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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 311. FOOD

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   259 267 298 296 293 318 384 377 482 470 388 419 524 485 366 306 279 350 402 329 346 310 417 337 343 415 622 571 526 524 497 465 476 529 422 496 708 718 696 566 530 444 253 297 242 185 19233
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   222 236 253 256 253 282 314 311 382 386 318 308 374 329 252 199 196 224 253 210 230 206 271 208 214 258 368 368 349 327 313 304 312 343 271 297 423 451 419 330 314 239 150 174 140 105 12946
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   37 31 45 40 40 36 69 66 100 84 69 111 150 155 114 107 84 126 149 119 116 104 146 129 129 157 254 203 177 197 184 161 164 186 152 200 284 267 277 236 217 205 103 123 101 81 6287
ALABAMA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 38
ALASKA   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 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
ARIZONA   1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 5 2 3 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 55
ARKANSAS   0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 30
CALIFORNIA   25 26 37 34 39 33 36 33 44 44 42 39 44 31 28 25 32 35 22 17 19 22 24 18 21 23 43 34 32 28 17 20 25 31 28 25 36 51 33 30 23 16 13 21 12 9 1307
COLORADO   0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 3 3 4 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 3 7 7 5 2 7 4 2 1 4 0 118
CONNECTICUT   2 9 4 5 5 9 9 7 10 9 5 4 8 9 6 4 6 9 14 14 16 10 6 10 7 5 13 12 6 16 5 5 7 6 7 7 12 10 8 4 3 5 3 4 2 0 327
DELAWARE   1 2 4 4 2 4 3 2 4 3 4 8 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 7 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 5 6 6 2 2 5 4 6 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 127
FLORIDA   8 8 5 7 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 2 7 4 8 5 3 5 9 2 5 2 9 4 5 5 8 12 12 18 16 7 4 12 1 7 7 4 277
GEORGIA   0 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 3 3 4 5 4 6 3 4 6 10 4 2 6 4 1 1 1 1 124
HAWAII   1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22
IDAHO   2 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 6 3 4 5 8 4 1 3 2 5 1 1 0 1 5 3 5 9 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 5 3 4 6 4 5 3 1 4 3 2 4 140
ILLINOIS   46 56 49 57 41 57 55 58 71 51 53 50 71 70 44 27 30 31 39 35 22 22 23 22 26 37 34 47 52 71 47 54 53 53 28 33 51 60 61 57 45 29 24 26 15 12 1990
INDIANA   5 3 4 5 5 3 6 8 5 3 2 5 5 5 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 6 4 2 4 3 3 3 6 6 4 5 3 8 3 4 6 3 7 4 8 8 0 1 1 2 181
IOWA   6 5 3 1 3 5 3 4 7 3 3 4 6 3 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 8 6 3 2 4 0 3 1 7 11 5 5 5 9 9 5 6 4 4 170
KANSAS   2 2 1 4 3 2 3 0 2 3 5 4 6 6 3 6 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 5 1 5 4 2 7 7 6 8 8 6 12 4 3 3 1 1 2 152
KENTUCKY   3 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 61
LOUISIANA   2 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 2 0 5 3 1 2 0 3 4 1 4 5 3 4 2 2 1 3 0 73
MAINE   0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21
MARYLAND   3 5 4 1 4 3 4 6 4 8 5 2 4 5 3 1 3 3 11 5 4 6 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 5 7 4 5 5 5 8 8 12 4 4 3 0 0 0 1 171
MASSACHUSETTS   5 9 3 5 6 7 9 8 13 10 9 9 7 9 3 7 5 2 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 5 10 7 7 5 3 5 4 9 7 5 6 5 9 3 3 6 7 3 242
MICHIGAN   1 9 9 10 8 13 17 17 11 17 9 12 13 9 13 6 5 3 5 4 4 5 9 0 3 4 7 9 6 4 12 3 9 7 7 9 10 13 10 6 10 1 1 5 2 1 336
MINNESOTA   9 10 15 13 13 18 34 32 22 28 20 26 21 14 10 11 16 13 11 4 13 10 18 8 8 11 23 17 26 19 23 15 25 24 19 22 42 36 34 28 39 26 18 19 13 16 881
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
MISSOURI   5 6 7 7 7 8 6 11 21 20 14 14 19 12 11 12 7 8 10 8 10 3 8 4 5 11 3 8 8 9 6 1 8 2 3 5 8 9 16 12 10 8 7 7 6 4 383
MONTANA   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
NEBRASKA   0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 7 2 2 3 0 4 5 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 71
