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


Patenting Trends in the United States
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 -

Patenting Trends in the United States
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.


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Patenting Trends in the United States
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 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   1794 1669 2114 3056 2920 2344 2695 2586 2856 3928 3320 3592 3935 4533 4343 4744 3458 4140 4518 3880 4021 4570 4864 4322 4815 4909 6334 5960 6642 6556 6758 6388 6629 7431 8490 9525 10152 9577 10114 10072 9530 7553 5936 7035 6469 6009 247086
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1484 1350 1674 2413 2330 1867 2038 1928 2108 2820 2313 2394 2594 2805 2578 2766 2030 2292 2401 2070 2185 2455 2531 2136 2428 2429 3047 2821 3327 3281 3416 3298 3350 3966 4669 5125 5493 5051 5281 5295 5074 3861 3132 3740 3333 3049 138028
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   310 319 440 643 590 477 657 658 748 1108 1007 1198 1341 1728 1765 1978 1428 1848 2117 1810 1836 2115 2333 2186 2387 2480 3287 3139 3315 3275 3342 3090 3279 3465 3821 4400 4659 4526 4833 4777 4456 3692 2804 3295 3136 2960 109058
ALABAMA   12 4 9 7 21 12 10 10 14 13 23 22 17 28 13 16 7 7 6 6 14 14 17 14 13 14 20 22 25 11 12 12 15 17 30 22 23 26 29 32 36 19 23 17 18 15 767
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 1 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 1 0 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 19
ARIZONA   1 2 3 4 12 4 2 3 3 1 5 8 6 11 7 10 5 8 13 4 11 14 5 10 14 20 29 19 12 19 14 11 14 26 24 36 45 36 49 41 32 39 31 29 21 46 759
ARKANSAS   0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 5 1 6 1 0 4 4 2 5 5 2 11 8 4 8 10 7 12 8 5 7 149
CALIFORNIA   137 129 153 213 161 139 160 168 178 238 264 250 260 269 285 222 181 212 226 213 228 223 252 210 235 244 310 265 350 342 389 338 323 409 575 704 738 664 694 672 768 580 499 668 601 551 15890
COLORADO   3 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 14 12 21 19 15 11 19 12 14 12 11 10 16 13 18 8 15 6 13 15 18 15 17 26 14 26 41 72 64 70 60 68 57 51 33 29 26 36 1027
CONNECTICUT   28 46 43 68 73 59 78 52 57 81 79 70 86 95 68 75 55 68 67 56 56 63 94 88 71 85 105 98 131 130 130 139 113 114 188 182 179 191 244 245 224 185 181 170 156 135 5001
DELAWARE   44 38 60 93 97 89 75 65 75 103 85 83 89 80 80 69 39 56 67 67 57 68 70 83 110 98 105 80 106 89 75 62 61 85 79 61 61 66 57 53 56 65 54 58 53 74 3340
FLORIDA   14 9 14 17 27 20 22 18 21 43 30 27 40 25 24 22 20 27 30 21 18 33 29 28 41 40 59 43 57 66 56 66 80 82 90 97 148 111 140 116 124 86 64 84 71 51 2351
GEORGIA   6 0 3 4 7 7 12 4 4 8 13 11 13 11 8 12 8 5 6 8 14 13 13 14 7 17 22 28 42 40 37 35 33 43 70 69 76 64 64 69 69 50 49 52 55 52 1247
HAWAII   0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4 6 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 2 3 3 7 7 6 13 5 4 3 2 6 1 2 99
IDAHO   0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 8 6 5 11 9 13 15 22 14 6 14 10 3 181
ILLINOIS   130 122 121 158 165 133 147 135 120 194 137 138 124 163 151 137 95 143 95 91 117 141 113 92 116 106 128 121 129 166 179 167 170 157 184 190 189 208 197 180 165 112 106 116 107 99 6454
INDIANA   45 39 40 69 43 48 44 42 48 40 42 59 72 80 74 96 58 77 83 74 90 67 79 72 78 64 78 63 61 47 63 57 126 180 181 170 157 129 122 126 115 91 72 65 75 53 3654
IOWA   3 4 9 9 8 2 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 4 4 2 0 6 4 9 3 8 9 7 12 12 16 14 7 17 14 6 22 18 20 19 19 14 10 11 16 11 404
KANSAS   5 8 16 11 11 15 12 23 18 21 22 15 18 21 20 23 18 16 18 4 5 17 9 1 10 15 18 19 12 13 13 17 7 16 12 15 43 25 23 20 14 18 10 11 10 6 694
KENTUCKY   4 1 0 10 6 12 5 5 6 11 10 5 9 8 8 6 4 8 8 12 9 8 16 9 12 9 9 9 20 8 16 12 18 14 23 23 21 26 43 24 31 17 16 12 12 23 578
LOUISIANA   18 6 11 19 23 17 12 5 18 24 13 23 15 13 7 29 7 14 14 12 22 16 31 14 18 27 35 30 32 42 32 22 22 30 27 41 35 28 29 38 34 32 19 25 15 16 1012
MAINE   1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 6 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 6 2 2 2 1 3 3 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 85
MARYLAND   23 28 38 24 34 36 38 38 33 50 43 40 49 46 31 44 27 39 46 41 51 39 33 35 40 39 49 47 60 73 84 78 90 110 136 139 164 131 166 148 145 102 86 106 104 73 3076
MASSACHUSETTS   45 32 47 91 59 58 70 70 76 95 63 60 80 81 68 51 45 45 63 56 50 61 46 31 67 66 76 80 100 93 109 105 98 137 238 239 283 256 295 291 285 259 209 234 216 217 5396
MICHIGAN   87 82 99 137 144 92 95 95 116 142 110 162 146 140 155 162 123 132 143 110 103 150 124 135 132 129 127 137 161 167 161 154 148 170 160 188 210 191 172 169 171 140 128 118 73 81 6271
MINNESOTA   20 21 34 33 27 26 32 22 27 52 35 27 39 34 43 30 32 25 32 26 40 42 45 38 51 42 48 56 62 48 60 67 82 96 92 122 119 129 141 179 170 134 88 126 95 68 2857
