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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 331. PRIMARY METALS

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   435 568 690 741 779 617 660 686 847 935 882 990 929 926 879 825 663 691 698 577 753 772 750 772 720 810 916 791 819 821 914 844 811 735 641 846 917 848 1007 1000 889 764 574 525 469 482 35208
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   339 423 474 536 534 437 422 443 545 561 545 584 505 502 442 428 336 331 345 283 373 352 342 347 310 391 418 329 349 379 419 375 342 309 265 337 365 331 369 357 310 280 219 216 179 196 17478
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   96 145 216 205 245 180 238 243 302 373 336 406 423 424 437 397 327 360 353 293 380 420 408 425 409 418 499 461 471 441 495 469 469 425 376 509 552 517 637 643 579 485 356 308 290 286 17730
ALABAMA   2 2 2 3 6 7 4 2 2 2 8 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 5 3 7 4 5 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 6 6 1 5 2 1 2 125
ALASKA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
ARIZONA   4 1 1 9 1 2 5 6 6 7 4 6 7 10 6 4 6 4 3 3 8 5 8 4 3 2 4 5 4 1 5 3 3 2 3 4 5 6 5 12 13 4 6 6 5 9 223
ARKANSAS   1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29
CALIFORNIA   22 31 37 36 33 30 35 31 34 37 46 46 33 38 30 32 27 30 23 25 24 31 27 28 32 40 39 17 24 25 30 22 31 27 28 32 34 32 19 31 27 28 16 20 16 11 1345
COLORADO   4 0 3 5 3 1 7 6 8 6 16 9 8 15 11 12 3 3 10 6 4 2 6 7 1 8 6 3 4 10 5 5 16 2 3 8 5 4 3 4 5 4 1 2 2 2 256
CONNECTICUT   14 14 13 22 35 23 17 22 35 35 29 27 23 25 31 34 16 23 19 12 23 28 30 30 17 18 13 18 13 16 14 16 11 12 7 12 13 10 10 6 8 5 7 3 12 5 823
DELAWARE   3 11 9 5 3 11 5 5 4 5 4 6 4 9 5 2 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 4 17 6 14 10 5 16 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 194
FLORIDA   2 4 4 2 8 9 8 6 4 5 5 7 10 4 6 3 6 2 4 2 5 4 6 1 4 6 7 3 3 3 9 9 6 6 8 8 8 4 9 4 5 7 5 3 2 3 234
GEORGIA   0 0 0 2 10 0 4 2 7 7 9 13 4 8 6 11 6 7 4 7 5 11 4 6 5 5 7 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 4 6 2 2 0 4 2 194
HAWAII   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 6 5 3 4 5 2 1 2 2 61
ILLINOIS   29 27 45 43 33 26 24 31 43 41 29 33 35 32 31 23 23 19 21 23 10 18 11 9 12 13 14 19 15 17 24 14 14 20 10 19 22 21 15 16 20 11 8 13 11 10 994
INDIANA   4 12 13 10 18 14 4 11 12 15 5 10 6 11 9 15 11 8 9 3 14 16 10 12 10 11 22 7 8 4 18 11 10 11 9 4 11 8 15 10 11 10 10 1 13 9 468
IOWA   0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 5 5 1 1 2 5 4 4 3 2 7 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 83
KANSAS   0 2 0 2 1 2 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 35
KENTUCKY   1 0 2 2 3 3 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 5 0 1 1 2 2 2 5 5 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 70
LOUISIANA   1 3 5 6 8 6 4 6 12 12 8 9 11 6 6 5 6 5 3 2 2 5 4 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 164
MAINE   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
MARYLAND   9 14 11 12 17 7 8 8 18 15 12 11 11 13 9 8 5 7 4 2 8 1 5 5 2 8 6 10 10 8 9 8 8 4 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 6 5 1 1 0 338
MASSACHUSETTS   14 13 13 18 19 10 16 21 13 25 21 22 10 21 27 19 7 16 13 14 16 7 10 13 6 7 10 6 10 11 11 11 8 10 6 7 16 11 10 11 8 8 11 9 4 8 571
MICHIGAN   17 25 39 35 25 36 31 27 18 34 25 31 21 26 18 22 13 20 12 14 14 18 18 12 32 31 26 23 30 29 30 29 21 23 18 28 31 29 40 24 26 20 24 17 12 21 1110
MINNESOTA   2 2 2 4 4 5 2 5 6 4 5 2 7 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 2 2 8 4 1 7 1 2 7 4 4 7 8 11 8 10 5 1 4 7 193
MISSISSIPPI   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 14
MISSOURI   7 1 3 8 4 4 3 2 4 7 9 6 6 6 5 8 6 3 4 3 5 3 1 4 5 4 14 7 7 6 8 8 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 7 2 2 0 2 205
