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


Patenting Trends in the United States
Fractional Counts

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


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

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


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

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


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

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

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

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

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

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


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


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

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

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

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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   403 430 388 583 567 359 537 508 617 879 777 921 1093 1326 1375 1323 1039 1398 1462 1326 1147 1450 1451 1471 1818 1801 2469 2327 2511 2746 3008 2690 3016 3779 5291 6501 6686 6116 6700 6556 6062 4749 4198 5304 4923 4683 116765
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   281 301 260 379 369 247 340 328 374 510 432 500 606 687 703 690 527 702 764 636 553 766 729 724 980 963 1302 1207 1360 1504 1703 1538 1735 2292 3385 4127 4212 3796 4134 4069 3723 2911 2583 3236 2937 2724 68831
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   122 129 128 204 197 111 197 179 244 368 345 421 486 640 672 633 512 696 698 689 593 684 721 747 838 838 1167 1120 1150 1242 1305 1153 1281 1487 1905 2374 2474 2320 2567 2487 2339 1838 1615 2068 1985 1959 47934
ALABAMA   1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 3 3 6 4 2 9 6 9 7 9 9 16 24 32 22 22 28 28 19 16 18 21 12 339
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 14
ARIZONA   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 5 1 2 4 3 9 6 5 8 9 14 13 14 16 25 29 31 20 19 23 22 15 29 20 28 381
ARKANSAS   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 4 3 4 7 5 8 10 15 5 10 11 7 7 112
CALIFORNIA   16 16 12 24 16 15 15 23 27 37 53 47 69 81 87 66 46 72 89 72 69 109 98 124 161 157 212 193 248 265 319 260 288 423 705 981 966 906 986 987 930 743 679 833 788 757 14064
COLORADO   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 3 7 6 7 4 8 8 13 10 12 17 20 27 57 77 63 69 70 68 47 44 29 32 31 40 794
CONNECTICUT   5 6 8 11 10 8 12 9 14 19 17 17 26 25 30 32 27 24 26 22 18 28 27 30 31 30 38 37 53 49 48 49 56 57 102 106 119 116 149 154 132 103 112 122 90 71 2266
DELAWARE   4 3 7 7 8 6 5 6 8 12 7 7 8 10 13 9 9 9 17 11 10 16 11 10 12 12 16 18 20 22 22 19 17 26 23 22 23 29 34 29 28 29 26 39 33 24 729
FLORIDA   3 3 1 6 7 2 4 4 3 5 6 8 7 8 8 8 3 11 19 11 4 13 15 13 19 19 32 32 25 30 31 24 35 41 65 70 85 74 89 74 82 59 49 56 56 49 1260
GEORGIA   1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 5 3 3 4 3 6 6 10 18 18 22 21 20 22 33 52 37 39 34 51 35 33 37 51 42 43 673
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 5 2 4 8 7 5 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 91
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 1 5 4 1 6 8 3 3 10 7 2 75
ILLINOIS   25 24 16 30 28 15 22 11 28 39 34 43 31 43 29 24 19 57 42 23 31 29 34 28 34 44 42 50 50 66 80 65 76 81 104 123 108 115 123 111 94 68 57 69 68 59 2385
INDIANA   10 13 15 18 13 21 21 20 21 28 19 38 33 34 39 33 27 33 43 54 40 44 52 31 50 44 47 48 36 38 49 41 80 116 121 110 93 86 82 79 62 47 42 46 51 32 2090
IOWA   2 5 3 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 3 2 0 2 2 4 3 4 1 3 2 4 1 5 7 5 7 4 10 9 11 14 17 15 12 31 34 21 33 25 24 23 20 31 41 29 480
KANSAS   2 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 5 5 5 9 8 6 9 5 5 2 4 13 5 2 6 9 11 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 7 10 15 9 9 13 9 10 4 5 7 10 280
KENTUCKY   0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 2 7 1 2 2 1 4 1 7 3 5 2 6 4 9 7 10 10 16 16 14 10 10 13 10 11 194
LOUISIANA   3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 1 3 9 2 3 4 3 4 5 4 3 5 9 17 10 4 14 10 8 9 11 12 20 13 12 17 23 18 12 10 13 7 10 324
