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


EU 27 Countries
Whole Counts

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


Parts of the Report

Description of the Report
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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 -

EU 27 Countries
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Description of the Report

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


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

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


PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

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

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

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

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

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


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


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

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

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

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

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


Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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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.


EU 27 Countries
Whole Counts
PART A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Part A1
Tables A1-a and A1-b
NAICS 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
    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   1019 1148 1689 1896 1776 1735 2256 2357 3047 2687 2722 2843 2621 2781 2622 2576 2078 2577 2808 2707 2393 2704 3219 3344 4250 3920 4756 4027 4257 3796 3731 4034 4286 4548 4523 6414 6525 7148 8012 8515 9201 9206 8377 10346 9539 9937 196953
-- 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   1019 1148 1689 1896 1776 1735 2256 2357 3047 2687 2722 2843 2621 2781 2622 2576 2078 2577 2808 2707 2393 2704 3219 3344 4250 3920 4756 4027 4257 3796 3731 4034 4286 4548 4523 6414 6525 7148 8012 8515 9201 9206 8377 10346 9539 9937 196953
GERMANY   323 358 496 708 604 557 729 724 992 946 996 994 1007 990 961 941 843 993 1225 1066 1013 1114 1321 1263 1627 1544 1826 1509 1644 1410 1363 1426 1468 1469 1495 2158 2183 2511 2869 3095 3562 3548 3265 3894 3715 3820 72565
UNITED KINGDOM   351 384 541 524 538 467 677 679 808 612 590 637 580 579 522 578 397 473 501 515 401 467 552 668 785 740 952 788 790 692 646 711 800 810 821 1164 1191 1231 1419 1465 1467 1574 1492 1775 1645 1585 37584
FRANCE   124 146 245 281 270 321 391 411 506 452 471 522 457 511 468 444 367 484 481 521 457 521 624 631 813 735 916 768 835 791 799 813 846 863 851 1098 1078 1118 1164 1234 1263 1279 1190 1486 1312 1445 32803
NETHERLANDS   108 112 164 152 136 127 155 173 241 200 253 240 193 244 239 226 178 224 192 220 209 235 274 276 400 314 416 381 397 302 264 330 371 386 326 564 514 502 525 602 599 586 444 627 579 652 14852
SWEDEN   57 56 88 84 82 93 124 107 148 145 111 146 128 163 144 141 92 126 95 106 90 118 136 141 179 158 178 125 120 132 135 191 250 296 271 402 482 605 651 678 607 528 503 578 467 472 10729
ITALY   21 27 48 36 49 59 60 93 122 114 115 101 95 124 129 102 81 130 138 143 91 102 131 148 214 195 217 214 183 195 215 220 193 260 280 373 323 371 463 472 481 422 371 457 414 458 9250
FINLAND   0 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 12 7 7 18 11 8 7 11 12 15 29 16 16 24 28 37 66 38 41 48 79 76 79 121 122 163 157 260 297 289 341 417 491 547 448 653 631 606 6239
BELGIUM   12 33 52 59 42 43 50 72 118 96 88 91 59 70 60 56 33 52 56 31 39 40 55 42 45 68 62 47 74 64 85 83 96 127 133 182 184 196 192 172 198 198 170 208 211 211 4355
AUSTRIA   5 17 33 24 20 26 27 39 50 47 38 42 43 29 34 27 27 26 39 32 35 42 32 49 45 53 66 57 60 56 65 59 55 49 66 71 78 103 113 114 163 157 152 202 157 191 2915
DENMARK   11 9 10 14 18 21 24 25 22 28 19 17 21 32 25 23 25 27 19 25 13 18 29 37 33 26 38 30 30 29 30 39 31 36 47 47 101 87 93 101 146 138 110 186 139 145 2174
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 6 1 1 5 0 1 0 5 1 3 5 0 7 7 13 14 14 14 15 14 17 13 22 32 32 27 34 45 67 60 81 108 77 109 97 112 1067
SPAIN   3 2 4 4 3 1 0 4 4 6 6 7 7 10 5 2 3 3 5 3 4 1 3 4 4 10 8 13 14 16 19 17 13 33 24 40 23 61 64 61 76 63 82 89 80 115 1019
HUNGARY   3 4 6 7 5 4 4 6 7 10 6 7 6 6 12 13 12 11 11 11 12 10 14 27 20 12 14 20 8 8 3 4 6 3 7 11 13 5 15 11 30 12 17 14 21 22 490
POLAND   0 0 0 2 3 4 7 10 7 11 6 6 2 0 6 3 3 4 5 4 2 3 1 5 3 3 2 4 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 3 6 4 3 8 10 16 18 33 221
GREECE   1 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 0 1 3 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 4 4 5 2 8 2 5 8 4 6 4 6 5 8 9 11 10 134
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 5 3 1 2 5 3 2 4 7 4 3 4 6 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 13 106
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 3 4 0 2 6 3 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 6 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 8 10 2 4 3 99
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 6 6 9 12 8 9 11 12 17 99
ROMANIA   0 0 0 1 0 3 1 5 5 7 3 3 3 3 3 2 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3 7 7 10 94
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 2 0 2 6 1 3 6 3 5 4 5 55
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 0 2 1 3 3 3 35
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8 3 8 28
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 16
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 10
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3