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 23
NEW JERSEY   20 18 20 23 15 19 35 23 36 35 38 27 36 29 37 19 16 23 26 22 26 32 39 42 36 48 71 73 66 44 39 30 33 52 28 30 32 39 27 28 25 14 19 12 14 10 1421
NEW MEXICO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 16
NEW YORK   26 20 21 27 32 28 25 32 35 50 34 33 46 44 22 27 23 17 34 26 34 30 48 23 29 29 35 33 22 18 20 26 23 9 23 18 17 24 21 8 5 6 3 4 9 4 1119
NORTH CAROLINA   0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 6 4 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 3 2 4 5 2 0 5 5 5 2 7 0 2 4 6 4 3 6 3 3 1 2 113
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 22
OHIO   12 21 19 20 16 19 15 22 25 21 20 21 23 22 12 15 12 20 7 15 16 17 14 13 18 15 27 21 22 23 21 19 23 19 18 17 39 37 35 27 29 36 9 11 9 6 887
OKLAHOMA   0 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 48
OREGON   3 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 3 2 4 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 4 2 3 2 2 0 4 4 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 81
PENNSYLVANIA   8 7 9 6 8 10 7 11 14 10 7 10 7 5 10 5 5 5 7 10 9 4 12 4 9 7 11 12 6 9 18 20 13 20 10 9 19 12 13 14 10 8 4 4 2 5 413
RHODE ISLAND   0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 7 2 7 5 3 6 6 9 7 5 2 0 2 2 0 95
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 1 3 2 5 1 0 29
TENNESSEE   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 3 5 3 6 4 5 2 1 1 4 1 75
TEXAS   7 0 5 10 4 2 8 5 7 9 7 7 7 5 7 5 8 7 9 2 4 3 19 12 11 13 15 12 6 10 6 12 7 14 3 13 12 18 16 15 16 5 7 8 2 6 374
UTAH   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 1 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 3 2 3 5 3 4 2 0 4 2 2 71
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 1 1 0 1 2 1 9
VIRGINIA   1 2 4 1 10 2 2 3 4 6 3 2 7 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 9 5 3 5 9 10 6 5 3 13 11 8 5 5 1 1 1 0 1 159
WASHINGTON   3 2 1 2 5 2 2 4 6 4 6 2 3 7 2 2 1 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 9 10 7 5 3 6 10 8 4 3 2 1 2 0 3 1 164
WEST VIRGINIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
WISCONSIN   16 8 8 4 8 13 14 9 12 14 10 6 5 3 6 5 3 5 8 5 8 6 6 7 3 8 16 15 11 15 13 11 13 16 16 16 19 16 15 10 9 11 11 5 6 3 435
WYOMING   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
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
PUERTO RICO   1 1 1 0 1 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
JAPAN   5 3 5 7 9 5 17 10 30 19 24 36 43 26 25 27 25 41 50 27 31 27 45 43 49 57 107 72 61 60 64 56 41 52 41 47 77 80 59 55 46 59 27 39 24 20 1764
GERMANY   6 5 9 8 7 4 14 11 11 17 4 12 18 25 12 15 17 19 22 17 13 15 20 22 18 20 22 23 24 24 21 18 16 26 10 24 30 19 43 27 13 23 14 11 6 6 752
UNITED KINGDOM   6 3 7 7 5 4 5 14 13 8 9 14 32 23 16 15 9 11 13 13 15 14 20 11 8 15 24 20 14 19 10 15 22 14 18 17 22 16 18 20 25 14 8 7 9 6 617
NETHERLANDS   4 5 5 6 1 8 4 5 14 7 5 8 11 9 10 8 3 5 8 11 6 11 5 5 5 6 12 11 13 15 11 15 22 13 13 22 27 29 20 27 16 17 8 10 12 10 489
FRANCE   4 2 3 2 2 2 7 4 3 5 3 6 9 13 8 6 5 14 13 13 10 3 13 12 14 11 18 20 12 15 16 11 10 10 16 19 23 15 14 17 22 14 11 6 5 7 462
SWITZERLAND   3 3 3 0 3 2 2 6 2 4 3 6 13 17 12 9 7 11 11 9 10 9 7 8 8 10 16 6 5 9 16 6 11 11 12 9 25 22 24 10 15 9 5 3 3 2 387
CANADA   3 3 7 4 6 4 7 7 8 9 7 8 3 9 9 10 6 7 8 9 9 6 9 8 7 14 10 17 9 11 11 6 13 6 8 9 14 13 13 9 19 13 6 7 4 4 381
SWEDEN   1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 3 4 1 3 3 10 3 2 4 8 3 7 3 3 9 4 5 6 9 7 3 3 5 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 4 6 3 0 1 1 0 182
ITALY   2 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 8 3 2 2 2 5 5 2 4 4 4 9 2 6 9 4 4 6 5 6 6 2 7 8 7 14 5 8 5 3 1 5 6 181
DENMARK   0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 2 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 4 3 3 6 2 0 2 2 5 4 2 4 4 1 3 7 10 4 9 13 5 12 9 4 7 9 9 3 161
AUSTRALIA   0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 0 2 3 2 3 3 5 2 4 4 9 3 9 5 4 6 6 5 2 5 4 7 6 8 3 4 0 2 3 1 131
