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


Asia 10 Countries
Fractional Counts

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


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

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


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

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


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

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

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

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

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

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


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


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

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

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

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

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


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 332. FABRICATED METAL 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   23 39 52 64 79 94 115 139 222 230 250 321 339 353 314 351 249 335 397 396 411 578 669 745 869 832 1026 1037 1081 1064 975 1012 992 1011 1006 1374 1570 1628 1686 1834 1723 1687 1480 1570 1351 1277 34851
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   23 39 52 64 79 94 115 139 222 230 250 321 339 353 314 351 249 335 397 396 411 578 669 745 869 832 1026 1037 1081 1064 975 1012 992 1011 1006 1374 1570 1628 1686 1834 1723 1687 1480 1570 1351 1277 34851
JAPAN   20 37 49 61 75 85 110 136 217 228 245 311 332 344 303 335 239 318 377 375 392 549 623 682 768 710 878 862 854 841 742 748 726 709 691 889 1016 1059 1060 1089 1051 931 847 839 721 652 25129
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 4 8 15 10 17 11 23 36 52 82 109 122 144 193 174 190 220 211 236 238 351 406 431 493 558 493 559 452 518 420 393 7183
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 0 4 2 5 6 8 6 15 20 22 34 29 28 34 47 66 118 126 104 91 130 114 120 118 132 132 140 1663
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 5 5 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 10 8 16 19 23 24 43 48 58 301
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 2 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 5 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 4 5 7 7 5 8 12 4 8 7 13 18 16 29 26 19 23 15 21 297
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 5 6 4 2 3 4 6 9 14 11 13 8 6 5 4 120
INDIA   0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 8 5 5 4 2 59
MALAYSIA   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 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 39
THAILAND   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 1 0 2 1 3 1 5 3 1 5 0 2 0 2 27
PHILIPPINES   0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 2 2 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 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10

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   0 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5 8 5 13 3 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 7 2 5 14 14 12 6 8 18 17 18 14 23 32 26 40 37 33 33 37 36 31 20 568
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 22
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5 18 24 42 48 46 73 84 168 174 190 244 281 289 254 285 203 275 328 335 360 492 570 628 721 677 836 816 837 844 743 750 750 745 755 1009 1156 1190 1199 1328 1279 1221 1104 1165 1022 1008 26574
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 5 2 5 7 5 3 4 3 5 6 8 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 82
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   17 19 25 20 28 44 39 51 49 47 54 64 52 60 56 62 38 56 61 54 42 74 89 106 140 146 171 200 225 212 222 238 224 247 235 339 382 407 445 466 407 432 340 366 298 249 7602

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 332. FABRICATED METAL 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   196 46 75 87 122 154 201 205 243 245 307 328 304 339 348 381 410 456 480 510 524 626 783 783 862 947 1086 1084 1060 1038 1034 1143 1178 1360 1572 1612 1638 1811 1911 2079 1993 1581 1043 504 158 4 34851
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   196 46 75 87 122 154 201 205 243 245 307 328 304 339 348 381 410 456 480 510 524 626 783 783 862 947 1086 1084 1060 1038 1034 1143 1178 1360 1572 1612 1638 1811 1911 2079 1993 1581 1043 504 158 4 34851
JAPAN   184 44 69 81 119 148 197 203 241 236 303 320 292 328 333 363 384 434 463 481 489 582 704 683 740 806 916 858 828 788 737 808 857 915 1058 1054 995 1128 1191 1175 1113 802 467 171 40 0 25129
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 3 7 15 17 18 9 24 27 33 64 84 101 118 132 182 190 209 239 263 235 315 370 413 505 514 527 625 604 538 423 264 97 3 7183
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 2 4 4 7 6 13 15 23 30 25 29 34 52 67 115 130 108 93 112 121 184 185 152 87 33 13 1 1663
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 4 5 1 7 1 6 1 2 3 3 6 13 16 22 29 37 53 42 27 3 0 301
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   4 0 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 4 2 3 7 5 7 7 9 12 6 8 6 16 13 18 29 27 34 19 15 8 4 0 297
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 7 4 6 1 3 6 13 14 11 17 5 6 3 0 0 0 120
INDIA   2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 9 6 7 2 1 0 0 59
MALAYSIA   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 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 39
THAILAND   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 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 27
PHILIPPINES   1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
INDONESIA   2 0 2 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 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 10

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   8 2 2 1 2 6 5 5 10 7 4 1 4 1 5 5 4 3 3 5 5 4 7 4 8 12 16 9 6 17 18 21 17 22 29 26 31 36 44 38 56 31 17 7 3 0 568
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 22
FOREIGN CORPORATION   101 31 41 53 73 98 148 159 180 197 246 272 246 278 282 313 338 394 417 434 446 534 661 645 704 764 883 851 835 773 759 834 913 1038 1181 1197 1144 1327 1423 1521 1480 1179 756 322 96 3 26574
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 8 2 5 1 5 4 3 7 7 1 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 82
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   86 13 32 32 46 49 49 42 52 40 55 55 53 57 60 60 66 54 55 63 71 83 114 129 146 167 179 217 217 243 253 285 245 296 362 387 458 443 443 519 455 369 268 175 58 1 7602

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


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