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


Patenting Trends in the United States
Fractional 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
Fractional 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
Fractional 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 322,323. PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

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   420 444 535 554 541 447 439 431 514 482 472 453 483 498 396 441 343 480 502 423 393 442 508 570 590 656 788 791 796 820 830 874 822 804 895 1051 1072 1018 1033 965 842 757 598 498 487 445 28644
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   379 393 469 495 469 377 379 359 418 379 381 338 360 362 290 313 248 323 354 293 261 286 319 368 371 380 477 507 495 526 524 553 525 513 545 674 687 653 617 563 485 435 344 285 269 241 19282
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   41 51 66 59 73 70 60 72 96 102 91 115 123 137 106 128 95 156 148 130 132 156 188 202 219 276 312 284 301 293 307 321 296 291 349 377 385 365 416 403 357 322 254 213 217 204 9362
ALABAMA   3 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 5 5 9 4 9 3 4 2 4 6 5 2 5 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 111
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   0 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 6 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 4 3 5 6 3 4 5 2 6 4 6 4 6 7 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 124
ARKANSAS   0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 4 1 2 5 3 9 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 0 2 59
CALIFORNIA   34 25 30 39 43 27 24 34 37 36 42 28 34 35 30 29 20 22 38 21 20 23 32 41 41 33 49 60 51 48 51 68 59 58 63 82 76 80 66 48 51 40 41 30 27 23 1894
COLORADO   2 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 6 6 5 6 4 6 4 4 7 5 5 14 14 9 8 5 5 10 8 9 7 2 180
CONNECTICUT   22 16 26 22 14 12 17 13 15 10 16 11 10 6 5 7 5 8 5 5 5 13 7 11 9 13 12 12 15 16 14 9 12 8 11 16 7 13 9 17 6 7 4 3 2 4 505
DELAWARE   5 3 4 6 2 3 8 5 6 7 8 6 4 4 3 6 4 2 4 8 3 4 6 2 3 6 4 9 7 7 7 9 6 5 4 5 8 6 7 3 3 3 3 0 4 1 229
FLORIDA   4 6 7 4 7 7 3 10 2 8 6 7 4 8 3 6 3 10 5 7 5 2 5 8 9 13 14 12 13 17 18 12 16 14 19 24 17 20 23 28 9 13 16 9 9 8 471
GEORGIA   1 2 4 10 7 7 8 2 5 7 2 4 6 4 8 8 9 8 3 4 7 7 7 10 13 13 20 10 15 20 15 22 18 25 25 25 37 25 34 24 25 18 22 13 15 14 591
HAWAII   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22
IDAHO   0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 38
ILLINOIS   47 58 57 49 48 37 34 31 31 29 39 39 40 53 34 51 33 45 46 47 35 28 32 24 28 26 38 35 40 36 43 42 41 26 25 41 43 40 43 34 33 26 19 20 19 19 1687
INDIANA   1 11 12 3 9 8 4 3 8 7 7 5 6 7 3 4 2 3 3 6 2 2 1 2 3 2 5 2 6 3 6 8 6 7 13 10 3 8 3 4 5 4 5 2 2 4 235
IOWA   1 2 2 5 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 4 3 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 3 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 80
KANSAS   5 4 4 9 7 2 1 6 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 0 1 7 4 4 0 0 3 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 3 6 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 4 2 129
KENTUCKY   4 5 3 7 6 5 12 5 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 7 4 3 2 6 0 3 5 2 4 5 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 127
LOUISIANA   3 1 5 1 3 0 3 1 1 5 3 2 4 1 4 7 2 2 4 4 0 1 1 3 5 4 5 6 3 4 1 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 116
MAINE   1 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 58
MARYLAND   4 6 8 8 10 2 5 9 8 5 6 4 7 1 3 1 3 5 10 2 3 4 4 6 3 3 8 4 6 11 6 10 7 8 9 10 8 14 9 5 6 2 1 2 4 3 266
MASSACHUSETTS   21 15 18 32 16 17 17 16 25 19 20 18 18 12 15 16 15 15 19 16 9 20 20 22 12 16 23 23 23 19 14 23 20 16 15 21 20 18 15 19 11 11 7 4 8 7 781
MICHIGAN   13 15 18 35 24 20 22 17 17 19 18 10 11 14 12 8 6 18 14 10 14 11 16 18 13 14 20 17 13 19 24 20 11 22 16 25 22 17 18 9 16 14 11 8 6 4 720
MINNESOTA   18 21 17 26 22 17 10 10 8 12 15 12 14 16 12 10 13 21 25 18 8 22 23 17 22 24 28 17 22 22 25 28 25 20 31 27 29 24 27 30 27 26 20 17 12 15 906
MISSISSIPPI   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 27
MISSOURI   10 10 7 11 14 4 9 6 14 7 8 6 6 14 4 4 7 10 10 4 7 3 1 4 2 3 6 5 4 6 6 5 8 1 12 11 16 9 5 6 6 5 4 5 4 6 319
MONTANA   0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13
