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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 3252. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS

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   635 707 1099 1492 1564 1330 1545 1416 1200 1920 1240 1286 1274 1371 1218 1541 993 1220 1409 1170 1358 1338 1457 1274 1442 1453 1827 1902 2071 2276 2382 2253 1845 1807 1814 1989 1779 1958 2306 2221 2082 1892 1411 1627 1326 1073 71793
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   514 556 860 1149 1180 956 1086 914 721 1145 801 743 735 725 711 918 550 702 816 644 787 761 836 767 789 733 941 947 1026 1156 1155 1133 893 910 872 909 851 902 1022 1009 926 808 681 750 607 495 39092
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   121 151 239 343 384 374 459 502 479 775 439 543 539 646 507 623 443 518 593 526 571 577 621 507 653 720 886 955 1045 1120 1227 1120 952 897 942 1080 928 1056 1284 1212 1156 1084 730 877 719 578 32701
ALABAMA   5 4 4 1 5 4 12 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 3 0 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 8 2 4 9 3 4 4 6 5 6 141
ALASKA   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 0 0 1
ARIZONA   0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 6 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 4 4 3 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 94
ARKANSAS   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
CALIFORNIA   41 31 60 80 75 40 65 49 46 65 65 30 30 36 35 67 34 43 59 21 33 32 31 35 43 33 54 38 46 69 52 55 36 39 52 75 42 44 41 70 54 56 55 62 62 33 2214
COLORADO   1 1 1 4 1 3 2 4 2 7 1 7 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 3 3 3 3 0 3 4 2 2 5 1 8 1 109
CONNECTICUT   15 22 36 27 31 27 25 29 18 32 31 29 31 29 36 47 13 19 21 18 25 31 26 23 17 22 17 22 19 27 30 36 15 15 26 14 17 25 26 18 15 18 12 20 16 8 1076
DELAWARE   36 54 69 88 116 83 88 64 39 92 64 52 56 44 46 44 20 31 39 26 37 28 41 31 38 30 36 44 61 62 70 68 60 47 47 47 44 53 54 39 49 37 35 33 11 14 2267
FLORIDA   3 5 5 7 11 9 5 11 10 13 5 8 5 5 7 4 6 3 7 6 6 6 3 7 4 9 12 5 5 10 7 8 3 10 6 9 10 9 6 8 7 11 9 13 6 4 328
GEORGIA   0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 4 2 5 5 9 11 15 19 21 6 14 15 9 25 14 12 17 15 19 12 13 17 16 10 323
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7
IDAHO   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 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 12
ILLINOIS   14 21 35 48 26 41 39 28 27 36 23 26 40 40 40 42 23 42 45 34 31 41 37 34 32 34 35 27 37 39 32 35 37 35 26 32 27 26 30 21 25 19 18 25 11 9 1425
INDIANA   17 12 18 21 17 13 7 12 15 28 17 12 14 8 14 14 10 19 26 12 21 30 26 22 25 24 20 26 16 9 14 15 19 12 11 9 12 5 2 15 6 5 5 7 8 10 680
IOWA   0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 1 58
KANSAS   2 1 8 6 4 2 7 9 2 8 9 9 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 8 6 1 0 0 0 108
KENTUCKY   3 4 1 10 18 14 3 7 3 4 3 3 5 2 7 6 2 5 2 1 4 6 4 5 5 3 2 5 4 6 8 5 2 2 2 1 8 5 5 1 4 0 1 3 1 2 197
LOUISIANA   6 4 5 13 7 8 11 16 5 21 3 6 7 8 8 14 7 0 7 7 8 10 12 10 17 12 8 33 17 16 8 5 9 9 5 11 6 9 14 5 11 9 4 2 5 5 423
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
MARYLAND   5 14 14 16 18 10 7 15 15 18 11 9 9 3 6 6 4 3 8 6 9 9 7 6 4 9 8 6 14 9 11 19 11 24 16 11 15 5 7 11 8 4 7 4 5 2 438
MASSACHUSETTS   21 32 60 54 47 38 44 25 28 30 14 20 21 22 20 30 9 23 37 17 38 26 29 43 37 21 39 27 44 40 32 32 16 26 30 31 46 32 43 49 28 37 20 47 38 26 1469
MICHIGAN   22 24 41 71 76 49 56 44 59 81 57 36 37 45 35 61 38 44 52 51 50 47 64 61 72 65 77 73 68 79 71 56 59 60 53 62 56 67 48 61 55 64 38 31 29 26 2471