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   198 261 398 458 384 327 438 510 646 457 511 510 513 535 474 469 354 421 449 454 434 542 623 671 776 691 839 760 815 684 661 717 866 874 936 1310 1367 1413 1550 1217 1196 1441 1333 1684 1542 1763 35472
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 1 6 6 8 6 6 3 2 5 7 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 100
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 1 3 2 2 4 1 3 3 1 3 4 3 4 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 72
FOREIGN CORPORATION   613 687 1030 1176 1118 1144 1518 1528 2020 1816 1863 1861 1731 1922 1814 1800 1484 1800 2024 1854 1631 1771 2145 2235 2917 2766 3333 2784 2960 2686 2688 2946 3066 3324 3216 4604 4725 5345 6001 6857 7625 7410 6761 8300 7681 7859 144439
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   32 25 41 60 57 42 59 64 57 34 52 63 73 67 67 68 45 62 56 95 80 96 120 116 166 119 141 131 136 124 125 86 64 70 65 79 44 21 18 21 8 12 12 10 15 10 3008
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   174 173 211 194 207 212 234 249 319 374 286 399 295 253 263 239 194 292 274 303 245 291 327 322 391 342 439 349 346 301 256 284 288 280 304 417 385 367 441 417 369 340 270 350 297 299 13862

EU 27 Countries
Whole Counts
PART A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