MONTANA   0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19
NEBRASKA   1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 23
NEVADA   3 4 1 5 1 6 3 3 5 2 5 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 0 6 1 4 3 2 3 0 4 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 105
NEW HAMPSHIRE   0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 4 5 4 3 0 2 3 2 0 1 67
NEW JERSEY   24 32 34 40 33 36 41 33 51 37 35 36 34 32 35 28 36 27 39 28 36 25 36 25 21 21 25 14 13 19 19 15 17 18 17 12 15 21 17 13 7 6 7 10 5 7 1130
NEW MEXICO   1 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 4 3 4 5 3 0 8 1 5 2 3 85
NEW YORK   50 37 44 57 50 39 37 39 46 56 54 68 54 41 32 43 31 25 28 28 30 38 26 31 16 26 34 29 39 48 34 25 25 15 14 30 26 20 28 31 21 11 14 13 11 8 1501
NORTH CAROLINA   1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 5 8 7 7 9 5 6 4 6 4 9 7 10 7 7 6 9 8 4 2 5 12 1 4 6 8 8 8 4 6 6 2 4 2 4 225
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OHIO   39 53 57 74 65 64 50 56 60 52 45 48 48 28 35 24 25 23 25 24 35 19 30 21 21 28 40 28 34 30 35 36 28 41 36 26 37 28 41 36 38 30 25 23 12 24 1672
OKLAHOMA   3 2 8 2 12 2 6 2 5 4 4 9 6 8 4 3 6 4 4 2 5 3 3 6 4 6 3 2 2 2 0 3 5 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 159
OREGON   2 2 2 8 2 3 1 2 2 3 10 3 3 3 4 7 0 3 2 0 2 3 4 0 2 0 1 4 5 4 9 3 5 7 2 5 9 1 4 4 1 5 3 4 2 2 152
PENNSYLVANIA   51 88 91 74 81 49 58 76 96 94 107 100 89 90 77 69 47 52 60 39 62 52 45 74 62 82 69 55 38 58 58 64 43 35 31 41 41 35 41 49 38 32 16 21 17 13 2658
RHODE ISLAND   1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 26
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 4 7 5 2 4 3 70
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17
TENNESSEE   4 2 3 5 11 4 5 6 5 2 7 11 10 13 3 2 5 3 5 5 10 5 2 5 4 7 5 3 5 6 5 6 5 7 5 10 9 6 10 8 4 3 3 4 5 1 249
TEXAS   7 9 9 10 9 13 12 4 14 12 12 13 15 12 12 10 19 13 12 9 18 15 8 9 14 13 13 12 11 9 11 10 10 6 10 12 10 8 14 10 9 15 9 23 16 16 534
UTAH   2 2 3 4 3 0 3 3 5 7 2 7 3 2 3 5 3 3 4 4 6 1 2 2 2 3 4 2 4 10 7 2 2 0 4 3 4 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 5 2 144
VERMONT   0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 33
VIRGINIA   3 1 2 10 10 3 4 2 5 5 8 14 9 8 6 3 4 2 5 4 7 6 4 2 1 2 4 3 4 4 11 8 11 14 7 12 4 11 12 11 5 6 5 8 2 4 272
WASHINGTON   3 2 3 2 3 6 3 4 8 5 4 5 5 7 2 4 1 3 6 4 3 5 8 7 6 5 7 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 9 4 4 6 10 8 9 7 5 1 2 213
WEST VIRGINIA   0 4 1 1 7 5 3 1 2 3 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 12 9 1 2 4 2 5 3 0 2 3 3 3 6 4 0 0 2 0 2 1 123
WISCONSIN   9 11 9 9 7 5 4 5 4 10 7 3 4 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 1 3 3 2 6 4 7 9 12 6 8 3 5 4 7 4 4 6 5 2 6 3 1 6 228
WYOMING   0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 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 17
PUERTO RICO   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAPAN   11 25 32 36 39 27 45 45 73 88 88 125 114 124 123 114 91 113 114 118 167 179 172 172 183 179 249 213 241 247 247 234 218 216 196 255 251 231 279 292 288 238 167 143 143 163 7106
GERMANY   20 37 49 56 51 36 56 41 62 75 51 59 72 75 89 72 55 68 54 49 48 54 65 69 70 79 75 65 64 52 62 47 59 48 30 62 61 77 104 82 69 68 43 45 22 18 2662
FRANCE   13 15 21 19 28 22 21 23 34 35 25 30 34 38 44 36 32 30 28 27 26 35 33 28 33 33 40 28 35 37 44 31 37 38 33 41 42 45 45 45 34 25 24 12 15 20 1410
UNITED KINGDOM   24 24 42 39 49 39 35 40 46 48 37 54 39 44 40 23 32 26 31 21 30 35 32 32 32 20 26 30 23 16 13 32 19 11 15 18 20 18 18 17 22 7 12 13 8 7 1257
CANADA   6 13 15 18 22 13 20 22 16 27 25 22 35 20 27 35 19 24 24 17 12 23 21 29 18 20 23 31 27 19 35 28 35 16 24 25 34 24 28 37 25 19 14 17 15 12 1031
SWEDEN   3 4 8 6 8 9 8 9 11 15 17 18 28 29 22 26 7 18 17 13 17 18 17 20 11 9 5 8 9 7 10 5 8 9 7 9 10 12 20 21 13 12 9 6 4 8 557
