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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 3343,3346. OTHER COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

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   612 673 966 1009 935 942 1089 1229 1647 1598 1441 1447 1314 1382 1312 1227 1006 1338 1393 1457 1417 1578 1864 1834 2265 2046 2702 2257 2693 2656 3059 3237 3379 3458 3226 4412 4274 4349 4150 4252 4434 4956 3962 5822 5173 4991 112464
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   479 541 751 780 698 701 785 903 1089 1032 870 848 712 758 697 601 502 635 644 670 668 669 748 708 810 650 838 740 822 812 942 1061 1141 1202 1132 1573 1579 1745 1615 1659 1698 1843 1461 2102 1819 1623 46358
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   133 132 214 230 237 241 304 326 557 566 571 599 602 624 615 625 505 703 749 786 749 909 1116 1126 1455 1395 1864 1517 1871 1843 2117 2175 2238 2256 2095 2839 2695 2604 2534 2594 2736 3113 2501 3719 3354 3368 66105
ALABAMA   0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 5 4 2 4 3 2 3 6 2 3 71
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ARIZONA   0 3 3 5 3 4 6 7 8 11 14 7 10 11 11 11 4 13 10 13 20 12 17 16 12 18 21 21 19 30 38 34 41 38 44 52 47 51 43 44 57 68 56 49 55 49 1101
ARKANSAS   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 23
CALIFORNIA   68 89 129 120 147 136 119 149 192 201 166 154 140 144 155 136 121 140 147 150 148 148 183 159 205 174 253 203 217 212 232 252 302 323 314 451 491 533 542 575 597 687 620 888 793 701 13009
COLORADO   2 2 2 3 4 5 8 8 18 18 26 23 17 25 17 13 6 15 7 13 15 10 24 30 36 28 44 40 47 43 44 59 64 68 65 108 107 122 138 124 136 150 129 141 107 84 2196
CONNECTICUT   24 16 21 20 20 18 16 15 19 18 24 25 13 10 12 13 5 9 10 9 15 12 7 12 13 15 23 12 7 7 6 12 8 8 4 9 6 9 9 6 12 8 5 9 6 11 568
DELAWARE   2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 2 3 3 0 3 1 4 4 5 4 6 3 7 4 5 1 11 5 4 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 128
FLORIDA   6 3 8 6 4 4 9 12 13 14 17 20 16 14 12 11 12 21 15 16 12 16 22 21 27 16 22 23 22 23 43 42 54 48 34 36 31 41 42 38 38 41 27 47 55 27 1086
GEORGIA   0 2 1 2 3 3 6 1 3 2 2 6 5 4 5 6 2 6 9 6 6 4 3 3 6 2 7 4 3 3 10 8 4 7 9 12 10 16 8 12 12 13 9 18 14 17 290
HAWAII   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10
IDAHO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 9 5 3 6 6 5 8 8 7 8 5 7 12 19 20 11 20 22 12 19 21 19 263
ILLINOIS   46 63 82 94 91 78 81 101 124 103 105 101 78 95 77 45 40 52 52 63 49 57 48 52 40 32 27 33 46 55 48 53 43 61 47 52 52 50 38 26 37 41 32 47 45 36 2723
INDIANA   9 10 22 18 22 28 34 38 52 38 30 34 30 47 29 20 22 31 38 53 46 55 49 45 49 35 20 28 25 37 32 39 33 29 26 24 30 22 23 38 24 31 27 44 43 27 1482
IOWA   5 7 9 7 9 5 6 2 3 4 3 2 1 7 2 2 2 1 2 4 7 5 7 3 3 5 4 6 8 5 3 5 3 10 5 4 8 4 3 6 4 10 3 6 8 9 214
KANSAS   0 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 2 3 1 4 0 3 4 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 4 3 4 1 3 3 3 2 5 4 2 10 5 5 107
KENTUCKY   1 1 3 3 2 4 4 12 13 4 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 5 2 3 101
LOUISIANA   0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 58
MAINE   1 2 3 1 1 7 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 3 2 67
MARYLAND   8 16 19 20 27 20 18 10 18 25 13 22 12 16 15 8 8 9 14 9 10 8 9 5 5 8 12 14 6 18 5 12 14 15 12 25 10 15 11 17 14 18 16 21 23 27 656
MASSACHUSETTS   28 30 44 52 42 35 58 52 66 83 54 59 45 38 38 29 37 41 45 47 23 41 46 33 42 31 37 40 39 31 47 37 43 40 30 55 62 56 47 63 59 65 47 73 67 64 2144
MICHIGAN   10 17 22 26 15 22 25 30 17 13 17 19 16 15 9 20 14 9 8 4 11 13 15 15 16 9 16 10 19 12 16 17 19 16 19 20 11 13 19 19 17 26 23 33 19 16 766
MINNESOTA   17 10 17 12 14 16 18 25 18 11 18 18 27 24 21 27 14 21 23 25 18 28 25 38 23 29 40 26 36 45 65 77 73 63 58 115 133 108 115 136 134 158 82 150 78 82 2315
