38 45 46 36 48 48 62 58 58 77 61 67 67 60 74 82 67 93 76 94 95 88 73 86 68 63 3120
NORTH CAROLINA   5 5 6 8 6 11 8 3 4 12 9 12 8 7 7 6 6 9 7 8 7 4 17 11 11 14 15 16 15 14 12 22 17 23 22 23 26 33 46 44 29 41 32 30 39 33 739
NORTH DAKOTA   3 2 3 1 2 6 5 3 2 4 4 3 6 5 5 8 2 2 2 3 5 3 5 8 5 3 11 6 6 4 3 2 5 6 3 8 6 8 14 8 9 6 12 7 9 9 236
OHIO   99 84 119 104 94 107 92 84 116 101 125 133 110 80 77 93 52 60 70 54 55 64 72 60 69 72 71 78 92 78 70 78 78 75 98 97 93 108 119 131 131 120 106 97 93 98 4161
OKLAHOMA   10 14 14 13 11 11 11 12 15 20 19 15 18 11 12 14 7 11 10 12 8 9 11 10 11 11 17 12 17 12 9 7 8 13 14 13 6 16 11 11 13 9 9 12 9 10 548
OREGON   12 13 15 15 15 12 15 11 19 17 21 18 18 14 6 10 3 12 11 12 11 7 9 11 7 13 13 12 13 11 22 12 12 11 13 24 14 21 22 17 13 12 14 16 20 13 633
PENNSYLVANIA   49 62 85 59 57 54 58 49 63 58 66 53 61 41 45 43 31 35 33 35 34 42 34 35 23 29 46 37 33 32 41 47 36 49 32 41 64 63 60 48 45 55 45 56 57 43 2163
RHODE ISLAND   3 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 4 4 5 3 5 8 2 5 4 3 6 5 3 1 3 2 3 0 109
SOUTH CAROLINA   3 3 3 5 2 4 0 2 2 3 3 0 2 4 5 4 2 5 5 4 1 3 3 3 5 6 9 9 6 8 8 8 11 13 9 17 12 10 14 16 13 10 15 17 10 13 313
SOUTH DAKOTA   2 4 3 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 4 2 2 1 4 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 6 5 7 4 3 4 2 4 3 2 1 119
TENNESSEE   7 6 14 8 11 6 7 4 8 5 9 6 12 6 7 8 7 13 11 6 10 9 4 10 9 11 10 14 15 11 15 13 14 22 15 21 17 26 23 26 29 19 14 21 16 21 573
TEXAS   25 29 33 30 25 30 38 25 31 35 49 40 46 40 37 39 19 36 29 37 33 35 26 33 36 38 43 49 44 37 45 47 36 52 36 53 53 48 60 51 53 52 46 58 70 44 1853
UTAH   5 9 9 6 5 6 4 3 6 8 10 12 7 6 8 3 7 4 8 8 4 5 8 3 5 2 6 11 9 13 17 26 64 75 62 60 34 23 20 15 20 25 37 31 28 31 772
VERMONT   1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 3 4 4 3 5 3 69
VIRGINIA   6 9 14 12 11 13 11 10 6 8 13 21 15 10 17 16 5 10 9 8 6 7 12 9 6 6 14 15 16 15 10 15 18 17 15 21 15 25 19 33 21 21 18 19 12 14 626
WASHINGTON   10 12 19 13 19 12 18 14 15 23 18 23 23 12 18 17 10 14 14 14 20 12 14 20 18 21 28 21 25 17 20 18 14 23 21 23 25 26 25 21 26 26 18 20 20 23 865
WEST VIRGINIA   2 0 4 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 5 2 3 2 1 3 5 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 3 4 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 3 5 2 7 6 3 0 2 4 1 1 117
WISCONSIN   47 41 63 67 62 46 41 53 64 41 60 72 46 31 41 35 29 43 42 30 37 42 41 39 34 32 36 52 42 42 50 41 42 46 37 57 58 67 80 66 53 63 59 61 66 50 2248
WYOMING   0 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 4 4 2 3 1 3 1 68
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 2 2 2 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 46
GUAM   0 0 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 2
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 24
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
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
JAPAN   6 5 18 24 19 28 46 55 101 153 168 206 239 232 284 334 247 345 385 424 496 664 671 765 961 887 982 1030 1059 1000 819 756 677 750 754 960 1088 1152 1302 1335 1294 1327 1220 1410 1382 1392 29452
GERMANY   100 78 140 135 107 110 142 163 206 190 218 269 277 243 191 240 196 259 243 237 260 332 303 320 409 363 403 356 394 366 402 335 343 401 378 538 636 727 947 890 850 780 665 675 595 630 17042
FRANCE   28 43 66 55 81 60 70 63 80 76 83 103 94 98 61 58 49 73 77 59 68 68 80 83 98 82 94 77 76 88 78 68 64 68 66 89 95 115 139 137 143 131 104 129 117 108 3841
UNITED KINGDOM   54 62 101 81 80 93 97 93 97 101 109 111 121 103 77 85 53 85 77 61 76 82 70 76 78 66 73 78 64 49 57 45 61 58 56 69 59 97 113 92 72 77 69 72 66 52 3569
CANADA   19 20 41 29 27 31 28 21 41 41 44 52 39 39 37 27 24 33 34 36 31 38 34 39 55 34 51 56 66 51 59 48 54 64 57 70 91 90 113 88 100 108 102 105 100 85 2452
SWEDEN   13 12 13 12 17 17 24 19 21 21 34 34 30 44 35 29 20 28 23 28 22 24 33 36 37 34 28 32 33 30 30 26 26 31 28 48 42 58 64 65 69 65 52 47 52 61 1546