SWITZERLAND   5 3 12 6 9 9 16 17 17 9 20 12 7 13 13 17 15 14 13 6 13 10 14 20 8 12 12 15 14 14 12 14 9 8 8 18 16 18 16 21 14 10 6 10 7 3 549
AUSTRIA   3 3 6 4 6 3 8 7 11 8 10 11 8 16 12 12 8 2 5 3 7 5 16 5 7 13 8 16 14 6 4 5 6 10 7 10 21 11 27 19 15 11 12 6 11 6 417
AUSTRALIA   1 4 2 0 5 2 5 4 2 7 4 4 5 6 8 3 6 6 6 5 10 8 2 7 8 6 7 13 2 6 17 14 14 15 8 11 21 14 13 17 13 13 6 12 9 5 353
ITALY   4 5 7 3 7 3 5 5 3 13 12 10 10 8 13 9 7 11 6 3 8 5 4 8 8 10 7 3 5 5 11 6 8 6 5 7 14 6 17 15 11 6 6 2 4 3 333
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 1 4 3 3 6 6 12 18 12 20 18 11 17 22 17 16 4 11 7 6 2 1 0 6 6 4 1 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
NETHERLANDS   2 2 5 2 3 3 2 7 8 13 6 9 5 7 6 4 2 3 5 2 4 7 1 10 5 4 10 6 9 3 4 4 3 3 1 6 5 7 7 7 10 5 6 6 3 8 233
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 4 2 6 7 11 13 16 20 11 19 11 16 15 12 9 17 7 207
BELGIUM   0 2 3 5 1 2 3 6 3 7 5 15 10 9 8 7 8 7 4 7 4 5 4 6 4 5 6 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 5 5 3 4 4 6 3 3 2 2 2 3 195
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 4 5 3 6 2 7 2 4 1 3 6 2 2 5 6 0 1 1 8 5 2 9 5 4 0 3 3 4 3 3 7 3 2 4 1 133
NORWAY   1 4 5 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 7 1 1 4 0 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 1 6 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 5 3 4 1 3 5 5 2 2 3 4 124
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 4 5 8 4 6 11 3 6 4 5 3 9 9 9 11 5 5 5 119
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 2 3 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 4 2 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 5 2 2 1 0 89
MEXICO   1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 3 3 2 6 2 2 0 3 4 2 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 83
LUXEMBOURG   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 5 7 5 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 54
ISRAEL   0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 54
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 6 3 0 7 3 1 3 3 7 7 4 2 3 3 53
BRAZIL   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 3 0 44
SPAIN   2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 43
HUNGARY   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 2 3 2 3 2 6 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
DENMARK   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 3 40
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 36
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 34
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 29
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 25
BULGARIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 18
POLAND   0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 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 13
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
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 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 3 1 0 1 11
GREECE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10
NEW ZEALAND   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 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PHILIPPINES   0 2 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IRELAND   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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 3
COLOMBIA   0 0 1 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 0 3
CUBA   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 1 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
KUWAIT   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 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAKISTAN   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 0 1
PANAMA   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 0 1