MISSISSIPPI   4 1 0 2 4 1 3 3 3 3 2 8 1 6 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 2 3 1 2 4 8 3 10 7 8 7 4 5 5 7 6 15 8 18 8 8 5 4 5 210
MISSOURI   50 47 45 77 102 64 65 48 78 78 65 61 49 70 35 63 56 72 65 62 57 45 40 38 38 38 43 34 57 71 58 48 65 57 93 98 82 66 76 104 81 71 55 54 29 17 2767
MONTANA   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 5 7 2 2 0 0 0 5 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 3 5 1 2 2 4 8 7 5 2 5 2 2 102
NEBRASKA   0 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 3 2 5 2 2 1 1 2 6 1 1 3 2 4 5 1 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 3 2 7 13 6 8 10 13 8 5 8 3 4 5 3 168
NEVADA   2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 3 8 3 2 2 7 5 4 4 1 0 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 0 8 6 11 9 9 11 12 8 7 3 3 3 5 166
NEW HAMPSHIRE   2 5 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 4 3 3 2 9 4 1 3 5 2 5 2 7 5 3 8 16 10 22 13 12 19 14 9 7 11 5 7 236
NEW JERSEY   188 203 269 381 413 274 342 303 311 463 380 367 387 502 458 484 390 421 414 382 391 460 489 401 429 468 553 541 589 497 532 493 459 503 556 605 635 545 550 613 540 368 294 405 322 349 19919
NEW MEXICO   0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 5 5 5 6 5 3 2 2 2 0 2 3 3 5 2 5 2 4 4 9 5 3 7 2 5 6 11 10 10 12 18 9 25 5 8 9 9 10 247
NEW YORK   192 168 192 288 290 239 269 244 276 376 284 293 334 312 301 346 223 230 313 215 221 251 270 214 244 216 311 280 340 318 337 354 285 345 368 447 433 391 425 391 321 267 178 223 236 212 13263
NORTH CAROLINA   2 3 11 9 22 14 11 12 17 24 7 13 20 22 15 16 11 14 17 22 17 20 22 28 28 31 51 37 43 60 61 62 62 85 92 104 132 121 149 125 136 88 88 107 112 105 2248
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 2 2 0 37
OHIO   97 81 99 145 151 124 140 155 185 194 134 177 209 227 190 222 158 152 196 153 155 158 191 129 191 195 238 217 239 232 223 211 257 304 334 343 389 331 352 331 296 232 154 180 112 115 9298
OKLAHOMA   47 23 38 63 39 44 37 32 53 65 51 51 48 50 43 54 38 39 44 41 37 69 62 29 33 29 20 24 35 20 37 25 33 38 43 25 25 21 22 18 29 22 18 21 32 23 1690
OREGON   5 4 4 5 2 2 2 4 1 7 3 4 3 5 4 3 1 0 3 2 4 5 5 4 3 2 14 9 9 13 11 20 19 22 18 32 26 38 36 31 25 35 20 29 29 31 554
PENNSYLVANIA   117 96 139 213 187 157 163 170 166 244 176 209 248 231 225 283 198 233 199 166 193 212 185 158 223 188 243 242 251 264 307 299 327 409 429 435 452 457 434 472 394 267 212 267 285 235 11660
RHODE ISLAND   7 9 4 10 5 6 6 10 2 9 6 5 7 5 2 4 4 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 6 4 6 9 9 14 17 5 14 10 14 15 28 16 19 16 14 18 22 4 5 393
SOUTH CAROLINA   3 1 3 7 6 3 5 5 2 11 11 14 9 23 12 13 9 15 9 11 11 19 11 12 7 5 13 12 17 26 22 16 15 21 18 36 49 34 30 33 57 32 21 31 20 17 757
SOUTH DAKOTA   0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 45
TENNESSEE   26 9 23 27 33 24 34 25 23 14 15 15 16 22 22 26 26 30 28 14 17 20 18 15 16 19 40 35 41 35 37 39 40 39 45 56 72 48 58 69 52 54 38 24 33 28 1440
TEXAS   45 53 57 104 56 60 57 59 56 68 59 65 75 89 83 107 76 89 82 75 79 105 109 98 94 98 139 114 151 184 162 140 153 156 200 185 245 248 231 236 216 157 142 177 167 124 5525
UTAH   4 6 2 10 3 4 9 3 7 12 16 11 13 6 15 13 8 10 8 7 6 16 13 15 14 12 13 12 15 19 16 25 38 36 53 51 39 47 44 43 39 51 21 29 19 19 872
VERMONT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 0 6 6 4 9 1 7 5 2 3 2 6 3 0 90
VIRGINIA   26 17 18 24 20 20 12 21 30 25 25 20 27 28 33 15 22 18 20 24 19 14 24 18 17 19 32 25 32 36 32 38 37 43 51 67 47 75 48 52 57 39 27 26 37 39 1396
WASHINGTON   6 5 15 15 10 8 10 13 16 16 21 9 7 10 14 11 5 7 9 10 8 7 14 14 7 7 16 18 23 26 19 34 37 37 42 68 71 65 59 75 67 42 52 62 63 35 1185
WEST VIRGINIA   13 11 24 26 31 21 11 14 8 18 12 7 19 21 12 34 16 19 17 16 22 22 15 16 7 5 7 8 12 23 12 17 16 10 15 21 15 19 12 14 13 7 9 10 4 3 684
WISCONSIN   13 19 21 23 20 13 17 17 17 31 19 15 19 21 22 21 19 20 17 26 13 16 19 26 18 31 43 26 34 30 28 36 44 53 54 90 78 66 63 66 92 43 51 65 50 38 1563
WYOMING   1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 35
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   6 4 4 3 7 3 3 11 3 5 2 0 1 4 2 3 4 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 9 6 5 2 3 2 4 6 3 2 7 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 141
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
PUERTO RICO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 24
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAPAN   19 14 35 55 63 64 124 163 181 317 250 302 375 440 405 492 339 447 622 550 608 720 844 807 832 907 1187 1251 1271 1321 1363 1279 1295 1280 1315 1530 1540 1494 1574 1494 1334 1196 858 1072 1024 958 35611
GERMANY   95 114 141 214 180 135 185 167 179 273 253 298 340 466 449 484 345 439 515 418 452 441 506 501 565 549 701 660 644 622 599 542 552 626 668 748 780 830 883 868 822 706 493 580 515 483 22026