ITALY   16 11 16 11 11 6 16 8 16 24 27 23 17 18 22 17 14 20 29 20 13 30 25 39 34 40 43 43 38 44 24 25 23 19 22 34 38 45 47 44 54 42 36 51 45 44 1288
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 8 13 9 12 20 26 38 66 88 87 60 68 106 87 80 101 123 119 114 1243
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 5 6 10 17 17 24 35 30 27 33 42 48 40 54 57 70 74 99 94 82 64 92 90 87 1216
SWITZERLAND   13 7 16 16 11 11 12 10 14 12 12 9 14 21 11 17 17 21 18 18 10 19 16 21 15 18 20 12 13 7 9 12 6 10 7 8 9 13 13 13 22 9 10 8 10 10 603
AUSTRALIA   1 1 3 3 6 4 3 5 5 4 4 8 9 12 6 8 7 9 7 9 8 8 13 7 14 13 14 19 20 15 12 10 15 21 21 22 18 21 24 25 22 20 23 21 15 20 557
NETHERLANDS   5 6 4 6 8 8 5 5 6 5 4 11 6 10 7 4 5 9 5 6 7 15 11 11 13 14 14 15 13 8 8 10 8 11 10 12 11 18 27 32 20 17 24 19 16 15 509
AUSTRIA   2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 8 8 9 4 5 5 9 9 8 8 8 9 12 14 11 17 14 15 11 6 10 10 10 10 8 15 16 20 18 22 22 24 24 18 19 471
SPAIN   0 0 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 3 2 2 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 0 6 3 6 11 7 4 5 3 2 5 3 4 6 2 6 5 6 7 3 7 6 10 11 24 14 211
BELGIUM   2 0 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 5 6 1 4 2 3 4 2 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 7 3 4 1 3 4 2 5 9 8 12 7 6 12 3 10 9 6 11 198
FINLAND   1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 4 5 4 5 1 6 3 5 5 6 7 4 6 5 4 4 7 3 9 9 8 12 8 5 7 2 2 170
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 6 6 6 5 8 5 7 7 7 4 4 5 7 7 159
DENMARK   2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 2 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 6 8 11 10 4 5 4 4 2 142
NORWAY   1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 0 2 5 3 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 2 7 4 3 1 2 89
SOUTH AFRICA   1 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 6 1 5 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 87
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 4 3 3 2 4 8 4 8 17 76
U.S.S.R.   1 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 4 3 4 3 2 5 4 4 1 2 3 4 1 0 1 2 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
HUNGARY   1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 66
BRAZIL   1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 54
IRELAND   0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 8 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 54
MEXICO   1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 54
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 5 2 4 2 3 2 4 4 51
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 51
ARGENTINA   1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 27
INDIA   1 0 0 2 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 5 3 25
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 20
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 20
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 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 7 18
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 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 16
MALAYSIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 3 16
LIECHTENSTEIN   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 13
GREECE   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 12
VENEZUELA   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 3 2 9
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 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 9
CHILE   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5
ICELAND   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 4
MONACO   0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PORTUGAL   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 1 1 1 0 0 4
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
INDONESIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
PERU   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 1 0 0 0 3
URUGUAY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
