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


Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole 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
Whole 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
Whole 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   323 330 369 370 376 395 480 468 609 609 493 538 666 632 476 399 354 458 527 418 434 387 514 418 434 500 764 680 645 646 606 559 571 636 516 610 880 877 831 715 644 552 309 367 304 228 23917
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   274 291 312 321 321 347 387 376 476 494 399 391 466 427 327 253 243 289 330 264 281 248 330 259 273 303 442 424 422 391 380 363 370 404 328 364 516 546 499 409 374 292 176 210 179 130 15901
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   49 39 57 49 55 48 93 92 133 115 94 147 200 205 149 146 111 169 197 154 153 139 184 159 161 197 322 256 223 255 226 196 201 232 188 246 364 331 332 306 270 260 133 157 125 98 8016
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 3 0 4 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 46
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 10
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 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 0 66
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 35
CALIFORNIA   30 30 44 42 45 39 46 39 53 53 50 46 55 39 34 33 39 45 29 22 22 26 29 24 24 29 51 38 40 32 21 24 28 37 34 32 43 60 37 39 30 21 15 23 14 12 1598
COLORADO   0 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 0 4 4 5 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 7 3 10 8 7 3 10 5 2 1 5 0 147
CONNECTICUT   2 11 6 6 6 12 11 8 13 14 7 7 11 12 8 4 6 10 16 14 19 13 8 13 9 6 17 15 7 20 8 7 9 7 9 11 18 14 10 5 4 6 3 5 2 0 429
DELAWARE   1 2 4 4 2 5 5 3 4 4 5 9 3 4 2 2 1 4 7 8 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 5 7 6 2 2 5 4 6 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 152
FLORIDA   10 11 7 7 7 5 3 4 5 7 6 9 9 8 6 6 5 4 5 3 10 5 10 5 3 6 11 2 5 4 11 4 7 5 11 13 15 21 19 9 5 16 1 8 10 5 348
GEORGIA   0 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 4 1 3 2 5 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 2 5 1 5 3 5 5 5 6 3 5 7 11 5 2 7 4 1 1 1 1 150
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 2 1 0 0 0 0 26
IDAHO   2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 3 6 3 5 5 9 4 1 3 4 5 1 1 0 1 5 3 5 9 6 4 2 3 5 4 5 5 3 4 7 4 5 3 1 4 4 2 4 164
ILLINOIS   59 69 59 66 50 68 69 67 93 63 64 62 84 86 60 35 36 41 51 45 28 26 29 26 33 44 40 52 60 77 53 57 58 59 31 39 58 70 69 68 50 32 27 32 20 15 2380
INDIANA   5 3 5 6 6 3 7 8 6 4 2 6 8 5 4 4 3 2 6 5 3 6 6 2 4 4 3 3 8 6 4 6 5 11 5 6 6 4 7 5 9 9 0 1 1 2 224
IOWA   7 6 3 2 5 5 4 6 11 5 3 5 6 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 2 1 7 10 9 3 2 4 0 5 1 7 12 6 8 8 10 10 6 6 4 4 220
KANSAS   2 2 2 4 3 2 3 0 3 3 7 5 6 7 5 6 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 5 2 5 5 3 8 7 6 8 9 9 14 5 3 3 1 1 2 178
KENTUCKY   4 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 7 4 3 2 2 4 0 2 2 3 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 76
LOUISIANA   2 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 6 3 0 6 3 1 3 0 3 4 1 6 6 4 4 2 2 1 4 0 93
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 23
MARYLAND   3 7 5 1 5 4 8 7 5 9 6 2 5 5 3 1 4 3 12 5 4 6 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 1 7 8 4 5 6 5 10 9 15 5 4 3 0 0 0 1 213
MASSACHUSETTS   6 9 4 5 9 7 11 10 15 11 10 11 9 11 4 9 6 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 1 5 13 8 7 5 4 7 5 11 10 6 9 7 12 5 3 6 7 3 303
MICHIGAN   1 10 11 12 10 15 19 20 13 20 13 14 16 15 14 8 6 4 6 6 5 5 12 0 4 4 10 11 9 6 14 5 10 9 9 9 11 15 12 7 10 1 1 5 2 1 420
MINNESOTA   12 12 18 16 15 21 38 37 25 33 23 30 23 17 11 11 16 17 13 5 14 11 20 9 11 12 24 20 31 21 27 18 28 28 21 26 46 43 39 35 42 31 20 23 16 20 1029
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20
MISSOURI   7 8 9 11 10 12 6 13 25 25 17 15 24 15 12 14 9 11 12 10 14 3 9 4 6 11 4 9 8 10 8 1 9 3 4 6 10 10 19 13 11 10 7 8 7 4 473
MONTANA   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21