NEBRASKA   0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 41
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 33
NEW HAMPSHIRE   3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 4 2 4 9 9 6 4 3 5 8 13 6 5 3 4 5 2 3 2 135
NEW JERSEY   35 22 26 39 19 33 35 34 47 27 18 25 25 24 21 21 16 15 19 17 18 20 22 23 24 28 19 26 33 38 23 21 24 19 28 31 30 30 24 22 22 12 12 9 7 5 1092
NEW MEXICO   1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 28
NEW YORK   54 55 83 61 70 54 52 41 64 55 54 46 48 41 39 31 30 33 33 38 35 27 32 51 48 45 48 62 57 62 56 64 57 49 38 55 56 49 48 54 33 40 31 25 18 19 2144
NORTH CAROLINA   1 3 2 4 3 8 4 4 5 5 3 6 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 7 3 3 4 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 7 7 9 11 12 13 11 13 11 11 8 4 5 2 2 4 259
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
OHIO   26 30 35 33 38 28 28 22 28 34 27 29 22 30 22 26 19 25 28 21 21 23 27 22 24 26 34 42 48 41 48 38 38 60 59 69 82 82 65 54 47 47 20 22 26 24 1645
OKLAHOMA   1 2 1 2 2 3 3 5 3 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 3 0 3 1 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 68
OREGON   0 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 5 5 3 3 4 3 4 2 5 4 4 3 2 6 5 3 7 2 6 1 4 118
PENNSYLVANIA   23 26 27 19 22 20 24 22 23 18 24 20 25 20 13 16 9 18 19 10 13 16 10 19 24 22 20 30 21 26 28 33 30 31 22 35 27 30 25 21 25 22 13 12 9 9 974
RHODE ISLAND   1 3 0 4 5 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 1 0 2 2 71
SOUTH CAROLINA   0 3 4 2 7 2 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 7 5 4 6 13 12 5 10 8 6 9 14 7 8 9 10 9 9 7 5 4 3 4 3 253
SOUTH DAKOTA   1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 23
TENNESSEE   1 5 2 3 3 5 1 4 5 4 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 4 3 0 1 7 7 8 5 3 3 9 10 6 6 6 10 4 6 9 9 7 4 7 4 4 200
TEXAS   1 5 10 7 6 5 7 8 9 9 7 6 6 7 6 3 6 6 6 6 5 4 9 10 8 10 15 17 5 13 13 15 14 17 23 20 17 22 17 14 10 13 9 5 8 6 446
UTAH   0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 4 8 9 7 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 77
VERMONT   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 30
VIRGINIA   7 6 8 12 21 16 7 7 7 4 6 4 5 7 7 2 3 4 6 0 3 3 3 5 5 4 8 10 10 16 14 11 20 10 12 9 13 11 14 8 7 6 7 4 5 2 358
WASHINGTON   2 1 4 3 8 5 8 7 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 5 5 9 5 7 8 4 7 7 3 8 7 5 5 13 13 8 10 8 13 9 4 10 13 15 10 4 7 9 8 311
WEST VIRGINIA   0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
WISCONSIN   19 17 23 24 16 15 15 17 21 15 18 12 19 14 14 18 14 17 19 15 11 15 20 25 22 21 28 29 29 26 26 21 23 32 39 43 53 49 56 63 60 51 38 35 29 25 1211
WYOMING   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 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 10
U.S. 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 0 1 0 0 0 1
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAPAN   2 0 1 2 4 5 9 8 15 22 15 21 36 37 26 32 20 37 44 42 47 55 67 71 89 124 127 102 119 117 128 142 122 120 148 155 145 134 137 146 138 134 110 89 86 74 3306
GERMANY   10 14 15 12 14 11 7 12 15 15 12 17 14 21 17 21 19 26 26 19 18 30 37 36 39 43 35 46 42 45 42 38 35 38 40 49 56 44 73 60 61 49 30 31 32 32 1399
CANADA   10 12 19 13 14 13 12 13 17 16 23 18 14 16 15 8 11 15 10 14 13 11 20 15 9 22 27 21 21 28 33 26 25 18 31 26 20 31 27 19 16 15 10 14 12 14 808
UNITED KINGDOM   5 7 7 9 10 14 9 9 15 7 12 15 14 14 13 15 8 21 14 10 10 16 13 17 20 24 30 27 22 20 21 19 23 15 26 23 20 22 23 19 18 14 12 8 13 9 716
SWEDEN   6 2 6 6 18 9 8 13 12 15 8 14 17 16 16 18 7 19 15 15 9 8 10 15 17 14 15 13 13 12 9 12 12 16 15 19 24 27 31 36 21 20 21 11 21 15 682
FRANCE   2 4 5 6 4 5 3 5 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 8 8 8 4 4 8 8 13 9 14 17 15 16 16 11 18 18 16 14 16 18 16 22 20 17 13 10 7 7 7 471
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 1 3 2 7 3 1 3 3 8 7 4 5 7 11 9 8 9 7 6 12 17 14 13 12 20 23 18 20 16 11 7 13 309
SWITZERLAND   1 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 5 4 5 5 4 2 8 9 7 8 4 6 5 6 5 10 5 6 3 11 9 6 8 8 5 7 5 9 6 10 6 5 6 5 3 2 1 238
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 4 7 5 11 8 12 6 12 14 12 20 12 14 19 14 11 6 8 6 9 225
ITALY   1 1 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 1 5 1 4 2 2 0 2 3 2 4 4 3 8 11 5 9 7 8 5 7 5 5 8 4 8 8 7 8 11 9 6 6 7 8 5 221
