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Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 311. FOOD

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   12205 465 476 529 422 496 708 718 696 566 530 444 253 297 242 185 19233
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   8675 304 312 343 271 297 423 451 419 330 314 239 150 174 140 105 12946
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   3530 161 164 186 152 200 284 267 277 236 217 205 103 123 101 81 6287
JAPAN   1044 56 41 52 41 47 77 80 59 55 46 59 27 39 24 20 1764
GERMANY   468 18 16 26 10 24 30 19 43 27 13 23 14 11 6 6 752
UNITED KINGDOM   390 15 22 14 18 17 22 16 18 20 25 14 8 7 9 6 617
NETHERLANDS   232 15 22 13 13 22 27 29 20 27 16 17 8 10 12 10 489
FRANCE   264 11 10 10 16 19 23 15 14 17 22 14 11 6 5 7 462
SWITZERLAND   223 6 11 11 12 9 25 22 24 10 15 9 5 3 3 2 387
CANADA   240 6 13 6 8 9 14 13 13 9 19 13 6 7 4 4 381
SWEDEN   113 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 4 6 3 0 1 1 0 182
ITALY   94 5 6 6 2 7 8 7 14 5 8 5 3 1 5 6 181
DENMARK   60 1 3 7 10 4 9 13 5 12 9 4 7 9 9 3 161
AUSTRALIA   74 6 6 5 2 5 4 7 6 8 3 4 0 2 3 1 131
BELGIUM   42 2 0 6 4 3 6 7 5 5 4 4 1 4 4 3 96
FINLAND   29 2 0 6 1 3 8 4 5 5 6 7 2 2 0 1 79
ISRAEL   22 1 1 4 2 2 3 10 4 5 0 4 1 2 2 1 61
SPAIN   24 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 7 3 5 2 0 4 1 2 61
KOREA, SOUTH   9 1 3 3 1 6 3 4 6 5 4 2 3 6 3 4 58
AUSTRIA   29 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 44
NORWAY   17 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 4 3 2 1 3 0 0 40
MEXICO   21 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 38
NEW ZEALAND   14 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 33
TAIWAN   4 1 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 4 1 1 2 1 24
HUNGARY   19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
INDIA   2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 22
ARGENTINA   8 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 18
IRELAND   6 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 18
U.S.S.R.   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
SOUTH AFRICA   9 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 17
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 13
SINGAPORE   1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 11
HONDURAS   4 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BRAZIL   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9
MALAYSIA   2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8
CHILE   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
POLAND   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Others (35)   30 2 1 3 0 0 3 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 2 1 59
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   7229 264 277 288 221 247 329 364 334 278 262 202 125 155 132 105 10812
U.S. GOVERNMENT   244 3 2 0 2 3 3 4 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 273
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1524 54 47 60 55 58 92 107 89 61 45 44 26 24 21 11 2314
FOREIGN CORPORATION   2627 127 120 151 120 161 257 213 225 196 186 172 90 101 80 62 4890
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   19 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 30
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   561 16 29 30 24 27 26 29 45 29 32 25 11 15 9 7 913

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 311. FOOD

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   13100 537 582 601 664 608 736 746 658 483 326 132 52 6 1 0 19233
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   9255 338 374 349 405 378 451 426 346 285 205 89 39 5 1 0 12946
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   3845 199 209 252 259 230 285 320 311 198 121 43 13 2 1 0 6287
JAPAN   1139 46 61 56 77 61 70 67 87 51 35 13 2 0 0 0 1764
GERMANY   499 30 20 24 31 18 38 35 23 22 9 4 1 0 0 0 752
UNITED KINGDOM   422 17 23 27 16 17 18 27 28 14 7 3 0 1 0 0 617
NETHERLANDS   268 12 23 27 26 26 21 26 31 17 11 3 1 0 0 0 489
FRANCE   283 13 18 23 15 19 18 28 22 16 5 2 1 0 0 0 462
SWITZERLAND   242 12 14 14 19 19 21 19 12 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 387
CANADA   252 12 4 11 14 12 18 21 10 13 9 5 1 0 0 0 381
SWEDEN   125 9 5 7 8 7 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 182
ITALY   105 7 3 8 7 6 11 14 7 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 181
DENMARK   66 11 8 8 7 9 11 13 14 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 161
AUSTRALIA   87 4 7 6 5 3 7 8 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 131
BELGIUM   45 5 4 5 8 6 6 5 9 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 96
FINLAND   33 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 79
ISRAEL   23 3 2 2 5 4 5 6 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 61
SPAIN   27 2 2 2 5 4 6 3 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 61
KOREA, SOUTH   11 3 5 3 3 5 4 6 8 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 58
AUSTRIA   30 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 44
NORWAY   19 0 1 3 2 2 1 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
MEXICO   23 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 38
NEW ZEALAND   14 2 3 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
TAIWAN   5 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 24
HUNGARY   22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
INDIA   2 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 22
ARGENTINA   8 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 18
IRELAND   9 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 18
U.S.S.R.   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
SOUTH AFRICA   9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
SINGAPORE   2 1 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11
HONDURAS   4 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BRAZIL   3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
MALAYSIA   2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
CHILE   4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILIPPINES   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
POLAND   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Others (35)   35 1 0 0 2 3 3 7 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 59
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   7734 287 327 289 331 306 360 343 286 250 175 87 33 3 1 0 10812
U.S. GOVERNMENT   248 1 1 1 6 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 273
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1623 56 54 79 80 81 95 82 64 45 39 7 8 2 0 0 2314
FOREIGN CORPORATION   2871 160 173 200 217 201 235 268 260 163 99 32 9 1 1 0 4890
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   22 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   601 31 26 31 30 18 42 50 44 23 12 5 2 0 0 0 913

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 312. BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   3962 116 125 123 126 151 213 208 187 192 164 158 79 112 88 60 6065
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2577 75 78 68 72 88 113 120 120 103 93 82 36 60 52 34 3770
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1385 41 47 55 54 63 100 88 67 89 72 76 43 53 36 27 2294
JAPAN   336 9 15 16 19 13 26 20 15 25 18 22 12 20 11 6 580
GERMANY   208 2 5 5 4 6 9 7 10 12 7 12 4 4 3 2 297
SWITZERLAND   145 5 7 6 8 10 14 12 5 6 8 2 3 2 3 1 234
UNITED KINGDOM   143 3 4 4 8 9 10 6 6 8 9 7 5 4 1 3 226
FRANCE   103 4 3 7 4 5 10 7 3 9 5 4 2 4 2 2 172
CANADA   89 5 3 3 4 5 5 5 2 4 6 3 2 2 3 1 139
NETHERLANDS   75 4 5 2 2 5 5 10 5 2 2 4 4 3 1 3 129
ITALY   34 2 1 3 0 0 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 63
DENMARK   27 0 0 3 2 2 4 3 2 5 3 1 4 3 3 1 59
SWEDEN   39 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 58
AUSTRALIA   32 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 44
FINLAND   19 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 35
BELGIUM   16 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 31
KOREA, SOUTH   5 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 25
ISRAEL   9 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 20
AUSTRIA   11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 15
U.S.S.R.   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
NEW ZEALAND   8 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13
NORWAY   5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 13
INDIA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 12
HUNGARY   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11
SPAIN   6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 11
IRELAND   5 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11
BRAZIL   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 9
SOUTH AFRICA   5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
ARGENTINA   4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
TAIWAN   2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
SINGAPORE   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
POLAND   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
CHILE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Others (25)   15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 21
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2145 57 60 53 54 69 80 102 93 83 83 63 30 48 42 34 3095
U.S. GOVERNMENT   81 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 88
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   396 15 20 16 20 20 27 19 26 21 15 21 8 10 13 3 646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1107 38 39 50 45 56 95 80 60 76 60 68 38 51 30 21 1915
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   223 6 5 4 8 5 9 4 8 12 7 6 4 3 4 3 309

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 312. BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   4188 143 172 171 204 170 222 225 219 170 115 40 19 4 1 0 6065
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   2713 87 97 90 106 94 142 127 114 85 72 28 12 2 1 0 3770
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1476 56 75 81 99 76 80 98 105 85 43 12 6 3 1 0 2294
JAPAN   360 16 22 19 24 20 16 31 28 26 12 5 1 1 0 0 580
GERMANY   213 8 6 5 13 6 8 15 10 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 297
SWITZERLAND   159 7 9 11 14 8 6 6 7 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 234
UNITED KINGDOM   151 3 9 10 9 6 9 8 13 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 226
FRANCE   112 3 7 6 8 7 10 6 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 172
CANADA   94 6 3 7 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 139
NETHERLANDS   85 2 4 6 6 7 7 2 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 129
ITALY   37 3 0 1 4 3 3 5 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 63
DENMARK   28 2 2 5 4 3 3 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 59
SWEDEN   40 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 58
AUSTRALIA   34 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 44
FINLAND   20 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 35
BELGIUM   17 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 31
KOREA, SOUTH   7 1 2 0 2 5 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 25
ISRAEL   9 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20
AUSTRIA   11 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
U.S.S.R.   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
NEW ZEALAND   9 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
NORWAY   6 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
INDIA   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 12
HUNGARY   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
SPAIN   7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11
IRELAND   7 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
BRAZIL   5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
SOUTH AFRICA   5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
ARGENTINA   4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TAIWAN   3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SINGAPORE   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
POLAND   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MALAYSIA   1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
CHILE   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
VENEZUELA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Others (25)   15 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2247 69 73 70 86 76 121 97 90 74 58 24 8 1 1 0 3095
U.S. GOVERNMENT   82 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 88
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   426 21 24 23 19 16 23 30 26 18 12 4 4 2 0 0 646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1191 46 66 71 92 72 66 90 93 72 39 11 4 1 1 0 1915
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   232 5 9 8 6 6 12 9 10 5 6 1 3 0 0 0 309

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 313-316. TEXTILES, APPAREL AND LEATHER

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   28151 1168 1236 1331 1436 1791 1923 1775 1743 1593 1516 1481 1173 1244 1023 1044 49627
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   19448 758 799 879 950 1159 1290 1167 1098 975 959 923 760 827 637 660 33290
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   8703 410 437 452 486 631 633 609 645 618 556 557 413 417 386 384 16338
JAPAN   2272 164 165 151 194 209 189 190 194 195 200 193 125 132 117 108 4799
GERMANY   2072 61 80 76 75 86 98 86 101 85 85 76 51 50 50 49 3183
UNITED KINGDOM   979 24 18 24 27 37 39 34 42 30 35 32 23 27 23 25 1421
FRANCE   724 23 23 26 21 44 46 41 40 35 31 24 23 25 24 19 1172
CANADA   537 25 27 33 42 43 42 43 42 46 32 27 26 32 27 22 1047
SWITZERLAND   612 16 13 17 14 18 18 8 14 13 13 9 8 11 9 7 801
TAIWAN   117 18 23 29 31 55 45 50 67 70 50 56 36 28 32 30 737
ITALY   286 16 10 14 18 36 23 27 26 20 13 27 27 20 12 22 597
SWEDEN   179 5 12 7 5 16 13 20 23 17 23 13 16 13 8 10 380
KOREA, SOUTH   38 12 10 12 8 16 27 31 21 21 15 29 25 21 26 32 345
BELGIUM   100 11 6 8 7 9 11 10 20 17 4 10 11 9 7 8 250
NETHERLANDS   156 2 6 9 3 3 7 9 7 7 9 7 5 4 7 5 247
AUSTRALIA   91 6 8 9 8 8 13 9 9 8 9 11 4 4 2 4 204
AUSTRIA   76 4 7 8 7 8 10 12 6 7 5 3 0 2 6 8 171
DENMARK   53 2 3 7 4 4 20 7 7 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 121
ISRAEL   37 2 2 3 7 3 6 1 6 4 7 7 2 5 5 3 99
SPAIN   47 1 3 0 2 7 3 3 1 4 1 4 1 2 5 3 85
FINLAND   43 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 1 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 76
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   12 0 4 5 1 5 4 4 2 4 2 8 6 8 6 6 74
NORWAY   31 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 45
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   9 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 4 0 3 3 5 3 8 41
NEW ZEALAND   17 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 1 40
SOUTH AFRICA   26 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 39
MEXICO   19 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 35
BRAZIL   11 0 0 3 1 1 5 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
U.S.S.R.   29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
INDIA   10 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 21
IRELAND   8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21
ARGENTINA   11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16
LUXEMBOURG   8 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
SINGAPORE   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 13
GREECE   5 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 13
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 9
PHILIPPINES   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
CHILE   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 8
Others (52)   52 3 3 4 2 2 2 7 3 7 7 3 6 4 4 3 111
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   11837 426 486 510 550 665 733 666 616 575 629 627 523 530 424 462 20259
U.S. GOVERNMENT   427 8 6 3 8 5 5 2 6 3 6 1 3 6 4 5 499
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   7742 351 328 389 424 532 593 534 505 427 348 319 259 319 230 229 13530
FOREIGN CORPORATION   6251 308 342 326 350 447 453 424 470 446 423 435 307 315 283 283 11863
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   49 3 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 69
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1847 71 71 101 100 140 136 150 146 141 108 98 80 73 82 65 3408

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 313-316. TEXTILES, APPAREL AND LEATHER

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   30279 1483 1622 1761 1954 1836 1820 1800 1802 1689 1412 1114 679 296 80 2 49627
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   20827 938 1089 1133 1294 1189 1146 1118 1082 1044 918 767 475 215 53 2 33290
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   9451 545 533 628 661 647 674 682 720 645 494 347 203 81 27 0 16338
JAPAN   2578 187 188 231 214 210 201 221 242 204 137 89 59 31 6 0 4799
GERMANY   2195 96 86 92 108 87 107 113 94 85 57 38 15 5 3 0 3183
UNITED KINGDOM   1024 23 35 33 34 42 36 49 41 35 31 20 10 4 1 0 1421
FRANCE   768 29 30 42 49 37 49 34 41 35 24 22 8 3 1 0 1172
CANADA   578 50 32 43 48 39 48 37 50 35 26 29 21 10 1 0 1047
SWITZERLAND   639 20 15 15 15 15 16 14 20 9 13 2 5 0 2 0 801
TAIWAN   143 31 31 40 47 52 56 64 72 58 53 47 28 8 6 0 737
ITALY   308 17 20 32 25 27 25 24 30 37 24 15 9 3 1 0 597
SWEDEN   194 9 12 13 25 19 25 14 25 22 12 6 5 0 0 0 380
KOREA, SOUTH   53 16 12 12 13 39 26 23 27 40 38 26 14 4 1 0 345
BELGIUM   115 8 8 10 12 15 16 13 15 17 11 7 2 0 0 0 250
NETHERLANDS   162 9 3 6 10 8 10 8 11 4 10 5 1 0 0 0 247
AUSTRALIA   104 8 11 8 13 11 6 11 9 13 6 1 2 1 0 0 204
AUSTRIA   85 8 9 8 11 9 11 4 4 8 2 6 3 2 2 0 171
DENMARK   58 6 9 4 12 10 6 3 3 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 121
ISRAEL   41 5 6 5 2 3 5 8 6 6 4 5 4 0 0 0 99
SPAIN   48 3 2 6 4 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 0 85
FINLAND   48 3 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 76
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   14 6 5 5 0 5 3 3 3 4 12 8 4 2 1 0 74
NORWAY   35 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 45
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   10 0 0 1 2 0 2 5 1 4 4 4 5 3 1 0 41
NEW ZEALAND   17 0 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 40
SOUTH AFRICA   28 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 39
MEXICO   21 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 35
BRAZIL   12 1 2 1 3 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
U.S.S.R.   30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
INDIA   11 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 21
IRELAND   11 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 21
ARGENTINA   11 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16
LUXEMBOURG   9 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
SINGAPORE   2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 13
GREECE   6 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
PHILIPPINES   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
CHILE   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Others (52)   57 3 2 3 3 6 2 10 5 9 3 5 1 1 0 0 111
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   12687 542 686 683 789 677 668 681 671 661 588 479 295 119 32 0 20259
U.S. GOVERNMENT   440 5 7 5 5 4 4 2 7 2 5 5 6 1 0 0 499
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   8304 424 426 481 548 550 496 473 438 408 357 300 200 96 26 1 13530
FOREIGN CORPORATION   6831 392 392 473 474 463 498 501 542 486 362 247 124 58 18 0 11863
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   55 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 69
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1963 117 106 118 135 142 154 140 145 130 99 82 53 21 4 0 3408

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 321. WOOD 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   6842 259 232 264 282 357 372 358 376 356 318 299 252 231 173 164 11136
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   5085 182 164 192 195 253 270 252 254 249 218 213 181 163 127 125 8122
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1757 77 68 72 87 105 102 107 121 108 100 86 71 68 46 39 3014
CANADA   295 15 16 16 22 23 20 18 25 18 17 15 14 10 10 6 539
GERMANY   321 9 10 11 9 12 13 16 14 15 15 11 10 10 5 5 486
JAPAN   216 13 11 11 14 22 17 16 18 20 15 12 9 8 6 4 413
UNITED KINGDOM   176 4 6 3 5 9 10 11 7 8 9 6 3 3 2 1 264
FRANCE   139 4 3 3 4 2 6 6 4 6 3 4 3 4 3 3 197
SWEDEN   103 4 1 2 2 4 3 2 5 3 4 3 2 3 1 2 146
AUSTRALIA   74 7 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 4 3 4 2 6 2 2 134
TAIWAN   16 7 5 7 8 8 11 9 12 8 11 11 6 8 3 3 131
ITALY   69 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 5 5 4 2 3 2 3 112
SWITZERLAND   74 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 100
NETHERLANDS   45 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 69
DENMARK   27 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 47
AUSTRIA   32 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 46
BELGIUM   28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 45
ISRAEL   12 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 34
SPAIN   16 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 30
FINLAND   13 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 29
NORWAY   19 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 24
SOUTH AFRICA   16 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
NEW ZEALAND   11 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 19
MEXICO   8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 10
IRELAND   4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
ARGENTINA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
BRAZIL   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
GREECE   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
VENEZUELA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SINGAPORE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S.S.R.   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
THE BAHAMAS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Others (41)   16 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 28
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2540 83 72 88 87 115 137 125 126 122 108 103 100 88 71 66 4031
U.S. GOVERNMENT   23 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 34
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2568 101 94 106 109 140 132 129 130 128 112 110 83 77 56 57 4133
FOREIGN CORPORATION   910 42 34 43 50 59 58 66 75 71 61 54 44 45 29 30 1671
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   794 32 31 28 35 42 43 38 44 35 37 31 24 21 16 11 1261

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 321. WOOD 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   7290 297 308 323 379 373 398 386 375 369 319 178 88 41 10 2 11136
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   5396 216 219 223 272 259 277 262 255 256 237 137 72 33 8 2 8122
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1893 81 89 100 107 115 121 125 120 113 83 41 16 8 2 0 3014
CANADA   325 18 22 20 24 19 23 19 22 18 16 8 3 1 0 0 539
GERMANY   341 8 13 11 14 15 16 19 17 15 9 5 2 1 0 0 486
JAPAN   239 13 15 22 18 19 16 20 20 14 9 5 1 1 0 0 413
UNITED KINGDOM   185 4 7 7 8 13 7 9 11 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 264
FRANCE   147 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 5 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 197
SWEDEN   108 2 2 4 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 146
AUSTRALIA   83 6 2 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 134
TAIWAN   24 7 7 7 9 11 12 9 13 10 11 8 2 1 0 0 131
ITALY   73 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 4 5 5 2 1 1 0 0 112
SWITZERLAND   78 1 3 2 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 100
NETHERLANDS   48 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 69
DENMARK   29 1 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
AUSTRIA   32 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 46
BELGIUM   29 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 45
ISRAEL   13 1 1 1 0 2 3 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 34
SPAIN   18 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 30
FINLAND   14 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 29
NORWAY   20 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
KOREA, SOUTH   2 2 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 24
SOUTH AFRICA   17 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
NEW ZEALAND   11 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19
MEXICO   8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 10
IRELAND   4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
ARGENTINA   5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
BRAZIL   4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
GREECE   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
VENEZUELA   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
MALAYSIA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LUXEMBOURG   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SINGAPORE   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
U.S.S.R.   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
THE BAHAMAS   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Others (41)   16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2682 104 99 98 134 131 143 125 130 127 128 70 39 15 4 1 4031
U.S. GOVERNMENT   25 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 34
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2741 115 121 126 137 130 137 137 125 132 112 68 32 16 4 0 4133
FOREIGN CORPORATION   986 41 56 58 61 71 79 75 78 70 48 29 10 6 1 0 1671
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   850 37 32 41 44 42 38 47 41 39 29 12 5 3 1 0 1261

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 322,323. PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   16484 874 822 804 895 1051 1072 1018 1033 965 842 757 598 498 487 445 28644
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   11893 553 525 513 545 674 687 653 617 563 485 435 344 285 269 241 19282
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   4591 321 296 291 349 377 385 365 416 403 357 322 254 213 217 204 9362
JAPAN   1424 142 122 120 148 155 145 134 137 146 138 134 110 89 86 74 3306
GERMANY   730 38 35 38 40 49 56 44 73 60 61 49 30 31 32 32 1399
CANADA   505 26 25 18 31 26 20 31 27 19 16 15 10 14 12 14 808
UNITED KINGDOM   451 19 23 15 26 23 20 22 23 19 18 14 12 8 13 9 716
SWEDEN   381 12 12 16 15 19 24 27 31 36 21 20 21 11 21 15 682
FRANCE   250 18 18 16 14 16 18 16 22 20 17 13 10 7 7 7 471
FINLAND   100 7 6 12 17 14 13 12 20 23 18 20 16 11 7 13 309
SWITZERLAND   152 8 8 5 7 5 9 6 10 6 5 6 5 3 2 1 238
TAIWAN   52 12 6 12 14 12 20 12 14 19 14 11 6 8 6 9 225
ITALY   114 5 5 8 4 8 8 7 8 11 9 6 6 7 8 5 221
BELGIUM   64 7 7 8 5 6 7 5 8 6 2 5 3 4 3 3 142
NETHERLANDS   69 5 1 3 5 6 8 6 4 6 3 6 4 1 2 2 131
AUSTRALIA   51 3 4 3 5 2 5 5 4 5 3 2 1 4 0 2 99
AUSTRIA   34 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 69
KOREA, SOUTH   8 3 6 2 3 4 1 7 5 2 6 4 4 4 2 4 66
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 2 2 1 0 11 10 6 6 5 6 2 2 1 5 3 65
ISRAEL   27 2 0 4 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 54
DENMARK   26 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 50
SOUTH AFRICA   27 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 41
NORWAY   26 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 40
BRAZIL   12 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 29
SPAIN   13 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 29
MEXICO   14 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 24
NEW ZEALAND   6 2 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 22
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 15
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 11
IRELAND   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 7
U.S.S.R.   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDIA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
ARGENTINA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
THE BAHAMAS   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SAUDI ARABIA   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Others (34)   23 0 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 45
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   8923 414 383 379 426 489 507 501 495 463 408 366 281 229 230 207 14701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   60 4 5 5 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 89
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3152 153 153 137 135 198 191 169 144 118 98 84 77 65 56 41 4971
FOREIGN CORPORATION   3476 255 244 246 282 315 308 293 346 342 296 280 226 183 180 182 7457
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   15 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   859 46 37 37 48 46 63 53 45 42 39 24 13 20 20 14 1407

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 322,323. PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   18032 990 1056 1090 1173 1014 1023 1020 1007 846 668 417 198 90 19 1 28644
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   12851 625 665 686 726 636 623 610 534 470 413 251 120 60 11 1 19282
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   5182 365 390 404 446 378 399 410 474 375 256 166 79 30 8 0 9362
JAPAN   1685 149 156 166 169 147 137 142 184 135 105 75 38 15 3 0 3306
GERMANY   797 46 56 45 66 55 76 68 72 54 32 15 9 5 2 0 1399
CANADA   549 28 26 31 29 23 26 23 17 17 13 18 3 2 0 0 808
UNITED KINGDOM   493 22 28 22 22 19 20 21 27 22 12 3 4 1 0 0 716
SWEDEN   406 22 21 20 33 28 25 25 40 30 18 10 3 0 0 0 682
FRANCE   291 14 15 18 25 14 21 22 13 19 9 6 1 2 0 0 471
FINLAND   117 15 13 18 16 17 14 24 25 30 15 5 0 0 0 0 309
SWITZERLAND   168 9 7 3 8 8 14 2 8 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 238
TAIWAN   66 7 17 16 16 10 11 16 22 13 12 7 6 3 1 0 225
ITALY   123 7 6 11 10 9 5 10 14 8 8 4 2 2 0 0 221
BELGIUM   76 8 10 5 8 4 7 5 4 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 142
NETHERLANDS   75 4 4 7 9 7 4 5 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 131
AUSTRALIA   57 5 7 1 4 3 7 4 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 99
AUSTRIA   37 1 4 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 69
KOREA, SOUTH   13 5 2 4 3 4 7 7 5 9 2 2 4 1 0 0 66
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   7 1 2 13 3 9 4 6 9 3 3 4 0 0 1 0 65
ISRAEL   29 4 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 54
DENMARK   29 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
SOUTH AFRICA   31 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 41
NORWAY   27 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
BRAZIL   14 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 29
SPAIN   14 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 29
MEXICO   14 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24
NEW ZEALAND   8 2 3 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15
SINGAPORE   0 0 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
IRELAND   4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
U.S.S.R.   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARGENTINA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
THE BAHAMAS   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
SAUDI ARABIA   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Others (34)   25 0 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 45
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   9659 433 516 520 566 497 495 495 438 387 341 188 101 54 9 0 14701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   70 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 89
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3394 203 161 179 184 154 147 141 115 103 87 70 23 9 3 0 4971
FOREIGN CORPORATION   3966 300 327 334 359 317 329 337 408 320 218 141 67 25 8 0 7457
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   17 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   927 49 48 54 61 43 50 46 46 35 21 17 6 3 0 0 1407

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 325. CHEMICALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   325041 13755 13912 15002 17499 20904 21266 19857 21279 21335 19484 16105 13325 16724 15219 14667 585375
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   190814 7176 7182 8118 9721 11424 11727 10733 11218 11316 10334 8335 7047 8864 7941 7568 329521
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   134227 6579 6730 6884 7778 9479 9538 9124 10061 10019 9150 7770 6278 7860 7278 7099 255854
JAPAN   37260 2565 2459 2377 2486 3049 2890 2732 3007 2902 2594 2297 1814 2286 2113 2060 74892
GERMANY   35018 1341 1439 1449 1592 1867 1781 1802 1983 1971 1806 1570 1184 1453 1260 1158 58676
UNITED KINGDOM   14533 511 551 529 701 885 889 885 906 841 745 607 518 644 620 556 24922
FRANCE   11975 532 596 618 768 902 911 854 968 933 866 573 511 612 619 575 22812
SWITZERLAND   10277 272 264 272 297 291 311 256 308 300 234 235 191 234 189 211 14142
CANADA   3856 217 248 300 338 457 519 483 508 518 443 389 280 393 371 369 9690
ITALY   5595 284 258 278 292 317 319 316 309 314 277 221 191 240 194 229 9632
NETHERLANDS   3550 161 108 110 153 229 229 230 245 236 239 202 174 172 186 164 6388
BELGIUM   1961 104 120 150 175 219 224 207 225 264 207 182 134 184 147 137 4640
SWEDEN   1495 70 76 93 124 135 161 145 166 179 181 127 100 129 113 125 3417
KOREA, SOUTH   195 51 84 99 99 130 176 185 217 246 271 243 204 280 298 282 3059
DENMARK   724 60 69 72 117 159 186 166 180 139 169 108 100 112 107 103 2568
ISRAEL   765 44 52 84 81 113 122 116 111 157 173 107 100 140 125 142 2431
AUSTRALIA   841 63 59 61 88 132 135 105 156 138 103 104 96 117 98 120 2416
INDIA   222 13 20 18 28 55 75 86 118 175 200 173 168 198 161 170 1878
TAIWAN   135 48 40 51 57 67 103 88 122 117 101 116 101 128 119 149 1543
AUSTRIA   756 32 38 51 62 68 79 44 63 66 52 56 35 49 46 40 1535
HUNGARY   1026 29 34 27 10 19 11 18 30 24 27 22 18 18 18 31 1358
FINLAND   345 36 50 54 50 65 70 56 72 70 71 60 49 44 44 48 1182
SPAIN   376 26 31 35 41 65 56 45 46 67 64 48 48 65 62 66 1140
U.S.S.R.   947 5 3 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 966
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   70 8 15 11 25 32 21 36 44 56 55 71 51 67 88 79 725
NORWAY   229 12 17 24 27 27 33 43 41 29 34 39 34 26 29 32 675
MEXICO   486 10 6 7 7 9 15 14 5 8 16 8 5 5 10 10 617
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 4 14 25 31 47 45 44 43 50 22 24 27 30 45 35 483
SOUTH AFRICA   199 8 9 11 17 11 21 13 21 23 19 15 11 10 15 17 417
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   344 3 5 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361
NEW ZEALAND   60 8 3 7 10 13 24 21 16 28 24 25 13 25 17 20 309
IRELAND   102 8 6 9 11 5 9 15 13 13 17 21 15 11 9 11 271
BRAZIL   57 5 7 5 4 9 8 18 10 17 19 12 15 24 11 11 227
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   12 3 6 1 3 7 7 7 10 12 8 21 20 33 40 37 225
POLAND   119 3 4 4 6 4 10 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 6 4 182
ARGENTINA   56 2 5 9 6 8 3 7 8 12 10 9 3 13 6 7 162
VENEZUELA   45 10 8 8 15 15 14 9 7 7 1 7 2 3 4 4 156
SINGAPORE   12 2 4 3 3 10 7 8 7 4 11 12 10 21 18 16 143
GREECE   40 2 0 4 3 4 6 3 6 5 8 2 2 5 3 3 93
Others (89)   543 31 28 25 49 56 68 71 90 100 85 65 55 86 88 80 1522
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   189294 7007 6988 7888 9359 11042 11314 10505 10816 11014 10018 8133 6846 8621 7776 7455 324078
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5967 207 172 177 229 274 259 189 233 195 194 201 170 203 171 172 9010
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   10301 445 509 575 655 839 944 747 891 767 708 502 385 425 381 317 19391
FOREIGN CORPORATION   111564 5834 5978 6044 6868 8291 8260 8005 8864 8932 8142 6947 5695 7185 6625 6501 219734
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1561 49 34 54 69 70 49 37 31 31 21 18 16 7 18 8 2071
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   6354 214 232 263 319 387 441 374 444 397 402 305 214 284 248 214 11092

