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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 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   575 429 553 591 710 656 848 891 1007 916 1031 1209 1272 1068 1044 889 784 1229 1280 1059 1030 1365 1510 1711 2049 1869 2443 2402 2787 2827 2741 3254 3191 3424 3686 4843 4793 4823 4728 4396 5010 4151 3302 3842 3367 3078 100666
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   492 377 479 524 602 561 701 741 834 717 856 956 986 824 792 674 573 874 882 723 735 952 1059 1201 1391 1299 1697 1652 2011 2039 2042 2473 2372 2603 2709 3565 3473 3478 3301 3051 3516 2897 2348 2722 2315 2121 73192
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   83 53 73 67 108 96 147 150 173 199 175 253 286 244 252 215 211 355 397 336 295 412 451 510 659 570 746 750 775 788 698 781 819 821 977 1278 1320 1345 1427 1345 1494 1254 954 1121 1051 957 27473
ALABAMA   3 1 1 2 2 2 1 5 4 3 8 10 2 3 4 2 1 7 4 1 2 3 4 7 5 9 15 11 11 8 8 16 11 13 22 19 14 14 8 12 13 11 8 9 5 8 326
ALASKA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 1 4 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 53
ARIZONA   2 0 1 1 7 5 11 4 8 6 10 8 18 9 7 9 5 10 20 7 6 9 14 19 19 20 11 23 24 32 27 29 32 28 26 47 38 53 45 43 33 34 21 27 21 23 848
ARKANSAS   0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 7 3 1 4 2 9 7 7 3 5 1 6 6 14 9 7 8 7 2 4 3 4 2 144
CALIFORNIA   72 62 75 74 106 86 128 115 156 113 162 181 169 162 139 128 107 154 161 120 145 182 211 230 271 257 352 349 401 380 425 498 485 515 570 834 855 909 873 832 987 796 644 709 604 584 16369
COLORADO   3 3 5 6 6 7 9 8 15 8 8 10 16 9 13 9 9 14 15 9 8 12 9 10 11 22 22 26 31 26 22 41 28 35 38 52 51 36 53 39 43 37 32 28 28 23 941
CONNECTICUT   7 9 10 13 14 14 15 21 33 22 22 29 32 35 25 26 19 23 23 17 15 25 42 37 46 30 36 51 62 69 61 105 123 117 72 106 95 85 64 58 62 51 48 62 66 52 2048
DELAWARE   0 1 2 2 4 3 3 5 6 6 4 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 0 2 6 2 5 7 6 3 13 12 5 7 9 8 5 12 10 11 11 6 6 6 5 10 3 6 2 6 232
FLORIDA   28 16 14 9 20 22 18 27 36 18 35 29 32 23 35 29 21 41 39 22 37 36 58 71 79 68 105 105 103 136 125 155 149 144 178 217 177 184 204 174 218 179 137 175 153 101 3983
GEORGIA   1 3 3 1 3 4 8 8 6 1 8 9 9 7 4 7 5 7 14 20 9 6 6 16 16 12 18 28 21 15 19 37 29 34 32 55 58 70 50 51 53 63 49 60 46 30 1008
HAWAII   0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 5 3 4 3 7 6 3 3 5 7 5 7 5 3 5 2 1 6 3 2 116
IDAHO   2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 6 1 3 6 2 3 6 8 6 3 8 3 4 5 5 3 7 8 5 7 5 4 4 134
ILLINOIS   47 34 40 52 53 27 39 54 49 46 66 68 69 55 77 62 51 77 67 72 67 75 62 85 71 75 104 66 88 84 88 100 90 116 79 129 100 109 82 79 95 80 68 80 57 55 3290
INDIANA   7 6 11 14 12 10 13 18 12 14 17 20 22 19 17 15 8 15 17 10 16 15 30 24 25 25 37 35 59 48 47 70 64 56 58 66 68 74 72 68 79 81 72 76 84 76 1699
IOWA   9 1 1 6 5 1 3 5 3 4 8 7 4 6 5 4 2 5 5 1 2 3 4 7 11 10 14 8 8 9 8 6 9 7 10 18 18 13 17 16 8 7 2 11 5 0 308
KANSAS   1 2 2 2 5 2 6 3 7 5 7 8 6 6 4 4 1 5 3 7 8 2 4 7 7 10 7 9 11 17 16 14 16 21 18 20 24 31 16 21 14 16 11 7 11 16 433
KENTUCKY   0 0 2 3 1 5 3 5 4 5 4 6 3 3 1 1 1 3 6 7 0 4 6 9 15 7 13 9 7 12 13 17 15 16 15 21 23 19 18 17 15 20 19 13 11 13 403
LOUISIANA   7 1 1 3 3 5 6 2 6 4 5 2 10 6 7 6 4 7 10 11 6 7 13 12 9 15 9 14 13 18 17 14 12 23 17 20 20 16 29 19 17 14 7 12 3 7 464
MAINE   0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 6 6 6 4 2 1 3 5 91
MARYLAND   16 7 12 10 11 16 20 12 19 19 15 23 23 21 17 15 15 25 21 18 17 23 30 26 24 31 34 27 45 42 45 47 48 57 85 93 71 65 61 51 51 40 34 30 21 28 1458
MASSACHUSETTS   18 22 26 21 17 33 25 33 42 51 30 42 40 50 42 32 32 47 43 31 28 38 32 49 63 68 85 84 90 109 101 137 132 125 148 199 235 198 196 171 228 187 159 197 137 142 4016
MICHIGAN   16 13 21 25 24 20 21 22 24 23 19 27 28 13 25 18 21 29 27 19 28 29 33 29 41 39 50 46 51 52 52 72 67 72 59 83 88 84 71 64 63 54 37 53 43 48 1847
MINNESOTA   6 6 7 11 9 6 12 9 18 16 10 22 26 22 17 8 16 20 26 19 25 29 37 45 61 57 64 72 96 89 92 109 117 145 141 212 219 260 250 237 282 195 161 206 155 137 3779
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 3 3 11 4 0 4 4 8 4 8 7 7 11 3 11 9 11 8 11 8 7 7 6 7 8 5 4 202
