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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 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   1609 1549 2042 2511 2404 2095 2488 2450 2967 2661 2586 2859 2703 2671 2376 2640 1809 2370 2559 2161 2144 2526 2490 2575 2741 2702 3415 3237 3490 3361 3345 3384 3164 3393 3656 4306 4733 4441 4777 4755 4649 4253 3389 3227 2691 2408 136762
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1347 1324 1705 2124 1959 1676 1916 1873 2211 1833 1888 2026 1829 1767 1593 1654 1139 1514 1607 1325 1302 1567 1480 1452 1535 1498 1926 1888 2015 1885 1923 2008 1857 2136 2103 2500 2740 2530 2694 2550 2510 2201 1853 1703 1459 1281 84906
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   262 225 337 387 445 419 572 577 756 828 698 833 874 904 783 986 670 856 952 836 842 959 1010 1123 1206 1204 1489 1349 1475 1476 1422 1376 1307 1257 1553 1806 1993 1911 2083 2205 2139 2052 1536 1524 1232 1127 51856
ALABAMA   8 8 9 19 6 8 11 9 10 5 8 6 10 7 7 6 6 8 3 4 4 7 8 9 10 6 12 15 12 15 17 16 11 8 14 13 13 23 17 16 8 8 12 13 7 9 461
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 47
ARIZONA   9 4 4 8 9 9 9 12 13 11 13 17 9 12 10 11 10 15 24 14 13 27 15 19 20 23 20 9 24 22 25 26 30 26 32 39 44 39 38 35 47 29 26 23 22 19 915
ARKANSAS   1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 7 6 5 4 3 3 5 6 1 1 3 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 4 8 8 4 1 7 1 6 5 2 5 8 8 3 4 8 2 3 1 0 158
CALIFORNIA   163 143 208 237 240 204 227 217 261 205 241 254 261 231 180 216 149 187 190 163 189 159 143 154 214 190 238 241 249 243 228 244 221 223 253 318 370 349 337 324 343 278 252 204 168 145 10454
COLORADO   7 4 9 10 19 14 11 13 23 12 21 27 31 23 21 27 15 20 16 19 8 26 25 23 25 19 21 21 19 29 33 28 28 39 43 51 42 33 34 45 37 39 34 36 34 18 1132
CONNECTICUT   37 26 37 54 63 53 56 69 70 50 57 60 58 57 51 45 44 34 45 35 53 43 31 39 50 59 44 40 35 34 46 51 44 34 35 47 50 47 43 48 39 40 34 23 24 34 2068
DELAWARE   14 20 13 28 21 33 28 24 30 30 34 20 19 21 12 17 8 6 10 1 5 6 10 9 17 20 44 31 45 56 43 32 36 24 21 16 23 13 9 16 13 9 17 19 13 13 949
FLORIDA   21 16 23 24 33 38 31 29 50 39 49 43 30 31 29 43 32 43 43 43 26 39 42 46 63 59 82 71 85 83 67 77 70 87 61 84 125 114 121 109 66 88 79 84 75 55 2648
GEORGIA   12 6 12 9 6 8 13 13 24 15 14 20 15 14 11 15 15 14 19 24 16 15 25 27 27 21 38 38 37 50 35 38 47 45 47 70 59 55 61 51 53 65 50 36 26 24 1335
HAWAII   0 2 2 2 0 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 4 2 6 1 1 8 4 7 2 8 8 4 7 2 4 0 2 117
IDAHO   2 1 0 3 2 1 4 3 1 3 2 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 10 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 6 8 8 11 21 19 21 23 22 30 24 24 15 14 12 339
ILLINOIS   109 126 128 164 148 129 115 115 140 118 122 153 125 110 105 106 62 108 112 56 90 130 101 95 89 70 99 72 74 101 97 128 98 136 131 135 156 152 153 194 179 111 93 99 68 74 5276
INDIANA   22 20 39 57 47 35 43 42 39 34 32 32 32 33 22 34 19 21 25 28 27 31 28 25 38 27 30 26 39 23 26 25 21 35 38 37 47 48 42 54 38 48 31 29 22 22 1513
IOWA   7 7 9 14 10 9 5 8 10 16 10 15 16 19 4 7 11 11 13 5 8 9 6 14 5 9 11 6 8 8 7 14 14 7 13 23 13 26 18 17 21 15 16 7 9 4 514
KANSAS   6 8 9 12 14 13 13 5 12 11 16 10 9 10 3 15 2 8 10 5 4 7 9 8 7 10 6 9 5 8 7 12 6 11 9 18 14 11 11 7 18 13 6 14 3 13 437
KENTUCKY   10 10 12 11 14 13 19 12 19 6 10 10 10 10 9 6 4 10 7 10 6 6 9 3 9 9 11 16 16 13 6 13 13 12 3 8 13 10 7 11 16 12 12 9 9 5 469
LOUISIANA   10 2 9 6 12 12 9 12 19 17 8 12 13 14 15 7 8 8 3 9 9 11 6 10 14 9 12 18 16 15 18 10 13 20 9 13 8 13 11 18 12 14 4 7 8 5 508
MAINE   1 3 1 3 9 3 5 3 5 7 2 5 5 4 4 7 0 4 6 1 4 4 9 3 4 6 8 8 4 4 5 8 3 8 4 3 6 5 12 5 6 4 5 8 3 4 221
MARYLAND   30 17 26 41 41 29 44 27 51 34 37 37 27 30 23 20 12 25 37 25 24 29 32 22 17 19 24 24 48 29 41 31 28 30 41 47 34 32 28 27 27 19 18 30 13 11 1338
MASSACHUSETTS   60 72 71 81 56 60 78 75 97 82 75 78 95 71 59 68 46 55 54 49 50 49 59 54 44 47 64 83 81 74 66 80 56 82 65 76 82 81 93 72 77 78 66 61 48 39 3109
MICHIGAN   71 69 101 125 94 102 125 103 118 93 121 112 108 94 99 79 79 81 88 72 63 96 76 86 94 102 143 151 144 141 131 122 116 137 131 177 181 186 213 175 173 150 125 146 98 98 5389
MINNESOTA   24 33 36 36 41 31 40 38 38 25 28 28 27 31 34 41 13 33 38 15 27 32 41 40 38 38 62 64 53 56 71 61 62 95 109 97 104 93 109 85 107 89 89 64 77 52 2445
