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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 3342. COMMUNICATIONS 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   771 813 1223 1321 1096 1022 1356 1625 2038 1889 1842 1769 1709 1630 1638 1568 1138 1552 1533 1578 1455 1650 2122 2281 2971 2696 3595 3180 3247 3318 3701 4393 5042 6160 5855 8574 9340 9785 10046 10481 10699 12247 11643 17557 15097 16521 212767
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   650 673 1008 1040 855 817 1025 1211 1513 1378 1329 1287 1170 1098 1101 1033 744 993 920 913 851 1006 1129 1253 1575 1376 1741 1621 1674 1631 1877 2219 2635 3270 3229 4512 5016 5426 5513 5660 5666 6664 6251 9480 7955 8392 118380
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   122 140 215 281 242 205 331 414 525 511 513 482 539 532 537 535 394 559 613 665 604 645 992 1028 1395 1320 1854 1559 1573 1687 1824 2174 2407 2890 2626 4062 4324 4359 4534 4821 5033 5583 5392 8077 7142 8129 94387
ALABAMA   2 0 3 5 2 3 7 4 3 4 5 12 8 5 4 3 8 3 9 8 6 8 17 12 12 11 17 12 7 8 12 14 18 21 24 22 29 19 19 35 46 31 33 47 29 40 641
ALASKA   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 29
ARIZONA   1 4 3 6 8 10 5 8 9 14 13 14 12 12 14 13 12 14 19 15 33 34 39 40 31 49 37 32 25 35 57 42 60 76 72 101 122 154 92 98 112 117 90 123 124 110 2114
ARKANSAS   3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 3 3 4 4 7 3 2 3 2 6 4 4 5 2 97
CALIFORNIA   111 88 163 174 130 133 163 188 214 229 225 216 209 207 200 195 129 192 167 177 159 167 184 197 266 244 347 320 325 313 355 421 524 722 691 973 1175 1295 1428 1572 1536 1902 1833 2811 2483 2613 28367
COLORADO   4 4 4 3 1 8 3 15 13 27 42 28 30 28 26 26 16 20 23 13 21 21 23 26 41 31 35 41 43 45 51 80 91 88 96 169 173 159 151 170 174 189 164 241 182 184 3024
CONNECTICUT   15 16 25 37 14 20 28 28 50 45 34 34 25 20 31 29 21 27 25 30 27 30 35 44 57 45 56 38 55 36 41 44 46 55 50 62 62 60 71 60 71 63 49 65 48 52 1880
DELAWARE   0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 3 1 0 3 2 0 3 2 1 5 3 1 2 6 2 5 2 4 4 1 86
FLORIDA   5 15 26 19 17 20 21 43 38 35 42 48 51 41 53 40 35 49 35 42 44 64 63 71 78 71 110 97 112 117 115 149 165 176 181 233 255 244 221 214 213 285 289 415 348 295 5309
GEORGIA   1 3 8 3 4 6 8 6 4 10 7 9 9 8 6 5 5 7 12 10 11 12 12 7 24 21 26 19 33 24 34 57 61 72 62 111 98 111 137 119 129 232 178 307 265 287 2578
HAWAII   0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 5 4 3 3 0 1 3 3 3 5 2 4 2 2 4 0 3 1 1 5 5 6 84
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 3 6 5 4 4 10 16 17 25 14 63 41 46 66 69 64 123 85 83 777
ILLINOIS   61 80 108 95 82 75 92 112 147 101 111 101 99 70 88 86 72 89 73 63 71 82 95 111 124 112 135 120 126 145 190 204 244 296 256 360 370 385 317 328 314 381 343 512 366 347 8145
INDIANA   12 9 15 26 14 24 24 22 43 29 29 25 16 18 25 22 12 18 20 22 16 20 25 27 35 16 25 23 19 18 22 22 25 40 45 63 62 50 57 42 65 53 52 95 74 72 1492
IOWA   4 13 13 6 11 5 6 8 10 7 15 4 6 5 6 7 5 6 5 6 8 8 7 8 7 6 7 9 10 4 13 19 22 26 23 25 39 22 29 38 30 34 29 45 32 47 694
KANSAS   2 1 5 4 3 2 6 4 4 3 3 3 8 1 4 5 3 3 1 2 2 4 2 3 2 4 6 5 7 3 6 4 4 9 9 9 15 14 16 30 32 58 53 119 88 97 660
KENTUCKY   0 2 3 0 1 3 5 8 2 5 6 4 3 8 5 2 2 2 3 0 2 4 2 3 8 3 1 5 11 4 3 6 7 15 16 15 22 20 16 12 14 7 9 16 17 32 329
LOUISIANA   0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 4 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 6 1 2 3 3 7 5 3 2 2 5 4 4 6 5 2 9 8 13 10 12 3 2 4 4 6 4 6 168
MAINE   0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 2 7 9 8 4 3 8 8 10 5 2 9 9 8 8 6 142
MARYLAND   18 18 41 25 29 31 33 41 44 49 48 64 38 41 34 39 25 39 35 37 32 25 34 38 30 32 32 50 34 30 42 58 51 82 92 114 98 87 102 111 97 113 144 180 152 175 2766
MASSACHUSETTS   24 22 46 38 29 39 51 65 92 90 77 77 54 65 70 55 40 57 50 41 43 58 68 60 96 69 87 82 85 93 92 123 150 142 132 178 186 202 222 220 273 273 245 388 308 334 5293
MICHIGAN   15 15 12 35 30 23 28 33 60 55 37 34 32 21 19 27 22 22 22 18 13 21 17 17 29 38 38 28 32 36 37 39 67 59 79 86 91 100 108 106 67 99 121 195 143 138 2368
MINNESOTA   9 10 14 16 11 10 12 13 33 20 22 15 20 18 12 15 15 21 13 14 19 16 13 24 25 30 31 24 23 22 28 34 46 54 54 68 53 49 62 74 88 87 83 131 97 154 1707