NEBRASKA   0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 6 9 2 2 3 0 4 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 1 3 81
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 15
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 28
NEW JERSEY   24 21 27 29 22 21 42 30 46 50 53 40 53 47 52 27 24 35 39 31 32 40 49 56 47 55 82 81 78 55 50 36 39 61 34 40 43 46 33 34 29 16 21 15 16 13 1814
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 22
NEW YORK   32 27 27 38 40 38 30 45 46 68 48 44 59 60 31 34 26 23 47 32 40 38 58 32 41 33 43 41 22 24 25 31 28 11 29 20 21 31 22 10 6 8 4 5 13 5 1436
NORTH CAROLINA   0 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 8 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 4 2 5 7 3 0 7 6 5 2 7 0 2 4 7 4 5 7 4 3 1 2 142
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 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 26
OHIO   14 25 20 27 19 24 17 26 30 29 24 26 28 25 14 18 15 23 9 19 19 20 17 14 23 17 32 23 25 26 28 25 29 24 22 22 47 47 42 32 33 42 12 15 12 7 1087
OKLAHOMA   0 2 2 3 3 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 66
OREGON   3 1 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 7 0 0 5 3 3 2 1 1 4 0 2 3 2 4 2 0 2 1 3 3 0 4 2 4 2 2 0 4 5 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 100
PENNSYLVANIA   9 8 10 8 14 14 9 11 16 14 7 11 7 6 13 7 7 6 8 11 12 4 12 5 10 9 12 13 7 10 21 24 15 22 12 13 23 16 17 18 14 10 5 5 4 6 515
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 20
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 4 3 4 2 3 7 2 7 5 3 6 6 9 7 5 2 0 2 2 0 100
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 2 5 1 3 2 5 1 0 33
TENNESSEE   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 1 4 4 1 4 2 3 5 3 7 6 5 2 1 1 4 1 94
TEXAS   7 0 5 12 4 2 10 6 8 11 9 9 8 6 9 5 10 7 11 2 6 3 20 12 12 13 17 12 8 12 8 13 7 15 4 14 14 20 18 16 20 5 8 9 3 6 436
UTAH   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 5 0 1 2 4 3 1 1 0 2 4 0 2 5 3 3 6 3 5 2 0 5 2 2 91
VERMONT   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 12
VIRGINIA   1 2 5 1 10 3 2 4 4 7 4 3 7 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 9 5 3 5 9 12 7 6 3 15 12 9 6 6 1 1 1 0 1 186
WASHINGTON   3 2 1 3 5 3 2 4 7 5 7 2 3 7 2 2 1 5 4 2 0 1 0 4 3 3 7 9 7 6 9 10 8 6 4 7 14 9 5 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 195
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 6
WISCONSIN   19 10 10 5 9 14 17 11 13 16 11 6 6 4 8 5 6 7 10 5 9 6 7 9 3 9 19 18 14 18 14 14 14 17 19 19 22 20 16 12 10 12 12 6 8 3 522
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 20
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 9
JAPAN   7 4 7 10 14 7 24 16 39 27 35 49 56 37 33 38 30 51 65 31 41 33 51 50 58 71 128 87 73 74 75 64 53 64 53 57 98 97 72 74 57 76 34 49 31 23 2223
GERMANY   7 7 12 8 10 4 19 16 14 22 5 16 26 33 15 20 23 26 26 23 18 21 25 27 23 25 31 29 31 34 25 20 19 31 13 28 37 22 51 35 17 29 17 12 8 8 968
UNITED KINGDOM   6 3 8 7 6 6 5 17 17 11 10 17 38 29 20 21 12 13 18 14 16 16 21 12 11 18 32 23 16 23 12 18 26 17 23 21 27 18 22 25 31 18 10 9 10 6 759
NETHERLANDS   6 5 5 6 1 9 5 7 16 9 6 9 15 10 11 10 3 7 11 14 8 12 8 5 6 7 19 14 18 20 15 19 25 15 14 26 32 36 23 28 19 20 11 12 13 11 601
FRANCE   4 2 4 2 2 2 9 5 5 6 4 9 11 13 10 9 7 17 17 19 15 5 18 13 19 13 24 23 15 20 21 15 11 14 19 25 30 19 17 24 26 17 13 10 6 7 596
SWITZERLAND   4 4 4 0 3 3 3 6 3 6 5 8 22 27 19 14 9 19 17 13 14 15 9 11 11 15 20 11 7 12 19 10 15 14 15 13 35 30 28 14 20 10 6 4 3 3 553
CANADA   3 3 7 4 7 5 7 8 11 10 9 12 3 10 10 11 8 9 11 11 11 8 13 13 8 17 11 19 12 14 13 8 16 6 9 11 18 14 14 12 21 14 7 8 4 4 464
SWEDEN   1 1 1 1 6 2 1 3 4 6 2 3 5 13 3 2 5 10 5 8 4 4 11 4 5 7 10 10 3 3 5 8 5 7 7 9 8 9 12 6 8 4 0 1 2 0 234
ITALY   4 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 4 2 8 3 3 2 2 6 5 2 5 6 4 9 2 7 10 6 6 8 6 7 8 2 7 13 10 16 6 10 7 4 1 6 7 233
DENMARK   0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 0 3 5 0 3 1 2 3 1 4 5 4 8 3 0 2 3 6 4 2 4 4 1 3 9 11 5 11 16 7 17 11 5 10 11 11 3 209
AUSTRALIA   0 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 4 2 5 0 2 4 2 4 4 6 2 4 5 12 3 10 5 5 7 6 5 2 5 5 8 6 9 3 4 0 2 4 1 167