BELGIUM   0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 5 1 3 1 7 4 2 0 6 4 3 6 7 5 5 4 4 1 4 4 3 96
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 7 5 3 2 0 6 1 3 8 4 5 5 6 7 2 2 0 1 79
ISRAEL   0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 3 10 4 5 0 4 1 2 2 1 61
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 7 3 5 2 0 4 1 2 61
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 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 6 3 4 6 5 4 2 3 6 3 4 58
AUSTRIA   1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 44
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 0 0 40
MEXICO   2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 38
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 33
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 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 24
HUNGARY   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 22
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 18
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 18
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 17
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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 13
SINGAPORE   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 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 11
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BRAZIL   0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9
MALAYSIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 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
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 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 4
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
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 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
TURKEY   0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 3
FIJI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
INDONESIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 2
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 2
VENEZUELA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LIECHTENSTEIN   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COTE D'IVOIRE   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 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LEBANON   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
ROMANIA   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
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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 1 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
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
CUBA   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
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
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
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   175 192 197 196 193 224 262 238 342 307 245 258 306 276 214 173 148 186 209 184 220 183 250 180 182 217 316 306 297 280 271 264 277 288 221 247 329 364 334 278 262 202 125 155 132 105 10812
U.S. GOVERNMENT   7 9 14 12 9 8 12 9 10 19 17 16 22 15 7 9 7 4 5 3 1 3 4 3 1 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 2 0 2 3 3 4 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 273
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   48 37 50 59 54 61 49 73 50 70 62 51 73 56 42 29 47 44 55 35 26 29 35 34 35 46 57 68 55 49 52 54 47 60 55 58 92 107 89 61 45 44 26 24 21 11 2314
FOREIGN CORPORATION   18 21 28 16 29 20 43 42 64 49 49 67 105 113 82 78 66 101 113 92 85 82 103 106 104 122 213 170 141 157 148 127 120 151 120 161 257 213 225 196 186 172 90 101 80 62 4890
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 30
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   13 8 10 14 8 7 17 15 16 25 16 27 19 24 22 17 12 16 21 15 14 13 25 13 21 27 31 23 28 30 21 16 29 30 24 27 26 29 45 29 32 25 11 15 9 7 913

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 311. FOOD