UNITED KINGDOM   42 50 74 108 116 100 86 98 108 158 125 160 168 229 276 297 214 268 283 230 198 281 268 222 242 265 368 325 383 312 338 284 313 301 377 459 465 495 501 445 431 346 288 319 301 254 11971
FRANCE   36 43 53 55 59 44 75 56 66 86 95 124 131 163 170 221 144 192 171 136 157 171 206 176 197 200 258 234 265 293 300 255 306 317 417 435 480 439 498 501 441 293 241 266 270 248 9984
SWITZERLAND   24 25 41 63 38 24 47 63 54 81 88 95 100 133 154 145 122 165 139 151 122 135 131 116 117 138 165 155 132 124 116 105 112 103 123 109 126 112 134 127 97 96 85 93 83 107 4815
CANADA   13 13 12 30 30 24 21 28 21 20 43 33 43 44 57 46 40 46 57 35 54 46 71 51 65 70 103 91 107 134 123 128 125 197 191 246 259 239 257 244 243 199 135 175 149 169 4527
ITALY   14 11 14 26 17 17 17 11 16 22 23 32 34 28 51 71 42 72 88 79 60 89 96 87 93 91 134 115 144 122 141 135 133 146 125 133 153 147 152 151 152 93 74 87 87 83 3708
BELGIUM   6 9 5 13 8 5 19 13 29 38 21 27 17 29 18 35 31 33 36 31 27 32 36 33 46 45 61 48 53 47 56 51 72 89 116 124 132 114 107 145 116 75 61 81 56 48 2294
NETHERLANDS   29 19 28 36 34 29 36 22 29 31 38 30 26 35 40 52 35 46 59 39 30 44 30 36 38 36 46 39 48 53 59 44 43 41 43 77 88 73 90 89 97 77 60 58 63 45 2140
SWEDEN   11 5 11 12 11 9 16 7 14 22 19 20 28 46 29 32 14 30 18 21 20 17 26 18 30 27 36 30 39 22 27 28 37 49 76 77 71 77 70 101 87 57 51 52 52 58 1610
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 2 7 6 11 8 19 20 26 31 52 43 65 55 81 96 120 118 77 98 134 101 1183
DENMARK   2 4 3 1 7 1 2 1 7 4 1 2 5 8 9 8 6 5 12 6 6 9 7 16 13 11 29 27 32 35 40 34 46 38 51 77 88 73 74 57 68 53 43 36 46 39 1142
AUSTRALIA   6 5 4 9 11 12 9 5 14 10 7 22 17 20 22 15 19 12 18 17 15 19 13 15 21 14 27 19 26 14 18 25 24 24 34 48 49 37 54 46 41 44 51 35 44 45 1056
ISRAEL   2 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 5 5 6 4 9 9 6 7 7 5 12 7 8 9 16 12 27 17 23 22 24 23 29 44 39 50 67 60 52 80 66 46 44 51 43 53 1000
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 8 9 15 14 15 17 20 24 19 27 48 48 51 51 52 53 40 42 40 49 663
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 12 10 9 8 22 29 32 18 34 24 42 36 37 39 27 36 32 27 13 18 20 8 14 7 11 13 12 11 5 8 6 7 15 651
AUSTRIA   2 2 6 7 3 1 2 3 3 4 4 10 12 6 6 8 11 15 13 18 14 9 6 7 9 18 18 19 23 15 12 16 16 19 19 22 35 17 19 23 23 15 8 12 12 12 554
SPAIN   2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 3 5 3 4 9 5 9 2 2 1 4 2 9 8 6 12 12 12 9 17 15 15 20 16 24 36 24 16 29 35 27 29 23 27 31 30 543
INDIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 5 2 1 6 3 4 4 1 1 7 11 4 7 2 5 13 26 33 44 41 54 45 43 56 51 31 524
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 4 5 1 4 7 9 9 4 5 5 8 13 4 13 13 26 15 25 24 19 19 25 25 18 19 14 10 12 374
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 1 1 3 3 6 4 12 4 9 14 28 19 16 15 20 8 7 10 20 11 8 5 5 9 9 6 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263
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 5 1 3 4 4 3 7 6 13 11 9 7 13 19 19 29 20 26 25 23 252
NORWAY   2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 4 1 4 1 4 3 6 1 4 2 6 4 7 5 1 5 2 5 4 5 8 1 1 5 6 7 2 7 13 8 10 3 7 10 9 12 10 202
SOUTH AFRICA   0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 4 4 3 4 8 2 2 4 4 1 1 7 2 6 3 8 6 5 7 7 9 7 12 5 10 4 8 2 3 3 5 4 174
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 6 9 10 20 22 15 13 18 9 4 5 9 13 9 163
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 6 3 5 2 6 13 13 9 9 11 16 8 7 8 6 146
MEXICO   0 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 5 1 4 3 2 5 2 0 1 2 3 3 5 4 3 0 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 2 4 5 3 8 7 2 2 12 3 4 0 2 4 136
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 4 9 5 3 2 5 2 2 6 3 4 10 5 9 7 13 11 6 2 6 134
ARGENTINA   2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 3 5 4 6 3 5 6 5 10 5 4 7 3 1 104
BRAZIL   0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 2 6 2 2 1 5 8 3 5 8 4 6 8 3 6 95
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 6 7 5 4 6 5 8 2 9 69
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 2 2 1 7 1 4 5 5 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 4 5 7 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 57
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 3 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 6 3 3 2 8 3 53
POLAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 51
LUXEMBOURG   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 0 7 1 4 4 2 4 4 5 2 50
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 1 3 4 3 1 2 4 3 10 4 46
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 0 2 0 3 5 3 5 7 4 1 3 5 2 40
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 3 4 4 0 2 4 1 0 39
MONACO   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 2 4 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 38