MINNESOTA   15 9 16 18 14 22 33 26 21 22 22 18 13 15 15 9 10 8 25 10 8 19 12 21 14 21 22 19 15 30 27 48 35 38 36 43 40 30 37 43 43 45 25 37 23 23 1095
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 5 2 54
MISSOURI   5 3 9 23 17 7 13 14 10 12 5 12 8 6 7 17 7 15 14 9 6 10 9 8 7 0 2 1 4 5 5 6 1 4 0 5 8 7 8 3 8 2 1 2 2 4 331
MONTANA   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 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8
NEBRASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 5 4 3 5 1 3 2 47
NEW JERSEY   85 64 106 159 163 145 159 144 91 151 99 80 85 78 75 90 55 77 84 74 93 91 98 74 94 80 126 121 137 139 102 113 69 74 80 74 54 70 60 58 50 42 31 29 30 30 4083
NEW MEXICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 2 3 1 2 39
NEW YORK   33 42 59 69 109 74 79 73 57 103 110 93 57 78 70 97 52 62 68 66 57 56 53 56 67 68 84 90 106 110 113 88 74 70 63 63 62 61 90 63 66 54 50 43 37 34 3229
NORTH CAROLINA   4 10 15 22 33 32 30 18 15 20 7 11 11 6 7 12 9 3 8 2 5 2 2 2 5 6 11 8 9 11 8 11 12 30 27 24 34 26 24 28 28 22 16 16 10 12 664
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 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 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 15
OHIO   29 47 52 71 85 64 92 88 71 106 82 88 118 123 97 109 86 109 95 69 97 92 96 83 99 84 90 84 90 113 103 107 57 68 70 83 79 82 131 100 99 76 65 88 51 44 3912
OKLAHOMA   37 20 64 60 68 51 72 42 46 57 40 47 47 38 46 58 20 31 39 35 51 52 46 25 12 12 19 10 29 39 52 51 28 20 10 8 8 14 25 15 27 11 12 14 11 6 1525
OREGON   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 2 2 5 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 3 52
PENNSYLVANIA   42 60 74 104 92 75 109 90 56 100 57 65 45 55 58 71 56 70 63 53 68 62 63 68 55 66 59 58 50 76 113 113 96 117 80 87 87 90 91 82 80 89 63 62 52 43 3365
RHODE ISLAND   1 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 6 3 3 3 4 3 2 5 1 2 5 2 5 5 8 9 2 3 124
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 1 1 5 3 4 5 2 4 5 3 4 3 1 3 5 2 1 4 15 7 3 5 4 5 2 5 4 13 4 8 6 8 9 7 7 7 7 6 11 7 8 14 12 4 4 249
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
TENNESSEE   18 20 32 45 31 28 18 17 12 12 9 7 13 6 17 12 17 12 17 18 11 22 21 23 14 18 26 34 33 26 32 28 28 16 26 9 21 26 19 31 24 12 7 8 19 15 910
TEXAS   15 18 19 47 47 50 52 41 22 48 21 26 43 43 36 52 33 42 49 63 77 50 95 85 81 77 118 134 124 136 151 155 137 101 102 99 68 124 140 161 119 102 100 112 93 63 3571
UTAH   0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 2 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 69
VERMONT   0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21
VIRGINIA   9 3 8 14 11 11 14 13 18 21 15 13 10 4 2 15 10 9 7 7 12 8 9 9 5 5 18 15 15 31 28 20 18 14 15 14 19 21 13 10 8 16 11 15 8 20 591
WASHINGTON   0 0 1 2 5 3 3 2 0 0 4 7 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 5 3 3 2 3 5 5 3 4 6 3 8 4 3 6 6 4 129
WEST VIRGINIA   26 28 36 49 38 35 21 15 15 15 9 14 10 9 12 19 12 14 16 9 10 10 16 9 13 11 12 19 16 20 20 18 15 17 27 29 15 13 19 24 20 6 18 5 12 4 800
WISCONSIN   2 0 2 5 3 4 2 2 1 7 1 4 2 2 1 4 1 2 6 2 6 2 3 3 7 2 13 8 9 4 5 6 6 11 16 6 17 10 22 20 16 15 11 3 4 8 286
WYOMING   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
JAPAN   19 12 36 35 53 68 88 121 121 236 145 180 212 226 159 217 154 189 244 240 264 243 335 240 332 325 397 452 521 581 634 611 482 440 424 468 418 464 561 550 505 443 317 367 327 242 13698
GERMANY   51 54 87 129 153 136 166 167 154 225 121 153 141 182 169 182 150 159 150 130 161 179 131 144 162 206 225 234 239 273 267 235 202 232 253 279 219 236 280 244 273 251 164 175 135 98 8356
FRANCE   9 11 11 12 22 30 32 41 48 68 30 40 40 53 38 41 23 33 44 39 28 27 28 27 33 36 54 59 61 58 63 41 51 43 36 65 37 53 61 53 67 51 44 50 34 30 1855