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 325. CHEMICALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   353061 18273 25230 17798 21387 20038 21862 23070 23702 22537 16682 11074 6475 3204 940 41 585375
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   205968 10075 14574 9245 11594 10803 11558 11951 11852 11098 8687 6013 3748 1817 514 23 329521
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   147093 8199 10656 8553 9793 9235 10304 11119 11850 11438 7995 5061 2726 1387 426 19 255854
JAPAN   41847 2743 3132 2822 3081 2725 2981 3245 3489 3368 2452 1580 885 408 126 7 74892
GERMANY   37610 1640 2119 1714 1936 1799 2052 2131 2301 2242 1516 886 451 209 65 3 58676
UNITED KINGDOM   15650 694 1005 763 891 861 952 923 1009 958 601 338 163 86 24 2 24922
FRANCE   13085 775 1106 783 931 887 969 1053 1017 883 579 376 221 112 35 0 22812
SWITZERLAND   10761 337 362 252 330 290 280 319 350 356 218 140 73 54 17 0 14142
CANADA   4362 388 598 409 458 486 564 570 508 500 324 279 140 70 33 2 9690
ITALY   6140 282 393 305 316 292 335 323 366 348 258 153 61 47 13 1 9632
NETHERLANDS   3844 143 230 193 249 226 254 275 311 273 193 116 45 21 15 0 6388
BELGIUM   2181 175 271 208 208 216 242 282 261 259 158 93 55 23 9 0 4640
SWEDEN   1671 122 213 117 160 155 176 186 203 195 118 48 36 17 2 0 3417
KOREA, SOUTH   298 118 124 128 147 191 209 300 338 419 329 229 142 72 13 1 3059
DENMARK   872 98 203 105 177 181 189 172 215 148 100 51 36 20 3 0 2568
ISRAEL   895 102 145 101 108 110 143 181 203 150 115 85 54 37 4 0 2431
AUSTRALIA   1010 97 160 110 129 124 162 164 146 122 86 65 21 13 8 0 2416
INDIA   258 25 30 50 82 86 103 176 256 295 243 163 62 41 9 0 1878
TAIWAN   208 54 71 57 94 93 110 133 111 180 150 122 75 60 21 2 1543
AUSTRIA   837 69 80 60 70 57 62 67 79 73 42 19 15 6 1 0 1535
HUNGARY   1086 27 24 14 12 22 24 32 24 41 26 17 9 0 2 0 1358
FINLAND   435 62 70 65 62 70 78 80 82 89 44 27 12 6 1 0 1182
SPAIN   432 35 61 58 63 47 43 67 86 89 64 53 27 12 3 0 1140
U.S.S.R.   957 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 966
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   93 14 30 31 23 43 35 75 93 89 93 49 39 15 7 0 725
NORWAY   268 25 45 26 30 31 55 43 61 46 26 11 8 1 0 1 675
MEXICO   502 9 7 11 9 14 11 8 16 8 12 5 4 2 1 0 617
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   23 26 41 50 40 49 48 43 50 32 24 25 20 13 3 0 483
SOUTH AFRICA   221 17 11 12 16 16 25 26 24 25 14 8 3 1 1 0 417
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   353 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 361
NEW ZEALAND   73 13 8 16 18 23 30 34 34 24 22 6 6 2 2 0 309
IRELAND   117 12 12 6 11 18 17 18 15 19 16 6 3 3 0 0 271
BRAZIL   66 6 10 9 10 16 17 21 14 26 18 10 3 4 0 0 227
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   18 8 1 4 12 7 10 11 24 36 42 24 22 9 1 0 225
POLAND   130 4 5 7 6 1 5 5 4 7 5 2 2 2 0 0 182
ARGENTINA   65 10 4 8 7 6 5 14 21 7 9 5 1 2 0 0 162
VENEZUELA   62 10 14 10 16 12 9 3 6 7 2 3 3 1 0 0 156
SINGAPORE   15 9 6 5 8 6 10 16 16 21 12 14 5 1 2 0 143
GREECE   44 4 3 5 2 8 8 6 8 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 93
Others (89)   603 44 58 45 83 69 94 122 113 104 81 56 28 17 5 0 1522
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   203808 9689 14054 9023 11273 10562 11291 11604 11511 10849 8473 5917 3674 1813 513 23 324078
U.S. GOVERNMENT   6499 267 321 185 202 188 198 254 269 221 192 115 64 29 7 1 9010
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   11300 717 937 695 863 800 810 818 755 641 468 286 193 85 21 1 19391
FOREIGN CORPORATION   122961 7186 9423 7465 8584 8071 9061 9906 10628 10406 7313 4610 2474 1238 390 17 219734
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1653 65 67 61 46 37 31 39 27 29 6 7 2 1 0 0 2071
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   6839 350 427 369 419 381 471 448 513 391 230 140 68 38 9 0 11092

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3251. BASIC CHEMICALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   164754 5207 5145 5036 5372 6691 6674 6061 6311 6639 5685 4977 4292 5721 5211 5373 249149
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   96213 2575 2520 2544 2673 3276 3328 3007 2971 3165 2694 2323 2010 2743 2506 2585 137136
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   68541 2632 2625 2492 2699 3415 3346 3053 3340 3474 2991 2654 2281 2977 2704 2788 112013
JAPAN   16673 949 899 816 861 1111 1062 903 992 1000 885 774 676 829 765 813 30008
GERMANY   19516 623 717 639 662 837 739 710 777 824 686 624 498 655 546 523 29577
UNITED KINGDOM   6975 184 178 161 193 259 263 250 243 234 196 148 148 194 201 185 10012
FRANCE   6161 227 238 237 248 316 313 281 314 318 254 183 178 222 248 225 9964
SWITZERLAND   6481 146 135 136 140 136 138 112 121 128 98 96 71 106 66 75 8184
ITALY   2860 108 87 85 109 128 108 106 91 102 75 73 82 103 64 94 4272
CANADA   1992 74 71 66 86 113 131 118 131 121 93 94 64 114 120 116 3502
NETHERLANDS   1911 83 40 47 57 78 70 87 79 72 84 70 72 65 77 70 2961
BELGIUM   852 38 31 41 35 49 47 44 58 68 43 47 40 58 42 46 1540
SWEDEN   685 31 27 28 26 28 52 28 51 43 57 35 26 41 26 37 1218
KOREA, SOUTH   90 17 37 44 37 50 79 77 91 100 94 72 75 104 102 114 1179
INDIA   116 5 10 10 16 29 33 39 47 93 92 96 76 95 76 90 921
DENMARK   341 12 12 19 30 45 55 54 56 51 62 32 32 43 33 44 917
ISRAEL   372 12 15 22 22 22 23 23 30 36 49 38 37 55 42 52 847
AUSTRALIA   337 19 9 13 24 35 24 29 32 36 18 21 21 37 27 35 718
AUSTRIA   380 9 13 20 26 27 32 14 26 29 12 30 14 15 18 12 674
HUNGARY   460 12 14 6 2 3 2 5 14 8 15 14 8 9 8 14 591
TAIWAN   60 20 17 21 27 21 36 31 47 42 29 46 34 47 50 62 589
U.S.S.R.   551 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 560
FINLAND   196 13 22 17 20 16 24 22 26 25 33 27 19 20 21 15 514
SPAIN   192 8 8 14 10 18 23 23 11 20 25 10 19 29 20 26 451
MEXICO   390 4 3 3 0 4 5 2 1 4 2 3 0 3 8 5 435
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   36 4 6 4 10 14 9 20 13 20 21 27 16 25 39 30 291
NORWAY   118 5 5 5 6 10 14 15 17 13 8 19 14 11 8 16 281
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 3 7 10 18 19 15 17 19 24 9 15 16 18 18 16 221
SOUTH AFRICA   91 3 2 4 7 4 8 7 10 12 9 13 6 7 9 11 199
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   186 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192
POLAND   70 2 2 3 2 0 5 1 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 99
VENEZUELA   30 4 5 3 8 11 10 5 3 5 0 3 0 1 3 3 91
NEW ZEALAND   27 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 4 1 12 4 9 83
BRAZIL   27 2 1 2 1 5 1 4 6 6 7 4 6 5 4 3 81
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   4 1 2 0 1 5 5 0 0 4 2 9 8 13 11 13 77
IRELAND   28 3 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 8 4 2 1 2 2 64
ROMANIA   43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 44
ARGENTINA   22 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 5 2 3 44
PORTUGAL   28 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 6 0 43
Others (64)   241 8 9 10 15 19 18 23 28 26 20 25 26 33 36 30 566
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   96993 2566 2482 2542 2628 3236 3300 3025 2921 3174 2629 2311 1999 2722 2487 2590 137605
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3091 77 60 49 55 62 72 51 71 51 50 56 51 59 58 58 3969
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3733 117 159 125 147 181 194 139 171 127 134 87 83 100 103 74 5674
FOREIGN CORPORATION   56945 2360 2365 2226 2426 3073 2950 2747 3005 3173 2761 2432 2106 2761 2491 2577 96399
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   982 27 15 27 37 29 21 15 17 15 8 9 6 1 11 1 1218
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   3010 60 64 67 79 110 137 84 126 99 103 82 47 78 62 74 4283

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3251. BASIC CHEMICALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   174525 6044 7658 5625 6599 6263 6620 6993 7298 7449 5818 4068 2455 1285 435 13 249149
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   101177 3119 4071 2626 3210 3068 3186 3221 3244 3310 2711 1956 1319 687 224 6 137136
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   73348 2925 3587 2999 3389 3195 3434 3772 4053 4140 3107 2112 1137 597 211 7 112013
JAPAN   18336 940 1098 984 1104 915 980 1128 1208 1211 915 603 353 172 59 2 30008
GERMANY   20676 734 844 724 797 740 787 905 926 965 695 404 229 106 42 2 29577
UNITED KINGDOM   7346 188 253 237 261 236 265 262 270 279 206 112 62 25 9 1 10012
FRANCE   6603 270 373 255 312 311 330 338 335 284 221 173 103 40 17 0 9964
SWITZERLAND   6718 162 163 118 140 132 118 126 147 147 91 61 29 23 8 0 8184
ITALY   3035 93 143 111 105 97 112 96 117 116 120 72 29 24 4 0 4272
CANADA   2140 96 132 102 119 122 141 142 113 123 82 112 38 25 13 1 3502
NETHERLANDS   2034 50 84 69 70 89 78 86 108 118 84 56 14 11 10 0 2961
BELGIUM   918 43 72 45 42 47 70 62 74 65 38 31 21 7 4 0 1540
SWEDEN   741 38 45 26 50 46 55 42 56 51 41 13 11 6 2 0 1218
KOREA, SOUTH   121 54 51 53 56 86 83 109 123 140 110 97 53 36 9 0 1179
INDIA   132 16 14 22 34 43 47 66 134 128 139 86 30 27 5 0 921
DENMARK   368 28 50 37 48 66 57 61 72 55 30 29 14 5 0 0 917
ISRAEL   403 23 37 23 20 23 40 44 53 51 43 43 26 19 3 0 847
AUSTRALIA   379 22 46 25 30 33 27 34 34 33 25 17 8 6 0 0 718
AUSTRIA   406 25 36 14 31 24 23 23 29 35 22 3 3 4 0 0 674
HUNGARY   481 9 4 2 1 6 8 17 13 26 13 6 4 0 2 0 591
TAIWAN   90 24 26 24 29 36 41 47 32 67 48 53 34 29 9 0 589
U.S.S.R.   557 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 560
FINLAND   225 32 21 21 18 25 32 28 36 38 18 14 4 3 0 0 514
SPAIN   207 11 20 15 25 16 18 14 28 27 26 26 14 5 2 0 451
MEXICO   395 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 5 1 6 4 2 2 1 0 435
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   45 6 12 15 12 18 12 28 34 31 31 23 16 8 3 0 291
NORWAY   131 5 10 12 11 11 22 17 20 25 8 7 3 0 0 1 281
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   10 10 18 18 18 19 25 21 23 17 12 15 10 5 2 0 221
SOUTH AFRICA   97 7 4 6 6 6 11 16 13 19 9 6 1 1 0 0 199
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   191 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192
POLAND   76 2 2 3 2 0 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 99
VENEZUELA   36 7 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 91
NEW ZEALAND   28 3 0 3 3 6 6 7 6 9 10 2 1 0 2 0 83
BRAZIL   31 0 1 6 3 8 4 5 5 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 81
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   5 3 0 2 6 1 4 3 6 13 13 9 11 2 0 0 77
IRELAND   33 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 64
ROMANIA   43 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
ARGENTINA   25 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 44
PORTUGAL   28 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 43
Others (64)   258 14 18 15 24 22 25 35 27 46 32 28 10 7 5 0 566
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   101869 3073 4019 2586 3198 3093 3167 3185 3212 3297 2692 1978 1312 684 236 5 137605
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3261 60 73 56 54 56 59 78 71 66 61 40 22 11 2 0 3969
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3966 191 204 171 165 151 156 145 149 123 99 71 55 22 4 1 5674
FOREIGN CORPORATION   61261 2605 3215 2675 3041 2838 3100 3449 3735 3850 2894 1933 1049 554 190 7 96399
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1028 24 36 34 19 14 15 20 11 14 4 1 1 0 0 0 1218
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   3141 91 111 104 121 111 121 116 121 99 67 46 17 13 3 0 4283

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3252. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   35552 1693 1440 1387 1451 1596 1417 1561 1882 1798 1694 1550 1143 1348 1068 867 57446
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   21024 850 699 698 686 709 679 718 813 815 754 662 549 608 490 396 31152
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   14528 843 740 689 765 886 738 842 1069 983 940 887 594 740 579 471 26295
JAPAN   5468 448 372 330 336 381 318 360 449 434 391 346 248 299 250 195 10624
GERMANY   4143 183 159 187 210 230 183 197 241 207 229 213 141 152 116 80 6867
FRANCE   956 34 38 32 30 53 28 38 49 43 58 41 36 42 30 26 1531
UNITED KINGDOM   1051 21 30 13 31 34 23 25 32 30 24 36 15 32 17 13 1424
ITALY   765 37 28 40 37 33 27 41 51 40 35 42 18 30 23 20 1264
NETHERLANDS   536 28 19 14 24 32 29 24 31 42 32 27 11 18 17 7 888
SWITZERLAND   509 18 6 11 14 23 21 13 25 19 16 22 11 8 12 8 731
CANADA   245 15 30 14 15 13 12 28 32 37 17 35 23 23 12 16 565
BELGIUM   244 14 11 10 19 22 22 21 43 28 25 22 15 25 16 17 551
KOREA, SOUTH   33 9 18 12 12 18 15 39 30 33 41 41 31 38 26 35 428
TAIWAN   17 14 5 10 13 15 16 13 18 16 14 9 9 11 11 9 197
AUSTRIA   83 3 5 2 7 2 4 5 7 6 5 3 1 8 4 3 146
FINLAND   23 6 8 3 7 9 8 10 17 12 9 10 6 4 7 8 143
AUSTRALIA   56 4 5 2 3 6 7 2 11 8 5 7 3 6 3 2 126
U.S.S.R.   103 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
INDIA   16 3 0 0 2 4 6 3 8 6 6 10 8 11 6 8 95
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   86 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
SWEDEN   37 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 8 5 2 1 0 5 3 2 73
ISRAEL   42 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 66
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   7 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 5 5 6 2 6 8 13 59
IRELAND   26 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 38
NORWAY   4 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 1 10 5 5 3 2 2 37
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 1 1 1 2 4 9 4 1 2 1 0 1 6 2 33
SAUDI ARABIA   9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 0 27
SPAIN   6 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 27
BRAZIL   5 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 18
DENMARK   5 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 17
SOUTH AFRICA   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 15
SINGAPORE   3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 13
POLAND   9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 13
HUNGARY   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
LIECHTENSTEIN   2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 11
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 9
GREECE   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 7
LUXEMBOURG   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 7
MEXICO   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Others (22)   17 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 42
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   20980 831 714 700 680 733 688 742 829 828 760 693 545 635 501 397 31256
U.S. GOVERNMENT   448 22 14 21 16 13 17 13 13 12 9 10 14 8 5 10 641
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   611 27 15 12 19 29 24 16 23 20 24 14 15 13 17 11 884
FOREIGN CORPORATION   13002 800 684 646 720 804 671 776 994 921 884 819 561 683 535 442 23943
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   90 3 3 1 5 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 115
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   422 10 11 8 12 12 16 14 22 15 18 13 9 10 11 6 607

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3252. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   38217 1529 2005 1540 1815 1541 1714 1723 1841 1997 1605 1046 597 204 69 4 57446
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   22347 742 969 692 830 712 768 763 769 790 727 540 344 115 42 2 31152
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   15870 787 1036 847 985 828 946 960 1072 1207 878 506 253 89 27 3 26295
JAPAN   6153 380 441 377 404 357 379 436 458 503 357 218 116 32 10 2 10624
GERMANY   4434 194 292 215 257 186 230 189 237 280 203 105 32 13 3 1 6867
FRANCE   1017 36 51 43 49 39 33 50 64 62 50 25 7 6 2 0 1531
UNITED KINGDOM   1089 28 46 28 23 32 33 34 27 42 13 20 4 6 1 0 1424
ITALY   826 33 55 42 54 34 39 34 38 47 35 17 9 3 0 0 1264
NETHERLANDS   577 22 23 25 37 26 32 29 53 31 15 13 5 0 2 0 888
SWITZERLAND   528 15 15 20 31 13 24 13 23 25 12 6 4 3 1 0 731
CANADA   277 30 20 16 16 18 31 31 31 36 30 17 14 2 1 0 565
BELGIUM   270 20 18 19 23 32 28 34 21 35 26 16 4 5 2 0 551
KOREA, SOUTH   52 16 16 18 21 31 32 34 40 51 56 26 28 9 2 0 428
TAIWAN   36 3 19 7 20 17 15 17 14 15 16 6 5 6 3 0 197
AUSTRIA   90 3 5 5 4 5 7 8 6 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 146
FINLAND   37 4 10 10 10 12 13 12 12 18 3 2 1 1 1 0 143
AUSTRALIA   64 1 6 5 7 5 11 6 6 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 126
U.S.S.R.   104 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
INDIA   19 1 2 4 8 1 4 6 7 12 15 11 7 1 0 0 95
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   87 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
SWEDEN   38 3 3 1 5 3 4 7 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 73
ISRAEL   46 0 2 3 1 0 4 3 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 66
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   8 0 0 2 0 3 5 8 6 4 7 9 8 2 0 0 59
IRELAND   26 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 38
NORWAY   4 0 1 2 2 1 7 2 8 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 37
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 0 1 4 4 7 5 2 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 33
SAUDI ARABIA   9 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 27
SPAIN   10 0 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 27
BRAZIL   6 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18
DENMARK   8 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17
SOUTH AFRICA   7 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15
SINGAPORE   4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 13
POLAND   9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
HUNGARY   10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
LIECHTENSTEIN   2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 9
GREECE   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
LUXEMBOURG   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
MEXICO   3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Others (22)   20 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 5 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 41
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   22281 757 964 706 859 725 795 758 792 822 753 546 341 113 43 1 31256
U.S. GOVERNMENT   483 18 22 16 9 12 15 13 10 15 7 12 6 2 2 1 641
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   652 20 28 17 26 19 17 23 22 17 15 18 10 3 0 0 884
FOREIGN CORPORATION   14266 720 972 781 905 773 864 906 996 1123 821 465 237 86 25 3 23943
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   95 3 5 2 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 115
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   440 12 15 17 14 11 24 20 20 19 9 5 3 1 0 0 607

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   39510 2690 3016 3779 5291 6501 6686 6116 6700 6556 6062 4749 4198 5304 4923 4683 116765
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   21429 1538 1735 2292 3385 4127 4212 3796 4134 4069 3723 2911 2583 3236 2937 2724 68831
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   18081 1153 1281 1487 1905 2374 2474 2320 2567 2487 2339 1838 1615 2068 1985 1959 47934
JAPAN   4908 371 372 406 439 548 509 475 539 490 410 355 307 429 373 378 11309
GERMANY   3654 179 200 207 293 319 346 359 404 370 361 280 230 284 278 256 8023
UNITED KINGDOM   2311 124 140 163 248 296 310 304 311 301 244 196 180 221 213 201 5762
FRANCE   1913 114 129 157 224 263 267 265 287 252 277 167 153 189 173 175 5003
CANADA   573 48 66 100 126 190 219 193 191 213 192 145 115 161 153 136 2818
SWITZERLAND   1232 41 57 57 70 69 75 57 80 70 63 59 53 65 63 66 2177
ITALY   906 58 66 70 74 79 93 80 79 81 69 53 49 60 61 69 1944
SWEDEN   324 22 28 34 56 62 67 73 69 72 73 58 47 57 57 57 1152
NETHERLANDS   321 19 20 19 46 67 73 68 73 62 61 55 53 51 55 62 1104
DENMARK   198 28 29 33 57 70 76 68 81 52 69 46 44 48 49 38 982
ISRAEL   194 15 19 38 35 62 64 58 50 75 82 43 38 51 59 61 941
BELGIUM   275 15 24 30 36 55 52 52 44 58 49 56 34 45 51 44 916
AUSTRALIA   150 28 29 31 39 63 74 50 79 66 54 47 38 53 44 58 901
KOREA, SOUTH   32 11 13 22 22 32 39 35 43 48 53 53 46 70 75 59 650
INDIA   45 3 6 7 8 15 19 25 36 49 71 39 57 61 50 54 543
AUSTRIA   126 10 10 18 19 27 24 17 19 19 22 15 15 20 18 20 397
HUNGARY   275 11 11 11 4 8 6 7 8 10 7 6 6 6 5 8 385
TAIWAN   13 6 6 6 8 17 22 16 27 31 27 30 34 47 34 48 369
SPAIN   90 10 10 10 16 24 17 10 15 25 23 21 16 20 25 25 354
FINLAND   61 9 12 17 15 23 22 13 18 19 15 13 14 13 11 20 291
NORWAY   40 7 8 15 17 17 11 20 17 10 15 12 9 8 12 10 223
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   13 2 4 4 7 9 6 8 19 18 19 20 21 21 27 22 215
NEW ZEALAND   15 5 2 5 6 6 14 9 8 17 14 12 7 9 9 7 141
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 2 10 7 14 15 9 12 13 7 5 8 7 13 12 129
U.S.S.R.   111 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 6 4 7 9 13 25 19 99
IRELAND   22 3 2 2 5 2 4 7 7 6 4 8 7 6 6 4 91
MEXICO   50 1 2 2 4 2 3 6 3 2 6 3 3 2 0 2 87
SOUTH AFRICA   35 0 1 2 4 3 5 3 3 6 5 1 2 2 3 2 74
ARGENTINA   16 0 2 3 4 4 2 2 4 7 4 6 1 4 3 4 62
BRAZIL   6 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 7 4 4 14 5 3 59
SINGAPORE   1 1 1 1 1 6 5 3 3 1 4 6 3 8 4 8 54
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   36 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
POLAND   20 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 2 1 38
CUBA   1 2 0 0 3 4 2 3 3 6 4 1 2 0 2 5 36
CROATIA   0 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 4 4 6 4 33
Others (73)   114 12 5 8 14 17 27 22 32 30 28 18 13 24 27 26 420
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   20796 1425 1590 2125 3148 3836 3902 3548 3840 3789 3497 2740 2433 3051 2791 2612 65123
U.S. GOVERNMENT   585 62 60 69 110 136 122 84 94 86 84 90 65 101 84 76 1905
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1908 123 151 186 249 310 324 286 341 310 265 177 141 157 136 124 5186
FOREIGN CORPORATION   14886 1002 1137 1299 1664 2052 2150 2035 2260 2201 2052 1618 1456 1867 1792 1777 41251
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   176 11 7 11 14 25 23 13 9 11 5 8 9 6 7 5 335
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1159 68 72 89 106 143 164 152 157 160 160 117 95 123 114 88 2964

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3254. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   46814 5400 8603 4956 6391 6164 6940 7398 7486 6481 4449 2894 1702 891 189 7 116765
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   25869 3363 5620 2938 4018 3819 4217 4483 4354 3802 2704 1845 1123 557 115 4 68831
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   20945 2037 2982 2018 2373 2345 2723 2914 3132 2679 1745 1049 579 334 74 3 47934
JAPAN   5675 507 582 465 517 492 556 572 652 557 351 210 108 57 6 1 11309
GERMANY   4092 286 418 307 333 360 419 436 455 369 264 155 78 43 7 0 8023
UNITED KINGDOM   2635 262 391 249 282 291 341 317 344 290 171 103 48 30 7 1 5762
FRANCE   2185 231 358 220 269 261 294 302 303 247 143 91 53 36 10 0 5003
CANADA   739 151 267 168 184 190 231 221 215 190 106 76 44 26 12 0 2818
SWITZERLAND   1337 76 96 53 81 66 68 90 91 89 60 33 19 13 4 0 2177
ITALY   1049 79 107 67 78 74 87 90 102 94 54 34 13 12 6 1 1944
SWEDEN   398 47 111 51 65 67 70 83 88 85 42 23 18 7 0 0 1152
NETHERLANDS   390 35 82 53 79 58 81 84 80 57 46 30 19 8 3 0 1104
DENMARK   269 44 96 41 82 66 80 73 92 61 42 15 15 8 2 0 982
ISRAEL   253 48 70 49 56 58 66 83 99 57 47 27 18 12 1 0 941
BELGIUM   326 33 86 40 54 53 58 75 63 52 40 16 14 6 2 0 916
AUSTRALIA   237 51 85 50 60 64 83 82 76 48 30 23 9 6 3 0 901
KOREA, SOUTH   55 27 27 30 32 34 47 71 84 99 71 36 28 13 0 0 650
INDIA   54 7 10 15 22 26 30 64 80 103 57 43 18 11 4 0 543
AUSTRIA   152 28 30 25 20 20 22 24 28 20 12 8 9 2 1 0 397
HUNGARY   298 9 10 7 6 9 9 9 7 9 7 6 2 0 0 0 385
TAIWAN   23 10 13 12 20 17 26 34 35 55 49 44 16 12 3 1 369
SPAIN   109 15 20 25 19 15 11 27 32 37 23 12 8 4 1 0 354
FINLAND   92 14 24 21 19 18 19 21 19 20 12 6 7 2 0 0 291
NORWAY   61 16 28 10 14 14 18 19 23 10 7 3 3 1 0 0 223
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   19 5 8 7 6 16 13 24 36 30 31 10 7 3 3 0 215
NEW ZEALAND   22 7 6 10 11 12 17 17 18 10 8 3 3 1 0 0 141
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   7 10 13 15 10 11 9 12 14 11 7 4 2 8 0 0 129
U.S.S.R.   113 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   6 2 1 1 5 4 2 5 12 17 25 10 7 5 1 0 99
IRELAND   27 4 6 2 7 9 8 10 4 7 5 3 0 2 0 0 91
MEXICO   55 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 87
SOUTH AFRICA   39 3 4 2 3 4 5 4 6 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 74
ARGENTINA   19 5 1 3 4 3 1 8 11 3 2 4 0 1 0 0 62
BRAZIL   9 1 4 2 2 2 5 8 4 10 5 4 2 4 0 0 59
SINGAPORE   2 4 5 2 4 2 7 6 7 9 5 2 2 1 0 0 54
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   37 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
POLAND   23 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 38
CUBA   4 4 2 2 3 3 6 5 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 36
CROATIA   1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 8 2 0 1 0 0 33
Others (73)   135 13 19 13 25 26 33 39 45 22 16 17 11 4 2 0 420
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   24835 3111 5254 2752 3751 3589 3961 4198 4066 3559 2556 1755 1075 552 104 5 65123
U.S. GOVERNMENT   808 129 174 73 89 75 84 111 128 89 69 40 24 12 3 0 1905
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2249 249 377 234 306 290 314 307 298 226 162 85 54 29 8 0 5186
FOREIGN CORPORATION   17388 1762 2618 1757 2066 2056 2387 2599 2766 2431 1585 958 520 284 70 2 41251
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   197 22 16 16 18 14 12 11 11 12 2 4 1 1 0 0 335
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1337 127 164 124 162 140 183 172 218 166 76 52 29 13 4 0 2964

