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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 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   19 38 53 51 69 87 118 145 243 240 261 296 322 307 300 333 298 428 444 373 377 550 606 630 769 719 933 897 972 1004 1079 1236 1131 1203 1227 1662 1746 1649 1865 1934 2012 1695 1432 1536 1551 1511 36351
-- 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   19 38 53 51 69 87 118 145 243 240 261 296 322 307 300 333 298 428 444 373 377 550 606 630 769 719 933 897 972 1004 1079 1236 1131 1203 1227 1662 1746 1649 1865 1934 2012 1695 1432 1536 1551 1511 36351
JAPAN   14 31 47 48 60 82 116 143 229 233 250 287 304 294 290 315 279 399 404 334 351 517 558 572 689 607 774 723 750 764 801 885 796 786 829 1105 1159 1025 1141 1181 1219 937 805 916 918 930 25897
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 8 13 16 24 16 21 35 37 60 88 124 143 188 195 227 308 278 339 319 442 461 504 567 560 556 554 449 434 433 368 7792
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 1 1 4 3 1 5 4 8 4 5 8 9 9 15 11 10 21 24 21 31 44 45 57 68 57 84 103 116 100 101 100 106 83 1272
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 2 7 6 13 13 8 2 5 4 7 8 9 13 12 13 11 12 7 13 18 17 27 26 32 44 56 61 53 39 23 34 40 671
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 6 6 14 11 10 13 26 19 24 27 32 43 290
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 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 3 2 6 5 5 1 6 8 7 11 16 6 15 11 16 142
INDIA   0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 6 8 7 7 8 13 16 3 16 9 20 137
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 5 7 2 3 1 3 3 0 1 1 5 3 48
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 3 5 4 2 1 4 0 2 3 0 3 37
PHILIPPINES   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 37
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 26
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   2 1 4 0 3 2 4 5 6 3 4 5 5 1 0 5 6 4 11 6 3 10 7 11 12 11 26 17 17 14 15 17 23 29 36 40 48 35 42 43 55 48 36 59 48 47 826
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 31
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5 15 25 26 40 38 70 100 186 168 191 236 244 224 239 260 230 346 342 292 311 475 500 518 627 555 726 666 684 736 771 875 776 791 839 1115 1211 1103 1229 1338 1347 1102 962 1091 1115 1149 25889
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 5 5 5 2 3 2 4 3 2 4 5 4 3 0 3 1 0 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 83
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   12 22 24 25 24 47 44 38 51 69 65 55 72 82 61 68 60 75 86 70 58 63 92 99 125 149 178 210 265 249 290 343 329 382 349 503 483 505 591 548 605 541 432 382 385 314 9520

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 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   174 39 68 93 105 173 178 247 231 236 289 311 291 360 376 427 456 418 435 534 533 581 655 670 816 849 961 1068 1023 1105 1230 1313 1378 1522 1821 1680 1981 2222 2230 2195 1948 1428 1043 488 166 4 36351
-- 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   174 39 68 93 105 173 178 247 231 236 289 311 291 360 376 427 456 418 435 534 533 581 655 670 816 849 961 1068 1023 1105 1230 1313 1378 1522 1821 1680 1981 2222 2230 2195 1948 1428 1043 488 166 4 36351
JAPAN   152 33 63 88 103 170 171 237 222 225 279 300 277 342 353 399 421 372 409 494 499 533 587 579 690 709 794 826 776 835 874 913 930 1014 1258 1099 1211 1400 1424 1272 1041 730 513 212 67 1 25897
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 9 7 13 20 23 17 23 22 35 45 69 101 106 134 200 202 221 308 310 361 406 441 459 584 640 555 609 665 507 398 204 81 3 7792
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 5 5 6 6 6 4 11 7 8 14 15 17 22 20 24 54 50 48 60 63 96 94 119 173 124 94 59 36 9 0 1272
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   10 1 2 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 0 4 5 11 12 5 14 3 6 3 7 8 7 11 14 7 19 5 13 10 15 22 25 25 32 44 50 63 56 59 37 32 11 4 0 671
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 3 3 1 7 9 6 5 4 6 11 13 17 14 23 39 26 33 28 12 3 0 290
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 7 5 5 4 6 12 8 20 21 13 6 4 4 0 0 142
INDIA   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 6 7 6 8 13 15 22 16 13 2 4 1 0 137
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 1 3 2 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 48
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 3 8 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 37
PHILIPPINES   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 37
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 26
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   8 2 2 1 6 4 4 2 5 5 1 4 1 3 8 6 7 9 6 10 7 5 13 15 15 20 9 19 16 24 19 29 42 45 41 35 52 46 53 72 67 40 21 19 8 0 826
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 31
FOREIGN CORPORATION   81 25 28 54 57 126 141 170 183 180 222 224 235 272 292 353 342 334 367 450 453 479 538 529 627 662 728 791 741 802 851 918 925 1022 1291 1166 1320 1523 1565 1489 1261 971 702 290 108 1 25889
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 3 4 5 3 3 2 3 4 0 7 2 5 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   85 11 38 37 42 41 33 74 43 51 66 82 55 85 73 66 101 72 58 68 68 93 102 123 169 166 217 254 261 277 359 363 407 452 485 476 602 646 606 631 619 414 318 178 50 3 9520

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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