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 6 2 7 9 11 2 4 8 9 5 7 6 7 11 114
MARYLAND   8 2 5 4 6 5 9 5 5 8 10 9 10 11 13 13 10 16 18 15 16 21 23 24 41 35 43 35 47 80 78 79 84 122 182 232 285 214 234 251 214 188 159 200 155 148 3362
MASSACHUSETTS   3 6 1 3 6 2 5 5 6 9 6 12 20 16 21 14 15 16 31 33 30 43 30 25 49 65 73 80 93 92 123 109 100 186 310 375 381 304 379 347 357 284 250 294 273 277 5152
MICHIGAN   28 25 32 34 39 26 24 23 31 38 33 48 60 61 55 71 52 48 99 51 38 45 37 48 45 42 37 46 37 52 58 55 40 64 81 84 92 103 84 77 84 78 77 59 55 58 2448
MINNESOTA   1 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 8 5 3 8 10 9 6 20 9 6 10 7 11 11 7 19 11 16 16 15 24 21 15 32 29 40 55 45 50 53 70 60 46 35 54 43 29 920
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 5 5 9 2 5 4 5 4 3 8 94
MISSOURI   13 9 5 18 14 7 11 10 13 18 10 13 7 10 13 19 8 16 17 10 5 9 13 12 13 13 22 22 36 46 36 48 48 42 75 77 78 61 78 81 71 73 44 52 41 27 1354
MONTANA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 7 2 2 0 6 1 4 0 1 3 4 4 3 5 5 2 8 10 6 3 5 5 6 1 101
NEBRASKA   0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 5 1 2 2 2 0 3 5 5 2 5 4 3 2 4 2 3 2 6 4 6 10 20 11 9 21 14 14 8 11 9 8 13 11 232
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 5 4 2 4 0 3 0 1 4 4 41
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 6 9 16 34 40 23 14 12 13 9 9 10 15 13 244
NEW JERSEY   54 66 49 70 81 56 88 74 79 122 94 84 110 152 150 138 100 129 112 109 87 103 105 125 156 163 193 170 182 165 193 147 171 209 265 266 292 242 250 275 256 175 146 233 202 188 6880
NEW MEXICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 4 4 6 6 5 10 13 10 11 10 8 12 8 6 6 7 3 150
NEW YORK   50 42 44 45 59 32 48 49 52 57 50 50 63 65 67 66 45 71 86 65 53 82 83 72 96 91 126 102 114 113 116 125 119 154 214 290 283 247 245 239 211 175 129 187 157 165 5089
NORTH CAROLINA   0 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 5 6 10 4 5 7 11 6 8 11 10 23 17 33 21 25 36 39 38 38 63 81 92 95 89 105 91 100 64 68 96 87 88 1487
NORTH DAKOTA   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 14
OHIO   11 11 5 15 6 4 5 10 14 21 13 12 24 27 20 22 19 25 23 17 23 23 20 14 24 30 41 36 46 50 52 36 53 63 112 85 97 86 97 102 69 42 41 45 37 41 1661
OKLAHOMA   4 4 4 6 4 3 3 5 3 3 1 4 2 4 1 3 4 2 2 2 3 7 3 4 2 4 8 4 9 9 12 4 8 8 17 18 10 8 21 10 10 6 9 18 13 8 290
OREGON   0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 1 6 5 5 5 10 9 19 13 14 30 16 19 18 14 19 17 7 14 12 13 292
PENNSYLVANIA   21 27 25 41 32 17 31 33 25 35 36 56 72 67 71 85 59 75 52 46 44 64 60 45 89 62 94 86 84 92 111 126 138 178 261 285 343 301 377 313 231 171 136 192 191 147 5126
RHODE ISLAND   1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 2 2 6 8 7 11 16 10 9 8 5 12 7 5 3 137
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 2 11 7 16 11 6 10 11 11 8 11 10 6 6 159
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 23
TENNESSEE   1 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 14 4 2 4 3 2 8 10 11 9 19 11 16 10 10 12 17 21 38 30 30 29 38 32 27 22 29 22 27 545
TEXAS   3 12 4 10 5 5 2 3 4 8 5 6 8 10 5 9 11 14 16 12 8 19 24 23 19 27 51 46 61 71 77 71 70 80 127 135 159 149 133 133 134 111 91 99 111 83 2256
UTAH   0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 7 2 3 6 4 10 8 12 12 14 33 38 26 24 39 31 25 31 13 23 21 16 420
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 3 4 2 1 2 8 5 4 8 4 6 7 1 2 4 5 5 2 83
VIRGINIA   1 1 3 4 4 4 3 6 4 4 4 3 6 7 14 4 7 6 13 11 8 9 9 7 10 8 19 11 15 15 18 16 20 28 39 49 37 45 35 39 39 24 20 23 23 31 694
WASHINGTON   0 2 4 2 3 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 3 5 6 7 3 9 7 10 31 31 30 44 49 31 42 59 88 124 114 113 107 109 110 70 93 99 89 77 1589
WEST VIRGINIA   5 2 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 4 1 6 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 0 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 1 2 2 1 1 99
WISCONSIN   8 9 5 9 6 1 4 6 7 10 2 8 5 7 9 9 4 6 7 6 7 8 9 5 7 14 19 19 15 19 28 22 31 45 44 71 67 59 54 59 65 38 52 76 52 48 1052
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 26
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 7 6 7 4 7 14 9 5 8 7 6 5 5 6 4 7 135