MISSOURI   12 3 8 9 10 10 7 10 9 7 11 12 10 14 13 15 7 16 14 18 15 23 13 24 17 23 26 28 37 35 33 38 37 36 30 53 42 43 34 38 43 31 28 22 17 16 998
MONTANA   2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 5 3 3 2 5 4 5 8 5 6 10 11 5 5 6 3 7 3 128
NEBRASKA   0 3 2 2 2 5 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 4 2 3 4 2 8 2 3 8 5 5 1 4 6 6 5 5 8 7 9 8 3 6 5 1 7 4 5 5 0 3 2 3 167
NEVADA   1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 2 3 3 0 2 2 4 3 2 8 4 4 4 5 3 3 9 10 14 10 14 16 12 14 9 9 4 10 10 8 8 216
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 5 4 3 3 2 1 0 2 2 1 4 3 3 3 5 6 7 9 12 11 17 17 13 12 17 15 25 29 22 20 18 19 19 7 18 10 13 378
NEW JERSEY   29 20 30 38 44 35 44 46 49 45 58 59 89 56 50 37 40 66 60 44 56 83 86 91 96 79 86 84 105 101 102 126 95 127 143 204 180 158 143 113 168 122 111 113 102 82 3897
NEW MEXICO   1 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 4 5 5 1 4 2 4 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 3 2 3 6 4 3 5 7 7 8 6 8 6 11 11 7 8 11 7 4 9 11 11 196
NEW YORK   80 54 80 73 81 77 112 127 103 87 124 135 129 87 105 89 61 99 99 67 70 93 88 101 121 96 130 137 161 143 157 177 159 190 165 214 174 167 159 133 158 147 102 111 105 105 5432
NORTH CAROLINA   7 3 4 6 10 8 6 15 15 8 12 6 17 8 10 13 8 10 7 6 6 9 9 12 13 15 21 18 37 30 29 37 43 32 40 48 33 56 40 45 46 50 35 36 31 22 970
NORTH DAKOTA   0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 41
OHIO   21 23 18 29 32 32 32 31 34 26 35 45 41 32 26 20 17 34 25 27 16 26 41 50 61 42 63 57 69 97 74 107 114 120 116 143 154 138 126 134 137 112 71 103 97 97 2948
OKLAHOMA   4 7 1 6 6 4 3 5 8 7 4 6 8 6 3 2 2 3 9 5 6 11 5 6 8 10 16 21 20 18 11 22 17 18 20 24 19 17 16 12 11 9 10 10 8 8 448
OREGON   4 6 6 5 5 2 8 8 9 12 12 8 7 11 8 12 6 9 10 11 6 13 7 15 15 14 12 15 22 26 25 24 21 23 30 34 31 26 28 24 22 17 11 18 20 15 667
PENNSYLVANIA   35 28 31 37 40 41 55 54 49 47 49 47 47 46 39 26 26 28 42 34 24 51 45 47 66 59 69 57 80 68 68 72 80 102 95 88 110 114 105 109 125 100 95 105 90 72 2898
RHODE ISLAND   4 1 4 2 4 3 8 9 7 3 7 4 2 8 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 8 4 5 4 4 6 10 9 9 8 5 9 9 15 13 15 12 8 8 10 5 8 14 6 277
SOUTH CAROLINA   3 2 1 5 3 6 2 2 2 1 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 9 6 6 4 6 14 5 16 12 11 9 11 10 12 20 10 17 15 17 13 12 9 13 11 13 359
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 6 1 0 5 4 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 61
TENNESSEE   5 2 7 3 5 4 4 2 5 6 7 8 8 6 11 5 4 4 12 8 3 5 11 12 11 15 15 17 36 39 31 44 36 50 68 48 48 40 48 47 61 53 36 55 65 46 1054
TEXAS   15 15 11 21 13 18 25 22 18 18 31 28 27 14 18 25 23 29 32 32 33 50 35 48 65 65 83 72 78 99 96 101 119 104 130 150 179 154 160 127 130 98 94 93 86 75 2964
UTAH   2 1 4 2 5 5 5 8 8 7 9 9 6 17 7 6 8 8 10 9 6 7 18 8 14 13 22 23 34 39 44 36 41 37 58 55 58 55 52 58 72 63 69 69 43 44 1165
VERMONT   1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 7 4 6 7 5 7 3 8 5 4 6 3 8 2 2 116
VIRGINIA   4 4 5 6 7 6 4 7 5 10 6 16 14 14 11 6 7 11 12 15 8 15 23 7 16 16 32 31 40 35 27 26 19 26 26 36 41 51 46 25 47 28 34 33 23 26 901
WASHINGTON   9 4 8 5 5 12 11 12 12 5 7 11 14 10 8 10 8 12 6 10 9 9 20 12 26 24 22 23 37 25 31 38 38 44 41 55 48 51 46 52 49 44 34 47 48 31 1081
WEST VIRGINIA   1 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 3 4 8 1 7 3 5 1 5 2 4 2 5 4 5 5 3 2 5 2 1 110
WISCONSIN   9 1 10 12 11 11 13 12 19 28 19 30 21 13 13 7 9 13 11 16 16 13 16 23 33 27 30 27 32 30 28 37 36 47 61 59 46 52 46 53 59 47 35 36 37 40 1247
WYOMING   0 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 1 0 3 7 2 0 6 2 4 70
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   4 5 4 1 4 5 4 4 7 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 0 3 3 0 4 6 6 8 6 4 1 5 2 5 5 3 2 3 3 1 4 2 8 147
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 3 1 49
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   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 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
CANAL ZONE   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