MISSISSIPPI   2 1 3 6 2 1 5 6 8 0 3 4 4 3 5 3 2 3 3 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 3 7 3 4 9 4 8 2 10 2 4 3 4 5 4 2 157
MISSOURI   23 16 19 26 26 25 28 13 36 26 20 27 18 21 13 18 15 26 19 22 12 29 25 18 19 15 23 29 19 21 22 23 21 26 17 28 25 33 25 23 39 25 12 19 13 15 1013
MONTANA   1 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 6 4 10 2 5 5 4 4 1 3 2 4 3 100
NEBRASKA   4 1 2 6 6 4 2 3 5 5 1 5 3 2 6 6 3 3 4 2 3 8 3 6 3 2 6 7 6 4 10 7 3 12 5 5 10 7 7 8 7 10 6 6 3 8 235
NEVADA   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 4 3 1 5 4 4 6 3 6 4 2 2 5 1 2 7 3 4 9 8 12 5 7 9 15 12 11 9 9 13 12 13 7 8 7 239
NEW HAMPSHIRE   4 0 8 3 4 1 7 11 11 6 7 9 5 3 6 4 3 6 10 13 6 9 19 11 12 16 23 26 16 18 21 24 16 29 19 38 27 30 16 22 23 24 12 17 12 11 618
NEW JERSEY   87 101 133 144 141 112 133 134 154 121 121 145 111 117 102 98 54 72 92 76 73 81 86 66 78 72 83 76 77 64 74 90 76 95 91 94 115 81 96 99 69 82 55 40 41 32 4234
NEW MEXICO   5 4 6 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 2 4 3 2 2 6 7 4 7 2 4 6 4 5 6 7 15 6 12 8 12 4 8 15 20 16 17 10 12 11 7 8 7 4 304
NEW YORK   135 159 180 241 199 176 191 203 224 185 205 192 180 185 167 182 92 154 153 143 110 156 139 149 124 157 192 157 219 182 165 164 163 208 197 220 212 199 260 226 240 188 136 120 127 94 8050
NORTH CAROLINA   12 5 15 21 20 19 20 23 20 21 28 19 18 19 20 34 14 26 34 27 16 27 21 20 15 21 34 39 45 20 40 41 40 36 37 44 59 54 57 57 46 51 40 38 27 22 1362
NORTH DAKOTA   0 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 0 1 1 50
OHIO   162 156 192 245 208 194 221 198 211 192 168 202 167 186 170 154 103 134 147 152 127 128 149 143 121 111 151 115 130 141 128 142 130 143 159 202 203 176 173 149 153 171 138 120 110 86 7261
OKLAHOMA   22 17 30 27 19 16 31 26 27 19 17 20 25 20 17 22 14 20 22 16 21 38 25 23 25 25 14 18 18 20 20 28 24 21 15 26 21 18 17 16 25 18 13 15 21 20 972
OREGON   12 10 8 13 8 7 9 8 15 20 14 21 14 12 13 16 12 10 14 7 7 7 14 9 8 11 14 16 15 16 15 16 16 19 13 20 30 29 26 27 28 30 24 24 19 21 717
PENNSYLVANIA   94 114 167 223 209 125 177 186 188 164 174 212 157 172 146 151 114 143 131 110 103 103 114 98 97 125 142 128 130 96 142 109 133 125 112 118 150 118 146 140 123 122 97 88 73 74 6163
RHODE ISLAND   10 5 11 11 9 11 10 17 15 15 12 10 9 7 3 7 5 6 4 4 8 1 3 5 2 6 7 6 9 10 6 11 11 5 10 4 10 11 14 12 12 9 10 11 4 7 385
SOUTH CAROLINA   4 8 8 9 11 4 11 8 20 14 10 19 17 23 20 22 16 16 17 14 13 11 15 12 12 18 15 21 27 16 20 19 19 23 22 24 21 25 30 26 33 20 21 20 18 23 795
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 3 3 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 62
TENNESSEE   19 8 14 30 29 18 17 22 16 16 11 15 14 23 17 11 13 22 16 17 12 21 12 9 18 16 23 23 21 23 24 22 17 29 19 29 39 32 33 36 23 23 17 18 19 9 915
TEXAS   44 45 46 54 57 54 62 65 81 59 57 67 78 44 66 52 61 75 76 50 68 99 72 67 76 63 87 107 114 93 106 103 108 98 94 123 154 128 136 138 115 96 81 67 73 62 3721
UTAH   3 6 5 6 5 5 8 9 15 11 10 5 9 8 12 4 9 8 8 7 3 16 8 10 16 1 14 19 18 20 15 19 13 25 17 21 26 25 25 19 28 16 21 20 14 17 599
VERMONT   1 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 4 6 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 6 5 4 14 6 11 1 1 3 3 3 119
VIRGINIA   28 8 23 30 26 23 23 28 31 31 25 26 20 19 28 28 13 24 27 15 15 25 16 21 21 20 23 20 29 33 33 26 25 31 41 40 45 36 31 30 22 26 18 20 19 26 1168
WASHINGTON   18 19 17 30 30 24 22 19 19 15 12 17 20 23 20 21 17 22 28 16 23 24 23 32 24 21 29 41 39 19 20 30 38 36 42 40 48 42 49 45 45 34 34 34 33 25 1279
WEST VIRGINIA   3 3 4 2 5 8 9 5 5 6 15 6 6 5 3 1 3 4 5 6 3 3 5 2 5 2 3 6 6 6 5 8 4 3 3 4 2 5 5 7 9 3 1 4 4 8 220
WISCONSIN   25 34 39 41 31 23 20 33 43 62 56 36 35 32 36 22 22 26 29 29 31 29 32 26 47 30 36 52 34 37 49 52 44 66 60 58 68 71 89 87 93 67 85 59 51 41 2068
WYOMING   0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 7 2 1 0 0 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 69
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 1 3 5 10 2 6 9 8 2 1 3 2 3 1 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 105
PUERTO RICO   0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 5 0 77
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
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