THE BAHAMAS   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 3
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
CYPRUS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COSTA RICA   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 1 0 0 2
HONDURAS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
COLOMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
IRAN   0 0 0 1 1 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 2
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BARBADOS   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 0 1
ETHIOPIA   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
MYANMAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
UGANDA   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 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
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
EL SALVADOR   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALGERIA   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
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
CAMEROON   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
CUBA   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
HAITI   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
JORDAN   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
KENYA   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
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
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
ZIMBABWE   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
ALBANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOMINICAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ECUADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARTINIQUE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
COTE D'IVOIRE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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   671 639 918 863 825 826 767 726 924 809 961 1030 960 810 710 707 509 615 645 567 604 653 673 591 688 690 819 789 899 851 890 931 1004 1244 1094 1273 1418 1624 1813 1802 1757 1730 1608 1737 1694 1529 45884
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5 8 20 11 8 8 10 18 17 5 13 13 11 12 11 18 5 5 11 10 11 7 8 7 5 5 10 4 4 9 5 9 8 12 7 9 12 10 7 7 7 5 6 8 4 10 420
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   345 381 523 502 474 423 458 401 475 443 522 541 504 387 382 409 284 362 358 317 267 327 341 332 383 379 464 424 438 420 400 415 422 469 384 533 496 559 499 482 455 443 390 423 364 322 19324
FOREIGN CORPORATION   184 162 279 259 244 275 332 360 461 493 592 680 711 679 624 718 550 758 762 781 865 1148 1155 1294 1597 1458 1645 1618 1686 1582 1414 1287 1232 1389 1388 1848 2057 2283 2742 2780 2678 2622 2372 2657 2501 2571 57771
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 5 9 7 15 3 6 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 9 11 7 8 10 8 11 4 4 4 6 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 167
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   74 74 117 102 112 91 92 88 124 131 114 132 135 144 122 125 101 130 126 120 120 126 103 116 146 127 135 174 165 137 128 134 140 139 133 167 165 180 190 169 184 146 137 153 133 124 6028

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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   6265 433 1359 1526 1624 1732 1794 1855 2036 2040 2106 2095 1987 2028 2008 2000 2076 2118 2012 2025 1813 2065 2283 2466 2692 2886 3055 3214 3036 2880 3019 3162 3715 3963 4453 4531 4736 5351 5672 6123 5966 5091 3932 1820 536 14 129594
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   4876 308 1023 1139 1189 1191 1206 1244 1339 1311 1289 1246 1186 1131 1116 1047 1045 1010 861 836 779 788 843 917 1121 1148 1240 1355 1318 1337 1494 1616 1887 1811 1950 2006 2024 2321 2339 2550 2437 2208 1751 780 249 9 63870
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1389 125 337 387 436 541 589 611 698 728 817 849 801 897 892 953 1031 1108 1152 1188 1034 1277 1440 1549 1571 1738 1815 1860 1719 1543 1525 1546 1828 2152 2503 2525 2712 3029 3333 3572 3529 2883 2182 1040 287 5 65724