GERMANY   31 13 16 13 21 25 26 28 39 40 38 55 58 56 66 52 69 105 112 79 81 111 110 129 149 108 156 150 157 147 127 154 149 144 167 222 212 240 237 241 222 226 138 190 179 136 5225
JAPAN   0 2 4 6 6 6 8 11 12 13 15 17 34 28 27 34 33 55 81 65 56 90 95 87 133 110 156 155 174 167 182 180 177 179 198 263 276 232 259 232 250 207 172 198 237 240 5164
UNITED KINGDOM   13 12 11 8 20 20 30 21 26 34 31 39 55 32 32 25 21 33 34 42 30 40 48 53 81 61 80 77 72 73 65 53 64 76 87 110 116 113 95 100 99 101 75 82 72 64 2528
FRANCE   6 5 4 13 8 11 17 22 21 27 18 32 35 17 26 19 18 25 33 24 24 42 37 42 54 64 79 65 60 68 64 62 72 68 108 113 110 110 128 101 129 90 61 61 73 77 2344
CANADA   9 4 6 5 8 6 7 10 9 14 12 13 19 11 17 10 9 27 25 28 16 32 28 25 35 38 45 41 49 62 42 63 64 54 76 78 81 73 91 71 90 77 60 61 42 42 1685
SWEDEN   11 5 7 6 9 6 14 16 14 12 17 20 19 16 16 12 9 21 18 18 17 20 25 29 45 23 31 37 47 39 24 28 35 39 37 73 69 87 101 77 81 52 51 52 31 34 1452
SWITZERLAND   3 3 1 1 7 6 10 5 9 12 7 14 11 9 11 10 9 20 11 13 17 19 29 20 36 39 44 48 40 36 33 42 36 36 46 68 57 63 67 75 77 67 44 54 45 60 1368
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 2 7 11 13 10 16 18 26 34 49 36 37 40 60 69 74 88 77 84 70 82 77 65 1055
ITALY   4 1 5 3 4 2 5 3 8 5 5 6 6 11 5 7 5 15 13 16 11 10 14 27 22 19 24 30 43 41 26 37 21 32 33 53 51 61 60 49 64 46 34 31 42 28 1032
ISRAEL   0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 7 1 7 5 7 1 4 7 10 12 12 17 23 26 25 15 12 13 18 30 41 51 47 63 72 70 62 38 56 46 38 854
AUSTRALIA   1 3 5 2 2 0 5 1 5 2 1 5 4 10 7 6 8 6 10 4 4 5 5 15 12 12 15 21 12 17 19 18 27 22 11 31 35 36 32 41 59 41 37 52 31 30 721
NETHERLANDS   1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 7 4 5 7 6 3 2 3 6 4 3 4 9 10 6 16 6 13 15 18 15 15 17 23 14 24 32 32 27 37 32 25 19 13 22 23 15 542
DENMARK   3 0 1 2 3 2 5 5 2 4 1 7 3 5 3 2 1 7 5 1 3 2 5 5 8 4 8 2 8 9 6 10 11 18 21 20 30 20 24 21 39 23 19 17 17 16 420
AUSTRIA   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 5 4 2 5 5 4 5 12 7 10 10 19 8 18 8 9 12 11 13 11 13 17 16 18 22 18 12 13 10 7 346
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 1 1 2 6 2 4 7 4 8 16 14 14 19 27 34 29 28 29 27 19 297
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 0 1 2 4 4 2 3 4 3 6 2 5 9 9 10 12 15 20 14 13 8 15 9 8 4 1 200
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 1 1 3 0 6 4 6 4 9 9 16 7 6 6 11 7 10 8 4 8 12 9 6 11 13 12 3 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
BELGIUM   0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 5 3 1 7 6 6 3 3 4 6 5 7 7 2 9 6 8 13 11 10 14 8 5 11 5 9 193
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 7 5 7 7 13 9 5 25 13 22 16 18 9 181
SPAIN   0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 4 6 3 5 2 6 4 4 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 14 4 9 11 6 6 5 9 1 175
ARGENTINA   1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 2 3 5 3 4 6 9 14 14 9 13 12 14 11 6 0 3 1 160
SOUTH AFRICA   0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 9 2 1 0 4 2 4 4 5 1 2 4 5 8 8 3 3 7 7 6 3 2 6 5 3 9 4 3 137
NEW ZEALAND   0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 5 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 4 1 3 3 5 6 7 12 12 8 12 4 1 120
NORWAY   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 6 4 4 1 7 8 5 5 8 5 5 7 3 107
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 6 3 6 4 6 7 6 9 0 5 5 1 4 91
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 1 3 5 5 7 4 6 5 5 8 4 4 5 5 5 69
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 3 9 10 4 2 7 5 66
MEXICO   0 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 3 1 6 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 65
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 2 1 0 3 1 4 4 2 3 6 3 3 7 9 10 61
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 2 2 2 5 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 57
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 3 0 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 4 3 6 7 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 46
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 7 2 6 41
ICELAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 4 4 8 12 38
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 31