GERMANY   64 49 71 77 90 95 131 108 167 173 143 176 173 180 145 200 151 184 225 153 176 208 262 240 248 230 299 260 249 242 195 199 216 196 203 248 293 323 353 375 357 315 231 241 196 155 9265
UNITED KINGDOM   61 53 77 71 86 83 110 99 129 152 99 150 150 150 131 123 73 113 93 107 93 91 102 100 101 93 118 104 95 113 80 76 76 70 84 116 114 105 109 107 103 80 73 59 55 39 4466
FRANCE   35 32 39 52 59 41 71 64 87 94 67 77 70 75 60 92 69 73 99 87 80 80 64 83 103 102 124 96 128 100 105 105 112 91 111 120 123 133 129 127 142 120 91 80 77 84 4053
CANADA   28 30 27 36 40 29 39 55 51 50 60 60 61 54 53 59 32 46 51 52 43 52 60 82 84 67 94 91 117 99 97 101 101 106 114 139 138 150 145 136 117 111 87 80 52 56 3432
SWEDEN   6 7 23 26 18 29 30 32 42 43 30 44 54 42 32 36 35 48 44 31 30 37 39 47 28 36 34 29 27 22 26 24 30 29 36 48 33 46 48 48 49 46 32 32 21 28 1557
SWITZERLAND   9 10 14 26 16 32 30 31 33 24 24 28 34 30 32 41 22 23 30 39 21 27 33 38 37 26 37 31 42 28 36 32 30 23 25 44 44 39 43 32 37 42 30 24 16 15 1360
ITALY   8 5 8 13 14 17 23 26 20 15 21 25 23 13 19 30 18 23 22 20 13 24 27 23 43 38 29 33 36 33 46 42 39 21 31 40 41 43 45 49 38 69 35 24 24 23 1272
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
NETHERLANDS   9 10 19 11 14 10 11 17 24 24 18 22 22 30 24 23 11 27 22 26 31 33 21 16 18 35 27 29 17 27 23 11 29 13 31 24 35 28 31 27 29 30 19 19 20 17 1014
AUSTRALIA   0 1 4 3 5 5 6 7 5 9 15 11 7 17 27 24 15 14 16 12 12 10 12 23 21 20 31 21 28 25 15 27 20 14 24 26 31 28 37 23 30 40 24 33 25 14 817
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
BELGIUM   5 4 8 9 19 8 14 17 17 26 10 27 8 15 14 18 7 17 19 21 3 17 12 15 15 13 21 15 17 24 12 13 12 15 17 25 23 18 28 29 10 17 26 24 10 6 720
AUSTRIA   3 0 4 10 10 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 14 11 15 15 3 8 10 15 11 8 5 16 13 19 11 9 12 14 8 10 8 18 18 11 24 10 19 15 23 16 13 12 14 7 505
DENMARK   4 2 3 4 7 1 9 7 10 9 6 8 9 13 7 10 6 9 9 6 9 10 11 7 14 12 12 10 10 8 6 12 9 8 16 10 17 14 13 15 11 9 8 13 5 9 417
FINLAND   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 3 4 4 8 2 5 6 3 3 6 8 16 16 8 10 12 22 14 11 15 11 15 18 13 21 12 23 14 14 14 15 12 15 6 389
ISRAEL   0 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 5 3 0 5 4 1 1 11 2 5 6 1 7 5 5 7 2 5 6 11 9 5 5 11 7 15 18 12 16 19 11 12 12 7 8 272
SOUTH AFRICA   0 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 4 3 7 5 2 5 8 8 6 5 3 7 12 8 4 7 9 5 8 6 9 5 10 9 6 6 4 6 3 10 5 4 5 5 2 2 226
SPAIN   0 0 2 0 2 1 2 4 3 1 6 1 1 2 8 1 3 3 6 3 2 2 3 5 4 4 3 7 11 6 7 8 4 5 4 12 8 4 7 16 11 9 13 9 7 2 222
NORWAY   2 1 4 2 3 4 2 4 3 9 6 4 9 6 2 4 6 4 9 3 3 2 3 7 6 4 5 11 4 6 7 0 2 4 6 7 10 8 6 5 2 4 3 7 3 6 218
U.S.S.R.   0 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 11 5 14 16 12 9 10 17 16 20 10 4 7 7 4 1 1 3 4 6 5 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
MEXICO   1 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 6 1 5 1 4 5 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 1 7 3 4 3 1 4 3 4 3 3 5 2 7 8 2 10 3 5 4 3 3 2 150
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 2 2 4 3 1 4 0 7 3 2 5 3 2 2 6 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 5 8 7 4 6 5 6 5 8 5 5 2 139
BRAZIL   1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 3 3 1 3 4 10 8 3 6 5 9 5 3 5 5 2 111
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
IRELAND   0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 2 5 4 3 7 5 3 4 3 2 3 83
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
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 2 3 7 6 12 7 4 9 5 4 5 9 2 5 2 82
HUNGARY   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 4 4 3 5 0 2 4 7 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 69
LUXEMBOURG   2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 4 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 4 69
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
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 38
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
GREECE   2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 38
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
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 28
LIECHTENSTEIN   1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 3 23
MONACO   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
