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

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

CONTACT INFORMATION -

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


Description of the Report

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


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

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


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

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

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

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

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

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


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


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

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

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

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

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


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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

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


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


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 339. 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
    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 31 44 43 55 68 99 123 209 209 229 263 277 260 259 292 254 378 383 315 325 477 520 532 647 593 778 767 822 843 918 1068 962 1037 1056 1398 1462 1396 1581 1617 1675 1454 1211 1293 1314 1272 30826
-- 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 31 44 43 55 68 99 123 209 209 229 263 277 260 259 292 254 378 383 315 325 477 520 532 647 593 778 767 822 843 918 1068 962 1037 1056 1398 1462 1396 1581 1617 1675 1454 1211 1293 1314 1272 30826
JAPAN   11 26 38 40 47 65 97 122 196 202 220 254 262 249 250 277 237 354 347 281 304 450 479 482 577 498 642 611 626 638 676 758 673 670 711 920 963 866 964 973 989 780 677 759 772 776 21808
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 5 5 7 11 15 21 14 17 30 33 53 75 109 127 166 167 200 273 240 297 276 380 391 430 482 483 485 490 382 375 372 315 6735
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 1 1 4 3 0 5 4 6 4 4 7 8 8 12 9 10 19 19 18 26 39 39 48 57 45 74 87 95 93 86 82 88 67 1079
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   1 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 1 7 6 11 12 7 2 4 4 5 7 8 9 12 13 8 11 7 13 16 15 26 24 27 35 48 54 48 36 20 32 35 594
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 5 4 4 4 5 2 5 4 11 10 10 12 22 16 17 23 27 39 246
INDIA   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 6 8 6 6 6 12 14 3 15 7 18 118
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 4 1 6 8 5 8 12 6 14 8 13 116
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 5 5 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 5 3 40
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 5 4 2 1 4 0 2 3 0 3 34
PHILIPPINES   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 30
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 23
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   1 1 4 0 3 1 4 5 6 3 4 5 5 1 0 4 5 4 10 5 3 7 6 7 10 8 21 14 14 12 13 15 18 24 27 34 40 27 34 32 42 41 31 53 39 42 685
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 30
FOREIGN CORPORATION   3 11 20 22 31 28 56 83 160 149 169 209 213 189 204 230 196 305 292 246 270 411 426 440 523 457 600 565 574 611 652 750 657 681 721 932 1007 932 1033 1108 1103 927 813 906 941 957 21812
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 62
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   9 19 20 21 20 39 39 34 44 58 55 50 60 71 55 59 51 66 77 62 48 57 81 84 110 124 154 185 229 216 250 302 285 330 305 429 412 431 511 474 525 482 365 330 332 272 8236

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


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 339. 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
    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   140 33 55 80 85 142 147 221 205 207 251 267 256 314 327 373 389 355 370 456 463 491 547 557 677 715 811 922 865 956 1047 1119 1172 1282 1545 1416 1668 1859 1840 1847 1660 1212 903 428 145 4 30826
-- 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   140 33 55 80 85 142 147 221 205 207 251 267 256 314 327 373 389 355 370 456 463 491 547 557 677 715 811 922 865 956 1047 1119 1172 1282 1545 1416 1668 1859 1840 1847 1660 1212 903 428 145 4 30826
JAPAN   122 28 50 76 83 139 140 211 197 198 242 257 244 299 308 349 359 314 350 421 435 448 488 478 571 595 663 707 652 721 735 774 782 847 1057 921 1003 1162 1148 1054 866 617 447 187 59 1 21808
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 7 6 12 17 21 13 20 18 33 38 62 85 93 119 179 173 195 271 266 314 350 377 397 501 540 487 527 582 428 338 180 71 3 6735
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 3 3 1 4 5 4 5 5 4 10 6 6 12 13 15 20 16 20 46 44 38 54 48 84 81 99 144 107 80 53 28 6 0 1079
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   8 1 2 3 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 0 4 4 11 10 4 13 3 5 3 5 7 6 10 11 7 16 5 12 9 14 19 24 23 27 39 43 52 51 53 34 29 11 4 0 594
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 6 7 5 5 3 3 10 12 16 13 18 31 22 28 25 11 3 0 246
INDIA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 7 5 8 12 12 19 14 11 2 4 1 0 118
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 6 4 5 4 6 10 6 15 18 10 6 3 3 0 0 116
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 6 4 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 40
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 8 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 34
PHILIPPINES   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 30
INDONESIA   0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 23
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   7 2 2 1 5 4 4 2 5 5 1 4 1 2 7 6 6 8 4 6 6 5 11 12 13 15 7 17 14 20 15 23 33 37 34 26 42 34 40 61 61 34 20 19 5 0 685
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 30
FOREIGN CORPORATION   62 22 21 46 44 99 117 154 163 160 195 191 205 237 254 308 292 281 314 383 392 402 447 437 516 555 611 680 621 694 718 781 784 855 1087 975 1103 1266 1268 1232 1064 822 603 252 97 1 21812
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 4 0 6 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   71 9 32 32 36 37 26 64 37 42 55 71 50 75 64 57 87 65 49 62 61 81 87 106 144 143 188 221 227 240 313 313 352 388 420 413 516 552 526 551 534 353 279 156 43 3 8236

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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