BELGIUM   0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 4 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 6 6 7 7 7 8 5 6 7 5 8 6 2 5 3 4 3 3 142
NETHERLANDS   1 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 8 7 9 2 2 5 1 3 5 6 8 6 4 6 3 6 4 1 2 2 131
AUSTRALIA   1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 5 4 2 4 3 4 3 5 2 5 5 4 5 3 2 1 4 0 2 99
AUSTRIA   0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 5 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 69
KOREA, SOUTH   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 3 0 1 1 1 3 6 2 3 4 1 7 5 2 6 4 4 4 2 4 66
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 1 2 2 1 0 11 10 6 6 5 6 2 2 1 5 3 65
ISRAEL   0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 3 2 0 4 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 54
DENMARK   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 50
SOUTH AFRICA   0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 41
NORWAY   0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 4 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 40
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 29
SPAIN   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 29
MEXICO   0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 24
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 22
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 15
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 11
IRELAND   0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 1 2 1 0 7
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 5
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 5
ARGENTINA   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 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 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
THE BAHAMAS   1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SAUDI ARABIA   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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 3
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 1 3
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ROMANIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LEBANON   0 0 0 1 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 2
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1
CHILE   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 0 1
POLAND   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 0 1
BARBADOS   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 0 1
BERMUDA   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 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
DOMINICAN 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUATEMALA   0 0 0 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 1
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PERU   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 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SENEGAL   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 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   257 289 332 360 317 284 303 282 317 296 294 255 294 275 228 246 204 250 273 244 210 235 243 272 264 285 346 362 345 391 369 414 383 379 426 489 507 501 495 463 408 366 281 229 230 207 14701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 0 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 4 5 5 2 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 89
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   124 109 141 142 154 96 77 76 104 89 92 87 72 91 70 69 49 80 87 55 56 60 81 106 114 104 141 150 166 150 161 153 153 137 135 198 191 169 144 118 98 84 77 65 56 41 4971
FOREIGN CORPORATION   20 20 39 25 45 38 38 48 75 75 64 83 85 100 78 104 64 114 116 94 105 128 150 151 176 230 244 237 239 241 247 255 244 246 282 315 308 293 346 342 296 280 226 183 180 182 7457
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   18 25 22 26 23 28 19 22 14 19 20 27 27 30 17 20 23 33 23 27 17 19 29 38 34 35 56 39 43 36 50 46 37 37 48 46 63 53 45 42 39 24 13 20 20 14 1407

Patenting Trends in the United States
Fractional 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 322,323. PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES

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   2050 182 415 463 447 459 457 417 455 420 400 377 425 432 435 505 515 448 426 478 428 489 561 611 695 789 804 815 791 913 933 990 1056 1090 1173 1014 1023 1020 1007 846 668 417 198 90 19 1 28644
