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


Asia 10 Countries
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 -

Asia 10 Countries
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.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

This report can be printed from an Internet browser - for such printing, optimal results are usually obtained by printing in landscape orientation with minimal margins and a small text font. Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7, works paticularly well for printing this report using its "Shrink to Fit" option in Print Preview mode.

Additionally, a user may import this report file into spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel to facilitate printing. Such spreadsheet software also may facilitate sorting and further manipulation of the data.


Asia 10 Countries
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 339 OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

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   13 29 38 37 46 63 90 112 195 196 212 246 243 232 231 256 221 322 299 247 266 383 420 443 506 469 608 598 629 649 702 845 726 814 808 1071 1099 1069 1219 1260 1289 1119 930 962 953 924 24092
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   13 29 38 37 46 63 90 112 195 196 212 246 243 232 231 256 221 322 299 247 266 383 420 443 506 469 608 598 629 649 702 845 726 814 808 1071 1099 1069 1219 1260 1289 1119 930 962 953 924 24092
JAPAN   11 24 34 34 42 59 88 111 184 189 205 237 228 221 223 243 204 299 266 216 248 359 384 395 444 388 486 456 452 471 494 578 495 491 512 657 686 634 704 741 739 573 505 561 535 535 16644
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 3 7 11 14 20 14 16 26 31 46 64 97 118 151 149 173 238 191 261 239 340 331 361 408 395 408 406 312 293 294 250 5681
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 4 3 0 4 4 3 3 4 7 8 8 11 8 8 13 18 14 20 34 31 33 43 31 54 60 60 65 58 53 61 48 782
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 1 7 6 10 10 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 9 8 12 8 9 6 12 15 15 25 21 23 33 45 45 38 32 18 26 31 528
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 3 8 7 8 9 17 14 14 16 18 29 185
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 5 4 4 0 6 5 4 5 9 5 9 7 9 87
INDIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 3 4 4 4 8 14 2 8 5 12 77
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 3 33
THAILAND   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 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 26
PHILIPPINES   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 25
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 21
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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   1 1 4 0 2 1 4 5 6 2 3 3 5 1 0 4 5 4 5 4 2 5 6 6 8 6 15 9 10 11 10 8 16 18 20 23 27 20 21 21 25 26 22 35 33 31 494
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 21
FOREIGN CORPORATION   3 9 17 17 27 25 52 77 151 141 161 196 196 170 186 207 168 261 227 194 219 326 342 362 408 365 465 431 429 463 496 593 495 517 544 698 755 695 796 870 838 700 621 684 681 694 16970
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 43
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   9 19 17 21 16 36 34 29 38 53 47 47 43 61 45 46 46 54 64 48 41 49 68 73 87 95 126 157 187 174 196 243 214 279 241 347 315 349 402 367 422 391 286 242 238 199 6564

Asia 10 Countries
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 339 OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

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   125 29 45 71 80 132 137 206 192 190 225 239 229 267 291 307 322 267 294 360 390 403 435 424 531 557 611 737 667 744 801 854 896 1001 1179 1089 1280 1421 1396 1372 1254 898 709 319 112 3 24092
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   125 29 45 71 80 132 137 206 192 190 225 239 229 267 291 307 322 267 294 360 390 403 435 424 531 557 611 737 667 744 801 854 896 1001 1179 1089 1280 1421 1396 1372 1254 898 709 319 112 3 24092
JAPAN   110 25 41 68 79 130 132 197 186 181 215 229 218 254 271 283 293 232 276 330 362 365 384 355 439 451 477 544 482 541 541 566 566 620 764 668 740 858 842 738 620 448 340 136 43 1 16644
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 6 5 12 16 19 13 19 17 29 34 54 73 83 106 162 158 170 226 222 265 316 329 342 422 445 407 434 481 329 279 136 57 2 5681
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 3 3 1 4 4 3 3 5 4 9 6 6 9 13 12 14 14 17 36 39 24 42 37 57 55 61 95 77 55 35 20 6 0 782
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   8 1 2 3 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 0 4 4 11 9 4 11 3 4 3 4 4 5 8 10 7 16 4 10 8 14 19 23 23 23 34 37 46 45 45 30 25 8 2 0 528
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 6 4 3 2 2 7 9 11 11 14 25 15 20 19 7 3 0 185
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6 2 5 2 6 6 3 11 14 7 3 2 3 0 0 87
INDIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 6 9 10 18 5 6 2 3 0 0 77
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 33
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 26
PHILIPPINES   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 25
INDONESIA   0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 21
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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   7 1 2 1 5 4 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 7 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 7 8 13 10 6 13 11 12 11 16 23 27 24 20 29 19 25 42 39 27 16 17 4 0 494
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 21
FOREIGN CORPORATION   51 19 18 44 40 92 112 145 157 148 179 178 186 207 227 250 243 214 247 300 326 330 354 330 402 434 452 533 476 540 545 597 588 658 815 735 844 971 950 896 793 613 471 188 73 1 16970
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   67 8 25 26 34 35 22 59 32 39 45 57 43 59 55 50 71 48 41 51 56 65 72 85 113 112 152 188 179 191 245 241 282 314 337 331 405 428 416 432 421 258 220 113 35 2 6564

Asia 10 Countries
Fractional Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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