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 15
JAPAN   17 24 16 41 37 23 33 33 60 101 91 105 133 132 124 141 95 169 168 192 174 212 216 235 260 253 345 339 340 395 404 371 372 406 439 548 509 475 539 490 410 355 307 429 373 378 11309
GERMANY   35 28 28 45 32 18 45 41 47 66 70 83 105 162 173 141 116 160 160 138 119 120 143 159 163 147 244 221 201 239 202 179 200 207 293 319 346 359 404 370 361 280 230 284 278 256 8023
UNITED KINGDOM   11 13 12 19 28 16 21 11 22 40 37 48 51 74 107 98 85 110 98 94 78 106 101 87 101 120 157 141 152 130 145 124 140 163 248 296 310 304 311 301 244 196 180 221 213 201 5762
FRANCE   13 22 21 29 32 13 22 20 44 41 41 56 68 76 84 79 62 74 62 63 64 61 75 68 81 78 93 105 115 121 134 114 129 157 224 263 267 265 287 252 277 167 153 189 173 175 5003
CANADA   3 5 4 8 4 7 7 15 4 8 10 13 20 19 20 20 11 12 19 15 21 19 20 13 20 21 44 36 44 50 64 48 66 100 126 190 219 193 191 213 192 145 115 161 153 136 2818
SWITZERLAND   13 16 16 24 21 11 27 31 27 40 43 46 35 57 50 52 47 57 48 56 40 35 38 37 40 53 57 58 51 52 55 41 57 57 70 69 75 57 80 70 63 59 53 65 63 66 2177
ITALY   9 3 9 11 11 5 7 6 9 20 13 20 19 22 33 25 20 35 48 35 32 42 44 49 44 39 59 61 65 56 64 58 66 70 74 79 93 80 79 81 69 53 49 60 61 69 1944
SWEDEN   6 0 2 5 5 3 4 5 8 14 14 12 10 18 12 16 11 14 11 13 5 5 13 6 16 15 21 13 17 17 21 22 28 34 56 62 67 73 69 72 73 58 47 57 57 57 1152
NETHERLANDS   7 1 6 8 8 7 6 8 6 6 7 4 8 6 8 9 14 10 11 13 11 12 9 7 16 13 10 16 18 26 33 19 20 19 46 67 73 68 73 62 61 55 53 51 55 62 1104
DENMARK   2 3 2 2 6 0 1 0 3 5 2 2 2 7 7 6 4 3 4 5 4 9 6 13 8 6 18 14 21 18 22 28 29 33 57 70 76 68 81 52 69 46 44 48 49 38 982
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 5 3 6 4 3 6 7 5 5 5 6 13 13 20 18 19 22 26 15 19 38 35 62 64 58 50 75 82 43 38 51 59 61 941
BELGIUM   2 5 3 3 5 2 3 1 3 5 2 6 5 8 11 9 11 15 13 14 7 11 10 10 12 14 16 21 21 16 20 15 24 30 36 55 52 52 44 58 49 56 34 45 51 44 916
AUSTRALIA   0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 3 4 5 5 5 3 6 5 2 7 5 6 5 7 12 8 18 16 20 28 29 31 39 63 74 50 79 66 54 47 38 53 44 58 901
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 6 13 11 13 22 22 32 39 35 43 48 53 53 46 70 75 59 650
INDIA   0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 5 1 1 1 5 9 3 6 7 8 15 19 25 36 49 71 39 57 61 50 54 543
AUSTRIA   4 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 6 4 4 3 3 8 3 3 3 2 4 6 8 11 12 8 10 8 10 10 18 19 27 24 17 19 19 22 15 15 20 18 20 397
HUNGARY   1 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 3 10 6 5 5 11 15 17 13 14 16 24 19 20 21 15 17 21 16 11 11 11 4 8 6 7 8 10 7 6 6 6 5 8 385
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 5 6 6 6 8 17 22 16 27 31 27 30 34 47 34 48 369
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 4 5 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 4 5 4 8 7 6 6 10 9 10 10 10 16 24 17 10 15 25 23 21 16 20 25 25 354
FINLAND   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 4 5 8 4 4 5 6 8 7 9 12 17 15 23 22 13 18 19 15 13 14 13 11 20 291
NORWAY   0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 4 3 8 4 5 7 8 15 17 17 11 20 17 10 15 12 9 8 12 10 223
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 7 9 6 8 19 18 19 20 21 21 27 22 215
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 5 2 5 6 6 14 9 8 17 14 12 7 9 9 7 141
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 2 10 7 14 15 9 12 13 7 5 8 7 13 12 129
U.S.S.R.   0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 3 4 4 5 9 11 8 5 7 6 2 5 7 2 4 4 2 5 5 7 6 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 6 4 7 9 13 25 19 99
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 5 2 4 7 7 6 4 8 7 6 6 4 91
MEXICO   0 4 3 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 3 6 3 2 6 3 3 2 0 2 87
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 4 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 3 5 3 3 6 5 1 2 2 3 2 74
ARGENTINA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 4 4 2 2 4 7 4 6 1 4 3 4 62
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 7 4 4 14 5 3 59
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 5 3 3 1 4 6 3 8 4 8 54
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 38