MISSISSIPPI   3 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 7 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 4 5 2 68
MISSOURI   1 1 1 0 4 3 2 3 3 5 2 3 4 4 2 3 0 1 3 2 0 3 2 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 8 4 6 5 1 2 4 6 5 4 126
MONTANA   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
NEBRASKA   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 46
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 4 5 4 2 44
NEW HAMPSHIRE   1 1 8 4 2 0 4 8 5 4 5 2 3 2 2 7 6 3 2 6 4 5 5 8 6 3 2 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 4 4 5 7 5 5 7 5 4 11 9 7 202
NEW JERSEY   62 69 84 103 57 75 84 113 92 116 71 86 74 78 80 71 50 82 86 95 106 81 115 91 90 44 48 35 44 42 54 49 38 47 49 66 68 78 47 57 54 47 29 60 34 40 3146
NEW MEXICO   1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 5 4 1 6 0 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 4 1 4 1 3 73
NEW YORK   121 117 165 173 148 160 187 211 268 231 184 152 109 112 111 90 76 82 81 55 67 66 69 68 92 89 112 113 133 98 152 190 235 224 209 264 250 254 205 179 163 135 97 111 80 64 6555
NORTH CAROLINA   1 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 6 2 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 3 5 4 6 3 3 4 10 6 6 3 4 8 5 7 6 9 7 20 20 22 24 26 17 21 12 23 22 23 366
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 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 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 15
OHIO   15 11 21 16 10 12 15 18 23 23 22 15 16 14 14 12 8 10 3 16 2 7 8 9 8 8 7 5 6 7 7 10 9 11 7 7 10 10 9 7 13 9 6 7 9 11 506
OKLAHOMA   1 1 4 5 4 6 4 6 6 10 8 7 6 7 6 2 5 6 6 7 3 4 2 6 8 4 10 4 5 11 11 5 4 4 9 12 16 44 34 44 37 28 14 7 4 1 432
OREGON   0 2 1 5 2 2 4 1 5 1 5 2 5 6 4 4 7 3 3 6 7 7 9 9 9 18 11 15 10 11 7 11 10 11 17 22 17 25 25 21 25 27 20 30 44 34 515
PENNSYLVANIA   31 30 46 42 27 30 31 21 33 31 30 39 24 24 19 9 11 12 21 16 20 21 17 19 24 12 23 16 23 22 18 28 23 19 20 26 17 37 23 32 33 39 22 36 38 37 1172
RHODE ISLAND   0 1 3 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 3 0 4 2 1 56
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 2 1 1 33
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 20
TENNESSEE   0 6 2 3 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 5 1 1 4 2 9 12 10 5 6 7 3 1 8 4 7 7 2 7 9 3 5 5 5 6 169
TEXAS   6 11 11 13 7 7 14 22 28 15 17 9 23 26 17 24 22 17 19 17 24 13 24 21 25 20 24 14 26 19 25 38 41 59 53 74 55 87 80 79 89 100 71 116 107 115 1723
UTAH   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 5 2 2 11 6 3 2 5 6 2 5 2 1 6 7 4 7 15 17 29 34 30 18 13 15 8 9 9 9 298
VERMONT   0 1 4 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 4 6 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 68
VIRGINIA   7 8 5 4 9 7 9 9 7 11 16 9 12 13 12 10 9 7 5 6 4 9 12 10 4 6 4 11 10 14 5 11 13 18 9 26 19 20 18 21 12 15 15 13 14 14 496
WASHINGTON   1 0 2 0 1 1 4 4 5 4 4 8 6 2 4 3 3 9 3 7 4 7 2 4 4 4 7 7 5 8 7 9 7 8 12 18 18 16 14 18 20 22 30 65 62 48 491
WEST VIRGINIA   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 7 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 26
WISCONSIN   0 3 3 5 2 4 2 1 5 5 1 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 5 0 6 4 10 6 8 5 9 8 10 5 7 8 9 11 7 4 5 6 5 4 8 5 2 6 4 6 231
WYOMING   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   2 3 2 5 4 4 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 62
PUERTO RICO   0 1 2 1 3 1 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 13
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAPAN   14 13 37 39 54 62 87 124 226 282 284 312 344 355 342 365 302 445 452 500 521 623 803 805 1073 1052 1422 1169 1449 1478 1653 1633 1649 1653 1515 2003 1902 1781 1699 1752 1862 2114 1679 2396 2063 2061 44450
GERMANY   41 29 46 59 60 70 70 61 120 101 103 88 89 82 79 81 65 70 104 86 87 92 90 111 123 112 139 108 136 90 108 107 118 90 82 116 130 148 128 129 120 112 91 158 115 128 4476
