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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 331. PRIMARY METALS

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   589 715 846 921 993 793 877 891 1063 1128 1082 1240 1159 1136 1059 1013 803 871 909 729 898 956 904 925 909 972 1103 952 990 967 1081 1015 977 908 804 1072 1199 1143 1282 1225 1089 958 757 716 616 629 43864
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   469 545 596 686 700 571 579 599 693 686 674 754 652 630 556 542 417 433 470 374 460 450 420 418 402 472 506 412 436 463 502 462 427 407 346 454 508 461 496 456 397 364 302 291 253 270 22461
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   120 170 250 235 293 222 298 292 370 442 408 486 507 506 503 471 386 438 439 355 438 506 484 507 507 500 597 540 554 504 579 553 550 501 458 618 691 682 786 769 692 594 455 425 363 359 21403
ALABAMA   3 2 2 4 8 8 6 2 2 2 9 1 4 1 2 4 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 6 4 8 4 5 4 3 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 6 6 1 5 3 1 2 146
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
ARIZONA   4 1 1 11 1 3 5 7 6 9 7 7 8 11 6 5 7 5 4 4 8 6 10 5 4 2 6 8 4 2 5 4 4 3 4 5 7 7 6 13 15 5 7 8 6 11 277
ARKANSAS   2 2 0 4 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 51
CALIFORNIA   33 48 51 53 47 50 55 52 54 56 64 67 52 59 42 52 41 47 38 44 39 45 36 36 46 54 49 24 30 35 37 27 41 30 32 45 47 46 26 47 36 34 24 25 22 14 1932
COLORADO   7 0 4 8 5 3 10 10 9 7 17 10 13 19 16 17 4 9 12 7 4 6 6 9 3 9 7 4 5 10 7 6 18 4 4 11 8 6 4 5 8 6 3 3 2 2 347
CONNECTICUT   20 19 17 26 43 27 20 26 38 39 41 33 31 30 36 39 17 26 22 14 25 32 32 33 20 21 17 25 18 20 17 19 15 18 10 18 17 13 11 9 8 5 10 8 13 8 1006
DELAWARE   3 14 10 8 4 13 7 8 7 6 6 8 5 11 6 2 2 7 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 5 20 7 16 11 5 18 3 6 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 248
FLORIDA   3 5 4 3 8 12 8 7 5 6 8 9 11 6 7 6 7 4 5 3 6 5 7 2 8 7 11 6 6 8 12 17 8 10 9 12 17 9 16 5 8 13 12 6 7 10 364
GEORGIA   1 0 0 2 13 1 5 4 8 8 11 15 5 9 7 14 6 8 5 9 5 12 6 6 5 7 9 4 5 4 6 4 5 3 3 2 4 5 2 4 7 3 2 0 4 3 251
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 6 6 3 5 5 2 1 2 2 69
ILLINOIS   39 34 57 59 47 36 35 42 52 51 42 46 47 40 42 32 30 29 31 30 13 28 13 12 16 16 18 24 19 21 28 18 18 24 14 25 28 29 21 20 29 12 10 16 17 14 1324
INDIANA   6 13 15 12 22 17 7 16 18 19 6 13 8 13 12 16 13 10 10 3 16 17 10 12 14 12 26 7 11 5 20 11 10 13 11 5 15 11 19 14 11 10 10 2 15 10 566
IOWA   0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 3 4 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 5 0 6 5 2 1 2 6 4 5 3 2 8 2 4 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 105
KANSAS   0 2 0 3 4 5 1 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 56
KENTUCKY   2 0 3 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 3 5 0 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 0 2 3 3 0 1 3 95
LOUISIANA   3 4 7 7 9 7 6 7 17 13 8 13 14 9 9 9 9 6 6 3 2 9 6 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 5 2 2 2 3 4 3 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 244
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19
MARYLAND   12 15 11 16 27 10 12 13 24 17 13 15 13 15 11 9 6 9 5 3 9 2 8 5 3 9 6 14 11 11 10 10 8 4 5 5 5 5 7 6 8 6 5 1 1 0 420
MASSACHUSETTS   17 16 18 20 23 13 18 24 18 30 24 25 14 22 29 22 8 20 17 16 18 7 13 16 8 8 10 9 13 17 16 14 12 12 7 7 19 16 14 13 9 11 16 14 6 10 709
MICHIGAN   27 33 44 47 27 41 41 36 28 41 31 46 27 31 19 26 16 21 18 17 15 23 22 14 36 35 32 26 36 30 36 35 25 32 24 37 46 46 58 27 33 26 29 23 17 27 1407
MINNESOTA   3 5 3 6 5 6 4 6 7 6 7 5 10 6 5 6 5 3 6 3 7 8 6 4 2 2 3 5 12 6 3 9 1 7 9 5 7 11 13 11 10 11 9 1 6 8 283
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 21