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 4 2 3 3 6 4 1 2 0 2 5 36
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 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 4 4 6 4 33
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 33
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 1 1 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 31
GREECE   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 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 4 2 1 2 1 0 29
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 5 1 1 23
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 21
PORTUGAL   0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 18
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 16
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
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 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 1 14
THAILAND   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 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 3 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 14
EGYPT   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 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 11
TURKEY   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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 8
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8
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 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 8
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 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 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 6
LIECHTENSTEIN   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 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 1 0 6
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
ECUADOR   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 0 5
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
GEORGIA (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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LUXEMBOURG   0 1 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 2
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MOROCCO   0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
PANAMA   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 0 0 0 1 2
PERU   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 0 0 2
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
CAYMAN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   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 2
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UGANDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOLIVIA   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
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 1 0 0 1
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
EL SALVADOR   0 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
KOREA, NORTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
MALI   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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   260 294 242 368 353 238 339 329 357 488 424 504 599 714 718 709 536 708 741 625 535 709 720 695 922 945 1248 1154 1288 1419 1612 1425 1590 2125 3148 3836 3902 3548 3840 3789 3497 2740 2433 3051 2791 2612 65123
U.S. GOVERNMENT   12 2 6 7 12 12 8 7 14 14 17 12 19 15 16 8 11 21 20 14 17 22 18 19 29 26 30 37 35 55 58 62 60 69 110 136 122 84 94 86 84 90 65 101 84 76 1905
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   26 26 26 33 33 20 25 27 39 52 35 49 49 39 54 57 51 69 76 66 61 86 60 76 90 81 125 117 119 124 122 123 151 186 249 310 324 286 341 310 265 177 141 157 136 124 5186
FOREIGN CORPORATION   91 100 103 156 149 83 149 134 189 284 259 309 393 519 548 514 411 559 574 565 503 580 604 634 716 682 985 940 978 1057 1118 1002 1137 1299 1664 2052 2150 2035 2260 2201 2052 1618 1456 1867 1792 1777 41251
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 3 2 13 6 14 9 6 14 14 13 14 21 18 22 11 7 11 14 25 23 13 9 11 5 8 9 6 7 5 335
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   14 9 11 19 20 6 17 11 18 41 41 45 33 39 38 34 30 39 50 43 26 40 41 42 47 54 69 66 71 74 76 68 72 89 106 143 164 152 157 160 160 117 95 123 114 88 2964