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 30
CHILE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 29
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 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 24
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
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 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 22
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 3 1 2 1 2 2 20
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 20
PORTUGAL   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 18
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 1 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 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 16
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
BERMUDA   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 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 14
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 7 14
TURKEY   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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 14
CUBA   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 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 13
JORDAN   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 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 12
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 11
INDONESIA   0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 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 10
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 10
SAUDI ARABIA   0 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 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 1 0 0 0 0 8
THE BAHAMAS   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
KENYA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KUWAIT   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 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6
MOROCCO   0 0 1 1 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
PERU   0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
IRAN   0 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
MALI   0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 4
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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
ECUADOR   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MAURITIUS   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 2
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
UGANDA   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
BOLIVIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
EL SALVADOR   0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SAN MARINO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SENEGAL   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SURINAME   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1
SYRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   1320 1240 1555 2306 2156 1744 1909 1837 1976 2631 2155 2266 2441 2740 2578 2786 2050 2309 2465 2093 2147 2480 2600 2152 2438 2469 3062 2772 3255 3219 3369 3260 3297 3864 4550 4964 5303 4943 5074 5132 4961 3751 3046 3599 3282 3010 134556
U.S. GOVERNMENT   56 47 50 50 79 59 65 67 70 127 140 95 110 127 80 70 45 60 53 66 76 60 45 41 49 42 43 64 65 74 71 64 52 59 77 97 69 61 78 66 72 65 57 55 39 42 3099
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   166 133 152 186 199 140 163 132 175 223 164 202 205 174 164 192 133 196 152 138 165 180 178 162 186 171 278 293 301 280 252 268 280 376 376 493 613 480 571 492 444 338 235 249 199 168 11417
FOREIGN CORPORATION   205 212 299 433 434 365 505 497 565 857 745 914 1080 1399 1433 1610 1158 1478 1718 1475 1534 1731 1936 1857 2024 2101 2773 2683 2827 2807 2921 2658 2856 2957 3281 3760 3964 3877 4168 4174 3851 3244 2491 3012 2839 2707 92415
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   4 2 4 6 1 3 2 10 4 2 4 12 4 6 4 8 7 9 7 20 14 32 24 18 32 23 27 18 37 34 35 12 12 20 19 16 5 12 5 5 9 1 1 0 2 1 533
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   43 35 54 75 51 33 51 43 66 88 112 103 95 87 84 78 65 88 123 88 85 87 81 92 86 103 151 130 157 142 110 126 132 155 187 195 198 204 218 203 193 154 106 120 108 81 5066

Patenting Trends in the United States
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 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   10085 1697 2267 2476 2500 2558 2816 3018 3132 2965 3492 3698 4470 4181 4391 4295 4239 4186 4400 4514 4306 4482 4905 4932 5553 6122 6577 6596 6333 6662 7211 8323 11232 8678 10199 9519 10389 11001 11277 10465 7669 4844 2720 1311 374 26 247086
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   8073 1334 1769 1917 1868 1911 2062 2104 2160 2009 2254 2279 2591 2428 2526 2382 2273 2234 2368 2398 2237 2288 2516 2392 2701 2935 3205 3317 3275 3417 3855 4428 6351 4483 5462 5072 5396 5632 5627 5152 4108 2714 1570 735 203 17 138028