BELGIUM   0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 5 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 6 1 4 1 8 5 2 0 7 4 3 6 10 5 5 4 4 1 6 5 5 125
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 5 8 7 3 2 0 7 1 5 10 5 7 8 7 10 2 2 0 1 110
ISRAEL   0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 4 11 5 6 0 6 2 2 2 1 78
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 5 4 1 3 4 1 7 3 5 8 6 4 4 4 6 3 4 75
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 4 1 1 3 1 6 2 7 3 5 2 0 4 1 3 70
AUSTRIA   1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 55
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 5 2 1 5 5 4 1 3 0 0 53
MEXICO   2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 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 3 0 1 0 46
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 4 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 4 1 0 40
HUNGARY   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
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 3 5 3 4 3 3 29
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 28
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 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 27
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 1 3 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 24
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 23
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 22
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 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 16
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 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 15
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 15
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
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 10
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 9
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 8
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 8
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 7
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 6
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 6
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
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 4
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 4
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
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 3
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 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
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
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 2 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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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   214 236 245 250 243 277 325 292 425 396 309 326 395 356 282 218 187 243 274 235 268 219 303 226 235 258 379 351 359 332 329 312 325 342 264 299 398 439 397 345 314 243 147 182 165 128 13287
U.S. GOVERNMENT   9 11 19 14 14 10 16 10 13 23 19 22 25 19 8 11 8 5 6 3 1 3 6 3 1 3 4 4 6 8 6 3 2 0 2 4 4 5 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 346
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   61 45 58 69 68 71 58 86 64 87 74 61 78 73 50 37 54 52 69 39 31 34 39 41 41 51 68 77 64 59 62 64 60 70 69 70 114 124 105 74 53 56 31 30 28 13 2782
FOREIGN CORPORATION   24 27 35 21 38 27 58 59 87 71 70 94 142 156 108 111 87 138 150 118 115 114 134 130 129 156 273 215 180 207 182 158 148 191 153 204 331 275 275 259 233 221 118 136 100 77 6335
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 39
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   15 11 12 16 13 10 23 20 20 32 21 35 26 28 28 21 18 20 28 21 17 17 30 16 25 31 38 31 33 36 26 19 34 33 27 31 33 32 51 35 37 30 12 17 11 8 1128

Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole 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   1513 316 419 442 404 427 477 573 482 403 478 587 506 447 444 466 441 446 449 423 447 413 470 491 598 637 672 610 663 655 594 657 712 724 818 741 904 905 821 600 410 154 68 8 2 0 23917