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
THE BAHAMAS   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 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 0 14
CAYMAN ISLANDS   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 4 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13
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 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 12
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 1 12
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 10
CHILE   0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8
ICELAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8
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
LEBANON   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 8
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 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 7
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
PERU   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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
SAUDI ARABIA   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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
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 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
EGYPT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
ECUADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
MOROCCO   0 0 1 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
NORFOLK ISLAND   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   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 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
VIET NAM   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANDORRA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BANGLADESH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BOLIVIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CUBA   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
FRENCH POLYNESIA   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUYANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
HAITI   0 0 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
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
IRAQ   0 0 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
KENYA   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
LIBERIA   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
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NIGERIA   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
PANAMA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 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 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
TUNISIA   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
URUGUAY   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
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   900 898 1212 1554 1392 1203 1397 1406 1648 1366 1328 1471 1358 1302 1127 1130 769 1060 1127 960 982 1133 1109 1042 1047 1099 1385 1302 1446 1359 1303 1364 1294 1500 1504 1758 1955 1749 1942 1879 1923 1654 1405 1301 1141 984 61168
U.S. GOVERNMENT   19 19 36 21 30 27 43 36 43 33 30 47 46 26 33 30 23 33 32 24 27 32 25 25 33 22 36 19 40 42 37 38 37 32 37 29 40 31 22 17 24 24 13 14 13 5 1345
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   457 426 496 582 573 465 507 468 571 488 557 548 477 484 470 542 365 461 494 379 335 444 394 424 502 421 554 606 570 545 614 657 579 642 601 774 820 799 787 703 613 545 448 416 329 301 24233
FOREIGN CORPORATION   148 138 198 239 259 247 370 383 502 582 462 570 610 659 547 700 479 597 675 622 637 709 761 848 924 922 1178 1076 1158 1187 1187 1094 1014 1007 1240 1461 1584 1585 1735 1841 1815 1792 1371 1366 1084 1035 40598
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   4 5 4 3 7 2 9 6 4 6 4 7 9 6 5 10 19 8 9 13 13 20 21 12 22 20 16 11 19 18 11 13 9 12 11 12 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 0 3 0 399
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   81 63 96 112 143 151 162 151 199 186 205 216 203 194 194 228 154 211 222 163 150 188 180 224 213 218 246 223 257 210 193 218 231 200 263 272 331 275 288 312 273 235 151 130 121 83 9019