PERU   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   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
TUNISIA   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 0 1
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 0 1
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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   278 350 411 451 457 395 356 383 483 492 465 497 441 428 394 362 305 283 297 239 309 299 295 303 273 326 377 293 302 331 366 323 275 266 225 288 328 281 324 321 283 257 196 206 165 174 15159
U.S. GOVERNMENT   21 34 29 31 24 18 25 23 31 25 32 33 27 24 21 18 14 16 17 7 22 15 17 21 9 20 17 11 11 10 12 12 15 12 6 9 9 11 7 7 5 6 4 4 3 4 746
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   46 52 55 75 73 43 56 60 56 68 60 75 54 62 42 46 27 36 39 42 49 47 34 31 35 45 35 30 38 39 44 43 45 30 32 43 35 42 54 46 34 28 23 17 16 19 1997
FOREIGN CORPORATION   72 107 153 153 184 135 178 178 234 287 274 328 333 363 376 356 269 313 299 263 343 357 377 384 354 388 449 424 440 411 462 417 440 396 354 473 518 493 582 583 530 449 333 285 277 275 15652
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 6 10 10 15 3 5 4 2 1 2 4 3 8 5 3 3 4 4 8 6 9 5 12 17 6 8 4 9 7 6 5 7 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 217
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   17 19 33 21 25 23 40 37 41 61 49 53 70 40 41 41 45 39 42 19 25 45 23 21 33 24 31 29 20 23 24 43 31 27 21 31 25 20 36 41 37 24 18 13 8 10 1438

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 331. PRIMARY METALS

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   2638 440 635 661 637 701 716 801 816 762 772 867 876 785 753 777 744 722 680 770 690 703 709 796 748 900 785 837 828 859 857 901 866 864 965 897 894 979 1056 1056 700 394 243 111 13 0 35208
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1907 283 429 458 409 440 444 490 497 436 441 456 451 425 357 393 382 367 333 366 303 314 315 363 354 412 341 344 372 376 360 388 386 332 381 337 340 329 341 378 264 184 126 61 9 0 17478
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   732 157 206 203 228 261 272 311 319 326 331 411 425 360 396 384 362 355 347 404 387 389 394 433 393 487 444 493 456 482 497 514 479 532 584 561 554 650 715 678 436 210 117 50 5 0 17730
ALABAMA   11 3 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 5 0 3 7 4 6 2 6 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 5 7 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 125
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 4
ARIZONA   15 1 2 6 4 4 5 8 5 4 1 10 9 5 2 6 3 4 5 7 7 5 3 3 2 4 4 1 3 3 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 5 14 10 10 4 8 1 0 0 223
ARKANSAS   4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29
CALIFORNIA   136 12 29 38 32 27 25 46 43 38 29 30 31 29 21 37 32 27 25 28 24 25 35 36 34 25 22 19 25 21 40 29 40 28 39 27 16 37 27 31 35 8 4 1 3 0 1345
COLORADO   13 1 3 6 4 7 6 11 9 7 5 13 14 8 8 8 7 7 6 4 1 4 5 4 6 6 4 9 4 3 14 9 2 7 6 5 3 3 3 9 1 0 3 0 0 0 256
CONNECTICUT   76 12 24 17 23 25 29 28 23 23 16 35 23 37 21 20 24 18 21 36 23 23 26 19 6 13 15 14 15 13 14 12 10 14 18 11 7 7 8 5 8 8 5 1 0 0 823
DELAWARE   30 5 6 4 3 6 3 6 5 4 7 4 6 4 1 4 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 15 8 6 10 9 9 13 6 2 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 194
FLORIDA   14 2 6 7 9 4 4 5 8 5 6 7 3 5 7 3 5 2 6 3 4 5 2 6 8 4 2 4 6 9 6 6 11 7 7 7 6 5 6 9 3 4 2 1 0 0 234
GEORGIA   2 3 3 5 4 2 8 12 12 4 3 5 11 9 7 7 4 7 8 8 7 4 4 5 4 6 3 1 1 3 3 4 1 3 2 1 6 1 7 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 194
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
IDAHO   0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 9 4 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 61