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   1215 242 341 356 323 336 379 439 382 318 370 448 395 349 341 361 335 344 357 340 360 335 385 399 486 532 551 500 538 549 494 537 582 601 664 608 736 746 658 483 326 132 52 6 1 0 19233
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1044 212 291 293 274 263 309 359 294 236 261 311 274 230 219 232 219 226 223 221 245 214 244 249 285 321 353 326 340 365 321 338 374 349 405 378 451 426 346 285 205 89 39 5 1 0 12946
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   171 30 49 63 49 73 70 80 88 82 109 137 120 119 122 130 116 118 133 119 116 121 141 150 200 210 198 173 198 184 173 199 209 252 259 230 285 320 311 198 121 43 13 2 1 0 6287
ALABAMA   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 38
ALASKA   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 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
ARIZONA   2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 6 3 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 55
ARKANSAS   2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 30
CALIFORNIA   136 21 40 32 30 29 37 38 46 28 26 35 22 28 35 35 31 17 19 22 17 17 21 28 34 29 34 24 29 24 20 34 30 32 35 40 43 28 30 27 13 10 8 1 0 0 1307
COLORADO   3 0 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 6 3 3 4 2 4 5 9 6 5 5 7 4 2 6 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 118
CONNECTICUT   21 3 10 10 7 6 3 11 4 4 7 5 7 5 9 8 12 12 15 10 9 5 14 6 8 14 9 6 14 4 6 8 7 10 11 8 10 9 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 327
DELAWARE   10 2 5 2 2 4 1 4 9 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 6 6 2 5 2 1 1 4 3 3 4 6 3 6 3 7 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 127
FLORIDA   31 2 4 4 2 3 2 7 5 7 4 6 6 6 6 3 3 5 4 10 5 4 3 5 9 3 4 3 6 9 5 5 8 9 14 14 14 8 14 9 12 3 2 0 0 0 277
GEORGIA   4 1 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 5 2 5 2 2 4 3 2 2 7 5 4 5 6 5 5 10 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 124
HAWAII   3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
IDAHO   4 4 3 2 2 1 5 5 4 2 3 4 7 5 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 9 1 8 4 3 4 2 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 2 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 140
ILLINOIS   220 36 58 47 56 55 49 51 44 32 40 74 53 37 35 34 30 32 26 22 28 22 25 24 31 47 47 66 54 71 51 51 50 41 51 38 58 80 47 35 26 14 3 0 0 0 1990
INDIANA   16 4 3 6 7 4 6 2 6 2 3 4 5 4 2 4 2 4 3 3 6 2 4 1 2 4 5 8 2 6 8 4 6 7 3 4 7 6 8 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 181
IOWA   15 3 4 3 3 6 3 1 5 4 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 3 6 6 5 2 2 1 3 5 4 6 11 8 10 6 8 8 4 0 1 0 0 170
KANSAS   9 2 4 0 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 3 7 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 6 5 5 6 7 9 9 7 10 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 152
KENTUCKY   8 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
LOUISIANA   6 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 3 9 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 73
MAINE   2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
MARYLAND   13 2 4 5 3 4 3 7 6 2 4 1 5 2 5 6 5 8 2 5 5 0 1 3 3 0 1 4 4 9 5 2 8 8 9 7 6 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 171
MASSACHUSETTS   23 5 6 7 10 10 7 11 6 6 6 9 5 6 6 6 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 8 8 4 7 6 5 6 9 5 6 7 5 9 5 6 6 1 0 0 0 242
MICHIGAN   32 7 16 15 9 8 13 13 11 12 13 8 14 2 6 3 2 8 3 4 7 4 5 2 4 7 9 4 7 10 8 5 7 11 10 12 11 9 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 336
MINNESOTA   50 22 17 34 26 14 15 30 17 16 24 12 11 15 10 12 10 6 12 15 11 11 9 8 20 16 22 17 23 24 17 24 28 29 35 38 47 45 29 32 24 9 5 0 0 0 881
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MISSOURI   28 6 9 6 10 17 15 16 14 10 10 15 9 13 8 12 9 5 10 7 6 4 9 4 6 5 6 8 10 4 4 5 3 8 9 8 15 10 16 10 5 6 2 1 0 0 383
MONTANA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
NEBRASKA   5 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 7 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 5 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 71