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 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   8637 1389 1987 2090 2182 2234 2452 2443 2434 2338 2465 2441 2335 2440 2477 2460 2433 2371 2327 2315 2284 2436 2521 2715 3012 3210 3538 3428 3440 3328 3450 3847 4452 4278 4993 4605 4814 4892 5214 5089 4238 2615 1410 561 134 8 136762
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   7222 1087 1556 1640 1670 1684 1743 1760 1743 1673 1638 1621 1584 1580 1588 1550 1512 1474 1426 1431 1368 1419 1366 1504 1693 1823 2020 1998 1983 1949 2033 2307 2670 2457 2865 2598 2682 2598 2675 2568 2388 1497 850 323 83 7 84906
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1415 302 431 450 512 550 709 683 691 665 827 820 751 860 889 910 921 897 901 884 916 1017 1155 1211 1319 1387 1518 1430 1457 1379 1417 1540 1782 1821 2128 2007 2132 2294 2539 2521 1850 1118 560 238 51 1 51856
ALABAMA   48 2 4 9 6 11 8 5 8 3 6 11 6 5 10 7 4 6 3 8 3 10 12 9 7 16 14 13 11 19 8 19 11 12 18 18 17 20 9 13 13 12 5 1 1 0 461
ALASKA   1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 47
ARIZONA   26 2 10 8 14 9 7 16 12 7 12 15 6 13 12 19 19 16 16 24 16 16 17 21 20 14 17 27 26 22 31 28 44 35 46 41 38 41 35 37 34 25 12 8 1 0 915
ARKANSAS   6 0 0 5 1 1 6 7 4 3 5 1 6 4 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 4 4 10 4 4 6 3 5 5 2 6 7 8 3 3 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 158
CALIFORNIA   826 135 206 177 191 199 203 214 218 230 215 232 194 192 206 197 184 178 178 163 149 154 168 173 223 221 260 253 245 231 244 281 312 297 390 343 349 319 358 329 301 183 92 37 4 0 10454
COLORADO   35 9 10 16 14 9 18 19 14 21 39 16 17 26 22 20 14 23 20 24 17 19 17 27 18 19 26 28 26 31 29 48 45 48 50 30 36 39 52 52 41 27 14 7 0 0 1132
CONNECTICUT   170 38 38 64 63 54 60 55 52 43 44 57 54 39 53 39 41 35 51 52 24 40 42 55 46 39 35 37 47 47 55 38 52 41 47 55 40 40 53 36 51 23 17 4 2 0 2068
DELAWARE   85 23 20 26 20 25 30 21 24 21 16 18 18 9 17 9 5 2 3 7 11 9 16 27 27 35 44 48 43 43 31 37 20 19 21 9 12 16 13 21 18 19 5 4 2 0 949
FLORIDA   97 13 20 36 30 35 43 41 40 33 31 32 26 39 41 47 38 44 34 36 38 39 66 59 68 61 86 96 69 65 81 92 84 91 106 109 112 119 95 104 107 77 39 23 6 0 2648
GEORGIA   42 3 6 9 15 11 16 19 20 10 9 15 13 13 16 16 21 24 20 16 22 22 19 29 31 34 45 35 48 43 46 44 59 57 71 66 54 70 64 74 48 25 8 4 2 1 1335
HAWAII   6 0 1 0 3 3 4 0 4 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 8 6 5 8 5 3 8 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 117
IDAHO   6 0 0 3 4 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 0 2 2 4 3 1 6 5 4 3 2 5 6 3 3 7 12 10 25 21 20 23 34 26 28 30 11 7 2 0 0 339
ILLINOIS   579 79 116 108 100 124 102 103 123 109 125 101 103 98 112 95 99 87 93 104 104 82 89 75 87 82 85 85 100 110 128 118 162 159 167 139 163 147 155 167 143 69 76 16 6 2 5276
INDIANA   156 19 38 44 31 28 34 28 33 31 24 27 25 32 28 23 31 28 25 33 22 16 32 43 22 26 35 33 23 28 24 33 46 46 49 37 49 48 46 46 43 22 23 3 0 0 1513
IOWA   38 3 10 7 3 11 9 16 11 10 16 18 5 10 7 15 11 8 7 8 5 11 8 5 11 3 12 10 7 11 11 16 15 21 23 15 18 21 23 13 26 5 1 0 0 0 514
KANSAS   40 5 15 12 4 8 12 12 11 10 8 8 4 8 11 10 8 5 7 7 6 7 4 8 10 8 8 7 9 8 8 12 8 17 14 16 12 10 9 20 8 14 6 3 0 0 437
KENTUCKY   48 10 8 16 14 10 11 10 10 8 5 12 9 8 7 8 2 14 10 5 9 2 4 16 7 10 19 16 9 12 8 17 5 7 13 12 9 10 11 18 16 8 4 1 1 0 469
LOUISIANA   31 8 13 4 11 10 21 9 10 13 5 17 17 3 13 6 6 6 8 9 9 11 12 7 11 20 14 14 17 15 14 14 19 17 7 13 12 15 12 13 8 10 4 0 0 0 508
MAINE   11 3 4 4 3 4 6 6 4 2 2 6 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 5 7 4 2 6 8 7 5 3 7 6 9 6 4 3 6 10 6 7 4 10 7 4 2 0 1 0 221
MARYLAND   126 24 35 23 40 26 42 33 31 32 22 30 30 18 16 26 30 30 22 29 28 27 10 23 22 25 32 38 49 23 43 24 44 50 40 25 28 28 31 23 29 19 9 2 1 0 1338
MASSACHUSETTS   309 45 54 65 62 65 75 77 80 62 78 60 68 61 60 51 62 51 46 50 52 56 48 42 62 84 70 80 65 74 65 86 94 70 73 99 88 71 93 83 80 54 24 12 3 0 3109
MICHIGAN   401 65 86 85 113 88 90 109 94 95 101 94 83 99 87 89 83 81 85 69 75 85 68 99 123 144 148 164 137 125 122 156 162 155 189 198 206 196 185 172 169 122 60 24 7 1 5389
MINNESOTA   144 25 25 28 40 41 20 23 28 25 25 33 18 37 31 28 42 24 22 33 33 37 41 40 52 59 56 64 55 66 69 97 131 109 122 97 100 112 102 111 89 58 36 13 3 1 2445
MISSISSIPPI   13 2 0 4 3 5 6 1 2 3 5 2 6 3 2 4 3 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 3 3 5 7 7 7 4 8 10 2 2 2 9 2 2 2 0 0 157
