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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 OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

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   18 35 46 45 59 78 108 129 222 221 239 275 277 271 266 288 256 359 341 280 300 431 484 510 585 560 712 691 723 758 801 944 833 935 915 1253 1294 1247 1432 1449 1489 1271 1072 1106 1085 1054 27747
-- 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   18 35 46 45 59 78 108 129 222 221 239 275 277 271 266 288 256 359 341 280 300 431 484 510 585 560 712 691 723 758 801 944 833 935 915 1253 1294 1247 1432 1449 1489 1271 1072 1106 1085 1054 27747
JAPAN   13 28 41 42 52 73 106 127 210 214 231 266 259 258 256 273 237 331 306 246 277 403 440 455 515 464 569 532 524 545 560 644 564 564 567 760 801 723 815 840 848 648 569 637 594 600 19027
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 8 13 15 21 16 20 32 35 52 75 110 132 170 177 200 267 223 302 283 403 399 434 491 459 470 467 368 341 346 293 6644
KOREA, SOUTH   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 4 3 1 4 4 5 3 5 8 8 8 14 10 8 15 21 17 23 38 36 42 52 40 63 73 76 70 70 65 74 60 934
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   2 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 4 2 7 6 12 10 7 2 3 3 7 7 8 13 9 13 11 10 6 12 17 17 26 23 27 42 53 52 42 35 21 27 34 600
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 2 3 4 9 7 8 10 20 16 21 19 22 32 220
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 5 4 4 0 6 5 5 6 12 5 10 8 11 104
INDIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 3 5 5 6 9 16 2 8 7 13 93
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 4 7 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 5 3 41
PHILIPPINES   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 31
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 4 0 1 3 0 3 28
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 4 23
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Table A1-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   2 1 4 0 2 2 4 5 6 2 3 3 5 1 0 4 6 4 6 5 2 7 6 9 9 8 18 11 12 12 11 9 17 20 24 26 32 26 23 22 31 32 24 38 37 32 563
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 22
FOREIGN CORPORATION   5 12 23 20 36 33 66 89 171 158 181 220 221 200 217 230 194 289 261 219 245 368 394 413 473 433 546 498 492 538 562 658 565 588 606 809 885 798 929 995 964 794 705 784 765 790 19442
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 5 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 60
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   11 22 19 25 19 43 38 33 45 61 55 52 51 70 49 54 54 63 70 52 48 54 79 86 99 116 146 180 216 205 227 276 250 327 282 414 374 418 480 429 490 442 341 282 281 231 7659

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 OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

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   155 33 56 83 98 156 164 227 215 214 253 277 259 303 329 347 373 299 336 414 438 465 509 494 624 651 706 832 769 838 912 987 1029 1159 1360 1259 1496 1640 1629 1602 1435 1027 804 361 127 3 27747
-- 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   155 33 56 83 98 156 164 227 215 214 253 277 259 303 329 347 373 299 336 414 438 465 509 494 624 651 706 832 769 838 912 987 1029 1159 1360 1259 1496 1640 1629 1602 1435 1027 804 361 127 3 27747
JAPAN   135 28 51 78 96 153 159 218 208 203 243 266 245 287 307 320 340 261 312 380 405 422 451 415 513 527 555 613 552 604 613 652 646 705 867 765 857 975 969 860 706 497 370 149 48 1 19027
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 7 6 13 19 20 17 22 21 31 40 60 87 94 120 182 186 194 258 261 308 376 396 398 503 527 476 505 555 391 333 157 65 2 6644
KOREA, SOUTH   2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 5 4 4 4 6 4 10 6 8 11 14 14 16 17 20 41 45 32 49 47 66 65 76 118 89 66 40 27 8 0 934
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   10 1 2 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 0 4 5 11 11 4 11 3 4 3 6 5 6 10 14 7 19 4 11 9 15 21 24 25 28 38 45 56 49 50 32 28 8 2 0 600
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   5 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 1 3 7 5 3 2 3 8 9 12 12 18 32 18 24 21 8 3 0 220
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 7 3 5 2 6 8 4 14 16 8 3 3 4 0 0 104
INDIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 4 6 10 13 20 6 7 2 3 0 0 93
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 2 6 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 41
PHILIPPINES   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 31
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 28
INDONESIA   0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 23
CHINA, MACAU S.A.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Table A2-b, Breakout by Ownership Category
of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1963 - 12/31/2008
    1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   8 1 2 1 6 4 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 8 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 8 9 14 13 7 15 12 14 11 19 27 31 27 25 32 21 32 49 41 31 16 17 5 0 563
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 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 1
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 22
FOREIGN CORPORATION   69 21 25 50 52 112 132 159 175 165 202 205 212 235 256 281 281 240 279 346 366 380 415 386 469 505 519 599 548 601 617 686 669 751 930 847 974 1114 1103 1053 901 689 529 211 82 1 19442
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 4 5 3 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   78 10 29 31 40 38 28 66 37 46 50 68 46 66 63 59 82 51 48 57 62 76 84 98 137 132 177 216 207 221 283 282 329 374 400 384 487 502 488 497 492 306 257 133 40 2 7659

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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