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   2012 363 498 559 632 647 754 914 972 956 1238 1419 1879 1753 1865 1913 1966 1952 2032 2116 2069 2194 2389 2540 2852 3187 3372 3279 3058 3245 3356 3895 4881 4195 4737 4447 4993 5369 5650 5313 3561 2130 1150 576 171 9 109058
ALABAMA   50 18 10 14 18 17 14 17 13 12 15 10 12 8 11 10 7 11 11 8 21 17 12 14 12 22 22 14 14 11 24 29 30 15 24 20 33 37 33 26 23 14 9 5 0 0 767
ALASKA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 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 1 2 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 19
ARIZONA   15 4 6 6 3 2 1 2 5 4 11 5 8 5 9 11 10 12 8 5 10 12 11 17 27 24 14 19 10 18 21 23 33 27 40 47 43 51 49 48 34 24 16 7 2 0 759
ARKANSAS   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 5 1 2 2 0 6 2 2 3 0 4 3 2 4 6 9 8 8 6 12 8 8 9 10 2 2 0 1 149
CALIFORNIA   732 112 135 154 162 173 176 192 227 194 204 200 281 234 211 196 260 216 259 253 211 216 229 268 284 280 344 344 345 375 417 534 911 513 660 687 702 792 809 735 652 545 271 153 39 3 15890
COLORADO   14 0 3 4 5 8 20 13 15 13 19 17 9 15 13 12 6 14 21 10 16 8 11 13 12 13 18 12 22 19 24 29 62 55 66 72 59 67 56 65 43 29 20 4 1 0 1027
CONNECTICUT   213 46 61 70 57 50 54 60 64 68 60 84 68 75 84 43 69 56 71 69 76 84 102 71 89 103 106 134 126 146 149 168 193 143 212 161 227 286 269 244 207 138 98 35 12 0 5001
DELAWARE   273 58 68 74 74 75 70 76 70 81 79 69 71 58 60 62 48 72 65 78 58 75 97 104 107 86 99 110 66 70 66 87 72 60 75 64 63 62 74 71 74 50 42 22 4 1 3340
FLORIDA   68 11 16 19 19 26 20 36 34 27 22 31 19 26 17 24 31 39 20 21 34 35 42 35 38 53 56 53 65 70 63 98 135 102 127 132 120 125 131 107 87 53 38 17 7 2 2351
GEORGIA   17 2 9 9 4 6 5 5 11 13 10 12 9 9 11 5 7 10 10 9 17 9 12 10 18 30 33 56 41 31 38 50 78 69 75 69 89 69 72 83 58 35 19 9 4 0 1247
HAWAII   3 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 5 7 4 9 1 5 14 4 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 99
IDAHO   0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 3 6 2 9 8 10 11 16 23 18 19 8 7 1 1 0 0 181
ILLINOIS   597 93 126 128 138 124 124 140 122 121 112 116 158 142 125 116 108 102 100 138 122 86 128 100 116 146 135 130 168 173 160 194 256 196 186 194 206 199 170 165 131 95 42 21 4 1 6454
INDIANA   215 21 36 34 55 38 47 32 42 36 75 64 63 107 79 69 74 75 103 66 70 81 90 59 70 53 65 52 48 74 125 147 301 103 183 132 116 109 114 147 112 35 23 11 3 0 3654
IOWA   27 3 6 3 5 7 4 4 6 6 6 2 4 3 6 6 2 2 0 1 7 8 7 7 7 6 10 12 13 13 18 9 16 17 17 22 18 18 19 27 13 8 5 4 0 0 404
KANSAS   44 9 8 18 16 11 23 21 18 12 16 14 22 23 23 14 12 10 11 14 4 5 15 8 20 11 18 7 16 13 16 14 20 14 32 31 23 27 19 16 12 8 4 2 0 0 694
KENTUCKY   16 7 6 10 5 3 7 7 8 7 8 6 7 6 4 8 12 6 12 7 12 13 14 9 8 15 13 12 8 18 15 23 27 13 35 25 33 28 38 25 12 15 9 5 1 0 578
LOUISIANA   69 12 10 15 9 10 19 12 16 21 15 7 9 7 30 13 13 14 20 15 23 23 23 18 33 33 28 40 42 28 19 27 38 32 40 29 46 32 38 29 32 12 8 1 2 0 1012
MAINE   7 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 0 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 85
MARYLAND   128 33 32 40 28 44 49 50 27 31 44 32 35 40 34 36 35 48 56 43 28 44 36 34 48 53 53 73 81 98 117 159 174 98 155 156 141 139 166 135 96 61 40 18 8 0 3076
MASSACHUSETTS   265 49 42 45 67 64 66 60 70 61 73 65 65 49 54 47 52 58 58 53 55 45 59 71 76 89 83 93 91 141 133 182 378 206 264 233 302 335 319 339 244 141 99 47 8 0 5396
MICHIGAN   475 69 104 91 95 127 85 101 116 91 175 120 119 147 135 150 139 122 134 116 129 119 156 136 106 129 131 170 184 145 152 202 219 178 186 193 174 168 214 196 142 84 31 13 3 0 6271
MINNESOTA   122 14 27 33 16 22 40 28 35 29 35 27 41 26 31 32 28 31 46 41 30 45 55 39 49 54 56 61 60 66 89 93 136 125 119 125 160 182 178 144 145 89 33 17 3 0 2857
MISSISSIPPI   8 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 5 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 2 0 4 3 2 8 5 11 6 6 7 7 4 8 6 6 10 12 12 12 9 5 4 2 0 0 210
MISSOURI   268 49 63 55 61 59 63 75 48 40 56 55 48 52 60 84 61 68 54 41 34 41 33 36 42 42 55 56 64 52 73 72 127 76 73 72 80 97 106 83 53 23 7 9 1 0 2767
MONTANA   2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 4 1 7 3 0 0 2 5 1 4 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 2 0 6 4 3 10 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 102
NEBRASKA   3 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 2 3 4 5 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 4 4 5 9 9 6 9 8 14 8 9 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 168
NEVADA   5 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 7 4 6 1 4 4 6 4 1 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 3 3 4 6 9 10 10 11 6 11 10 5 3 4 4 2 0 0 166