ALABAMA   12 1 1 3 5 7 3 9 6 6 7 2 3 6 6 3 5 6 4 2 2 4 8 6 9 11 9 13 12 3 6 14 6 9 13 7 10 14 10 12 5 8 7 3 1 0 305
ALASKA   3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 46
ARIZONA   36 1 11 9 7 6 9 9 8 12 12 13 12 16 16 15 12 13 12 8 10 12 14 17 21 24 20 27 20 27 32 22 51 51 49 54 51 59 48 34 39 20 22 6 3 0 976
ARKANSAS   10 0 3 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 2 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 2 7 6 6 3 2 6 6 5 6 7 11 6 6 2 7 5 4 2 3 1 0 155
CALIFORNIA   502 29 105 124 129 131 160 145 145 160 154 158 161 124 120 131 106 126 91 82 84 77 83 98 123 120 127 119 131 133 145 133 149 157 172 154 162 182 186 188 192 203 144 67 23 0 6235
COLORADO   36 2 7 16 12 11 9 10 7 14 13 10 14 13 13 11 6 13 10 8 4 12 8 9 17 14 14 24 14 23 22 18 24 22 24 30 22 24 31 27 28 28 19 8 1 1 704
CONNECTICUT   90 6 22 23 19 25 17 24 18 25 18 25 31 24 7 17 25 19 13 26 20 17 18 17 20 23 22 26 14 24 28 21 21 18 27 27 27 26 27 19 32 23 16 7 3 0 999
DELAWARE   10 0 4 0 3 1 1 4 2 6 2 1 5 3 3 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 88
FLORIDA   70 2 15 16 19 22 26 22 26 24 33 26 28 19 20 30 23 16 19 18 23 29 18 32 42 32 44 46 41 37 50 58 51 43 54 62 48 54 62 62 69 45 44 28 7 0 1560
GEORGIA   29 1 4 9 2 7 2 4 10 4 7 9 6 8 9 10 7 5 3 8 8 7 6 5 6 7 8 16 11 6 13 12 20 13 24 20 24 35 38 39 31 23 27 10 8 0 561
HAWAII   4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 57
IDAHO   12 1 4 1 3 2 2 5 7 1 7 5 3 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 2 4 3 5 3 5 4 7 7 10 2 5 9 7 7 7 1 1 0 175
ILLINOIS   421 31 105 118 119 112 93 97 116 135 110 117 139 138 150 89 85 102 61 63 50 50 55 56 58 59 74 73 64 59 79 90 110 114 105 104 111 145 115 139 101 115 99 56 16 0 4497
INDIANA   254 14 62 60 52 58 62 56 54 58 49 69 49 47 50 35 49 45 53 42 41 36 45 62 61 56 79 66 65 59 73 85 85 84 79 103 110 134 143 163 130 112 92 28 6 1 3220
IOWA   67 7 16 18 23 22 19 20 26 27 24 31 34 28 26 30 31 34 28 21 17 14 14 25 24 17 17 31 19 21 15 30 27 25 18 26 31 37 32 32 32 25 33 10 3 1 1108
KANSAS   41 2 13 10 12 10 11 8 22 15 17 17 13 14 15 9 8 5 8 9 10 2 8 5 6 11 7 7 3 9 10 12 12 11 9 15 6 15 12 18 18 15 5 1 0 0 488
KENTUCKY   31 1 4 5 8 6 6 10 4 7 5 6 7 10 7 6 5 4 8 3 7 6 3 2 2 6 4 3 6 5 10 5 8 8 6 7 9 14 6 11 9 5 9 5 1 0 303
LOUISIANA   15 0 4 4 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 6 3 4 2 3 5 2 3 5 5 2 8 9 7 4 8 7 14 7 7 11 12 5 9 11 9 13 16 10 4 2 3 1 1 0 272
MAINE   2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 2 3 4 1 6 3 1 3 3 3 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 87
MARYLAND   54 6 14 12 11 22 15 11 9 11 11 13 8 5 9 11 9 12 13 11 8 8 12 14 7 10 7 15 12 13 15 19 10 15 19 9 15 11 21 16 14 14 10 6 2 0 572
MASSACHUSETTS   107 5 19 28 24 27 25 23 17 24 29 28 22 22 20 15 23 16 24 19 20 16 13 21 25 18 11 24 18 21 23 21 36 29 28 36 21 28 29 35 35 23 21 12 3 0 1086
MICHIGAN   979 69 207 214 260 245 237 260 276 276 259 240 190 195 219 205 222 192 169 164 154 166 195 193 246 294 271 325 337 371 387 441 542 490 608 602 656 781 770 883 875 785 653 272 101 3 16476
MINNESOTA   81 3 17 23 19 31 20 26 25 27 24 23 25 23 21 16 17 22 14 24 21 20 26 17 38 25 25 36 23 26 25 36 28 29 41 39 44 42 47 53 56 53 28 14 6 0 1279
MISSISSIPPI   13 1 1 4 6 2 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 2 3 1 4 0 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 4 4 5 7 2 3 4 5 3 5 3 7 7 3 10 7 2 0 1 0 162
MISSOURI   91 6 11 20 17 29 28 24 20 22 23 19 18 26 19 15 20 19 15 14 15 14 14 12 21 19 19 24 18 21 24 12 20 23 17 18 16 26 14 19 22 22 24 9 0 0 903
MONTANA   6 1 3 5 1 1 1 3 6 1 5 1 2 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 7 4 1 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 0 104
NEBRASKA   15 2 4 4 7 5 9 10 2 5 2 5 8 8 4 4 5 3 3 4 2 5 6 5 5 4 7 3 4 6 6 7 4 5 8 6 10 9 9 3 6 12 6 2 0 0 249
NEVADA   4 1 0 1 0 3 1 4 4 4 2 5 5 3 4 4 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 5 4 4 5 5 3 7 4 9 7 5 5 6 7 7 13 9 7 2 0 0 170
