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


Asia 10 Countries
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
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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
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.


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
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 333. MACHINERY

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   128 140 239 264 344 365 521 630 983 1199 1231 1527 1532 1546 1541 1761 1371 1739 2042 1941 2088 2798 3093 3230 3789 3655 4263 4213 4587 4615 4510 4371 4124 4611 4772 6337 6325 6520 6661 6661 6687 6673 5636 6628 6029 6071 149992
-- 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   128 140 239 264 344 365 521 630 983 1199 1231 1527 1532 1546 1541 1761 1371 1739 2042 1941 2088 2798 3093 3230 3789 3655 4263 4213 4587 4615 4510 4371 4124 4611 4772 6337 6325 6520 6661 6661 6687 6673 5636 6628 6029 6071 149992
JAPAN   123 135 235 256 337 357 517 619 972 1185 1216 1507 1514 1523 1516 1744 1356 1716 2018 1918 2065 2766 3040 3159 3692 3525 4114 4018 4339 4325 4136 3968 3675 4106 4185 5401 5283 5450 5490 5442 5395 5256 4424 5144 4671 4610 132444
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 15 10 8 15 19 17 9 19 34 45 70 77 104 142 165 192 232 251 273 266 297 441 495 606 662 699 734 762 578 709 594 607 9162
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 5 5 9 12 19 14 39 47 69 114 112 135 198 256 438 475 375 369 383 399 501 494 624 590 706 6409
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 3 5 2 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 5 6 9 10 7 12 7 6 8 11 6 12 16 16 15 31 31 30 57 46 55 43 38 38 42 35 635
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 12 9 5 13 9 11 11 12 7 7 8 13 15 31 33 37 39 48 61 58 77 539
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 6 8 0 5 2 3 10 6 9 6 7 13 23 34 31 37 37 27 28 33 16 357
INDIA   1 2 0 1 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 7 8 4 6 16 15 13 7 25 10 164
MALAYSIA   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 5 0 6 5 9 1 5 4 12 9 4 11 5 100
PHILIPPINES   3 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 1 5 2 2 10 3 2 80
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 8 13 5 5 0 4 1 3 56
INDONESIA   0 0 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 3 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 45

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   5 2 8 11 12 15 5 18 19 21 22 32 15 11 12 14 7 13 11 8 7 12 12 14 15 21 22 46 60 24 34 42 44 35 41 49 64 84 78 97 87 76 64 67 64 59 1481
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 10
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 31
FOREIGN CORPORATION   59 85 127 168 221 228 394 497 792 982 1042 1298 1333 1362 1370 1585 1248 1567 1876 1781 1952 2630 2892 3035 3547 3383 3984 3878 4226 4279 4143 3993 3735 4262 4405 5838 5802 5909 6041 6035 6071 6122 5186 6137 5641 5725 136867
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 5 7 4 13 6 7 12 9 10 12 10 9 17 4 7 1 9 7 6 6 4 4 0 4 7 5 1 1 0 0 202
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   64 53 102 84 108 122 118 112 169 194 163 195 184 168 157 160 111 152 150 138 123 150 177 171 215 239 246 279 280 306 326 335 335 304 319 441 451 523 541 525 522 469 383 423 324 286 11401

Asia 10 Countries
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 333. MACHINERY

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   822 195 297 423 554 672 899 1067 1132 1139 1467 1587 1538 1648 1879 1832 2027 2296 2355 2747 2487 2883 3259 3370 3712 4113 4616 4516 4566 4632 4469 5109 5414 6055 6868 6311 6397 7097 7668 7535 7321 6692 5109 2460 734 25 149992
-- 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   822 195 297 423 554 672 899 1067 1132 1139 1467 1587 1538 1648 1879 1832 2027 2296 2355 2747 2487 2883 3259 3370 3712 4113 4616 4516 4566 4632 4469 5109 5414 6055 6868 6311 6397 7097 7668 7535 7321 6692 5109 2460 734 25 149992
JAPAN   800 189 290 419 547 663 884 1058 1111 1129 1448 1569 1512 1629 1860 1808 2005 2263 2334 2712 2444 2836 3187 3248 3581 3960 4407 4267 4231 4207 4061 4570 4786 5191 5871 5254 5249 5845 6236 5805 5607 5064 3918 1844 528 18 132444
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 13 13 10 16 19 22 10 19 24 31 47 78 87 103 136 164 207 249 249 294 323 384 474 561 650 692 797 826 793 772 565 366 148 6 9162
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 7 4 7 8 15 21 28 46 57 99 128 118 200 263 429 455 405 356 410 458 695 732 692 525 193 38 1 6409
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 0 6 4 2 4 5 5 11 6 6 10 9 6 7 11 8 13 12 21 16 23 28 34 55 52 56 60 54 39 31 10 6 0 635
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 0 0 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 13 6 7 8 11 11 13 15 7 6 7 16 16 25 40 39 60 69 65 37 37 12 0 539
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 5 2 7 3 1 4 11 5 8 10 10 9 21 49 25 40 56 32 24 14 6 0 0 357
INDIA   5 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 6 9 3 4 18 16 21 15 12 2 1 0 164
MALAYSIA   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 4 3 3 6 7 5 3 5 11 9 9 11 3 2 0 0 100
PHILIPPINES   8 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 10 4 1 6 1 0 1 0 80
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 7 16 4 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 56
INDONESIA   1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 8 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 45

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   28 6 6 15 14 14 12 18 23 22 22 12 11 15 10 12 10 11 10 7 14 15 12 15 18 27 76 25 30 45 44 49 45 49 56 77 85 110 112 89 84 64 34 22 5 0 1481
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 31
FOREIGN CORPORATION   472 142 188 292 425 536 729 878 958 951 1283 1394 1377 1452 1712 1655 1850 2107 2220 2579 2337 2706 3049 3137 3458 3828 4257 4201 4227 4229 4096 4694 5015 5610 6336 5768 5772 6415 6965 6855 6730 6223 4785 2278 672 25 136867
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 5 6 5 10 12 7 7 8 11 9 14 9 13 6 6 4 6 5 10 3 7 1 4 5 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 202
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   319 45 101 115 112 118 155 169 149 163 160 177 148 178 152 160 163 167 113 154 127 154 187 206 222 249 268 282 301 353 322 360 342 394 466 462 536 565 584 586 505 404 289 160 57 0 11401

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


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