NEW HAMPSHIRE   11 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 3 3 3 6 4 2 1 6 3 3 5 6 6 5 10 18 9 15 23 13 16 19 10 9 5 4 0 0 0 236
NEW JERSEY   1232 256 292 300 265 289 340 310 367 321 333 373 479 408 482 454 385 401 420 459 440 424 461 453 488 514 558 535 519 510 525 521 695 544 627 558 563 589 626 577 445 289 164 102 24 2 19919
NEW MEXICO   6 1 2 2 1 5 4 3 3 3 5 4 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 5 1 6 5 1 3 6 11 3 5 1 5 7 18 8 11 17 12 16 14 9 17 3 7 3 1 0 247
NEW YORK   992 152 244 249 243 218 270 277 268 249 284 295 304 302 286 238 253 228 259 253 227 220 239 231 281 275 346 337 323 342 358 360 436 385 451 406 405 407 402 324 256 200 138 37 13 0 13263
NORTH CAROLINA   33 14 13 10 15 13 17 11 13 15 16 17 15 15 14 20 14 20 15 28 22 24 36 24 41 41 55 52 46 59 78 99 126 100 133 117 140 162 143 144 110 75 55 27 10 1 2248
NORTH DAKOTA   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 37
OHIO   489 62 113 168 134 149 155 162 131 150 180 193 206 167 200 160 176 163 174 153 159 163 165 198 222 227 231 248 216 183 271 313 407 391 399 323 335 372 328 285 185 104 65 16 4 3 9298
OKLAHOMA   201 27 35 36 32 37 41 44 55 38 51 35 43 39 57 54 47 33 34 60 50 48 34 25 23 25 28 30 23 38 28 49 49 22 22 15 26 19 26 32 35 20 14 8 2 0 1690
OREGON   19 2 0 3 2 2 1 6 6 2 2 4 8 1 0 2 1 5 2 7 2 5 2 6 4 10 11 10 14 21 20 22 26 29 30 31 46 41 30 33 38 23 23 1 1 0 554
PENNSYLVANIA   640 102 133 165 162 151 181 187 196 178 179 190 253 236 238 246 207 179 201 206 167 187 192 184 215 254 252 279 279 288 363 389 602 363 492 462 459 450 430 398 318 214 107 59 24 3 11660
RHODE ISLAND   32 4 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 5 3 4 4 5 1 4 3 3 3 1 7 2 4 6 2 11 9 10 12 11 8 14 15 15 16 27 19 23 20 20 15 5 9 0 0 0 393
SOUTH CAROLINA   18 2 7 4 1 3 3 7 9 17 12 16 16 10 12 19 9 6 13 12 11 14 11 3 11 14 25 15 16 23 17 20 23 41 40 43 32 34 61 42 30 19 6 7 3 0 757
SOUTH DAKOTA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
TENNESSEE   99 11 23 33 23 29 10 14 16 16 10 19 20 26 23 31 32 18 14 21 11 23 19 17 22 48 42 36 35 29 48 44 71 43 71 56 84 60 52 63 32 23 19 4 0 0 1440
TEXAS   287 37 53 57 59 49 43 40 57 66 69 80 76 68 107 101 67 98 85 105 81 101 106 89 125 134 146 159 162 171 167 192 262 173 237 227 268 256 236 225 184 120 60 30 10 0 5525
UTAH   22 4 5 4 5 13 14 8 9 6 9 12 7 17 5 10 15 7 5 4 14 28 12 10 11 13 20 16 21 26 40 35 64 43 43 38 50 61 55 29 34 11 8 9 0 0 872
VERMONT   0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 2 9 5 8 3 4 5 5 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 90
VIRGINIA   98 17 22 8 17 26 17 19 19 21 20 28 23 19 30 18 17 32 14 18 27 11 22 24 27 25 21 36 37 30 49 57 59 56 66 62 61 46 58 44 43 27 17 3 5 0 1396
WASHINGTON   45 4 6 13 15 8 19 19 12 9 5 5 16 13 5 6 8 12 9 11 10 9 12 12 11 18 22 20 17 35 45 42 105 47 63 66 67 63 84 64 63 40 20 8 2 0 1185
WEST VIRGINIA   88 15 19 12 14 11 9 16 8 11 12 19 20 27 24 23 19 16 10 18 11 12 16 6 4 7 19 18 19 17 11 18 22 16 18 14 19 13 5 10 10 5 2 1 0 0 684
WISCONSIN   89 7 16 10 15 14 26 22 15 18 12 20 23 12 18 28 21 16 19 18 14 23 29 26 27 38 35 33 24 34 51 45 87 90 94 55 81 77 68 79 59 40 22 11 2 0 1563
WYOMING   4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   25 0 4 4 1 12 4 3 0 0 2 2 2 3 6 1 0 2 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 5 7 6 3 3 4 8 1 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 141
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAPAN   156 34 96 86 157 157 209 238 260 220 347 391 438 385 488 466 573 598 654 731 728 777 829 936 1063 1217 1331 1368 1220 1315 1249 1450 1562 1520 1611 1430 1621 1656 1749 1638 1206 761 426 195 65 4 35611
GERMANY   661 111 144 147 174 154 178 223 231 232 327 358 488 449 453 435 470 460 477 475 446 491 565 552 615 688 660 604 529 592 608 664 875 728 840 786 956 926 1067 975 577 360 176 78 21 0 22026
UNITED KINGDOM   327 68 83 113 86 107 95 126 107 161 144 189 275 252 291 279 258 249 253 236 242 266 235 282 319 313 379 337 302 288 329 352 518 387 499 482 503 490 575 541 338 166 74 44 10 1 11971
FRANCE   217 40 50 64 41 70 63 71 108 80 128 128 189 191 186 208 170 152 168 168 202 166 202 200 208 252 244 278 295 289 290 381 517 422 476 442 497 559 521 459 274 148 100 56 14 0 9984
SWITZERLAND   173 21 28 30 43 52 53 98 80 67 78 117 165 159 127 166 144 147 131 156 128 107 124 125 133 164 131 106 113 106 130 136 142 99 128 127 114 144 146 149 92 65 34 28 9 0 4815
CANADA   78 12 25 29 19 17 20 33 28 34 25 46 50 44 48 54 60 38 57 35 53 74 69 57 96 106 119 97 134 136 137 184 314 213 231 263 258 284 258 265 181 130 76 27 11 2 4527
ITALY   73 13 12 12 19 8 21 15 27 26 22 29 56 63 56 71 71 83 82 95 81 86 88 107 108 133 121 141 120 143 157 135 163 138 134 143 162 169 180 162 86 54 20 17 6 0 3708
BELGIUM   40 6 10 6 20 15 30 28 19 16 29 18 24 29 30 33 30 37 29 36 26 40 46 52 42 42 67 50 53 48 64 97 137 130 121 112 113 145 142 136 75 39 22 9 1 0 2294