UNITED KINGDOM   12 18 32 52 54 44 55 63 49 83 49 51 45 57 51 51 28 23 40 33 40 38 29 20 27 27 23 44 43 44 38 28 37 20 39 39 27 32 34 36 27 39 17 37 19 17 1711
ITALY   12 26 26 49 36 27 42 40 23 58 27 40 35 28 15 25 21 17 24 20 11 16 24 12 17 29 40 42 41 34 50 50 37 49 44 36 35 47 58 52 42 48 20 35 25 24 1509
NETHERLANDS   2 10 16 16 17 20 17 13 19 28 11 11 13 17 9 15 6 17 12 26 19 19 16 10 13 31 59 39 59 43 51 34 25 18 27 41 36 32 39 48 37 32 13 20 22 9 1087
SWITZERLAND   9 9 14 22 21 23 19 18 20 25 23 20 21 26 16 25 15 28 28 13 19 14 19 17 21 21 31 25 13 14 17 23 10 15 16 30 24 15 30 25 18 26 12 11 17 9 887
CANADA   2 7 7 9 10 6 10 15 14 14 10 10 5 10 10 7 9 8 6 5 2 10 9 4 11 13 20 14 19 20 30 19 35 16 19 16 15 31 36 43 20 40 28 25 16 20 705
BELGIUM   3 2 3 9 8 7 9 14 12 14 6 9 5 16 9 12 17 15 16 0 8 4 7 6 6 6 14 10 13 14 22 20 12 13 23 29 25 30 48 34 30 30 19 32 22 21 684
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 7 4 11 12 22 17 14 22 18 47 32 40 49 49 40 43 29 40 512
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 8 14 6 11 15 17 20 16 21 19 16 12 12 13 14 15 243
AUSTRIA   0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 4 5 3 4 6 4 9 3 7 13 7 4 5 3 9 3 5 7 10 8 6 4 1 9 4 3 186
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 1 3 0 3 7 8 8 3 7 10 10 10 20 13 12 10 7 4 8 8 164
AUSTRALIA   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 7 5 5 1 3 3 5 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 6 3 3 6 7 2 11 10 6 7 4 6 3 2 146
U.S.S.R.   0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 6 7 12 7 6 6 12 8 12 8 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
INDIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 4 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 4 6 3 8 7 6 11 10 11 7 10 109
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 4 13 12 17 2 2 4 2 0 3 1 3 4 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
SWEDEN   0 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 2 7 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 9 6 3 1 0 5 4 2 91
ISRAEL   0 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 1 4 3 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 5 1 2 4 1 1 88
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 6 5 6 2 6 9 13 66
IRELAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 46
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 10 6 5 3 2 2 44
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 1 2 5 10 4 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 37
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 30
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 0 27
DENMARK   0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 24
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 19
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 16
POLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 15
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 14
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 11
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 11
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
MEXICO   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7
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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6
NEW ZEALAND   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
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 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
COLOMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   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 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ARGENTINA   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