MISSOURI   91 14 27 20 21 17 23 26 17 22 16 18 20 17 16 24 28 19 21 23 22 19 14 18 18 17 32 24 21 20 24 35 18 20 34 26 27 34 30 30 27 9 9 3 2 0 1013
MONTANA   5 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 4 1 3 6 9 4 6 5 3 4 3 2 7 0 1 0 0 100
NEBRASKA   16 1 5 2 1 3 4 6 3 2 3 4 2 5 7 1 6 6 2 8 2 5 3 3 4 2 7 5 14 3 7 8 10 7 6 10 5 9 6 14 6 6 3 3 0 0 235
NEVADA   1 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 1 5 6 8 3 2 7 0 4 1 7 0 3 3 4 7 8 8 6 10 7 14 5 18 12 5 16 9 13 16 6 8 3 1 0 239
NEW HAMPSHIRE   15 1 1 8 8 11 7 5 7 3 9 1 6 3 8 6 8 9 11 12 8 19 11 11 17 30 22 14 18 29 22 21 40 28 33 25 20 23 24 21 22 14 6 1 0 0 618
NEW JERSEY   528 80 107 93 136 119 121 109 117 116 101 108 93 87 97 73 89 86 77 62 71 74 68 72 79 72 84 67 71 83 87 108 108 94 114 99 105 81 81 69 80 38 26 2 2 0 4234
NEW MEXICO   17 1 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 0 4 8 6 6 2 5 5 5 5 2 7 9 16 7 9 10 10 9 23 9 20 19 11 9 14 12 4 4 1 0 0 304
NEW YORK   794 120 173 155 184 179 167 155 184 171 161 160 173 161 172 125 141 158 134 135 129 133 142 158 150 183 186 179 190 176 162 215 246 208 262 190 269 235 249 189 177 127 59 26 8 0 8050
NORTH CAROLINA   59 15 12 18 18 20 22 18 24 23 12 15 16 29 29 23 33 28 19 20 23 21 17 15 27 34 44 32 35 42 40 47 36 52 62 61 60 55 50 43 62 30 14 6 0 1 1362
NORTH DAKOTA   4 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 4 3 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 50
OHIO   850 113 178 210 165 161 157 188 160 167 154 146 168 160 138 154 125 152 145 117 135 125 137 112 128 122 129 133 156 121 149 150 197 208 205 183 163 160 175 188 178 119 56 22 2 0 7261
OKLAHOMA   103 12 16 29 22 21 13 22 17 19 16 24 25 12 17 21 25 16 27 30 24 31 17 19 12 21 19 18 18 27 24 19 28 17 29 16 17 12 27 21 19 13 24 7 6 0 972
OREGON   45 3 12 2 13 7 16 13 12 19 16 10 10 16 16 16 11 8 8 9 1 14 7 11 12 17 12 14 21 15 16 24 22 14 24 32 33 25 35 34 41 18 8 5 0 0 717
PENNSYLVANIA   663 96 140 163 141 167 148 159 164 162 153 141 153 156 139 153 117 113 125 107 98 104 94 102 142 123 133 142 118 103 135 133 153 106 153 153 130 139 154 119 116 83 40 24 6 0 6163
RHODE ISLAND   41 3 13 11 9 15 10 18 11 4 7 4 7 9 4 7 1 10 3 4 0 5 2 5 6 6 6 13 7 6 14 12 9 6 9 13 14 9 16 9 15 4 6 2 0 0 385
SOUTH CAROLINA   35 5 5 7 9 13 13 9 14 18 18 16 16 27 19 15 18 20 12 12 15 9 7 17 15 18 27 19 19 25 14 26 29 28 13 26 27 32 32 26 32 12 18 8 0 0 795
SOUTH DAKOTA   4 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 3 3 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 62
TENNESSEE   90 5 15 17 22 12 13 17 14 10 17 18 16 14 8 22 22 12 16 18 14 11 7 21 19 24 22 19 24 26 22 31 28 35 30 33 36 30 30 26 21 16 10 1 1 0 915
TEXAS   204 38 46 59 53 55 76 47 56 55 66 50 63 46 74 73 73 62 69 84 82 75 55 62 92 92 102 99 112 110 103 105 136 118 157 126 134 138 128 121 94 65 42 17 6 1 3721
UTAH   21 4 7 6 6 12 10 7 8 7 7 8 10 8 6 12 6 9 3 8 17 7 11 12 8 18 26 13 15 17 16 28 20 15 32 17 31 25 19 35 29 12 10 0 1 0 599
VERMONT   4 5 0 1 0 4 3 7 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 5 8 3 5 13 6 7 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 119
VIRGINIA   98 18 12 27 21 23 24 30 26 24 11 22 20 33 22 22 22 21 17 18 17 26 19 14 21 25 23 34 34 34 23 30 47 41 50 36 26 27 25 35 24 29 10 7 0 0 1168
WASHINGTON   102 8 21 23 17 16 16 13 10 11 23 22 15 27 13 31 19 22 26 26 27 24 19 27 24 31 37 32 25 23 39 32 61 49 42 36 56 42 50 42 43 28 22 5 2 0 1279
WEST VIRGINIA   15 7 4 3 6 5 6 4 11 9 6 6 4 0 2 4 7 4 4 3 5 2 4 2 3 6 4 4 7 8 7 4 3 2 6 3 6 5 10 4 7 3 3 1 1 0 220
WISCONSIN   149 16 20 21 20 27 48 62 42 39 32 24 38 25 20 31 33 24 33 33 21 33 33 33 36 45 45 33 43 56 56 55 84 58 70 83 76 97 106 107 73 48 24 12 4 0 2068
WYOMING   4 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 2 4 4 3 2 0 2 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 69
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   17 5 7 2 6 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 2 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 105
PUERTO RICO   3 1 1 2 0 3 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 2 3 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 77
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 1 0 0 2 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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