NEW HAMPSHIRE   5 0 2 2 2 1 3 4 4 3 11 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 4 3 2 5 4 3 2 6 15 13 13 18 17 19 10 14 16 19 14 10 13 17 15 14 3 0 0 326
NEW JERSEY   148 11 25 27 30 22 25 38 26 19 31 21 21 23 22 21 21 17 11 19 12 21 11 16 20 13 15 16 22 19 22 26 30 22 30 32 29 38 40 33 27 27 25 7 3 0 1136
NEW MEXICO   6 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 4 1 5 5 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 4 2 2 3 2 5 8 3 5 4 4 9 5 7 8 4 6 6 3 4 4 1 0 0 159
NEW YORK   348 26 61 66 81 80 61 69 89 70 68 58 66 48 55 54 44 50 42 45 40 34 34 40 53 54 63 62 71 69 69 68 83 77 74 85 89 76 100 104 106 89 58 33 7 0 3120
NORTH CAROLINA   24 0 8 7 9 3 5 7 11 10 5 8 11 4 8 10 8 9 4 6 12 10 9 14 14 10 19 14 15 14 22 24 29 22 22 40 40 40 43 44 30 45 32 10 4 0 739
NORTH DAKOTA   8 0 5 4 5 3 2 5 2 3 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 2 5 4 3 5 4 5 10 4 6 8 3 3 4 6 6 7 6 11 11 14 7 8 7 7 11 5 0 0 236
OHIO   410 29 79 97 89 80 108 100 116 110 103 87 85 90 82 74 69 71 54 52 57 59 55 64 62 73 87 88 73 81 86 74 102 118 104 112 99 120 151 155 138 93 70 43 12 0 4161
OKLAHOMA   51 3 7 12 10 13 18 18 19 12 15 12 9 11 15 10 13 14 8 6 6 9 8 10 14 14 13 18 11 9 11 6 18 13 8 14 11 12 9 14 8 15 10 7 1 0 548
OREGON   56 4 10 13 13 16 16 19 18 10 15 16 9 11 6 14 11 16 8 10 5 9 10 8 13 10 12 10 26 12 11 14 18 32 8 20 16 20 10 21 17 19 14 7 3 0 633
PENNSYLVANIA   258 20 42 47 55 52 62 49 66 45 51 50 40 50 38 43 37 39 33 37 28 26 28 23 41 37 36 32 46 39 44 54 34 49 57 62 57 48 50 66 58 65 42 14 9 1 2163
RHODE ISLAND   10 0 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 6 3 8 5 4 4 4 4 3 8 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 109
SOUTH CAROLINA   13 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 4 1 1 3 4 6 3 5 4 5 1 3 4 3 3 6 4 8 11 6 9 8 11 8 16 19 14 10 13 11 18 12 20 17 9 5 1 0 313
SOUTH DAKOTA   10 0 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 5 3 0 3 6 2 4 3 8 8 2 3 4 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 119
TENNESSEE   35 2 6 8 5 5 7 4 5 9 10 10 6 5 11 13 12 10 8 8 2 7 9 6 11 13 14 13 16 13 12 21 27 15 25 26 19 19 29 29 21 21 15 9 1 0 573
TEXAS   117 6 22 31 34 24 34 35 45 34 40 44 35 42 32 35 38 34 31 30 28 22 31 31 43 45 42 49 43 40 46 50 53 44 53 50 49 60 53 64 61 65 56 23 7 1 1853
UTAH   30 3 4 4 5 7 7 4 12 6 6 7 9 4 7 7 8 7 5 4 6 5 5 2 3 6 14 13 13 24 33 67 84 78 51 26 17 14 24 40 42 30 22 7 2 1 772
VERMONT   2 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 8 4 5 3 0 0 0 69
VIRGINIA   43 0 12 13 8 10 5 12 12 15 20 11 12 14 13 12 7 6 7 10 11 6 6 7 10 11 13 19 10 14 20 18 18 20 18 22 25 29 26 17 24 24 9 8 0 0 626
WASHINGTON   54 2 17 16 13 13 16 24 20 14 21 15 17 21 12 13 21 17 15 17 11 13 15 23 18 23 26 19 17 19 15 20 34 22 26 25 24 20 36 26 30 20 15 7 3 0 865
WEST VIRGINIA   9 0 1 3 2 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 2 4 5 5 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 4 2 4 5 6 3 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 117
WISCONSIN   223 10 48 39 48 52 58 46 52 65 42 36 48 36 37 46 40 34 47 33 30 31 31 24 39 36 50 42 57 47 44 45 49 50 66 61 71 79 58 81 65 66 47 31 6 0 2248
WYOMING   4 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 6 1 5 1 2 0 1 0 68
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   7 0 2 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 46
GUAM   0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PUERTO RICO   2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
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
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
JAPAN   55 7 20 26 42 65 112 138 166 169 197 255 261 347 333 324 444 519 559 616 523 683 804 832 842 975 1038 1050 935 798 769 729 883 1016 1206 1173 1116 1285 1484 1534 1622 1579 1188 570 161 1 29452
GERMANY   462 33 94 115 132 185 189 192 199 229 256 236 212 239 261 276 262 280 294 291 228 276 314 358 353 346 365 425 382 382 358 398 464 541 673 726 872 908 951 1033 918 618 443 217 57 0 17042