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3253,3255,3256,3259. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   85225 4165 4311 4799 5385 6116 6488 6120 6386 6342 6042 4830 3692 4351 4018 3744 162015
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   52147 2213 2228 2584 2976 3312 3508 3212 3300 3267 3163 2439 1905 2276 2008 1863 92402
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   33077 1952 2083 2215 2409 2804 2980 2908 3086 3075 2879 2391 1787 2075 2010 1881 69613
JAPAN   10211 798 816 825 850 1009 1002 994 1027 978 908 822 584 729 725 674 22951
GERMANY   7705 356 362 415 428 481 513 537 561 570 530 452 315 363 320 299 14208
UNITED KINGDOM   4195 182 204 192 230 295 294 306 321 277 280 227 175 198 189 157 7723
FRANCE   2944 158 191 192 266 271 303 271 319 320 277 182 144 160 168 149 6315
SWITZERLAND   2056 67 66 68 74 63 78 74 83 83 57 59 56 55 49 63 3050
CANADA   1045 80 81 121 112 142 157 144 154 148 142 116 79 95 86 101 2806
ITALY   1064 82 77 83 73 78 91 90 90 92 99 53 43 48 46 47 2154
BELGIUM   590 36 54 70 85 95 103 91 80 111 91 58 46 55 39 30 1633
NETHERLANDS   783 31 29 31 27 53 56 52 63 61 63 51 38 38 37 24 1435
SWEDEN   449 17 20 28 42 44 40 42 39 59 49 33 28 27 28 30 975
KOREA, SOUTH   42 14 17 21 29 30 43 35 54 65 83 78 52 70 96 75 801
AUSTRALIA   298 13 16 15 23 29 30 24 34 28 26 30 34 21 26 25 671
DENMARK   181 20 27 21 30 42 55 45 43 35 38 30 23 20 25 21 652
ISRAEL   158 14 18 24 23 28 34 34 29 46 38 25 25 31 24 28 578
TAIWAN   45 9 12 14 11 15 29 29 31 29 31 32 24 24 24 31 388
HUNGARY   282 7 9 10 5 8 4 6 8 6 6 3 4 3 5 9 372
INDIA   45 3 4 1 3 7 17 20 29 27 32 28 26 31 29 19 319
AUSTRIA   167 10 11 11 11 13 20 10 11 12 13 8 5 6 7 6 318
SPAIN   89 8 13 11 14 20 15 10 19 22 16 16 13 14 16 16 308
FINLAND   65 9 8 18 9 17 16 12 12 15 14 11 11 7 6 7 234
U.S.S.R.   183 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   14 2 5 4 9 8 6 6 9 13 11 18 13 16 15 15 159
NORWAY   68 1 5 3 4 1 5 7 6 6 2 4 7 6 8 6 134
SOUTH AFRICA   67 5 6 5 6 4 9 3 7 3 6 2 3 2 3 3 130
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 4 5 6 13 13 11 9 12 5 3 4 5 8 6 100
MEXICO   42 5 1 3 4 2 7 6 1 2 8 2 3 0 2 2 88
NEW ZEALAND   17 3 2 3 1 4 7 7 5 5 6 9 4 4 5 3 81
IRELAND   27 3 2 2 3 2 2 6 3 6 4 9 6 4 1 3 80
BRAZIL   19 1 4 1 2 1 5 7 3 5 5 4 4 6 2 5 70
ARGENTINA   18 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 2 5 2 1 56
VENEZUELA   9 5 4 5 7 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 49
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   37 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   5 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 5 3 2 3 4 5 2 5 41
SINGAPORE   5 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5 3 2 1 5 2 37
POLAND   20 0 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 32
LUXEMBOURG   4 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 26
Others (74)   133 11 10 8 16 16 25 20 28 32 27 17 10 26 16 20 413
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   50525 2184 2202 2521 2903 3237 3424 3191 3227 3222 3133 2389 1869 2212 1996 1856 90093
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1842 46 39 39 49 64 48 42 55 46 51 46 41 37 25 28 2495
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   4050 179 185 252 241 319 401 307 356 311 285 224 146 155 125 109 7646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   26730 1671 1791 1873 2058 2363 2487 2446 2604 2636 2445 2077 1572 1875 1808 1704 58141
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   314 9 9 16 13 11 4 10 5 4 7 1 1 0 1 1 402
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1763 76 85 99 122 123 124 124 139 123 122 92 64 73 62 47 3238

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3253,3255,3256,3259. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   93504 5300 6964 5677 6582 6070 6588 6958 7077 6609 4810 3066 1720 825 248 18 162015
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   56575 2850 3913 2989 3536 3203 3387 3485 3485 3196 2544 1672 963 458 134 12 92402
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   36929 2450 3051 2689 3046 2867 3201 3473 3592 3413 2266 1394 757 367 114 6 69613
JAPAN   11683 916 1010 996 1056 961 1066 1108 1171 1097 828 549 308 147 51 3 22951
GERMANY   8408 426 564 468 549 513 617 601 684 629 355 223 112 47 13 0 14208
UNITED KINGDOM   4581 217 315 249 325 302 313 311 368 346 211 103 49 26 7 1 7723
FRANCE   3279 237 325 264 302 276 312 363 315 291 165 88 58 31 7 0 6315
SWITZERLAND   2178 85 89 61 78 80 70 91 88 95 55 40 21 15 4 0 3050
CANADA   1206 112 179 124 140 157 161 176 150 152 106 75 44 17 7 1 2806
ITALY   1231 78 89 85 80 88 97 104 109 91 50 31 11 9 3 0 2154
BELGIUM   666 79 96 103 89 85 86 112 103 107 54 31 16 6 1 0 1633
NETHERLANDS   842 36 42 47 63 53 64 77 69 67 49 16 8 2 1 0 1435
SWEDEN   494 35 55 40 41 39 48 55 58 55 31 13 8 4 0 0 975
KOREA, SOUTH   69 21 31 28 38 41 47 87 93 129 92 71 34 15 2 1 801
AUSTRALIA   331 23 23 30 33 23 42 42 31 34 28 22 5 2 4 0 671
DENMARK   227 27 56 26 47 49 51 39 50 33 27 7 7 7 2 0 652
ISRAEL   194 32 37 26 31 29 35 52 48 40 25 14 10 7 0 0 578
TAIWAN   60 17 13 14 26 23 29 34 30 43 38 19 21 14 6 0 388
HUNGARY   299 9 10 5 5 8 7 6 4 6 7 5 3 0 0 0 372
INDIA   52 1 4 9 18 17 22 40 36 51 33 25 8 3 1 0 319
AUSTRIA   190 14 10 17 16 9 11 13 17 10 5 4 4 1 1 0 318
SPAIN   107 10 19 18 17 14 12 25 26 25 15 14 5 4 1 0 308
FINLAND   81 13 17 14 15 16 15 19 16 14 11 5 1 1 0 0 234
U.S.S.R.   183 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   21 3 10 8 5 7 6 16 18 24 24 7 9 3 1 0 159
NORWAY   73 4 6 3 4 6 8 6 11 10 3 1 2 1 0 0 134
SOUTH AFRICA   79 8 4 5 6 6 7 6 5 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 130
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   5 7 10 13 9 13 9 9 13 3 4 4 3 1 1 0 100
MEXICO   50 3 1 5 1 7 4 4 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 88
NEW ZEALAND   23 4 3 4 5 5 7 10 11 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 81
IRELAND   31 3 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 80
BRAZIL   21 4 3 1 4 5 9 7 5 4 6 3 1 0 0 0 70
ARGENTINA   22 3 2 4 2 3 2 5 6 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 56
VENEZUELA   19 3 8 0 6 1 5 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 49
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   38 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   7 3 0 2 2 2 3 4 6 5 1 5 3 2 0 0 41
SINGAPORE   5 5 0 2 3 2 3 6 5 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 37
POLAND   22 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32
LUXEMBOURG   5 1 1 2 4 2 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 26
Others (74)   152 13 18 16 25 24 31 41 30 20 20 12 7 4 1 0 413
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   54823 2747 3817 2978 3465 3155 3367 3464 3440 3171 2472 1638 946 464 131 13 90093
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1948 61 52 41 51 45 40 53 60 51 55 23 12 4 0 0 2495
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   4434 257 329 273 366 341 323 343 286 275 191 112 75 31 9 0 7646
FOREIGN CORPORATION   30045 2099 2617 2251 2571 2403 2709 2951 3132 3002 2013 1254 668 314 106 5 58141
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   333 17 11 9 8 6 5 6 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 402
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1921 120 137 124 121 119 143 141 155 107 79 38 19 11 2 0 3238

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 326. PLASTICS AND RUBBER 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   103675 4888 4556 4672 4742 5779 5994 5925 5987 6009 5761 5245 3981 3777 3339 2967 177297
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   68603 2801 2593 2779 2739 3300 3425 3291 3251 3220 3037 2699 2199 2080 1789 1589 109394
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   35073 2087 1962 1893 2003 2479 2569 2634 2737 2789 2724 2546 1782 1697 1550 1378 67903
JAPAN   11559 987 849 815 862 1071 1094 1096 1133 1180 1157 1068 723 686 630 618 25529
GERMANY   8103 371 353 356 328 441 427 461 452 445 489 434 281 273 239 182 13635
UNITED KINGDOM   3513 84 92 88 106 118 133 130 123 116 97 91 72 64 53 39 4920
FRANCE   2621 113 112 103 120 133 169 158 167 172 169 152 129 103 106 86 4612
CANADA   1996 109 115 102 114 128 128 134 138 139 105 113 77 70 59 55 3583
TAIWAN   313 77 76 98 92 123 148 161 171 178 161 162 128 123 108 97 2216
ITALY   1199 80 61 60 53 67 72 68 80 91 81 97 59 58 43 37 2207
SWITZERLAND   1192 48 62 46 48 56 49 46 57 53 49 46 29 34 34 20 1868
NETHERLANDS   858 36 35 29 36 46 58 52 49 56 53 43 27 22 32 21 1454
SWEDEN   810 19 27 20 18 37 29 35 47 42 38 37 26 21 15 22 1242
BELGIUM   521 38 40 39 42 49 50 53 59 64 47 48 46 42 32 20 1191
KOREA, SOUTH   69 17 28 20 29 43 46 53 53 57 67 70 50 54 59 52 767
AUSTRALIA   387 20 22 22 21 26 24 30 32 27 27 26 20 20 18 11 733
AUSTRIA   354 17 15 20 27 23 28 26 26 25 25 21 10 14 11 12 655
DENMARK   222 7 6 5 11 7 16 14 15 16 14 9 6 10 7 7 372
FINLAND   137 6 9 9 13 18 10 11 17 16 21 15 9 11 10 7 319
ISRAEL   121 13 9 10 16 9 16 11 16 18 15 11 14 11 8 7 306
SPAIN   96 7 5 7 8 15 8 7 9 11 9 9 6 7 7 5 215
LUXEMBOURG   71 6 3 4 4 6 4 16 9 11 14 15 10 12 17 13 213
NORWAY   116 3 1 4 6 6 5 10 11 5 8 7 5 3 3 3 198
SOUTH AFRICA   114 4 5 4 6 6 3 3 4 5 6 2 2 3 2 2 173
NEW ZEALAND   54 3 3 2 3 7 8 3 5 5 5 6 2 4 3 3 117
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   27 2 4 3 4 5 3 6 9 10 9 8 5 8 8 5 115
IRELAND   42 2 1 3 1 4 6 7 4 4 5 3 9 3 4 7 106
U.S.S.R.   102 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
MEXICO   53 2 3 1 1 2 5 4 3 4 3 2 2 1 2 4 93
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   12 1 2 0 4 0 3 4 4 7 8 7 6 10 10 13 90
BRAZIL   39 1 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 3 90
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   72 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
INDIA   20 1 5 3 1 2 2 1 4 3 4 8 6 5 7 3 73
SINGAPORE   6 1 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 7 9 10 4 5 5 4 67
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 2 2 5 4 6 3 7 10 1 5 3 2 1 3 3 56
ARGENTINA   24 3 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 51
LIECHTENSTEIN   28 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 41
HUNGARY   31 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 37
GREECE   16 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 32
Others (80)   172 5 7 7 12 14 11 15 15 10 16 15 11 14 11 13 349
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   52140 2112 1951 2080 2079 2483 2590 2482 2477 2533 2411 2148 1750 1638 1482 1271 83627
U.S. GOVERNMENT   815 35 27 25 19 17 24 21 20 17 18 16 13 10 12 9 1098
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   17652 744 709 752 734 922 931 886 854 774 709 634 510 501 387 367 28066
FOREIGN CORPORATION   27519 1759 1617 1569 1655 2036 2126 2218 2319 2365 2355 2204 1521 1462 1302 1205 55233
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   226 12 5 5 8 5 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 274
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   5324 226 247 241 247 317 319 315 314 318 265 243 186 166 154 115 8998

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 326. PLASTICS AND RUBBER 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   112045 5277 6021 5776 6566 5951 6182 6282 6495 6218 4941 3156 1611 622 147 6 177297
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   73353 3063 3530 3254 3694 3297 3338 3350 3227 3165 2822 1859 985 361 91 5 109394
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   38693 2214 2491 2522 2871 2654 2845 2932 3269 3053 2120 1296 626 261 56 2 67903
JAPAN   13242 956 1064 1101 1253 1117 1158 1188 1363 1250 901 550 272 93 19 1 25529
GERMANY   8735 398 450 434 515 427 507 477 606 518 310 159 66 27 6 0 13635
UNITED KINGDOM   3677 109 130 121 134 126 140 122 129 107 69 30 17 6 1 0 4920
FRANCE   2834 121 142 152 182 163 159 197 195 212 126 75 44 9 1 0 4612
CANADA   2198 117 132 123 145 133 132 143 121 132 97 61 30 16 2 1 3583
TAIWAN   418 93 101 117 125 161 188 181 179 186 178 133 84 58 14 0 2216
ITALY   1316 68 73 74 81 82 86 95 122 107 57 26 11 7 0 0 2207
SWITZERLAND   1288 57 66 46 60 48 65 58 54 50 38 24 8 5 1 0 1868
NETHERLANDS   916 47 42 42 71 48 50 57 67 54 35 19 3 1 2 0 1454
SWEDEN   853 26 23 33 30 47 47 42 46 44 29 13 8 2 0 0 1242
BELGIUM   591 49 61 53 48 56 61 68 58 64 44 26 9 3 1 0 1191
KOREA, SOUTH   99 33 28 50 48 52 46 67 76 97 71 58 27 10 4 0 767
AUSTRALIA   426 27 26 29 23 26 38 35 34 31 18 13 5 2 0 0 733
AUSTRIA   385 19 36 23 30 29 23 26 34 27 12 8 1 1 1 0 655
DENMARK   236 5 12 10 16 13 16 20 17 15 5 4 3 0 0 0 372
FINLAND   150 12 16 18 14 18 14 17 30 16 9 4 1 0 0 0 319
ISRAEL   144 10 18 10 16 10 16 20 18 18 15 7 2 0 1 0 306
SPAIN   109 8 10 12 9 8 8 12 10 11 7 7 3 1 1 0 215
LUXEMBOURG   77 5 4 9 10 10 11 14 16 17 13 20 7 2 0 0 213
NORWAY   121 4 7 9 4 8 11 6 13 7 5 3 1 1 0 0 198
SOUTH AFRICA   123 6 3 7 5 4 5 6 5 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 173
NEW ZEALAND   59 7 4 5 7 4 5 6 6 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 117
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   32 3 4 4 3 7 8 10 10 11 9 9 4 0 0 0 115
IRELAND   46 2 3 4 3 9 5 8 6 3 9 4 1 4 0 0 106
U.S.S.R.   104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
MEXICO   56 4 1 2 3 7 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 93
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   15 0 4 1 4 2 5 4 10 11 10 12 7 5 1 0 90
BRAZIL   45 6 4 4 4 5 4 3 2 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 90
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   72 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
INDIA   24 2 4 1 0 5 3 4 2 10 8 8 1 1 0 0 73
SINGAPORE   9 1 1 2 4 3 6 8 10 6 6 7 1 1 1 0 67
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   4 4 5 8 4 5 7 8 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 56
ARGENTINA   28 1 3 3 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 51
LIECHTENSTEIN   29 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 41
HUNGARY   31 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 37
GREECE   17 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 32
Others (80)   182 8 12 14 16 15 13 18 19 17 21 5 5 3 1 0 349
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   55791 2292 2732 2523 2858 2481 2542 2633 2574 2512 2217 1431 714 263 62 3 83627
U.S. GOVERNMENT   875 23 24 16 28 23 16 20 16 21 16 11 6 2 2 0 1098
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   18848 851 881 848 942 878 880 824 748 768 679 482 292 114 29 2 28066
FOREIGN CORPORATION   30570 1823 2105 2082 2405 2258 2404 2472 2849 2617 1794 1087 524 197 45 2 55233
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   242 5 5 9 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 274
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   5718 283 273 297 331 309 338 329 306 301 235 146 76 46 10 0 8998

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 327. NONMETALLIC MINERAL 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   43558 1899 1692 1861 2016 2297 2486 2280 2594 2599 2581 2435 1899 1834 1565 1399 74995
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   27847 1067 940 1124 1088 1253 1344 1224 1378 1305 1281 1177 962 898 775 678 44340
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   15711 832 752 737 927 1044 1142 1056 1216 1295 1300 1258 938 936 790 722 30655
JAPAN   4972 407 318 328 422 452 500 446 533 594 616 588 431 447 371 336 11762
GERMANY   3114 123 124 118 133 153 163 178 213 227 202 193 140 150 124 99 5455
UNITED KINGDOM   1949 43 37 43 48 68 63 50 58 50 55 45 40 34 34 25 2643
FRANCE   1403 66 68 53 73 71 69 77 72 69 85 70 52 48 42 54 2371
CANADA   803 39 43 45 49 60 64 66 64 55 53 55 40 33 22 26 1518
SWEDEN   514 13 15 16 21 23 17 24 27 24 23 24 17 16 14 16 804
SWITZERLAND   420 16 14 12 14 23 28 19 23 16 24 27 18 11 8 8 681
ITALY   380 21 20 10 15 20 20 22 27 22 19 35 18 11 13 13 666
TAIWAN   88 22 22 20 28 38 39 30 39 51 42 49 28 35 34 24 587
NETHERLANDS   380 6 17 5 16 11 21 13 19 13 15 19 8 11 8 11 575
KOREA, SOUTH   28 9 12 15 19 27 36 30 36 58 51 46 40 41 38 42 528
BELGIUM   283 8 7 9 9 13 15 11 13 16 7 11 12 12 5 2 433
AUSTRALIA   193 11 9 8 10 14 14 12 15 13 15 19 14 15 16 8 388
AUSTRIA   171 7 5 14 11 6 11 6 11 7 13 11 8 8 10 4 304
DENMARK   137 7 6 4 10 6 11 7 5 7 4 5 3 5 2 5 225
FINLAND   99 10 7 7 8 6 11 7 13 8 6 7 9 7 6 4 215
U.S.S.R.   159 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
ISRAEL   52 3 2 3 6 4 9 11 8 8 10 4 8 6 4 6 144
SOUTH AFRICA   92 3 7 5 4 3 1 3 2 5 3 3 4 3 1 1 140
SPAIN   54 4 2 2 1 4 5 2 2 7 5 6 6 6 3 2 109
NORWAY   71 0 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 4 1 3 3 5 2 3 109
MEXICO   42 3 1 2 4 1 4 5 1 8 3 4 1 2 2 2 84
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 2 3 4 3 9 6 4 7 4 4 5 7 1 2 2 62
NEW ZEALAND   28 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 5 3 3 1 62
BRAZIL   18 1 0 2 2 5 4 2 4 4 6 3 2 2 2 1 57
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 2 0 2 1 0 3 3 2 3 2 5 4 5 9 7 51
INDIA   7 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 4 4 5 44
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   8 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 3 4 4 2 5 5 2 43
LUXEMBOURG   26 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 39
HUNGARY   28 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 39
IRELAND   15 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 38
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
SINGAPORE   3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 21
ARGENTINA   12 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 20
LIECHTENSTEIN   12 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
MALAYSIA   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 2 16
Others (65)   113 3 2 3 6 10 7 11 9 10 14 4 8 3 2 7 213
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   21664 796 704 848 841 953 1036 907 1069 1039 1043 950 778 726 635 562 34553
U.S. GOVERNMENT   609 28 27 24 28 19 26 21 16 14 18 17 7 9 10 3 877
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   6351 277 242 271 240 317 328 328 327 285 254 228 182 178 142 126 10074
FOREIGN CORPORATION   12089 696 608 619 780 875 945 900 1046 1113 1133 1131 865 862 716 674 25052
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   221 11 7 8 8 10 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 280
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2624 92 104 91 118 122 148 124 134 145 133 107 66 60 59 34 4159

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 327. NONMETALLIC MINERAL 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   46919 2064 2389 2327 2714 2410 2602 2695 2914 2823 2373 1487 848 332 92 4 74995
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   29720 1180 1348 1264 1446 1280 1374 1321 1377 1300 1221 789 486 179 53 3 44340
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   17199 885 1041 1063 1268 1131 1229 1374 1537 1523 1152 698 362 153 39 1 30655
JAPAN   5664 379 467 470 561 490 530 624 723 661 549 350 191 76 27 0 11762
GERMANY   3353 136 146 159 206 192 211 249 232 253 172 94 37 14 3 0 5455
UNITED KINGDOM   2027 49 63 64 66 47 62 58 74 63 35 16 12 6 0 0 2643
FRANCE   1526 80 76 72 72 71 86 85 90 104 56 33 11 6 3 0 2371
CANADA   877 50 61 56 66 76 57 61 57 63 47 23 17 7 0 1 1518
SWEDEN   539 23 20 24 27 17 28 26 20 29 26 15 7 3 0 0 804
SWITZERLAND   449 15 20 18 29 24 22 18 34 22 16 6 6 2 0 0 681
ITALY   418 18 15 14 25 24 24 33 30 38 13 9 2 3 0 0 666
TAIWAN   122 21 31 40 34 36 42 37 53 45 52 34 26 13 1 0 587
NETHERLANDS   397 14 13 21 18 13 15 21 17 18 18 7 2 2 0 0 575
KOREA, SOUTH   43 19 22 23 35 42 44 47 60 66 54 42 23 7 1 0 528
BELGIUM   301 10 11 14 14 12 13 10 15 15 8 8 1 1 0 0 433
AUSTRALIA   214 9 11 17 12 12 17 15 22 31 14 8 5 1 0 0 388
AUSTRIA   181 11 17 7 11 7 8 11 14 16 12 6 1 2 0 0 304
DENMARK   149 4 10 10 11 6 7 9 6 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 225
FINLAND   115 8 11 8 11 8 12 7 9 15 9 3 0 0 0 0 215
U.S.S.R.   160 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
ISRAEL   57 5 6 4 9 9 9 12 8 7 8 4 4 1 0 0 144
SOUTH AFRICA   100 7 5 2 2 2 4 2 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 140
SPAIN   59 2 6 2 4 1 3 7 5 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 109
NORWAY   72 3 3 5 2 3 3 4 6 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 109
MEXICO   48 2 1 5 5 3 4 3 4 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 84
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   4 3 6 8 8 1 9 4 5 6 4 2 0 1 0 0 62
NEW ZEALAND   30 1 2 2 4 2 1 4 5 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 62
BRAZIL   21 1 3 2 4 5 2 2 8 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 57
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   8 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 5 5 8 3 7 3 1 0 51
INDIA   8 1 2 4 4 1 0 1 4 7 4 7 0 1 1 0 44
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   8 0 0 1 2 4 2 2 4 4 6 8 0 0 1 0 43
LUXEMBOURG   27 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 39
HUNGARY   29 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 39
IRELAND   16 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 38
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
SINGAPORE   4 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 21
ARGENTINA   12 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
LIECHTENSTEIN   12 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
MALAYSIA   2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 16
Others (65)   118 6 6 7 11 11 6 12 10 12 8 1 3 0 1 0 213
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   23070 908 1036 973 1122 986 1074 1053 1123 1039 974 616 391 143 42 3 34553
U.S. GOVERNMENT   658 25 28 32 23 22 10 20 16 13 11 12 4 2 0 0 877
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   6825 276 303 297 357 311 315 289 266 270 248 162 98 45 12 0 10074
FOREIGN CORPORATION   13327 743 887 876 1054 963 1082 1184 1354 1377 1050 655 331 130 36 1 25052
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   238 6 9 9 6 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 280
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2801 107 125 139 152 127 119 147 153 122 89 41 23 12 2 0 4159

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 331. PRIMARY METALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   23855 844 811 735 641 846 917 848 1007 1000 889 764 574 525 469 482 35208
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   13026 375 342 309 265 337 365 331 369 357 310 280 219 216 179 196 17478
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   10829 469 469 425 376 509 552 517 637 643 579 485 356 308 290 286 17730
JAPAN   3794 234 218 216 196 255 251 231 279 292 288 238 167 143 143 163 7106
GERMANY   1829 47 59 48 30 62 61 77 104 82 69 68 43 45 22 18 2662
FRANCE   924 31 37 38 33 41 42 45 45 45 34 25 24 12 15 20 1410
UNITED KINGDOM   1022 32 19 11 15 18 20 18 18 17 22 7 12 13 8 7 1257
CANADA   678 28 35 16 24 25 34 24 28 37 25 19 14 17 15 12 1031
SWEDEN   405 5 8 9 7 9 10 12 20 21 13 12 9 6 4 8 557
SWITZERLAND   373 14 9 8 8 18 16 18 16 21 14 10 6 10 7 3 549
AUSTRIA   243 5 6 10 7 10 21 11 27 19 15 11 12 6 11 6 417
AUSTRALIA   170 14 14 15 8 11 21 14 13 17 13 13 6 12 9 5 353
ITALY   217 6 8 6 5 7 14 6 17 15 11 6 6 2 4 3 333
U.S.S.R.   234 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
NETHERLANDS   154 4 3 3 1 6 5 7 7 7 10 5 6 6 3 8 233
KOREA, SOUTH   19 6 7 11 13 16 20 11 19 11 16 15 12 9 17 7 207
BELGIUM   150 1 2 1 5 5 3 4 4 6 3 3 2 2 2 3 195
FINLAND   80 2 9 5 4 0 3 3 4 3 3 7 3 2 4 1 133
NORWAY   80 2 1 2 4 5 3 4 1 3 5 5 2 2 3 4 124
TAIWAN   24 4 6 11 3 6 4 5 3 9 9 9 11 5 5 5 119
SOUTH AFRICA   57 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 5 2 2 1 0 89
MEXICO   63 2 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 83
LUXEMBOURG   43 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 54
ISRAEL   21 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 54
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 6 3 0 7 3 1 3 3 7 7 4 2 3 3 53
BRAZIL   22 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 3 3 0 44
SPAIN   27 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 43
HUNGARY   39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
DENMARK   14 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 4 2 3 2 1 1 3 40
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   10 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 36
INDIA   11 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 34
THE BAHAMAS   5 2 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 29
VENEZUELA   10 0 3 0 0 1 1 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 25
BULGARIA   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
CHILE   8 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 18
POLAND   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
ROMANIA   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ARGENTINA   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
UKRAINE   0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
Others (38)   53 4 4 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 2 4 5 2 1 5 92
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   11246 323 275 266 225 288 328 281 324 321 283 257 196 206 165 174 15159
U.S. GOVERNMENT   633 12 15 12 6 9 9 11 7 7 5 6 4 4 3 4 746
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1491 43 45 30 32 43 35 42 54 46 34 28 23 17 16 19 1997
FOREIGN CORPORATION   9245 417 440 396 354 473 518 493 582 583 530 449 333 285 277 275 15652
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   186 5 7 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 217
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1055 43 31 27 21 31 25 20 36 41 37 24 18 13 8 10 1438

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 331. PRIMARY METALS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   25267 901 866 864 965 897 894 979 1056 1056 700 394 243 111 13 0 35208
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   13621 388 386 332 381 337 340 329 341 378 264 184 126 61 9 0 17478
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   11646 514 479 532 584 561 554 650 715 678 436 210 117 50 5 0 17730
JAPAN   4187 258 242 266 279 227 246 295 361 323 215 102 74 29 3 0 7106
GERMANY   1929 58 43 69 68 77 88 88 79 97 42 17 6 2 1 0 2662
FRANCE   986 36 42 43 46 46 39 47 45 39 27 10 4 2 0 0 1410
UNITED KINGDOM   1063 19 20 17 24 18 17 17 24 15 15 7 1 1 0 0 1257
CANADA   732 27 25 32 26 30 17 38 37 25 18 13 7 3 1 0 1031
SWEDEN   417 15 8 4 10 17 12 26 21 13 7 5 2 1 0 0 557
SWITZERLAND   393 9 12 18 20 20 14 15 17 14 8 9 0 0 0 0 549
AUSTRIA   252 9 11 11 25 23 16 17 13 18 13 4 4 4 0 0 417
AUSTRALIA   195 15 8 21 15 13 14 20 17 16 9 9 2 0 0 0 353
ITALY   230 7 10 5 12 12 18 13 13 3 7 2 3 0 0 0 333
U.S.S.R.   241 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
NETHERLANDS   159 4 3 5 5 9 7 10 6 17 6 2 0 0 0 0 233
KOREA, SOUTH   30 11 19 11 19 17 13 13 21 20 20 10 3 2 0 0 207
BELGIUM   152 3 3 4 6 3 5 5 3 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 195
FINLAND   87 9 4 1 1 5 2 3 7 9 4 1 1 0 0 0 133
NORWAY   84 1 5 5 3 3 2 3 6 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 124
TAIWAN   34 8 6 3 7 4 8 6 9 9 16 4 4 3 0 0 119
SOUTH AFRICA   63 4 0 0 0 5 3 2 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 89
MEXICO   65 2 2 3 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 83
LUXEMBOURG   44 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 54
ISRAEL   26 2 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 54
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   3 6 2 7 2 3 5 6 5 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 53
BRAZIL   26 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 44
SPAIN   27 0 1 2 2 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
HUNGARY   41 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
DENMARK   14 0 4 1 2 2 4 1 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 40
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   13 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 36
INDIA   13 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 34
THE BAHAMAS   7 2 1 0 2 1 2 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
VENEZUELA   11 1 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25
BULGARIA   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
CHILE   11 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18
POLAND   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
ROMANIA   12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ARGENTINA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
UKRAINE   2 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Others (38)   58 4 1 0 2 2 1 3 5 6 4 2 2 2 0 0 92
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   11745 322 336 282 338 298 304 293 331 331 243 164 110 54 8 0 15159
U.S. GOVERNMENT   657 12 11 11 7 7 10 6 4 8 4 8 0 0 0 0 746
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1566 43 37 40 44 43 37 44 37 44 21 16 15 9 1 0 1997
FOREIGN CORPORATION   9987 476 447 506 547 528 507 597 642 640 414 197 114 46 5 0 15652
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   198 6 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 217
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1115 43 30 24 28 21 31 37 42 33 18 10 4 3 0 0 1438

