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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 336. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

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   20 23 55 66 64 106 136 144 258 351 386 446 505 514 613 725 561 729 774 866 943 1387 1477 1567 1959 1864 2049 2161 2238 2126 1842 1729 1626 1829 1891 2405 2713 2764 3150 3291 3140 3127 2995 3382 3244 3143 67384
-- 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   20 23 55 66 64 106 136 144 258 351 386 446 505 514 613 725 561 729 774 866 943 1387 1477 1567 1959 1864 2049 2161 2238 2126 1842 1729 1626 1829 1891 2405 2713 2764 3150 3291 3140 3127 2995 3382 3244 3143 67384
JAPAN   16 22 53 62 58 101 136 143 255 346 383 443 499 512 608 720 553 721 768 853 929 1371 1455 1544 1913 1802 1979 2080 2123 2016 1704 1556 1415 1569 1618 2032 2308 2407 2745 2778 2681 2674 2536 2854 2716 2630 60687
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 6 7 4 8 6 6 13 14 32 40 54 57 82 87 95 125 157 171 139 182 197 219 244 298 256 263 213 249 223 227 3680
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 7 4 10 10 10 14 22 18 32 39 40 73 125 179 193 117 130 186 173 157 200 240 252 215 2457
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 3 5 5 2 4 5 6 4 2 1 7 9 12 9 7 11 22 13 18 40 204
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 0 2 2 8 7 4 5 1 3 13 8 10 12 10 11 11 12 151
INDIA   2 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 6 13 7 69
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 3 4 1 6 6 2 3 2 4 4 49
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 3 2 0 2 0 3 2 3 7 5 32
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 28
THAILAND   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 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 3 19
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8

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 3 3 1 6 8 3 2 2 4 1 2 5 3 3 0 2 2 0 4 3 2 5 2 0 2 4 1 7 3 6 15 11 11 8 10 10 15 13 17 14 21 12 16 24 14 300
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 1 2 1 8
FOREIGN CORPORATION   8 8 22 36 32 64 97 116 216 301 343 398 456 477 573 681 525 674 724 809 881 1326 1398 1503 1878 1772 1941 2059 2103 1996 1721 1573 1429 1631 1728 2208 2514 2532 2904 3015 2908 2886 2790 3166 3068 2958 62448
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   12 12 30 29 26 34 34 26 40 46 42 44 44 34 37 43 32 51 47 51 59 58 74 62 78 90 102 100 125 127 112 139 185 185 153 185 188 217 233 258 218 220 193 199 150 170 4594

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 336. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

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   167 22 59 99 126 174 277 325 366 365 433 541 574 745 755 731 864 1042 1103 1297 1127 1430 1624 1746 1771 2008 2176 2204 2005 1838 1766 1827 2150 2512 2958 2786 2713 3096 3574 3786 3877 3682 2868 1380 406 9 67384
-- 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   167 22 59 99 126 174 277 325 366 365 433 541 574 745 755 731 864 1042 1103 1297 1127 1430 1624 1746 1771 2008 2176 2204 2005 1838 1766 1827 2150 2512 2958 2786 2713 3096 3574 3786 3877 3682 2868 1380 406 9 67384
JAPAN   156 19 52 98 126 173 271 324 360 362 430 538 569 739 749 716 862 1026 1092 1273 1111 1410 1599 1697 1700 1946 2084 2106 1873 1687 1577 1572 1817 2127 2544 2466 2331 2631 3069 3209 3220 3119 2368 1144 342 3 60687
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 4 12 1 10 4 12 7 15 14 28 50 48 62 77 94 105 135 175 189 175 204 189 235 264 295 284 304 255 245 142 35 4 3680
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 6 3 6 10 13 10 17 16 27 40 38 64 128 199 196 108 118 176 168 247 302 261 203 65 20 2 2457
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 7 1 5 2 5 2 9 4 2 3 7 9 9 8 11 17 25 17 19 19 6 0 204
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 0 0 1 3 1 2 5 2 1 1 6 9 7 4 1 6 10 8 11 14 7 12 16 4 2 0 151
INDIA   5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 5 8 7 7 9 2 0 0 69
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 8 4 7 1 3 0 0 0 49
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 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 8 3 2 1 0 32
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28
THAILAND   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 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 19
INDONESIA   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8

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   7 1 6 8 2 2 2 4 2 0 2 6 4 0 1 2 1 6 1 5 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 5 5 12 13 10 14 12 10 10 12 23 17 20 21 15 18 6 2 0 300
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 2 0 0 0 8
FOREIGN CORPORATION   76 14 29 57 96 139 237 280 324 317 404 489 532 698 707 680 812 975 1037 1236 1070 1367 1566 1670 1668 1911 2067 2077 1879 1712 1582 1613 1940 2316 2736 2592 2485 2824 3325 3495 3596 3469 2694 1271 378 6 62448
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   84 7 24 34 27 32 38 41 40 47 26 46 38 45 46 47 49 59 64 56 53 62 56 72 101 92 104 121 119 114 168 203 194 181 211 184 216 248 232 271 260 196 154 103 26 3 4594

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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