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 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 1 5 2 4 30
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 29
THE BAHAMAS   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 4 4 5 7 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 27
GREECE   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 25
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
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 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
URUGUAY   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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 11
TURKEY   0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 10
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 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 9
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 8
PORTUGAL   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
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 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 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 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
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 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
EGYPT   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 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 5
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
CUBA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PERU   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HAITI   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LEBANON   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ECUADOR   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
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
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
PANAMA   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 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
IRAQ   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAKISTAN   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
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 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
MOROCCO   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 0 0 2
SEYCHELLES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 1 2
BOLIVIA   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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
GUADELOUPE   0 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 1 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 1 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 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
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
MADAGASCAR   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
SYRIA   0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   160 150 186 237 252 236 306 305 373 335 370 435 476 422 372 334 297 408 422 357 356 491 567 588 718 703 910 880 1075 1165 1179 1501 1510 1582 1767 2352 2378 2470 2402 2227 2734 2248 1752 2128 1871 1717 45707
U.S. GOVERNMENT   8 8 8 13 14 16 18 25 13 18 19 15 19 14 18 9 6 9 10 8 11 11 16 17 8 4 7 9 15 12 13 11 9 11 13 18 10 13 6 12 7 15 12 8 4 8 540
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   333 223 288 278 342 314 387 419 456 375 478 522 502 402 405 337 277 460 471 370 367 468 498 612 679 609 815 801 948 894 889 1009 903 1053 1014 1310 1174 1095 983 891 884 717 629 647 503 447 28484
FOREIGN CORPORATION   28 25 34 32 41 40 69 72 78 96 90 131 156 136 143 123 123 211 237 192 195 271 307 330 444 334 456 489 494 473 445 482 489 537 598 812 867 916 974 949 1044 895 717 821 785 744 17925
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 8 1 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 107
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   45 23 35 32 60 48 67 70 87 91 71 104 117 92 105 85 78 138 137 129 99 117 121 159 193 213 248 216 248 276 211 250 277 238 292 351 363 328 359 315 340 275 193 239 204 161 7903

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 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   2358 423 651 676 727 763 824 846 944 943 1037 1101 1097 1110 1152 1101 1221 1279 1281 1344 1399 1497 1731 1892 2161 2379 2510 2809 2804 3183 3516 3932 4300 4437 5163 5029 5323 5671 5617 5279 4293 2613 1468 642 133 6 100666
