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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 312. BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   79 86 81 91 93 107 117 116 149 171 154 155 169 176 143 118 90 134 139 116 109 101 129 98 118 118 186 159 167 149 141 116 125 123 126 151 213 208 187 192 164 158 79 112 88 60 6065
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   62 71 62 73 73 87 88 82 110 137 113 109 110 118 92 72 56 82 82 68 63 55 77 64 71 63 95 76 97 81 84 75 78 68 72 88 113 120 120 103 93 82 36 60 52 34 3770
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   18 15 19 18 20 20 28 34 39 35 41 45 59 57 51 46 34 52 57 49 46 46 52 34 47 54 91 83 70 67 57 41 47 55 54 63 100 88 67 89 72 76 43 53 36 27 2294
ALABAMA   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 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 9
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1
ARIZONA   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 15
ARKANSAS   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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 7
CALIFORNIA   8 11 8 9 7 10 11 7 10 13 11 10 16 13 11 10 8 12 7 8 5 7 7 9 4 11 11 7 12 6 7 9 8 7 10 8 8 14 12 11 10 6 4 6 4 3 395
COLORADO   0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 5 1 0 1 1 0 37
CONNECTICUT   2 4 2 1 3 3 5 1 3 7 2 5 4 5 3 1 1 4 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 3 6 3 4 5 3 3 2 1 2 4 7 5 3 3 3 5 0 2 2 0 130
DELAWARE   0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 27
FLORIDA   2 4 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 2 6 5 4 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 4 2 5 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 4 2 2 1 3 6 5 7 5 3 4 7 1 5 5 3 122
GEORGIA   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 38
HAWAII   0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
IDAHO   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25
ILLINOIS   13 15 9 8 8 12 15 11 20 14 16 11 13 15 17 8 7 10 12 11 6 3 5 5 9 7 7 5 7 6 6 5 7 6 7 6 7 10 14 13 10 8 4 9 6 2 420
INDIANA   1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 45
IOWA   1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 46
KANSAS   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 28
KENTUCKY   5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 30
LOUISIANA   0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 24
MAINE   0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MARYLAND   1 2 1 0 1 1 4 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 55
MASSACHUSETTS   1 2 3 0 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 5 3 2 1 1 2 82
MICHIGAN   1 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 7 3 4 7 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 5 0 2 2 7 4 6 3 6 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 111
MINNESOTA   2 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 7 6 5 4 2 4 1 1 1 5 3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2 2 4 5 4 6 4 5 5 3 4 5 11 7 9 9 7 2 4 3 5 175
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4
MISSOURI   2 2 1 5 4 5 1 1 7 6 5 2 7 2 0 3 2 4 4 2 5 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 4 2 110
MONTANA   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 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NEBRASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NEW JERSEY   4 5 7 7 8 5 12 8 12 18 17 22 17 19 16 9 8 15 15 10 7 9 14 17 12 7 12 11 16 13 13 6 9 11 8 11 14 12 10 11 5 5 2 8 3 5 478
NEW MEXICO   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
NEW YORK   8 7 8 14 8 11 5 14 13 25 20 18 16 19 16 11 4 8 11 11 8 11 14 10 12 6 12 10 4 7 5 8 6 4 5 6 6 9 2 5 2 4 1 2 7 1 410
NORTH CAROLINA   0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 34
NORTH DAKOTA   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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
OHIO   3 4 2 6 4 6 4 7 8 12 8 7 7 9 3 6 4 9 4 5 5 5 5 5 9 4 9 8 9 8 10 9 13 6 9 11 15 14 18 9 4 14 5 6 4 5 326
OKLAHOMA   0 0 2 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23
OREGON   1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 24
PENNSYLVANIA   2 4 1 2 5 5 3 2 3 6 1 2 1 4 5 4 3 1 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 3 4 5 2 4 3 4 5 4 6 4 8 3 2 2 2 2 126
RHODE ISLAND   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
SOUTH DAKOTA   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 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
TENNESSEE   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 23
TEXAS   1 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 6 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 74
UTAH   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 24
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 3
VIRGINIA   2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 33
WASHINGTON   0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 42
WEST VIRGINIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
WISCONSIN   3 3 2 4 2 5 4 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 3 2 5 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 6 4 5 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 2 134
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 5
PUERTO RICO   1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAPAN   3 1 3 4 6 3 8 8 9 10 15 13 12 13 13 15 6 14 16 6 12 9 9 8 10 14 26 26 20 15 15 9 15 16 19 13 26 20 15 25 18 22 12 20 11 6 580
GERMANY   1 3 4 3 2 3 6 7 6 6 5 6 9 7 4 7 5 9 6 12 6 10 7 7 9 9 15 9 9 14 7 2 5 5 4 6 9 7 10 12 7 12 4 4 3 2 297
SWITZERLAND   1 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 10 11 8 6 4 8 8 6 5 8 6 5 7 9 8 7 3 5 10 5 7 6 8 10 14 12 5 6 8 2 3 2 3 1 234
UNITED KINGDOM   5 4 5 3 5 3 2 3 7 5 2 5 9 10 6 6 4 5 7 4 1 2 3 3 4 5 10 8 5 4 4 3 4 4 8 9 10 6 6 8 9 7 5 4 1 3 226
FRANCE   1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 4 3 1 5 2 4 4 4 6 6 2 8 1 8 5 8 7 6 6 4 4 3 7 4 5 10 7 3 9 5 4 2 4 2 2 172
CANADA   2 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 5 1 7 4 0 2 2 2 3 4 4 5 4 1 6 6 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 2 4 6 3 2 2 3 1 139
NETHERLANDS   2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 6 2 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 1 5 1 2 1 7 6 5 5 5 4 5 2 2 5 5 10 5 2 2 4 4 3 1 3 129
ITALY   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 63
DENMARK   0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 4 3 2 5 3 1 4 3 3 1 59
SWEDEN   1 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 58