MISSISSIPPI   1 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 2 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 4 5 5 2 1 3 1 2 5 8 7 12 9 3 5 0 4 4 1 6 5 6 140
MISSOURI   7 7 7 7 3 4 6 5 9 13 7 15 8 7 5 10 4 7 11 6 2 1 3 6 14 3 15 15 10 7 12 8 18 14 20 26 19 19 14 19 22 40 31 35 50 38 608
MONTANA   1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 5 5 6 2 1 2 2 1 0 5 2 2 57
NEBRASKA   2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 3 1 2 3 3 4 6 8 5 3 4 1 6 5 4 4 5 7 3 25 14 17 9 13 8 10 10 11 227
NEVADA   1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 3 6 2 1 1 6 5 5 2 5 2 2 3 1 7 2 8 4 5 2 6 6 8 9 7 17 21 14 14 5 12 20 23 19 265
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 2 0 3 3 0 6 4 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 6 9 7 7 7 6 13 17 13 20 14 13 10 9 11 16 25 19 19 41 27 45 33 47 45 55 43 72 82 51 850
NEW JERSEY   109 116 154 147 141 118 177 195 201 180 158 115 140 124 135 135 79 116 107 108 93 135 152 143 134 144 134 138 168 151 147 234 253 333 295 402 478 525 474 542 549 533 436 615 505 572 11039
NEW MEXICO   0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 5 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 8 3 3 3 14 3 10 6 6 4 5 7 4 12 11 12 13 8 6 13 7 15 24 13 245
NEW YORK   121 124 174 197 146 136 160 169 205 175 169 166 118 123 110 98 63 95 81 87 71 74 91 97 138 135 154 166 147 153 202 194 204 260 248 322 294 324 348 321 293 405 389 609 420 439 9217
NORTH CAROLINA   2 2 3 4 6 3 5 7 12 14 15 8 17 6 15 8 5 9 10 7 13 11 11 39 23 21 19 18 24 26 39 40 34 74 56 125 201 211 221 189 216 207 187 293 200 250 2905
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 3 1 34
OHIO   23 24 34 46 36 29 42 49 72 50 54 49 50 39 40 38 18 40 26 24 14 23 39 34 40 28 34 31 25 23 32 38 35 61 45 67 81 71 68 61 61 66 58 92 82 111 2106
OKLAHOMA   4 1 6 7 7 5 5 13 7 5 8 12 10 2 3 4 7 5 6 8 5 3 3 6 14 6 8 8 3 7 10 3 7 8 10 8 9 10 18 9 10 13 12 16 12 13 353
OREGON   1 3 4 2 4 5 4 4 7 5 7 8 8 2 6 6 3 6 7 9 4 5 12 10 22 17 17 25 14 10 20 18 40 62 50 59 62 64 82 82 90 115 108 166 181 204 1643
PENNSYLVANIA   49 34 48 52 41 23 28 47 62 57 49 69 59 59 52 35 28 26 32 41 37 28 26 40 64 42 52 64 61 53 50 60 71 77 79 100 107 113 139 129 124 135 120 183 143 147 3137
RHODE ISLAND   1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 0 5 2 5 3 4 1 5 3 6 8 8 11 7 10 5 8 13 13 12 25 195
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3 2 4 1 3 0 3 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 4 4 5 5 6 4 2 7 4 4 11 15 7 4 14 1 11 7 20 16 16 207
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 4 0 3 4 5 3 4 4 6 5 63
TENNESSEE   0 1 5 1 0 1 1 5 6 5 5 7 7 4 5 4 5 10 10 3 4 3 5 3 11 6 9 5 9 8 3 4 11 6 12 18 16 22 16 20 25 13 25 24 22 25 412
TEXAS   14 15 27 26 22 26 29 43 37 55 40 48 50 50 45 43 31 39 35 51 44 66 50 77 99 59 114 99 101 104 108 138 143 198 231 370 460 590 590 553 545 617 565 812 672 666 8800
UTAH   1 2 0 3 2 3 1 3 7 5 4 9 6 4 10 6 2 5 3 2 5 4 5 2 12 10 14 12 14 14 9 10 12 21 21 22 30 40 40 37 40 51 35 56 60 60 712
VERMONT   0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 4 5 0 1 0 1 4 6 2 9 8 3 5 8 8 2 5 6 7 8 9 6 124
VIRGINIA   6 7 18 18 18 18 27 12 31 31 26 29 22 29 18 19 16 15 21 14 14 21 23 22 31 23 40 34 33 40 39 49 65 55 67 106 79 96 98 99 85 97 105 132 116 124 2091
WASHINGTON   4 2 6 4 9 8 5 6 14 11 15 8 13 26 12 13 14 12 11 14 8 9 12 14 25 20 36 34 33 30 32 34 35 49 76 104 140 105 136 149 133 189 233 369 379 447 3038
WEST VIRGINIA   0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 66
WISCONSIN   6 13 14 5 5 7 10 11 17 5 18 17 13 13 14 7 12 3 8 13 6 4 10 11 22 13 20 16 17 17 15 12 19 16 19 19 29 30 30 24 23 24 29 38 42 53 770
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 5 0 1 33
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   6 5 5 6 12 8 6 20 18 4 5 3 4 9 4 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 1 4 1 1 2 7 0 6 10 4 5 7 4 7 10 10 11 10 6 246
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 44
U.S. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAPAN   12 12 19 28 31 28 53 67 115 133 158 152 186 174 183 192 147 187 224 242 261 308 483 517 808 732 1065 941 934 1049 1093 1331 1431 1596 1443 2215 2119 2009 2058 2171 2244 2360 2374 3488 3025 3235 43637