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2038 358 546 555 610 651 664 679 782 733 815 841 859 825 855 757 851 892 905 947 992 1022 1182 1294 1503 1638 1749 2055 2084 2422 2666 2903 3264 3274 3718 3632 3759 3904 3843 3572 3091 1858 1071 438 86 4 73192
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   320 65 105 120 117 112 160 167 162 210 222 259 238 284 297 344 369 386 376 397 407 475 549 598 658 741 761 754 720 761 850 1028 1036 1163 1444 1397 1564 1766 1774 1708 1201 754 397 204 47 2 27473
ALABAMA   6 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 11 6 4 1 2 4 3 6 5 1 4 5 5 4 6 7 14 11 9 11 6 15 8 16 25 10 21 15 11 12 16 11 10 7 3 3 0 1 326
ALASKA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 4 3 3 5 2 4 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 53
ARIZONA   5 4 7 9 5 4 7 5 7 10 12 12 9 11 9 9 14 9 11 10 14 18 15 20 14 12 28 29 26 33 34 38 37 36 52 46 43 47 39 46 26 15 11 6 0 0 848
ARKANSAS   3 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 5 6 0 3 3 5 5 7 6 3 4 6 4 7 14 14 7 8 4 5 1 3 0 0 0 144
CALIFORNIA   314 66 86 84 112 105 124 111 142 141 148 149 158 154 158 138 151 161 168 178 213 205 237 250 312 331 364 392 411 511 526 613 693 765 978 951 1069 1046 1050 927 802 482 245 124 20 2 16369
COLORADO   18 3 6 8 7 13 7 6 12 6 9 13 11 17 12 12 18 6 11 13 10 6 8 15 22 26 28 30 23 30 39 41 54 43 45 51 48 45 45 35 44 22 17 5 2 0 941
CONNECTICUT   43 9 15 11 17 28 16 21 23 21 22 33 28 31 32 15 22 25 24 31 28 31 32 45 31 49 45 69 74 91 136 120 109 99 90 82 61 67 97 63 68 31 34 21 7 0 2048
DELAWARE   5 2 5 1 6 6 6 3 3 2 2 3 1 3 3 1 0 1 4 5 4 9 6 4 8 11 7 8 10 5 10 11 12 8 13 3 6 5 12 9 6 3 1 1 0 0 232
FLORIDA   72 14 15 17 27 27 24 14 29 25 24 29 36 32 31 35 37 35 40 41 52 65 68 65 75 107 105 114 137 142 163 176 197 196 184 200 208 250 228 231 189 119 74 25 6 0 3983
GEORGIA   7 2 4 5 7 5 3 6 4 6 7 11 5 6 9 6 10 21 12 6 8 12 13 11 17 28 19 23 17 31 40 33 36 54 68 64 66 72 62 58 63 39 20 11 1 0 1008
HAWAII   4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 8 6 6 2 4 9 6 5 6 3 4 7 2 4 1 0 0 0 116
IDAHO   3 0 4 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 4 4 4 4 3 5 8 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 6 7 8 7 7 5 3 0 0 0 134
ILLINOIS   193 28 29 30 36 44 46 42 56 56 51 62 64 77 78 66 72 85 75 77 64 66 57 94 75 78 65 95 89 100 100 105 131 106 109 100 100 111 90 106 86 49 29 11 6 0 3290
INDIANA   41 9 6 12 10 16 9 13 19 13 17 19 22 15 15 15 14 13 19 18 27 28 18 24 33 32 49 48 44 71 75 68 65 57 65 72 99 74 90 126 103 69 36 12 3 0 1699
IOWA   17 2 2 4 2 4 2 6 5 5 5 7 4 4 4 6 6 2 1 4 6 4 7 9 13 11 6 9 7 10 9 11 14 13 23 11 18 10 11 6 5 7 3 1 0 0 308
KANSAS   8 2 5 4 1 6 5 4 7 8 3 5 4 6 3 4 6 6 9 3 3 5 5 9 13 8 7 16 16 16 18 27 19 14 29 30 11 32 13 19 10 12 10 3 0 0 433
KENTUCKY   6 0 1 8 3 3 4 5 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 5 7 1 8 9 7 11 9 4 7 11 11 15 14 14 16 21 23 19 24 22 17 22 16 16 14 12 2 1 0 403
LOUISIANA   12 3 6 4 3 3 3 5 5 0 8 6 7 5 7 7 12 8 8 9 7 12 13 13 10 10 15 14 18 17 16 14 24 22 19 15 27 29 15 16 12 4 3 1 0 0 464
MAINE   2 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 6 1 4 2 3 2 3 4 4 2 5 9 1 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 91
MARYLAND   49 7 18 18 8 15 16 14 18 17 18 20 15 23 23 19 27 22 13 29 26 21 25 28 25 31 39 44 42 46 63 69 78 86 81 66 57 72 65 39 31 24 11 5 0 0 1458
MASSACHUSETTS   93 12 25 20 27 30 36 44 33 33 29 48 51 41 51 44 31 40 35 30 37 39 55 58 93 74 92 110 105 122 140 168 182 182 236 229 207 233 269 243 225 96 46 21 3 0 4016
MICHIGAN   80 18 17 13 17 22 24 17 20 24 21 19 21 23 27 25 27 26 28 34 36 22 34 34 45 43 39 66 54 63 71 80 79 75 75 91 87 66 69 67 48 49 37 11 1 0 1847
MINNESOTA   33 6 7 3 9 15 12 15 10 15 19 24 20 16 19 13 28 25 33 31 27 45 53 45 65 74 79 91 99 111 134 160 192 203 271 253 270 305 308 259 208 100 58 14 2 0 3779
MISSISSIPPI   0 1 0 3 4 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 10 6 2 2 4 3 6 7 4 11 8 9 4 10 11 7 11 12 11 5 7 8 7 3 1 0 0 202