AUSTRALIA   0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 44
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 35
BELGIUM   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 31
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 25
ISRAEL   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 20
AUSTRIA   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 15
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
NEW ZEALAND   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 13
INDIA   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 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 12
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
IRELAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 9
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
TAIWAN   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 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 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 4
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 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 3
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
CHILE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   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 0 0 2
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CUBA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 1 0 0 2
ALGERIA   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
BARBADOS   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
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
PORTUGAL   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
URUGUAY   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 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   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
COLOMBIA   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
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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONDURAS   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
LIECHTENSTEIN   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
MALAWI   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
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PERU   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TURKEY   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   46 52 48 61 55 70 73 63 94 115 87 90 102 97 77 60 46 71 72 62 58 47 69 57 64 55 77 61 83 64 68 57 60 53 54 69 80 102 93 83 83 63 30 48 42 34 3095
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3 3 5 2 4 5 4 2 5 5 6 7 5 5 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 88
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   17 15 11 12 16 15 14 22 17 18 18 14 9 19 13 11 9 10 13 6 8 6 8 8 8 12 18 13 11 14 17 15 20 16 20 20 27 19 26 21 15 21 8 10 13 3 646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   11 9 15 9 14 15 17 20 27 25 35 33 42 49 41 37 28 45 44 39 39 40 44 30 37 44 78 72 58 60 48 38 39 50 45 56 95 80 60 76 60 68 38 51 30 21 1915
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   4 6 3 8 4 4 9 9 7 9 9 11 11 6 8 6 6 6 10 8 4 7 7 3 8 7 12 13 12 8 6 6 5 4 8 5 9 4 8 12 7 6 4 3 4 3 309

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 312. BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   374 90 102 105 100 103 118 171 135 123 137 159 139 128 125 129 117 133 118 104 115 97 114 124 153 139 160 157 153 131 133 143 172 171 204 170 222 225 219 170 115 40 19 4 1 0 6065
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   295 73 80 74 72 76 92 132 103 88 84 100 98 77 75 74 71 81 65 57 68 60 80 71 74 61 81 96 89 77 84 87 97 90 106 94 142 127 114 85 72 28 12 2 1 0 3770
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   79 16 22 31 28 26 26 38 32 36 53 59 41 50 50 55 46 52 53 47 47 37 34 53 78 78 79 61 64 54 49 56 75 81 99 76 80 98 105 85 43 12 6 3 1 0 2294
ALABAMA   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 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ARIZONA   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 15
ARKANSAS   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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
CALIFORNIA   37 8 10 5 10 7 7 14 10 8 9 11 13 11 9 12 8 10 5 8 5 4 10 11 8 7 9 9 7 11 5 12 11 8 5 13 11 14 12 8 4 2 3 0 0 0 395
COLORADO   1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 37
CONNECTICUT   10 1 4 2 3 2 2 7 2 6 1 6 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 4 2 4 5 2 3 3 1 6 5 6 3 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 130
DELAWARE   1 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
FLORIDA   11 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 6 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 5 3 1 2 2 6 4 6 6 8 7 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 122
GEORGIA   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 38
HAWAII   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
IDAHO   1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 25
ILLINOIS   47 9 15 10 13 13 10 15 15 7 9 12 15 11 11 10 10 10 9 4 5 5 7 7 7 4 6 8 6 3 10 7 9 5 6 7 14 17 10 8 9 4 1 0 0 0 420
INDIANA   3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 45
IOWA   4 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 46
KANSAS   2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 28
KENTUCKY   6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
LOUISIANA   2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 24
MAINE   1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MARYLAND   4 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 55
MASSACHUSETTS   6 2 5 3 2 4 1 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 5 2 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 82
MICHIGAN   7 3 4 3 1 1 6 3 4 3 5 5 6 0 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 4 2 1 5 3 5 4 3 5 2 3 1 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 111
MINNESOTA   12 4 6 3 3 4 6 7 5 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 2 2 5 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 8 9 13 5 10 4 7 1 3 0 0 0 175
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MISSOURI   10 2 5 3 2 6 4 6 3 2 4 5 1 2 2 4 3 2 5 2 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 2 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 110
MONTANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NEBRASKA   0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
NEVADA   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
