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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)


Patenting Trends in the United States
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 -

Patenting Trends in the United States
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.


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Patenting Trends in the United States
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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   2368 2426 3522 3286 3233 3141 3167 2987 3667 3406 3996 4177 4095 3768 3437 3665 2613 3461 3529 3299 3420 4346 4435 4380 5210 4894 5657 5432 5772 5494 5178 4974 5056 5809 5458 6925 7505 8219 9356 9340 9088 8614 7993 8919 8337 7944 234998
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1849 1915 2664 2505 2429 2334 2226 2061 2476 2139 2572 2593 2477 2130 1948 2000 1368 1705 1787 1552 1535 1809 1836 1626 1848 1841 2254 2085 2301 2228 2207 2341 2416 2846 2432 2953 3175 3541 3826 3859 3752 3563 3287 3683 3401 3095 112470
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   519 511 858 781 804 807 941 926 1191 1267 1424 1584 1618 1638 1489 1665 1245 1756 1742 1747 1885 2537 2599 2754 3362 3053 3403 3347 3471 3266 2971 2633 2640 2963 3026 3972 4330 4678 5530 5481 5336 5051 4706 5236 4936 4849 122528
ALABAMA   1 5 5 9 4 9 10 11 10 10 10 18 8 5 8 13 5 7 4 11 9 5 10 10 14 15 15 19 18 14 14 11 12 16 7 17 14 11 20 23 15 10 12 13 6 17 510
ALASKA   2 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 0 3 2 3 4 1 8 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 0 3 80
ARIZONA   13 10 19 12 24 14 9 14 17 15 15 26 19 21 22 34 17 29 22 22 14 22 23 26 27 27 39 31 35 34 32 53 37 53 45 48 60 93 70 71 61 56 37 45 33 35 1481
ARKANSAS   2 0 7 5 5 2 1 4 4 2 1 5 4 5 8 4 5 1 3 3 0 2 6 3 5 5 10 7 6 8 5 4 7 6 9 8 14 19 9 12 2 8 1 12 6 9 254
CALIFORNIA   187 193 260 273 223 225 239 226 312 241 289 287 331 265 237 222 168 180 195 179 151 186 180 132 200 186 267 201 182 218 197 237 200 235 211 271 286 307 315 329 279 272 276 338 306 259 10953
COLORADO   8 14 21 13 13 20 20 21 19 11 15 22 22 15 17 21 13 15 14 19 15 15 22 20 19 19 30 20 31 33 31 36 35 35 29 31 28 50 52 37 50 43 41 44 35 35 1169
CONNECTICUT   35 36 77 47 64 53 49 61 51 39 62 54 52 68 44 40 20 30 46 34 33 58 48 56 32 33 54 47 51 38 40 34 62 40 33 44 57 57 51 54 46 43 43 43 45 32 2136
DELAWARE   5 5 3 4 4 3 6 2 5 7 4 7 4 6 3 8 3 2 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 0 1 4 2 4 6 1 4 5 2 5 5 0 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 2 159
FLORIDA   24 31 28 40 32 34 40 41 36 44 39 52 52 40 53 32 24 47 43 27 41 42 50 53 46 74 64 78 74 74 55 67 73 78 72 86 87 104 107 99 103 87 90 90 76 84 2713
GEORGIA   8 5 18 18 12 12 10 9 7 7 13 10 13 15 10 16 12 7 10 8 7 15 15 12 13 13 9 12 18 21 12 15 19 25 16 31 33 44 51 43 51 47 48 40 48 43 921
HAWAII   1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 4 1 2 5 4 7 3 5 2 1 4 4 6 0 2 1 1 7 4 2 4 3 5 106
IDAHO   4 3 4 4 5 4 2 5 6 5 7 8 9 4 5 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 6 1 7 7 9 1 5 4 7 4 4 6 7 6 11 20 11 5 10 10 14 10 7 10 272
ILLINOIS   156 180 256 230 250 262 232 167 189 196 241 256 229 226 215 276 148 169 149 150 122 141 150 95 144 109 138 128 161 123 137 124 132 184 187 177 206 233 262 256 230 204 197 235 220 197 8669
INDIANA   119 107 128 146 137 155 119 104 149 111 142 126 107 107 90 98 66 77 85 84 86 95 91 94 118 115 106 118 142 105 107 120 140 126 121 136 167 193 211 227 242 210 161 158 177 153 5976
IOWA   13 22 29 48 38 27 44 33 35 34 51 47 52 51 47 37 32 39 43 41 47 39 43 23 43 39 35 24 39 32 33 26 33 38 29 31 36 38 58 52 43 55 47 41 48 47 1782
KANSAS   16 12 20 26 20 16 16 18 16 21 32 21 33 24 26 23 15 17 9 11 13 18 17 14 11 7 14 14 10 9 8 19 12 24 14 19 17 20 13 31 17 25 20 21 11 13 803
KENTUCKY   17 13 18 16 19 13 16 10 17 16 16 14 15 11 18 13 11 14 15 9 12 11 13 13 5 5 7 9 8 11 12 10 12 14 11 12 15 16 17 18 20 10 16 18 16 11 613
LOUISIANA   4 6 9 6 11 3 7 6 8 4 7 8 17 6 4 6 3 5 8 7 11 5 10 8 13 14 9 14 9 16 12 15 14 16 11 13 13 20 17 17 26 11 9 5 2 11 456
MAINE   1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 6 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 8 4 4 3 4 5 2 3 2 2 7 5 5 2 7 2 7 6 6 4 2 4 5 2 6 149
MARYLAND   16 21 33 34 30 25 22 34 41 20 27 22 19 26 18 13 11 15 20 17 15 31 17 15 26 16 23 12 16 26 22 27 24 25 16 20 36 27 19 14 34 26 14 24 24 23 1036
MASSACHUSETTS   47 48 52 43 52 43 45 44 65 32 39 47 58 63 29 28 34 28 48 25 43 42 45 38 33 48 40 33 35 36 38 35 45 42 43 44 60 49 46 53 50 50 37 57 46 49 2007
MICHIGAN   399 358 492 504 509 448 432 422 488 436 475 492 456 381 312 296 301 328 347 280 282 357 369 336 364 396 499 462 539 541 574 601 626 854 661 802 942 985 1167 1166 1218 1219 1105 1260 1146 1084 27711