NETHERLANDS   126 28 25 27 26 21 24 23 38 32 33 22 34 49 41 52 46 43 38 38 30 34 38 31 46 45 54 44 52 50 48 52 64 68 95 78 90 116 110 106 75 27 15 4 2 0 2140
SWEDEN   45 6 6 15 10 8 19 17 19 17 30 32 39 25 26 22 26 21 19 25 13 20 37 31 26 31 34 29 29 24 48 63 103 68 69 75 83 96 100 99 60 24 14 7 0 0 1610
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 11 12 5 11 21 28 34 50 47 58 61 75 130 133 187 136 93 43 27 2 1 1183
DENMARK   14 5 0 1 1 4 3 5 1 2 4 7 7 10 10 8 6 10 8 8 10 9 11 16 25 22 36 34 43 34 47 44 97 44 85 76 84 68 94 64 46 11 14 11 3 0 1142
AUSTRALIA   31 8 4 12 12 8 8 4 12 16 21 21 16 18 17 21 12 13 23 14 15 12 19 20 23 18 29 21 15 26 23 38 37 47 53 36 69 64 53 52 42 34 8 4 7 0 1056
ISRAEL   5 1 2 2 0 1 1 4 6 2 5 6 8 7 10 8 5 10 4 6 10 16 15 12 22 27 21 17 19 24 40 54 65 49 55 51 63 92 88 69 45 24 17 12 0 0 1000
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 3 6 5 14 12 18 15 18 27 26 23 44 39 44 61 52 72 66 34 36 19 11 1 663
HUNGARY   0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 6 7 16 10 18 30 33 27 31 29 37 38 41 27 28 29 40 22 16 17 18 18 9 10 15 12 11 8 11 10 9 5 0 0 0 651
AUSTRIA   19 1 4 1 2 3 4 3 0 9 11 6 8 8 16 16 14 15 12 10 5 7 10 18 17 13 24 18 12 20 16 24 18 29 27 16 20 25 30 18 8 8 7 1 1 0 554
SPAIN   3 0 1 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 3 2 12 4 6 7 3 1 3 2 4 12 6 6 17 13 12 10 16 14 20 16 30 32 29 23 17 40 49 43 28 24 10 8 1 0 543
INDIA   1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 6 3 1 7 3 5 12 5 2 8 16 28 30 35 64 58 83 60 40 11 6 2 0 524
FINLAND   0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 4 5 9 7 5 9 7 10 7 11 13 19 26 21 21 23 25 32 29 25 19 8 1 1 0 0 374
U.S.S.R.   3 2 2 1 5 4 9 5 9 11 14 14 24 15 20 18 7 10 11 11 14 8 6 7 5 8 7 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 263
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 3 3 2 7 2 3 9 5 14 12 7 10 9 23 31 39 39 12 12 4 1 0 252
NORWAY   4 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 6 2 3 3 5 5 4 3 7 4 3 6 9 5 5 10 14 10 19 13 5 2 3 1 0 0 202
SOUTH AFRICA   4 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 3 5 8 1 3 4 3 2 2 1 8 2 4 10 6 4 10 10 6 6 8 10 9 8 7 7 1 2 1 0 1 0 174
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 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 7 12 18 22 13 18 13 13 21 7 6 6 3 1 1 0 163
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 0 4 1 2 2 5 4 7 5 7 9 10 12 20 19 7 9 2 4 1 0 0 146
MEXICO   6 0 1 3 0 2 2 2 1 6 2 1 5 0 1 2 1 6 1 6 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 4 6 3 5 1 6 2 8 5 5 9 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 136
IRELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 3 3 5 7 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 6 10 8 10 10 11 11 3 0 1 0 0 134
ARGENTINA   5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 1 5 5 2 7 4 6 3 8 12 6 7 1 0 1 0 0 104
BRAZIL   2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 3 6 4 1 4 5 11 9 7 6 7 4 1 0 0 0 95
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 2 3 4 4 6 10 8 2 7 4 3 0 0 69
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 6 2 3 3 4 5 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 3 6 3 3 8 0 6 1 5 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 57
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 6 0 2 4 3 5 7 7 5 1 5 1 1 0 0 53
POLAND   0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 51
LUXEMBOURG   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 7 4 0 6 3 6 6 3 0 1 0 0 50
CROATIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 4 1 3 4 1 6 3 5 11 0 0 3 0 0 46
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 1 0 2 4 0 4 3 3 5 10 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 40
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 6 6 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 39
MONACO   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 38
YUGOSLAVIA / SERBIA-MONTENEGRO   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30
CHILE   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 29
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 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 24
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
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 3 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 22
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 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20
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 20
PORTUGAL   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18
ICELAND   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16
ROMANIA   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
BERMUDA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
COLOMBIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 14