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 12 19 18 42 75 115 158 159 209 216 310 259 229 227 210 200 229 182 376 414 474 4147
UNITED KINGDOM   33 35 44 35 38 37 49 34 67 42 40 54 39 43 48 52 49 51 51 50 27 37 39 54 64 53 62 55 68 42 55 71 78 56 58 71 58 64 98 82 70 89 75 86 82 65 2551
NETHERLANDS   14 16 21 22 20 13 14 19 27 21 27 28 27 47 38 33 25 40 35 42 37 41 60 48 59 41 61 48 49 40 40 38 59 46 37 70 50 68 51 58 67 78 55 102 82 66 1981
FRANCE   7 7 11 13 19 12 13 20 22 23 23 30 19 21 28 23 21 27 31 43 33 37 48 39 38 42 56 40 38 42 36 35 46 47 45 61 77 55 60 69 64 59 49 64 63 41 1702
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 2 5 8 6 6 8 15 21 8 30 27 47 47 45 50 91 88 100 119 173 215 205 1327
CANADA   5 4 3 15 5 10 12 15 19 18 16 8 14 12 7 14 5 11 9 9 7 14 15 12 10 10 13 17 12 17 17 16 15 24 17 26 30 42 31 24 34 52 33 57 54 50 861
BELGIUM   2 8 18 15 12 6 12 19 29 28 33 24 18 17 18 13 5 12 9 7 7 8 8 8 10 14 14 2 11 7 16 16 21 16 17 28 31 36 40 21 18 15 7 19 12 6 717
ITALY   5 3 3 5 3 3 7 10 8 12 7 14 12 9 13 10 10 15 17 13 5 10 9 8 21 17 23 15 16 9 18 17 14 20 20 13 16 21 24 17 22 17 12 15 10 13 580
SWITZERLAND   1 6 14 10 10 9 17 8 10 11 14 14 12 13 9 14 7 14 17 17 11 18 16 14 15 8 10 8 18 6 5 13 12 10 8 15 13 15 12 8 14 17 16 18 14 20 562
AUSTRIA   3 6 12 8 6 7 11 7 13 9 7 8 8 4 9 8 6 4 11 8 4 9 6 7 9 7 7 5 9 6 3 7 4 4 8 4 5 13 12 17 24 14 9 19 12 13 380
SWEDEN   3 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 2 5 5 4 6 10 4 6 1 1 3 1 4 4 4 5 4 6 5 1 1 3 4 6 12 9 9 9 17 20 22 24 28 20 24 22 23 22 378
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 5 8 12 13 8 17 13 13 17 28 22 35 34 44 41 34 355
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 0 1 0 2 5 3 1 1 6 5 5 10 15 17 42 67 36 41 34 34 325
ISRAEL   0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 5 4 4 1 1 3 3 7 8 12 12 14 9 15 22 17 13 25 13 24 19 21 265
AUSTRALIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 8 4 3 6 2 4 3 0 4 3 4 4 6 10 20 14 30 28 19 202
DENMARK   5 3 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 4 0 3 0 2 0 3 5 4 2 3 8 6 6 10 9 17 132
NORWAY   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 7 1 4 0 2 3 4 9 13 3 2 2 9 8 5 4 3 5 6 7 5 2 113
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   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 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 5 9 9 16 22 29 105
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 1 3 5 2 7 10 9 10 10 14 91
U.S.S.R.   1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 5 3 3 6 0 1 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 39
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 1 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 6 3 1 5 4 4 35
INDIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 7 9 29
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 26
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 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 1 6 21
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 20
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
NEW ZEALAND   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 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 15
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 12
MEXICO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12
GREECE   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 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 11
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4
EGYPT   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
VENEZUELA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
LIECHTENSTEIN   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
ROMANIA   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 2 0 0 0 3
CHILE   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 2