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 332. FABRICATED METAL 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   205922 7446 7035 7175 6956 8967 9544 9686 9750 9583 9259 8127 7382 7673 6367 5812 326684
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   146414 4787 4527 4607 4392 5669 5845 5822 5702 5381 5338 4525 4273 4450 3623 3306 218660
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   59508 2658 2508 2568 2564 3298 3699 3863 4048 4203 3922 3602 3109 3223 2744 2506 108024
JAPAN   12101 748 726 709 691 889 1016 1059 1060 1089 1051 931 847 839 721 652 25129
GERMANY   13846 513 430 473 479 589 661 762 756 823 783 634 546 542 454 428 22721
UNITED KINGDOM   6692 148 168 146 142 188 208 234 230 237 200 178 178 179 139 132 9400
FRANCE   5601 209 194 208 185 225 236 213 255 231 246 188 134 160 132 112 8530
CANADA   4585 232 224 204 238 278 321 311 297 318 281 271 223 218 202 161 8364
TAIWAN   1204 220 211 236 238 351 406 431 493 558 493 559 452 518 420 393 7183
SWEDEN   2982 78 81 72 63 104 125 113 134 102 91 99 63 74 59 58 4300
SWITZERLAND   2825 77 64 79 60 92 75 92 112 87 75 76 50 67 43 41 3916
ITALY   1720 91 60 65 69 97 104 104 96 129 110 103 99 84 82 69 3083
NETHERLANDS   1348 34 28 30 37 34 49 51 61 63 35 37 42 28 29 24 1929
AUSTRALIA   1024 61 53 58 52 54 61 78 69 78 60 60 43 48 55 29 1884
KOREA, SOUTH   162 28 34 47 66 118 126 104 91 130 114 120 118 132 132 140 1663
AUSTRIA   834 29 35 39 33 33 47 46 49 52 44 43 33 43 26 22 1410
ISRAEL   441 27 33 30 38 33 33 31 46 33 48 33 34 32 28 29 951
BELGIUM   519 15 12 17 14 27 20 14 36 24 21 24 18 21 16 11 807
FINLAND   400 21 23 25 26 28 34 26 34 30 30 37 20 21 17 11 784
DENMARK   467 14 15 17 24 23 21 27 20 26 26 19 18 18 19 14 769
SPAIN   308 15 16 13 14 26 19 23 25 31 20 14 23 20 12 16 595
NORWAY   329 17 16 16 17 27 20 21 25 25 23 15 11 11 10 9 593
SOUTH AFRICA   312 11 15 13 11 8 6 10 19 7 13 8 16 14 11 11 485
U.S.S.R.   325 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 329
NEW ZEALAND   168 6 8 4 6 11 14 8 16 8 17 10 10 10 10 10 316
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   38 2 3 2 2 2 3 10 8 16 19 23 24 43 48 58 301
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   72 5 8 12 4 8 7 13 18 16 29 26 19 23 15 21 297
BRAZIL   98 5 9 11 9 9 18 10 16 11 14 18 7 14 10 6 266
MEXICO   143 6 3 3 3 6 10 10 11 10 10 8 12 4 3 5 248
IRELAND   68 5 3 3 4 5 8 6 6 7 7 5 6 4 4 2 142
HUNGARY   114 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 1 5 1 0 136
ARGENTINA   76 5 4 2 5 1 5 7 3 3 6 3 6 3 3 2 134
SINGAPORE   21 5 6 4 2 3 4 6 9 14 11 13 8 6 5 4 120
LUXEMBOURG   62 0 4 3 3 1 4 4 3 4 4 7 4 3 3 2 110
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   100 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 3 2 8 5 8 7 6 14 5 8 5 3 5 7 3 89
LIECHTENSTEIN   73 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 88
VENEZUELA   40 1 2 5 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 60
INDIA   24 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 8 5 5 4 2 59
Others (87)   384 18 14 13 19 16 26 23 27 28 31 21 33 27 22 28 730
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   88441 2878 2639 2758 2623 3415 3525 3667 3634 3465 3471 2908 2884 3001 2381 2211 133900
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5140 95 87 52 80 76 72 61 90 86 80 60 54 62 49 74 6219
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   55589 1884 1873 1876 1769 2285 2373 2215 2112 1952 1898 1655 1420 1479 1281 1078 82741
FOREIGN CORPORATION   41065 1931 1846 1878 1875 2409 2735 2881 3010 3166 3037 2773 2413 2496 2130 2036 77682
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   796 24 16 19 19 19 4 3 7 4 6 6 0 3 1 1 927
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   14890 633 573 593 588 764 836 858 896 911 767 725 611 632 525 411 25214

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 332. FABRICATED METAL 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   218013 8090 8495 8721 9542 9622 9773 10080 9913 10410 9475 7249 4593 2105 581 22 326684
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   154127 5134 5514 5444 5852 5744 5742 5801 5434 5724 5363 4282 2818 1300 367 15 218660
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   63886 2957 2981 3277 3690 3877 4031 4279 4479 4686 4112 2966 1776 806 214 7 108024
JAPAN   13356 808 857 915 1058 1054 995 1128 1191 1175 1113 802 467 171 40 0 25129
GERMANY   14690 530 530 614 699 711 810 849 895 860 698 464 264 91 14 2 22721
UNITED KINGDOM   6963 186 195 176 199 231 245 222 265 250 230 130 73 29 4 0 9400
FRANCE   5946 232 225 221 228 257 241 255 269 254 191 134 55 18 3 0 8530
CANADA   4960 254 262 277 297 327 315 305 298 332 294 233 134 61 13 0 8364
TAIWAN   1485 263 235 315 370 413 505 514 527 625 604 538 423 264 97 3 7183
SWEDEN   3124 80 76 95 111 137 127 120 133 124 84 56 25 6 2 1 4300
SWITZERLAND   2952 75 91 86 70 95 109 94 86 98 70 45 30 12 3 0 3916
ITALY   1847 75 83 88 111 105 104 140 114 155 122 72 42 21 4 0 3083
NETHERLANDS   1407 34 38 38 56 47 56 59 58 50 42 27 9 5 2 0 1929
AUSTRALIA   1135 66 57 57 62 65 75 83 80 93 51 31 19 10 1 0 1884
KOREA, SOUTH   209 52 67 115 130 108 93 112 121 184 185 152 87 33 13 1 1663
AUSTRIA   897 38 40 34 41 46 50 50 50 62 60 24 12 6 1 0 1410
ISRAEL   487 43 41 29 37 32 37 48 46 45 43 38 18 6 0 0 951
BELGIUM   542 20 17 21 21 20 37 28 27 34 18 10 4 6 2 0 807
FINLAND   438 26 32 30 35 26 29 32 45 36 31 17 5 3 0 0 784
DENMARK   492 21 22 29 21 19 27 25 33 27 28 18 5 1 0 0 769
SPAIN   335 19 13 20 20 27 20 30 24 27 25 20 10 3 1 0 595
NORWAY   355 26 23 21 19 19 25 21 25 27 17 9 3 1 1 0 593
SOUTH AFRICA   335 17 6 12 10 14 12 15 17 18 13 10 4 3 2 0 485
U.S.S.R.   328 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 329
NEW ZEALAND   179 8 7 10 14 11 9 16 19 19 10 9 1 3 0 0 316
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   44 1 2 3 3 6 13 16 22 29 37 53 42 27 3 0 301
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   83 12 6 8 6 16 13 18 29 27 34 19 15 8 4 0 297
BRAZIL   112 15 11 9 14 11 13 13 18 20 15 8 5 1 1 0 266
MEXICO   149 7 3 5 10 14 8 11 10 10 12 3 3 3 0 0 248
IRELAND   75 3 4 8 4 8 7 4 12 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 142
HUNGARY   119 0 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 136
ARGENTINA   85 3 3 1 4 7 4 3 5 4 9 1 1 2 0 0 134
SINGAPORE   31 4 6 1 3 6 13 14 11 17 5 6 3 0 0 0 120
LUXEMBOURG   65 6 2 1 4 4 2 5 5 9 4 2 3 0 0 0 110
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   101 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   6 6 4 11 9 4 10 10 5 14 5 2 0 2 1 0 89
LIECHTENSTEIN   76 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 88
VENEZUELA   45 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 60
INDIA   24 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 9 6 7 2 1 0 0 59
Others (87)   407 22 19 21 18 31 18 31 31 41 45 21 13 8 2 1 730
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   93180 2999 3324 3348 3623 3563 3659 3756 3653 3754 3544 2808 1730 758 192 7 133900
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5318 70 73 76 76 82 45 85 70 78 81 66 65 29 4 1 6219
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   58521 2142 2200 2135 2287 2210 2163 2078 1852 2010 1873 1478 1066 546 174 6 82741
FOREIGN CORPORATION   44312 2157 2221 2443 2757 2905 2980 3257 3490 3626 3180 2315 1352 536 144 6 77682
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   831 23 23 15 3 7 5 8 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 927
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   15850 699 653 704 795 855 920 895 847 937 793 581 380 236 67 2 25214

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 333. MACHINERY

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   522383 18589 17586 18839 18616 23239 23941 24792 25226 24004 23990 22878 19366 21994 19356 18505 843305
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   312966 9468 8902 9588 9125 11003 11652 11748 11817 11094 11082 10407 8932 9935 8646 7700 464063
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   209417 9120 8684 9251 9492 12236 12289 13044 13410 12909 12908 12471 10435 12059 10711 10806 379242
JAPAN   59945 3968 3675 4106 4185 5401 5283 5450 5490 5442 5395 5256 4424 5144 4671 4610 132444
GERMANY   52241 1777 1615 1656 1703 2110 2204 2358 2455 2330 2374 2184 1869 1868 1688 1647 82079
UNITED KINGDOM   19982 389 413 411 449 507 519 550 601 540 508 444 370 436 361 359 26840
FRANCE   15174 479 463 390 412 522 505 555 575 557 494 476 358 453 384 388 22186
CANADA   10467 456 459 490 498 577 588 683 704 590 581 515 480 589 490 491 18660
SWITZERLAND   9856 317 290 291 255 304 306 344 338 316 313 270 232 265 203 216 14117
ITALY   7563 328 322 307 324 400 372 459 374 375 413 414 303 345 297 313 12909
SWEDEN   7548 187 202 181 197 272 300 326 335 303 278 237 196 215 212 189 11178
TAIWAN   1189 251 273 266 297 441 495 606 662 699 734 762 578 709 594 607 9162
NETHERLANDS   4636 170 124 128 133 185 190 193 229 212 209 221 168 304 270 323 7697
KOREA, SOUTH   354 112 135 198 256 438 475 375 369 383 399 501 494 624 590 706 6409
AUSTRALIA   2383 117 90 101 97 154 147 147 160 118 157 165 154 163 164 137 4455
AUSTRIA   2548 72 90 100 85 102 112 145 182 137 152 116 113 127 108 90 4277
FINLAND   1651 74 92 125 123 153 152 131 156 168 158 158 110 130 79 91 3552
BELGIUM   1981 66 76 101 97 139 95 126 107 112 88 95 80 90 63 76 3393
U.S.S.R.   2648 13 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2670
DENMARK   1435 44 36 54 71 82 65 62 87 55 74 72 53 57 54 60 2362
ISRAEL   903 51 49 79 74 105 94 98 117 100 90 85 72 90 78 76 2160
SPAIN   789 42 45 37 37 39 55 58 58 70 72 65 49 49 36 42 1542
NORWAY   769 32 29 30 28 52 57 62 59 49 40 46 34 46 42 50 1425
SOUTH AFRICA   777 25 37 31 19 33 30 30 25 31 25 22 15 28 23 18 1171
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   959 5 8 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 980
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   130 12 16 16 15 31 31 30 57 46 55 43 38 38 42 35 635
BRAZIL   241 21 23 12 16 17 20 22 31 16 27 27 15 29 27 27 572
NEW ZEALAND   304 6 10 6 20 22 22 15 22 28 20 25 22 13 17 12 562
MEXICO   358 9 9 12 10 14 12 13 22 24 16 24 9 12 4 5 553
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   83 11 12 7 7 8 13 15 31 33 37 39 48 61 58 77 539
HUNGARY   330 3 3 6 3 4 4 2 1 5 6 7 3 5 3 7 392
SINGAPORE   37 10 6 9 6 7 13 23 34 31 37 37 27 28 33 16 357
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   2 8 23 22 16 25 24 33 30 30 29 26 21 26 13 18 348
LUXEMBOURG   219 14 10 9 9 5 8 5 14 6 6 6 9 7 5 2 332
IRELAND   170 6 3 10 6 10 13 17 8 14 14 21 16 8 6 9 330
ARGENTINA   181 6 6 5 4 6 7 9 7 8 10 8 3 4 5 8 275
LIECHTENSTEIN   195 2 6 5 3 4 6 4 6 8 5 11 0 9 0 6 266
POLAND   211 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 4 3 10 256
BULGARIA   193 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 200
Others (109)   965 36 31 40 33 59 67 95 59 71 87 92 69 84 86 83 1958
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   227983 7103 6598 7172 6937 8455 8918 9146 9370 8868 8905 8403 7220 8003 7119 6360 346560
U.S. GOVERNMENT   4928 122 97 82 86 70 98 87 74 84 65 67 49 58 52 45 6065
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   88386 2480 2482 2589 2352 2808 2984 2888 2760 2508 2412 2185 1873 2106 1659 1515 123988
FOREIGN CORPORATION   161914 7714 7221 7935 8140 10533 10601 11268 11664 11260 11385 11105 9354 10882 9779 9900 310656
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1720 40 44 37 37 25 19 10 7 6 9 11 2 7 1 1 1975
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   37450 1130 1144 1023 1065 1348 1320 1394 1352 1277 1214 1107 869 938 746 685 54061

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 333. MACHINERY

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   553418 20697 22234 22548 24931 24168 25083 26525 27281 27506 25022 20907 14093 6864 1961 65 843305
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   328596 10485 11259 10732 11895 11563 11793 12418 12081 12127 11314 9395 6343 3138 894 30 464063
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   224822 10211 10975 11816 13036 12605 13290 14107 15201 15379 13708 11512 7750 3726 1068 35 379242
JAPAN   66660 4570 4786 5191 5871 5254 5249 5845 6236 5805 5607 5064 3918 1844 528 18 132444
GERMANY   55182 1820 1981 2041 2250 2276 2639 2618 2800 2858 2368 1666 999 452 127 1 82079
UNITED KINGDOM   20700 448 507 516 540 561 593 618 631 647 506 320 157 80 15 1 26840
FRANCE   16011 421 496 502 529 505 592 612 650 646 524 379 216 94 11 0 22186
CANADA   11216 519 621 560 619 667 697 629 666 649 612 574 385 191 52 3 18660
SWITZERLAND   10410 306 318 328 307 327 310 354 361 372 287 244 106 71 16 1 14117
ITALY   8099 366 356 380 420 402 408 422 471 535 435 317 185 81 32 0 12909
SWEDEN   7874 231 210 265 318 316 326 332 358 383 274 158 82 41 10 2 11178
TAIWAN   1510 294 323 384 474 561 650 692 797 826 793 772 565 366 148 6 9162
NETHERLANDS   4902 149 166 178 201 189 208 255 264 271 288 414 136 62 13 0 7697
KOREA, SOUTH   556 200 263 429 455 405 356 410 458 695 732 692 525 193 38 1 6409
AUSTRALIA   2580 101 130 165 124 163 142 170 194 234 177 155 74 26 19 2 4455
AUSTRIA   2676 106 109 101 113 145 170 157 171 202 139 111 41 31 3 1 4277
FINLAND   1813 135 132 148 160 130 155 193 183 215 152 71 33 28 5 0 3552
BELGIUM   2100 94 108 137 117 122 122 103 127 117 113 56 49 20 7 0 3393
U.S.S.R.   2665 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2670
DENMARK   1498 58 90 81 58 65 79 77 86 107 88 43 21 9 0 1 2362
ISRAEL   1000 86 97 80 95 104 115 118 107 123 87 66 45 29 8 0 2160
SPAIN   864 44 38 40 59 51 59 65 105 79 68 37 19 10 3 0 1542
NORWAY   823 35 28 51 63 50 63 57 65 93 40 35 14 3 5 0 1425
SOUTH AFRICA   832 33 32 24 30 30 32 28 41 31 26 24 5 4 2 0 1171
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   971 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 980
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   150 21 16 23 28 34 55 52 56 60 54 39 31 10 6 0 635
BRAZIL   276 25 9 22 19 24 22 26 37 38 30 30 6 8 1 0 572
NEW ZEALAND   315 13 20 21 23 20 17 31 30 30 26 8 7 2 0 0 562
MEXICO   372 11 16 14 11 19 19 19 23 18 18 7 4 2 0 0 553
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   106 7 6 7 16 16 25 40 39 60 69 65 37 37 12 0 539
HUNGARY   335 6 8 2 3 2 1 4 10 7 4 3 5 1 1 0 392
SINGAPORE   53 8 10 10 9 21 49 25 40 56 32 24 14 6 0 0 357
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   28 23 18 23 29 22 44 25 44 37 25 21 6 2 1 0 348
LUXEMBOURG   235 14 9 8 6 8 10 7 9 10 11 5 0 1 0 0 332
IRELAND   178 10 7 16 12 11 13 15 15 25 13 9 3 2 0 0 330
ARGENTINA   193 5 4 6 4 8 9 9 11 9 3 7 6 2 0 0 275
LIECHTENSTEIN   202 6 4 5 3 7 2 9 3 10 8 5 3 2 0 0 266
POLAND   215 1 1 5 4 5 1 3 2 7 6 3 3 2 1 0 256
BULGARIA   193 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
Others (109)   1028 40 50 53 66 84 62 87 109 123 95 87 52 16 4 0 1958
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   239824 7825 8530 8282 9236 9051 9289 9979 9848 9853 9192 7525 5001 2420 684 19 346560
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5150 91 87 82 87 67 67 96 81 78 68 57 36 16 3 0 6065
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   92392 2832 2946 2694 2925 2782 2780 2757 2552 2573 2344 1982 1408 781 228 13 123988
FOREIGN CORPORATION   174927 8706 9434 10190 11303 11006 11552 12264 13397 13548 12277 10525 7157 3365 971 32 310656
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1792 35 44 28 25 8 10 6 10 9 6 2 1 0 0 0 1975
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   39332 1206 1193 1272 1354 1255 1386 1423 1394 1446 1135 816 490 282 77 2 54061

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 334. 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   462144 31085 33022 36842 36816 53792 55676 59024 63845 67145 71322 74389 67521 87879 80450 84620 1365571
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   281743 16052 17148 19426 19552 28628 29866 31773 33965 35139 37070 38392 34983 45530 40438 41345 751050
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   180401 15033 15874 17416 17264 25163 25810 27251 29880 32006 34252 35998 32538 42348 40012 43275 614521
JAPAN   87010 9684 9937 10703 10277 14528 14520 14539 15460 16769 17860 18499 16250 20817 18708 19406 314968
GERMANY   27331 1218 1265 1281 1291 1867 1886 2166 2475 2707 3120 3126 2907 3526 3357 3474 62998
KOREA, SOUTH   1201 591 701 888 1097 1977 2135 2150 2293 2384 2499 2855 2838 4010 4401 5469 37491
UNITED KINGDOM   16186 634 725 739 729 1036 1075 1112 1281 1331 1337 1451 1372 1650 1530 1488 33676
FRANCE   13930 722 766 783 765 989 972 997 1046 1126 1129 1168 1083 1370 1212 1340 29397
TAIWAN   849 248 410 535 680 1128 1453 1977 2335 2260 2282 2672 2443 3193 3277 3583 29323
CANADA   5908 375 402 507 501 746 834 942 1018 1005 1133 1246 1074 1476 1428 1620 20215
NETHERLANDS   6566 307 343 358 298 521 473 458 490 560 553 548 416 590 542 611 13634
SWITZERLAND   5357 226 181 207 197 243 221 274 270 310 333 383 322 389 378 424 9717
SWEDEN   3228 171 232 268 247 364 444 568 594 621 555 486 470 536 431 429 9645
ITALY   3168 187 172 234 249 337 290 345 426 435 435 376 330 412 373 418 8189
ISRAEL   1002 143 166 206 217 363 338 384 511 557 678 634 583 804 720 791 8099
FINLAND   620 109 109 150 140 237 275 273 322 389 469 527 427 634 611 591 5885
AUSTRALIA   1127 70 88 85 79 158 133 151 248 281 320 362 408 744 759 813 5828
BELGIUM   1436 69 80 104 106 154 148 165 166 150 170 177 155 191 186 192 3649
SINGAPORE   61 23 25 47 67 79 94 155 212 317 308 334 253 309 286 295 2867
AUSTRIA   1019 48 47 38 54 59 65 91 97 99 149 141 139 185 143 179 2555
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   74 11 14 17 11 17 19 17 28 64 67 131 144 283 393 693 1984
DENMARK   622 32 26 29 36 38 82 70 75 85 122 120 97 169 126 132 1862
INDIA   37 5 7 8 9 11 14 19 32 43 96 116 160 223 306 388 1474
NORWAY   328 27 32 31 24 38 40 50 48 65 83 78 74 94 105 128 1244
U.S.S.R.   1103 10 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1121
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   116 9 13 16 20 30 41 44 54 52 64 91 97 118 113 110 987
IRELAND   135 12 21 28 29 23 29 39 60 56 77 101 71 101 91 105 980
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 12 29 26 29 61 67 51 86 73 93 67 63 83 89 89 918
SPAIN   142 14 10 26 20 36 21 57 55 51 70 57 76 82 74 105 898
MALAYSIA   13 4 1 1 5 4 11 16 28 31 27 38 55 78 113 110 534
SOUTH AFRICA   235 9 12 19 12 15 15 20 17 14 14 21 17 20 13 21 471
NEW ZEALAND   112 2 7 9 15 23 19 27 21 26 33 24 31 35 37 37 457
HUNGARY   265 4 4 3 6 10 12 4 14 9 27 11 14 13 19 21 434
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   293 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 298
MEXICO   81 3 6 4 4 3 9 10 11 16 19 22 28 26 19 8 269
BRAZIL   56 5 4 8 7 12 12 9 12 10 15 17 11 20 13 21 233
POLAND   98 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 5 4 3 7 10 14 16 27 194
ARGENTINA   79 7 4 2 5 5 4 5 4 5 9 6 1 8 7 2 149
GREECE   37 5 2 7 2 5 7 4 6 4 6 4 8 9 10 9 121
Others (106)   573 34 31 41 33 43 51 58 80 95 96 101 110 138 125 144 1757
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   241022 14503 15590 17821 18105 26723 27996 29683 32081 32839 34634 36132 33240 43055 38176 39855 681456
U.S. GOVERNMENT   16760 550 439 418 353 420 372 402 363 372 378 351 299 334 335 285 22433
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   40166 1768 2022 2156 2045 2752 2603 2621 2458 2430 2436 2341 2004 2697 2322 2298 75120
FOREIGN CORPORATION   146947 13551 14233 15691 15559 22798 23760 25339 27899 30345 32741 34564 31077 40681 38622 41284 555092
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   2979 101 98 94 93 93 60 31 30 48 30 30 26 24 40 16 3792
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   14269 611 639 662 660 1005 884 949 1014 1109 1102 972 875 1087 955 882 27678

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 334. 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   526469 41176 50197 55936 68005 69919 75684 83256 88677 86955 78715 66352 45631 22446 5914 240 1365571
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   315528 21399 27289 29681 36604 37937 41215 44830 46012 44052 38988 32123 21937 10535 2792 128 751050
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   210942 19777 22907 26255 31401 31981 34470 38426 42665 42903 39727 34228 23694 11911 3123 111 614521
JAPAN   106582 12294 14031 15018 17723 16569 17050 19438 21618 20328 19083 16205 11684 5684 1616 44 314968
GERMANY   29616 1504 1652 1877 2314 2520 3001 3499 3906 4398 3379 2637 1703 829 157 7 62998
KOREA, SOUTH   2434 950 1284 2235 2495 2685 2456 2685 3093 3516 4240 4537 2971 1577 324 8 37491
UNITED KINGDOM   17639 882 977 1099 1388 1421 1585 1785 1949 1867 1404 839 539 242 54 6 33676
FRANCE   15446 874 1007 985 1124 1156 1388 1523 1441 1580 1296 835 458 223 57 3 29397
TAIWAN   1279 525 729 1184 1452 2110 2579 2000 2542 3295 3483 3611 2658 1459 401 15 29323
CANADA   6715 532 711 817 1096 1261 1291 1451 1465 1473 1309 1015 654 338 84 1 20215
NETHERLANDS   7204 416 423 537 573 523 560 631 772 752 581 395 177 71 18 1 13634
SWITZERLAND   5744 222 245 258 261 302 365 405 462 454 388 279 182 109 37 3 9717
SWEDEN   3638 299 333 384 700 721 710 767 678 528 393 273 149 64 7 0 9645
ITALY   3543 242 313 323 365 387 437 457 516 501 455 292 212 119 27 1 8189
ISRAEL   1332 253 286 337 448 526 772 819 916 836 589 445 352 138 42 6 8099
FINLAND   837 151 189 329 377 357 588 728 758 595 455 312 143 53 11 0 5885
AUSTRALIA   1309 92 112 154 166 345 264 459 394 521 508 684 487 214 107 11 5828
BELGIUM   1578 110 147 172 166 196 206 192 190 199 213 147 80 46 7 0 3649
SINGAPORE   112 52 59 98 127 174 251 347 386 380 308 268 188 95 21 0 2867
AUSTRIA   1109 53 61 70 66 101 126 135 168 203 152 139 89 70 12 0 2555
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   99 19 14 15 21 26 40 114 162 236 257 349 320 267 41 3 1984
DENMARK   682 34 38 52 86 94 135 131 188 183 118 76 25 16 4 0 1862
INDIA   50 7 12 11 17 26 74 119 151 240 281 224 159 81 19 1 1474
NORWAY   387 26 38 29 50 58 82 102 111 113 93 70 50 31 5 0 1244
U.S.S.R.   1117 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1121
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   135 20 30 29 52 48 54 73 121 110 114 99 61 33 7 0 987
IRELAND   164 38 32 25 45 66 61 107 94 121 69 66 56 19 16 1 980
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   31 39 42 56 74 72 84 113 117 75 92 64 40 14 6 1 918
SPAIN   169 28 29 35 45 51 57 74 119 70 100 63 41 11 5 0 898
MALAYSIA   19 1 6 2 17 10 36 32 40 48 95 102 73 42 13 0 534
SOUTH AFRICA   260 18 13 15 18 16 19 24 22 17 21 12 10 6 2 0 471
NEW ZEALAND   121 13 12 26 27 26 31 36 49 37 39 19 14 7 1 0 457
HUNGARY   272 3 11 8 12 13 18 16 26 22 14 8 10 0 2 0 434
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   297 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 298
MEXICO   89 7 5 4 11 13 19 24 31 19 17 15 14 3 0 0 269
BRAZIL   64 12 9 10 11 8 20 10 14 20 27 11 8 6 1 0 233
POLAND   99 5 0 3 0 6 7 8 9 18 16 15 6 4 0 0 194
ARGENTINA   89 4 5 5 4 5 7 5 8 5 4 6 1 2 1 0 149
GREECE   46 6 5 4 6 8 6 4 4 11 11 7 4 1 1 0 121
Others (106)   636 46 45 48 64 80 92 113 144 131 120 112 74 35 14 0 1757
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   271651 19648 25415 27940 34353 35518 38606 42001 43603 42046 37072 30202 20741 9917 2606 136 681456
U.S. GOVERNMENT   17795 443 463 388 394 417 373 354 395 403 319 310 231 114 32 1 22433
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   43886 2423 2705 2574 2940 2697 2869 3065 2761 2638 2307 1909 1413 733 191 9 75120
FOREIGN CORPORATION   174478 17792 20681 24023 29216 30251 32608 36478 40517 40539 37973 33240 22738 11451 3015 91 555092
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   3169 110 98 86 64 42 36 51 31 34 36 25 9 3 0 0 3792
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   15489 761 834 925 1037 994 1192 1306 1371 1295 1008 666 499 228 70 3 27678