GERMANY   16 24 33 77 61 44 72 90 80 91 78 72 81 70 85 60 74 104 99 117 88 89 123 102 135 159 199 131 134 121 123 133 147 194 172 249 272 305 367 361 416 442 419 632 535 563 8044
UNITED KINGDOM   43 35 62 61 51 38 72 74 102 69 55 59 74 71 57 62 33 63 60 56 56 45 72 93 114 94 129 110 103 90 86 111 127 163 124 202 254 268 277 284 270 323 295 419 374 368 6050
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 5 10 11 35 49 71 80 93 149 154 299 352 337 335 344 349 399 399 622 704 1029 5838
FRANCE   11 14 24 30 30 28 43 46 77 68 68 62 74 75 68 67 52 73 76 90 76 72 104 109 100 105 119 109 103 116 142 142 137 179 139 174 201 224 235 263 232 265 243 362 267 315 5608
CANADA   12 7 13 19 13 16 19 38 39 39 44 41 37 35 35 47 26 35 41 45 33 43 64 66 64 70 94 68 78 78 76 86 87 142 124 211 292 286 297 280 290 374 325 484 434 519 5568
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 7 4 2 1 6 4 10 17 30 26 32 20 29 26 50 50 71 109 110 149 155 171 180 252 226 402 469 502 3116
SWEDEN   12 16 18 13 11 14 17 15 12 19 18 19 18 22 16 24 9 13 11 15 8 6 22 24 25 14 20 21 21 26 34 45 69 112 88 143 187 257 242 251 244 182 191 196 120 140 3004
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 6 4 6 2 6 12 17 24 41 54 57 122 163 154 169 207 268 313 233 373 339 331 2910
NETHERLANDS   6 9 9 19 17 11 14 19 23 19 27 22 15 22 23 25 12 21 17 23 21 28 31 33 43 32 58 40 37 32 27 52 74 64 57 79 96 63 53 66 64 85 81 114 77 108 1871
ISRAEL   0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 5 3 5 4 11 6 6 9 17 16 12 16 17 34 38 48 52 67 72 77 93 114 136 159 147 233 178 190 1789
SWITZERLAND   5 4 8 12 7 2 5 15 20 19 13 17 11 16 15 22 12 17 19 20 16 12 17 22 21 23 25 11 17 15 27 32 27 19 33 25 32 33 31 44 47 55 50 90 46 68 1097
ITALY   1 7 5 9 1 7 12 16 28 22 22 15 16 17 26 15 15 17 22 29 16 13 28 20 26 20 26 25 16 13 21 21 21 22 28 33 27 27 24 39 39 43 40 73 50 81 1092
AUSTRALIA   1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 0 7 3 3 1 6 4 5 3 6 7 3 5 5 5 6 10 6 14 16 12 10 12 11 11 13 14 18 23 25 25 34 42 53 68 150 133 133 916
BELGIUM   0 5 9 5 6 6 5 14 13 6 4 2 7 3 3 4 3 5 7 5 3 2 5 5 5 8 12 7 9 8 15 18 16 29 15 32 25 25 27 22 27 40 40 43 32 47 626
AUSTRIA   1 1 5 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 4 6 3 4 4 7 5 4 5 7 8 10 15 17 16 25 27 35 37 23 40 353
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 2 7 5 21 29 61 66 112 321
DENMARK   0 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 6 2 2 8 0 1 5 5 3 5 17 15 14 22 22 17 28 47 30 39 318
SINGAPORE   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 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 10 12 9 7 11 15 33 18 26 21 33 26 30 263
INDIA   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 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 6 13 14 22 42 57 88 256
SPAIN   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 7 6 4 2 6 3 15 8 8 11 9 14 21 14 36 29 43 249
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 3 5 2 1 6 2 8 10 12 12 4 10 16 17 36 21 17 208
IRELAND   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 2 3 2 1 3 4 2 1 3 4 5 10 10 13 19 29 16 22 21 27 204
NORWAY   0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 1 1 3 3 5 9 11 12 12 13 14 15 24 159
SOUTH AFRICA   0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 3 5 6 5 4 8 6 7 4 4 9 6 3 5 121
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 2 3 3 4 6 4 7 8 2 14 10 12 18 20 111
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 4 8 2 7 6 5 9 1 8 10 4 6 85
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 12 3 6 2 10 7 64
MEXICO   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 6 5 10 7 9 3 1 61
ICELAND   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 1 1 0 2 4 5 8 4 2 8 5 3 2 1 48
U.S.S.R.   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
BRAZIL   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 6 33
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 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 31
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 29
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 8 24