MISSOURI   10 1 4 11 5 7 4 2 7 8 12 8 9 7 5 8 7 3 5 3 6 3 1 5 6 7 15 8 8 8 9 10 6 4 2 4 3 3 2 6 6 11 2 3 0 3 267
MONTANA   0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25
NEBRASKA   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 33
NEVADA   3 4 1 5 1 7 3 4 5 2 5 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 5 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 7 1 5 3 2 4 0 5 2 3 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 123
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 3 2 5 5 5 4 0 3 3 2 0 1 80
NEW JERSEY   32 42 43 46 44 44 55 45 61 49 44 49 40 42 40 33 43 34 51 33 43 31 41 30 23 25 32 16 16 23 22 19 20 21 22 16 18 23 20 18 9 8 9 12 7 7 1401
NEW MEXICO   2 5 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 8 4 5 5 3 1 10 1 9 2 3 112
NEW YORK   65 50 57 74 63 47 48 54 53 64 58 74 63 49 35 48 35 30 35 34 35 42 32 34 18 31 39 33 44 53 41 31 29 19 17 37 32 26 30 33 25 14 18 16 13 11 1789
NORTH CAROLINA   3 2 1 5 4 2 3 1 4 5 3 7 10 8 9 10 5 8 5 7 6 10 8 11 8 8 6 12 10 5 4 6 13 2 4 12 9 10 9 5 7 7 3 4 3 5 289
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
OHIO   51 66 69 89 83 80 61 72 72 65 55 63 66 36 50 28 30 30 31 31 43 25 38 29 28 30 47 32 37 37 39 43 32 52 50 37 52 45 61 49 45 41 32 30 23 32 2137
OKLAHOMA   5 5 13 5 18 5 12 5 8 5 9 15 12 12 8 5 11 8 8 3 13 5 5 9 10 10 6 4 5 3 1 5 8 6 1 7 8 3 4 2 4 0 1 3 4 2 301
OREGON   3 3 2 8 2 3 1 3 2 4 10 3 4 3 4 8 1 3 3 1 3 5 4 0 3 1 2 5 5 4 9 3 6 8 2 5 10 2 4 5 2 6 4 5 2 3 179
PENNSYLVANIA   63 99 102 89 97 58 77 87 109 104 115 119 97 97 87 82 49 57 67 45 68 64 55 81 71 93 76 61 44 62 65 70 52 45 38 49 49 40 47 57 41 38 21 24 21 17 3049
RHODE ISLAND   2 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 39
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 2 2 0 0 1 4 4 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 5 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 7 7 15 9 2 5 7 126
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24
TENNESSEE   7 2 5 6 17 5 6 8 8 3 8 11 13 15 3 4 6 3 6 5 11 6 4 5 4 8 5 3 6 7 6 7 6 9 6 10 12 9 13 11 5 5 6 5 7 2 319
TEXAS   11 18 18 14 19 21 18 10 22 17 20 22 24 20 22 17 32 21 29 17 27 22 15 15 22 22 20 16 18 13 16 19 17 15 20 23 18 17 29 20 17 22 16 32 24 21 908
UTAH   2 2 3 5 3 0 4 6 7 8 2 7 4 3 3 5 3 3 4 4 6 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 4 10 7 2 3 0 4 3 5 4 4 1 2 4 0 1 6 3 164
VERMONT   0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 48
VIRGINIA   4 1 4 11 13 5 7 3 6 5 9 15 11 10 7 4 5 2 6 5 7 7 4 2 2 2 4 4 8 5 12 9 13 16 8 14 7 12 13 12 6 6 6 8 2 6 328
WASHINGTON   6 4 5 2 5 6 7 5 8 7 4 5 6 10 3 5 1 6 7 4 4 6 8 9 9 6 8 6 6 6 6 5 7 4 4 10 8 7 11 11 10 11 8 6 2 3 287
WEST VIRGINIA   0 5 1 1 7 5 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 12 9 2 2 4 3 5 3 0 2 4 4 3 6 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 136
WISCONSIN   13 15 10 10 9 8 5 9 6 12 10 6 5 6 9 5 4 4 6 4 4 3 1 4 3 4 8 4 8 11 13 8 11 4 6 5 9 4 4 7 6 3 9 4 3 8 310
WYOMING   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 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 20
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
JAPAN   12 29 33 39 46 33 53 48 81 95 100 138 130 141 134 125 105 130 129 132 184 202 200 200 208 213 290 242 275 273 277 267 241 241 228 294 301 293 326 326 324 276 199 181 166 188 8148
GERMANY   23 39 55 63 58 40 70 53 80 88 67 77 86 90 107 94 71 88 80 63 59 73 83 86 96 95 92 80 87 64 75 56 79 63 39 71 86 108 137 107 91 94 63 62 34 27 3399
FRANCE   20 18 25 22 38 31 31 29 46 51 33 36 48 49 51 44 39 41 35 35 34 44 40 38 45 42 52 38 41 42 55 45 46 46 47 52 56 68 66 62 46 32 35 21 21 28 1864
UNITED KINGDOM   30 29 50 47 61 42 49 50 55 57 46 70 48 53 45 31 40 34 41 27 38 44 39 36 41 26 31 34 27 20 19 43 25 16 19 27 29 33 27 30 32 12 19 21 14 9 1616