MISSOURI   34 2 11 5 12 7 7 10 13 7 9 7 23 13 12 14 14 22 23 12 15 18 15 23 23 31 36 37 31 36 35 50 37 40 52 38 38 55 44 33 28 16 8 5 0 0 998
MONTANA   3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 5 9 2 8 5 6 15 6 12 4 6 4 2 1 0 0 128
NEBRASKA   9 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 6 3 7 4 3 5 7 1 3 1 5 7 6 6 9 4 9 9 6 5 5 6 3 8 2 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 167
NEVADA   3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 4 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 5 4 6 2 5 7 10 14 13 13 13 14 8 16 15 10 13 5 3 1 1 0 216
NEW HAMPSHIRE   2 1 2 1 2 0 3 5 3 3 3 1 3 0 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 8 14 19 13 13 18 24 20 27 23 27 23 23 20 16 9 2 1 1 0 378
NEW JERSEY   130 27 31 42 37 34 32 52 56 46 62 67 55 48 59 57 62 54 71 83 59 89 91 74 86 79 90 100 93 120 131 126 162 194 169 174 171 151 200 154 130 80 46 12 9 0 3897
NEW MEXICO   8 1 1 1 0 1 3 4 6 0 1 3 5 1 2 3 2 3 1 0 3 1 4 0 7 2 4 8 4 9 7 6 9 10 8 6 16 9 9 13 9 6 7 1 1 0 196
NEW YORK   305 51 84 91 87 100 87 77 112 111 124 86 103 104 101 88 81 87 90 82 88 90 78 107 125 124 159 151 142 186 163 219 195 189 169 170 186 170 160 189 140 97 57 22 4 0 5432
NORTH CAROLINA   21 2 8 9 7 19 11 8 9 5 9 10 12 14 10 8 11 6 9 9 8 9 9 19 15 20 22 32 35 39 47 38 47 40 36 51 50 68 58 52 39 31 7 5 0 0 970
NORTH DAKOTA   1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 41
OHIO   104 15 29 29 34 25 26 21 35 33 34 35 28 27 26 29 21 34 26 31 39 42 40 52 51 63 54 87 87 94 117 127 152 140 166 138 140 146 165 120 130 75 54 21 5 0 2948
OKLAHOMA   17 4 6 3 4 4 8 6 5 4 6 8 5 3 1 4 8 7 8 10 4 6 5 9 13 16 19 19 20 14 23 24 25 17 21 17 12 16 16 8 17 9 3 4 0 0 448
OREGON   21 3 5 2 12 3 9 10 6 5 10 15 8 11 10 9 8 8 10 9 13 8 14 15 15 14 12 24 30 24 27 22 36 32 29 31 25 34 21 18 27 11 14 4 0 0 667
PENNSYLVANIA   141 27 44 42 44 33 47 46 40 35 36 47 50 36 36 22 37 40 37 43 44 37 63 54 65 63 70 67 64 83 93 101 97 95 112 119 123 139 139 126 119 75 51 15 1 0 2898
RHODE ISLAND   11 3 3 4 5 8 4 6 7 2 5 7 3 2 3 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 4 2 8 5 5 9 11 8 5 10 15 15 14 13 9 9 5 16 12 5 7 1 1 1 277
SOUTH CAROLINA   10 3 1 6 1 3 1 2 4 2 5 4 5 4 4 5 8 7 12 7 7 4 5 3 8 12 7 12 14 10 10 11 16 13 17 14 19 20 21 11 11 9 6 5 0 0 359
SOUTH DAKOTA   2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 7 3 2 5 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 61
TENNESSEE   18 1 7 5 2 3 4 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 4 11 9 6 7 9 10 16 11 9 18 26 32 41 38 47 45 76 56 48 43 49 62 60 88 70 50 21 5 1 0 1054
TEXAS   66 6 13 22 16 19 17 24 19 25 26 18 12 25 30 31 30 40 45 43 42 33 60 58 73 88 67 82 98 125 124 116 137 140 171 200 170 158 113 130 126 66 44 15 1 0 2964
UTAH   10 4 6 3 6 7 6 7 8 5 8 10 13 10 7 7 10 9 8 10 12 10 8 17 17 29 25 40 40 38 43 38 61 58 64 59 62 81 75 95 72 42 26 7 0 0 1165
VERMONT   2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 4 5 2 7 10 4 7 6 4 9 5 5 7 4 6 2 1 0 0 116
VIRGINIA   23 4 4 6 4 5 5 8 9 9 10 13 16 9 11 9 15 16 14 10 13 11 12 21 24 26 36 38 30 26 25 27 26 33 44 43 59 45 42 41 36 25 11 10 3 0 901
WASHINGTON   25 3 7 8 16 9 8 7 6 11 8 10 11 11 9 10 10 13 10 12 10 15 22 25 23 23 28 35 26 36 42 43 46 53 57 58 44 60 60 61 48 34 11 15 1 0 1081
WEST VIRGINIA   6 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 2 4 2 8 3 6 5 3 5 3 3 4 2 6 2 6 6 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 110
WISCONSIN   34 5 13 9 11 12 15 23 19 17 25 19 14 15 11 8 13 17 17 16 16 16 29 29 32 21 25 36 28 35 48 44 66 57 62 50 56 71 58 48 49 25 21 6 3 0 1247
WYOMING   5 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 7 3 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 70
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   14 4 4 4 1 6 6 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 5 3 2 4 0 0 3 2 1 4 4 5 8 7 3 5 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 5 1 8 0 2 0 0 147
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 4 5 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 49
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   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 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CANAL ZONE   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