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   1815 147 359 397 374 381 372 323 365 307 300 262 315 316 310 351 359 312 284 305 272 309 336 379 399 481 512 520 504 589 594 625 665 686 726 636 623 610 534 470 413 251 120 60 11 1 19282
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   234 35 56 65 73 78 85 94 90 113 100 115 110 116 125 154 156 136 141 173 155 180 225 232 295 308 292 295 287 324 339 365 390 404 446 378 399 410 474 375 256 166 79 30 8 0 9362
ALABAMA   8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 6 5 8 7 3 7 2 6 3 5 5 2 3 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 111
ALASKA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARIZONA   6 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 7 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 8 3 4 3 4 6 6 4 8 5 7 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 124
ARKANSAS   3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 3 5 11 2 10 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 59
CALIFORNIA   138 13 32 28 29 33 34 35 36 28 23 24 37 28 33 23 34 26 24 23 30 37 30 42 40 48 56 55 47 59 68 84 71 73 73 83 64 62 48 57 44 28 10 7 1 0 1894
COLORADO   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 5 8 6 5 6 4 2 6 7 6 16 8 10 9 6 9 13 7 5 4 4 0 0 180
CONNECTICUT   87 5 12 18 15 13 11 7 8 18 8 6 6 6 7 9 3 7 5 12 8 12 8 11 12 8 18 15 12 13 10 9 12 18 13 11 9 13 9 5 5 6 2 0 0 0 505
DELAWARE   19 4 3 4 5 5 7 5 8 7 3 2 6 3 5 3 4 6 4 5 5 3 2 4 5 8 9 9 4 10 9 7 8 4 6 10 4 5 2 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 229
FLORIDA   21 3 6 5 6 8 2 6 7 6 3 5 8 4 5 8 8 6 3 5 4 3 10 9 16 10 18 13 17 17 16 17 23 19 18 22 22 30 13 11 19 9 5 1 1 0 471
GEORGIA   17 2 8 4 8 3 6 5 2 5 2 5 5 11 7 9 6 7 5 6 4 8 14 14 10 21 14 13 18 19 20 33 31 26 39 32 34 24 27 19 25 8 12 4 0 0 591
HAWAII   0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
IDAHO   3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 38
ILLINOIS   217 11 32 42 38 32 23 33 36 34 31 35 43 45 44 48 53 48 43 33 18 26 20 29 32 31 35 43 34 47 43 35 40 49 36 39 35 39 39 33 24 20 7 9 2 0 1687
INDIANA   28 4 7 2 9 4 9 6 4 7 4 5 5 3 3 5 1 5 5 2 0 2 2 3 4 4 3 6 3 8 7 12 10 7 12 4 7 2 7 2 5 2 3 1 0 0 235
IOWA   10 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 7 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 80
KANSAS   22 0 5 4 5 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 3 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 3 3 5 3 3 4 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 129
KENTUCKY   19 2 6 4 8 9 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 2 10 1 4 2 3 4 5 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 127
LOUISIANA   9 0 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 6 5 2 5 1 3 2 0 0 3 6 3 5 6 3 3 1 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 116
MAINE   5 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 58
MARYLAND   27 2 3 8 6 6 10 4 8 3 4 3 2 4 3 5 9 2 4 4 4 6 2 5 4 4 9 6 10 7 12 8 13 10 6 9 11 7 4 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 266
MASSACHUSETTS   90 7 17 14 15 25 21 11 20 18 18 7 12 18 14 20 20 20 15 13 18 20 15 14 17 24 21 17 20 21 18 20 21 20 22 17 18 15 12 12 7 9 1 1 1 0 781
MICHIGAN   83 6 21 24 15 21 12 15 21 9 8 10 13 12 8 11 19 14 10 17 14 13 12 13 17 15 17 16 23 25 17 21 16 25 22 17 17 15 15 16 13 6 4 1 0 0 720
MINNESOTA   85 4 20 11 13 10 9 9 13 11 16 11 12 12 9 31 23 16 13 18 16 18 24 20 26 23 22 22 27 25 29 30 31 37 34 22 28 30 29 23 17 14 9 2 0 0 906
MISSISSIPPI   2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 27
MISSOURI   43 1 8 7 5 9 15 8 4 5 5 9 9 4 7 11 11 5 4 5 0 4 3 2 4 7 5 5 5 6 4 8 11 8 15 12 7 5 8 6 5 3 5 2 0 0 319
MONTANA   2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
NEBRASKA   5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 41
NEVADA   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 33
NEW HAMPSHIRE   6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 5 11 10 4 6 6 6 12 6 9 7 3 5 2 0 1 0 0 135
NEW JERSEY   129 12 26 32 32 33 35 23 23 17 22 19 21 21 21 17 21 15 18 21 15 25 21 24 23 26 29 31 37 19 28 25 32 34 30 23 31 26 19 11 13 7 3 0 0 0 1092
NEW MEXICO   2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 28
NEW YORK   263 18 52 57 56 47 55 50 51 41 47 29 38 37 35 38 28 38 35 31 29 42 41 54 38 54 54 64 50 83 67 51 51 54 52 57 47 51 48 41 31 25 7 3 3 0 2144
