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


Asia 10 Countries
Whole Counts

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


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

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


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

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


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

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

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

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

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

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


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


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

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

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

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

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


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 3391. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

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   2 3 8 6 12 9 10 17 22 19 24 21 47 38 34 47 43 71 104 95 77 121 130 125 188 165 228 216 259 264 292 298 312 280 329 430 479 429 473 512 558 451 386 446 482 470 9032
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   2 3 8 6 12 9 10 17 22 19 24 21 47 38 34 47 43 71 104 95 77 121 130 125 188 165 228 216 259 264 292 298 312 280 329 430 479 429 473 512 558 451 386 446 482 470 9032
JAPAN   1 3 7 6 8 9 10 17 20 19 21 21 47 38 34 44 43 69 99 89 74 116 124 122 177 147 208 198 233 232 248 245 240 225 267 349 367 311 341 349 384 297 246 283 325 336 7049
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 1 5 2 9 14 17 13 20 22 33 43 61 46 46 53 79 87 99 118 102 103 90 105 101 81 1359
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 4 8 6 11 18 17 18 23 32 45 33 37 35 33 24 367
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 5 2 3 10 11 4 2 7 6 78
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   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 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 3 2 5 4 2 3 6 3 4 8 10 11 71
INDIA   0 0 1 0 2 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 2 0 0 0 4 5 2 2 2 4 0 1 8 2 7 45
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 5 4 1 5 3 5 38
THAILAND   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 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
INDONESIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 8 6 5 2 5 8 6 9 12 14 16 9 20 21 24 19 12 21 11 15 268
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   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 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 9
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1 3 3 6 5 5 4 12 16 10 12 16 23 24 22 31 37 57 81 73 66 108 112 109 157 125 181 170 198 209 216 221 220 206 241 314 335 316 315 351 399 321 268 314 354 367 6634
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1 0 5 0 6 4 6 5 6 8 10 3 23 14 12 15 6 14 17 20 10 10 15 14 27 36 38 38 53 51 69 69 84 64 76 102 127 103 135 138 134 110 106 109 116 88 2097

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 3391. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

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   21 7 13 10 7 18 15 20 17 23 36 37 33 58 48 83 85 120 101 122 100 122 147 181 201 206 262 251 270 275 330 339 362 386 490 442 523 610 636 628 544 424 250 137 41 1 9032
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   21 7 13 10 7 18 15 20 17 23 36 37 33 58 48 83 85 120 101 122 100 122 147 181 201 206 262 251 270 275 330 339 362 386 490 442 523 610 636 628 544 424 250 137 41 1 9032
JAPAN   18 5 12 10 7 18 13 19 15 23 36 37 33 56 47 82 82 111 99 114 99 117 137 168 182 186 244 224 237 232 267 268 289 316 396 342 371 433 465 425 348 236 144 66 20 0 7049
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 0 3 1 4 5 10 17 14 16 21 18 33 56 55 60 44 66 74 100 130 102 118 126 131 75 53 17 1 1359
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 7 3 4 13 6 18 14 16 32 31 45 63 37 32 19 10 1 0 367
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 6 6 7 7 9 5 4 3 2 0 78
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 2 5 7 8 10 7 4 0 0 71
INDIA   2 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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 10 6 0 1 1 0 45
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 6 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 38
THAILAND   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 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
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 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
INDONESIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 4 2 0 5 6 1 7 2 4 4 11 8 10 15 14 14 10 20 26 21 26 26 9 5 2 3 0 268
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 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 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9
FOREIGN CORPORATION   14 5 3 4 5 15 10 11 9 16 20 19 23 38 36 73 61 94 89 104 92 104 124 147 161 158 210 202 204 203 241 240 262 280 368 329 361 419 475 452 374 290 177 84 28 0 6634
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   7 1 10 6 2 3 5 8 6 5 16 17 10 19 11 9 21 22 11 13 6 18 18 26 38 41 46 43 59 61 81 86 85 92 107 103 138 161 140 150 144 123 68 50 10 1 2097

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


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