GERMANY   83 14 20 22 23 25 34 41 34 40 53 51 58 71 99 100 97 99 97 89 110 123 127 118 130 154 151 154 123 161 156 185 152 213 236 233 289 320 308 256 178 113 60 23 1 0 5225
JAPAN   13 3 9 9 5 9 8 14 11 17 27 28 27 45 36 65 65 82 74 90 72 83 104 123 133 143 186 163 171 180 194 208 215 226 293 253 264 303 306 315 246 168 107 51 16 0 5164
UNITED KINGDOM   50 12 21 21 23 15 32 25 27 28 40 49 28 32 31 35 40 39 44 28 57 57 62 57 75 79 79 58 76 53 61 94 92 112 131 115 121 131 130 121 88 39 13 6 2 1 2528
FRANCE   36 6 13 13 13 15 17 18 19 33 25 25 17 27 25 25 32 28 29 41 38 37 44 75 65 64 61 67 65 65 63 95 108 97 130 120 123 139 152 135 66 47 19 10 1 0 2344
CANADA   24 3 10 7 8 5 9 10 13 13 14 15 12 13 15 21 29 26 26 31 24 29 21 36 45 44 41 57 54 47 66 82 76 77 79 79 97 108 84 87 70 46 21 11 2 0 1685
SWEDEN   30 8 4 12 14 13 11 12 17 16 13 19 14 19 14 18 17 19 16 28 24 24 37 30 29 39 30 41 33 28 36 48 54 66 90 84 103 92 94 92 40 12 9 3 1 0 1452
SWITZERLAND   10 3 8 6 8 2 10 9 4 14 11 7 12 10 19 16 12 16 18 21 21 28 34 35 42 40 41 39 24 47 35 50 55 51 60 63 77 105 95 89 73 27 16 5 2 0 1368
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 4 4 8 13 10 13 17 15 25 45 44 49 34 48 55 79 95 80 93 101 99 59 44 14 1 1055
ITALY   13 1 3 6 1 2 7 6 2 8 2 12 9 7 8 13 8 21 15 12 5 21 26 16 19 34 38 41 29 30 33 32 35 54 49 66 62 57 80 64 42 33 8 4 0 0 1032
ISRAEL   3 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 1 4 5 6 4 3 10 6 4 2 7 8 10 15 16 20 28 14 20 12 22 23 28 37 53 70 69 89 88 77 42 27 16 8 2 0 854
AUSTRALIA   11 1 0 3 3 1 5 2 0 5 4 8 6 11 7 6 11 4 6 6 7 9 13 17 13 19 15 12 21 19 28 22 17 30 43 37 44 52 57 69 46 26 10 3 0 0 721
NETHERLANDS   5 1 1 0 2 1 6 6 5 3 2 6 7 4 4 7 2 5 4 9 11 5 7 13 9 19 13 15 17 19 25 19 20 30 43 24 40 41 30 25 21 11 7 3 1 0 542
DENMARK   6 2 4 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 2 3 7 1 4 6 3 3 4 2 4 1 9 7 7 3 3 12 5 12 8 26 20 17 35 26 22 34 31 37 22 11 3 1 0 0 420
AUSTRIA   3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 5 3 4 5 5 2 5 6 7 6 7 6 11 8 15 15 14 8 11 10 15 11 11 17 13 16 28 21 27 12 9 4 3 0 0 346
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 3 0 3 6 3 4 10 5 14 13 11 27 26 37 49 30 25 18 8 0 0 297
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 3 3 4 2 7 4 3 2 6 9 10 12 9 20 28 13 12 12 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 200
U.S.S.R.   2 0 3 3 4 1 2 6 4 6 8 13 12 8 6 12 7 8 9 5 6 8 9 5 11 11 10 11 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
BELGIUM   4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 4 4 3 1 7 6 3 5 2 8 3 5 8 8 1 10 8 9 10 15 11 15 15 11 3 0 2 0 0 193
IRELAND   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 10 4 6 10 14 8 14 32 25 20 10 4 0 0 0 181
SPAIN   3 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 2 2 0 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 3 1 7 4 4 7 5 5 8 9 5 12 6 10 9 17 8 5 6 2 0 0 0 175
ARGENTINA   2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 8 11 13 13 17 9 15 16 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 160
SOUTH AFRICA   5 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 7 4 2 2 1 4 1 4 3 2 3 2 5 6 9 5 7 6 3 9 5 6 9 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 137
NEW ZEALAND   2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 0 2 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 6 8 7 11 10 18 9 2 1 0 0 0 120
NORWAY   1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 0 1 1 0 3 6 4 4 3 7 6 12 10 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 107
BRAZIL   0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 2 4 3 5 5 5 6 5 10 7 7 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 91
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 6 2 6 8 3 5 6 6 8 11 4 0 1 3 1 0 69
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 4 5 6 6 6 9 5 4 3 2 0 66
MEXICO   7 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 2 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 65
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 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 2 5 6 8 9 7 4 0 0 61