MINNESOTA   29 25 49 49 41 43 40 43 45 36 54 51 51 37 35 40 19 22 29 44 26 52 40 39 57 47 56 40 56 49 41 38 49 40 42 56 59 75 65 67 73 52 81 91 70 66 2209
MISSISSIPPI   5 5 7 3 6 5 9 1 8 4 6 7 7 8 4 6 3 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 5 1 5 6 9 8 8 5 9 8 4 9 10 6 8 8 10 10 6 10 3 269
MISSOURI   26 34 48 45 39 40 47 54 51 36 54 37 34 35 35 35 26 25 36 22 20 25 36 21 33 24 39 29 45 31 26 36 36 26 21 36 35 29 42 35 34 20 28 40 40 33 1579
MONTANA   2 7 1 1 5 4 2 2 1 4 8 4 5 1 2 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 4 3 3 6 2 6 5 6 3 4 5 4 7 2 1 4 4 3 6 4 161
NEBRASKA   5 7 8 5 11 9 9 10 14 10 15 4 7 8 11 13 2 6 9 2 6 7 9 8 11 8 9 7 8 5 4 10 9 9 6 15 9 14 14 12 11 10 7 13 7 7 400
NEVADA   1 1 4 1 3 0 2 5 1 6 5 5 8 5 3 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 1 5 4 3 6 7 7 8 6 6 5 10 8 11 9 6 13 9 10 19 16 10 12 7 276
NEW HAMPSHIRE   2 3 2 6 7 5 4 2 4 9 6 10 9 7 5 4 0 9 4 4 8 8 3 10 4 5 5 10 15 20 10 23 27 14 18 21 23 21 21 25 20 17 15 23 19 11 498
NEW JERSEY   52 58 96 84 73 60 49 42 59 62 52 50 58 56 37 57 21 39 34 22 37 35 30 28 34 34 35 27 25 27 42 24 33 44 34 40 53 54 64 55 52 51 33 41 53 34 2080
NEW MEXICO   2 3 1 3 4 5 7 3 3 8 4 1 12 6 2 6 3 3 5 4 5 0 4 5 8 3 4 8 11 8 7 4 7 8 9 13 8 11 12 8 14 5 7 10 6 5 275
NEW YORK   131 164 196 169 171 156 156 148 148 120 143 176 122 112 116 92 62 104 99 89 73 90 96 72 97 97 116 95 106 146 117 124 128 111 133 153 131 180 151 193 188 164 149 164 139 113 6000
NORTH CAROLINA   8 8 13 12 15 20 14 5 10 22 17 20 14 13 13 10 11 16 14 17 13 8 28 20 23 24 28 36 29 29 22 44 30 43 43 39 48 56 83 81 50 69 60 50 61 51 1340
NORTH DAKOTA   4 2 5 1 3 9 6 5 3 6 4 4 8 8 6 11 2 2 4 4 6 5 6 11 6 4 16 6 11 6 5 3 7 9 5 12 9 13 18 13 12 8 14 8 12 10 332
OHIO   183 162 247 202 187 207 182 153 224 181 229 235 199 153 147 164 97 117 134 104 103 133 139 115 138 131 141 145 176 148 140 138 129 138 160 164 153 186 196 245 233 203 175 169 159 153 7617
OKLAHOMA   19 24 26 30 21 23 21 23 24 26 28 25 26 18 22 24 12 15 17 22 16 17 22 16 19 19 26 17 25 19 13 14 15 18 22 19 13 23 18 15 22 15 15 22 12 20 918
OREGON   18 21 22 25 24 21 22 16 25 23 31 25 22 21 10 16 6 18 18 16 15 12 13 16 11 18 19 19 20 18 34 22 24 19 20 38 23 32 33 29 21 23 24 32 32 25 992
PENNSYLVANIA   88 122 164 120 111 115 114 92 111 109 129 98 114 76 95 88 59 65 60 61 63 76 66 64 42 55 71 64 63 53 72 76 65 85 51 72 104 114 110 86 74 90 78 98 92 76 3951
RHODE ISLAND   6 2 5 6 2 6 6 5 6 3 3 1 2 3 2 6 0 1 1 5 3 0 4 2 5 1 6 3 7 9 11 8 12 18 6 9 9 6 9 9 5 1 5 3 6 0 228
SOUTH CAROLINA   5 3 5 8 4 6 1 2 5 5 7 1 3 7 10 6 2 7 10 7 2 5 7 7 11 11 18 16 13 15 15 16 22 24 18 33 23 19 24 33 27 23 32 29 17 23 587
SOUTH DAKOTA   4 5 3 3 5 6 2 2 5 0 3 7 5 3 3 4 1 2 4 5 3 1 3 4 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 5 6 2 2 8 7 8 7 5 5 3 6 3 3 1 173
TENNESSEE   10 8 20 13 19 14 12 8 10 9 17 11 20 11 12 15 10 21 18 11 18 17 9 18 16 19 14 20 21 21 22 23 24 36 26 35 28 44 38 39 52 33 25 37 26 36 966
TEXAS   41 51 59 53 47 51 59 52 56 58 79 70 81 81 66 66 32 65 56 63 59 75 53 62 60 70 79 87 80 67 75 86 67 97 67 98 92 79 111 97 94 91 82 116 127 81 3338
UTAH   9 15 15 9 6 10 8 7 8 11 17 19 9 11 13 5 11 8 16 12 7 9 12 6 7 3 10 15 13 18 25 29 67 79 68 67 38 31 22 23 29 36 46 41 38 40 998
VERMONT   2 2 3 0 2 5 2 0 5 2 3 3 4 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 3 2 3 5 6 2 0 3 6 7 1 5 6 9 6 8 3 132
VIRGINIA   13 14 22 19 19 20 18 17 14 16 26 35 24 18 23 28 11 19 16 16 13 12 20 15 10 12 26 33 29 36 21 29 33 38 25 36 36 52 40 65 44 41 39 33 28 26 1180
WASHINGTON   16 19 31 25 27 19 26 24 24 36 26 34 34 26 29 28 18 27 22 23 32 25 22 33 35 36 47 33 45 31 36 30 23 40 34 35 45 41 43 41 44 44 30 39 35 40 1453
WEST VIRGINIA   3 1 4 5 5 4 4 2 5 1 5 3 5 2 3 5 7 4 6 5 8 6 5 2 6 4 3 2 6 4 5 3 4 1 2 4 6 3 10 8 5 1 2 5 2 1 187
WISCONSIN   83 73 119 118 109 93 79 97 118 71 105 118 77 58 72 66 51 73 80 50 74 78 78 73 70 66 82 106 80 80 87 79 77 79 66 103 103 119 147 124 101 119 114 117 112 93 4137
WYOMING   1 1 3 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 1 3 8 0 0 3 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 3 5 2 5 4 3 3 1 4 1 102
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   2 3 2 5 5 3 3 0 5 4 2 3 0 2 1 6 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 4 3 3 86
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 42
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
JAPAN   12 11 41 50 39 62 104 117 211 307 326 371 425 442 542 659 507 675 697 777 881 1284 1339 1441 1784 1672 1852 1922 1978 1875 1564 1401 1293 1417 1488 1884 2094 2157 2461 2514 2423 2410 2272 2604 2498 2429 55312
GERMANY   179 150 272 255 213 216 286 330 387 366 404 485 482 471 377 457 334 479 470 454 502 620 595 606 769 689 756 650 710 696 730 612 645 743 710 1001 1111 1312 1648 1544 1517 1357 1217 1229 1090 1129 31255