PERU   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
ICELAND   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 0 0 0 2
MONACO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALGERIA   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 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
PAKISTAN   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 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ECUADOR   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
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
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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   430 485 673 709 619 619 714 852 1050 936 782 773 661 699 637 557 468 575 611 637 650 662 761 722 830 657 809 717 815 772 933 1061 1157 1191 1109 1565 1560 1704 1601 1566 1587 1667 1291 1800 1558 1428 43659
U.S. GOVERNMENT   12 20 25 17 35 28 37 33 34 32 30 23 25 32 28 13 9 19 9 8 14 12 11 14 8 5 6 8 11 12 9 9 7 7 1 6 6 6 6 6 4 8 9 5 6 7 674
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   69 68 102 113 91 98 81 81 82 116 100 113 100 93 98 101 77 105 99 93 70 79 90 85 100 91 128 111 115 104 91 98 115 122 105 150 127 127 95 109 108 112 76 113 95 79 4579
FOREIGN CORPORATION   74 67 126 139 158 175 227 234 417 431 478 483 482 516 503 517 416 592 633 672 649 786 961 981 1284 1254 1711 1375 1716 1733 1982 2027 2057 2089 1965 2617 2536 2450 2396 2505 2669 3117 2544 3845 3456 3434 61484
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 4 4 4 6 3 10 6 8 6 6 7 5 5 6 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 124
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   26 33 37 32 31 22 28 28 61 82 50 52 44 40 43 36 33 44 36 42 29 35 31 27 36 33 42 40 31 30 38 38 41 46 41 73 44 61 48 66 66 51 40 59 57 43 1944

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 3343,3346. OTHER COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

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   3796 759 891 920 1007 1029 1178 1312 1306 1236 1229 1275 1299 1240 1263 1415 1520 1636 1657 1776 1658 1653 1861 2039 2198 2591 2789 2830 2960 3085 3290 4037 4211 4608 5517 4907 4932 5337 5762 5325 4962 4184 2507 1150 309 16 112464
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2962 567 635 657 730 679 787 839 773 727 670 698 699 661 611 686 693 754 720 763 656 593 675 668 686 821 865 866 889 1061 1116 1376 1563 1622 2041 1987 1933 1987 2140 1853 1762 1472 874 427 108 6 46358
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   835 192 256 263 277 350 392 473 533 509 558 577 600 579 652 729 828 882 937 1012 1003 1060 1186 1370 1512 1770 1925 1964 2071 2024 2174 2661 2648 2986 3475 2920 2999 3350 3622 3472 3200 2712 1633 722 201 10 66105
ALABAMA   1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 4 1 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 71
ALASKA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
ARIZONA   12 0 7 6 4 2 9 9 10 7 11 9 14 6 8 17 12 17 17 15 10 14 12 12 21 21 21 33 32 33 42 46 56 59 56 60 53 52 54 66 58 40 38 14 8 1 1101
ARKANSAS   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 23
CALIFORNIA   512 113 111 96 119 106 163 166 124 149 118 145 144 145 137 174 161 182 159 193 145 137 161 177 195 238 227 204 231 270 282 369 436 471 696 630 659 667 769 726 707 711 419 213 51 0 13009
COLORADO   12 3 6 3 13 5 14 18 20 16 19 26 20 15 4 17 10 17 13 16 24 34 23 30 33 50 46 42 49 43 85 75 108 99 133 118 162 149 233 116 120 84 40 28 7 0 2196
CONNECTICUT   98 12 11 18 12 10 14 18 13 26 10 13 8 18 5 9 11 12 12 9 12 9 15 12 20 12 11 7 5 9 13 6 11 8 8 8 7 13 8 4 11 6 7 2 1 0 568
DELAWARE   5 0 0 1 5 3 8 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 7 3 4 5 9 4 4 3 5 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 128
FLORIDA   24 3 7 7 8 12 8 12 16 21 12 17 11 13 12 20 19 19 16 12 18 20 26 14 19 25 26 23 43 42 43 57 53 36 42 39 47 59 45 48 42 28 18 6 1 0 1086