ILLINOIS   151 16 21 30 33 36 27 37 20 28 30 30 31 25 22 29 21 24 11 13 15 8 10 13 13 17 19 15 17 20 17 16 16 15 26 19 14 20 15 20 15 13 5 2 1 0 994
INDIANA   40 10 8 16 12 4 9 10 7 13 6 6 11 9 16 12 9 6 10 11 8 10 12 12 11 19 9 5 8 20 12 8 14 7 10 6 16 4 9 16 7 8 8 8 0 0 468
IOWA   5 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 0 4 2 3 5 4 2 7 4 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 83
KANSAS   4 2 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 35
KENTUCKY   5 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 4 5 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 70
LOUISIANA   16 5 8 3 6 6 8 13 7 8 6 8 5 4 6 6 5 1 2 5 2 3 3 3 2 4 0 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 164
MAINE   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
MARYLAND   53 9 9 10 9 11 12 8 13 6 9 12 11 10 4 7 4 9 6 3 1 4 5 8 8 11 9 8 6 6 8 7 5 3 5 4 6 4 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 338
MASSACHUSETTS   62 12 14 15 14 18 15 15 22 14 13 16 15 22 16 19 14 17 11 11 8 9 10 4 9 14 5 10 9 9 12 11 10 12 12 10 12 7 10 10 9 11 4 1 0 0 571
MICHIGAN   125 16 31 38 19 14 21 33 26 16 23 22 19 22 19 13 19 16 20 17 14 17 18 36 20 24 24 30 31 30 26 26 26 23 36 34 30 27 29 26 25 16 7 10 0 0 1110
MINNESOTA   11 3 3 4 3 5 6 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 1 4 5 5 6 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 7 2 4 4 2 6 7 9 7 6 6 10 8 10 2 4 1 0 0 193
MISSISSIPPI   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
MISSOURI   18 3 4 2 4 2 3 6 8 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 6 3 2 6 4 3 2 6 9 11 6 6 5 7 7 7 0 1 3 1 3 5 7 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 205
MONTANA   0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
NEBRASKA   3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23
NEVADA   14 0 6 3 3 4 3 2 0 5 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 5 1 4 3 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 105
NEW HAMPSHIRE   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 6 0 2 3 1 0 5 7 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 67
NEW JERSEY   137 17 36 46 33 34 38 32 37 22 25 27 28 38 30 34 44 36 25 35 30 27 21 19 18 20 10 22 22 14 13 20 25 16 18 21 12 8 11 11 9 6 3 1 1 0 1130
NEW MEXICO   8 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 6 3 5 2 6 2 7 2 5 1 7 0 0 0 0 85
NEW YORK   203 27 37 44 30 48 40 41 45 50 48 43 38 37 38 35 27 28 31 38 28 28 17 25 30 39 31 36 38 21 26 30 20 31 21 27 22 30 22 20 14 7 9 4 0 0 1501
NORTH CAROLINA   7 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 10 8 7 4 7 7 4 6 11 5 6 7 6 10 2 8 13 3 3 5 3 9 4 6 10 7 7 3 10 6 5 2 2 2 0 0 225
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OHIO   241 39 56 45 60 53 45 36 41 40 48 30 27 29 26 27 26 31 34 22 20 20 22 20 35 30 30 37 36 32 27 45 51 36 43 26 32 34 36 51 20 18 12 8 1 0 1672
OKLAHOMA   18 4 8 3 3 3 3 5 7 4 6 6 7 2 3 7 3 3 5 3 4 6 5 5 5 1 1 4 0 0 3 5 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 159
OREGON   14 0 3 3 1 1 4 6 2 3 3 3 5 5 3 1 4 1 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 3 6 4 4 8 4 7 5 6 3 8 0 4 4 5 5 2 2 0 0 0 152
PENNSYLVANIA   317 48 62 60 56 84 74 83 97 71 81 75 87 66 50 55 68 62 42 56 44 62 56 80 67 79 47 45 55 58 49 44 46 33 43 35 41 37 51 37 20 17 11 5 1 0 2658
RHODE ISLAND   4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 26
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 5 9 8 0 1 2 0 0 70
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
TENNESSEE   15 3 6 8 5 5 2 4 5 8 7 12 5 5 4 5 3 7 7 6 7 3 5 1 7 2 6 5 4 10 4 6 11 6 9 4 17 5 5 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 249
TEXAS   36 6 10 8 9 9 14 10 13 10 8 14 14 9 13 20 13 12 12 14 14 6 11 12 16 9 16 5 15 8 8 11 15 10 8 10 8 14 13 23 14 13 18 4 1 0 534