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3341. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   42797 4416 4862 6334 6961 12016 12091 12126 13116 13266 14147 15376 14674 21343 19442 22101 235068
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   25326 2475 2747 3693 4175 7358 7451 7545 8065 8045 8586 9287 8984 13086 11453 12730 141007
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   17470 1941 2114 2641 2785 4658 4640 4581 5051 5220 5561 6089 5690 8257 7989 9371 94061
JAPAN   10917 1485 1543 1917 1936 3154 3091 2941 3122 3055 3319 3454 2983 4295 3922 4420 55556
GERMANY   1775 90 91 98 128 213 194 198 225 249 263 325 345 470 502 594 5762
UNITED KINGDOM   1290 83 112 104 120 211 242 227 255 269 265 308 320 416 418 446 5087
KOREA, SOUTH   89 45 55 89 107 235 291 275 279 242 235 276 303 480 484 672 4159
TAIWAN   100 34 38 55 73 131 135 157 191 295 327 396 374 528 505 613 3953
FRANCE   1097 57 91 111 106 161 144 126 137 169 167 192 195 257 247 316 3574
CANADA   364 30 32 63 82 130 142 193 210 220 212 252 242 381 410 476 3442
AUSTRALIA   61 5 13 13 13 47 34 41 105 135 139 157 206 376 420 512 2277
ISRAEL   102 16 28 38 41 95 87 97 100 121 158 151 139 198 195 234 1803
NETHERLANDS   412 23 21 32 34 65 58 60 84 83 52 71 67 92 76 93 1322
SWEDEN   242 14 17 22 30 36 41 53 64 74 47 71 53 83 71 82 1000
ITALY   305 12 16 18 20 39 31 32 45 35 43 39 44 64 51 65 860
SWITZERLAND   338 10 7 17 17 30 24 24 31 26 34 57 53 45 65 57 834
FINLAND   16 4 5 8 8 13 18 27 35 36 39 53 53 103 106 121 646
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   7 2 5 3 4 3 2 5 8 16 17 27 30 84 118 219 550
INDIA   3 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 12 16 27 50 59 87 114 155 537
BELGIUM   86 6 8 8 12 24 21 28 18 18 22 27 29 36 30 25 398
SINGAPORE   7 4 5 11 10 9 15 12 21 45 29 34 26 46 36 48 359
SPAIN   5 1 1 3 4 6 9 26 28 23 42 22 33 26 23 26 278
IRELAND   22 3 7 9 7 5 6 7 18 17 13 30 18 31 27 32 252
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 3 1 5 8 12 4 15 13 28 16 17 25 19 30 196
AUSTRIA   46 1 2 2 3 11 4 8 8 5 11 15 18 18 14 12 178
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   11 3 3 0 8 7 6 8 11 6 12 14 12 15 27 14 156
DENMARK   23 2 1 2 3 2 11 3 5 11 13 14 13 17 23 11 152
NORWAY   17 2 1 4 2 5 4 4 3 10 6 7 6 18 21 21 132
NEW ZEALAND   9 1 0 0 1 4 4 2 2 4 9 3 7 10 10 10 75
MALAYSIA   1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 7 10 17 15 62
U.S.S.R.   41 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
BRAZIL   1 0 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 2 6 5 6 42
MEXICO   3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 6 5 3 7 4 4 1 37
SOUTH AFRICA   3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 2 3 6 32
HUNGARY   8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 5 2 4 28
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
BULGARIA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 19
POLAND   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 2 3 18
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 17
Others (58)   36 5 3 6 6 6 2 13 10 9 15 12 17 22 20 22 204
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   23210 2339 2639 3585 4039 7110 7192 7240 7783 7724 8266 9009 8799 12728 11184 12696 135542
U.S. GOVERNMENT   780 32 40 31 28 48 39 47 33 26 35 41 40 44 43 37 1346
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2674 190 204 228 301 479 497 465 448 444 474 458 441 700 613 590 9207
FOREIGN CORPORATION   15067 1789 1923 2406 2514 4242 4228 4247 4722 4911 5215 5709 5241 7676 7427 8621 85940
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   165 6 4 6 5 9 4 3 1 2 4 0 1 0 4 2 216
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   901 59 51 78 72 128 129 123 129 159 153 159 152 195 172 157 2817

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3341. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   54550 7424 10715 12603 15322 16171 17846 20521 20731 19045 16139 12596 7539 2951 856 58 235068
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   31988 4247 6414 7762 9587 10298 11610 13188 12645 11356 9185 6793 3898 1559 442 33 141007
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   22562 3177 4301 4840 5735 5873 6235 7334 8087 7689 6953 5802 3641 1392 413 24 94061
JAPAN   14738 2300 3089 3259 3702 3431 3476 3910 4373 3839 3664 2914 1918 752 187 4 55556
GERMANY   1978 137 176 212 250 270 343 445 492 551 416 286 149 43 11 2 5762
UNITED KINGDOM   1536 138 191 229 292 343 389 450 520 425 280 153 92 31 13 4 5087
KOREA, SOUTH   208 103 142 267 366 398 280 320 372 434 490 444 213 89 32 0 4159
TAIWAN   170 62 96 135 152 198 282 293 345 548 554 558 369 154 36 1 3953
FRANCE   1291 112 150 147 176 191 248 334 297 260 194 105 48 14 5 1 3574
CANADA   454 67 124 148 238 280 306 352 381 367 282 263 119 41 19 0 3442
AUSTRALIA   90 15 34 56 33 147 118 182 153 218 226 434 349 140 74 8 2277
ISRAEL   162 57 59 89 114 133 195 241 215 200 132 98 82 13 6 4 1803
NETHERLANDS   471 38 43 68 87 93 85 97 94 107 77 41 17 4 1 0 1322
SWEDEN   283 21 40 34 71 87 91 95 119 75 41 20 17 6 1 0 1000
ITALY   339 26 30 33 43 52 45 45 61 64 64 30 18 6 2 1 860
SWITZERLAND   361 19 22 37 24 28 45 63 82 74 30 25 19 5 1 0 834
FINLAND   27 10 10 13 42 40 67 94 105 102 75 44 13 3 2 0 646
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   13 5 3 2 4 9 18 48 37 72 78 122 91 45 1 0 550
INDIA   10 1 0 4 3 7 32 72 73 103 105 69 37 17 5 0 537
BELGIUM   102 10 21 31 26 27 33 21 28 30 39 19 11 0 0 0 398
SINGAPORE   20 14 11 11 19 23 32 59 39 42 31 36 14 7 0 0 359
SPAIN   9 5 7 11 18 23 20 31 62 21 41 24 7 0 0 0 278
IRELAND   34 12 8 5 6 23 18 33 34 33 12 15 10 3 4 0 252
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   3 4 6 10 13 15 15 29 32 18 22 16 10 1 4 1 196
AUSTRIA   50 3 6 11 10 7 9 9 23 21 10 8 3 6 2 0 178
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   16 3 9 5 9 11 11 20 23 17 10 14 7 1 0 0 156
DENMARK   26 2 3 6 9 9 20 13 30 23 5 7 1 0 0 0 152
NORWAY   21 3 4 5 4 7 9 24 20 10 8 5 9 2 1 0 132
NEW ZEALAND   10 0 2 5 4 3 11 5 13 5 10 6 2 0 1 0 75
MALAYSIA   2 0 2 0 5 0 3 3 2 8 15 15 5 2 0 0 62
U.S.S.R.   42 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
BRAZIL   2 2 3 1 4 2 6 2 1 3 10 7 0 0 0 0 42
MEXICO   4 2 1 1 1 1 6 8 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 37
SOUTH AFRICA   4 0 4 0 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 32
HUNGARY   9 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 7 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 28
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
BULGARIA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 19
POLAND   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 17
Others (58)   46 7 8 6 11 10 15 24 30 9 18 11 5 0 4 0 204
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   29606 4064 6223 7492 9249 9907 11094 12675 12375 11254 9094 6739 3859 1469 402 39 135542
U.S. GOVERNMENT   861 51 39 35 51 50 48 37 45 52 31 29 11 3 1 0 1346
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3146 309 400 514 572 544 636 813 658 546 428 307 208 95 28 2 9207
FOREIGN CORPORATION   19727 2899 3942 4423 5276 5526 5880 6764 7407 7004 6447 5436 3412 1364 418 15 85940
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   175 7 8 6 5 2 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 216
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1035 94 103 132 169 143 184 227 248 186 138 84 46 20 6 1 2817

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3342. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   59327 4393 5042 6160 5855 8574 9340 9785 10046 10481 10699 12247 11643 17557 15097 16521 212767
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   36493 2219 2635 3270 3229 4512 5016 5426 5513 5660 5666 6664 6251 9480 7955 8392 118380
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   22834 2174 2407 2890 2626 4062 4324 4359 4534 4821 5033 5583 5392 8077 7142 8129 94387
JAPAN   10538 1331 1431 1596 1443 2215 2119 2009 2058 2171 2244 2360 2374 3488 3025 3235 43637
GERMANY   2835 133 147 194 172 249 272 305 367 361 416 442 419 632 535 563 8044
UNITED KINGDOM   2191 111 127 163 124 202 254 268 277 284 270 323 295 419 374 368 6050
KOREA, SOUTH   193 80 93 149 154 299 352 337 335 344 349 399 399 622 704 1029 5838
FRANCE   2230 142 137 179 139 174 201 224 235 263 232 265 243 362 267 315 5608
CANADA   1336 86 87 142 124 211 292 286 297 280 290 374 325 484 434 519 5568
TAIWAN   194 26 50 50 71 109 110 149 155 171 180 252 226 402 469 502 3116
SWEDEN   536 45 69 112 88 143 187 257 242 251 244 182 191 196 120 140 3004
FINLAND   63 24 41 54 57 122 163 154 169 207 268 313 233 373 339 331 2910
NETHERLANDS   737 52 74 64 57 79 96 63 53 66 64 85 81 114 77 108 1871
ISRAEL   151 34 38 48 52 67 72 77 93 114 136 159 147 233 178 190 1789
SWITZERLAND   464 32 27 19 33 25 32 33 31 44 47 55 50 90 46 68 1097
ITALY   524 21 21 22 28 33 27 27 24 39 39 43 40 73 50 81 1092
AUSTRALIA   163 11 11 13 14 18 23 25 25 34 42 53 68 150 133 133 916
BELGIUM   188 18 16 29 15 32 25 25 27 22 27 40 40 43 32 47 626
AUSTRIA   77 5 4 5 7 8 10 15 17 16 25 27 35 37 23 40 353
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   6 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 2 7 5 21 29 61 66 112 321
DENMARK   46 1 5 5 3 5 17 15 14 22 22 17 28 47 30 39 318
SINGAPORE   6 3 2 10 12 9 7 11 15 33 18 26 21 33 26 30 263
INDIA   5 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 6 13 14 22 42 57 88 256
SPAIN   28 4 2 6 3 15 8 8 11 9 14 21 14 36 29 43 249
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   34 2 1 6 2 8 10 12 12 4 10 16 17 36 21 17 208
IRELAND   17 4 2 1 3 4 5 10 10 13 19 29 16 22 21 27 204
NORWAY   35 0 1 1 1 3 3 5 9 11 12 12 13 14 15 24 159
SOUTH AFRICA   45 2 3 5 6 5 4 8 6 7 4 4 9 6 3 5 121
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 2 3 3 4 6 4 7 8 2 14 10 12 18 20 111
NEW ZEALAND   12 1 2 2 4 8 2 7 6 5 9 1 8 10 4 6 85
HUNGARY   16 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 12 3 6 2 10 7 64
MEXICO   12 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 6 5 10 7 9 3 1 61
ICELAND   2 0 1 1 0 2 4 5 8 4 2 8 5 3 2 1 48
U.S.S.R.   34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
BRAZIL   12 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 6 33
MALAYSIA   1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 2 5 2 1 2 3 31
ARGENTINA   22 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 29
POLAND   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 8 24
GREECE   7 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 4 23
Others (57)   71 3 6 4 6 3 8 7 16 11 8 7 13 24 18 19 224
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   29902 2021 2361 2951 2888 4092 4550 4870 4946 5133 5149 6033 5694 8784 7338 7948 104658
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1670 33 48 39 43 25 39 48 47 43 42 32 46 50 47 46 2300
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   7183 285 365 465 452 564 562 579 545 465 396 500 450 659 550 556 14576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   18355 1964 2151 2582 2337 3723 4017 4107 4331 4662 4968 5535 5287 7821 6961 7804 86606
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   296 13 9 8 10 8 9 1 3 4 1 5 5 6 4 3 384
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1922 77 108 115 124 161 163 179 175 175 141 142 161 237 197 164 4243

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3342. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   69365 6698 8467 10176 12830 13651 15159 15966 16159 14547 11919 9254 5746 2191 617 24 212767
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   41668 3487 4581 5459 6733 7370 8077 8431 8512 7916 6420 4985 3106 1244 378 15 118380
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   27697 3212 3886 4717 6097 6281 7082 7535 7647 6631 5499 4269 2639 947 238 9 94387
JAPAN   13453 1809 2240 2397 3031 2914 3027 3122 3341 2662 2193 1753 1212 389 91 2 43637
GERMANY   3111 217 230 299 386 414 623 708 627 588 377 268 139 45 11 0 8044
UNITED KINGDOM   2466 172 189 262 378 369 421 447 415 363 278 165 88 28 9 1 6050
KOREA, SOUTH   386 161 213 377 448 588 509 510 541 544 621 576 271 84 10 0 5838
FRANCE   2532 195 195 214 270 274 374 380 360 344 235 147 59 25 3 1 5608
CANADA   1531 145 177 280 418 441 449 471 400 397 361 255 141 78 21 1 5568
TAIWAN   254 55 82 115 136 180 198 216 304 377 362 346 307 145 37 0 3116
SWEDEN   670 115 139 178 342 341 316 339 226 125 98 70 32 12 2 0 3004
FINLAND   128 50 93 202 224 201 373 477 439 294 192 147 62 23 5 0 2910
NETHERLANDS   860 73 90 109 105 75 93 107 122 105 63 44 15 7 4 0 1871
ISRAEL   227 66 61 58 107 129 204 205 236 207 111 89 56 22 7 1 1789
SWITZERLAND   522 26 39 35 37 45 70 59 80 70 54 34 19 4 3 0 1097
ITALY   568 30 30 30 30 43 63 58 66 64 58 26 20 4 1 0 1092
AUSTRALIA   195 10 15 23 26 40 44 110 58 101 105 92 49 29 15 1 916
BELGIUM   225 21 27 35 40 38 54 46 43 32 32 25 6 1 1 0 626
AUSTRIA   91 5 5 17 11 21 32 29 33 43 30 15 11 9 2 0 353
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   8 1 0 2 2 5 7 23 51 59 74 47 28 10 0 1 321
DENMARK   52 6 6 8 21 18 40 29 50 37 21 13 11 3 2 0 318
SINGAPORE   16 12 8 14 10 28 34 29 26 30 27 20 6 3 1 0 263
INDIA   6 1 3 1 0 3 18 14 31 42 62 41 24 6 4 0 256
SPAIN   34 7 7 11 11 13 17 22 38 22 24 18 20 2 2 0 249
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   38 5 7 8 14 14 9 15 42 9 23 13 6 6 0 0 208
IRELAND   23 3 3 4 8 18 25 33 16 28 13 11 14 2 2 0 204
NORWAY   35 2 1 3 5 11 18 22 15 17 14 10 6 0 1 0 159
SOUTH AFRICA   53 6 6 4 5 4 6 11 11 2 5 3 6 0 0 0 121
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   4 1 6 3 5 8 7 15 11 11 19 12 8 1 1 1 111
NEW ZEALAND   15 2 5 9 6 6 6 8 9 11 8 2 3 0 0 0 85
HUNGARY   17 0 1 1 3 4 8 3 11 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 64
MEXICO   14 0 0 1 4 5 10 10 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 61
ICELAND   2 3 0 5 5 8 7 6 3 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 48
U.S.S.R.   35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
BRAZIL   13 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 33
MALAYSIA   4 0 1 1 3 1 6 4 2 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 31
ARGENTINA   22 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 29
POLAND   4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 4 5 1 0 0 0 24
GREECE   7 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 23
Others (57)   79 7 4 8 5 17 13 7 20 20 12 15 12 3 0 0 224
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   34584 3153 4245 4958 6150 6684 7310 7681 7899 7318 5901 4532 2746 1121 358 18 104658
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1757 50 38 36 38 53 56 38 33 54 43 46 37 18 4 0 2300
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   7843 488 539 583 623 539 653 630 569 565 530 456 379 143 34 1 14576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   22753 2872 3495 4417 5829 6194 6924 7370 7408 6381 5263 4109 2500 871 216 4 86606
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   321 11 7 12 5 3 4 5 6 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 384
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2107 124 144 170 185 179 213 243 246 221 177 108 84 37 4 1 4243

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3344. SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   130655 9114 9795 10362 10767 15303 16929 18940 21561 22742 23805 24545 21895 25033 23808 24069 409325
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   79904 4316 4675 4970 5081 7161 7975 8893 10081 10459 10840 10889 9757 10872 10044 9688 205605
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   50751 4798 5120 5392 5686 8142 8954 10047 11480 12283 12965 13656 12138 14162 13764 14381 203719
JAPAN   26259 3339 3414 3517 3507 4726 5065 5414 5975 6761 7063 7404 6357 7164 6522 6421 108909
KOREA, SOUTH   525 273 337 367 534 938 1061 1139 1275 1366 1487 1672 1685 2190 2435 2858 20142
TAIWAN   249 117 253 348 438 713 1015 1451 1754 1485 1412 1633 1423 1736 1769 1928 17726
GERMANY   7022 258 283 261 277 443 458 562 622 727 839 890 826 914 886 863 16131
FRANCE   4062 225 214 185 217 259 268 274 302 300 325 352 284 348 306 285 8206
UNITED KINGDOM   4353 114 153 150 142 235 223 233 271 308 322 331 301 329 274 301 8041
NETHERLANDS   2840 104 103 121 87 178 143 128 154 188 226 171 103 143 160 152 5003
CANADA   1225 83 77 93 79 125 132 159 173 162 226 211 204 193 211 246 3600
ITALY   842 62 69 106 119 174 150 192 227 227 205 167 147 149 148 145 3132
SWITZERLAND   1109 44 45 39 47 41 47 47 60 67 70 61 65 61 59 62 1925
SINGAPORE   31 12 11 18 37 40 56 96 139 188 176 168 133 163 155 146 1568
SWEDEN   571 28 22 33 32 62 79 86 113 103 82 68 53 73 63 56 1524
ISRAEL   158 30 37 50 45 65 66 75 87 98 139 112 125 132 120 130 1471
BELGIUM   215 6 11 10 19 19 18 25 39 29 55 56 40 43 46 58 689
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   16 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 14 27 26 47 51 69 124 214 623
FINLAND   92 29 18 20 17 29 30 20 40 46 47 49 44 48 50 38 615
AUSTRALIA   145 5 11 5 11 14 15 17 53 30 41 38 43 66 54 51 599
AUSTRIA   152 13 11 5 11 10 18 23 28 18 35 40 31 50 44 58 547
INDIA   11 1 2 4 5 3 6 11 11 11 30 18 45 61 86 93 398
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   21 3 7 5 6 8 23 14 17 25 21 34 38 35 33 45 334
MALAYSIA   5 2 0 0 2 1 7 6 18 17 14 24 36 52 80 72 334
U.S.S.R.   301 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310
IRELAND   40 3 8 12 11 7 7 8 24 11 25 20 19 25 23 26 270
DENMARK   80 5 5 4 5 2 8 6 13 11 21 16 10 23 16 22 246
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 5 10 5 8 21 24 19 29 26 23 11 13 17 14 13 238
NORWAY   70 4 3 6 5 8 6 8 8 11 8 9 13 15 22 28 224
HUNGARY   61 2 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 4 9 4 3 3 3 4 107
SPAIN   24 2 0 4 5 2 0 5 6 6 3 4 9 7 4 7 86
SOUTH AFRICA   45 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 5 78
PHILIPPINES   2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 3 10 11 11 13 9 8 73
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   53 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
NEW ZEALAND   14 1 2 2 3 2 2 5 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 54
POLAND   22 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 3 4 3 9 47
MEXICO   17 2 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 3 3 0 2 3 42
THAILAND   2 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 3 2 6 4 3 31
UKRAINE   0 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 3 7 1 1 27
Others (67)   114 12 6 8 4 7 9 7 10 11 14 20 11 18 31 29 313
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   76219 4176 4530 4854 4989 7110 7903 8706 9949 10196 10527 10677 9647 10585 9682 9497 199248
U.S. GOVERNMENT   4977 170 135 109 102 115 86 113 84 94 72 86 58 57 74 62 6394
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   5158 228 299 288 278 352 321 334 338 333 351 305 263 353 282 290 9773
FOREIGN CORPORATION   41126 4398 4705 4969 5270 7508 8433 9594 10954 11867 12583 13247 11719 13802 13567 14015 187756
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   860 33 20 26 21 34 15 11 11 21 9 8 10 5 14 5 1102
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2316 109 106 117 107 183 171 182 225 232 263 221 197 232 189 201 5052

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3344. SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   147912 11487 13928 15707 19426 19980 21216 23112 26002 27761 27207 24737 18530 9727 2498 92 409325
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   88257 5395 6842 7313 9356 9426 9904 10804 11624 12072 11552 10357 7791 3858 1010 43 205605
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   59655 6091 7086 8394 10069 10554 11312 12308 14379 15689 15654 14380 10740 5869 1489 49 203719
JAPAN   32422 4087 4482 4857 5873 5696 5826 6889 7801 7918 7757 6798 5010 2690 779 23 108909
KOREA, SOUTH   1042 386 567 1049 1160 1211 1249 1372 1649 1955 2378 2728 2062 1104 225 6 20142
TAIWAN   440 330 452 759 963 1482 1787 1193 1528 1868 2040 2106 1579 926 262 11 17726
GERMANY   7488 309 366 430 496 583 628 759 1000 1256 1018 801 653 299 44 2 16131
FRANCE   4481 213 268 249 296 287 321 370 327 422 393 293 172 94 17 1 8206
UNITED KINGDOM   4610 185 217 214 267 242 276 311 408 464 351 239 149 88 17 1 8041
NETHERLANDS   3032 134 144 161 156 139 159 176 249 249 193 130 57 16 4 0 5003
CANADA   1381 91 101 126 148 181 168 196 230 255 262 179 162 94 24 0 3600
ITALY   977 98 169 154 199 170 201 221 221 194 196 137 108 70 16 1 3132
SWITZERLAND   1195 43 44 50 47 52 66 79 78 84 77 53 33 17 6 2 1925
SINGAPORE   49 17 25 57 73 79 131 176 200 230 172 163 119 64 11 0 1568
SWEDEN   617 31 51 55 111 104 96 110 98 89 59 54 37 13 0 0 1524
ISRAEL   226 49 59 68 82 59 124 114 153 147 145 102 88 41 11 1 1471
BELGIUM   231 11 17 27 19 33 33 40 49 63 63 51 32 18 3 0 689
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   24 7 5 4 7 9 7 21 35 57 54 108 128 133 22 1 623
FINLAND   134 20 23 33 29 34 40 51 55 58 62 46 23 5 1 0 615
AUSTRALIA   159 9 10 20 15 60 25 43 38 57 52 45 45 16 5 0 599
AUSTRIA   175 7 11 10 14 25 26 23 37 47 53 55 33 26 5 0 547
INDIA   13 2 8 3 9 7 12 16 23 51 65 72 72 40 5 0 398
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   30 6 9 9 23 14 19 21 30 39 48 36 32 16 4 0 334
MALAYSIA   7 1 2 1 6 3 18 17 26 29 60 68 53 36 9 0 334
U.S.S.R.   308 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310
IRELAND   45 15 15 7 14 13 12 18 22 29 24 20 20 9 6 1 270
DENMARK   89 5 5 2 6 11 13 15 22 28 22 19 3 6 1 0 246
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   14 7 8 24 24 22 27 25 32 14 22 10 6 5 0 0 238
NORWAY   80 3 7 6 6 8 10 7 15 19 18 11 18 16 0 0 224
HUNGARY   64 1 5 3 3 2 4 8 5 3 3 5 3 0 1 0 107
SPAIN   27 2 4 5 2 4 8 4 5 5 9 5 4 3 1 0 86
SOUTH AFRICA   48 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 1 0 78
PHILIPPINES   2 0 1 0 4 1 1 7 8 14 15 11 7 2 1 0 73
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
NEW ZEALAND   17 3 1 2 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 54
POLAND   22 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 6 5 5 2 1 0 0 47
MEXICO   19 3 1 0 1 3 2 1 5 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 42
THAILAND   2 2 3 0 1 3 0 4 3 3 5 3 4 1 1 0 31
UKRAINE   3 1 2 2 0 0 2 4 4 4 2 5 0 1 0 0 27
Others (67)   131 10 5 7 9 9 11 14 15 24 20 22 20 13 4 0 313
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   84251 5310 6733 7278 9256 9210 9691 10545 11388 11907 11255 9962 7563 3857 997 44 199248
U.S. GOVERNMENT   5277 115 138 109 84 111 77 75 88 85 77 60 59 30 7 1 6394
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   5676 307 381 316 358 324 327 361 335 362 322 312 239 116 33 2 9773
FOREIGN CORPORATION   49270 5611 6511 7808 9524 10127 10885 11880 13884 15121 15266 14213 10525 5659 1426 45 187756
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   915 24 23 32 21 14 14 13 10 7 14 11 4 3 0 0 1102
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2522 119 141 165 183 193 223 239 298 279 272 181 141 62 35 0 5052

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3345. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   180975 9925 9944 10527 10006 13486 13043 13824 14972 16403 18237 17265 15347 18124 16929 16938 395946
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   116913 5980 5950 6292 5935 8023 7845 8165 8691 9316 10280 9709 8530 9990 9167 8912 239698
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   64062 3945 3995 4236 4071 5463 5197 5659 6281 7088 7957 7556 6817 8134 7762 8026 156248
JAPAN   22608 1895 1900 2020 1876 2430 2343 2393 2605 3030 3372 3168 2856 3475 3176 3269 62415
GERMANY   12997 630 625 638 632 847 832 952 1132 1240 1482 1356 1225 1352 1319 1326 28585
UNITED KINGDOM   6903 255 255 266 285 318 296 320 380 388 410 400 381 400 382 308 11948
FRANCE   5676 262 279 260 258 334 282 317 312 324 342 299 311 339 328 384 10307
CANADA   2628 159 191 183 199 253 238 262 306 320 370 357 269 360 318 330 6744
SWITZERLAND   3089 127 90 122 92 131 104 155 136 166 169 193 139 175 194 218 5299
SWEDEN   1768 77 113 92 89 115 120 152 153 169 153 145 149 163 153 129 3739
NETHERLANDS   1524 90 86 94 82 130 126 138 149 164 143 143 110 139 147 191 3457
KOREA, SOUTH   100 35 56 74 86 196 172 170 176 221 227 279 269 342 364 436 3204
TAIWAN   244 50 60 52 70 128 146 175 184 218 276 290 302 354 319 334 3202
ISRAEL   556 56 55 58 67 122 103 121 209 206 232 186 159 218 208 216 2772
ITALY   1168 75 51 67 62 78 66 73 106 118 125 110 87 110 114 114 2525
AUSTRALIA   709 48 49 51 41 76 58 63 62 76 87 94 77 122 125 97 1833
FINLAND   433 45 35 55 50 56 51 60 61 72 93 77 62 67 75 67 1358
BELGIUM   534 23 24 40 44 51 53 50 43 59 49 39 39 50 65 56 1218
AUSTRIA   527 22 27 23 25 25 28 33 33 43 54 46 46 61 50 56 1096
DENMARK   416 21 16 17 26 28 43 42 40 40 57 67 41 71 50 42 1014
U.S.S.R.   676 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 682
NORWAY   174 13 14 18 14 20 18 26 23 29 53 45 36 40 42 53 616
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   38 5 3 8 2 7 6 5 5 10 14 28 25 52 63 119 385
SINGAPORE   8 2 6 8 3 14 11 26 23 34 44 39 37 25 35 37 351
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 5 14 16 13 27 21 23 33 26 35 23 23 25 34 22 339
SPAIN   78 8 7 14 7 13 5 17 8 13 9 9 19 11 16 25 258
INDIA   15 2 1 2 2 5 6 5 8 10 24 32 30 30 43 44 254
SOUTH AFRICA   137 4 7 11 4 8 7 7 7 4 5 9 2 10 5 5 228
NEW ZEALAND   75 0 4 4 8 7 10 12 9 12 13 17 13 11 17 18 227
HUNGARY   166 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 8 3 5 4 3 3 4 7 219
IRELAND   50 2 2 5 7 4 9 14 6 13 16 19 15 21 18 17 215
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   200 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   40 1 2 4 2 2 2 7 10 16 14 18 21 20 21 20 198
MEXICO   42 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 1 8 7 10 13 10 3 117
BRAZIL   26 3 2 4 5 5 6 5 9 4 11 8 4 12 5 6 114
POLAND   64 1 1 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 5 7 98
MALAYSIA   5 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 11 9 7 9 9 13 14 85
ARGENTINA   32 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 3 8 3 1 3 2 2 70
LIECHTENSTEIN   34 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 60
Others (86)   322 18 16 22 13 24 23 21 30 49 47 37 43 47 43 55 812
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   89876 4905 4904 5241 5079 6846 6791 7163 7802 8221 9106 8746 7809 9159 8414 8287 198347
U.S. GOVERNMENT   8754 307 208 233 178 226 201 187 193 203 225 184 146 178 165 134 11720
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   22206 968 1039 1052 908 1206 1097 1115 1031 1080 1107 965 773 872 782 784 36985
FOREIGN CORPORATION   50625 3372 3398 3645 3473 4707 4546 4940 5496 6401 7306 6954 6285 7537 7211 7410 133306
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1555 45 64 51 54 41 31 15 13 21 15 16 10 14 17 7 1967
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   7959 328 332 306 315 461 376 405 436 477 479 400 325 364 341 317 13622