GEORGIA   5 6 2 3 2 3 1 0 7 2 4 3 5 6 6 8 9 5 6 5 1 3 5 3 7 1 8 3 9 6 5 10 9 13 16 11 13 13 19 19 11 9 8 4 0 0 290
HAWAII   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10
IDAHO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 1 11 4 4 7 5 5 12 5 9 6 5 17 33 14 20 21 17 25 19 5 4 1 0 263
ILLINOIS   316 64 65 91 80 64 101 86 96 84 76 93 76 54 59 48 46 68 65 52 44 44 41 31 32 29 48 52 60 46 45 64 62 58 56 46 41 42 49 47 46 29 16 6 2 0 2723
INDIANA   67 22 23 30 23 36 36 25 33 29 26 33 36 30 25 33 37 60 50 57 55 25 50 22 30 22 36 40 24 42 23 46 36 39 27 29 52 45 44 37 36 8 5 2 0 0 1482
IOWA   31 4 5 6 2 2 0 4 2 3 1 3 5 1 4 2 3 5 3 10 2 4 3 5 4 6 6 7 3 2 8 7 7 6 7 8 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 4 1 0 214
KANSAS   5 2 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 4 1 2 3 7 1 3 0 6 5 7 9 6 1 4 0 0 0 107
KENTUCKY   8 4 5 1 6 13 6 4 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 101
LOUISIANA   6 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 6 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 58
MAINE   7 1 0 0 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 67
MARYLAND   78 23 15 12 9 9 22 16 15 15 13 13 12 15 11 9 11 11 7 10 9 5 3 8 9 14 15 6 10 10 18 15 23 14 14 20 13 20 17 24 26 17 10 8 0 0 656
MASSACHUSETTS   182 34 36 39 47 45 54 61 54 49 45 34 30 36 38 55 44 39 35 51 32 36 31 33 39 38 42 35 38 44 45 50 48 60 62 64 69 73 72 55 67 46 32 15 6 0 2144
MICHIGAN   81 13 19 19 30 12 12 8 18 16 15 14 16 11 16 12 11 6 11 16 15 14 7 13 12 12 15 17 17 20 17 20 24 17 17 20 16 22 30 31 29 16 5 3 0 0 766
MINNESOTA   65 10 13 20 13 12 16 14 10 19 23 15 31 26 18 20 30 25 16 39 21 28 24 30 24 38 34 51 51 70 74 97 90 108 155 126 140 133 177 134 115 88 37 23 8 1 2315
MISSISSIPPI   6 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 4 1 1 2 5 2 5 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 68
MISSOURI   4 1 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 0 3 4 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 6 1 2 2 0 4 7 4 9 6 2 6 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 0 126
MONTANA   2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
NEBRASKA   2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
NEVADA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 0 3 4 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 44
NEW HAMPSHIRE   15 0 3 4 2 3 8 3 2 4 1 3 2 6 7 5 3 5 5 6 6 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 5 6 5 3 6 5 5 6 4 9 7 7 3 16 3 1 0 0 202
NEW JERSEY   362 56 55 61 83 80 69 79 78 73 73 62 82 77 74 72 100 105 119 95 87 74 76 57 35 44 43 49 36 61 54 53 74 63 74 90 72 68 42 51 33 23 19 7 1 0 3146
NEW MEXICO   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 4 5 2 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 3 4 1 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 73
NEW YORK   660 131 164 164 181 170 130 203 166 127 115 103 110 96 90 87 73 70 64 72 72 50 79 83 87 123 125 143 119 195 204 226 234 304 259 293 227 207 192 135 102 60 41 10 6 2 6555
NORTH CAROLINA   6 1 2 2 2 1 6 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 0 4 5 6 3 5 3 6 5 11 3 2 6 5 5 7 5 11 15 23 24 30 19 29 16 24 21 20 14 5 1 0 366
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
OHIO   68 11 14 14 12 16 16 17 16 11 17 18 11 17 7 8 5 8 10 7 9 8 9 6 10 2 8 5 13 5 9 8 13 10 10 13 7 17 10 7 6 10 5 1 1 0 506
OKLAHOMA   12 3 5 2 7 4 7 9 4 7 8 6 5 3 5 6 7 7 3 3 4 6 5 5 5 7 6 11 14 5 5 8 11 15 26 41 49 49 28 20 4 1 0 0 0 0 432
OREGON   8 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 8 4 6 10 4 10 16 11 12 16 11 7 11 8 16 21 20 28 32 26 24 32 33 31 29 15 11 4 0 515
PENNSYLVANIA   164 22 29 19 13 25 30 22 30 27 28 18 22 15 14 12 24 18 18 21 19 11 16 17 18 26 15 28 28 25 19 23 28 24 31 34 31 39 35 36 43 31 14 6 2 0 1172
RHODE ISLAND   6 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 56