UTAH   12 2 1 1 3 5 4 5 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 6 2 5 4 5 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 6 8 5 2 3 3 3 7 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 5 2 0 0 144
VERMONT   2 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 33
VIRGINIA   17 5 5 5 3 0 8 1 8 18 7 5 4 5 2 4 5 5 6 4 4 3 2 3 1 5 3 4 10 12 8 15 12 11 6 7 16 7 4 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 272
WASHINGTON   12 2 5 5 2 4 8 4 2 5 7 4 5 3 1 5 6 4 3 6 7 5 7 5 3 6 7 2 5 3 4 3 8 5 6 6 8 10 5 7 8 3 1 1 0 0 213
WEST VIRGINIA   8 3 4 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 6 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 9 6 6 2 1 3 4 4 3 1 4 0 8 2 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 123
WISCONSIN   40 3 3 5 4 5 4 9 7 3 4 3 5 1 5 4 6 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 11 5 7 10 8 6 7 2 5 7 5 6 3 7 4 5 2 1 0 0 228
WYOMING   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 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 17
PUERTO RICO   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
JAPAN   114 32 25 43 46 67 66 66 86 84 101 109 131 100 124 103 126 135 145 191 161 159 173 180 190 241 222 249 240 249 228 258 242 266 279 227 246 295 361 323 215 102 74 29 3 0 7106
GERMANY   181 28 48 39 41 44 61 64 48 57 56 69 81 56 68 78 62 63 47 44 47 77 65 79 58 74 60 68 46 63 60 58 43 69 68 77 88 88 79 97 42 17 6 2 1 0 2662
FRANCE   72 18 20 25 24 30 24 29 19 26 26 38 35 34 40 38 27 31 28 31 33 27 25 42 24 37 26 46 41 36 36 36 42 43 46 46 39 47 45 39 27 10 4 2 0 0 1410
UNITED KINGDOM   144 31 43 34 29 45 36 38 35 38 34 46 40 27 26 36 30 28 28 31 34 31 18 24 22 27 30 20 12 18 26 19 20 17 24 18 17 17 24 15 15 7 1 1 0 0 1257
CANADA   59 13 19 12 19 19 13 21 26 22 22 29 26 22 21 26 22 25 14 15 28 17 25 21 20 29 26 24 29 35 34 27 25 32 26 30 17 38 37 25 18 13 7 3 1 0 1031
SWEDEN   22 5 8 8 13 6 17 11 12 19 24 25 25 19 21 14 17 10 16 16 15 18 15 11 8 6 6 8 12 7 8 15 8 4 10 17 12 26 21 13 7 5 2 1 0 0 557
SWITZERLAND   26 7 12 11 16 13 10 12 12 13 7 11 15 10 21 15 12 12 9 13 15 11 12 14 12 9 14 14 18 3 18 9 12 18 20 20 14 15 17 14 8 9 0 0 0 0 549
AUSTRIA   17 5 4 4 7 8 8 7 10 10 6 13 10 15 11 1 6 3 6 7 13 8 6 9 9 11 12 13 4 5 5 9 11 11 25 23 16 17 13 18 13 4 4 4 0 0 417
AUSTRALIA   7 4 4 6 3 0 7 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 6 7 7 8 9 3 7 4 8 5 12 3 6 11 16 14 15 8 21 15 13 14 20 17 16 9 9 2 0 0 0 353
ITALY   22 5 4 3 3 4 6 14 11 7 6 10 11 13 7 9 7 9 3 5 6 5 7 11 7 5 2 8 7 8 9 7 10 5 12 12 18 13 13 3 7 2 3 0 0 0 333
U.S.S.R.   4 2 1 1 10 2 5 14 14 14 13 19 13 15 27 18 9 6 10 10 7 3 0 0 3 5 5 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
NETHERLANDS   11 3 2 3 4 8 6 11 10 5 3 6 6 7 2 2 4 3 2 3 5 4 8 4 9 7 7 7 4 4 2 4 3 5 5 9 7 10 6 17 6 2 0 0 0 0 233
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 9 11 19 11 19 17 13 13 21 20 20 10 3 2 0 0 207
BELGIUM   10 1 3 3 5 5 2 6 8 11 5 9 5 13 7 6 5 7 7 3 5 4 6 5 6 2 4 2 0 2 1 3 3 4 6 3 5 5 3 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 195
FINLAND   1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 3 2 5 3 5 3 2 7 2 1 5 3 3 3 1 6 3 1 1 5 5 3 8 9 4 1 1 5 2 3 7 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 133
NORWAY   15 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 0 4 6 0 1 5 1 2 2 5 2 1 2 5 1 0 5 4 3 2 4 2 1 5 5 3 3 2 3 6 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 124
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 6 6 9 8 6 3 7 4 8 6 9 9 16 4 4 3 0 0 119
SOUTH AFRICA   3 1 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 5 3 4 0 0 0 5 3 2 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 89
MEXICO   1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 6 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 83
LUXEMBOURG   3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 4 6 4 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 54