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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   2046 317 419 455 516 613 652 698 687 725 863 1034 1410 1299 1357 1362 1463 1470 1459 1540 1516 1750 1874 1948 2179 2317 2548 2666 2695 3146 3789 5400 8603 4956 6391 6164 6940 7398 7486 6481 4449 2894 1702 891 189 7 116765
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1370 203 261 291 325 371 389 402 394 385 456 554 706 675 694 689 736 744 707 824 787 955 1018 1022 1158 1231 1373 1446 1549 1833 2321 3363 5620 2938 4018 3819 4217 4483 4354 3802 2704 1845 1123 557 115 4 68831
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   676 114 158 163 191 242 263 296 293 339 407 480 704 624 664 673 727 726 752 716 729 795 856 925 1021 1087 1175 1220 1147 1313 1468 2037 2982 2018 2373 2345 2723 2914 3132 2679 1745 1049 579 334 74 3 47934
ALABAMA   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 4 5 3 6 2 6 6 8 8 6 16 22 29 16 28 17 24 38 24 21 19 11 4 3 2 0 339
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
ARIZONA   1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 5 2 3 5 8 6 8 8 15 13 21 30 17 35 28 19 26 25 29 27 15 12 3 1 0 381
ARKANSAS   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 2 6 8 8 8 11 15 11 10 6 4 1 0 0 112
CALIFORNIA   71 13 13 17 18 29 28 34 45 44 44 61 89 75 65 65 90 78 92 128 137 176 176 165 201 209 238 281 279 293 434 686 1360 635 908 923 996 1176 1126 972 625 505 290 149 30 1 14064
COLORADO   2 0 0 1 2 1 2 5 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 7 8 8 10 6 4 12 9 11 22 31 53 104 50 53 68 70 57 59 48 38 18 12 4 1 0 794
CONNECTICUT   33 9 8 8 8 8 17 19 10 17 17 20 27 30 34 21 30 22 29 27 26 39 30 29 28 39 45 54 50 58 72 97 128 70 125 92 169 169 153 144 120 68 52 19 6 0 2266
DELAWARE   23 5 6 6 6 12 5 9 6 6 7 5 10 10 11 12 11 16 10 18 11 11 15 11 17 17 23 22 14 23 17 24 26 19 30 24 39 33 36 36 36 26 20 12 1 1 729
FLORIDA   16 2 3 2 5 4 4 4 8 7 4 6 9 6 8 12 13 20 7 11 14 18 20 20 20 35 27 24 27 33 33 64 94 58 88 78 82 75 91 79 60 43 18 13 3 0 1260
GEORGIA   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 3 3 3 4 1 3 5 4 5 5 3 12 11 18 22 18 28 18 29 60 34 48 34 43 48 53 61 43 17 16 10 1 1 673
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 10 7 4 6 4 5 12 4 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 91
IDAHO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 4 5 5 8 6 5 8 2 2 0 0 75
ILLINOIS   101 16 15 22 13 26 24 33 33 35 29 39 28 29 26 31 55 32 30 37 32 30 36 41 40 57 49 60 66 86 78 109 173 92 105 108 112 132 107 82 59 45 25 14 2 1 2385
INDIANA   62 6 10 13 34 18 23 20 22 25 29 29 35 36 35 35 43 43 57 47 47 58 54 36 38 41 41 40 41 51 85 88 199 62 119 81 78 70 65 85 58 21 12 5 2 0 2090
IOWA   14 2 2 3 2 5 1 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 8 6 4 4 7 11 12 9 13 22 20 29 26 27 35 27 33 31 34 24 21 17 6 1 0 480
KANSAS   10 1 1 3 2 2 3 5 3 4 3 7 9 10 9 6 5 2 5 11 4 4 8 4 15 5 10 4 7 6 9 8 12 7 12 11 12 16 10 8 4 4 5 2 1 0 280
KENTUCKY   2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 3 6 4 6 12 8 9 17 11 13 21 13 13 9 3 1 1 0 194
LOUISIANA   10 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 12 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 7 9 11 12 8 11 10 11 11 16 21 8 17 11 26 18 20 17 9 5 3 1 0 0 324
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 4 8 6 7 8 10 6 10 8 10 2 5 6 3 0 0 114
MARYLAND   20 6 6 7 3 8 7 7 9 3 10 7 15 14 17 13 15 21 22 24 28 37 38 34 45 40 58 66 80 107 149 202 347 155 236 230 256 251 289 191 132 87 56 19 4 0 3362
MASSACHUSETTS   17 2 2 4 4 6 8 11 6 7 15 18 21 17 17 22 32 29 36 46 45 50 60 68 71 92 79 85 101 162 189 309 568 257 330 318 384 381 385 345 240 171 96 49 8 0 5152
MICHIGAN   132 30 20 28 21 32 28 30 32 24 52 59 50 55 75 54 49 103 54 44 37 38 49 43 37 40 33 52 66 52 60 90 98 68 96 87 86 100 111 98 67 43 19 13 1 0 2448
MINNESOTA   8 3 4 4 2 7 4 3 1 3 7 10 9 7 20 8 8 9 10 14 11 14 11 13 13 15 17 20 23 22 35 40 62 45 48 44 72 64 68 58 47 26 10 11 1 0 920
MISSISSIPPI   1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 5 2 1 4 2 4 2 6 4 6 6 6 6 7 4 3 2 0 0 94
