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


Asia 10 Countries
Fractional Counts

PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
Report Printing and Use of Spreadsheet Software

PART A1 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

PART A2 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention")
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1963 and 12/31/2008. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by patent number, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-a and A2-a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-b and A2-b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not necessarily correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.


Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 34% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 32 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in the report.* This is because a significant number of those applications which ultimately will become patents were still pending as of these most recent years that are displayed.

Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2008, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 98% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2000, 93% complete for applications filed in 2001, 90% complete for applications filed in 2002, 78% complete for applications filed in 2003, 60% complete for applications filed in 2004, 37% complete for applications filed in 2005, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2006; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2000.


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 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
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   13 9 23 32 43 46 85 121 117 203 172 181 234 300 269 317 225 277 391 328 385 431 553 518 504 566 754 773 808 848 860 827 858 867 903 1075 1100 1092 1158 1121 1073 985 707 878 897 824 24751
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   13 9 23 32 43 46 85 121 117 203 172 181 234 300 269 317 225 277 391 328 385 431 553 518 504 566 754 773 808 848 860 827 858 867 903 1075 1100 1092 1158 1121 1073 985 707 878 897 824 24751
JAPAN   13 9 23 31 42 42 85 118 116 202 167 179 233 295 263 312 221 274 387 328 379 429 546 512 498 559 736 762 789 827 832 798 816 825 850 1009 1002 994 1027 978 908 822 584 729 725 674 22951
KOREA, SOUTH   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 7 6 12 14 17 21 29 30 43 35 54 65 83 78 52 70 96 75 801
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 5 7 8 8 9 12 14 11 15 29 29 31 29 31 32 24 24 24 31 388
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 3 3 2 3 1 1 0 4 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 1 4 6 3 4 1 3 7 17 20 29 27 32 28 26 31 29 19 319
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 2 2 5 4 9 8 6 6 9 13 11 18 13 16 15 15 159
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 5 3 2 3 4 5 2 5 41
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 5 3 2 1 5 2 37
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 17
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 16
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 15
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 7

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   0 0 0 1 3 7 2 5 7 5 4 10 5 9 4 11 10 9 10 7 6 7 8 8 10 12 15 9 22 16 18 17 18 15 23 30 32 40 51 44 37 39 25 31 26 25 690
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
FOREIGN CORPORATION   9 8 20 25 35 35 79 111 100 189 152 153 221 282 253 296 204 255 364 308 361 411 529 493 483 540 713 740 760 805 824 789 811 823 850 1012 1031 1015 1061 1037 982 912 658 817 844 782 23183
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 4 4 1 5 5 3 2 7 6 2 3 2 7 2 2 1 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 82
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   5 1 4 6 6 4 5 5 10 8 15 17 8 7 11 9 10 12 15 11 14 9 12 16 7 10 23 20 20 20 16 19 27 22 29 31 36 32 43 40 49 34 23 30 25 17 785

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 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
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   98 23 67 58 111 104 140 147 170 143 221 264 283 259 310 295 358 360 406 453 462 501 513 583 678 751 842 855 782 851 825 966 1067 1061 1150 1055 1179 1298 1363 1356 1020 680 387 183 61 5 24751
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   98 23 67 58 111 104 140 147 170 143 221 264 283 259 310 295 358 360 406 453 462 501 513 583 678 751 842 855 782 851 825 966 1067 1061 1150 1055 1179 1298 1363 1356 1020 680 387 183 61 5 24751
JAPAN   95 21 65 57 110 103 140 146 167 139 221 259 276 254 307 292 354 359 402 448 459 496 507 576 668 736 820 836 761 820 785 916 1010 996 1056 961 1066 1108 1171 1097 828 549 308 147 51 3 22951
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 7 8 4 7 14 19 21 31 28 38 41 47 87 93 129 92 71 34 15 2 1 801
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 8 7 10 7 11 17 13 14 26 23 29 34 30 43 38 19 21 14 6 0 388
INDIA   1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 2 3 7 3 1 4 9 18 17 22 40 36 51 33 25 8 3 1 0 319
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 10 8 5 7 6 16 18 24 24 7 9 3 1 0 159
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 2 3 4 6 5 1 5 3 2 0 0 41
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 3 2 3 6 5 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 37
PHILIPPINES   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 1 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 16
MALAYSIA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 15
INDONESIA   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2 4 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 8 5 6 6 10 10 9 8 7 6 10 9 5 12 14 9 11 21 23 9 22 15 20 25 28 38 37 52 43 44 58 30 20 12 12 2 0 690
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
FOREIGN CORPORATION   78 18 56 52 105 94 127 133 150 120 207 250 265 235 291 270 335 333 387 431 440 482 486 560 645 714 795 812 746 808 787 914 1006 996 1078 984 1086 1208 1260 1251 954 641 363 164 58 5 23183
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 5 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 5 5 6 3 1 7 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 82
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   18 1 3 5 4 8 6 9 13 16 9 6 10 13 8 13 14 15 12 9 11 12 11 5 21 22 20 16 22 17 22 26 32 36 31 32 38 44 57 45 36 19 11 7 2 0 785

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


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