NORTH CAROLINA   12 0 5 5 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 6 3 2 4 4 2 7 6 5 5 10 10 8 12 14 11 13 15 12 9 7 6 5 3 1 2 0 0 259
NORTH DAKOTA   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
OHIO   131 15 20 38 19 28 25 26 34 19 25 20 21 25 30 24 26 26 25 24 24 17 20 27 28 42 45 35 50 52 41 59 73 83 94 72 64 62 47 32 42 18 11 5 0 0 1645
OKLAHOMA   5 1 1 3 6 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 4 1 2 1 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 68
OREGON   2 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 5 3 4 2 5 2 2 6 4 3 5 1 3 4 8 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 118
PENNSYLVANIA   101 6 14 27 22 25 19 17 23 20 17 14 19 19 12 19 13 15 14 14 10 10 24 26 14 28 20 25 26 36 36 31 38 30 25 29 27 29 22 27 21 6 3 0 0 0 974
RHODE ISLAND   8 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 71
SOUTH CAROLINA   11 2 3 3 4 4 1 5 1 6 1 4 6 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 5 8 4 6 10 12 7 11 9 7 9 11 10 7 6 12 13 11 6 4 7 3 1 1 0 0 253
SOUTH DAKOTA   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23
TENNESSEE   11 3 3 1 3 2 4 5 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 3 4 1 1 5 4 5 10 4 4 3 12 8 11 7 8 8 7 6 11 8 7 4 1 2 1 0 200
TEXAS   25 0 4 7 6 8 11 5 6 6 7 5 3 6 5 7 7 5 5 7 9 6 8 8 11 18 13 9 11 15 14 22 22 22 23 16 14 18 14 10 12 10 3 1 1 0 446
UTAH   1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 2 1 5 7 8 4 6 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 77
VERMONT   1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
VIRGINIA   36 6 15 10 11 8 5 3 3 8 2 5 5 6 3 5 6 1 2 3 3 5 5 2 5 8 12 15 10 16 16 15 12 9 17 12 12 10 7 8 6 4 2 0 0 0 358
WASHINGTON   11 4 6 5 8 6 4 3 4 2 6 2 4 4 5 6 9 5 5 7 8 5 6 4 5 9 8 9 5 12 12 13 11 13 7 9 7 12 14 13 9 8 2 3 0 0 311
WEST VIRGINIA   4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
WISCONSIN   85 7 15 15 10 20 17 12 18 11 15 9 15 16 19 18 21 16 14 16 16 19 28 17 26 26 29 31 24 23 30 41 42 46 73 38 65 68 63 59 37 24 9 5 1 0 1211
WYOMING   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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
GUAM   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PUERTO RICO   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 10
U.S. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAPAN   8 3 4 3 13 8 16 19 16 25 27 29 30 26 26 37 44 40 46 63 55 66 99 104 119 127 118 128 109 140 137 149 156 166 169 147 137 142 184 135 105 75 38 15 3 0 3306
GERMANY   54 7 13 10 9 11 12 15 10 14 15 17 17 20 20 28 28 19 27 29 28 29 44 38 37 37 43 41 46 42 36 46 56 45 66 55 76 68 72 54 32 15 9 5 2 0 1399
CANADA   57 7 10 13 13 15 14 16 16 18 16 11 11 13 12 12 14 15 13 16 14 13 10 12 27 19 21 28 29 31 28 28 26 31 29 23 26 23 17 17 13 18 3 2 0 0 808
UNITED KINGDOM   31 4 9 10 12 11 11 9 8 18 12 12 12 12 15 19 13 15 10 13 12 21 14 22 25 31 29 20 14 25 24 22 28 22 22 19 20 21 27 22 12 3 4 1 0 0 716
SWEDEN   23 6 9 14 9 12 14 12 10 11 12 20 16 15 12 18 18 13 13 8 10 9 16 13 19 14 11 9 13 10 15 22 21 20 33 28 25 25 40 30 18 10 3 0 0 0 682
FRANCE   16 5 5 4 5 3 5 8 5 7 4 8 4 9 7 9 7 6 7 9 5 11 10 11 19 17 13 14 14 16 26 14 15 18 25 14 21 22 13 19 9 6 1 2 0 0 471
FINLAND   1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 5 6 4 0 2 5 5 7 3 7 7 8 8 8 13 7 8 15 13 18 16 17 14 24 25 30 15 5 0 0 0 0 309
SWITZERLAND   8 0 1 3 3 2 4 3 3 6 5 4 3 6 10 7 10 4 5 9 3 6 6 5 4 6 6 9 9 7 10 9 7 3 8 8 14 2 8 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 238
TAIWAN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 7 4 6 4 9 9 15 7 17 16 16 10 11 16 22 13 12 7 6 3 1 0 225
ITALY   7 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 4 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 5 8 8 5 8 7 7 6 6 8 4 7 6 11 10 9 5 10 14 8 8 4 2 2 0 0 221
BELGIUM   3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 8 5 4 8 8 10 5 8 4 7 5 4 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 142
NETHERLANDS   6 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 4 10 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 7 9 7 4 5 6 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 131
AUSTRALIA   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 5 3 2 4 4 5 7 1 4 3 7 4 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 99