CANADA   7 16 20 20 24 18 24 25 19 33 30 27 44 23 33 38 21 26 28 22 15 31 21 33 23 23 27 37 31 24 44 34 41 21 28 35 40 35 34 43 28 25 18 29 19 18 1255
SWITZERLAND   5 4 12 6 12 14 20 22 20 10 25 16 9 17 14 19 17 17 17 7 14 12 15 24 10 14 15 17 17 14 13 16 10 11 10 22 20 19 18 21 15 14 6 14 8 4 656
SWEDEN   3 7 9 8 9 12 8 10 12 16 18 22 32 32 23 26 9 20 19 15 20 19 19 22 14 10 7 10 10 8 12 7 9 9 7 10 11 16 22 24 16 15 11 7 4 8 637
AUSTRIA   3 3 6 5 7 4 10 9 14 9 11 13 11 19 12 16 9 2 6 4 7 6 18 5 8 13 8 18 14 7 4 5 7 10 9 11 22 12 28 20 17 11 12 6 11 7 469
ITALY   6 6 8 5 8 6 7 7 4 16 17 15 14 10 18 11 8 13 10 4 9 6 6 11 13 12 7 3 7 7 14 8 12 7 7 10 17 8 19 22 13 9 8 5 7 8 448
AUSTRALIA   1 4 3 0 6 3 6 4 4 9 5 6 5 6 9 4 6 7 8 6 11 10 4 8 9 6 8 14 2 7 18 16 14 16 10 13 27 18 18 19 17 16 7 15 11 6 422
NETHERLANDS   3 2 6 3 4 3 2 10 10 16 8 9 6 11 9 8 3 7 7 4 5 11 1 10 7 6 15 7 11 3 5 4 4 4 1 9 7 8 8 8 12 7 7 6 5 9 311
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 1 4 4 3 6 8 13 20 14 23 20 12 20 24 19 18 4 12 9 7 2 1 0 6 6 4 1 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 4 4 2 6 7 12 14 16 23 12 22 15 19 17 15 12 19 9 239
BELGIUM   0 2 3 5 2 2 3 6 3 7 5 15 10 11 9 8 8 8 5 8 5 6 4 7 4 5 8 5 1 2 1 1 2 2 5 5 3 4 5 7 3 4 5 5 3 3 225
TAIWAN   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 3 2 1 4 6 9 6 10 13 4 13 8 8 7 12 11 11 16 6 6 8 167
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 4 5 4 6 3 7 3 4 1 3 6 2 3 6 6 1 2 1 9 6 2 10 7 5 1 4 4 5 4 4 7 4 4 5 1 157
NORWAY   1 5 6 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 8 2 2 5 0 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 8 2 2 5 2 1 3 5 7 6 5 4 3 5 5 2 4 4 6 155
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 5 3 5 2 3 1 4 1 0 3 4 1 1 0 3 4 2 2 4 6 2 2 1 0 2 3 5 2 2 5 2 2 1 0 100
MEXICO   1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 2 6 2 3 1 3 4 2 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 89
DENMARK   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 5 5 4 6 3 4 4 69
ISRAEL   0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 2 4 5 2 2 3 1 2 6 4 1 69
HUNGARY   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 3 5 4 3 3 3 7 4 0 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 63
BRAZIL   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 4 1 4 4 0 57
LUXEMBOURG   1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 5 7 5 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 56
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 1 6 3 0 7 3 1 3 3 7 7 4 2 3 3 53
SPAIN   2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 53
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 5 4 1 2 1 2 44
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 39
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 32
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 29
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 19
POLAND   0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19
BULGARIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
GREECE   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 14
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13
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 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 11
NEW ZEALAND   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 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 9
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
PHILIPPINES   0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
COLOMBIA   0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANDORRA   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
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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
