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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 3341. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL 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   4 6 9 15 32 28 25 59 113 152 119 180 172 179 220 230 202 252 312 384 427 526 740 804 1001 1072 1440 1381 1528 1857 1968 2009 2101 2617 2779 4449 4361 4170 4471 4581 4887 5382 4834 7046 6619 7869 83612
-- 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   4 6 9 15 32 28 25 59 113 152 119 180 172 179 220 230 202 252 312 384 427 526 740 804 1001 1072 1440 1381 1528 1857 1968 2009 2101 2617 2779 4449 4361 4170 4471 4581 4887 5382 4834 7046 6619 7869 83612
JAPAN   4 6 9 14 32 26 24 59 113 151 116 180 172 177 218 230 201 252 311 384 424 524 739 800 997 1066 1426 1350 1485 1781 1854 1889 1952 2402 2486 3943 3782 3578 3803 3787 4055 4369 3790 5440 4958 5637 70996
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 21 45 60 64 81 123 159 303 375 352 358 319 312 371 407 650 667 949 5630
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 2 4 4 17 18 27 46 44 47 72 100 174 170 197 243 368 412 497 466 660 642 770 4990
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 7 4 5 4 3 7 9 19 19 31 38 101 132 243 634
INDIA   0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4 2 2 1 3 2 13 20 33 54 73 101 124 170 606
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 4 6 13 15 13 19 19 26 57 35 39 32 59 43 59 450
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 3 4 4 1 11 10 7 11 16 9 16 18 18 21 30 18 211
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 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 8 12 22 21 78
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 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 9
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 2 5
INDONESIA   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 0 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 1

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 5 4 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 3 4 3 4 5 10 17 26 18 32 23 34 27 43 80 67 117 101 89 125 136 152 203 225 315 327 432 2644
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
FOREIGN CORPORATION   4 3 9 12 28 21 23 53 109 138 111 167 169 171 211 218 195 243 308 365 414 517 728 784 976 1037 1389 1334 1476 1801 1901 1942 2026 2493 2670 4259 4193 4011 4272 4349 4631 5086 4511 6633 6189 7372 79552
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 41
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0 3 0 1 3 4 1 4 4 12 3 9 3 7 7 8 6 5 2 14 8 5 5 13 15 15 25 28 17 30 30 39 30 42 39 71 66 69 74 96 101 93 98 98 102 64 1369

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 3341. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL 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   48 25 24 30 50 68 74 131 116 131 189 193 187 240 245 277 348 468 554 669 699 769 871 991 1173 1415 1700 1904 2149 2210 2452 3174 4256 4576 5371 5048 5196 5930 6594 6372 6295 5275 3313 1429 374 9 83612
-- 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   48 25 24 30 50 68 74 131 116 131 189 193 187 240 245 277 348 468 554 669 699 769 871 991 1173 1415 1700 1904 2149 2210 2452 3174 4256 4576 5371 5048 5196 5930 6594 6372 6295 5275 3313 1429 374 9 83612
JAPAN   46 25 23 29 50 68 74 130 114 130 188 193 184 240 244 276 348 468 550 666 698 768 866 985 1160 1395 1642 1838 2031 2084 2278 2919 3904 4030 4649 4224 4360 4909 5446 4833 4633 3648 2391 981 271 7 70996
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 23 47 67 65 96 147 196 345 471 505 368 411 497 584 686 624 297 146 43 1 5630
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 7 9 28 16 42 47 52 78 126 173 197 255 349 377 438 674 699 703 447 211 47 1 4990
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 7 7 4 3 5 11 23 57 44 85 88 138 98 51 2 0 634
INDIA   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 1 1 1 5 2 0 4 3 7 34 76 80 114 116 80 47 24 9 0 606
SINGAPORE   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 2 4 0 3 5 13 16 14 14 26 29 43 66 52 52 38 44 18 9 1 0 450
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 7 1 5 10 7 14 14 15 28 30 22 13 15 8 4 1 0 211
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 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 3 3 3 8 21 21 7 3 0 0 78
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 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
PHILIPPINES   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 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
INDONESIA   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 0 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 3 0 1 4 1 1 2 6 1 2 4 9 15 14 16 21 28 34 28 48 52 72 119 108 117 145 174 294 294 296 281 243 128 52 16 0 2644
U.S. GOVERNMENT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
FOREIGN CORPORATION   40 22 19 27 47 63 72 118 109 122 181 189 176 229 235 272 336 447 543 658 683 747 840 964 1135 1373 1639 1847 2086 2124 2354 3044 4091 4399 5149 4830 4936 5503 6161 5974 5909 4982 3153 1359 357 8 79552
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   5 1 5 1 3 4 1 12 2 7 5 4 10 5 8 3 9 12 9 7 10 11 13 13 21 21 29 21 32 37 44 54 44 67 104 73 85 130 139 101 105 50 32 18 1 1 1369

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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