FRANCE   59 91 129 114 162 125 140 115 143 138 176 193 184 195 120 119 91 133 134 110 123 142 159 172 194 160 180 152 153 161 153 119 123 137 128 175 181 204 237 218 215 208 158 206 190 177 7096
UNITED KINGDOM   116 132 201 172 178 193 189 177 192 200 225 215 240 199 155 170 95 173 146 122 136 159 152 146 162 131 153 141 127 94 106 91 121 116 116 132 122 162 202 183 142 138 134 130 124 95 7005
CANADA   28 34 62 45 45 55 51 39 69 63 73 83 69 65 65 42 37 52 56 54 48 69 61 64 101 59 83 92 114 89 105 84 89 113 103 118 148 143 191 147 171 171 166 182 175 144 4117
SWEDEN   26 24 29 22 37 31 41 33 38 39 63 57 51 75 66 48 30 51 47 47 39 44 59 66 74 59 52 55 54 58 57 43 53 52 53 88 78 111 110 112 115 104 90 90 106 114 2791
ITALY   28 20 35 25 18 16 30 15 31 51 52 43 28 33 41 32 31 42 58 40 26 55 55 75 67 76 82 76 66 83 45 48 44 35 49 70 72 89 95 91 99 88 73 108 86 84 2506
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 5 5 4 6 6 4 10 11 19 26 32 38 56 57 49 62 82 93 85 106 123 141 157 208 180 167 127 175 162 168 2368
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 4 8 7 7 14 20 18 30 37 38 69 121 175 189 109 117 174 160 145 192 224 241 206 2315
SWITZERLAND   24 19 36 33 25 32 27 25 36 25 26 23 30 39 25 33 29 43 40 31 21 34 32 43 25 35 42 23 28 15 18 21 12 17 15 18 19 26 28 26 40 16 18 16 22 19 1230
AUSTRALIA   1 2 5 5 10 7 5 8 10 10 8 17 14 20 12 16 13 13 17 15 15 14 23 16 23 27 28 33 32 27 23 15 31 41 35 43 33 38 37 50 39 41 43 41 26 34 1016
AUSTRIA   7 3 4 6 8 12 10 9 5 7 9 13 22 20 8 12 10 22 19 20 19 19 21 24 31 23 34 29 27 19 12 18 22 24 19 15 30 30 43 36 51 47 44 49 36 39 987
NETHERLANDS   8 11 11 11 17 19 14 12 13 12 9 19 11 22 14 9 11 18 12 12 15 26 23 19 23 25 25 25 27 14 16 19 15 20 19 25 23 25 44 46 31 30 33 29 24 26 912
SPAIN   1 0 7 2 6 2 4 4 5 1 3 4 6 9 9 6 3 5 3 3 0 11 8 12 18 15 9 12 7 6 11 4 7 12 5 17 8 12 14 5 13 11 17 17 29 24 387
BELGIUM   4 1 2 4 3 3 4 6 8 3 6 14 8 9 2 7 4 6 7 3 6 2 5 1 3 5 4 9 6 7 1 5 8 5 9 17 17 23 13 12 19 9 21 21 14 20 366
FINLAND   1 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 2 8 1 1 3 4 6 1 3 1 5 8 6 8 4 9 5 9 7 10 9 7 10 10 7 8 11 6 15 16 15 19 13 11 14 5 5 293
ISRAEL   0 0 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 4 7 5 3 4 6 6 1 1 5 1 8 10 6 5 6 11 6 10 6 4 7 10 11 9 9 15 8 12 16 15 7 9 10 13 13 290
DENMARK   2 0 4 1 2 1 7 1 5 4 5 2 5 2 1 8 3 1 1 3 3 3 7 4 9 5 6 6 5 7 8 4 4 7 7 9 7 12 16 14 13 8 9 7 6 5 249
NORWAY   2 1 0 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 4 3 0 2 6 4 5 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 3 2 5 3 2 4 3 5 7 7 10 6 6 15 6 10 3 4 169
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 4 5 2 3 4 3 4 2 1 4 8 8 6 4 8 17 9 17 34 157
U.S.S.R.   2 0 3 9 5 2 5 7 9 7 2 9 8 8 7 5 12 10 7 2 3 4 6 2 0 1 3 6 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
SOUTH AFRICA   2 4 1 4 5 3 5 2 1 2 5 3 0 0 3 2 3 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 8 2 8 2 3 3 3 7 3 7 3 5 3 2 3 3 5 3 2 3 1 3 149
BRAZIL   2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 2 3 3 6 4 4 7 10 5 7 4 2 9 2 3 115
HUNGARY   1 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 6 3 1 1 4 7 4 5 4 5 6 4 7 10 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 1 4 1 2 113
MEXICO   1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 10 5 2 3 3 2 6 7 101
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 5 5 3 4 1 2 10 5 7 5 6 5 8 8 100
NEW ZEALAND   2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 3 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 3 3 8 2 5 5 3 6 4 100
IRELAND   0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 10 3 2 5 4 4 2 2 84
ARGENTINA   2 2 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 5 7 2 2 0 2 2 3 73
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 1 0 3 5 2 5 1 1 5 7 2 1 4 1 2 2 2 0 2 5 1 5 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 5 54
INDIA   2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 5 9 7 52
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 4 3 3 6 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 4 39
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 3 4 1 5 5 2 3 1 2 2 38
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 35
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 7 5 29
GREECE   0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 27
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 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 7 24
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 0 2 24
VENEZUELA   1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 24
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 21