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3345. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   199942 11530 12875 12841 14911 15209 16532 18318 20021 20277 18488 15581 11308 6427 1635 50 395946
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   128409 6894 7889 7525 8886 8857 9690 10419 11091 10855 10068 8515 6268 3447 854 31 239698
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   71533 4636 4986 5316 6024 6352 6842 7899 8931 9422 8420 7066 5041 2980 781 19 156248
JAPAN   26157 2132 2314 2422 2681 2637 2722 3293 3694 3638 3429 3071 2437 1362 417 8 62415
GERMANY   14137 731 761 816 1012 1088 1236 1415 1609 1867 1471 1197 726 425 89 4 28585
UNITED KINGDOM   7433 312 313 322 364 364 400 471 494 517 434 249 175 85 13 0 11948
FRANCE   6201 298 340 296 311 349 351 348 385 464 422 257 169 85 32 0 10307
CANADA   2961 204 283 233 247 304 333 379 405 406 361 280 210 117 19 0 6744
SWITZERLAND   3289 120 125 125 135 160 168 189 206 205 205 156 109 79 27 1 5299
SWEDEN   1940 119 93 107 147 159 179 188 215 215 165 118 57 32 4 0 3739
NETHERLANDS   1695 105 96 126 150 146 157 174 205 178 163 136 75 40 10 1 3457
KOREA, SOUTH   177 86 99 198 176 196 187 222 265 337 379 411 251 190 29 0 3204
TAIWAN   327 53 66 132 144 192 235 214 254 324 347 377 285 194 54 2 3202
ISRAEL   667 67 93 110 128 178 228 237 281 259 185 143 116 61 18 0 2772
ITALY   1301 66 60 88 73 105 104 109 146 158 124 91 57 37 6 0 2525
AUSTRALIA   810 55 48 52 86 82 76 107 132 124 107 86 33 25 9 2 1833
FINLAND   510 60 52 59 60 59 79 68 110 103 87 57 35 20 2 0 1358
BELGIUM   581 41 62 52 49 57 50 61 48 60 59 40 27 26 3 0 1218
AUSTRIA   564 36 29 26 26 34 42 58 53 72 49 49 30 26 3 0 1096
DENMARK   453 22 24 31 49 51 56 68 75 81 60 31 9 7 0 0 1014
U.S.S.R.   681 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 682
NORWAY   197 15 25 13 25 21 43 42 54 61 50 40 16 12 4 0 616
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   47 5 6 4 9 2 7 13 28 35 31 49 62 73 15 1 385
SINGAPORE   14 7 7 13 16 27 28 44 42 41 40 23 32 14 6 0 351
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   10 25 23 17 28 26 34 36 40 31 27 20 16 6 1 0 339
SPAIN   93 15 10 6 14 11 12 15 12 20 24 12 8 5 2 0 258
INDIA   17 3 1 3 6 10 11 17 23 40 46 35 24 17 4 0 254
SOUTH AFRICA   150 9 3 10 7 7 5 9 7 8 9 5 1 2 1 0 228
NEW ZEALAND   79 6 4 10 13 12 11 18 21 17 18 11 6 6 0 0 227
HUNGARY   169 3 4 3 6 6 6 2 3 6 5 4 4 0 1 0 219
IRELAND   54 6 6 8 15 11 6 17 18 27 17 17 10 5 3 0 215
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   203 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   41 4 3 3 4 7 11 13 17 28 23 24 13 6 2 0 198
MEXICO   47 2 4 2 5 5 1 4 8 9 9 12 11 2 0 0 117
BRAZIL   30 5 6 6 5 5 12 6 7 11 13 3 3 4 0 0 114
POLAND   66 5 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 8 3 4 3 2 0 0 98
MALAYSIA   5 0 1 0 1 6 7 8 9 9 9 13 11 4 4 0 85
ARGENTINA   35 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 6 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 70
LIECHTENSTEIN   38 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 60
Others (86)   356 20 21 17 28 30 40 48 57 62 43 43 26 14 5 0 812
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   99326 5765 6660 6573 7719 7821 8677 9250 9978 9860 9276 7718 5797 3142 758 26 198347
U.S. GOVERNMENT   9303 219 244 201 215 194 188 201 220 205 160 171 119 61 18 0 11720
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   24055 1162 1246 1034 1234 1151 1133 1139 1090 1046 920 768 553 357 93 3 36985
FOREIGN CORPORATION   57026 3949 4283 4599 5280 5596 6018 7183 8210 8604 7738 6654 4639 2763 743 20 133306
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1650 65 56 35 34 21 14 28 15 19 18 10 3 1 0 0 1967
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   8582 370 386 399 429 426 501 518 508 544 376 260 197 103 22 1 13622

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   48389 3237 3379 3458 3226 4412 4274 4349 4150 4252 4434 4956 3962 5822 5173 4991 112464
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   23106 1061 1141 1202 1132 1573 1579 1745 1615 1659 1698 1843 1461 2102 1819 1623 46358
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   25283 2175 2238 2256 2095 2839 2695 2604 2534 2594 2736 3113 2501 3719 3354 3368 66105
JAPAN   16688 1633 1649 1653 1515 2003 1902 1781 1699 1752 1862 2114 1679 2396 2063 2061 44450
GERMANY   2702 107 118 90 82 116 130 148 128 129 120 112 91 158 115 128 4476
KOREA, SOUTH   294 158 159 209 216 310 259 229 227 210 200 229 182 376 414 474 4147
UNITED KINGDOM   1448 71 78 56 58 71 58 64 98 82 70 89 75 86 82 65 2551
NETHERLANDS   1053 38 59 46 37 70 50 68 51 58 67 78 55 102 82 66 1981
FRANCE   865 35 46 47 45 61 77 55 60 69 64 59 49 64 63 41 1702
TAIWAN   60 21 8 30 27 47 47 45 50 91 88 100 119 173 215 205 1327
CANADA   354 16 15 24 17 26 30 42 31 24 34 52 33 57 54 50 861
BELGIUM   413 16 21 16 17 28 31 36 40 21 18 15 7 19 12 6 717
ITALY   329 17 14 20 20 13 16 21 24 17 22 17 12 15 10 13 580
SWITZERLAND   358 13 12 10 8 15 13 15 12 8 14 17 16 18 14 20 562
AUSTRIA   218 7 4 4 8 4 5 13 12 17 24 14 9 19 12 13 380
SWEDEN   111 6 12 9 9 9 17 20 22 24 28 20 24 22 23 22 378
FINLAND   16 8 12 13 8 17 13 13 17 28 22 35 34 44 41 34 355
SINGAPORE   9 3 1 1 6 5 5 10 15 17 42 67 36 41 34 34 325
ISRAEL   34 7 8 12 12 14 9 15 22 17 13 25 13 24 19 21 265
AUSTRALIA   50 2 4 3 0 4 3 4 4 6 10 20 14 30 28 19 202
DENMARK   56 3 0 2 0 3 5 4 2 3 8 6 6 10 9 17 132
NORWAY   32 9 13 3 2 2 9 8 5 4 3 5 6 7 5 2 113
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   6 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 4 5 9 9 16 22 29 105
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   11 1 1 2 3 6 1 3 5 2 7 10 9 10 10 14 91
U.S.S.R.   51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
IRELAND   6 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 39
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 1 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 6 3 1 5 4 4 35
INDIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 7 9 29
SPAIN   6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 4 26
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 1 6 21
ARGENTINA   14 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 20
BRAZIL   9 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
HUNGARY   14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 15
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SOUTH AFRICA   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 12
MEXICO   6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12
GREECE   2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 11
BULGARIA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Others (37)   33 1 1 0 3 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 7 5 5 76
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   21815 1061 1157 1191 1109 1565 1560 1704 1601 1566 1587 1667 1291 1800 1558 1428 43659
U.S. GOVERNMENT   580 9 7 7 1 6 6 6 6 6 4 8 9 5 6 7 674
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   2946 98 115 122 105 150 127 127 95 109 108 112 76 113 95 79 4579
FOREIGN CORPORATION   21775 2027 2057 2089 1965 2617 2536 2450 2396 2505 2669 3117 2544 3845 3456 3434 61484
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   102 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 124
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1171 38 41 46 41 73 44 61 48 66 66 51 40 59 57 43 1944

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   54700 4037 4211 4608 5517 4907 4932 5337 5762 5325 4962 4184 2507 1150 309 16 112464
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   25205 1376 1563 1622 2041 1987 1933 1987 2140 1853 1762 1472 874 427 108 6 46358
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   29494 2661 2648 2986 3475 2920 2999 3350 3622 3472 3200 2712 1633 722 201 10 66105
JAPAN   19812 1965 1906 2082 2437 1890 1998 2224 2409 2271 2040 1670 1107 491 142 7 44450
GERMANY   2901 110 118 120 171 164 170 172 178 136 97 85 35 17 2 0 4476
KOREA, SOUTH   620 214 263 345 346 291 231 262 266 246 372 377 174 110 28 1 4147
UNITED KINGDOM   1594 75 66 72 87 102 99 107 112 98 60 33 34 10 2 0 2551
NETHERLANDS   1146 65 50 73 74 70 66 76 102 114 85 43 13 4 0 0 1981
FRANCE   942 57 55 78 71 55 94 89 71 90 52 32 11 5 0 0 1702
TAIWAN   88 24 33 43 57 57 77 84 111 177 181 224 119 39 11 0 1327
CANADA   388 25 25 30 44 55 35 53 48 48 42 38 22 9 1 0 861
BELGIUM   438 27 21 28 32 41 36 24 21 14 19 10 4 0 0 0 717
ITALY   359 23 24 17 19 17 24 24 22 20 11 9 9 2 1 0 580
SWITZERLAND   378 14 15 12 18 16 16 14 15 21 22 11 4 5 0 1 562
AUSTRIA   229 3 10 6 6 15 18 15 23 21 10 12 11 4 0 0 380
SWEDEN   128 14 11 11 30 29 28 35 21 24 29 12 7 1 0 0 378
FINLAND   38 11 11 23 22 25 30 38 48 39 40 18 10 2 1 0 355
SINGAPORE   13 2 7 3 10 17 25 40 79 37 37 26 19 7 4 0 325
ISRAEL   49 13 14 13 17 26 20 22 31 22 15 13 9 1 0 0 265
AUSTRALIA   55 2 5 3 6 16 2 16 12 21 18 26 11 4 5 0 202
DENMARK   61 0 1 6 2 6 6 7 10 15 10 7 2 1 1 0 132
NORWAY   54 4 2 3 10 11 2 7 7 5 4 4 3 0 0 0 113
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   6 2 0 2 0 1 0 10 11 13 19 23 11 6 2 0 105
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   11 3 3 5 3 2 5 4 10 17 10 13 5 3 0 0 91
U.S.S.R.   51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
IRELAND   8 2 1 2 3 2 1 7 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 39
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 2 0 2 4 2 1 9 3 2 2 6 2 1 0 0 35
INDIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 5 8 2 1 2 1 29
SPAIN   6 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 26
MALAYSIA   1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 7 2 3 1 1 0 21
ARGENTINA   14 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20
BRAZIL   10 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
HUNGARY   14 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
NEW ZEALAND   1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SOUTH AFRICA   6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 12
MEXICO   7 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
GREECE   2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 11
BULGARIA   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Others (37)   36 1 5 2 3 4 7 3 0 7 3 3 2 1 0 0 76
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   23883 1355 1554 1639 1979 1896 1834 1850 1963 1706 1545 1252 777 327 90 8 43659
U.S. GOVERNMENT   597 7 3 6 6 9 5 4 10 8 8 4 4 3 1 0 674
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3166 156 139 127 152 138 119 123 109 118 105 66 34 21 3 1 4579
FOREIGN CORPORATION   25702 2462 2450 2775 3308 2808 2902 3280 3608 3429 3258 2828 1661 793 212 7 61484
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   108 3 4 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 124
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1243 54 60 60 71 53 71 79 71 64 45 33 31 6 3 0 1944

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 335. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   158368 6417 6419 6920 7334 9612 10285 11088 11855 12071 12126 12666 11288 12886 11703 11513 312553
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   102937 3430 3427 3607 3741 4668 5007 5262 5547 5450 5520 5702 5102 5625 5091 4895 175011
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   55431 2987 2992 3313 3593 4944 5278 5826 6308 6622 6606 6964 6187 7260 6613 6618 137542
JAPAN   19555 1564 1593 1720 1858 2469 2574 2788 3009 3287 3331 3421 2983 3434 3078 2976 59638
GERMANY   11138 385 352 404 437 599 640 751 800 814 811 920 762 769 669 672 20924
TAIWAN   673 147 170 186 214 332 397 666 761 708 679 808 743 1020 971 935 9410
FRANCE   5050 225 185 214 208 275 329 320 292 326 268 240 201 227 204 187 8751
UNITED KINGDOM   5607 110 118 135 129 177 191 165 190 182 177 157 170 164 148 132 7952
CANADA   2520 121 122 122 135 184 171 186 189 196 212 226 226 239 243 198 5291
KOREA, SOUTH   222 69 82 109 172 323 346 242 253 263 286 342 344 492 489 593 4627
SWITZERLAND   2155 59 56 69 63 85 90 88 94 83 70 89 49 63 64 61 3240
ITALY   1411 63 41 69 72 105 76 120 118 127 122 114 107 132 100 102 2881
SWEDEN   1598 46 32 52 46 54 96 86 108 111 85 66 55 71 49 45 2598
NETHERLANDS   1509 40 44 48 40 76 83 77 67 79 74 62 46 69 65 73 2451
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   38 5 5 3 5 3 7 16 51 78 75 92 84 139 119 213 932
AUSTRIA   402 15 17 17 21 18 27 31 26 30 36 47 38 54 34 36 850
U.S.S.R.   780 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 783
AUSTRALIA   342 18 19 17 19 27 21 16 30 25 29 39 28 41 29 44 744
ISRAEL   187 17 28 22 23 22 30 34 36 45 57 42 42 38 49 42 714
FINLAND   207 17 18 16 23 30 33 39 41 46 40 33 37 51 44 34 710
BELGIUM   321 9 24 24 16 27 28 38 27 22 29 26 20 19 18 15 664
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   129 14 14 13 14 32 25 34 34 31 39 52 52 44 60 47 636
DENMARK   327 10 9 4 11 12 12 20 19 19 25 27 25 18 27 26 591
SPAIN   156 7 5 9 16 10 11 17 22 19 19 25 23 24 15 21 399
NORWAY   172 5 8 4 5 9 12 10 14 10 9 12 17 15 15 13 328
SINGAPORE   29 6 7 15 10 9 13 10 18 17 30 23 29 24 31 42 312
SOUTH AFRICA   135 6 10 6 10 7 6 4 8 7 4 3 7 9 2 4 228
IRELAND   56 5 3 5 5 8 8 11 19 15 12 13 9 19 8 9 203
NEW ZEALAND   60 6 3 4 8 11 7 5 6 10 6 13 9 9 6 5 166
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 3 8 7 6 7 14 18 18 12 10 8 12 7 6 12 146
BRAZIL   48 4 2 5 6 2 5 3 10 10 12 7 10 5 6 9 144
INDIA   17 0 1 2 3 3 1 4 9 9 3 10 15 11 15 28 127
MEXICO   56 1 0 2 2 5 5 2 5 4 11 7 9 5 7 5 124
HUNGARY   84 1 3 1 2 5 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 2 121
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   80 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
MALAYSIA   5 1 1 0 4 1 4 5 5 9 8 7 7 10 10 11 86
ARGENTINA   33 1 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 0 57
ROMANIA   41 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 56
BULGARIA   41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 45
Others (77)   246 4 8 8 9 15 14 15 25 21 30 26 22 32 25 25 525
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   86836 2930 2953 3115 3328 4128 4518 4644 4922 4795 4805 5051 4538 4982 4511 4421 150477
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3423 109 75 62 51 53 48 56 66 53 35 47 32 47 45 29 4231
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   16931 566 562 619 566 741 738 782 714 664 685 637 585 670 593 521 26576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   43644 2535 2519 2809 3055 4237 4581 5143 5657 6071 6161 6456 5740 6757 6180 6243 117788
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   579 22 14 14 10 14 7 4 4 10 9 4 5 2 5 3 705
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   6955 256 296 301 323 439 393 460 492 480 430 470 388 428 369 296 12776

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 335. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENTS

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   169917 7721 8222 9095 10619 10869 12075 13063 14228 14478 13580 11579 9188 5893 1927 100 312553
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   109105 4019 4268 4426 5159 5320 5683 6037 6211 6294 5953 5047 4119 2498 832 39 175011
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   60812 3701 3954 4669 5459 5548 6392 7026 8016 8184 7626 6532 5070 3394 1095 61 137542
JAPAN   22422 1973 2024 2384 2733 2709 2914 3576 3922 3840 3564 3034 2496 1534 500 17 59638
GERMANY   11805 433 511 572 611 710 861 916 1018 1167 946 652 412 235 71 3 20924
TAIWAN   896 197 224 285 367 506 814 624 831 805 899 967 869 812 295 19 9410
FRANCE   5447 218 227 263 344 309 305 328 331 302 294 179 115 72 15 2 8751
UNITED KINGDOM   5811 147 162 155 199 174 216 187 219 271 176 130 55 40 7 2 7952
CANADA   2730 147 154 162 194 194 189 226 258 244 280 227 158 100 28 0 5291
KOREA, SOUTH   354 121 164 304 337 288 262 300 335 430 526 522 427 195 58 4 4627
SWITZERLAND   2259 74 78 75 91 82 105 85 94 88 76 57 43 26 5 3 3240
ITALY   1523 62 75 91 104 95 106 148 172 163 138 100 66 32 7 1 2881
SWEDEN   1668 48 56 56 94 116 107 117 100 96 62 43 20 14 2 0 2598
NETHERLANDS   1589 48 59 64 86 68 79 74 103 97 90 61 18 14 3 0 2451
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   45 5 4 1 11 5 38 43 108 108 81 136 126 148 65 9 932
AUSTRIA   430 19 23 18 25 21 35 38 51 58 59 40 16 16 3 0 850
U.S.S.R.   782 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 783
AUSTRALIA   378 20 14 29 22 21 31 29 45 57 43 39 8 4 1 0 744
ISRAEL   225 32 23 24 30 30 50 49 69 62 38 33 30 15 5 0 714
FINLAND   244 14 28 32 29 30 46 43 63 41 49 39 33 19 0 0 710
BELGIUM   346 30 18 30 31 37 22 29 31 26 32 16 10 4 2 0 664
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   153 20 13 25 26 25 40 28 46 63 60 64 39 25 8 0 636
DENMARK   346 5 11 9 19 17 25 20 34 38 24 22 12 7 4 0 591
SPAIN   167 13 11 9 14 13 19 19 22 37 25 25 11 12 1 0 399
NORWAY   185 3 7 8 10 8 15 14 10 23 19 11 8 7 2 0 328
SINGAPORE   38 16 12 12 14 10 12 26 30 35 28 29 24 19 8 2 312
SOUTH AFRICA   147 11 10 5 9 4 6 5 9 10 4 5 1 3 0 0 228
IRELAND   61 9 6 8 11 11 10 10 19 19 13 11 10 4 1 0 203
NEW ZEALAND   69 6 11 8 5 6 6 8 15 10 7 10 4 2 0 0 166
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   7 10 9 7 14 16 23 15 7 10 14 5 5 5 1 0 146
BRAZIL   53 7 2 4 2 6 9 12 10 14 13 6 3 2 2 0 144
INDIA   19 1 1 5 1 2 10 8 9 10 15 18 19 10 2 0 127
MEXICO   58 1 2 6 2 5 2 6 11 8 10 3 5 5 0 0 124
HUNGARY   89 1 1 5 1 3 3 4 2 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 121
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   82 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
MALAYSIA   6 1 3 1 7 2 7 11 7 6 8 13 11 2 1 0 86
ARGENTINA   36 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 57
ROMANIA   41 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 56
BULGARIA   42 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 45
Others (77)   260 6 10 12 11 22 22 26 32 36 25 31 16 13 2 0 525
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   92163 3488 3724 3970 4682 4785 5024 5358 5474 5587 5243 4452 3605 2181 701 40 150477
U.S. GOVERNMENT   3587 78 72 38 61 57 51 58 47 34 48 31 43 19 7 0 4231
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   17898 680 682 675 733 700 760 740 710 718 710 629 519 312 106 3 26576
FOREIGN CORPORATION   48243 3132 3389 3999 4709 4916 5759 6419 7461 7617 7080 6076 4730 3161 1043 55 117788
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   612 11 14 16 3 6 9 7 7 7 5 4 2 1 1 0 705
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   7415 332 340 396 430 404 473 481 529 514 493 388 290 219 70 2 12776

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 336. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   115961 4649 4601 5143 4711 6061 6478 7274 8252 8160 7835 7437 7015 7622 7081 6745 215024
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   67262 2418 2428 2754 2376 2981 3100 3494 3758 3761 3573 3382 3235 3499 3202 2880 114104
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   48699 2231 2174 2389 2334 3080 3378 3781 4494 4398 4261 4055 3779 4122 3879 3865 100920
JAPAN   17616 1053 941 1038 1043 1336 1532 1613 1833 1848 1775 1810 1703 1923 1867 1836 40767
GERMANY   11520 493 503 573 531 770 852 1008 1287 1199 1145 1029 890 917 799 839 24358
UNITED KINGDOM   5386 84 115 104 99 117 104 162 194 157 134 130 144 132 126 105 7293
FRANCE   4370 133 126 132 115 175 169 210 229 220 217 213 163 213 194 187 7065
CANADA   2365 104 99 112 97 123 150 161 205 169 202 185 188 194 188 160 4701
SWEDEN   1428 43 43 49 40 67 63 82 95 95 98 86 75 79 80 92 2515
TAIWAN   376 89 105 114 88 122 126 140 157 196 171 170 140 159 144 143 2438
ITALY   1209 41 38 37 40 51 62 72 74 82 89 72 62 89 75 73 2165
KOREA, SOUTH   89 26 30 47 82 105 106 71 89 126 113 94 126 146 141 141 1532
SWITZERLAND   907 30 19 23 24 22 25 28 38 29 36 23 20 28 20 26 1297
AUSTRIA   643 18 32 19 25 14 29 34 42 38 50 40 42 39 27 31 1125
AUSTRALIA   488 17 28 32 33 35 25 35 35 43 42 39 40 37 34 34 996
NETHERLANDS   469 22 12 17 17 20 20 24 38 41 30 34 36 28 21 22 851
SPAIN   172 5 7 11 8 15 12 17 16 13 14 9 17 14 26 21 379
FINLAND   173 10 12 8 15 13 7 14 16 17 15 16 15 17 10 9 368
NORWAY   156 8 8 6 9 10 13 11 19 17 15 13 17 9 12 10 335
BELGIUM   143 5 7 7 8 16 11 17 12 10 15 5 17 16 10 15 314
ISRAEL   123 11 12 8 10 11 13 8 17 13 17 7 9 6 16 11 292
DENMARK   116 4 3 8 7 8 8 9 13 13 13 7 7 5 10 7 239
SOUTH AFRICA   124 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 4 4 3 2 3 1 3 185
U.S.S.R.   176 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
NEW ZEALAND   55 1 1 4 5 3 4 5 6 8 5 12 12 6 8 8 142
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   28 3 4 2 1 0 5 7 9 7 4 7 13 8 10 24 134
BRAZIL   36 1 4 3 4 3 3 6 7 6 9 4 3 4 2 2 98
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   23 1 5 4 3 4 1 3 7 6 5 6 6 8 6 7 95
HUNGARY   67 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 90
MEXICO   49 1 2 2 3 2 1 3 9 3 2 2 1 2 4 5 90
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 4 7 4 4 6 8 10 9 6 6 2 3 4 5 79
IRELAND   34 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 10 3 2 3 3 4 1 2 72
ARGENTINA   35 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 5 4 3 2 0 3 2 3 67
POLAND   37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 50
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   43 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
INDIA   16 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 3 4 8 4 45
SINGAPORE   4 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 3 2 3 4 34
GREECE   14 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 29
LUXEMBOURG   10 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 26
Others (84)   199 7 5 5 9 19 14 17 9 16 19 17 15 22 24 28 425
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   42232 1587 1605 1921 1668 2053 2217 2520 2876 2871 2736 2592 2482 2654 2573 2305 76892
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1828 47 48 31 38 38 38 42 48 52 48 37 42 33 27 27 2424
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   24497 807 799 862 719 956 946 1044 972 922 887 826 788 867 703 602 37197
FOREIGN CORPORATION   39487 1906 1850 2036 2012 2680 2939 3296 3978 3948 3813 3675 3416 3783 3522 3562 85904
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   453 18 13 12 8 6 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 518
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   7464 284 286 282 266 328 335 369 378 365 351 307 286 285 256 250 12090

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 336. TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   123690 5175 5874 6220 6926 7088 7320 8144 8667 9394 9087 7916 5966 2753 781 23 215024
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   71289 2739 3109 3015 3237 3347 3377 3790 3814 4153 3993 3720 2843 1280 382 16 114104
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   52401 2436 2765 3205 3689 3742 3942 4355 4853 5241 5093 4196 3124 1473 400 7 100920
JAPAN   19332 1036 1210 1416 1690 1655 1553 1746 2043 2158 2182 2128 1611 779 226 2 40767
GERMANY   12344 590 645 771 926 986 1187 1211 1292 1399 1220 851 586 280 70 0 24358
UNITED KINGDOM   5554 124 114 117 120 147 180 179 169 191 175 119 63 34 6 0 7293
FRANCE   4611 130 138 185 195 189 213 230 213 294 276 209 131 45 6 0 7065
CANADA   2536 110 115 129 146 178 150 207 224 231 235 203 153 68 16 0 4701
SWEDEN   1503 48 54 57 71 76 90 95 115 124 123 57 61 30 9 0 2515
TAIWAN   492 118 130 112 134 118 147 169 196 188 201 160 161 86 23 4 2438
ITALY   1278 37 45 56 68 64 64 86 103 91 105 72 61 23 9 0 2165
KOREA, SOUTH   135 39 84 124 112 55 83 125 105 156 191 147 120 44 13 1 1532
SWITZERLAND   945 24 27 25 31 33 29 30 38 34 34 22 15 10 1 0 1297
AUSTRIA   672 32 21 27 21 39 40 33 51 71 56 31 22 4 4 1 1125
AUSTRALIA   529 26 41 41 28 33 36 36 60 63 51 30 14 4 2 0 996
NETHERLANDS   497 20 20 20 22 23 30 43 42 53 41 20 9 10 1 0 851
SPAIN   182 12 11 15 13 14 19 15 19 16 22 21 15 3 4 0 379
FINLAND   190 9 20 13 7 15 10 18 22 22 19 12 9 1 0 0 368
NORWAY   171 6 11 9 12 11 15 24 17 27 15 13 1 3 0 0 335
BELGIUM   155 5 8 14 19 15 13 8 19 10 26 9 6 7 1 0 314
ISRAEL   144 13 9 15 10 12 9 13 16 11 13 10 12 4 0 0 292
DENMARK   123 5 10 7 8 13 10 14 15 12 9 6 4 2 0 0 239
SOUTH AFRICA   133 4 4 8 5 7 4 3 6 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 185
U.S.S.R.   179 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
NEW ZEALAND   57 3 5 8 5 3 3 7 11 11 12 8 8 2 0 0 142
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   34 3 1 2 6 6 6 7 6 10 15 13 10 11 4 0 134
BRAZIL   39 5 5 3 5 4 6 5 11 6 2 5 2 0 0 0 98
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   27 5 5 3 1 5 6 6 5 7 5 7 10 3 2 0 95
HUNGARY   68 1 0 3 1 4 1 5 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 90
MEXICO   51 1 5 1 1 3 7 5 3 2 4 2 3 2 0 0 90
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   5 7 6 4 4 7 12 5 9 9 9 2 0 1 0 0 79
IRELAND   36 3 1 2 5 4 6 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 72
ARGENTINA   37 4 1 0 3 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 67
POLAND   37 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 50
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   46 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
INDIA   17 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 5 4 4 6 1 0 0 45
SINGAPORE   4 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 34
GREECE   17 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 29
LUXEMBOURG   11 0 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 26
Others (84)   208 7 14 13 16 16 8 18 20 21 24 24 18 14 3 0 425
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   44943 1818 2154 2099 2362 2449 2569 2942 2953 3201 3094 2856 2179 969 291 12 76892
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1903 36 45 48 38 33 38 48 53 43 51 39 33 11 3 0 2424
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   25783 915 973 935 958 960 889 915 920 1022 933 889 700 321 83 3 37197
FOREIGN CORPORATION   42668 2081 2366 2798 3226 3313 3472 3865 4364 4707 4601 3861 2860 1337 379 5 85904
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   481 11 8 8 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 518
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   7912 314 327 332 338 332 351 372 378 420 408 268 194 115 26 3 12090

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   65846 2777 2808 3255 3008 3833 4148 4656 5251 5239 5081 4946 4514 4978 4696 4556 129594
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   35685 1338 1413 1682 1449 1769 1848 2105 2215 2226 2147 2118 1949 2121 1984 1821 63870
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   30161 1439 1395 1573 1560 2064 2300 2551 3036 3013 2935 2828 2565 2857 2713 2735 65724
JAPAN   12654 756 677 750 754 960 1088 1152 1302 1335 1294 1327 1220 1410 1382 1392 29452
GERMANY   7653 335 343 401 378 538 636 727 947 890 850 780 665 675 595 630 17042
FRANCE   2269 68 64 68 66 89 95 115 139 137 143 131 104 129 117 108 3841
UNITED KINGDOM   2513 45 61 58 56 69 59 97 113 92 72 77 69 72 66 52 3569
CANADA   1177 48 54 64 57 70 91 90 113 88 100 108 102 105 100 85 2452
SWEDEN   813 26 26 31 28 48 42 58 64 65 69 65 52 47 52 61 1546
ITALY   717 25 23 19 22 34 38 45 47 44 54 42 36 51 45 44 1288
KOREA, SOUTH   59 20 26 38 66 88 87 60 68 106 87 80 101 123 119 114 1243
TAIWAN   189 33 42 48 40 54 57 70 74 99 94 82 64 92 90 87 1216
SWITZERLAND   440 12 6 10 7 8 9 13 13 13 22 9 10 8 10 10 603
AUSTRALIA   258 10 15 21 21 22 18 21 24 25 22 20 23 21 15 20 557
NETHERLANDS   257 10 8 11 10 12 11 18 27 32 20 17 24 19 16 15 509
AUSTRIA   223 10 10 10 10 8 15 16 20 18 22 22 24 24 18 19 471
SPAIN   96 3 4 6 2 6 5 6 7 3 7 6 10 11 24 14 211
BELGIUM   90 3 4 2 5 9 8 12 7 6 12 3 10 9 6 11 198
FINLAND   79 6 5 4 4 7 3 9 9 8 12 8 5 7 2 2 170
ISRAEL   71 4 6 6 6 5 8 5 7 7 7 4 4 5 7 7 159
DENMARK   67 3 3 4 4 4 3 6 8 11 10 4 5 4 4 2 142
NORWAY   46 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 2 7 4 3 1 2 89
SOUTH AFRICA   58 4 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 87
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   15 2 2 2 1 0 2 4 3 3 2 4 8 4 8 17 76
U.S.S.R.   74 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
HUNGARY   55 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 66
BRAZIL   20 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 4 1 2 54
IRELAND   24 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 8 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 54
MEXICO   25 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 54
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   14 1 3 2 2 3 0 1 5 2 4 2 3 2 4 4 51
NEW ZEALAND   25 0 0 1 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 51
ARGENTINA   17 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   28 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
POLAND   19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 27
INDIA   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 5 3 25
LUXEMBOURG   6 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 20
SINGAPORE   1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 20
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 7 18
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 16
Others (71)   97 2 3 2 5 9 6 6 4 7 9 8 6 12 13 12 201
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   23627 931 1004 1244 1094 1273 1418 1624 1813 1802 1757 1730 1608 1737 1694 1529 45884
U.S. GOVERNMENT   299 9 8 12 7 9 12 10 7 7 7 5 6 8 4 10 420
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   12665 415 422 469 384 533 496 559 499 482 455 443 390 423 364 322 19324
FOREIGN CORPORATION   25365 1287 1232 1389 1388 1848 2057 2283 2742 2780 2678 2622 2372 2657 2501 2571 57771
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   158 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 167
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   3733 134 140 139 133 167 165 180 190 169 184 146 137 153 133 124 6028