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 23
VENEZUELA   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 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 15
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 12
SAUDI ARABIA   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 11
MONACO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 11
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 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 10
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 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 2 9
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 9
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 9
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
PORTUGAL   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 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 9
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
BULGARIA   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 8
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
THE BAHAMAS   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 6
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 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 6
LEBANON   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2 4
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
INDONESIA   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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 3
BOLIVIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
ECUADOR   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 1 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 3
BARBADOS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MOLDOVA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
MOROCCO   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 0 0 0 2
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 0 0 1 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 1 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA   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
BENIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
CAYMAN ISLANDS   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
HAITI   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
IRAN   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
IRAQ   0 0 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
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
UGANDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITANIA   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
NICARAGUA   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
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
TANZANIA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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   503 522 799 824 701 658 832 1029 1247 1108 1048 1036 899 862 844 760 536 745 681 720 696 846 974 1103 1371 1185 1484 1394 1382 1403 1705 2021 2361 2951 2888 4092 4550 4870 4946 5133 5149 6033 5694 8784 7338 7948 104658
U.S. GOVERNMENT   31 31 60 48 51 52 60 92 93 72 87 72 80 70 75 71 54 67 45 41 41 51 60 43 38 32 28 26 34 27 37 33 48 39 43 25 39 48 47 43 42 32 46 50 47 46 2300
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   132 149 205 218 169 155 209 201 280 289 271 262 262 236 223 258 190 240 239 195 168 168 179 215 270 253 369 308 350 281 236 285 365 465 452 564 562 579 545 465 396 500 450 659 550 556 14576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   86 82 121 199 147 129 214 253 344 353 368 337 396 400 427 431 318 422 474 533 472 522 827 822 1186 1134 1570 1326 1355 1495 1613 1964 2151 2582 2337 3723 4017 4107 4331 4662 4968 5535 5287 7821 6961 7804 86606
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2 1 6 2 5 2 4 5 8 2 2 5 11 5 10 9 4 14 13 14 9 18 16 15 14 8 16 23 21 14 19 13 9 8 10 8 9 1 3 4 1 5 5 6 4 3 384
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   16 27 33 30 23 25 36 45 66 65 66 56 60 58 59 40 36 63 81 74 69 45 65 83 93 84 127 103 105 97 92 77 108 115 124 161 163 179 175 175 141 142 161 237 197 164 4243