FRANCE   195 25 62 59 66 76 69 69 84 76 95 90 81 63 57 89 73 73 65 63 74 69 72 81 75 95 78 73 91 75 83 67 63 104 102 110 131 153 140 186 180 108 64 29 5 0 3841
UNITED KINGDOM   303 28 67 90 86 101 100 86 105 87 121 101 90 78 81 91 80 72 91 59 58 64 65 65 72 75 57 62 59 49 58 64 60 69 67 92 107 105 93 111 89 58 27 20 4 0 3569
CANADA   110 6 24 29 26 28 38 33 38 42 41 36 39 37 30 40 37 39 31 30 25 35 38 44 50 42 57 59 61 57 57 64 62 76 86 101 88 113 113 131 120 109 83 36 7 0 2452
SWEDEN   52 4 14 20 18 25 17 21 34 28 30 40 33 34 24 35 28 26 22 23 25 38 28 31 26 29 36 32 30 26 32 32 36 35 50 50 63 68 79 91 81 34 37 21 7 0 1546
ITALY   53 3 11 6 15 12 12 20 21 32 12 20 18 18 21 18 35 21 15 27 24 33 30 31 38 45 44 37 35 28 24 22 24 35 45 39 41 47 67 50 61 39 37 16 6 0 1288
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 5 6 9 10 12 18 25 31 69 100 96 45 60 105 89 125 154 122 104 34 11 1 1243
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 4 1 6 3 6 4 10 18 21 27 28 32 30 36 43 59 52 58 58 78 80 100 95 98 92 95 54 15 3 1216
SWITZERLAND   54 5 9 9 13 10 12 12 9 11 11 18 13 21 23 19 20 20 11 14 15 12 14 18 16 19 10 11 8 11 6 11 9 7 12 12 14 14 20 16 19 5 7 3 0 0 603
AUSTRALIA   8 1 6 3 3 6 4 4 4 8 8 12 7 10 5 13 5 11 9 7 9 7 16 10 13 15 16 20 11 12 17 15 25 27 21 19 28 19 38 32 27 17 4 1 1 0 557
NETHERLANDS   20 3 5 8 6 7 6 4 5 7 10 8 7 4 9 5 10 4 12 9 9 12 13 8 17 13 15 8 9 10 10 12 12 10 14 16 22 31 29 35 26 11 8 9 0 0 509
AUSTRIA   7 1 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 6 8 5 4 8 7 9 9 8 8 5 9 10 11 13 13 13 12 12 13 11 8 12 10 10 10 22 20 19 24 37 32 18 13 2 2 1 471
SPAIN   5 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 4 1 1 3 6 3 3 3 3 1 2 4 3 9 3 9 5 4 5 2 3 4 5 5 2 6 6 3 10 5 10 12 16 17 12 2 3 0 211
BELGIUM   7 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 6 6 4 4 2 6 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 5 4 1 5 1 5 3 3 10 12 11 6 6 14 8 15 4 6 3 0 0 198
FINLAND   2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 0 6 4 5 2 8 5 4 7 5 5 8 5 4 9 7 11 10 11 8 2 2 0 0 0 170
ISRAEL   0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 3 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 8 5 9 6 4 6 9 5 6 7 4 7 3 0 0 159
DENMARK   4 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 4 3 4 3 4 9 3 1 3 6 4 4 8 7 12 11 4 5 2 3 0 0 0 142
NORWAY   4 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 89
SOUTH AFRICA   7 1 2 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 5 2 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 87
CHINA, PEOPLE'S 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 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 10 8 7 6 4 0 76
U.S.S.R.   6 1 2 0 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 4 4 5 5 2 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
HUNGARY   3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 1 2 5 4 3 3 2 3 2 3 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 66
BRAZIL   2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 6 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 54
IRELAND   2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 2 5 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 54
MEXICO   4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 54
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 3 3 5 3 1 3 5 2 1 0 51
NEW ZEALAND   4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 51
ARGENTINA   3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   2 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 27
INDIA   4 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 25
LUXEMBOURG   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 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
SINGAPORE   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 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20
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 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 0 18