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 0 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 57
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   3 2 2 1 5 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 2 4 5 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 5 7 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 46
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 9 5 0 1 1 0 41
ICELAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 2 16 3 5 2 0 0 38
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 31
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 3 4 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 30
COLOMBIA   1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29
THE BAHAMAS   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 8 3 2 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
GREECE   0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 25
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
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 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
URUGUAY   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
TURKEY   0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
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 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MONACO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 8
PORTUGAL   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
COSTA RICA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
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 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 4
PERU   0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HAITI   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 3
LEBANON   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 3
ECUADOR   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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
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 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
PANAMA   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 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 2 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
IRAQ   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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
BERMUDA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
MOROCCO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
SEYCHELLES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
BOLIVIA   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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUADELOUPE   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
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 1 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 1 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 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
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
MADAGASCAR   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
SYRIA   0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   812 165 218 235 262 279 299 321 342 342 358 435 419 391 424 349 406 442 471 487 530 530 640 668 824 893 911 1134 1213 1501 1653 1860 2129 2203 2603 2585 2780 2940 3045 2728 2433 1356 722 306 60 1 45707
U.S. GOVERNMENT   42 4 16 17 16 23 11 15 17 14 9 14 13 22 9 11 9 9 11 19 8 14 8 5 3 11 14 11 16 10 11 14 11 14 9 13 9 12 15 16 10 6 4 1 0 0 540
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1207 193 317 312 341 357 362 351 435 393 456 408 435 414 426 408 448 461 437 450 467 496 552 637 703 762 848 950 896 965 1050 1108 1196 1165 1199 1125 1100 1076 908 910 723 512 355 140 26 3 28484
FOREIGN CORPORATION   135 26 45 53 55 54 81 78 79 111 118 145 125 170 172 211 217 221 234 268 280 303 369 380 388 486 503 457 423 489 532 632 656 738 976 982 1058 1235 1242 1295 865 573 290 140 34 1 17925
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 4 1 5 9 4 7 4 7 6 7 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   160 35 55 59 51 50 70 81 69 81 96 97 104 111 118 119 137 143 123 116 113 149 152 199 237 222 227 250 250 217 270 312 304 318 374 323 374 403 407 329 263 165 98 56 12 1 7903

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