EL SALVADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   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
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PANAMA   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
PERU   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
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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TUNISIA   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
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   370 441 509 559 589 512 476 506 604 595 567 634 562 538 481 449 371 370 396 317 378 373 361 361 348 394 453 367 368 395 434 388 341 344 293 383 437 374 426 402 355 325 260 272 231 243 19152
U.S. GOVERNMENT   26 42 36 35 33 20 29 31 35 31 36 39 34 29 27 22 15 19 21 8 27 19 19 21 11 20 17 13 12 11 16 14 16 13 7 9 10 14 7 8 6 7 4 6 3 5 883
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   80 77 72 114 102 60 88 87 83 89 84 107 78 83 64 69 42 54 66 58 64 69 44 46 51 59 49 40 58 58 59 65 64 50 47 66 71 78 86 70 48 42 40 28 29 27 2965
FOREIGN CORPORATION   87 120 179 172 214 166 225 216 286 337 328 386 396 421 430 414 313 377 369 308 391 425 445 452 431 456 532 491 514 461 535 489 507 460 424 560 634 644 711 692 633 550 430 390 342 338 18681
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 8 11 13 22 3 7 5 3 2 5 6 4 10 5 5 7 4 5 10 6 12 7 14 22 9 9 6 10 8 6 7 7 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 279
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   25 27 39 28 33 32 52 46 52 74 62 68 85 55 52 54 55 47 52 28 32 58 28 31 46 34 43 35 28 34 31 52 42 37 29 51 45 31 49 51 47 34 23 20 11 16 1904

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 331. PRIMARY METALS

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   3338 571 795 842 819 902 870 991 1022 968 989 1070 1059 957 925 956 966 895 817 948 825 848 874 968 932 1065 955 989 986 1027 1032 1085 1102 1111 1207 1137 1146 1222 1307 1321 926 560 346 167 25 1 43864
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2482 379 549 595 543 590 542 613 627 577 576 583 567 533 456 499 510 469 412 464 371 384 398 448 445 489 427 424 460 457 452 480 517 457 506 442 450 436 451 476 368 263 186 90 17 1 22461
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   856 192 246 247 276 312 328 378 395 391 413 487 492 424 469 457 456 426 405 484 454 464 476 520 487 576 528 565 526 570 580 605 585 654 701 695 696 786 856 845 558 297 160 77 8 0 21403
ALABAMA   13 3 7 6 6 1 2 2 5 4 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 6 0 3 8 5 7 2 7 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 5 7 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 146
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
ARIZONA   17 2 3 6 4 5 5 11 6 5 2 10 10 6 2 7 7 5 5 9 7 6 4 4 3 7 7 2 3 4 4 4 4 6 8 7 7 6 16 11 12 5 9 4 0 0 277
ARKANSAS   8 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 51
CALIFORNIA   203 22 47 56 48 48 35 67 61 53 47 50 47 46 37 55 48 44 35 44 33 35 47 47 47 32 29 26 35 25 49 36 48 40 53 37 23 48 40 39 44 11 8 3 4 0 1932
COLORADO   19 2 5 8 6 10 8 12 10 10 8 17 17 14 12 11 11 10 7 5 1 5 8 6 7 6 5 10 5 5 15 12 4 8 9 7 4 5 4 13 2 1 3 0 0 0 347
CONNECTICUT   97 18 28 20 25 27 32 32 31 33 19 44 26 43 22 23 28 20 25 39 25 26 28 25 8 19 22 16 19 17 17 18 15 17 24 12 9 8 9 7 10 13 8 2 0 0 1006
DELAWARE   39 5 8 5 4 9 4 6 7 5 7 6 8 4 3 6 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 16 10 7 12 12 10 14 7 4 2 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 248
FLORIDA   17 4 7 8 10 5 5 6 9 8 6 9 4 7 10 5 6 3 7 3 6 6 3 9 10 7 6 8 10 14 11 8 12 15 12 14 9 9 9 19 8 8 7 4 1 0 364
GEORGIA   3 4 3 6 6 4 8 13 14 5 6 5 14 10 8 8 6 8 8 10 8 4 4 6 8 7 5 4 2 6 4 6 1 5 3 2 8 1 7 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 251
