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


Asia 10 Countries
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 -

Asia 10 Countries
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.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


Asia 10 Countries
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 327. NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   17 9 21 33 44 40 77 80 111 163 137 150 192 225 180 251 171 199 239 229 272 314 311 366 417 463 585 559 619 681 705 668 572 590 760 858 968 878 986 1110 1083 1083 775 811 653 616 20271
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   17 9 21 33 44 40 77 80 111 163 137 150 192 225 180 251 171 199 239 229 272 314 311 366 417 463 585 559 619 681 705 668 572 590 760 858 968 878 986 1110 1083 1083 775 811 653 616 20271
JAPAN   15 9 20 33 41 38 76 80 110 161 134 146 190 223 175 249 169 192 230 223 262 305 302 352 397 444 567 532 590 636 646 595 496 515 653 719 800 746 837 889 897 877 646 652 511 491 17871
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 5 6 3 6 6 5 9 14 15 9 20 19 31 41 51 47 46 67 83 95 65 79 109 87 102 56 69 57 45 1253
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 4 7 7 13 15 23 23 28 45 55 48 57 90 78 71 55 63 56 58 813
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 4 3 8 2 8 7 9 4 8 9 3 88
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   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 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 0 5 5 6 4 6 8 6 6 11 10 82
INDIA   0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 0 3 3 6 4 6 5 5 60
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 1 4 5 5 4 2 1 3 1 43
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 1 6 1 3 30
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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 15
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8

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   3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 5 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 7 3 6 8 4 12 4 9 9 11 12 13 17 14 16 11 10 20 10 11 258
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5 5 13 17 27 23 57 59 89 137 108 126 168 198 145 221 140 170 194 202 250 278 277 329 370 411 529 511 548 606 641 586 489 520 661 740 851 769 874 981 975 983 715 747 584 580 17909
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 9 8 2 7 9 4 5 6 8 2 6 3 2 4 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 108
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   9 4 8 15 16 16 16 20 18 23 26 19 22 25 32 28 25 26 37 25 18 26 25 33 36 40 45 40 59 58 58 64 76 59 86 99 103 93 92 113 90 88 50 44 58 25 1988

Asia 10 Countries
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 327. NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   105 40 46 44 81 65 123 140 139 118 173 199 158 236 219 201 244 235 289 283 285 337 421 465 518 552 632 631 709 674 664 694 848 872 1017 973 998 1089 1299 1212 1026 669 362 148 38 0 20271
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   105 40 46 44 81 65 123 140 139 118 173 199 158 236 219 201 244 235 289 283 285 337 421 465 518 552 632 631 709 674 664 694 848 872 1017 973 998 1089 1299 1212 1026 669 362 148 38 0 20271
JAPAN   101 37 46 42 81 64 123 138 133 117 173 196 154 233 216 197 233 227 280 277 276 325 405 447 498 537 600 590 654 612 587 607 735 733 867 799 834 924 1064 983 805 504 276 110 31 0 17871
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 9 3 7 4 3 6 10 12 16 8 23 29 34 42 57 49 68 88 75 87 82 81 115 95 99 75 43 22 3 0 1253
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 2 6 10 13 12 16 31 35 40 50 65 67 73 89 99 87 60 31 10 1 0 813
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 6 8 5 6 7 9 8 14 0 0 1 0 88
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 6 5 4 1 8 9 11 6 10 4 1 0 82
INDIA   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 2 0 1 6 8 7 7 0 1 1 0 60
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 4 4 3 6 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 43
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 0 3 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 30
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 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 0 8
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

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   4 2 1 2 0 1 3 1 7 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 10 6 10 11 10 11 19 12 9 23 17 23 8 5 4 2 0 258
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   56 30 29 26 64 53 103 113 109 103 148 172 133 207 184 162 202 207 260 253 257 306 383 417 460 506 567 557 638 606 584 605 750 756 892 845 894 991 1161 1093 925 607 331 130 34 0 17909
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 2 4 8 4 6 3 11 6 2 5 6 9 2 5 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 108
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   44 8 15 16 16 11 16 26 23 14 21 26 23 26 32 34 37 24 24 20 22 23 33 34 47 39 54 62 55 56 69 77 83 100 109 105 90 87 113 102 77 53 26 14 2 0 1988

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


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