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 3342. COMMUNICATIONS 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   4774 867 1207 1171 1156 1265 1436 1497 1580 1611 1532 1599 1643 1636 1562 1623 1646 1849 1809 2001 2036 2105 2309 2468 2771 3204 3680 3780 4168 4450 4929 6698 8467 10176 12830 13651 15159 15966 16159 14547 11919 9254 5746 2191 617 24 212767
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   3879 671 924 893 868 954 1043 1122 1126 1165 1057 1055 1138 1082 1033 1021 1002 1068 1048 1097 1128 1146 1220 1255 1382 1553 1892 1901 2070 2270 2607 3487 4581 5459 6733 7370 8077 8431 8512 7916 6420 4985 3106 1244 378 15 118380
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   895 196 283 278 288 311 393 375 454 447 476 544 505 554 529 602 644 781 761 904 908 959 1089 1213 1390 1651 1788 1879 2098 2180 2321 3212 3886 4717 6097 6281 7082 7535 7647 6631 5499 4269 2639 947 238 9 94387
ALABAMA   11 1 4 7 3 2 2 5 4 4 14 4 6 2 4 9 7 13 3 8 14 16 12 6 15 11 12 9 18 12 14 22 33 24 28 35 47 41 41 40 31 27 17 5 3 0 641
ALASKA   1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 29
ARIZONA   17 6 9 4 8 4 5 10 10 13 12 13 14 13 20 11 22 27 33 36 39 33 32 23 38 28 38 47 51 46 58 77 116 113 146 169 137 149 127 122 91 76 49 13 3 2 2114
ARKANSAS   8 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 0 4 6 3 8 5 2 4 3 6 5 1 4 2 0 0 97
CALIFORNIA   605 111 154 146 138 148 147 183 182 206 195 191 205 191 195 195 169 231 184 171 179 203 188 252 248 334 348 338 407 443 518 741 1017 1269 1654 1897 2290 2500 2637 2431 1875 1406 798 334 109 0 28367
COLORADO   17 2 3 9 8 9 11 30 26 26 31 28 29 30 19 22 19 17 23 31 18 35 26 32 27 34 46 59 71 62 87 105 165 194 212 223 233 251 216 191 153 111 57 22 3 0 3024
CONNECTICUT   102 17 20 22 29 25 32 32 32 36 20 19 32 23 29 32 30 29 36 34 27 56 42 38 36 41 50 61 43 32 51 61 73 55 79 83 90 75 71 63 58 35 17 9 1 0 1880
DELAWARE   3 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 5 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 8 5 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 86
FLORIDA   78 15 22 16 27 32 26 33 37 41 49 38 51 44 49 55 30 58 69 64 54 55 61 69 78 105 132 114 123 148 164 194 244 248 277 274 287 307 346 309 378 243 179 65 18 1 5309
GEORGIA   16 3 8 6 6 3 5 8 6 7 6 12 7 2 7 7 11 10 13 13 12 14 15 22 22 22 31 39 35 54 57 70 107 121 128 149 196 242 264 322 183 137 104 63 15 0 2578
HAWAII   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 4 2 5 2 1 2 5 0 3 5 1 4 5 1 3 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 0 84
IDAHO   0 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 5 3 7 4 11 6 16 16 27 55 69 92 92 137 89 72 26 15 6 0 0 777
ILLINOIS   380 62 91 79 88 82 95 84 81 93 98 84 69 98 102 87 84 72 81 84 124 81 98 106 106 130 135 179 199 197 255 299 380 373 411 453 478 450 410 406 387 257 165 56 11 0 8145
INDIANA   65 18 28 16 12 22 29 21 30 30 13 17 19 25 19 20 18 26 18 28 21 19 25 22 25 17 27 19 21 22 23 50 59 70 78 70 81 88 54 78 56 41 37 12 3 1 1492
IOWA   39 4 11 7 3 7 8 6 5 12 4 7 5 7 5 5 9 6 7 11 6 9 7 4 7 6 8 11 12 12 27 24 42 27 37 29 57 35 40 25 40 28 18 10 5 0 694
KANSAS   10 3 3 5 3 2 3 2 2 4 5 1 1 7 4 3 2 2 3 3 5 2 4 2 5 4 8 8 2 5 9 9 10 15 18 24 41 58 57 106 85 75 34 9 1 1 660
KENTUCKY   6 3 5 3 3 3 2 5 5 4 2 8 6 3 1 2 5 1 3 3 0 4 6 2 1 3 12 4 6 6 8 16 15 22 34 12 16 21 16 14 17 13 8 3 1 0 329
LOUISIANA   5 1 0 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 2 4 2 5 3 3 3 4 3 7 2 1 2 3 5 5 4 3 8 15 4 9 10 10 6 4 2 8 3 4 1 1 0 168
MAINE   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 5 1 3 3 2 6 9 3 6 9 9 6 5 9 7 10 9 9 2 1 1 0 142
MARYLAND   124 20 29 35 35 34 29 41 48 44 40 41 38 31 43 40 34 40 34 35 33 27 33 19 26 48 39 35 55 51 59 83 144 105 105 127 125 171 165 163 121 105 73 25 11 2 2766
MASSACHUSETTS   158 29 35 41 50 59 63 61 70 76 57 62 61 66 46 62 55 49 50 59 67 76 77 66 67 83 93 99 113 123 134 154 189 224 263 312 342 377 337 279 280 174 88 41 19 1 5293
MICHIGAN   85 24 27 33 22 31 39 36 41 31 25 27 24 21 32 27 21 17 23 15 14 15 23 41 27 32 35 33 46 54 52 66 101 77 96 101 96 128 131 162 145 150 100 32 3 0 2368
MINNESOTA   53 11 16 11 7 14 25 14 15 16 17 18 18 16 17 19 12 16 25 12 19 27 17 18 27 28 21 37 31 30 44 74 58 71 70 72 90 119 122 127 87 80 57 19 5 1 1707