SOUTH CAROLINA   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 33
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20
TENNESSEE   10 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 6 3 2 0 4 2 3 15 11 8 7 4 3 3 8 4 11 4 8 3 13 4 5 4 1 2 0 0 169
TEXAS   44 4 11 14 20 10 15 20 14 14 15 21 17 25 24 23 23 16 24 18 18 19 21 18 21 21 27 26 19 27 44 66 81 75 116 98 83 113 83 96 101 79 64 28 5 0 1723
UTAH   1 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 5 1 5 15 4 2 0 3 5 2 4 4 1 6 7 4 8 19 13 48 35 21 25 19 4 12 6 3 5 0 0 298
VERMONT   7 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 4 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 1 68
VIRGINIA   30 7 8 2 8 7 3 11 14 8 8 11 11 13 15 2 8 6 6 10 9 8 7 4 5 9 14 7 9 12 13 17 21 15 32 23 23 14 18 13 15 9 7 4 0 0 496
WASHINGTON   3 0 2 6 0 4 8 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 8 8 6 6 5 1 4 2 7 3 7 5 8 8 6 8 11 17 19 19 23 30 30 44 43 41 43 22 9 1 1 491
WEST VIRGINIA   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
WISCONSIN   11 2 1 5 1 4 1 7 3 2 2 5 5 3 4 3 3 2 5 6 8 8 5 6 6 8 7 9 8 9 8 9 9 4 7 10 6 3 10 1 7 5 3 0 1 1 231
WYOMING   1 0 0 0 0 3 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   12 7 3 3 4 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 62
PUERTO RICO   7 0 1 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAPAN   134 45 67 90 93 142 170 257 255 276 313 313 340 332 392 458 510 561 659 727 719 750 881 1037 1161 1381 1481 1565 1575 1532 1596 1965 1906 2082 2437 1890 1998 2224 2409 2271 2040 1670 1107 491 142 7 44450
GERMANY   210 55 69 59 48 76 71 80 105 67 83 82 72 74 88 81 95 99 102 93 74 111 108 112 111 126 137 92 114 100 103 110 118 120 171 164 170 172 178 136 97 85 35 17 2 0 4476
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 19 13 22 58 75 134 125 165 214 263 345 346 291 231 262 266 246 372 377 174 110 28 1 4147
UNITED KINGDOM   164 34 38 33 31 44 41 36 33 42 41 46 48 47 55 55 56 47 37 31 51 49 60 40 49 50 73 59 59 68 75 75 66 72 87 102 99 107 112 98 60 33 34 10 2 0 2551
NETHERLANDS   84 12 15 15 15 13 18 19 23 21 30 38 43 32 31 42 42 57 43 44 52 44 50 40 39 50 55 40 40 40 60 65 50 73 74 70 66 76 102 114 85 43 13 4 0 0 1981
FRANCE   44 13 17 10 19 14 18 15 22 25 20 20 24 27 22 27 42 48 35 44 38 36 28 39 38 50 43 41 44 35 41 57 55 78 71 55 94 89 71 90 52 32 11 5 0 0 1702
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 4 7 6 5 7 17 16 16 24 33 43 57 57 77 84 111 177 181 224 119 39 11 0 1327
CANADA   28 5 8 13 15 11 13 9 15 13 12 11 10 8 12 12 13 6 10 12 12 13 5 11 11 18 14 18 15 17 20 25 25 30 44 55 35 53 48 48 42 38 22 9 1 0 861
BELGIUM   48 10 6 18 20 17 20 19 38 16 13 17 18 12 8 8 7 11 6 9 12 5 3 12 15 9 8 6 15 14 17 27 21 28 32 41 36 24 21 14 19 10 4 0 0 0 717
ITALY   16 1 6 8 6 6 9 7 8 15 6 13 10 13 14 13 18 11 9 10 4 13 9 21 18 25 9 17 14 15 17 23 24 17 19 17 24 24 22 20 11 9 9 2 1 0 580
SWITZERLAND   38 2 15 5 14 5 9 9 13 12 14 11 7 9 14 12 18 20 14 12 18 14 12 11 10 9 10 15 4 11 9 14 15 12 18 16 16 14 15 21 22 11 4 5 0 1 562
AUSTRIA   32 4 11 3 8 8 5 10 6 6 8 5 8 10 4 7 11 8 6 11 5 5 4 6 13 3 9 6 3 6 6 3 10 6 6 15 18 15 23 21 10 12 11 4 0 0 380
SWEDEN   13 3 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 6 6 7 5 4 3 2 2 3 4 5 3 6 2 5 6 1 1 3 6 4 11 14 11 11 30 29 28 35 21 24 29 12 7 1 0 0 378
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 6 4 9 10 11 11 23 22 25 30 38 48 39 40 18 10 2 1 0 355
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 0 1 3 3 3 2 2 7 3 10 17 25 40 79 37 37 26 19 7 4 0 325
ISRAEL   3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 0 3 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 13 14 13 17 26 20 22 31 22 15 13 9 1 0 0 265
AUSTRALIA   1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 7 2 1 9 3 3 2 5 3 6 16 2 16 12 21 18 26 11 4 5 0 202