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1295 273 352 355 339 330 385 461 369 296 327 397 355 289 283 290 285 292 275 266 300 260 302 304 340 374 417 392 416 424 385 411 447 417 486 453 556 511 428 342 260 105 50 6 1 0 15901
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   218 43 67 87 65 97 92 112 113 107 151 190 151 158 161 176 156 154 174 157 147 153 168 187 258 263 255 218 247 231 209 246 265 307 332 288 348 394 393 258 150 49 18 2 1 0 8016
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 3 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 46
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 10
ARIZONA   2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 6 3 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 66
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 35
CALIFORNIA   164 26 48 37 37 36 43 48 53 34 32 43 28 36 43 44 39 24 23 28 20 20 27 35 39 34 40 29 34 30 24 41 36 38 40 49 49 37 39 32 16 11 11 1 0 0 1598
COLORADO   3 0 1 3 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 3 3 4 3 5 5 10 7 7 5 8 6 3 8 9 3 1 2 0 0 0 147
CONNECTICUT   29 4 12 11 9 7 5 16 6 6 8 9 8 7 10 8 14 13 17 12 12 8 15 7 11 18 11 7 19 6 8 10 7 15 15 12 13 12 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 429
DELAWARE   11 3 5 3 4 4 1 5 11 1 2 2 3 3 2 5 5 7 7 2 5 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 6 3 7 3 7 3 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 152
FLORIDA   40 4 4 4 2 3 3 9 5 8 5 8 7 7 7 3 3 6 6 12 6 4 3 6 10 4 4 4 8 10 5 7 10 11 17 16 16 10 17 12 16 3 3 0 0 0 348
GEORGIA   4 1 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 0 3 1 3 7 5 2 6 2 5 2 3 5 3 3 3 9 5 4 5 7 5 5 12 2 5 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 150
HAWAII   4 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
IDAHO   4 4 3 3 3 1 5 5 5 2 3 4 8 5 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 3 3 9 1 8 5 4 4 3 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 3 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 164
ILLINOIS   266 46 71 58 69 69 60 64 56 39 48 88 68 48 45 43 41 41 34 26 33 26 31 30 38 51 53 75 61 75 57 58 55 47 57 46 67 91 54 40 33 17 4 1 0 0 2380
INDIANA   20 5 3 6 7 4 7 2 6 3 3 5 5 6 2 5 3 5 4 4 7 3 4 1 4 5 5 8 3 7 10 6 8 8 4 4 9 6 9 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 224
IOWA   19 4 4 5 4 9 5 3 5 5 4 3 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 6 8 2 2 1 3 7 4 7 12 11 14 8 9 8 4 0 1 0 0 220
KANSAS   10 2 4 0 4 4 2 5 1 3 6 4 9 4 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 4 3 2 3 7 6 6 6 7 9 10 9 14 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 178
KENTUCKY   10 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 6 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
LOUISIANA   8 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 4 3 3 2 2 6 2 1 4 3 3 2 2 4 10 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 93
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 23
MARYLAND   17 2 4 8 7 5 3 7 7 2 5 1 5 3 5 6 6 8 2 6 6 0 1 5 3 0 2 4 4 11 6 3 10 8 10 8 9 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 213
MASSACHUSETTS   27 7 7 8 11 12 8 12 8 6 8 11 6 7 8 6 2 1 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 10 10 5 7 7 6 9 10 7 9 9 7 13 7 7 6 1 0 0 0 303
MICHIGAN   39 9 18 17 10 9 16 14 13 15 17 12 18 2 8 3 2 10 5 4 8 6 6 2 7 8 12 7 9 13 9 7 8 13 11 14 15 10 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 420
MINNESOTA   61 25 22 36 29 16 18 35 21 17 26 14 13 17 11 13 12 7 13 17 12 14 12 9 21 18 25 20 25 28 20 29 30 33 42 44 57 50 34 35 30 11 7 0 0 0 1029
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 20
MISSOURI   39 8 11 8 11 22 17 22 16 11 13 19 10 15 8 15 11 7 12 8 8 4 9 6 7 5 6 9 12 5 4 5 4 10 11 9 17 13 18 13 6 6 2 1 0 0 473
MONTANA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21
NEBRASKA   5 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 8 4 1 3 4 1 4 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 81
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 15
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 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 28
NEW JERSEY   110 25 18 35 28 26 39 48 50 35 35 43 41 35 34 25 43 38 31 34 47 50 67 62 60 50 99 57 65 42 41 50 58 44 42 36 37 39 25 40 22 5 3 0 0 0 1814