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
IDAHO   1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 2 2 2 4 10 5 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 69
ILLINOIS   202 23 26 42 44 45 37 44 33 37 42 37 41 36 28 39 33 30 14 21 20 11 15 15 16 20 26 16 23 22 23 19 21 22 33 26 19 25 23 25 19 19 6 3 2 1 1324
INDIANA   47 12 12 17 18 9 12 14 8 17 7 8 12 13 20 13 9 8 11 12 8 10 13 16 13 22 11 7 10 20 13 9 18 10 11 11 16 8 11 16 9 8 9 8 0 0 566
IOWA   6 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 3 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 6 3 1 4 3 3 5 5 2 9 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 105
KANSAS   6 4 3 2 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 56
KENTUCKY   7 3 3 4 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 3 3 4 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 95
LOUISIANA   23 5 10 4 10 7 11 15 7 10 9 10 7 9 10 8 7 4 2 8 4 5 7 3 3 5 0 6 2 4 2 4 2 5 2 2 6 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 244
MAINE   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
MARYLAND   64 15 13 12 14 14 17 9 16 9 10 15 13 11 5 7 6 10 6 4 2 6 5 10 9 14 10 10 7 7 10 8 6 3 6 5 6 5 7 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 420
MASSACHUSETTS   79 16 15 17 16 24 16 19 26 16 18 17 16 25 18 21 18 21 12 12 12 11 11 4 11 16 9 15 13 12 15 14 12 15 13 15 15 9 12 14 15 16 6 2 0 0 709
MICHIGAN   160 17 35 50 26 20 26 41 31 27 32 27 23 23 24 16 25 20 22 20 17 20 21 38 27 27 29 32 36 39 32 32 37 31 51 42 46 36 41 31 31 21 12 12 1 0 1407
MINNESOTA   19 3 5 5 3 6 7 6 6 4 9 6 6 6 4 2 5 7 6 7 4 4 3 2 3 5 7 10 3 5 6 3 11 10 13 10 10 8 11 9 15 2 5 1 1 0 283
MISSISSIPPI   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 21
MISSOURI   27 4 6 2 5 4 4 7 11 8 8 6 6 5 8 5 6 4 3 6 4 3 3 9 11 12 7 8 6 8 8 10 1 2 4 2 4 7 8 6 6 1 0 2 0 0 267
MONTANA   1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
NEBRASKA   3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33
NEVADA   14 0 6 4 3 5 3 2 0 5 3 3 2 3 3 2 5 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 6 1 5 3 3 1 4 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 123
NEW HAMPSHIRE   3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 3 3 0 6 0 2 4 2 1 5 7 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 80
NEW JERSEY   175 20 48 56 45 45 45 41 48 31 33 35 34 44 33 44 55 43 28 43 32 34 26 22 21 22 13 26 27 17 17 22 33 20 22 23 15 11 13 12 15 6 4 1 1 0 1401
NEW MEXICO   12 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 7 3 10 2 7 2 8 4 6 2 9 0 0 0 0 112
NEW YORK   265 35 47 52 39 61 43 49 48 57 54 50 42 47 41 37 34 36 34 42 32 34 19 27 34 45 36 41 44 27 32 33 24 38 29 30 24 34 26 23 18 10 10 6 0 0 1789
NORTH CAROLINA   11 3 3 3 1 4 1 5 3 1 13 10 8 5 8 9 5 7 13 6 7 8 7 11 2 11 15 5 5 6 6 10 4 10 12 9 8 3 11 7 5 3 2 3 0 0 289
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
OHIO   298 47 67 61 67 72 55 48 50 53 64 42 37 35 33 36 32 38 44 27 26 23 31 25 40 33 37 41 42 35 36 51 69 50 57 36 53 51 45 59 31 31 19 9 1 0 2137
OKLAHOMA   33 9 12 6 6 4 4 8 15 8 9 10 12 3 7 13 6 5 11 7 6 9 9 9 10 3 2 7 1 1 5 8 9 5 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 301
OREGON   16 0 3 3 2 1 4 7 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 2 5 2 3 4 0 4 1 4 0 4 6 4 4 8 4 9 6 6 3 9 0 5 5 6 6 2 3 1 0 0 179
PENNSYLVANIA   369 57 73 73 70 98 81 93 109 83 90 81 98 73 59 59 78 67 49 68 50 69 68 90 78 83 53 51 65 63 55 51 55 40 51 40 45 43 58 44 25 21 14 8 1 0 3049
RHODE ISLAND   6 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 39
SOUTH CAROLINA   4 0 1 1 4 3 4 0 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 3 7 10 13 16 1 4 3 0 0 126
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 24