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 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
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
EGYPT   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
LEBANON   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MALI   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
MOROCCO   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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   510 555 862 1140 1170 954 1065 884 716 1084 777 716 730 729 698 917 553 703 813 652 782 765 828 767 802 754 996 981 1048 1168 1167 1113 912 922 869 945 863 936 1039 1031 933 841 679 779 624 500 39272
U.S. GOVERNMENT   2 4 12 15 11 15 17 25 12 35 15 19 12 18 14 15 17 13 12 13 23 12 19 18 10 10 14 16 23 33 31 29 15 21 18 14 19 14 14 14 10 12 14 9 6 10 724
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   12 12 14 34 46 26 24 30 22 61 35 26 14 17 23 36 12 24 39 14 21 17 26 14 18 18 17 19 29 29 35 30 18 15 24 35 30 22 27 24 30 19 17 16 22 12 1105
FOREIGN CORPORATION   107 132 200 286 320 320 424 457 419 704 390 487 492 591 464 552 389 462 519 476 513 526 574 460 592 653 772 863 943 1017 1114 1061 881 838 883 974 846 969 1199 1133 1087 1003 691 812 660 543 29798
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 2 4 5 8 5 4 10 9 8 16 4 7 8 10 7 4 1 6 6 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 154
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   4 3 11 17 17 13 13 16 30 36 23 38 24 15 19 17 19 16 22 10 11 13 6 5 11 10 12 19 21 21 25 13 15 10 14 15 19 16 26 17 21 16 9 11 14 7 740

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 3252. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS

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   5041 1021 1065 1177 1216 1183 1283 1210 1252 1071 1218 1265 1343 1189 1185 1262 1237 1247 1288 1304 1232 1310 1501 1558 1653 1950 2245 2257 2059 2034 2066 1937 2555 1930 2285 1931 2103 2104 2275 2465 1947 1287 716 244 87 5 71793
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   3911 749 740 807 805 692 781 755 794 606 707 683 762 713 670 704 720 689 740 778 724 752 870 819 838 948 1079 1149 1016 1012 1056 932 1262 883 1051 896 963 937 938 992 893 671 417 134 52 2 39092
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1130 272 325 370 411 491 502 455 458 465 511 582 581 476 515 558 517 558 548 526 508 558 631 739 815 1002 1166 1108 1043 1022 1010 1005 1293 1047 1234 1035 1140 1167 1337 1473 1054 616 299 110 35 3 32701
ALABAMA   22 5 3 5 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 3 0 2 2 4 1 7 6 4 2 9 6 7 4 3 2 1 0 141
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ARIZONA   2 1 0 1 2 2 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 7 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 2 1 5 3 7 5 2 1 0 0 94
ARKANSAS   2 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 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
CALIFORNIA   270 34 52 44 39 43 35 49 49 38 27 37 33 44 50 47 38 41 40 20 34 30 39 49 49 46 58 52 50 52 42 39 93 41 49 44 45 68 66 64 72 60 31 8 3 0 2214
COLORADO   11 0 2 3 2 2 2 5 3 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 3 1 2 7 0 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 3 2 4 4 7 1 0 0 0 109
CONNECTICUT   112 29 16 25 29 17 18 23 36 15 22 35 37 31 35 17 18 21 13 31 24 35 16 30 13 19 19 29 17 34 30 20 26 21 20 17 28 13 20 22 27 7 5 2 2 0 1076
DELAWARE   331 78 54 62 57 42 61 57 58 51 50 43 48 28 34 22 40 21 42 32 38 28 38 33 38 43 56 65 59 53 60 50 69 51 58 51 51 45 46 54 27 27 14 2 0 0 2267
FLORIDA   23 8 5 7 6 13 8 11 4 7 5 5 6 4 7 3 6 7 5 5 5 2 12 6 9 6 6 9 7 7 8 4 11 9 13 7 5 9 11 8 13 14 0 1 1 0 328
