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


Asia 10 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
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
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

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
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 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
    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   143 162 279 317 405 440 624 767 1249 1541 1575 1904 1924 1948 1974 2298 1807 2304 2704 2563 2754 3818 4218 4357 5051 4948 5766 5766 6194 6214 6054 5838 5476 6050 6378 8441 8597 8725 8959 9046 8994 8943 7697 8957 8147 8137 200453
-- 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   143 162 279 317 405 440 624 767 1249 1541 1575 1904 1924 1948 1974 2298 1807 2304 2704 2563 2754 3818 4218 4357 5051 4948 5766 5766 6194 6214 6054 5838 5476 6050 6378 8441 8597 8725 8959 9046 8994 8943 7697 8957 8147 8137 200453
JAPAN   137 156 275 308 394 431 619 755 1237 1522 1558 1881 1901 1923 1946 2277 1787 2278 2675 2530 2722 3777 4149 4267 4922 4780 5570 5522 5881 5839 5576 5313 4896 5385 5595 7178 7179 7342 7464 7444 7317 7119 6111 7040 6388 6262 177628
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 16 12 11 17 23 22 13 23 43 59 88 99 137 173 203 237 282 304 338 337 361 535 616 738 800 880 911 920 695 840 700 719 11170
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 8 5 8 13 22 28 23 51 69 103 165 170 188 277 378 655 711 532 519 553 568 707 712 890 847 968 9189
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 3 5 2 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 5 8 12 11 10 13 9 6 9 14 6 17 24 21 18 40 37 40 74 55 69 57 47 46 48 43 787
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 16 11 9 16 9 13 13 16 9 9 9 16 20 38 41 48 51 65 75 71 98 681
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 6 6 9 0 5 2 3 12 7 11 10 10 20 30 40 41 44 46 35 36 42 22 448
INDIA   2 3 0 1 4 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 9 10 6 7 19 18 15 10 32 14 203
MALAYSIA   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 2 2 1 5 1 8 5 9 2 6 5 16 11 5 14 6 121
PHILIPPINES   3 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 2 4 5 3 4 4 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 5 1 6 2 2 10 3 2 101
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 10 15 7 6 1 5 1 3 71
INDONESIA   0 0 0 2 3 5 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 3 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 54

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   5 2 8 13 17 19 8 23 28 27 29 43 22 16 14 18 10 15 11 9 7 15 16 14 18 25 27 51 73 29 40 57 55 46 52 62 85 109 104 120 113 99 82 87 94 76 1893
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 35
FOREIGN CORPORATION   65 97 150 204 261 277 472 604 1018 1275 1351 1638 1688 1727 1776 2086 1656 2098 2509 2373 2587 3613 3969 4113 4750 4618 5420 5361 5758 5810 5619 5374 4996 5596 5932 7832 7953 7983 8190 8276 8239 8261 7140 8348 7651 7698 184412
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 7 8 6 16 9 8 14 12 14 14 14 13 20 7 10 1 11 8 8 7 4 4 0 5 8 6 1 2 0 0 256
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   73 63 119 99 124 144 140 137 200 237 192 220 213 200 182 191 134 183 177 165 151 182 218 217 266 291 304 340 339 367 385 406 413 397 386 537 551 629 664 645 634 575 473 519 401 363 13846

Asia 10 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 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
    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   961 223 355 512 674 843 1146 1387 1466 1429 1822 1984 1964 2157 2487 2415 2665 3040 3117 3691 3364 3923 4410 4537 5016 5600 6234 6163 6150 6150 5911 6703 7180 8163 9283 8528 8491 9548 10299 10230 9954 9077 6865 3312 991 33 200453
-- 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   961 223 355 512 674 843 1146 1387 1466 1429 1822 1984 1964 2157 2487 2415 2665 3040 3117 3691 3364 3923 4410 4537 5016 5600 6234 6163 6150 6150 5911 6703 7180 8163 9283 8528 8491 9548 10299 10230 9954 9077 6865 3312 991 33 200453
JAPAN   935 215 347 507 667 832 1128 1377 1440 1418 1801 1963 1934 2133 2463 2385 2641 2996 3089 3642 3309 3863 4315 4377 4847 5404 5971 5841 5703 5623 5377 5991 6342 6977 7934 7143 7033 7892 8452 7994 7701 6986 5335 2534 747 24 177628
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 15 16 12 19 20 29 14 27 29 41 60 100 110 130 165 206 263 293 312 364 406 482 576 691 784 880 981 1007 952 908 661 429 168 7 11170
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 5 9 6 9 15 25 30 38 65 84 148 182 168 288 382 638 684 578 495 594 641 965 1069 980 738 277 53 2 9189
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   3 0 2 0 0 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 0 6 4 2 4 5 8 13 7 6 13 9 9 8 12 10 13 18 31 19 30 37 43 67 67 71 75 63 48 37 13 6 0 787
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   2 1 0 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 15 9 9 10 13 12 15 20 10 6 8 19 21 31 45 53 79 88 81 49 45 15 0 681
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 7 5 3 7 3 1 5 12 6 10 12 14 14 29 61 32 50 69 39 32 20 6 0 0 448
INDIA   6 4 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 1 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 3 3 4 9 10 6 5 22 19 27 18 16 4 1 0 203
MALAYSIA   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 4 1 3 1 4 3 4 7 7 5 4 6 13 13 10 13 4 3 0 0 121
PHILIPPINES   8 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 4 3 2 3 6 3 4 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 11 4 1 6 1 0 1 0 101
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 4 8 20 5 4 3 4 3 1 0 0 71
INDONESIA   3 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 8 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 54

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   32 8 12 19 19 18 17 28 30 29 29 15 14 18 15 13 10 12 10 11 16 16 15 19 21 32 85 32 38 55 57 60 59 66 75 100 109 142 146 116 107 82 49 30 7 0 1893
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 35
FOREIGN CORPORATION   556 163 224 355 514 679 944 1152 1258 1207 1611 1758 1767 1928 2279 2204 2461 2817 2949 3483 3181 3703 4147 4250 4701 5255 5806 5777 5740 5678 5443 6185 6674 7604 8634 7868 7728 8701 9440 9393 9222 8493 6452 3078 917 33 184412
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 4 6 8 7 11 15 8 10 11 13 12 19 12 17 9 9 5 7 5 13 6 7 1 4 7 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 256
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   370 50 118 136 139 142 182 206 176 190 179 207 181 207 187 190 187 199 143 189 156 192 235 253 274 301 324 343 361 412 403 452 432 487 563 555 650 697 706 715 622 502 362 204 67 0 13846

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


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