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 20
TURKEY   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 1 2 4 4 17
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
CHILE   0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 14
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 1 2 0 2 14
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 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 12
THAILAND   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 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 11
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 2 1 1 0 0 10
PERU   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ICELAND   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 7
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 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
URUGUAY   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
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 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
MONACO   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 5
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
CYPRUS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
IRAN   0 0 0 1 1 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 3
MOROCCO   0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
EL SALVADOR   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALBANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ALGERIA   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 0 1
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BARBADOS   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
CAMEROON   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 0 1
CAYMAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
COTE D'IVOIRE   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
CUBA   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
DOMINICAN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ECUADOR   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
ETHIOPIA   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 0 1
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
HAITI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
KENYA   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
LEBANON   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
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MARTINIQUE   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
MYANMAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
SAINT LUCIA   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
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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TURKS AND CAICOS 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 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 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
ZAMBIA   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 0 1
ZIMBABWE   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

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   1272 1257 1775 1693 1651 1645 1510 1394 1722 1474 1793 1807 1732 1508 1307 1304 911 1134 1217 1056 1125 1293 1318 1108 1277 1254 1503 1429 1620 1565 1612 1672 1752 2139 1864 2186 2488 2762 3152 3161 3133 2968 2740 3052 2935 2628 82898
U.S. GOVERNMENT   8 16 40 21 20 17 22 35 34 13 27 26 23 24 25 33 12 10 22 18 24 14 16 12 12 10 18 10 8 17 10 18 14 20 13 17 24 18 14 14 14 11 12 17 8 17 828
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   596 674 906 848 811 728 767 674 779 715 809 847 795 667 657 696 471 606 605 545 459 578 584 554 634 620 766 686 717 688 647 685 686 755 622 847 800 905 841 802 742 692 650 713 597 524 31990
FOREIGN CORPORATION   354 330 566 514 517 568 679 712 901 960 1157 1242 1291 1318 1215 1393 1046 1459 1447 1469 1591 2220 2306 2473 3021 2776 3111 2993 3127 2971 2672 2359 2348 2630 2702 3566 3875 4198 4989 5030 4871 4669 4337 4855 4565 4537 107930
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   3 11 14 16 30 8 11 4 3 4 5 4 6 4 4 6 6 18 18 12 14 21 15 22 7 6 9 11 6 2 9 5 5 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 333
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   135 138 221 194 204 175 178 168 228 240 205 251 248 247 229 233 167 234 220 199 207 220 196 211 259 228 250 303 294 251 228 235 251 260 253 306 317 336 360 333 327 274 254 282 232 238 11019

Patenting Trends in the United States
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 3361-3363. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS

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   11823 872 2560 2908 3021 3261 3333 3403 3583 3588 3751 3796 3687 3780 3723 3685 3757 3910 3767 3853 3467 3914 4285 4509 4868 5198 5539 5796 5501 5303 5425 5710 6538 7110 8015 8010 8500 9446 10197 10744 10468 9099 6997 3290 984 24 234998