NEW HAMPSHIRE   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NEW JERSEY   25 9 4 6 8 10 12 16 19 17 13 15 14 8 14 12 14 15 7 10 11 13 17 10 10 5 17 15 13 8 9 10 14 12 16 9 7 12 8 7 9 1 1 0 0 0 478
NEW MEXICO   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
NEW YORK   40 6 8 11 13 8 15 23 13 18 18 15 13 11 6 5 13 16 7 7 14 10 11 11 8 8 4 8 8 6 9 7 5 4 9 3 7 2 5 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 410
NORTH CAROLINA   2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 34
NORTH DAKOTA   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
OHIO   16 5 6 5 2 4 8 11 9 6 5 6 7 6 5 11 1 3 7 6 3 5 11 3 9 7 7 8 8 10 11 11 13 14 16 10 16 14 14 6 8 4 0 0 0 0 326
OKLAHOMA   7 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
OREGON   2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 24
PENNSYLVANIA   10 5 3 3 1 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 7 2 4 5 5 3 3 4 7 5 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 126
RHODE ISLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SOUTH DAKOTA   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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TENNESSEE   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
TEXAS   3 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 2 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 74
UTAH   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 24
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
VIRGINIA   4 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 33
WASHINGTON   3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 42
WEST VIRGINIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
WISCONSIN   11 4 3 5 5 1 2 4 1 3 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 5 4 4 3 5 3 6 4 5 4 6 1 2 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 134
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 5
PUERTO RICO   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAPAN   13 3 5 8 5 6 7 13 11 7 13 11 10 15 14 13 11 12 9 11 8 7 7 13 19 26 24 19 14 14 13 16 22 19 24 20 16 31 28 26 12 5 1 1 0 0 580
GERMANY   10 3 5 7 6 4 6 3 4 4 10 6 6 7 6 7 10 6 10 9 6 8 6 10 15 7 10 9 13 5 2 8 6 5 13 6 8 15 10 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 297
SWITZERLAND   5 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 2 4 5 14 6 6 6 8 6 8 9 6 5 4 6 9 7 7 6 4 6 8 8 7 9 11 14 8 6 6 7 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 234
UNITED KINGDOM   18 2 4 3 2 8 2 3 1 6 5 11 6 7 8 3 4 5 4 2 4 3 4 3 10 4 9 4 3 5 3 3 9 10 9 6 9 8 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 226
FRANCE   2 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 2 5 1 4 3 6 3 6 7 3 4 5 3 7 7 7 6 4 6 6 5 3 7 6 8 7 10 6 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 172
CANADA   9 1 1 4 3 1 2 7 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 6 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 2 2 3 6 3 2 2 4 6 3 7 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 139
NETHERLANDS   3 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 5 1 2 3 5 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 5 6 4 5 2 4 6 6 7 7 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 129
ITALY   3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 1 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 63
DENMARK   2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 59
SWEDEN   3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 58
AUSTRALIA   2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 44
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 6 3 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 35
BELGIUM   1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 31
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 5 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 25
ISRAEL   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20
AUSTRIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
U.S.S.R.   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
NEW ZEALAND   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
NORWAY   0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
INDIA   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 12
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
IRELAND   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TAIWAN   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 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 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 4
POLAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MALAYSIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHILE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CUBA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALGERIA   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
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
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PORTUGAL   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
URUGUAY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   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
COLOMBIA   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
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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HONDURAS   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
LIECHTENSTEIN   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
MALAWI   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
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PERU   0 0 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 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   227 57 62 63 59 64 78 106 81 73 78 85 79 63 65 66 62 71 62 47 57 57 69 62 60 49 72 77 73 57 63 69 73 70 86 76 121 97 90 74 58 24 8 1 1 0 3095
U.S. GOVERNMENT   14 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 6 8 2 6 4 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 88
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   60 15 17 13 12 14 14 21 15 9 9 13 17 15 8 9 11 9 6 9 6 8 11 12 14 10 11 15 14 19 17 21 24 23 19 16 23 30 26 18 12 4 4 2 0 0 646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   51 13 16 17 16 18 17 31 28 26 38 49 33 39 43 47 33 47 41 42 43 28 30 42 66 67 66 55 56 50 45 46 66 71 92 72 66 90 93 72 39 11 4 1 1 0 1915
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   22 3 4 9 10 4 7 11 6 8 10 6 7 8 7 7 10 5 8 5 7 3 5 6 12 12 12 7 8 4 7 5 9 8 6 6 12 9 10 5 6 1 3 0 0 0 309

Patenting Trends in the United States
Fractional Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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