GERMANY   312 65 85 99 103 114 149 141 137 141 184 170 154 151 190 209 192 183 194 186 226 220 243 245 247 266 292 240 196 207 222 237 237 264 340 329 370 412 401 409 276 145 56 21 5 0 9265
UNITED KINGDOM   304 54 102 88 83 89 133 104 121 121 136 124 119 119 108 113 93 105 97 96 97 88 91 82 119 117 100 92 96 71 77 92 110 112 118 99 122 110 129 118 60 28 20 9 0 0 4466
FRANCE   184 37 54 46 65 73 59 80 59 63 66 69 68 68 84 81 100 95 71 93 54 83 84 110 109 108 112 110 115 93 121 127 123 125 118 128 150 148 155 178 101 59 17 7 3 0 4053
CANADA   130 24 29 24 50 45 45 50 54 52 51 59 39 61 40 56 53 61 45 42 62 74 64 70 75 99 114 110 93 101 107 121 139 125 149 163 137 138 127 140 105 54 38 15 1 1 3432
SWEDEN   71 7 23 37 24 27 48 31 37 30 47 44 39 21 45 50 40 36 41 32 27 43 29 33 28 34 29 22 28 29 24 39 38 46 52 37 47 53 46 60 41 24 11 6 1 0 1557
SWITZERLAND   62 18 21 27 33 25 21 27 24 24 34 30 31 36 29 22 32 38 26 22 29 28 43 28 23 39 48 28 37 27 33 27 40 33 48 46 39 30 56 39 30 12 11 4 0 0 1360
ITALY   40 15 10 28 16 17 16 17 18 17 21 17 14 30 26 19 24 19 19 24 14 30 32 51 28 25 35 35 42 40 39 37 36 28 50 46 45 69 60 66 27 20 4 6 0 0 1272
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
NETHERLANDS   55 10 11 7 16 17 27 11 18 19 19 20 34 20 17 32 27 20 27 25 25 16 21 34 18 25 31 23 20 17 20 26 29 33 32 23 35 40 29 34 30 15 3 3 0 0 1014
AUSTRALIA   9 5 2 6 5 6 8 10 10 6 12 15 23 22 25 16 14 16 8 8 20 11 22 20 24 29 27 26 21 25 17 19 24 34 26 28 36 34 42 59 22 15 8 2 0 0 817
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
BELGIUM   40 5 10 19 7 21 19 13 12 20 6 13 10 17 19 16 17 13 13 14 13 11 15 13 25 12 15 19 21 13 13 17 21 25 24 20 26 23 26 27 15 16 3 3 0 0 720
AUSTRIA   21 3 8 1 4 6 8 7 6 9 12 10 8 17 7 11 9 19 10 9 7 7 18 5 22 11 12 10 9 8 9 15 28 13 21 12 15 18 23 29 16 7 2 3 0 0 505
DENMARK   15 7 7 3 5 10 5 7 5 8 12 10 6 3 14 9 9 7 9 12 5 12 8 13 11 15 4 6 7 14 13 5 15 15 18 12 14 19 16 17 7 7 1 0 0 0 417
FINLAND   2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 8 4 4 7 5 4 3 10 13 15 10 12 5 16 20 20 10 12 17 21 16 19 16 19 12 26 24 18 4 0 1 0 0 389
ISRAEL   2 0 3 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 3 3 3 5 6 4 6 4 4 4 6 3 5 5 3 8 10 8 6 10 11 8 14 14 15 22 16 16 14 8 5 1 0 0 272
SOUTH AFRICA   7 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 7 4 4 1 11 8 7 4 8 4 10 5 5 6 11 6 6 7 4 8 11 12 6 5 7 4 7 3 11 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 226
SPAIN   2 1 2 3 0 4 2 4 4 1 0 3 6 3 2 2 7 3 3 1 1 6 4 5 7 7 4 10 4 9 5 5 11 8 7 4 6 17 13 15 10 6 4 1 0 0 222
NORWAY   9 3 4 1 2 5 3 7 7 5 7 2 5 4 7 5 5 6 4 1 3 6 8 2 5 10 8 4 6 1 1 8 6 9 4 7 7 8 8 4 3 4 1 3 0 0 218
U.S.S.R.   3 2 1 2 5 3 8 13 9 12 14 4 11 18 15 19 10 7 5 7 5 1 1 2 6 3 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
MEXICO   2 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 4 1 3 3 8 2 2 2 7 1 5 2 1 3 5 4 2 2 4 3 2 5 4 4 2 7 9 4 6 4 5 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 150
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 2 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 5 1 2 2 7 3 2 5 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 0 1 2 3 6 7 8 5 2 7 7 10 10 2 0 1 0 0 139
BRAZIL   3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 6 1 5 2 2 8 5 7 9 3 4 10 5 6 6 0 1 1 0 111
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
IRELAND   2 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 7 2 6 3 6 7 5 0 3 0 0 0 83
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
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 1 4 5 9 12 10 1 11 5 5 8 6 3 0 2 0 0 82
HUNGARY   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 4 1 1 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 5 2 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 69
LUXEMBOURG   5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 2 1 5 4 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 6 1 0 0 0 69
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
ARGENTINA   3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 38
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   6 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
GREECE   2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 38
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