NEVADA   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
NEW JERSEY   86 20 16 30 22 18 29 34 35 25 25 29 27 27 21 17 30 25 24 27 37 40 52 52 53 45 84 48 52 35 35 43 47 34 32 29 30 33 19 34 18 5 3 0 0 0 1421
NEW MEXICO   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
NEW YORK   100 23 27 31 29 23 40 46 22 31 37 39 28 26 21 21 28 33 33 29 38 33 29 30 26 26 29 25 15 25 27 17 23 16 19 15 24 14 9 8 6 5 1 0 0 0 1119
NORTH CAROLINA   4 1 1 2 1 0 5 3 4 3 1 2 3 1 4 2 2 0 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 5 2 2 2 3 6 4 6 3 2 4 4 7 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 113
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
OHIO   77 15 17 17 10 21 23 20 19 14 13 24 17 13 15 20 8 8 20 18 16 16 15 14 17 28 17 22 21 28 19 25 20 26 40 25 35 40 50 18 14 3 0 0 0 0 887
OKLAHOMA   7 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 48
OREGON   8 1 2 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 2 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 1 5 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 81
PENNSYLVANIA   32 6 8 12 6 6 13 9 8 5 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 7 11 7 5 11 5 7 9 10 10 9 14 15 19 17 18 12 16 14 13 15 11 8 5 1 3 0 0 0 413
RHODE ISLAND   2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
SOUTH CAROLINA   2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 2 2 4 5 10 9 6 10 7 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 95
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 29
TENNESSEE   1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 75
TEXAS   21 2 9 6 3 5 8 3 9 7 4 7 6 7 5 11 4 6 1 9 14 12 12 12 9 12 7 9 9 11 14 7 12 8 14 15 20 10 18 11 9 5 2 0 0 0 374
UTAH   0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 4 3 1 7 4 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 71
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9
VIRGINIA   8 5 2 6 3 3 1 8 4 3 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 1 7 0 4 2 5 4 8 9 7 6 3 13 8 10 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 159
WASHINGTON   10 3 5 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 2 2 5 1 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 2 2 4 6 7 6 6 11 12 5 6 5 4 6 6 8 6 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 164
WEST VIRGINIA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
WISCONSIN   36 13 13 5 12 9 9 12 8 6 2 4 4 8 3 6 6 8 4 8 7 3 6 5 13 12 16 10 17 16 8 11 18 19 19 19 14 16 16 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 435
WYOMING   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 0 1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   7 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 17
PUERTO RICO   2 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
JAPAN   23 7 9 13 11 17 20 19 31 24 28 22 24 32 37 36 37 37 38 30 35 35 56 48 81 94 70 46 67 61 52 46 61 56 77 61 70 67 87 51 35 13 2 0 0 0 1764
GERMANY   31 4 6 16 8 6 12 8 9 11 17 18 14 18 23 21 18 10 19 16 17 19 18 18 25 17 23 23 25 19 16 30 20 24 31 18 38 35 23 22 9 4 1 0 0 0 752
UNITED KINGDOM   26 3 5 5 3 16 10 9 10 15 20 22 15 19 18 6 14 12 17 16 13 8 14 15 18 17 17 19 16 14 16 17 23 27 16 17 18 27 28 14 7 3 0 1 0 0 617
NETHERLANDS   19 2 6 5 7 9 7 7 5 8 7 7 12 9 6 6 7 6 8 11 5 8 4 7 6 12 14 15 9 17 23 12 23 27 26 26 21 26 31 17 11 3 1 0 0 0 489
FRANCE   11 1 3 5 1 5 5 3 5 3 8 11 12 10 6 15 7 13 9 10 10 12 11 12 17 12 17 10 17 16 9 13 18 23 15 19 18 28 22 16 5 2 1 0 0 0 462
SWITZERLAND   10 2 2 4 4 1 2 4 7 5 6 20 11 10 6 14 10 11 11 7 7 10 7 12 9 10 9 3 14 14 8 12 14 14 19 19 21 19 12 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 387
CANADA   17 4 6 9 5 5 5 11 7 5 4 8 9 6 12 5 7 8 10 10 5 5 9 8 15 11 14 13 10 4 10 12 4 11 14 12 18 21 10 13 9 5 1 0 0 0 381
SWEDEN   3 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 1 5 6 4 3 4 7 3 5 4 2 9 7 6 4 8 7 3 4 3 8 6 9 5 7 8 7 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 182
ITALY   7 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 3 3 2 4 5 2 3 3 8 4 4 7 6 5 5 4 9 4 7 3 8 7 6 11 14 7 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 181