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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
NEW YORK   132 30 34 40 41 29 51 64 30 41 52 51 39 32 25 24 39 46 38 33 46 42 39 40 31 31 33 29 20 29 34 22 28 17 25 17 28 16 11 11 8 7 1 0 0 0 1436
NORTH CAROLINA   5 1 1 2 2 0 7 3 4 4 1 3 4 1 5 2 2 0 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 7 3 3 3 4 7 4 6 3 2 4 5 8 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 142
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 3 0 2 2 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
OHIO   91 18 22 20 11 24 28 28 24 18 14 29 21 14 20 25 9 11 22 21 19 17 20 15 19 33 20 24 24 35 26 31 27 31 47 33 43 47 61 20 21 4 0 0 0 0 1087
OKLAHOMA   9 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 66
OREGON   11 2 2 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 2 4 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 1 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 1 4 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 100
PENNSYLVANIA   40 11 11 13 6 9 15 11 9 6 7 6 8 9 9 9 7 7 14 8 5 12 5 9 11 11 10 10 19 16 23 21 21 15 19 17 18 20 14 12 7 1 4 0 0 0 515
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 20
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 7 4 2 2 4 5 10 10 6 10 7 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 100
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 4 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 33
TENNESSEE   2 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 4 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 3 5 6 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 94
TEXAS   24 2 10 7 3 7 10 4 11 9 4 8 7 8 6 12 5 6 2 10 15 13 13 13 10 12 8 11 11 12 15 9 13 9 15 16 23 12 22 11 11 5 2 0 0 0 436
UTAH   0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 4 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 4 2 5 4 1 8 5 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 91
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
VIRGINIA   9 5 2 7 4 3 1 9 5 3 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 2 3 1 1 7 0 4 2 5 5 8 10 10 7 4 14 8 13 8 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 186
WASHINGTON   11 3 5 2 4 3 5 6 4 4 2 2 6 2 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 2 2 5 6 7 7 7 12 12 5 7 5 5 8 8 10 7 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 195
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 6
WISCONSIN   45 14 14 7 14 10 11 14 9 7 2 4 5 10 5 8 7 9 5 8 9 5 7 5 14 14 21 14 20 17 10 13 22 21 22 22 18 16 17 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 522
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   8 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 20
PUERTO RICO   3 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 9
JAPAN   34 10 14 20 15 23 25 31 42 30 40 34 32 41 49 47 44 47 46 37 43 41 62 59 99 109 89 59 78 73 63 60 77 69 96 76 83 91 107 68 42 14 4 0 0 0 2223
GERMANY   38 6 9 20 11 8 18 9 11 14 24 24 18 25 27 28 25 14 25 23 20 24 24 23 33 24 30 28 33 23 17 38 24 29 36 21 44 44 31 28 11 5 1 0 0 0 968
UNITED KINGDOM   30 3 6 6 4 21 11 12 10 19 23 31 18 24 23 8 17 13 20 17 15 10 16 18 25 20 20 21 20 18 19 20 29 33 20 20 21 33 35 17 9 3 0 1 0 0 759
NETHERLANDS   22 2 7 6 8 10 9 9 5 8 11 7 13 11 8 8 9 8 9 14 7 9 5 9 11 15 19 20 14 21 28 14 25 31 31 30 27 28 36 21 12 3 1 0 0 0 601
FRANCE   13 1 3 8 2 6 7 3 7 4 10 12 12 15 9 19 9 18 15 13 13 15 13 15 22 16 20 14 22 20 12 16 24 28 21 24 25 34 26 20 7 2 1 0 0 0 596
SWITZERLAND   14 3 2 5 4 1 2 6 9 7 10 34 17 15 9 22 16 14 16 10 10 13 11 16 12 16 14 5 15 21 11 14 19 21 27 26 25 22 16 13 8 2 0 0 0 0 553
CANADA   20 4 6 10 6 6 7 14 8 7 5 8 9 7 13 9 10 9 13 13 6 10 12 9 17 13 18 16 11 5 12 16 5 15 16 14 19 22 12 16 10 5 1 0 0 0 464
SWEDEN   4 5 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 1 7 7 5 4 4 9 5 7 5 3 10 7 7 5 10 9 3 4 4 8 7 9 8 8 9 7 14 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 234
ITALY   11 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 3 5 4 3 3 5 2 5 5 2 4 4 9 4 4 8 6 6 7 7 11 5 9 3 8 10 9 15 16 8 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 233