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   70529 3162 3715 3963 4453 4531 4736 5351 5672 6123 5966 5091 3932 1820 536 14 129594
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   37932 1616 1887 1811 1950 2006 2024 2321 2339 2550 2437 2208 1751 780 249 9 63870
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   32598 1546 1828 2152 2503 2525 2712 3029 3333 3572 3529 2883 2182 1040 287 5 65724
JAPAN   13903 729 883 1016 1206 1173 1116 1285 1484 1534 1622 1579 1188 570 161 1 29452
GERMANY   8223 398 464 541 673 726 872 908 951 1033 918 618 443 217 57 0 17042
FRANCE   2399 67 63 104 102 110 131 153 140 186 180 108 64 29 5 0 3841
UNITED KINGDOM   2602 64 60 69 67 92 107 105 93 111 89 58 27 20 4 0 3569
CANADA   1261 64 62 76 86 101 88 113 113 131 120 109 83 36 7 0 2452
SWEDEN   861 32 36 35 50 50 63 68 79 91 81 34 37 21 7 0 1546
ITALY   759 22 24 35 45 39 41 47 67 50 61 39 37 16 6 0 1288
KOREA, SOUTH   97 31 69 100 96 45 60 105 89 125 154 122 104 34 11 1 1243
TAIWAN   236 43 59 52 58 58 78 80 100 95 98 92 95 54 15 3 1216
SWITZERLAND   455 11 9 7 12 12 14 14 20 16 19 5 7 3 0 0 603
AUSTRALIA   283 15 25 27 21 19 28 19 38 32 27 17 4 1 1 0 557
NETHERLANDS   273 12 12 10 14 16 22 31 29 35 26 11 8 9 0 0 509
AUSTRIA   239 12 10 10 10 22 20 19 24 37 32 18 13 2 2 1 471
SPAIN   103 5 2 6 6 3 10 5 10 12 16 17 12 2 3 0 211
BELGIUM   97 3 3 10 12 11 6 6 14 8 15 4 6 3 0 0 198
FINLAND   89 5 8 5 4 9 7 11 10 11 8 2 2 0 0 0 170
ISRAEL   81 8 5 9 6 4 6 9 5 6 7 4 7 3 0 0 159
DENMARK   73 3 6 4 4 8 7 12 11 4 5 2 3 0 0 0 142
NORWAY   49 1 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 11 3 2 0 0 0 0 89
SOUTH AFRICA   63 1 2 5 2 0 2 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 87
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   19 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 10 8 7 6 4 0 76
U.S.S.R.   74 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
HUNGARY   56 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 66
BRAZIL   22 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 6 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 54
IRELAND   26 1 0 2 5 2 5 3 3 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 54
MEXICO   26 0 4 1 0 2 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 54
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   17 2 3 2 0 2 3 3 5 3 1 3 5 2 1 0 51
NEW ZEALAND   25 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 51
ARGENTINA   18 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 34
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   31 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
POLAND   19 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 27
INDIA   8 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 25
LUXEMBOURG   7 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 20
SINGAPORE   1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 0 18
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Others (71)   100 2 8 8 5 5 5 8 11 9 10 11 9 5 2 0 201
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   25224 1132 1416 1339 1502 1557 1652 1920 1914 2116 2008 1823 1439 632 202 6 45884
U.S. GOVERNMENT   312 8 14 13 9 10 5 9 6 8 12 5 7 2 0 0 420
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   13334 502 502 508 527 513 462 483 496 518 479 437 359 161 41 2 19324
FOREIGN CORPORATION   27547 1372 1620 1929 2245 2290 2436 2756 3075 3277 3258 2687 2029 969 278 3 57771
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   161 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   3951 148 160 172 170 162 181 182 181 203 209 139 98 56 15 2 6028

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3364. AEROSPACE PRODUCTS 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   23359 915 854 901 851 1166 1197 1341 1601 1627 1526 1405 1328 1481 1281 1167 42000
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   14094 519 460 483 426 585 599 643 746 808 728 680 643 710 622 544 23291
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   9264 396 394 418 425 581 599 698 855 819 798 725 685 771 659 623 18709
JAPAN   2694 159 147 156 174 223 254 252 324 312 298 291 282 319 274 245 6403
GERMANY   2276 97 94 103 100 155 151 202 239 235 226 191 169 175 147 149 4707
UNITED KINGDOM   1613 28 38 30 31 37 31 43 50 48 46 38 45 44 39 31 2191
FRANCE   1095 45 36 41 33 65 53 68 66 45 48 58 46 62 56 63 1881
CANADA   310 16 10 15 8 18 20 20 31 29 34 28 28 40 34 25 666
SWEDEN   274 7 11 6 7 10 9 16 20 20 15 12 16 22 18 16 478
ITALY   206 4 6 4 10 8 9 12 14 19 18 17 15 18 13 13 386
SWITZERLAND   172 10 9 8 8 11 10 12 17 13 11 12 8 15 7 11 333
TAIWAN   38 6 13 15 12 12 16 17 16 25 18 20 13 16 13 10 260
KOREA, SOUTH   14 4 3 4 10 10 10 4 15 11 17 9 18 17 13 14 173
AUSTRALIA   78 1 6 7 6 6 5 8 3 9 8 8 7 8 7 4 172
AUSTRIA   76 1 4 3 3 2 3 7 13 8 11 9 7 9 6 9 170
NETHERLANDS   74 4 2 5 6 2 2 3 4 4 4 6 3 1 1 2 124
ISRAEL   30 4 2 2 4 5 3 3 7 5 9 4 2 1 6 4 90
SPAIN   29 2 2 3 1 3 2 10 5 7 5 2 3 1 2 5 81
U.S.S.R.   54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
FINLAND   23 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 3 4 2 1 4 4 3 2 56
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 2 5 2 1 4 6 9 8 5 4 1 2 1 2 51
DENMARK   22 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 4 3 50
BELGIUM   15 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 2 3 2 1 40
NORWAY   18 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 37
SOUTH AFRICA   12 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 25
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   8 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 24
NEW ZEALAND   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 20
BRAZIL   8 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18
ARGENTINA   9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 15
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 15
MEXICO   10 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
PERU   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12
INDIA   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 11
HUNGARY   7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GREECE   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
PHILIPPINES   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7
POLAND   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
IRELAND   3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Others (58)   48 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 4 7 4 5 3 4 6 99
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   9583 412 351 388 347 465 493 523 608 656 599 567 551 584 539 485 17153
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1167 23 16 9 8 21 16 12 26 31 21 13 16 14 12 10 1415
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3558 92 94 93 79 112 108 123 132 133 123 115 92 125 87 60 5128
FOREIGN CORPORATION   7557 337 347 358 371 516 518 618 774 732 728 664 618 711 606 571 16026
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   231 14 6 8 6 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 278
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1261 36 39 45 39 48 59 61 60 73 55 46 50 47 37 42 1999

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3364. AEROSPACE PRODUCTS 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   24895 987 1036 1116 1270 1340 1379 1543 1644 1816 1703 1609 1066 464 129 3 42000
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   14985 527 555 538 617 620 648 761 751 847 814 808 554 205 57 2 23291
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   9910 461 481 578 653 720 731 781 893 969 889 801 512 258 72 1 18709
JAPAN   2942 172 181 225 267 290 259 284 345 356 326 338 226 140 49 0 6403
GERMANY   2428 115 108 150 177 182 228 226 259 269 223 179 106 49 9 0 4707
UNITED KINGDOM   1670 40 36 36 40 34 43 59 49 57 55 40 21 9 1 0 2191
FRANCE   1168 41 52 56 63 63 53 46 46 75 70 82 52 13 1 0 1881
CANADA   335 11 15 15 19 25 21 33 37 33 47 41 22 10 2 0 666
SWEDEN   286 10 8 11 9 17 17 17 22 19 27 14 14 5 1 0 478
ITALY   215 6 9 8 9 11 13 21 14 26 20 15 13 3 2 0 386
SWITZERLAND   186 10 10 13 12 16 9 11 15 13 11 14 5 6 1 0 333
TAIWAN   48 14 16 12 17 15 18 21 21 20 19 19 11 8 1 0 260
KOREA, SOUTH   20 5 9 15 7 4 14 11 8 24 24 14 10 6 2 0 173
AUSTRALIA   84 5 8 8 4 8 4 7 11 14 8 7 4 0 0 0 172
AUSTRIA   79 3 3 4 2 8 8 10 12 16 9 8 4 2 1 1 170
NETHERLANDS   79 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 4 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 124
ISRAEL   37 3 3 5 3 7 3 3 9 4 4 5 4 0 0 0 90
SPAIN   31 3 3 3 2 8 7 6 5 2 4 3 3 0 1 0 81
U.S.S.R.   57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
FINLAND   25 2 3 2 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 56
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   2 4 3 2 2 7 10 3 7 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 51
DENMARK   24 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 50
BELGIUM   17 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 40
NORWAY   19 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 37
SOUTH AFRICA   13 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 25
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   10 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 24
NEW ZEALAND   10 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 20
BRAZIL   8 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18
ARGENTINA   9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 15
MEXICO   10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
PERU   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
INDIA   3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 11
HUNGARY   7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GREECE   4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PHILIPPINES   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
POLAND   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
IRELAND   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Others (58)   51 2 1 1 4 4 2 5 5 8 5 4 4 3 0 0 99
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   10290 413 433 436 512 513 541 611 629 701 694 682 462 187 48 2 17153
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1203 11 17 15 17 11 17 27 26 14 23 13 17 1 3 0 1415
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   3716 105 114 101 112 112 105 136 114 153 119 122 88 25 5 1 5128
FOREIGN CORPORATION   8110 405 416 505 577 642 653 706 813 873 805 746 472 232 70 1 16026
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   252 6 6 5 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 278
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1323 47 50 55 48 60 62 61 62 74 63 45 27 18 2 0 1999

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3365,3366,3369 OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-b)

Table A1-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   26756 957 940 987 851 1062 1132 1278 1399 1294 1227 1086 1173 1163 1104 1022 43431
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   17482 561 555 589 501 627 653 746 797 727 698 584 643 668 596 515 26943
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   9274 396 385 398 349 435 479 532 602 567 529 502 530 494 508 507 16488
JAPAN   2267 138 117 132 115 153 190 209 208 201 183 193 201 195 211 198 4912
GERMANY   1591 62 67 70 54 77 65 79 102 75 69 58 56 67 57 61 2608
CANADA   878 40 34 33 32 34 39 51 61 53 68 49 58 49 54 51 1582
UNITED KINGDOM   1261 12 16 17 12 11 14 22 31 17 16 15 30 16 21 23 1533
FRANCE   1006 20 26 23 16 21 21 27 23 38 25 25 14 21 22 15 1343
TAIWAN   149 49 50 51 36 55 53 53 66 72 59 69 62 51 41 47 963
ITALY   286 11 9 13 8 9 14 15 13 20 17 12 11 19 17 16 491
SWEDEN   342 9 5 12 5 10 13 8 11 11 13 10 7 10 10 15 491
AUSTRIA   343 7 17 6 13 5 11 11 9 13 17 9 11 5 3 4 484
SWITZERLAND   295 8 4 5 8 3 6 4 8 3 3 2 2 5 3 5 361
AUSTRALIA   151 6 7 4 7 7 1 5 8 8 11 11 9 8 12 10 266
NETHERLANDS   138 9 1 1 2 5 7 3 7 5 7 11 8 7 4 5 218
NORWAY   92 7 7 4 7 6 8 7 13 12 9 5 13 3 9 8 209
FINLAND   71 3 5 2 10 5 2 4 4 6 2 7 6 6 6 5 141
KOREA, SOUTH   16 1 1 5 6 7 10 7 6 9 8 5 7 5 10 13 116
SPAIN   48 1 1 2 5 6 5 2 4 3 3 1 4 2 0 2 88
BELGIUM   39 1 1 3 2 5 1 4 3 2 1 2 5 3 2 3 76
SOUTH AFRICA   54 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 72
NEW ZEALAND   20 1 1 3 4 0 3 1 3 3 5 9 8 5 4 6 72
U.S.S.R.   48 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
DENMARK   26 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 46
ISRAEL   22 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 1 43
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 0 5 33
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   6 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 29
BRAZIL   8 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 25
MEXICO   14 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22
ARGENTINA   8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 17
POLAND   11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 16
MONACO   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 15
HUNGARY   5 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13
IRELAND   7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 13
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 11
SINGAPORE   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 9
GREECE   5 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
INDIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 8
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
Others (49)   51 2 1 2 2 2 4 6 1 4 1 3 4 3 5 4 96
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   9022 244 250 289 227 314 306 372 454 413 380 295 323 334 341 292 13855
U.S. GOVERNMENT   362 15 24 9 22 8 10 20 15 14 20 20 21 11 12 7 588
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   8273 300 284 301 255 310 342 362 340 307 309 268 305 318 251 220 12746
FOREIGN CORPORATION   6565 282 271 289 252 317 364 395 462 437 407 389 426 415 414 420 12107
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   64 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2470 114 107 97 94 113 111 128 128 122 111 115 98 85 86 83 4062

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3365,3366,3369 OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-b)

Table A2-a, Breakout by Country of Origin
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   28266 1025 1122 1141 1204 1218 1205 1251 1350 1455 1418 1216 968 470 116 6 43431
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   18373 596 667 666 670 720 706 707 724 755 742 704 538 295 75 5 26943
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   9893 429 456 475 533 498 499 544 626 700 675 512 430 175 41 2 16488
JAPAN   2487 134 145 176 218 191 177 177 215 267 234 210 197 69 15 1 4912
GERMANY   1693 77 73 80 76 78 87 77 82 97 79 54 37 14 4 0 2608
CANADA   940 35 37 38 41 52 40 60 74 67 69 53 47 23 7 0 1582
UNITED KINGDOM   1282 19 19 12 13 21 29 16 26 23 31 21 15 6 1 0 1533
FRANCE   1044 22 24 25 30 16 29 31 27 33 26 19 15 2 0 0 1343
TAIWAN   209 60 56 48 58 45 51 68 74 73 83 49 55 24 8 1 963
ITALY   305 9 12 14 14 14 10 18 23 15 24 18 11 4 1 0 491
SWEDEN   356 6 10 11 12 9 9 10 14 14 16 10 9 4 0 0 491
AUSTRIA   354 17 8 13 10 9 11 4 15 18 14 5 5 1 2 0 484
SWITZERLAND   304 4 8 5 6 5 6 5 3 6 4 3 3 1 0 0 361
AUSTRALIA   163 6 8 6 4 6 4 11 11 17 16 6 6 3 0 0 266
NETHERLANDS   146 2 3 6 4 4 4 7 9 10 12 7 2 1 1 0 218
NORWAY   102 6 9 5 8 6 8 19 11 12 10 10 1 3 0 0 209
FINLAND   76 3 9 6 2 6 2 3 8 8 6 7 6 1 0 0 141
KOREA, SOUTH   18 4 6 9 8 6 9 8 7 7 13 11 5 4 1 0 116
SPAIN   48 3 6 6 5 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 88
BELGIUM   41 1 4 3 5 3 3 2 1 1 7 3 0 2 0 0 76
SOUTH AFRICA   58 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 72
NEW ZEALAND   22 2 5 2 1 1 2 5 7 6 9 7 6 0 0 0 72
U.S.S.R.   48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
DENMARK   27 2 3 0 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 46
ISRAEL   26 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 43
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 1 3 0 0 33
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   7 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 2 1 4 3 1 1 0 29
BRAZIL   9 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 25
MEXICO   15 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
ARGENTINA   9 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17
POLAND   11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 16
MONACO   6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 15
HUNGARY   5 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
IRELAND   8 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11
SINGAPORE   3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 9
GREECE   6 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
INDIA   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
SAUDI ARABIA   0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
Others (49)   54 1 4 3 4 3 2 5 1 5 3 3 3 6 0 0 96
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   9429 273 305 325 348 379 376 411 410 384 392 351 277 150 40 4 13855
U.S. GOVERNMENT   388 16 14 21 12 12 17 12 21 21 16 21 9 8 0 0 588
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   8732 308 357 326 319 335 322 296 310 351 336 331 253 135 36 1 12746
FOREIGN CORPORATION   7010 305 330 364 405 381 383 403 476 557 538 428 359 136 31 1 12107
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   68 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   2637 120 117 105 120 110 107 129 135 143 136 84 69 41 9 1 4062

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 337. FURNITURE AND RELATED 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   10948 467 461 553 513 600 645 693 565 636 672 681 566 605 498 530 19634
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   8281 314 312 384 343 403 425 437 349 370 421 426 344 370 300 321 13799
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   2668 154 149 168 170 197 220 256 216 266 251 255 222 235 198 209 5835
GERMANY   579 27 26 26 28 36 41 50 40 52 54 52 30 38 37 36 1153
JAPAN   456 33 20 22 32 28 26 34 33 43 42 40 38 41 36 37 962
TAIWAN   75 27 33 35 33 35 54 59 51 76 63 59 62 51 43 45 801
CANADA   328 22 13 20 20 14 19 30 23 24 20 21 22 28 16 15 635
UNITED KINGDOM   257 7 11 3 5 9 10 13 6 8 8 11 7 7 7 11 382
FRANCE   214 7 7 12 13 15 14 10 11 7 14 13 6 10 12 6 369
ITALY   137 8 7 9 8 12 7 16 6 11 10 14 11 8 11 8 283
SWITZERLAND   132 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 6 2 5 4 2 2 2 2 169
SWEDEN   98 2 3 2 3 7 5 10 7 9 7 4 4 2 4 3 168
AUSTRIA   67 8 8 14 8 4 9 9 7 4 6 4 4 3 4 4 163
AUSTRALIA   49 2 2 4 2 9 7 2 5 5 2 3 7 2 3 3 105
KOREA, SOUTH   10 0 2 3 4 7 4 1 7 7 5 9 4 8 8 8 87
NORWAY   33 0 4 4 1 3 4 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 59
SPAIN   30 0 0 3 2 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 5 2 3 57
NETHERLANDS   33 2 1 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 2 0 1 2 4 55
ISRAEL   24 3 1 2 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 52
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 4 5 13 4 11 46
DENMARK   28 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35
BELGIUM   17 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 28
FINLAND   14 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 24
NEW ZEALAND   5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 4 5 0 1 24
SOUTH AFRICA   12 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 22
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 3 1 4 19
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   7 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 18
BRAZIL   12 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17
IRELAND   6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 12
ARGENTINA   5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11
MEXICO   5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 7
LIECHTENSTEIN   5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
POLAND   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
HAITI   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
INDONESIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
THAILAND   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
BERMUDA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Others (35)   19 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 37
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   4209 173 180 204 189 226 228 236 207 213 254 253 223 233 193 205 7428
U.S. GOVERNMENT   38 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 46
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   4107 149 132 179 157 180 203 209 148 154 173 178 129 152 110 115 6476
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1540 94 96 101 106 128 133 149 139 186 167 182 145 165 149 158 3639
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   11 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1043 50 52 67 61 65 80 99 70 81 78 67 68 54 44 52 2032

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 337. FURNITURE AND RELATED 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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   11760 528 519 581 656 663 649 737 696 717 717 608 439 274 90 3 19634
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   8835 365 361 378 448 423 387 454 425 433 417 368 284 167 52 2 13799
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   2925 163 158 203 208 240 261 283 271 283 300 239 155 107 37 1 5835
GERMANY   626 30 25 38 42 44 49 63 50 58 47 28 35 13 5 0 1153
JAPAN   506 29 21 31 24 34 37 47 44 41 55 40 23 24 7 0 962
TAIWAN   111 36 37 29 41 51 69 63 72 59 67 64 41 42 17 1 801
CANADA   364 9 21 24 18 22 27 27 24 18 32 26 14 8 1 0 635
UNITED KINGDOM   274 7 3 7 8 17 11 10 8 11 9 10 5 3 0 0 382
FRANCE   225 12 10 17 12 12 13 11 10 18 13 10 7 1 1 0 369
ITALY   148 12 5 10 12 13 9 10 13 17 15 10 5 4 0 0 283
SWITZERLAND   135 4 1 1 4 2 4 5 6 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 169
SWEDEN   102 1 2 3 10 8 8 12 7 4 6 4 1 0 0 0 168
AUSTRIA   81 9 13 6 9 10 5 5 8 6 7 3 1 0 1 0 163
AUSTRALIA   53 2 3 8 8 5 5 2 4 6 5 3 1 0 0 0 105
KOREA, SOUTH   12 2 4 8 3 5 5 7 5 9 10 13 3 1 3 0 87
NORWAY   37 1 2 4 3 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 59
SPAIN   30 1 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 1 0 2 0 57
NETHERLANDS   35 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 55
ISRAEL   28 3 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 52
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 6 8 8 9 5 1 0 46
DENMARK   29 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
BELGIUM   17 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 28
FINLAND   16 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 24
NEW ZEALAND   7 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 24
SOUTH AFRICA   12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 22
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 4 3 1 2 1 0 19
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   10 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 18
BRAZIL   14 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
IRELAND   6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 12
ARGENTINA   5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11
MEXICO   5 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 7
LIECHTENSTEIN   5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
POLAND   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
HAITI   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
INDONESIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
THAILAND   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
BERMUDA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
VENEZUELA   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Others (35)   19 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 37
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   4530 204 190 212 260 221 229 267 250 261 276 232 173 93 31 0 7428
U.S. GOVERNMENT   39 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 46
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   4352 158 172 167 196 208 168 191 177 178 156 142 114 73 21 2 6476
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1704 108 93 130 134 146 164 192 183 192 209 174 109 77 24 0 3639
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   1123 57 64 72 65 87 88 86 85 84 75 59 41 31 14 1 2032

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 339. MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   158694 8755 8434 8853 8979 11573 11967 11948 11639 11115 11733 10424 8534 9872 9220 8631 310373
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   118582 6306 6060 6413 6332 8152 8366 8310 7737 7359 7858 7053 5872 6846 6317 5859 223421
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   40112 2450 2374 2440 2647 3421 3601 3638 3903 3756 3875 3370 2663 3026 2904 2772 86952
JAPAN   9558 758 673 670 711 920 963 866 964 973 989 780 677 759 772 776 21808
GERMANY   6989 307 287 276 318 425 412 449 454 432 407 398 251 319 306 266 12298
CANADA   3794 227 259 239 260 274 297 290 322 283 282 263 211 250 230 239 7719
UNITED KINGDOM   3922 128 159 186 173 250 265 260 264 279 251 255 214 216 217 195 7235
FRANCE   3818 203 211 175 207 239 303 294 298 262 270 202 157 178 168 171 7156
TAIWAN   1066 273 240 297 276 380 391 430 482 483 485 490 382 375 372 315 6735
SWITZERLAND   1628 71 57 59 82 101 90 103 102 109 113 87 55 79 69 87 2894
ITALY   1426 78 66 93 84 117 110 137 127 106 121 88 69 66 80 55 2824
SWEDEN   1506 44 55 59 71 104 101 117 137 109 97 73 68 66 49 46 2703
AUSTRALIA   757 51 55 48 50 80 91 86 89 87 116 102 85 110 71 78 1959
NETHERLANDS   879 41 49 37 51 60 67 81 85 80 74 67 48 74 69 50 1814
AUSTRIA   813 32 34 29 31 34 35 45 42 38 40 39 26 45 31 27 1342
ISRAEL   381 30 27 26 51 80 70 68 88 91 88 87 51 79 63 53 1334
KOREA, SOUTH   134 18 26 39 39 48 57 45 74 87 95 93 86 82 88 67 1079
DENMARK   335 21 21 27 27 40 47 36 39 39 59 35 32 28 24 29 838
BELGIUM   296 17 14 12 25 25 28 32 31 24 25 21 17 25 23 22 636
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   157 7 13 16 15 26 24 27 35 48 54 48 36 20 32 35 594
NORWAY   252 16 11 13 15 13 27 27 37 26 34 19 21 29 26 17 583
FINLAND   243 15 18 22 24 20 27 37 28 23 22 24 21 18 16 12 570
SPAIN   253 14 18 13 20 24 24 32 23 22 27 22 17 15 22 16 563
SOUTH AFRICA   251 20 15 13 13 20 18 16 10 12 17 12 9 17 13 13 467
U.S.S.R.   354 7 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 366
NEW ZEALAND   118 1 7 11 9 9 12 15 21 17 16 19 12 22 9 8 306
IRELAND   56 5 2 12 11 10 9 17 14 11 25 15 25 21 20 12 265
BRAZIL   89 11 5 8 8 10 8 18 14 12 20 9 9 14 11 15 260
ARGENTINA   98 5 5 8 10 17 17 15 16 14 15 14 8 3 8 8 259
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   39 4 5 2 5 4 11 10 10 12 22 16 17 23 27 39 246
MEXICO   127 5 6 1 6 12 8 7 8 8 7 10 5 5 1 9 223
HUNGARY   120 3 2 4 4 10 5 1 4 3 7 2 3 3 2 3 174
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 3 7 9 12 13 7 9 13 11 16 15 7 11 14 8 152
VENEZUELA   84 4 4 1 2 5 10 3 6 9 7 6 1 1 4 3 148
INDIA   14 3 0 2 0 6 8 6 6 6 12 14 3 15 7 18 118
SINGAPORE   18 2 2 6 5 4 1 6 8 5 8 12 6 14 8 13 116
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   87 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
LIECHTENSTEIN   26 4 1 2 1 5 3 6 8 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 63
POLAND   30 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 57
Others (92)   393 20 15 22 31 34 57 42 39 35 48 32 31 41 50 64 955
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   60093 3381 3276 3352 3528 4702 4932 5058 4889 4672 5277 4834 3993 4755 4584 4267 125591
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1181 37 28 32 40 39 25 30 28 26 28 35 20 23 13 22 1608
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   59021 2969 2869 3111 2901 3618 3576 3409 3018 2859 2722 2380 2007 2271 1927 1724 100382
FOREIGN CORPORATION   24388 1580 1497 1579 1657 2165 2399 2409 2603 2560 2607 2279 1852 2121 2051 2049 55795
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   266 6 3 11 11 7 10 10 5 6 5 7 5 7 3 4 362
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   13745 783 760 767 843 1042 1025 1033 1097 993 1094 890 658 694 643 567 26634

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 339. MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   173585 9986 10746 10945 12613 12230 12708 13266 13190 12950 11149 8085 5409 2704 770 36 310373
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   129248 7146 7779 7666 8778 8461 8605 8769 8657 8504 7674 5696 3874 1983 554 26 223421
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   44336 2840 2967 3279 3835 3769 4102 4497 4533 4446 3475 2390 1535 721 216 10 86952
JAPAN   10882 774 782 847 1057 921 1003 1162 1148 1054 866 617 447 187 59 1 21808
GERMANY   7546 336 354 398 453 441 523 527 532 486 322 208 123 41 7 0 12298
CANADA   4172 308 294 288 288 300 335 345 319 309 266 228 166 82 19 1 7719
UNITED KINGDOM   4181 227 203 258 275 302 285 325 340 332 252 148 67 31 9 1 7235
FRANCE   4195 231 224 249 323 306 285 319 328 308 172 126 56 27 7 0 7156
TAIWAN   1374 266 314 350 377 397 501 540 487 527 582 428 338 180 71 3 6735
SWITZERLAND   1751 72 88 88 97 107 112 141 139 119 100 43 25 10 3 1 2894
ITALY   1555 97 99 119 114 142 119 116 152 118 97 63 21 9 2 0 2824
SWEDEN   1591 79 89 91 134 115 134 119 128 116 62 26 13 4 1 0 2703
AUSTRALIA   863 56 56 84 103 87 108 121 125 154 99 61 26 12 3 2 1959
NETHERLANDS   967 46 53 71 80 73 93 97 84 97 73 47 24 7 3 0 1814
AUSTRIA   874 33 29 32 40 43 37 56 40 59 34 37 16 9 1 0 1342
ISRAEL   436 38 52 64 78 94 96 123 123 96 61 36 21 12 3 0 1334
KOREA, SOUTH   166 46 44 38 54 48 84 81 99 144 107 80 53 28 6 0 1079
DENMARK   372 37 33 36 49 46 39 52 56 57 34 18 8 1 0 0 838
BELGIUM   332 11 43 22 28 26 30 29 28 37 29 8 3 5 4 0 636
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   171 14 19 24 23 27 39 43 52 51 53 34 29 11 4 0 594
NORWAY   275 14 17 21 26 27 34 31 45 34 36 16 3 2 0 0 583
FINLAND   278 23 23 21 34 40 30 26 28 36 16 11 4 0 0 0 570
SPAIN   280 20 18 24 29 31 23 28 36 29 21 14 7 1 3 0 563
SOUTH AFRICA   285 14 16 19 12 21 16 18 19 19 9 14 3 1 1 0 467
U.S.S.R.   364 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 366
NEW ZEALAND   126 9 11 8 16 19 21 20 19 30 17 4 3 2 0 0 306
IRELAND   63 16 8 8 11 20 13 16 35 31 23 13 5 2 0 0 265
BRAZIL   103 10 10 11 14 9 19 18 13 21 10 14 6 4 0 0 260
ARGENTINA   106 9 13 19 15 22 10 18 18 12 4 5 3 6 1 0 259
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   47 5 3 3 10 12 16 13 18 31 22 28 25 11 3 0 246
MEXICO   136 3 6 9 13 8 4 9 12 9 6 4 3 2 0 0 223
HUNGARY   124 5 7 5 5 4 5 4 5 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 174
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   13 6 14 14 8 9 11 16 12 24 12 3 5 4 2 0 152
VENEZUELA   93 1 2 7 5 6 4 13 9 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 148
INDIA   17 1 1 5 7 5 8 12 12 19 14 11 2 4 1 0 118
SINGAPORE   21 6 4 5 4 6 10 6 15 18 10 6 3 3 0 0 116
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
LIECHTENSTEIN   30 0 4 3 5 7 5 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 63
POLAND   31 2 0 1 1 0 7 4 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 57
Others (92)   423 28 32 38 46 47 47 46 54 48 57 33 28 20 5 1 955
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   66168 3871 4396 4440 5207 5207 5485 5788 6008 5914 5323 3716 2390 1280 380 18 125591
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1244 38 42 39 28 26 26 36 35 33 26 16 17 3 0 0 1608
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   63719 3364 3480 3375 3719 3437 3319 3188 2849 2829 2546 2114 1525 733 175 10 100382
FOREIGN CORPORATION   27219 1842 1903 2098 2591 2542 2735 3054 3111 3076 2348 1613 1047 456 152 5 55795
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   275 15 13 6 10 6 7 14 9 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 362
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   14958 857 912 987 1060 1012 1136 1187 1178 1094 905 623 429 232 62 3 26634