DENMARK   14 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 2 3 4 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 6 2 6 6 7 10 15 10 7 2 1 1 0 132
NORWAY   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 4 11 10 4 2 3 10 11 2 7 7 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 113
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 10 11 13 19 23 11 6 2 0 105
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 1 0 0 3 3 5 3 2 5 4 10 17 10 13 5 3 0 0 91
U.S.S.R.   2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 5 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 7 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 39
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 1 2 0 2 4 2 1 9 3 2 2 6 2 1 0 0 35
INDIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 5 8 2 1 2 1 29
SPAIN   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 26
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 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 7 2 3 1 1 0 21
ARGENTINA   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
HUNGARY   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 12
MEXICO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
GREECE   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 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 11
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
POLAND   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8
INDONESIA   0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
EGYPT   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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
VENEZUELA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
LIECHTENSTEIN   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
ROMANIA   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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHILE   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PERU   0 0 0 0 1 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 2
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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
MONACO   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 2
ALGERIA   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
IRAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAKISTAN   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 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ECUADOR   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
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
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CUBA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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   2657 498 578 612 680 637 733 762 692 650 629 645 671 588 579 614 651 724 724 735 676 623 683 674 651 792 851 837 872 1045 1119 1355 1554 1639 1979 1896 1834 1850 1963 1706 1545 1252 777 327 90 8 43659
U.S. GOVERNMENT   97 33 25 29 23 26 25 23 24 27 19 21 25 25 11 16 11 11 15 14 9 11 8 7 3 7 12 10 10 8 10 7 3 6 6 9 5 4 10 8 8 4 4 3 1 0 674
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   405 74 74 62 75 56 81 94 99 93 93 95 77 105 88 124 118 104 67 93 82 69 78 84 114 113 125 108 96 108 111 156 139 127 152 138 119 123 109 118 105 66 34 21 3 1 4579
FOREIGN CORPORATION   485 140 192 195 199 269 282 371 444 428 434 478 486 481 548 602 690 749 814 893 857 914 1060 1239 1384 1638 1758 1835 1940 1882 2014 2462 2450 2775 3308 2808 2902 3280 3608 3429 3258 2828 1661 793 212 7 61484
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   4 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 4 3 1 6 4 6 7 5 3 9 8 3 7 4 9 6 5 4 0 3 4 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 124
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   148 14 21 23 29 39 57 59 45 36 53 33 37 38 38 53 46 42 29 36 32 27 23 31 39 37 34 33 36 37 36 54 60 60 71 53 71 79 71 64 45 33 31 6 3 0 1944

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