ISRAEL   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 54
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 3 6 2 7 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 53
BRAZIL   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 44
SPAIN   3 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
HUNGARY   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 8 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
DENMARK   1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 4 1 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 40
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 36
INDIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 34
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25
BULGARIA   1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 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 18
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18
POLAND   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 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 15
ROMANIA   0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ARGENTINA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
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 2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 11
GREECE   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 10
LIECHTENSTEIN   1 0 0 0 1 3 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 8
PHILIPPINES   3 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 3
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CUBA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PORTUGAL   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 2
INDONESIA   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
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 1 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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 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
KUWAIT   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAKISTAN   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 0 0 1
PANAMA   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 0 0 1
PERU   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
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   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
TUNISIA   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 0 0 0 0 1
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 1
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MOROCCO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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   1612 268 372 378 347 387 385 432 437 367 375 396 393 370 306 347 328 303 282 300 274 276 271 318 305 370 304 295 325 329 292 322 336 282 338 298 304 293 331 331 243 164 110 54 8 0 15159
U.S. GOVERNMENT   122 8 24 26 19 23 29 16 19 32 25 25 21 19 15 22 16 15 17 23 9 15 14 13 21 12 9 13 10 13 16 12 11 11 7 7 10 6 4 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 746
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   236 23 56 64 57 48 58 56 59 51 52 56 50 39 39 34 40 60 42 46 29 30 36 35 36 37 32 36 41 41 49 43 37 40 44 43 37 44 37 44 21 16 15 9 1 0 1997
FOREIGN CORPORATION   542 118 150 155 168 205 209 243 258 262 267 332 373 313 339 326 318 312 307 360 335 350 359 388 361 440 408 466 419 444 460 476 447 506 547 528 507 597 642 640 414 197 114 46 5 0 15652
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   28 7 11 3 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 5 6 2 6 2 5 8 8 8 8 11 9 14 6 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 217
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   98 17 21 35 43 36 33 53 41 46 52 54 33 42 49 47 38 25 25 33 35 22 21 29 19 34 25 22 29 25 35 43 30 24 28 21 31 37 42 33 18 10 4 3 0 0 1438

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