TENNESSEE   24 5 8 10 8 7 3 5 7 9 9 14 5 6 5 6 4 8 8 6 9 3 5 1 8 2 7 5 5 11 6 7 13 8 9 5 22 5 9 13 3 3 2 1 0 0 319
TEXAS   65 13 14 14 19 10 22 16 21 17 17 22 27 16 22 30 27 22 20 21 19 14 17 21 26 14 18 11 20 16 14 22 33 18 15 18 17 25 26 36 21 19 26 5 2 0 908
UTAH   13 2 1 2 4 7 5 6 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 6 2 5 4 5 1 2 4 1 5 3 1 6 8 5 2 4 3 3 8 1 3 2 3 3 0 1 6 2 1 0 164
VERMONT   3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 48
VIRGINIA   23 9 6 7 5 1 8 1 9 20 8 6 6 6 2 5 6 5 8 4 5 3 2 3 1 6 5 7 12 13 9 16 14 13 7 10 16 8 5 7 10 11 0 0 0 0 328
WASHINGTON   18 2 6 9 2 5 9 4 3 5 8 7 6 3 1 7 8 6 4 6 7 6 9 7 4 8 8 3 6 5 7 4 12 6 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 5 1 1 0 0 287
WEST VIRGINIA   10 3 4 4 3 1 5 2 3 4 1 5 1 6 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 3 9 6 7 2 1 3 5 4 4 1 4 0 9 2 2 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 136
WISCONSIN   51 4 4 8 6 6 7 12 10 5 5 5 8 2 7 6 8 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 6 4 12 7 7 14 10 8 8 3 6 8 5 7 4 9 6 6 3 3 1 0 310
WYOMING   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
PUERTO RICO   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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
JAPAN   126 38 28 47 52 73 72 74 96 95 116 125 145 110 140 116 146 149 161 218 180 188 199 209 227 279 259 274 265 281 258 289 280 307 328 276 292 333 402 372 259 123 96 40 5 0 8148
GERMANY   203 32 53 49 52 52 78 78 64 70 72 84 98 74 85 98 91 83 59 58 65 94 81 96 75 90 82 86 58 71 76 73 58 88 85 101 116 114 110 133 65 32 11 5 1 0 3399
FRANCE   92 27 27 33 30 40 32 42 26 35 39 48 43 40 48 46 37 41 34 39 41 36 35 55 34 48 32 53 46 53 47 46 54 61 57 62 60 63 58 56 37 22 7 2 0 0 1864
UNITED KINGDOM   172 36 54 42 39 51 44 49 48 47 42 53 47 34 34 48 39 34 36 40 41 36 23 30 28 31 35 25 20 26 32 28 27 25 35 26 30 26 38 25 22 15 2 1 0 0 1616
CANADA   71 14 23 16 21 24 16 24 34 25 31 34 28 26 24 31 24 29 18 22 28 19 32 25 23 33 31 29 36 43 38 33 34 39 28 40 23 46 42 36 21 21 9 10 1 0 1255
SWITZERLAND   29 9 15 16 22 16 11 15 15 16 12 13 16 12 24 17 16 15 9 14 16 11 16 15 15 13 16 14 20 3 21 10 15 22 23 23 16 15 18 17 10 14 0 1 0 0 656
SWEDEN   29 6 9 9 13 7 18 12 16 21 26 28 26 20 22 15 21 11 17 17 17 21 17 14 10 6 7 9 13 10 8 16 9 6 10 20 13 30 23 17 10 5 2 1 0 0 637
AUSTRIA   18 5 5 6 9 10 10 9 11 13 7 15 12 16 15 1 7 4 6 9 14 8 8 9 9 13 12 15 4 6 5 9 14 12 26 23 18 19 13 19 13 4 4 4 0 0 469
ITALY   27 7 6 4 4 7 6 18 17 10 9 14 13 16 9 12 8 11 3 7 8 6 9 14 9 6 3 10 9 11 11 11 13 7 14 14 21 18 17 7 11 3 7 1 0 0 448
AUSTRALIA   8 5 4 6 4 0 9 5 5 6 5 5 5 10 4 7 9 8 8 12 4 9 5 9 6 13 3 7 12 18 15 17 11 23 20 17 19 23 22 20 11 10 2 1 0 0 422
NETHERLANDS   14 4 3 3 5 9 9 13 12 6 5 9 10 11 3 5 7 4 3 6 6 4 10 7 13 10 8 8 5 4 3 5 3 8 6 9 10 12 8 20 9 2 0 0 0 0 311
U.S.S.R.   4 3 1 1 11 4 5 14 17 15 15 20 15 17 30 21 11 7 12 10 8 4 0 0 3 5 5 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 272
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 5 3 9 12 20 12 20 18 16 16 27 23 25 11 5 2 0 0 239
BELGIUM   10 1 4 3 5 5 2 6 8 11 5 10 7 14 8 6 7 8 8 3 5 4 6 5 7 3 4 2 0 2 2 3 3 4 6 3 5 8 4 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 225
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 7 7 12 11 8 6 12 9 11 9 12 12 20 8 4 3 1 0 167
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 2 5 4 5 3 3 8 2 1 5 3 3 4 2 7 4 1 2 5 7 3 8 12 5 1 2 6 3 4 9 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 157
NORWAY   16 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 0 5 6 0 2 6 1 2 3 6 2 2 3 6 1 1 6 4 3 3 4 2 1 7 9 4 3 4 5 6 8 5 4 0 2 0 0 155
SOUTH AFRICA   3 1 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 2 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 6 4 4 0 0 1 5 4 2 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 100