DENMARK   2 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 4 1 2 2 1 3 1 6 3 5 5 5 0 3 2 4 5 4 2 4 3 5 12 10 11 9 11 14 16 19 12 7 1 2 0 0 0 209
AUSTRALIA   4 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 6 2 0 6 1 2 5 5 4 3 2 9 7 4 8 7 5 6 9 4 8 6 8 3 7 9 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 167
BELGIUM   3 0 1 0 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 7 1 0 4 4 6 5 1 5 4 5 10 7 7 6 11 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 125
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 7 5 6 8 1 1 6 7 5 5 7 7 6 10 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 110
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 4 1 1 0 3 3 2 7 4 6 6 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 78
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 5 2 3 3 6 3 4 7 5 7 11 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 75
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 3 2 3 2 5 4 6 3 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 70
AUSTRIA   2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 55
NORWAY   0 1 2 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 3 1 8 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 53
MEXICO   4 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 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 46
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
HUNGARY   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
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 4 4 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 29
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 28
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 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 27
U.S.S.R.   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 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 24
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 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 23
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 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
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 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16
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 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 15
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 15
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
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 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
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 9
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 8
POLAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 6
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 6
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
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 4
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 4
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
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 3
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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   1020 225 276 296 270 277 329 370 289 245 276 330 306 237 233 235 247 250 262 241 268 237 254 267 285 317 353 337 344 368 333 348 388 343 393 364 447 407 355 299 217 102 41 5 1 0 13287
U.S. GOVERNMENT   57 8 12 13 9 12 12 19 22 18 12 21 10 10 13 7 7 2 1 6 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 7 7 4 3 2 1 1 9 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 346
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   253 48 72 62 67 52 64 76 70 46 64 65 55 56 47 58 47 49 31 37 36 35 49 53 57 61 64 61 72 67 69 71 67 93 96 95 113 99 78 56 49 9 11 2 0 0 2782
FOREIGN CORPORATION   122 29 42 48 45 66 57 79 77 71 102 148 105 121 131 139 117 128 127 120 117 116 135 143 221 218 213 175 202 196 155 199 222 250 284 259 290 338 334 215 128 36 13 1 1 0 6335
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 4 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   61 6 17 22 13 20 15 29 24 23 24 23 30 22 20 27 23 16 26 17 21 19 28 25 31 36 34 26 35 19 32 35 32 36 35 21 49 57 49 27 14 6 3 0 0 0 1128

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