GEORGIA   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 7 6 7 20 17 15 14 14 13 18 22 21 9 17 17 15 16 18 18 10 2 1 0 323
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7
IDAHO   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 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 12
ILLINOIS   145 14 28 27 32 29 19 22 26 25 27 41 44 48 24 35 37 42 36 36 31 27 40 31 32 35 28 44 35 34 33 37 44 27 33 29 26 19 20 30 22 21 8 1 0 1 1425
INDIANA   80 4 9 9 14 15 17 11 16 13 13 14 15 10 9 16 33 9 17 30 22 20 29 26 20 26 13 17 12 11 21 17 10 9 10 8 3 8 10 6 6 14 8 0 0 0 680
IOWA   2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 4 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 58
KANSAS   17 5 2 6 5 5 3 5 14 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 108
KENTUCKY   22 3 15 8 9 4 2 4 4 2 5 2 7 2 4 6 3 1 0 8 3 5 5 5 3 2 5 6 5 7 3 4 3 1 7 3 5 4 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 197
LOUISIANA   33 9 8 9 10 7 11 10 4 5 7 5 8 8 12 3 7 5 6 14 6 10 14 19 9 25 22 17 8 8 10 5 9 8 11 10 6 15 5 8 8 3 1 3 2 0 423
MAINE   0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16
MARYLAND   61 14 5 4 13 15 10 7 15 8 6 5 5 6 7 4 3 11 7 7 8 6 6 9 10 7 12 9 10 12 13 12 37 7 13 15 4 8 4 15 3 4 1 0 0 0 438
MASSACHUSETTS   198 26 32 32 28 26 22 13 17 15 23 23 21 22 16 25 22 33 27 37 21 41 38 35 30 29 44 32 30 26 32 22 39 38 48 37 45 32 39 34 38 47 22 8 4 0 1469
MICHIGAN   195 46 42 37 49 46 62 56 49 28 44 37 53 35 51 50 39 52 58 40 59 61 72 64 72 72 75 67 74 58 48 76 75 59 63 57 62 64 55 66 44 40 15 4 0 0 2471
MINNESOTA   78 9 18 23 23 20 20 19 15 11 18 9 12 11 7 13 22 12 17 6 16 13 20 15 22 17 28 26 23 35 47 42 48 40 49 37 35 38 39 44 37 38 15 5 3 0 1095
MISSISSIPPI   0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 0 1 1 4 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 54
MISSOURI   54 8 11 6 4 15 9 7 6 8 9 12 6 11 6 11 15 16 4 6 13 4 9 4 1 1 2 7 5 3 5 3 2 3 6 11 4 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 0 0 331
MONTANA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
NEBRASKA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
NEVADA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 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 7
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 3 3 6 5 2 5 1 0 0 0 47
NEW JERSEY   534 112 118 119 99 89 107 115 93 68 73 73 84 73 68 64 81 78 84 102 84 81 93 102 114 100 154 135 100 103 88 82 98 68 72 57 63 62 30 62 44 25 22 6 4 0 4083
NEW MEXICO   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 39
NEW YORK   272 43 61 68 61 60 78 75 106 61 83 75 73 66 62 62 61 65 68 43 62 54 68 66 72 99 102 109 104 86 79 69 85 66 77 64 68 62 92 73 48 34 37 9 1 0 3229
NORTH CAROLINA   66 26 29 26 16 11 14 9 15 11 5 5 7 10 7 7 6 7 2 3 0 5 5 6 7 7 6 10 15 11 14 16 41 23 38 28 25 19 31 26 21 10 12 3 3 0 664
NORTH DAKOTA   0 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 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
OHIO   264 51 46 60 82 65 91 61 82 82 93 113 113 90 100 105 97 63 81 118 72 71 114 86 90 100 95 94 103 92 85 57 90 87 107 81 110 99 95 111 93 53 46 16 8 0 3912
OKLAHOMA   238 71 40 42 34 24 40 38 43 40 47 35 46 53 31 24 32 35 45 51 39 38 19 11 15 17 15 45 39 46 43 23 24 6 14 19 23 17 11 10 17 17 6 1 1 0 1525
OREGON   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 2 1 0 3 7 1 1 3 0 2 3 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 52
PENNSYLVANIA   337 63 53 86 102 50 62 66 60 47 54 47 58 53 55 81 61 57 51 72 60 53 64 69 53 55 66 76 97 81 114 106 129 95 88 89 103 67 86 115 82 55 31 12 4 0 3365
RHODE ISLAND   9 0 1 3 2 4 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7 6 5 6 4 4 1 4 2 3 4 3 5 1 6 9 7 5 5 0 0 0 124