MISSOURI   49 8 14 8 11 11 10 14 10 9 8 8 10 20 10 17 15 9 7 12 12 17 14 15 23 22 42 35 40 55 50 70 118 73 58 70 63 91 76 70 49 24 8 7 2 0 1354
MONTANA   0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 8 2 4 1 1 0 4 2 4 3 5 7 2 3 8 9 3 8 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 101
NEBRASKA   2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 3 1 2 1 4 8 4 6 1 4 2 2 4 4 3 7 4 5 19 16 10 18 14 17 16 12 9 11 7 3 2 1 0 232
NEVADA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 4 5 2 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 41
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 6 9 11 21 52 9 12 23 19 11 12 15 14 3 10 2 0 0 244
NEW JERSEY   277 43 63 70 71 81 92 81 87 69 82 101 162 133 140 127 122 125 93 118 97 130 161 159 161 169 166 171 192 195 192 250 339 211 259 270 271 281 306 271 213 138 79 51 10 1 6880
NEW MEXICO   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 7 10 4 9 22 5 5 12 10 10 9 7 8 4 2 0 1 0 150
NEW YORK   206 27 40 37 51 46 48 51 40 43 46 55 69 58 64 74 76 70 82 89 88 82 98 100 119 90 122 95 118 126 174 251 368 225 260 226 247 252 224 213 132 101 69 31 10 0 5089
NORTH CAROLINA   4 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 1 5 7 6 8 8 5 12 5 12 9 18 20 20 27 29 28 30 28 45 53 85 130 77 84 80 106 111 129 107 68 59 39 18 5 0 1487
NORTH DAKOTA   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 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14
OHIO   43 2 5 6 7 13 17 18 9 9 23 20 19 21 17 30 26 20 20 28 19 22 22 29 33 37 41 46 48 49 60 79 151 88 91 80 88 104 76 64 39 27 19 4 0 0 1661
OKLAHOMA   19 1 3 5 5 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 5 5 3 7 5 5 4 5 6 8 10 8 5 7 22 20 7 10 14 16 10 12 14 9 6 7 5 0 0 290
OREGON   4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 5 1 6 3 4 6 6 9 11 24 18 27 13 16 21 16 27 17 16 12 5 5 3 0 0 292
PENNSYLVANIA   124 15 18 26 31 31 32 24 42 40 47 59 78 84 70 77 63 51 47 65 63 69 69 71 80 88 87 93 90 124 167 222 359 220 416 337 345 291 268 232 190 108 65 37 15 0 5126
RHODE ISLAND   2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 3 3 3 1 3 0 3 1 3 3 6 12 10 11 14 9 14 8 8 6 4 4 1 0 0 137
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 2 2 5 5 2 4 7 17 11 12 10 9 10 15 16 6 3 1 3 1 0 159
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 23
TENNESSEE   11 2 5 2 5 6 3 1 1 4 2 2 0 1 4 8 9 1 6 4 2 10 10 10 11 14 14 8 10 10 19 25 36 24 34 34 43 39 38 26 17 20 18 3 1 0 545
TEXAS   30 2 5 2 3 4 6 3 6 9 6 7 9 4 11 14 12 19 14 20 26 31 17 33 47 53 66 64 70 82 102 130 193 108 122 135 138 164 156 129 103 61 31 12 3 0 2256
UTAH   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 11 11 17 18 51 23 28 26 40 39 30 32 18 10 6 4 0 0 420
VERMONT   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 2 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 6 10 3 7 4 5 4 6 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 83
VIRGINIA   11 1 4 4 4 5 2 4 2 3 3 7 9 10 8 7 11 12 13 9 7 7 12 12 15 12 14 13 14 22 26 40 46 36 50 37 37 40 43 38 20 15 11 4 3 0 694
WASHINGTON   7 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 2 4 4 13 6 4 12 18 24 29 23 38 34 36 41 58 101 177 78 104 112 110 146 112 90 78 48 34 25 2 0 1589
WEST VIRGINIA   13 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 7 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 5 2 2 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 99
WISCONSIN   33 2 2 3 4 7 7 7 4 5 5 4 9 4 9 5 9 5 8 8 10 10 14 15 16 16 24 21 17 19 38 54 77 54 71 58 73 65 71 69 51 37 26 12 1 0 1052
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 26
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   3 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 5 3 5 6 7 14 15 5 5 5 6 9 8 5 7 1 3 1 0 0 135
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
JAPAN   115 14 37 38 32 76 65 72 71 80 95 124 132 117 142 158 185 210 216 225 237 229 265 282 293 340 339 372 346 387 383 507 582 465 517 492 556 572 652 557 351 210 108 57 6 1 11309
GERMANY   150 22 27 32 39 43 44 64 57 69 101 104 185 152 147 142 170 143 145 133 141 163 172 165 198 215 225 224 181 200 237 286 418 307 333 360 419 436 455 369 264 155 78 43 7 0 8023