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 1 0 0 14
TURKEY   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 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14
CUBA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
JORDAN   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 12
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
UKRAINE   0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
INDONESIA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 10
KAZAKHSTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
SAUDI ARABIA   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 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
LEBANON   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
THE BAHAMAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BELARUS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
KENYA   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KUWAIT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
MOROCCO   2 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
PERU   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
EGYPT   0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GUATEMALA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC   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 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
GEORGIA (REPUBLIC OF)   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
IRAN   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
MALI   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 4
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
SRI LANKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
ECUADOR   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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
MAURITIUS   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PANAMA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES   0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
ZIMBABWE   0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
ALGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
HONDURAS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
MADAGASCAR   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
TUNISIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
UGANDA   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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
URUGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 2
UZBEKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
ARMENIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1
AZERBAIJAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1
BOLIVIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
EL SALVADOR   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GHANA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMAICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MACEDONIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1
PAKISTAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SAN MARINO   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SENEGAL   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
SURINAME   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 1
SYRIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1
VIET NAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 1
ZAMBIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

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   7497 1257 1617 1793 1740 1767 1910 1953 2022 1920 2161 2219 2584 2434 2541 2438 2296 2259 2344 2439 2257 2354 2504 2440 2677 2913 3161 3225 3240 3349 3772 4241 6188 4421 5323 4920 5265 5510 5459 5037 3967 2641 1541 744 197 19 134556
U.S. GOVERNMENT   259 57 80 72 69 91 98 110 98 67 87 75 82 69 52 54 51 67 85 63 42 56 46 30 42 55 68 72 70 68 66 95 86 59 72 62 56 76 92 71 73 32 18 5 1 0 3099
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   704 87 155 129 155 145 165 192 169 160 156 173 179 188 164 169 178 145 168 166 179 134 217 178 246 279 292 284 261 265 338 407 510 417 543 537 516 540 463 419 299 178 109 47 12 0 11417
FOREIGN CORPORATION   1379 271 378 426 482 500 585 670 728 732 998 1150 1531 1405 1542 1539 1577 1608 1693 1743 1715 1828 2014 2164 2418 2721 2870 2849 2615 2843 2894 3371 4214 3573 4054 3803 4323 4644 5000 4752 3203 1930 1019 494 160 7 92415
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   18 2 2 3 5 6 4 1 9 5 6 5 7 2 9 8 12 22 15 18 33 20 31 28 17 22 28 41 29 20 11 21 17 14 9 8 5 6 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 533
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   228 23 35 53 49 49 54 92 106 81 84 76 87 83 83 87 125 85 95 85 80 90 93 92 153 132 158 125 118 117 130 188 217 194 198 189 224 225 256 181 127 61 33 21 4 0 5066

Patenting Trends in the United States
Whole Counts
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
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