MEXICO   1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 4 1 4 6 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 89
DENMARK   2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 2 3 4 3 9 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 69
ISRAEL   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 2 3 3 5 3 3 4 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 69
HUNGARY   1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 3 2 5 4 2 1 10 3 1 4 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 63
BRAZIL   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 0 3 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 57
LUXEMBOURG   4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 4 6 4 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 56
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 3 6 2 7 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 53
SPAIN   3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 6 3 5 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 44
INDIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 39
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19
POLAND   5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
BULGARIA   1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 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 18
GREECE   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
ARGENTINA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
LIECHTENSTEIN   1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13
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 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 11
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
IRELAND   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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
PHILIPPINES   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
COLOMBIA   2 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 0 0 0 4
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANDORRA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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
EL SALVADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   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
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAKISTAN   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
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PERU   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TUNISIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   2042 354 464 485 449 510 463 537 542 476 490 503 485 453 381 436 425 390 349 374 330 334 338 390 382 437 376 359 386 398 356 400 445 375 438 377 394 379 423 408 331 233 159 81 14 1 19152
U.S. GOVERNMENT   151 9 27 31 25 31 34 17 25 39 27 32 27 21 18 24 21 17 20 27 11 15 14 15 21 13 10 15 13 15 17 13 12 12 8 10 10 7 6 8 5 9 1 0 0 0 883
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   357 35 83 87 85 70 78 74 80 80 76 76 69 63 61 53 68 78 55 67 40 42 54 45 51 50 47 52 65 52 78 58 59 72 73 70 62 71 58 63 37 27 27 14 3 0 2965
FOREIGN CORPORATION   626 140 177 192 204 241 253 294 314 310 327 382 427 366 395 384 398 365 351 429 391 416 424 459 439 513 479 527 480 519 529 553 539 609 643 645 633 715 763 799 531 273 152 67 8 0 18681
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   34 11 15 4 5 2 3 3 4 7 3 7 7 3 9 2 6 10 9 10 11 14 10 18 8 8 9 6 6 9 6 6 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 279
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   128 22 29 43 51 48 39 66 57 56 66 70 44 51 61 57 48 35 33 41 42 27 34 41 31 44 34 30 36 34 46 55 42 41 44 35 42 49 57 43 22 18 7 5 0 0 1904

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