MISSISSIPPI   8 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 3 4 3 1 3 3 3 5 7 13 9 5 4 3 3 9 5 4 4 2 1 1 0 140
MISSOURI   28 2 3 8 6 4 7 12 6 10 11 6 4 7 11 2 14 5 4 2 6 7 9 9 10 12 12 7 12 12 20 16 23 22 21 28 27 37 28 35 33 28 27 10 6 0 608
MONTANA   3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 8 4 5 4 1 3 2 1 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 57
NEBRASKA   4 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 4 2 1 2 6 3 1 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 4 6 7 8 16 11 13 16 14 18 12 6 5 6 1 0 227
NEVADA   5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 3 4 5 1 1 8 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 1 4 5 7 3 3 5 6 11 3 9 20 11 13 21 21 10 20 14 14 7 1 0 265
NEW HAMPSHIRE   6 2 2 6 5 2 7 7 4 8 1 3 8 5 10 9 9 6 10 12 14 13 13 16 13 6 15 10 15 19 11 27 33 39 49 41 54 55 69 74 55 58 21 7 3 0 850
NEW JERSEY   632 107 149 139 120 131 149 142 135 107 91 133 134 134 116 109 125 129 116 148 143 111 110 133 112 118 194 181 157 200 288 372 437 527 695 750 776 636 572 513 373 290 199 76 24 2 11039
NEW MEXICO   4 0 2 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 3 1 4 4 6 2 4 2 11 7 8 5 7 3 8 5 5 8 18 10 17 14 12 14 14 10 9 6 1 0 245
NEW YORK   721 118 122 141 121 133 140 147 144 146 122 96 120 115 85 90 97 84 87 82 91 81 116 105 140 141 182 182 204 205 212 271 292 387 371 473 452 481 548 485 324 301 170 67 22 1 9217
NORTH CAROLINA   13 4 3 5 4 8 7 12 15 9 10 11 8 12 10 11 7 15 9 16 15 33 21 15 17 16 34 26 38 52 28 63 105 220 282 281 280 280 239 213 187 136 90 36 5 2 2905
NORTH DAKOTA   3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 34
OHIO   147 26 35 29 40 51 40 42 46 41 45 38 38 43 35 30 36 23 22 37 32 24 32 21 30 24 41 22 45 41 39 44 73 86 88 75 67 65 86 78 67 71 56 26 26 0 2106
OKLAHOMA   23 1 7 4 8 8 3 6 7 8 9 5 4 4 5 9 8 6 7 6 5 1 11 2 7 10 5 5 9 6 5 11 7 11 15 14 18 12 16 12 11 15 4 5 0 0 353
OREGON   13 1 3 5 3 5 5 4 9 7 3 5 3 9 4 9 7 6 4 10 9 16 15 13 18 16 24 17 17 22 46 63 69 80 80 137 134 146 182 165 115 90 40 11 2 1 1643
PENNSYLVANIA   206 19 32 29 40 41 40 47 38 49 68 42 68 43 35 28 37 43 40 26 28 36 47 48 51 41 73 61 51 68 66 87 96 109 150 183 209 167 144 134 110 96 71 32 4 0 3137
RHODE ISLAND   5 1 5 1 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 7 9 9 5 17 13 8 7 15 10 15 6 3 0 195
SOUTH CAROLINA   3 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 7 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 5 1 6 5 5 3 5 10 3 11 20 8 5 11 5 15 9 21 8 4 3 0 207
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 2 7 4 5 4 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 63
TENNESSEE   7 0 2 1 4 4 2 6 3 8 1 7 4 7 4 11 10 5 4 3 6 4 11 7 7 4 6 11 6 3 6 7 18 24 17 18 19 31 24 31 17 18 16 7 2 0 412
TEXAS   93 19 31 28 25 34 28 39 47 43 35 42 52 46 48 39 43 56 66 62 53 67 62 55 84 111 114 125 107 165 145 201 324 518 748 805 800 779 749 641 521 394 228 89 35 2 8800
UTAH   8 0 3 4 1 3 5 4 7 2 8 5 11 7 1 5 4 7 5 5 4 6 11 9 8 8 18 16 8 8 21 16 23 32 47 44 48 72 68 45 43 28 21 16 1 0 712
VERMONT   2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 4 5 6 7 6 8 13 4 8 5 5 7 9 3 3 2 0 0 124
VIRGINIA   61 16 19 20 7 15 27 27 22 24 17 25 29 18 20 16 20 21 15 23 30 18 23 28 27 31 40 40 57 45 54 79 93 108 111 129 125 117 131 91 113 72 60 18 6 0 2091
WASHINGTON   18 8 6 9 2 7 10 12 11 7 10 17 21 16 16 15 18 13 12 13 18 13 17 26 27 27 29 37 37 46 26 65 104 141 168 162 198 265 331 313 234 268 170 62 16 0 3038
WEST VIRGINIA   3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 0 66
WISCONSIN   40 3 8 5 12 7 11 6 11 23 10 13 17 8 11 5 8 12 7 12 6 13 17 12 19 14 18 16 16 19 13 16 19 19 38 30 38 34 44 29 32 28 38 11 2 0 770
WYOMING   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 33
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   35 5 10 8 8 10 13 8 1 4 5 8 3 6 3 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 2 1 2 6 2 7 6 5 8 12 16 8 7 4 11 1 1 0 0 246
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PUERTO RICO   0 0 5 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 44
U.S. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAPAN   86 25 33 45 62 54 100 113 136 141 161 177 159 203 194 200 237 299 351 448 441 509 625 689 771 1011 1049 1159 1283 1381 1308 1809 2240 2397 3031 2914 3027 3122 3341 2662 2193 1753 1212 389 91 2 43637
