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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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   16 12 41 53 42 66 104 117 213 311 327 372 431 443 545 662 513 681 703 787 892 1293 1354 1459 1815 1714 1896 1983 2063 1955 1650 1507 1421 1592 1702 2175 2417 2425 2757 2916 2786 2744 2623 3027 2944 2859 60408
-- 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   16 12 41 53 42 66 104 117 213 311 327 372 431 443 545 662 513 681 703 787 892 1293 1354 1459 1815 1714 1896 1983 2063 1955 1650 1507 1421 1592 1702 2175 2417 2425 2757 2916 2786 2744 2623 3027 2944 2859 60408
JAPAN   12 11 41 50 39 62 104 117 211 307 326 371 425 442 542 659 507 675 697 777 881 1284 1339 1441 1784 1672 1852 1922 1978 1875 1564 1401 1293 1417 1488 1884 2094 2157 2461 2514 2423 2410 2272 2604 2498 2429 55312
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 5 4 6 6 4 10 11 19 26 32 38 56 57 49 62 82 93 85 106 123 141 157 208 180 167 127 175 162 168 2368
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 4 8 7 7 14 20 18 30 37 38 69 121 175 189 109 117 174 160 145 192 224 241 206 2315
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 4 5 2 3 4 3 4 2 1 4 8 8 6 4 8 17 9 17 34 157
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 5 5 3 4 1 2 10 5 7 5 6 5 8 8 100
INDIA   2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 5 9 7 52
SINGAPORE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 3 4 1 5 5 2 3 1 2 2 38
MALAYSIA   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 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 7 5 29
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 11
INDONESIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6

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 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 3 0 6 3 6 11 6 7 6 9 8 12 12 15 12 16 9 13 23 14 230
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   6 4 17 29 24 39 74 97 180 270 298 344 394 420 514 624 486 635 661 746 841 1248 1294 1410 1760 1651 1825 1913 1966 1866 1574 1414 1303 1466 1593 2053 2285 2268 2595 2726 2617 2588 2482 2862 2812 2723 56997
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   10 8 23 23 16 24 27 19 31 38 28 26 33 20 29 37 25 43 39 40 50 42 56 48 54 61 67 70 89 86 68 81 111 117 101 112 123 145 150 175 157 140 132 152 107 121 3154

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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   125 18 43 59 95 137 235 291 302 310 367 476 507 674 681 665 799 958 1026 1210 1036 1335 1521 1601 1614 1854 2005 2043 1817 1641 1559 1555 1915 2269 2643 2442 2388 2750 3214 3266 3422 3343 2568 1246 375 8 60408
-- 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   125 18 43 59 95 137 235 291 302 310 367 476 507 674 681 665 799 958 1026 1210 1036 1335 1521 1601 1614 1854 2005 2043 1817 1641 1559 1555 1915 2269 2643 2442 2388 2750 3214 3266 3422 3343 2568 1246 375 8 60408
JAPAN   117 16 38 59 95 137 231 290 299 308 364 474 502 672 677 654 797 944 1021 1191 1026 1318 1504 1570 1568 1806 1935 1976 1720 1544 1441 1400 1668 1964 2319 2199 2099 2399 2816 2830 2904 2883 2157 1056 322 2 55312
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 9 1 9 2 10 6 13 7 16 29 35 44 47 61 55 70 86 110 103 121 123 164 167 207 180 197 178 173 107 26 4 2368
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 3 5 6 10 10 16 15 27 38 36 59 124 194 192 102 103 167 156 227 284 248 198 62 19 2 2315
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 1 4 2 4 2 7 2 2 2 5 7 7 5 8 11 22 13 17 14 6 0 157
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 5 6 3 1 4 6 6 9 8 2 7 10 3 1 0 100
INDIA   5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 5 6 4 5 7 2 0 0 52
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 7 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 38
MALAYSIA   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 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 7 3 2 1 0 29
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
THAILAND   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 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
INDONESIA   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6

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   2 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 6 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 11 7 7 10 10 9 7 12 19 15 16 17 13 17 6 2 0 230
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN CORPORATION   58 12 24 36 70 113 200 256 275 279 348 436 477 636 648 623 757 904 977 1161 993 1287 1477 1548 1551 1786 1927 1956 1729 1559 1448 1431 1777 2145 2499 2313 2227 2572 3038 3074 3222 3178 2447 1164 354 5 56997
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   65 5 16 22 23 22 33 32 26 31 17 34 27 36 33 39 39 51 49 44 40 48 43 51 61 65 75 81 84 71 102 116 126 112 134 122 149 159 161 176 183 150 103 76 19 3 3154

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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