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   9101 613 1899 2140 2158 2212 2179 2197 2298 2246 2231 2197 2163 2033 2003 1864 1844 1843 1638 1563 1457 1436 1551 1597 1928 2002 2181 2345 2300 2390 2604 2762 3096 3033 3325 3368 3509 4008 4051 4299 4152 3822 3004 1379 435 14 112470
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   2722 259 661 768 863 1049 1154 1206 1285 1342 1520 1599 1524 1747 1720 1821 1913 2067 2129 2290 2010 2478 2734 2912 2940 3196 3358 3451 3201 2913 2821 2948 3442 4077 4690 4642 4991 5438 6146 6445 6316 5277 3993 1911 549 10 122528
ALABAMA   20 2 2 6 11 11 6 15 11 13 12 4 6 11 11 6 10 9 6 6 5 10 15 11 14 18 15 19 20 6 10 20 11 13 20 11 14 24 14 19 9 13 14 6 1 0 510
ALASKA   6 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 5 6 3 1 3 3 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 80
ARIZONA   55 2 17 18 11 12 16 13 13 23 17 23 24 28 31 27 21 23 20 16 20 22 23 23 34 33 34 43 30 39 51 38 63 64 68 71 69 77 68 55 57 39 35 12 3 0 1481
ARKANSAS   14 0 5 2 0 3 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 4 8 3 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 7 3 11 7 7 7 5 8 7 10 10 11 19 8 10 4 11 8 9 4 4 1 0 254
CALIFORNIA   925 58 188 223 236 237 268 254 251 265 259 285 291 213 209 219 182 226 165 143 143 141 152 163 213 207 214 207 217 214 248 229 263 272 297 283 297 323 322 334 347 357 258 111 44 0 10953
COLORADO   56 3 10 23 22 19 14 13 9 21 19 16 21 20 22 17 11 24 18 15 10 20 15 16 26 22 23 38 29 40 37 30 39 35 38 49 35 43 51 47 48 47 38 16 3 1 1169
CONNECTICUT   199 15 53 55 43 56 43 52 40 58 42 56 65 53 17 37 47 43 33 58 44 33 36 30 39 50 42 51 31 50 61 48 41 42 52 57 56 56 51 42 68 46 28 13 4 0 2136
DELAWARE   17 0 5 1 8 2 2 7 3 10 2 2 10 4 5 3 3 3 2 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 3 4 2 6 3 3 5 4 2 5 1 4 3 4 3 4 1 2 0 0 159
FLORIDA   129 5 28 29 36 38 41 35 46 36 51 42 50 36 36 51 46 30 42 35 47 54 39 56 67 58 74 76 66 63 83 97 87 74 87 96 90 101 114 103 117 81 85 42 14 0 2713
GEORGIA   50 2 9 14 6 12 6 6 15 5 13 15 11 14 14 14 10 10 5 14 14 11 10 9 9 12 12 24 16 12 21 19 33 25 42 34 40 51 61 60 52 41 43 14 11 0 921
HAWAII   5 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 3 1 1 3 3 5 6 5 2 4 2 3 4 5 3 2 0 5 4 3 3 6 2 3 0 0 106
IDAHO   15 1 4 3 5 4 3 5 9 1 11 7 5 2 1 3 5 3 2 3 3 3 5 5 4 6 6 3 7 4 6 4 8 7 13 10 17 7 10 14 12 12 11 1 2 0 272
ILLINOIS   832 62 189 229 228 204 174 183 218 238 190 212 240 245 266 170 157 190 118 131 103 109 113 103 113 119 142 153 126 123 153 178 214 221 201 218 235 278 239 283 209 226 192 111 30 1 8669
INDIANA   515 31 134 117 100 121 129 119 114 115 100 129 93 98 102 70 97 98 104 72 81 74 84 108 101 102 137 121 113 113 135 155 148 156 143 189 181 243 243 266 199 194 173 48 10 1 5976
IOWA   112 13 26 29 37 39 35 29 38 42 42 49 56 46 39 46 51 50 46 36 35 22 22 36 39 26 26 41 30 39 25 44 36 36 33 38 52 55 47 61 54 38 60 20 5 1 1782
KANSAS   74 3 17 17 18 15 20 13 32 22 28 29 19 25 23 15 16 13 11 15 19 3 13 9 9 15 12 12 7 16 16 21 20 16 16 25 9 23 18 26 31 28 11 3 0 0 803
KENTUCKY   67 2 11 14 15 12 16 20 8 14 13 12 15 19 14 16 10 9 18 8 13 9 8 5 4 10 10 5 12 10 16 12 16 14 13 15 17 25 11 19 18 9 16 10 3 0 613
LOUISIANA   26 1 8 6 5 7 8 5 6 8 8 12 4 8 4 6 10 5 7 10 8 6 12 14 12 6 12 10 20 10 14 17 18 9 12 17 16 21 26 19 9 5 4 4 1 0 456
MAINE   5 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 8 1 4 5 5 3 1 3 6 2 2 4 0 5 7 6 2 10 6 2 5 6 5 2 6 4 3 2 1 0 149
MARYLAND   104 11 28 22 18 39 30 26 22 20 20 25 19 12 15 20 19 18 23 20 14 13 23 22 13 18 15 23 21 25 23 32 17 26 36 17 25 22 34 26 24 25 17 10 4 0 1036
MASSACHUSETTS   194 13 37 51 40 48 44 44 34 44 51 50 42 42 37 32 45 30 45 36 46 29 28 39 47 31 20 49 35 36 48 36 61 45 51 63 40 47 53 66 64 44 44 22 4 0 2007
MICHIGAN   1793 132 368 406 456 437 416 441 443 432 425 399 339 332 381 362 364 330 313 305 274 276 341 327 406 489 475 531 575 671 673 732 851 820 982 950 1065 1282 1275 1425 1400 1300 1049 492 171 5 27711
MINNESOTA   152 6 31 47 38 47 40 42 43 44 45 37 45 36 35 24 33 44 31 42 37 38 51 27 63 44 43 56 44 44 44 55 50 49 67 62 73 74 71 87 95 90 50 23 10 0 2209
MISSISSIPPI   20 1 2 7 9 3 6 5 6 6 6 8 6 5 5 1 7 0 5 4 2 5 2 2 4 2 6 9 8 10 6 6 7 8 7 8 6 10 13 5 14 11 4 1 1 0 269
MISSOURI   159 13 24 41 31 62 48 43 36 40 32 30 32 49 31 29 37 29 28 24 20 23 25 19 31 33 34 41 29 36 40 22 31 41 35 31 30 48 27 30 34 42 43 16 0 0 1579
MONTANA   11 1 4 5 1 1 2 4 7 1 7 2 3 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 7 1 10 6 4 5 6 2 4 5 1 3 5 4 4 4 1 0 161
NEBRASKA   26 4 7 7 11 7 15 17 5 5 6 7 13 12 6 8 8 5 6 6 4 8 9 7 8 8 10 5 6 7 9 12 7 8 15 11 17 13 14 4 9 16 10 2 0 0 400