Part A2
Tables A2-a and A2-b
NAICS 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
    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   6539 1238 1753 1857 1912 2164 2246 2261 2404 2365 2487 2699 2617 2590 2785 2850 2929 3190 2789 2914 2840 3215 3410 3727 3907 4089 4245 4149 4039 4035 4318 5262 5950 6597 8085 8456 9855 11134 12001 12284 9577 6732 4053 1955 430 19 196953
-- 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   6539 1238 1753 1857 1912 2164 2246 2261 2404 2365 2487 2699 2617 2590 2785 2850 2929 3190 2789 2914 2840 3215 3410 3727 3907 4089 4245 4149 4039 4035 4318 5262 5950 6597 8085 8456 9855 11134 12001 12284 9577 6732 4053 1955 430 19 196953
GERMANY   2162 396 618 591 574 686 725 839 873 808 931 980 928 968 1093 1142 1181 1287 1170 1169 1092 1232 1342 1458 1540 1551 1615 1542 1453 1442 1379 1732 1925 2155 2641 2877 3407 3962 4431 4965 3796 2916 1890 912 182 7 72565
UNITED KINGDOM   2025 380 490 516 537 611 584 532 512 531 557 565 558 536 566 522 546 578 471 513 560 615 668 691 781 776 851 728 716 708 812 981 1097 1215 1523 1549 1731 1959 2125 2046 1519 903 576 259 59 6 37584
FRANCE   923 209 276 327 345 361 380 373 410 454 443 490 457 463 476 545 532 626 541 587 535 620 617 687 733 784 835 874 851 830 865 982 1130 1084 1226 1271 1527 1669 1581 1741 1424 918 493 242 63 3 32803
NETHERLANDS   601 102 108 127 156 156 182 165 210 196 203 224 251 214 235 250 225 286 225 237 235 274 302 338 300 378 380 353 295 339 386 450 461 576 621 562 613 681 822 797 626 425 189 76 19 1 14852
SWEDEN   315 42 99 108 98 114 105 102 113 112 126 158 141 141 157 107 115 112 113 125 126 139 137 153 142 119 116 152 162 169 281 328 369 415 751 773 764 827 742 595 427 292 164 75 8 0 10729
ITALY   143 26 61 66 68 86 90 96 96 110 71 120 121 117 112 131 149 146 122 124 113 144 146 198 180 231 174 218 230 207 224 270 348 361 395 419 476 495 572 565 505 330 231 131 31 1 9250
FINLAND   1 1 2 3 2 8 9 5 11 13 8 11 4 10 14 17 30 20 19 28 24 49 52 20 50 41 76 73 98 113 127 166 212 352 399 375 609 756 784 625 477 325 150 58 12 0 6239
BELGIUM   182 42 35 59 64 71 78 67 89 66 60 64 70 53 42 45 51 44 37 39 53 49 38 60 52 60 66 61 87 76 103 135 184 206 197 224 239 224 216 223 236 160 88 51 9 0 4355
AUSTRIA   91 17 27 22 28 31 44 34 35 33 36 38 33 30 28 34 38 34 43 36 40 29 45 51 56 54 62 66 60 65 53 66 77 79 80 114 138 157 185 223 166 152 96 76 13 0 2915
DENMARK   52 8 28 18 15 17 26 16 22 16 20 22 25 26 29 31 24 26 16 18 27 27 29 31 35 38 20 41 35 27 35 45 50 61 108 117 154 152 215 203 131 85 29 19 5 0 2174
IRELAND   1 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 4 5 4 3 7 11 13 14 11 15 12 21 19 15 44 34 31 51 75 64 111 100 130 77 70 60 21 16 1 1067
SPAIN   14 1 2 0 2 2 6 7 4 4 10 6 6 3 6 1 6 2 4 3 5 2 5 6 8 13 11 14 16 21 23 34 32 37 50 57 65 83 130 77 110 71 43 12 5 0 1019
HUNGARY   21 5 3 5 5 4 5 7 6 7 6 8 9 15 17 6 11 17 10 17 16 20 10 13 11 21 11 8 7 3 3 5 13 9 12 14 19 18 29 25 16 11 10 0 2 0 490
POLAND   4 4 1 8 6 7 4 12 5 4 2 1 4 4 2 7 6 2 3 5 0 6 1 1 1 5 2 0 1 0 2 5 0 4 0 6 8 8 9 24 20 16 7 4 0 0 221
GREECE   3 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 11 4 6 6 4 6 9 6 4 5 12 11 8 4 1 1 0 134
BULGARIA   0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 3 5 3 6 3 5 0 7 3 2 5 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 11 3 1 0 0 106
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 2 5 1 5 2 3 4 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 0 4 0 4 4 9 8 8 2 3 0 0 0 99
CZECH REPUBLIC   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 6 3 10 7 19 11 6 9 8 10 3 0 99
ROMANIA   1 1 1 1 3 6 6 3 5 2 2 2 3 3 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 4 5 7 0 2 6 4 6 2 0 94
PORTUGAL   0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 4 4 5 1 6 4 5 4 3 0 0 0 55
SLOVENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 3 6 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 35
LITHUANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 0 4 12 1 0 0 0 28
ESTONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 16
CYPRUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
SLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
LATVIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
MALTA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

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   1490 282 334 395 395 408 439 382 402 442 471 551 501 445 475 476 501 562 497 560 600 606 625 659 669 740 827 745 722 779 836 1037 1308 1365 1650 1546 1613 1617 1808 1834 1492 1097 798 374 105 12 35472
U.S. GOVERNMENT   18 6 4 6 6 3 0 2 6 5 7 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 100
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   9 0 1 3 2 5 3 0 3 0 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 72
FOREIGN CORPORATION   3994 780 1174 1198 1249 1477 1486 1552 1652 1569 1645 1821 1799 1804 1982 1991 2068 2165 1880 1956 1879 2157 2358 2613 2745 2861 2957 2894 2914 2897 3132 3798 4189 4770 5963 6451 7729 8997 9705 9969 7772 5462 3139 1528 311 7 144439
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   188 38 42 50 50 44 40 32 48 51 58 67 69 66 76 65 71 120 94 112 94 121 126 116 110 117 139 144 126 83 68 80 69 66 44 34 18 13 18 13 18 7 2 1 0 0 3008
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   840 132 198 205 210 227 278 293 293 298 301 255 245 273 252 316 284 343 316 281 265 329 300 338 380 369 318 366 277 276 278 346 382 392 425 423 493 504 466 464 294 162 111 50 14 0 13862

EU 27 Countries
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report


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