SOUTH CAROLINA   10 1 2 5 3 4 4 1 6 0 5 0 1 6 3 1 2 10 12 7 3 5 3 4 5 3 11 9 5 6 9 6 9 9 7 6 7 9 9 12 15 10 3 1 0 0 249
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
TENNESSEE   145 11 10 17 18 14 12 8 6 5 15 5 13 16 18 10 17 10 17 8 26 21 20 14 22 36 33 31 25 27 26 29 31 15 19 30 20 30 23 11 17 15 7 6 1 0 910
TEXAS   134 35 43 33 25 38 21 33 28 20 39 27 45 44 37 51 33 54 73 57 57 97 103 82 96 125 126 167 109 143 162 117 183 99 115 99 123 137 112 111 145 81 79 22 11 0 3571
UTAH   2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 4 3 5 3 0 4 4 2 2 1 4 2 5 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 69
VERMONT   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21
VIRGINIA   38 9 13 12 7 14 19 12 15 11 7 6 6 6 9 12 11 7 7 7 9 10 6 11 8 18 27 22 23 20 18 22 18 12 18 16 15 9 14 21 11 17 10 5 2 1 591
WASHINGTON   6 0 3 5 1 1 0 0 8 4 7 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 6 1 3 0 2 4 8 2 4 4 6 4 3 5 4 8 6 2 4 0 0 129
WEST VIRGINIA   176 26 15 15 16 10 9 15 6 12 11 9 9 20 10 15 15 17 10 6 11 12 13 15 11 12 20 19 15 18 22 19 16 33 22 20 19 23 17 10 14 11 6 0 0 0 800
WISCONSIN   11 2 0 0 6 1 4 5 0 4 2 2 0 4 0 3 2 5 4 6 2 4 6 5 7 11 6 10 6 4 3 11 14 11 26 11 18 25 21 10 8 4 1 1 0 0 286
WYOMING   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   2 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
JAPAN   144 56 60 74 93 125 137 150 159 137 186 219 196 159 183 188 217 259 247 234 247 281 321 343 375 486 593 549 538 525 523 497 560 475 529 463 483 536 595 638 443 281 138 41 13 2 13698
GERMANY   425 101 132 112 134 162 154 125 122 129 136 155 186 150 171 180 138 144 141 155 132 144 163 201 210 232 278 255 234 230 221 239 349 263 317 220 262 224 290 329 238 117 38 14 3 1 8356
FRANCE   56 22 23 30 38 39 49 38 35 32 43 38 41 30 40 34 39 34 32 28 24 25 37 42 47 61 57 59 58 46 41 46 66 54 64 54 39 63 78 70 58 28 8 7 2 0 1855
UNITED KINGDOM   158 27 34 56 47 54 51 55 44 49 42 57 54 46 25 26 32 28 42 38 25 21 30 22 27 37 46 55 31 26 28 35 56 34 27 38 39 37 32 47 16 24 5 7 1 0 1711
ITALY   151 17 17 42 29 32 28 34 26 40 26 26 21 18 23 19 21 23 16 9 19 14 13 30 37 41 45 38 41 49 42 40 68 46 62 42 47 43 48 55 38 19 11 3 0 0 1509
NETHERLANDS   53 11 14 16 16 19 20 10 15 14 9 13 9 13 10 17 11 18 22 19 18 9 12 29 41 43 65 46 41 47 25 27 30 31 47 32 38 36 64 36 17 17 5 0 2 0 1087
SWITZERLAND   64 17 16 14 12 17 25 17 23 16 28 25 14 14 22 31 18 16 24 13 9 25 16 18 31 29 15 18 15 17 12 23 21 23 38 14 27 18 28 32 14 7 5 5 1 0 887
CANADA   28 9 7 10 11 14 10 6 10 12 7 9 8 5 9 5 9 5 6 5 9 4 6 16 10 24 15 30 18 22 26 35 25 17 19 21 32 36 37 43 35 21 15 3 1 0 705
BELGIUM   23 5 6 10 11 11 12 5 9 12 9 7 17 10 7 20 8 6 7 5 2 6 10 3 11 13 14 16 21 9 24 24 25 25 27 38 35 43 25 47 32 21 5 6 2 0 684
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 8 5 11 11 14 21 21 22 23 38 36 39 47 62 67 29 32 10 2 0 512
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 5 4 12 13 3 21 10 23 21 18 22 15 19 20 8 7 7 6 0 243
AUSTRIA   3 0 2 0 5 2 4 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 2 5 0 6 3 6 2 6 9 7 3 11 12 4 5 3 7 6 5 8 8 10 6 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 186
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 1 5 2 3 8 10 4 11 12 12 12 15 13 14 21 3 2 1 1 1 0 164
AUSTRALIA   2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 5 7 7 1 2 3 5 5 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 0 3 0 2 2 7 1 7 5 7 5 13 7 7 9 4 4 0 0 1 0 146
U.S.S.R.   1 3 3 0 3 3 5 8 4 6 8 8 7 9 11 15 4 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
INDIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 4 8 1 4 7 7 14 16 12 7 2 0 0 109