NEVADA   7 1 1 1 1 6 2 5 6 6 3 7 7 5 6 5 1 4 3 2 1 5 2 5 2 7 7 6 9 7 3 10 6 13 12 8 9 12 11 13 21 14 11 3 0 0 276
NEW HAMPSHIRE   13 1 5 6 4 2 4 7 7 5 15 6 4 4 3 5 9 4 6 7 4 4 7 6 5 4 10 18 19 18 23 24 25 16 20 23 30 21 19 17 23 24 17 4 0 0 498
NEW JERSEY   299 22 48 52 53 46 48 69 51 37 59 43 46 47 45 40 38 35 25 36 24 32 21 31 36 22 26 26 35 34 34 45 51 35 59 52 46 59 67 51 50 45 44 12 4 0 2080
NEW MEXICO   9 2 4 5 4 6 3 3 7 1 8 7 4 2 7 5 4 3 6 2 2 3 8 5 2 6 5 9 15 5 8 6 7 13 8 12 14 5 14 11 7 8 7 3 0 0 275
NEW YORK   678 51 127 137 145 163 124 119 156 125 129 112 132 93 106 100 87 103 88 88 77 72 67 80 104 97 101 117 138 127 130 130 150 144 135 166 179 154 202 189 208 182 114 58 16 0 6000
NORTH CAROLINA   43 0 16 16 15 7 11 13 20 19 9 14 19 8 15 19 16 17 9 11 20 18 17 30 24 20 38 30 28 29 43 45 55 39 42 68 71 69 78 72 63 71 52 16 5 0 1340
NORTH DAKOTA   12 0 6 7 6 4 2 8 2 3 7 7 9 8 5 3 6 3 8 5 4 6 5 6 12 6 9 12 5 5 7 9 9 11 9 17 14 19 8 11 9 9 13 6 0 0 332
OHIO   801 57 155 180 173 162 199 188 201 195 196 156 164 171 145 142 131 134 104 108 114 106 114 114 123 131 173 157 148 158 146 133 167 193 183 186 173 208 277 255 233 166 116 64 17 0 7617
OKLAHOMA   101 8 13 25 17 23 29 26 27 21 20 20 18 20 26 13 23 25 16 15 11 15 15 18 20 22 19 27 16 14 20 10 27 19 17 21 18 17 14 23 14 24 18 12 1 0 918
OREGON   87 6 18 20 21 22 21 27 26 15 21 20 15 18 10 20 18 20 12 13 9 14 15 12 17 16 18 16 39 21 23 27 29 43 16 30 25 34 19 35 29 34 22 13 6 0 992
PENNSYLVANIA   501 37 92 90 107 105 107 94 117 87 99 95 84 97 81 83 63 72 63 61 53 54 49 44 62 60 65 57 84 62 75 95 61 80 102 103 108 89 81 105 105 106 73 27 15 1 3951
RHODE ISLAND   19 1 5 2 9 6 2 3 3 0 2 4 0 3 7 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 5 11 11 10 19 11 8 9 8 6 5 11 4 3 6 4 3 1 0 0 228
SOUTH CAROLINA   21 0 5 3 4 3 3 3 8 1 2 6 7 10 5 7 7 9 3 6 7 6 8 11 8 18 18 13 16 13 25 19 29 32 31 17 23 20 38 28 37 30 13 11 3 0 587
SOUTH DAKOTA   15 0 2 7 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 1 4 6 4 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 5 3 1 4 7 3 6 5 9 9 4 5 7 6 5 2 2 0 1 0 173
TENNESSEE   53 5 10 15 11 9 9 7 11 15 19 16 10 9 18 20 20 18 15 16 5 13 17 11 18 17 20 23 26 19 22 34 44 28 41 39 35 35 47 52 34 36 22 19 3 0 966
TEXAS   206 10 39 55 50 50 59 60 71 63 67 85 70 71 58 63 62 57 63 63 55 44 55 56 78 78 80 85 76 73 82 91 96 80 105 83 87 109 99 113 116 122 100 40 12 1 3338
UTAH   49 3 4 8 7 11 10 6 19 10 10 8 17 7 11 13 15 12 8 8 9 6 10 3 4 9 18 19 19 29 35 72 90 84 57 33 21 20 34 55 52 38 29 13 2 1 998
VERMONT   7 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 3 2 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 5 7 4 3 0 5 5 3 2 3 11 10 6 7 1 0 0 132
VIRGINIA   72 0 19 21 15 14 11 22 23 24 30 21 19 22 26 23 11 12 15 16 18 12 10 11 19 22 31 38 22 30 33 39 32 37 38 45 50 67 54 31 44 48 19 12 1 1 1180
WASHINGTON   91 2 25 26 21 22 25 37 25 24 31 29 29 34 24 24 34 28 24 28 21 25 26 38 33 36 44 37 29 34 25 34 53 36 44 39 41 35 63 46 53 32 27 11 7 1 1453
WEST VIRGINIA   13 0 3 6 3 4 2 5 3 1 4 4 1 6 6 4 7 8 10 4 3 2 6 5 2 2 2 4 5 6 3 3 5 2 6 6 8 5 5 3 2 5 1 1 1 0 187
WISCONSIN   401 23 81 77 95 95 104 81 89 112 72 62 80 69 67 78 72 67 91 59 59 61 58 51 79 80 96 87 93 91 81 79 87 91 114 105 135 150 115 148 123 120 88 55 16 0 4137
WYOMING   7 0 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 5 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 5 5 1 3 8 1 6 1 2 0 1 0 102
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   12 1 3 4 1 2 4 5 2 1 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 86
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PUERTO RICO   2 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 42
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
JAPAN   117 16 38 59 95 137 231 290 299 308 364 474 502 672 677 654 797 944 1021 1191 1026 1318 1504 1570 1568 1806 1935 1976 1720 1544 1441 1400 1668 1964 2319 2199 2099 2399 2816 2830 2904 2883 2157 1056 322 2 55312
GERMANY   874 67 173 224 259 371 351 381 365 402 459 449 407 453 484 507 507 543 561 550 446 537 598 660 664 637 666 770 720 700 650 751 857 985 1193 1276 1557 1569 1734 1830 1626 1119 835 385 103 0 31255
FRANCE   398 51 124 120 130 135 134 129 159 153 183 176 160 133 110 159 130 136 127 126 142 148 147 159 142 183 158 139 172 139 156 129 129 203 187 187 228 240 226 290 280 182 104 44 9 0 7096
UNITED KINGDOM   634 58 145 182 165 190 207 172 205 181 231 201 177 157 161 181 152 141 164 124 119 124 133 132 143 137 112 120 121 92 115 133 120 134 127 171 196 194 178 201 174 103 52 38 8 0 7005
CANADA   171 12 43 49 44 47 67 55 61 65 74 62 64 59 50 59 59 61 51 55 47 60 65 78 84 67 97 107 110 96 99 107 113 124 143 160 154 188 185 212 211 183 142 64 13 0 4117