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 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 16
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 13
GREECE   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
VENEZUELA   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 9
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 9
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
CHILE   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
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 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
ICELAND   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 4
MONACO   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PORTUGAL   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 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 4
INDONESIA   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PERU   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 3
URUGUAY   1 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 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
CYPRUS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
HONDURAS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
COLOMBIA   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 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
IRAN   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BARBADOS   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 0 0 1
ETHIOPIA   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 0 1
MYANMAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
UGANDA   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
ZAMBIA   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
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
EL SALVADOR   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALGERIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CAMEROON   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CUBA   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
HAITI   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
JORDAN   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 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   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 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
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
ZIMBABWE   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 0 1
ALBANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DOMINICAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ECUADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MARTINIQUE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0
COTE D'IVOIRE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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   3149 218 650 735 761 789 797 815 868 904 845 841 817 730 709 683 675 689 619 580 514 533 549 610 724 763 826 908 913 952 1057 1132 1416 1339 1502 1557 1652 1920 1914 2116 2008 1823 1439 632 202 6 45884
U.S. GOVERNMENT   45 2 6 9 15 13 12 12 8 11 13 9 16 17 10 5 9 11 12 9 5 8 5 4 6 8 4 4 6 10 8 8 14 13 9 10 5 9 6 8 12 5 7 2 0 0 420
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1773 93 395 422 445 413 422 448 483 441 479 426 381 409 415 384 393 351 275 282 286 284 312 337 416 394 423 464 423 410 454 502 502 508 527 513 462 483 496 518 479 437 359 161 41 2 19324
FOREIGN CORPORATION   900 76 212 263 319 402 452 469 551 562 660 671 639 742 741 777 848 926 965 1053 907 1135 1298 1388 1405 1576 1631 1684 1558 1379 1355 1372 1620 1929 2245 2290 2436 2756 3075 3277 3258 2687 2029 969 278 3 57771
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   24 6 8 6 5 2 2 1 5 1 2 2 2 3 3 9 10 11 7 6 11 6 6 4 3 5 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   374 38 88 91 80 112 109 110 121 121 107 146 131 128 129 142 140 129 134 95 90 98 113 124 138 140 167 150 135 128 143 148 160 172 170 162 181 182 181 203 209 139 98 56 15 2 6028

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