DENMARK   2 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 5 2 4 4 3 0 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 2 5 11 8 8 7 9 11 13 14 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 161
AUSTRALIA   3 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 4 1 0 5 1 2 4 4 3 2 2 8 5 4 8 6 5 4 9 4 7 6 5 3 7 8 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 131
BELGIUM   2 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 1 0 4 4 5 4 1 5 4 5 8 6 6 5 9 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 96
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 4 5 7 1 1 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 79
ISRAEL   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 2 5 4 5 6 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 61
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 5 4 6 3 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 61
KOREA, SOUTH   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 3 4 1 2 3 5 3 3 5 4 6 8 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 58
AUSTRIA   1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 44
NORWAY   0 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
MEXICO   4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 38
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
TAIWAN   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 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 24
HUNGARY   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
INDIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 22
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18
U.S.S.R.   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
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 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
SINGAPORE   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 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
HONDURAS   0 0 1 2 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
POLAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
COLOMBIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
TURKEY   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
FIJI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
INDONESIA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 2
VENEZUELA   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LIECHTENSTEIN   1 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 2
COTE D'IVOIRE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LEBANON   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
ROMANIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 1 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
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 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
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
CUBA   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
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
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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   820 176 226 242 217 220 266 287 229 194 215 253 236 190 178 184 188 191 211 203 220 192 205 215 238 273 297 285 281 318 283 287 327 289 331 306 360 343 286 250 175 87 33 3 1 0 10812
U.S. GOVERNMENT   44 5 10 10 7 10 9 17 17 13 10 19 9 8 10 6 6 2 1 5 3 3 2 1 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 6 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 273
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   209 37 62 52 57 43 52 60 60 41 56 54 45 44 41 51 37 42 27 30 32 30 41 47 48 52 57 49 61 57 55 56 54 79 80 81 95 82 64 45 39 7 8 2 0 0 2314
FOREIGN CORPORATION   94 21 32 35 32 50 41 55 57 52 72 104 81 89 98 99 88 98 97 86 88 92 112 113 173 173 164 137 158 155 125 160 173 200 217 201 235 268 260 163 99 32 9 1 1 0 4890
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   49 4 12 17 11 14 12 20 20 19 18 18 25 18 14 21 16 11 19 15 18 15 25 21 23 30 27 21 31 15 28 31 26 31 30 18 42 50 44 23 12 5 2 0 0 0 913

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