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3391. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   40778 3254 3191 3424 3686 4843 4793 4823 4728 4396 5010 4151 3302 3842 3367 3078 100666
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   30248 2473 2372 2603 2709 3565 3473 3478 3301 3051 3516 2897 2348 2722 2315 2121 73192
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   10529 781 819 821 977 1278 1320 1345 1427 1345 1494 1254 954 1121 1051 957 27473
GERMANY   2368 154 149 144 167 222 212 240 237 241 222 226 138 190 179 136 5225
JAPAN   1862 180 177 179 198 263 276 232 259 232 250 207 172 198 237 240 5164
UNITED KINGDOM   1221 53 64 76 87 110 116 113 95 100 99 101 75 82 72 64 2528
FRANCE   980 62 72 68 108 113 110 110 128 101 129 90 61 61 73 77 2344
CANADA   661 63 64 54 76 78 81 73 91 71 90 77 60 61 42 42 1685
SWEDEN   604 28 35 39 37 73 69 87 101 77 81 52 51 52 31 34 1452
SWITZERLAND   531 42 36 36 46 68 57 63 67 75 77 67 44 54 45 60 1368
TAIWAN   112 34 49 36 37 40 60 69 74 88 77 84 70 82 77 65 1055
ITALY   389 37 21 32 33 53 51 61 60 49 64 46 34 31 42 28 1032
ISRAEL   200 12 13 18 30 41 51 47 63 72 70 62 38 56 46 38 854
AUSTRALIA   220 18 27 22 11 31 35 36 32 41 59 41 37 52 31 30 721
NETHERLANDS   188 17 23 14 24 32 32 27 37 32 25 19 13 22 23 15 542
DENMARK   117 10 11 18 21 20 30 20 24 21 39 23 19 17 17 16 420
AUSTRIA   144 9 12 11 13 11 13 17 16 18 22 18 12 13 10 7 346
KOREA, SOUTH   18 4 7 4 8 16 14 14 19 27 34 29 28 29 27 19 297
FINLAND   51 5 9 9 10 12 15 20 14 13 8 15 9 8 4 1 200
U.S.S.R.   193 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
BELGIUM   70 7 7 2 9 6 8 13 11 10 14 8 5 11 5 9 193
IRELAND   23 2 1 7 5 7 7 13 9 5 25 13 22 16 18 9 181
SPAIN   69 5 6 6 8 8 8 14 4 9 11 6 6 5 9 1 175
ARGENTINA   44 3 4 6 9 14 14 9 13 12 14 11 6 0 3 1 160
SOUTH AFRICA   63 8 8 3 3 7 7 6 3 2 6 5 3 9 4 3 137
NEW ZEALAND   40 1 2 4 1 3 3 5 6 7 12 12 8 12 4 1 120
NORWAY   36 2 2 6 4 4 1 7 8 5 5 8 5 5 7 3 107
BRAZIL   23 4 2 6 3 6 4 6 7 6 9 0 5 5 1 4 91
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 1 3 5 5 7 4 6 5 5 8 4 4 5 5 5 69
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   15 1 1 1 0 1 3 4 2 3 9 10 4 2 7 5 66
MEXICO   41 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 65
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   6 2 1 0 3 1 4 4 2 3 6 3 3 7 9 10 61
HUNGARY   30 1 2 2 2 5 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 57
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   53 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
LIECHTENSTEIN   12 3 1 2 1 4 3 6 7 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 46
INDIA   5 2 0 0 0 4 5 2 2 2 4 0 1 7 2 6 41
ICELAND   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 4 4 8 12 38
POLAND   16 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 31
SINGAPORE   5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 4 3 1 5 2 4 30
Others (60)   119 7 7 9 16 13 27 18 20 15 11 13 12 12 11 10 319
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   15068 1501 1510 1582 1767 2352 2378 2470 2402 2227 2734 2248 1752 2128 1871 1717 45707
U.S. GOVERNMENT   386 11 9 11 13 18 10 13 6 12 7 15 12 8 4 8 540
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   15222 1009 903 1053 1014 1310 1174 1095 983 891 884 717 629 647 503 447 28484
FOREIGN CORPORATION   6296 482 489 537 598 812 867 916 974 949 1044 895 717 821 785 744 17925
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   88 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 107
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   3718 250 277 238 292 351 363 328 359 315 340 275 193 239 204 161 7903

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
NAICS 3391. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   46760 3932 4300 4437 5163 5029 5323 5671 5617 5279 4293 2613 1468 642 133 6 100666
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   34774 2903 3264 3274 3718 3632 3759 3904 3843 3572 3091 1858 1071 438 86 4 73192
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   11986 1028 1036 1163 1444 1397 1564 1766 1774 1708 1201 754 397 204 47 2 27473
GERMANY   2657 185 152 213 236 233 289 320 308 256 178 113 60 23 1 0 5225
JAPAN   2190 208 215 226 293 253 264 303 306 315 246 168 107 51 16 0 5164
UNITED KINGDOM   1332 94 92 112 131 115 121 131 130 121 88 39 13 6 2 1 2528
FRANCE   1101 95 108 97 130 120 123 139 152 135 66 47 19 10 1 0 2344
CANADA   766 82 76 77 79 79 97 108 84 87 70 46 21 11 2 0 1685
SWEDEN   662 48 54 66 90 84 103 92 94 92 40 12 9 3 1 0 1452
SWITZERLAND   601 50 55 51 60 63 77 105 95 89 73 27 16 5 2 0 1368
TAIWAN   161 44 49 34 48 55 79 95 80 93 101 99 59 44 14 1 1055
ITALY   446 32 35 54 49 66 62 57 80 64 42 33 8 4 0 0 1032
ISRAEL   226 23 28 37 53 70 69 89 88 77 42 27 16 8 2 0 854
AUSTRALIA   265 22 17 30 43 37 44 52 57 69 46 26 10 3 0 0 721
NETHERLANDS   228 19 20 30 43 24 40 41 30 25 21 11 7 3 1 0 542
DENMARK   134 26 20 17 35 26 22 34 31 37 22 11 3 1 0 0 420
AUSTRIA   161 15 11 11 17 13 16 28 21 27 12 9 4 3 0 0 346
KOREA, SOUTH   25 10 5 14 13 11 27 26 37 49 30 25 18 8 0 0 297
FINLAND   64 10 12 9 20 28 13 12 12 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 200
U.S.S.R.   199 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
BELGIUM   85 1 10 8 9 10 15 11 15 15 11 3 0 2 0 0 193
IRELAND   28 10 4 6 10 14 8 14 32 25 20 10 4 0 0 0 181
SPAIN   78 8 9 5 12 6 10 9 17 8 5 6 2 0 0 0 175
ARGENTINA   48 8 11 13 13 17 9 15 16 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 160
SOUTH AFRICA   77 5 7 6 3 9 5 6 9 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 137
NEW ZEALAND   44 3 2 1 6 8 7 11 10 18 9 2 1 0 0 0 120
NORWAY   39 6 4 4 3 7 6 12 10 7 7 1 0 1 0 0 107
BRAZIL   29 5 5 5 6 5 10 7 7 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 91
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   7 2 6 8 3 5 6 6 8 11 4 0 1 3 1 0 69
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   17 0 1 1 0 4 5 6 6 6 9 5 4 3 2 0 66
MEXICO   42 2 1 4 3 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 65
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   7 2 2 2 3 3 5 2 5 6 8 9 7 4 0 0 61
HUNGARY   32 3 3 2 2 2 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 57
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
LIECHTENSTEIN   16 0 3 3 5 7 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 46
INDIA   7 0 0 3 5 2 2 3 2 2 9 5 0 1 1 0 41
ICELAND   3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 2 16 3 5 2 0 0 38
POLAND   17 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 31
SINGAPORE   5 0 2 0 2 0 4 3 4 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 30
Others (60)   132 11 20 15 20 20 19 21 17 18 12 4 5 5 1 0 319
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   17954 1860 2129 2203 2603 2585 2780 2940 3045 2728 2433 1356 722 306 60 1 45707
U.S. GOVERNMENT   407 14 11 14 9 13 9 12 15 16 10 6 4 1 0 0 540
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   16938 1108 1196 1165 1199 1125 1100 1076 908 910 723 512 355 140 26 3 28484
FOREIGN CORPORATION   7209 632 656 738 976 982 1058 1235 1242 1295 865 573 290 140 34 1 17925
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   90 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   4162 312 304 318 374 323 374 403 407 329 263 165 98 56 12 1 7903

Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   117916 5501 5242 5428 5293 6731 7174 7125 6912 6719 6723 6273 5232 6030 5854 5553 209707
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   88333 3833 3688 3809 3623 4587 4893 4832 4436 4308 4342 4157 3524 4125 4001 3738 150229
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   29583 1668 1555 1619 1670 2144 2281 2294 2476 2411 2381 2116 1708 1905 1852 1815 59478
JAPAN   7697 578 495 491 512 657 686 634 704 741 739 573 505 561 535 535 16644
GERMANY   4621 153 138 132 151 202 200 210 217 192 185 172 113 129 127 130 7073
CANADA   3132 164 195 184 184 197 216 217 231 212 192 185 151 189 188 198 6034
TAIWAN   955 238 191 261 239 340 331 361 408 395 408 406 312 293 294 250 5681
FRANCE   2838 141 139 107 100 126 193 184 170 160 141 112 95 117 94 93 4812
UNITED KINGDOM   2701 75 95 111 86 140 149 148 169 179 152 154 138 134 145 131 4707
ITALY   1037 41 45 61 51 63 59 76 67 58 57 42 35 34 38 28 1792
SWITZERLAND   1097 30 21 23 37 33 33 41 35 34 36 20 11 25 23 27 1526
NETHERLANDS   691 25 26 23 27 28 35 55 48 49 49 47 35 52 46 35 1273
SWEDEN   902 15 20 20 34 31 32 29 36 32 16 21 18 13 18 12 1252
AUSTRALIA   537 33 28 26 39 49 56 50 57 46 57 61 48 58 41 48 1238
AUSTRIA   668 23 22 19 18 24 22 28 27 20 18 21 14 31 21 21 996
KOREA, SOUTH   116 14 20 34 31 33 43 31 54 60 60 65 58 53 61 48 782
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   142 6 12 15 15 25 21 23 33 45 45 38 32 18 26 31 528
ISRAEL   181 18 14 8 21 39 20 21 25 19 18 26 14 23 17 16 480
NORWAY   216 14 9 8 11 9 26 20 29 21 29 11 16 23 20 14 476
BELGIUM   226 10 7 11 16 19 20 19 20 15 11 14 12 14 18 13 443
DENMARK   219 11 10 9 6 20 17 17 15 18 20 13 13 11 7 13 418
SPAIN   184 9 12 7 12 16 16 18 18 14 17 16 11 10 13 15 389
FINLAND   192 10 9 13 14 8 12 17 15 9 15 10 12 11 12 11 370
SOUTH AFRICA   188 13 7 11 10 13 12 10 7 10 11 7 6 8 9 10 330
NEW ZEALAND   78 0 5 7 8 6 9 10 15 10 5 7 4 11 5 6 186
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   33 2 4 2 2 3 8 7 8 9 17 14 14 16 18 29 185
BRAZIL   66 7 3 2 5 4 4 12 7 7 12 9 4 9 11 11 169
U.S.S.R.   161 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
MEXICO   86 4 4 0 4 8 7 5 5 6 7 6 4 2 1 8 158
VENEZUELA   77 4 3 1 2 4 9 3 4 7 7 6 1 1 3 2 132
HUNGARY   90 2 0 2 2 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 117
ARGENTINA   55 2 1 2 1 3 4 6 3 2 1 3 2 3 5 7 98
SINGAPORE   13 2 2 5 4 4 0 6 5 4 5 9 5 9 7 9 87
IRELAND   32 2 1 5 6 3 2 4 5 6 1 3 3 5 2 3 84
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 2 5 4 7 6 3 3 9 6 8 11 3 6 10 3 83
INDIA   9 1 0 2 0 2 3 4 4 4 8 14 2 8 5 12 77
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
MALAYSIA   8 1 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 3 33
SAUDI ARABIA   7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 2 3 7 29
Others (86)   292 10 8 11 11 17 29 22 24 20 32 17 16 23 26 36 596
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   45025 1881 1766 1770 1761 2350 2554 2588 2487 2445 2543 2586 2241 2627 2713 2550 79885
U.S. GOVERNMENT   795 26 19 22 27 22 16 17 22 15 20 20 9 15 9 14 1067
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   43799 1960 1966 2058 1887 2307 2402 2315 2035 1967 1838 1663 1378 1624 1424 1277 71898
FOREIGN CORPORATION   18092 1098 1008 1043 1059 1353 1532 1493 1629 1611 1563 1384 1134 1300 1267 1304 37870
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   179 4 1 7 8 7 9 9 2 3 5 6 5 7 3 4 255
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   10027 533 483 529 551 691 662 705 738 678 754 615 465 456 439 406 18732

Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
fractional counts
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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   126825 6055 6446 6508 7450 7201 7385 7595 7573 7670 6857 5473 3941 2062 637 30 209707
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   94474 4243 4514 4392 5060 4830 4846 4864 4814 4933 4583 3837 2803 1545 468 22 150229
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   32350 1812 1932 2116 2391 2371 2539 2730 2759 2738 2274 1635 1137 517 169 8 59478
JAPAN   8692 566 566 620 764 668 740 858 842 738 620 448 340 136 43 1 16644
GERMANY   4889 151 202 185 217 209 234 207 223 231 144 95 63 18 6 0 7073
CANADA   3405 226 218 211 209 221 239 237 235 222 196 182 145 71 17 1 6034
TAIWAN   1214 222 265 316 329 342 422 445 407 434 481 329 279 136 57 2 5681
FRANCE   3094 136 116 152 193 186 162 180 176 173 105 79 37 17 6 0 4812
UNITED KINGDOM   2849 133 110 147 144 187 164 194 210 211 163 109 53 25 7 0 4707
ITALY   1109 65 64 65 66 76 57 59 71 54 54 31 14 6 2 0 1792
SWITZERLAND   1150 22 34 37 38 44 34 36 43 29 26 16 9 6 1 1 1526
NETHERLANDS   739 26 33 41 37 49 53 56 54 72 52 36 17 4 2 0 1273
SWEDEN   929 31 34 25 44 31 31 27 33 24 23 15 3 1 0 0 1252
AUSTRALIA   597 34 40 54 60 50 64 69 69 85 53 35 16 9 3 2 1238
AUSTRIA   713 18 18 21 23 31 21 29 20 32 22 28 12 6 1 0 996
KOREA, SOUTH   142 36 39 24 42 37 57 55 61 95 77 55 35 20 6 0 782
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   154 14 19 23 23 23 34 37 46 45 45 30 25 8 2 0 528
ISRAEL   211 15 24 27 25 24 27 34 35 20 19 9 5 4 1 0 480
NORWAY   236 8 12 17 23 20 28 19 35 27 30 16 2 1 0 0 476
BELGIUM   247 11 33 14 19 16 16 18 13 22 18 5 3 3 4 0 443
DENMARK   237 11 13 18 14 20 17 18 25 21 12 7 5 0 0 0 418
SPAIN   203 11 9 19 17 24 12 19 19 21 17 8 5 1 3 0 389
FINLAND   214 13 12 13 14 13 18 14 16 18 13 9 4 0 0 0 370
SOUTH AFRICA   209 9 10 12 9 12 11 12 11 12 8 10 3 1 1 0 330
NEW ZEALAND   82 6 9 8 11 12 14 9 10 12 8 2 2 2 0 0 186
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   39 3 2 2 7 9 11 11 14 25 15 20 19 7 3 0 185
BRAZIL   73 5 5 6 8 5 9 11 7 14 8 12 6 3 0 0 169
U.S.S.R.   165 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 167
MEXICO   94 1 5 5 10 5 4 8 9 8 3 2 3 2 0 0 158
VENEZUELA   84 1 2 6 4 6 4 9 9 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 132
HUNGARY   92 3 4 3 3 2 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 117
ARGENTINA   58 1 2 6 2 6 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 6 1 0 98
SINGAPORE   16 6 2 5 2 6 6 3 11 14 7 3 2 3 0 0 87
IRELAND   36 6 5 3 2 6 5 2 3 6 3 3 1 2 0 0 84
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   7 4 9 6 5 4 5 11 5 13 8 3 4 1 1 0 83
INDIA   10 1 1 2 2 3 6 9 10 18 5 6 2 3 0 0 77
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
MALAYSIA   9 2 2 6 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 33
SAUDI ARABIA   10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 3 3 2 0 0 29
Others (86)   307 15 12 18 24 24 31 28 33 28 24 22 16 9 3 1 596
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   48214 2011 2266 2238 2603 2622 2705 2847 2963 3186 2890 2360 1668 974 320 17 79885
U.S. GOVERNMENT   837 24 31 25 19 12 17 24 20 17 17 10 14 2 0 0 1067
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   46782 2255 2284 2210 2520 2312 2218 2112 1940 1919 1823 1602 1170 593 149 7 71898
FOREIGN CORPORATION   20011 1211 1248 1361 1614 1560 1678 1819 1870 1781 1483 1040 758 317 118 4 37870
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   185 9 10 6 9 5 5 10 9 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 255
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   10796 544 608 669 686 690 762 783 771 764 642 457 330 176 50 2 18732

Part A1
fractional counts
ALL INDUSTRIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   2198193 101676 101419 109645 111984 147517 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 4380724
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1386150 56066 55739 61104 61708 80289 83905 85068 87600 86971 87893 84270 74637 89823 79526 77502 2538251
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   812043 45610 45680 48541 50276 67228 69580 72426 78435 80360 81130 80020 69169 83949 77756 80270 1842473
JAPAN   269119 22384 21764 23053 23179 30840 31104 31295 33223 34858 35515 35348 30341 36807 33354 33682 725866
GERMANY   175509 6731 6600 6818 7008 9095 9337 10235 11260 11280 11444 10779 9011 10005 9051 8914 313077
UNITED KINGDOM   81189 2236 2481 2454 2680 3467 3576 3669 3967 3843 3631 3450 3148 3585 3292 3094 129762
FRANCE   66560 2779 2821 2788 2958 3674 3820 3819 4041 4035 3868 3380 2866 3431 3130 3163 117133
CANADA   38965 2008 2104 2232 2379 2973 3226 3419 3606 3431 3427 3374 2894 3572 3318 3393 84321
TAIWAN   6182 1443 1620 1897 2057 3100 3693 4667 5371 5431 5298 5938 5118 6361 6128 6339 70643
KOREA, SOUTH   2545 943 1161 1493 1891 3259 3562 3314 3538 3786 3944 4428 4352 5908 6295 7548 57967
SWITZERLAND   36330 1169 1056 1112 1090 1279 1279 1322 1420 1364 1308 1277 995 1201 1035 1112 54349
ITALY   24623 1215 1078 1200 1239 1584 1492 1714 1709 1751 1722 1584 1296 1480 1302 1357 46346
SWEDEN   22427 706 806 854 867 1225 1401 1577 1741 1675 1521 1290 1123 1243 1061 1060 40577
NETHERLANDS   20960 852 799 797 808 1226 1247 1241 1332 1391 1325 1273 993 1323 1250 1330 38147
AUSTRALIA   8084 467 459 471 478 720 707 705 876 859 902 953 910 1325 1265 1291 20472
ISRAEL   4127 350 384 484 534 754 743 783 970 1040 1193 1028 924 1218 1107 1166 16805
BELGIUM   7879 352 397 488 515 693 648 694 718 722 622 612 519 625 520 510 16514
AUSTRIA   8030 289 337 362 376 387 479 505 589 530 592 540 463 577 457 464 14977
FINLAND   4174 312 358 444 452 595 649 618 732 809 865 918 720 950 850 824 14270
DENMARK   4620 207 199 241 333 392 487 436 479 426 529 414 358 439 388 391 10339
U.S.S.R.   6898 53 12 16 4 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6994
SPAIN   2508 141 148 157 177 248 222 270 269 303 309 264 273 295 268 303 6155
NORWAY   2634 126 130 139 142 198 224 248 265 242 262 243 220 244 247 273 5837
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   418 48 62 46 62 72 90 119 195 289 297 404 402 661 772 1225 5162
SINGAPORE   197 51 53 88 94 120 144 218 296 410 427 449 346 412 393 399 4097
INDIA   429 27 37 35 47 85 112 131 178 249 342 363 384 481 546 634 4080
SOUTH AFRICA   2390 101 123 111 101 115 110 111 120 113 112 100 87 109 82 91 3976
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   702 57 86 88 81 160 155 179 237 233 276 311 283 308 338 311 3805
HUNGARY   2146 46 50 43 25 50 39 36 60 48 72 48 46 49 47 66 2871
NEW ZEALAND   1025 37 44 52 85 114 114 107 124 140 135 142 122 136 113 105 2595
MEXICO   1530 44 40 39 45 57 76 76 81 94 85 86 80 66 56 54 2509
IRELAND   710 48 47 77 71 71 90 121 141 127 163 186 156 174 146 164 2492
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   3 38 98 116 111 189 181 183 234 200 203 169 148 172 188 176 2409
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   2056 19 15 8 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2121
BRAZIL   752 60 63 63 62 74 91 98 110 96 130 106 77 121 90 101 2094
ARGENTINA   635 32 31 30 35 43 44 54 51 54 63 46 24 38 37 32 1249
LUXEMBOURG   521 22 24 18 22 20 22 40 33 37 35 44 41 33 38 24 974
MALAYSIA   71 10 7 12 17 23 30 42 39 55 50 80 88 113 158 152 947
POLAND   610 8 8 15 11 15 19 13 16 11 17 16 23 29 32 54 897
Others (139)   4485 199 178 200 231 296 359 366 414 427 446 377 338 458 402 468 9644
Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   1057833 44037 44038 48742 50221 66052 69389 70887 74329 74154 75327 73021 65207 78925 70497 69960 2032619
U.S. GOVERNMENT   42159 1258 1028 924 944 1028 984 928 957 913 882 842 698 792 725 678 55740
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   339875 12805 12885 13729 12914 16407 16698 16129 15203 14116 13536 12172 10358 11857 9898 9022 537604
FOREIGN CORPORATION   633772 38787 38685 41475 42907 57665 60168 63179 68938 71662 73098 72776 63114 77374 71956 74465 1550021
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   9097 296 245 259 273 256 162 104 92 112 85 79 58 51 69 33 11271
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   115457 4493 4538 4516 4725 6109 6084 6267 6516 6374 6095 5400 4371 4773 4137 3614 193469

Part A2
fractional counts
ALL INDUSTRIES

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
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   2387034 123338 144532 144756 169297 167857 179032 192275 200881 198600 175281 140688 95532 47747 13329 545 4380724
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1490432 68196 81861 77918 91891 91069 96052 101593 101763 99367 88540 70749 48280 23634 6614 292 2538251
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   896602 55142 62671 66838 77406 76788 82980 90682 99118 99233 86741 69939 47252 24113 6715 253 1842473
JAPAN   310681 26230 29058 30955 35832 33211 34155 38775 42699 40431 36884 30658 22170 10876 3161 90 725866
GERMANY   187482 7662 8636 8864 10251 10365 12173 12878 13928 14521 11130 7727 4708 2206 530 16 313077
UNITED KINGDOM   85814 2962 3482 3393 3932 4001 4376 4560 4937 4798 3531 2113 1166 564 122 11 129762
FRANCE   71911 3192 3766 3565 4089 3983 4394 4752 4674 4724 3598 2397 1329 614 140 5 117133
CANADA   42660 2576 3081 2991 3471 3771 3892 4105 4081 4063 3582 2942 1887 959 251 9 84321
TAIWAN   8172 1922 2257 2941 3547 4522 5694 5050 5917 6829 7106 6897 5284 3356 1097 52 70643
KOREA, SOUTH   4422 1617 2125 3486 3858 3949 3691 4188 4754 5798 6510 6514 4399 2167 475 14 57967
SWITZERLAND   38372 1242 1356 1238 1358 1385 1473 1566 1689 1641 1263 881 494 301 83 7 54349
ITALY   26743 1304 1499 1518 1677 1666 1760 1902 2129 2135 1751 1134 681 351 93 3 46346
SWEDEN   23854 1016 1126 1174 1736 1781 1831 1894 1884 1714 1218 718 413 183 33 2 40577
NETHERLANDS   22556 953 1083 1216 1415 1267 1400 1569 1779 1721 1392 1119 426 193 57 1 38147
AUSTRALIA   9055 534 644 736 724 918 918 1164 1144 1348 1076 1104 665 288 140 14 20472
ISRAEL   4890 600 695 682 845 943 1268 1407 1533 1372 982 732 544 244 62 6 16805
BELGIUM   8577 530 713 697 689 733 783 783 792 793 669 387 223 114 31 0 16514
AUSTRIA   8589 408 454 406 467 536 588 605 688 809 593 427 224 152 29 2 14977
FINLAND   4833 475 551 693 757 728 990 1183 1269 1114 807 501 241 111 17 0 14270
DENMARK   5022 290 457 360 475 484 558 544 682 617 421 243 117 57 11 1 10339
U.S.S.R.   6968 10 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6994
SPAIN   2768 191 209 229 270 255 267 331 438 378 349 251 139 58 22 0 6155
NORWAY   2884 146 188 192 228 227 311 320 370 387 260 175 87 49 12 1 5837
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   527 52 64 70 100 125 184 326 476 596 607 724 629 532 138 12 5162
SINGAPORE   293 99 101 138 173 234 361 459 519 544 412 360 245 125 32 2 4097
INDIA   493 42 53 83 121 138 205 330 468 629 614 465 262 143 33 1 4080
SOUTH AFRICA   2602 138 101 112 110 122 129 132 159 142 102 79 25 16 7 0 3976
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   815 110 102 139 156 189 236 257 365 377 392 316 217 101 33 0 3805
HUNGARY   2238 45 51 36 38 53 55 72 70 88 54 34 29 3 5 0 2871
NEW ZEALAND   1100 79 89 111 129 118 130 175 198 182 151 67 42 21 3 0 2595
MEXICO   1603 51 52 65 71 88 84 96 117 82 92 44 43 18 3 0 2509
IRELAND   800 98 78 81 108 155 139 185 207 234 156 116 82 34 18 1 2492
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   126 129 147 187 195 190 253 248 259 220 194 125 79 43 13 1 2409
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   2091 10 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2121
BRAZIL   856 92 66 77 91 93 119 118 135 159 126 94 35 27 6 0 2094
ARGENTINA   695 38 35 45 46 58 43 64 74 45 38 33 14 17 4 0 1249
LUXEMBOURG   553 32 20 25 32 32 34 41 47 60 45 36 13 4 0 0 974
MALAYSIA   87 13 20 24 42 25 55 57 86 85 139 144 99 55 16 0 947
POLAND   629 15 9 18 14 15 21 21 25 45 32 25 15 11 2 0 897
Others (139)   4841 239 284 283 352 426 410 525 526 552 465 357 226 120 36 2 9644
Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    pre94 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   1141884 54501 67591 64753 77220 76809 81858 87417 88942 86846 76942 60765 41187 20085 5556 263 2032619
U.S. GOVERNMENT   44592 1093 1178 924 962 928 847 988 999 937 827 673 507 225 57 3 55740
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   361578 15220 16104 15322 16932 15959 15886 15772 14394 14396 12891 10538 7611 3878 1073 50 537604
FOREIGN CORPORATION   706242 46986 53965 57746 67729 68022 73531 80962 89379 89457 79004 64814 43651 22087 6231 215 1550021
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   9613 290 294 243 169 111 108 134 88 96 61 44 14 5 1 0 11271
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   123125 5248 5400 5768 6285 6028 6802 7002 7079 6868 5556 3854 2562 1467 411 14 193469