GERMANY   191 54 67 58 58 50 64 63 75 70 64 72 74 76 83 110 112 125 114 105 94 96 113 137 159 147 144 134 136 129 135 217 230 299 386 414 623 708 627 588 377 268 139 45 11 0 8044
UNITED KINGDOM   228 35 60 64 53 52 70 46 51 58 60 69 69 56 54 62 60 76 53 69 83 83 87 95 97 110 130 91 105 92 147 172 189 262 378 369 421 447 415 363 278 165 88 28 9 1 6050
KOREA, SOUTH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 9 49 50 88 69 94 161 213 377 448 588 509 510 541 544 621 576 271 84 10 0 5838
FRANCE   101 27 32 31 37 41 49 57 54 59 64 74 67 80 61 80 80 98 88 106 102 89 72 87 100 104 118 143 139 137 152 195 195 214 270 274 374 380 360 344 235 147 59 25 3 1 5608
CANADA   55 13 22 18 19 32 25 24 43 33 42 43 28 38 40 40 43 55 52 51 55 56 60 59 65 77 90 85 81 86 103 145 177 280 418 441 449 471 400 397 361 255 141 78 21 1 5568
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 4 3 5 3 4 7 9 31 20 40 21 32 29 34 55 82 115 136 180 198 216 304 377 362 346 307 145 37 0 3116
SWEDEN   68 6 17 18 7 10 11 12 17 11 21 25 16 20 21 11 10 16 8 14 23 21 15 14 19 18 25 32 46 36 83 115 139 178 342 341 316 339 226 125 98 70 32 12 2 0 3004
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 6 4 4 8 9 17 23 42 50 93 202 224 201 373 477 439 294 192 147 62 23 5 0 2910
NETHERLANDS   52 9 12 15 13 18 16 10 29 15 22 19 25 21 17 26 15 31 21 33 35 27 31 34 39 44 39 39 37 48 68 73 90 109 105 75 93 107 122 105 63 44 15 7 4 0 1871
ISRAEL   3 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 1 6 3 7 10 5 6 4 12 13 12 15 21 24 33 31 66 61 58 107 129 204 205 236 207 111 89 56 22 7 1 1789
SWITZERLAND   31 4 7 5 10 12 16 10 11 15 13 14 15 20 16 19 23 21 15 15 15 20 18 19 18 19 17 20 32 27 23 26 39 35 37 45 70 59 80 70 54 34 19 4 3 0 1097
ITALY   20 3 8 8 15 17 21 13 17 21 10 17 20 21 18 20 25 26 27 15 26 18 20 20 21 23 18 22 20 20 19 30 30 30 30 43 63 58 66 64 58 26 20 4 1 0 1092
AUSTRALIA   8 2 2 1 2 3 1 7 1 3 2 6 3 5 2 10 6 3 5 8 3 6 7 11 9 15 16 12 10 14 18 10 15 23 26 40 44 110 58 101 105 92 49 29 15 1 916
BELGIUM   21 10 5 5 6 12 6 6 2 2 4 7 4 3 6 1 8 7 2 1 7 6 6 5 8 12 6 15 12 16 18 21 27 35 40 38 54 46 43 32 32 25 6 1 1 0 626
AUSTRIA   8 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 4 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 6 4 2 5 7 7 7 5 5 17 11 21 32 29 33 43 30 15 11 9 2 0 353
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 5 7 23 51 59 74 47 28 10 0 1 321
DENMARK   6 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 1 4 1 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 6 6 8 21 18 40 29 50 37 21 13 11 3 2 0 318
SINGAPORE   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 2 1 0 1 6 5 12 8 14 10 28 34 29 26 30 27 20 6 3 1 0 263
INDIA   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 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 18 14 31 42 62 41 24 6 4 0 256
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 7 9 2 7 7 11 11 13 17 22 38 22 24 18 20 2 2 0 249
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 5 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 1 3 5 7 8 14 14 9 15 42 9 23 13 6 6 0 0 208
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 4 4 2 3 3 4 8 18 25 33 16 28 13 11 14 2 2 0 204
NORWAY   1 0 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 5 11 18 22 15 17 14 10 6 0 1 0 159
SOUTH AFRICA   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 11 11 2 5 3 6 0 0 0 121
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 4 1 6 3 5 8 7 15 11 11 19 12 8 1 1 1 111
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 5 9 6 6 6 8 9 11 8 2 3 0 0 0 85
HUNGARY   0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 8 3 11 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 64
MEXICO   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 10 10 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 61
ICELAND   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 3 0 5 5 8 7 6 3 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 48
U.S.S.R.   1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 4 1 4 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