UNITED KINGDOM   68 17 21 16 17 19 31 27 30 43 44 60 96 94 113 112 101 106 103 86 104 105 101 130 138 127 155 140 122 128 183 262 391 249 282 291 341 317 344 290 171 103 48 30 7 1 5762
FRANCE   104 18 15 21 22 39 35 31 47 43 53 53 93 80 73 75 63 64 73 69 80 68 76 83 88 100 104 115 128 140 132 231 358 220 269 261 294 302 303 247 143 91 53 36 10 0 5003
CANADA   21 3 7 9 11 7 8 10 7 14 8 16 22 18 19 13 20 16 27 15 19 24 22 29 42 39 45 39 56 80 79 151 267 168 184 190 231 221 215 190 106 76 44 26 12 0 2818
SWITZERLAND   76 15 14 19 27 24 27 42 33 32 37 40 56 52 53 58 50 56 49 45 34 34 42 54 47 55 58 48 52 49 58 76 96 53 81 66 68 90 91 89 60 33 19 13 4 0 2177
ITALY   36 9 6 4 9 8 10 16 14 14 14 17 33 30 24 30 42 37 44 46 38 53 37 51 50 64 57 67 50 66 79 79 107 67 78 74 87 90 102 94 54 34 13 12 6 1 1944
SWEDEN   15 3 5 4 6 7 10 7 10 12 11 12 17 14 17 10 14 10 10 8 7 10 19 17 17 14 16 18 20 23 43 47 111 51 65 67 70 83 88 85 42 23 18 7 0 0 1152
NETHERLANDS   26 3 8 3 9 4 8 3 6 5 6 7 7 10 12 13 11 12 16 10 9 13 14 11 13 18 24 21 27 29 35 35 82 53 79 58 81 84 80 57 46 30 19 8 3 0 1104
DENMARK   9 3 2 3 0 4 5 3 1 1 3 4 7 5 6 6 2 7 8 7 8 7 7 10 15 11 22 23 21 28 38 44 96 41 82 66 80 73 92 61 42 15 15 8 2 0 982
ISRAEL   0 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 3 4 6 5 8 5 6 4 5 6 5 16 11 14 21 19 18 18 18 18 37 48 70 49 56 58 66 83 99 57 47 27 18 12 1 0 941
BELGIUM   14 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 6 6 11 9 13 16 15 10 14 15 7 13 14 14 13 12 23 22 21 16 28 33 86 40 54 53 58 75 63 52 40 16 14 6 2 0 916
AUSTRALIA   3 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 3 3 5 3 6 3 7 4 3 5 5 4 8 9 5 17 10 17 24 23 35 30 51 85 50 60 64 83 82 76 48 30 23 9 6 3 0 901
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 6 6 15 14 27 27 30 32 34 47 71 84 99 71 36 28 13 0 0 650
INDIA   2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 1 0 3 4 4 9 4 7 10 15 22 26 30 64 80 103 57 43 18 11 4 0 543
AUSTRIA   11 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 5 2 4 3 7 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 5 9 11 7 10 12 9 12 11 28 30 25 20 20 22 24 28 20 12 8 9 2 1 0 397
HUNGARY   4 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 3 4 3 6 4 7 7 10 14 20 14 21 16 27 17 18 16 15 17 19 13 12 11 9 10 7 6 9 9 9 7 9 7 6 2 0 0 0 385
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 7 4 10 13 12 20 17 26 34 35 55 49 44 16 12 3 1 369
SPAIN   1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 7 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 3 5 7 3 9 6 9 7 11 9 10 15 20 25 19 15 11 27 32 37 23 12 8 4 1 0 354
FINLAND   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 6 3 6 4 8 4 7 8 8 8 16 14 24 21 19 18 19 21 19 20 12 6 7 2 0 0 291
NORWAY   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 12 8 16 28 10 14 14 18 19 23 10 7 3 3 1 0 0 223
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 1 3 4 5 8 7 6 16 13 24 36 30 31 10 7 3 3 0 215
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 1 7 6 10 11 12 17 17 18 10 8 3 3 1 0 0 141
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 2 5 10 13 15 10 11 9 12 14 11 7 4 2 8 0 0 129
U.S.S.R.   1 2 2 0 1 0 5 2 4 1 4 6 11 8 8 6 6 4 5 5 2 3 5 3 3 6 4 6 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 2 1 2 2 1 1 5 4 2 5 12 17 25 10 7 5 1 0 99
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 5 4 2 4 6 2 7 9 8 10 4 7 5 3 0 2 0 0 91
MEXICO   9 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 87
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 5 3 1 2 1 5 1 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 5 4 6 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 74
ARGENTINA   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 5 1 3 4 3 1 8 11 3 2 4 0 1 0 0 62
BRAZIL   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 2 5 8 4 10 5 4 2 4 0 0 59
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 2 4 2 7 6 7 9 5 2 2 1 0 0 54
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
POLAND   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 38