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   5 0 3 0 3 4 3 1 3 6 6 9 18 8 2 4 2 3 0 2 0 2 4 6 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
SWEDEN   6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 0 3 2 3 6 0 3 3 3 1 5 3 6 7 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 91
ISRAEL   4 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 3 3 2 6 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 5 1 3 4 0 2 3 1 0 5 4 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 88
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 8 6 5 7 10 8 2 0 0 66
IRELAND   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 46
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 7 2 9 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 44
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 1 0 1 4 4 9 6 2 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 37
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 30
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 27
DENMARK   1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 16
POLAND   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
SINGAPORE   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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 15
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 14
HUNGARY   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 11
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 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 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
GREECE   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
NEW ZEALAND   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 4
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 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
GUATEMALA   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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
COLOMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2
ARGENTINA   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
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 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 1
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
EGYPT   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
LEBANON   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
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
MALI   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
MOROCCO   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 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   3914 737 732 775 793 679 756 715 757 587 704 695 761 692 665 724 702 695 744 781 709 750 873 838 876 973 1115 1188 1019 1012 1049 958 1264 906 1090 913 994 936 972 1026 925 680 413 133 51 1 39272
U.S. GOVERNMENT   40 10 8 19 15 18 16 20 17 15 9 17 19 12 13 17 17 8 20 19 14 17 18 16 11 15 26 26 23 34 18 20 24 18 10 13 16 15 11 17 8 14 6 2 2 1 724
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   88 23 25 32 23 25 29 38 37 20 19 14 17 25 35 18 32 24 15 17 21 22 17 15 24 25 23 25 33 26 24 23 37 21 34 25 20 28 27 24 19 21 12 3 0 0 1105
FOREIGN CORPORATION   953 246 287 334 364 437 457 411 417 418 467 516 527 436 453 477 466 503 491 476 475 508 579 663 718 910 1056 985 957 935 960 919 1206 962 1131 965 1044 1099 1240 1376 985 565 282 105 34 3 29798
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 5 4 7 6 5 9 7 9 12 11 5 9 3 11 5 3 6 2 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 154
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   45 4 11 14 19 23 24 26 24 31 18 22 17 22 15 25 15 13 11 5 8 4 7 17 12 16 20 24 24 16 10 14 18 21 16 12 29 23 24 21 10 6 3 1 0 0 740

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


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