BRAZIL   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 33
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 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 6 4 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 31
ARGENTINA   0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 29
POLAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 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 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 1 0 0 0 24
GREECE   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 23
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 12
SAUDI ARABIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
MONACO   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10
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 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 9
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
PORTUGAL   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 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
EGYPT   0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
BULGARIA   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 8
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
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 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 6
LEBANON   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
CHILE   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 3
BOLIVIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 3
ECUADOR   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
GUATEMALA   1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BARBADOS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
MOLDOVA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 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 1 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
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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA   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 0 1
BENIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
CAYMAN ISLANDS   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
HAITI   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
IRAN   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
IRAQ   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
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
UGANDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MAURITANIA   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
NICARAGUA   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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TANZANIA   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 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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   3059 581 747 746 713 744 841 897 881 936 813 835 902 797 765 740 776 852 842 970 1004 980 1058 1118 1150 1334 1623 1633 1836 2050 2359 3153 4245 4958 6150 6684 7310 7681 7899 7318 5901 4532 2746 1121 358 18 104658
U.S. GOVERNMENT   223 45 54 59 62 65 64 75 64 70 66 63 76 75 64 60 45 44 58 48 51 40 34 25 20 33 27 31 43 27 41 50 38 36 38 53 56 38 33 54 43 46 37 18 4 0 2300
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   783 107 190 164 155 212 200 210 249 238 239 237 217 254 256 271 235 229 202 169 164 208 211 213 303 293 357 330 303 303 343 488 539 583 623 539 653 630 569 565 530 456 379 143 34 1 14576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   571 114 183 158 190 199 280 272 323 305 356 404 377 446 424 458 506 624 621 731 738 788 932 1035 1175 1426 1536 1656 1869 1969 2085 2872 3495 4417 5829 6194 6924 7370 7408 6381 5263 4109 2500 871 216 4 86606
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   14 1 3 4 6 2 4 1 4 7 7 5 9 11 7 19 12 12 16 19 13 13 11 8 9 20 24 18 18 9 14 11 7 12 5 3 4 5 6 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 384
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   124 18 29 38 30 42 46 41 59 55 51 55 61 53 46 74 72 87 70 64 65 76 64 69 113 99 113 113 99 91 86 124 144 170 185 179 213 243 246 221 177 108 84 37 4 1 4243

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