CUBA   0 0 0 0 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 1 4 2 2 3 3 6 5 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 36
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 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 8 2 0 1 0 0 33
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33
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 1 1 2 5 2 3 3 2 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 31
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 3 4 3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 23
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 21
PORTUGAL   1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 16
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
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 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
THAILAND   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 1 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
VENEZUELA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 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 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 11
TURKEY   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 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
KENYA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
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 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
COLOMBIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
NIGERIA   0 0 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 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ECUADOR   1 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 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
GEORGIA (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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
THE BAHAMAS   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 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LUXEMBOURG   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MOROCCO   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 0 0 0 2
PANAMA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   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 0 0 0 0 2
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 2
CAYMAN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   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 0 0 2
MAURITIUS   0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
UGANDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOLIVIA   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
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PARAGUAY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
EL SALVADOR   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
KOREA, NORTH   0 0 0 0 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
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
TANZANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   1304 195 248 294 322 356 372 387 392 389 466 554 726 692 707 691 713 728 676 784 748 915 981 998 1104 1170 1270 1374 1446 1687 2141 3111 5254 2752 3751 3589 3961 4198 4066 3559 2556 1755 1075 552 104 5 65123
U.S. GOVERNMENT   29 13 8 8 12 8 13 13 12 11 9 14 17 12 9 20 21 16 26 20 21 25 25 29 34 39 52 52 64 84 95 129 174 73 89 75 84 111 128 89 69 40 24 12 3 0 1905
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   129 14 29 16 24 38 42 42 29 35 38 46 49 55 58 75 75 71 75 79 74 87 91 83 110 110 134 109 127 131 180 249 377 234 306 290 314 307 298 226 162 85 54 29 8 0 5186
FOREIGN CORPORATION   524 88 119 122 140 191 204 220 225 250 321 387 575 507 542 539 596 608 631 601 620 669 714 761 851 917 1001 1044 981 1157 1282 1762 2618 1757 2066 2056 2387 2599 2766 2431 1585 958 520 284 70 2 41251
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 3 4 10 11 12 11 13 10 20 12 12 16 22 17 11 7 22 16 16 18 14 12 11 11 12 2 4 1 1 0 0 335
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   60 7 15 15 19 19 21 35 29 38 28 32 41 33 40 34 54 38 39 44 43 42 53 57 69 70 75 66 61 76 85 127 164 124 162 140 183 172 218 166 76 52 29 13 4 0 2964

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