VENEZUELA   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28
LIECHTENSTEIN   2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
MONACO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
COLOMBIA   1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
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
THE BAHAMAS   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 14
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
CAYMAN ISLANDS   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 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
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 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
TURKEY   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
COSTA RICA   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 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10
CHILE   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
ICELAND   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
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
LEBANON   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 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
PORTUGAL   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 7
PERU   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
SAUDI ARABIA   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 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
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 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
EGYPT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
ECUADOR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAMAICA   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 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MOROCCO   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 0 2
NORFOLK ISLAND   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ANDORRA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BANGLADESH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CUBA   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
FRENCH POLYNESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUYANA   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
HAITI   0 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
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
IRAQ   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
KENYA   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
LIBERIA   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
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
NIGERIA   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
PANAMA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 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 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
TUNISIA   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
URUGUAY   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
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   5167 834 1126 1203 1190 1226 1301 1257 1255 1202 1192 1187 1139 1056 1070 1068 1056 1059 1055 1034 1027 1063 985 1095 1223 1313 1432 1391 1356 1322 1406 1667 1910 1745 2054 1863 1932 1945 2044 1911 1776 1113 621 233 59 5 61168
U.S. GOVERNMENT   109 25 33 26 29 33 31 33 29 38 31 33 35 22 29 36 27 27 28 29 30 22 31 27 21 36 24 45 41 37 44 31 36 41 40 32 16 25 24 17 19 15 5 3 0 0 1345
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2083 252 424 429 487 449 471 501 491 455 462 451 453 533 525 489 461 448 376 401 352 373 392 441 487 531 599 600 632 633 641 664 754 734 859 764 784 695 649 667 615 369 231 100 25 1 24233
FOREIGN CORPORATION   853 178 276 278 343 377 468 470 467 477 564 578 516 603 634 627 667 638 673 681 695 778 908 924 1029 1085 1221 1137 1210 1105 1124 1218 1474 1441 1712 1659 1813 1909 2164 2213 1641 1015 505 202 46 2 40598
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   18 5 6 5 3 5 5 4 6 8 8 8 2 6 17 11 9 13 16 19 14 17 15 27 16 12 20 13 12 12 13 10 10 12 6 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 399
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   407 95 122 149 130 144 176 178 186 158 208 184 190 220 202 229 213 186 179 151 166 183 190 201 236 233 242 242 189 219 222 257 268 305 322 285 265 316 331 278 185 102 48 23 4 0 9019

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