SWEDEN   105 10 28 33 33 43 31 40 58 45 59 66 52 72 38 59 53 49 38 40 43 72 52 60 46 52 57 60 51 54 54 60 63 72 90 100 109 118 126 157 142 71 77 42 11 0 2791
ITALY   108 4 20 12 27 22 27 44 39 56 25 33 32 38 41 40 71 41 30 50 48 64 61 61 72 80 72 68 66 54 48 42 49 69 90 79 85 95 123 102 120 77 76 31 14 0 2506
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 9 1 9 2 10 6 13 7 16 29 35 44 47 61 55 70 86 110 103 121 123 164 167 207 180 197 178 173 107 26 4 2368
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 2 3 5 6 10 10 16 15 27 38 36 59 124 194 192 102 103 167 156 227 284 248 198 62 19 2 2315
SWITZERLAND   115 12 21 24 29 25 30 23 21 28 24 34 29 43 40 42 40 38 22 28 26 26 27 33 35 37 22 20 18 21 11 17 19 17 25 21 28 29 37 29 33 11 14 6 0 0 1230
AUSTRALIA   15 1 10 5 6 8 8 9 9 15 12 20 15 20 10 21 13 19 15 13 15 15 27 19 28 27 31 30 23 20 32 34 45 50 33 36 45 38 66 66 48 32 8 2 2 0 1016
AUSTRIA   20 3 9 7 12 8 7 6 9 11 18 15 11 18 16 19 23 18 19 14 17 23 24 28 27 26 26 22 21 20 17 25 19 22 19 42 40 41 51 77 60 39 27 5 4 2 987
NETHERLANDS   41 6 11 18 16 15 11 11 10 13 16 17 14 11 19 10 19 9 23 19 14 21 24 17 27 22 29 14 19 19 18 20 24 20 29 25 35 47 45 59 37 17 11 10 0 0 912
SPAIN   10 1 4 3 6 4 4 0 6 4 3 6 8 8 5 6 4 2 3 9 8 15 7 15 11 11 10 5 7 9 7 12 8 13 11 6 19 9 19 19 25 24 12 5 4 0 387
BELGIUM   11 1 3 4 6 4 4 5 5 12 10 5 7 5 8 6 6 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 1 6 7 3 10 2 7 6 5 18 25 19 16 11 22 17 34 10 10 8 1 0 366
FINLAND   2 3 2 2 1 0 0 3 5 3 2 2 5 3 4 3 2 7 5 6 6 0 12 7 9 3 10 10 7 11 8 9 15 9 8 14 13 18 18 20 18 4 3 1 0 0 293
ISRAEL   1 0 4 2 3 1 0 1 3 6 5 3 4 5 8 1 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 8 9 7 9 6 6 7 11 11 8 14 13 9 9 17 12 14 11 11 13 4 0 0 290
DENMARK   7 1 1 1 5 5 2 5 3 5 3 2 2 6 4 2 2 3 2 6 5 3 5 7 5 7 4 5 13 6 2 4 10 8 7 16 14 16 14 10 10 5 6 0 0 0 249
NORWAY   6 1 2 0 0 4 3 4 1 4 2 1 3 1 7 5 2 3 3 3 2 0 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 4 4 2 4 6 6 7 11 5 8 23 8 5 0 0 0 0 169
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 1 4 2 4 2 7 2 2 2 5 7 7 5 8 11 22 13 17 14 6 0 157
U.S.S.R.   14 2 4 1 6 10 7 4 4 7 8 5 10 7 11 12 5 2 7 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 8 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
SOUTH AFRICA   13 1 3 6 0 3 2 1 5 2 1 0 2 4 3 0 5 5 2 7 1 1 6 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 0 6 3 4 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 149
BRAZIL   3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 2 3 2 5 5 4 5 4 6 9 11 7 4 5 2 0 0 0 115
HUNGARY   5 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 7 1 3 4 7 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 13 8 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 113
MEXICO   5 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 4 3 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 5 3 1 4 7 8 5 2 7 2 4 3 1 0 101
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 5 6 3 1 4 6 6 9 8 2 7 10 3 1 0 100
NEW ZEALAND   6 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 3 3 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 5 2 2 5 7 5 5 2 4 4 0 0 100
IRELAND   4 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 2 5 2 6 4 4 8 3 1 2 1 0 0 84
ARGENTINA   7 1 2 5 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 2 4 3 4 5 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 73
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   4 1 4 4 3 2 0 6 3 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
POLAND   0 0 1 0 0 1 6 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 54
INDIA   5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 5 6 4 5 7 2 0 0 52
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 5 3 4 4 4 1 3 2 5 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 39
SINGAPORE   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 1 3 2 1 2 4 4 2 7 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 38
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 3 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 35
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 7 3 2 1 0 29
GREECE   1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27
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 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 6 2 1 0 0 24
LIECHTENSTEIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 24
VENEZUELA   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 22
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 21
PHILIPPINES   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
TURKEY   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 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 2 0 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 17
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 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 15
CHILE   2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14
KUWAIT   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 2 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 14
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 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 12
THAILAND   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 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
PERU   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
BOLIVIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ICELAND   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 7
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 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
INDONESIA   0 0 2 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
URUGUAY   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
MONACO   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 1 0 0 5
COSTA RICA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SERBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4
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 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
BERMUDA   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 2 0 0 0 3
CYPRUS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
IRAN   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MOROCCO   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
EL SALVADOR   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ALBANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ALGERIA   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
ANGUILLA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BAHRAIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BARBADOS   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
CAMEROON   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 0 1
CAYMAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
COTE D'IVOIRE   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 0 1
CUBA   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
DOMINICAN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ECUADOR   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
ETHIOPIA   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
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
HAITI   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   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
JORDAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   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
LEBANON   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
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
MARTINIQUE   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
MYANMAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
NICARAGUA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SAINT LUCIA   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
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 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TURKS AND CAICOS 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
UGANDA   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
ZAMBIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZIMBABWE   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

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   6122 450 1274 1459 1460 1526 1512 1498 1569 1624 1522 1527 1523 1359 1310 1255 1235 1298 1205 1131 1008 1003 1055 1091 1300 1374 1506 1624 1648 1748 1895 1984 2341 2301 2606 2658 2878 3339 3384 3626 3479 3173 2495 1151 362 10 82898
U.S. GOVERNMENT   87 6 15 17 25 26 26 25 19 21 25 20 32 34 19 10 19 19 26 19 9 15 10 7 11 15 9 10 12 19 17 12 26 22 19 17 9 19 12 18 24 8 15 3 0 0 828
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3065 167 662 716 735 710 691 735 752 676 766 707 667 685 709 645 652 605 493 474 491 482 527 555 660 639 695 756 693 682 738 807 810 804 852 822 780 812 801 823 800 723 594 262 67 3 31990
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1802 163 434 536 636 788 894 940 1022 1040 1226 1279 1226 1450 1449 1508 1602 1743 1808 2039 1774 2221 2476 2631 2642 2917 3025 3127 2898 2625 2508 2626 3071 3668 4215 4203 4478 4939 5660 5904 5789 4937 3712 1763 528 8 107930
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   47 13 14 10 9 5 2 2 9 2 5 4 4 8 8 18 16 19 13 15 18 14 10 7 7 9 7 6 5 4 8 4 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 333
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   700 73 161 170 156 206 208 203 212 225 207 259 235 244 228 249 233 226 222 175 167 179 207 218 248 244 297 273 245 225 259 277 286 310 322 310 355 337 340 372 376 258 181 111 27 3 11019

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