AUSTRIA   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 6 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 6 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 69
KOREA, SOUTH   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 0 1 0 1 0 4 5 2 4 3 4 7 7 5 9 2 2 4 1 0 0 66
CHINA,HONG KONG S.A.R.   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 2 0 3 1 2 13 3 9 4 6 9 3 3 4 0 0 1 0 65
ISRAEL   2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 54
DENMARK   1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 41
NORWAY   2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 5 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
BRAZIL   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 29
SPAIN   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 29
MEXICO   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 24
NEW ZEALAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 15
SINGAPORE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
IRELAND   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
THAILAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
U.S.S.R.   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INDIA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
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 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARGENTINA   1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CZECHOSLOVAKIA   1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
LUXEMBOURG   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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
THE BAHAMAS   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4
SAUDI ARABIA   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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
GREECE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HUNGARY   0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
INDONESIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 3
PHILIPPINES   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
COLOMBIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ROMANIA   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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
COSTA RICA   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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
ICELAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 2
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
LEBANON   1 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 2
MONACO   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHILE   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 0 0 0 0 1
POLAND   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 0 0 0 1
BARBADOS   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 0 0 0 0 1
BERMUDA   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 0 0 0 1
BOLIVIA   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 0 0 1
DOMINICAN 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
GUATEMALA   0 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
PARAGUAY   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
PERU   0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LIECHTENSTEIN   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
VENEZUELA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
KENYA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
SENEGAL   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 0 0 0 0 1
BULGARIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CONGO, DEM. REPUBLIC OF THE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NIGERIA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ZIMBABWE   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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   1308 124 246 293 282 295 284 248 281 240 230 212 234 247 245 290 274 261 225 239 211 241 255 280 281 363 355 368 366 429 456 433 516 520 566 497 495 495 438 387 341 188 101 54 9 0 14701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   6 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 0 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 89
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   525 24 113 108 96 83 91 82 86 76 70 57 85 70 72 73 90 58 66 71 70 76 88 109 125 127 166 165 146 166 157 203 161 179 184 154 147 141 115 103 87 70 23 9 3 0 4971
FOREIGN CORPORATION   116 23 36 39 42 56 63 69 68 83 67 81 84 92 91 111 115 92 118 146 112 148 184 189 234 252 238 248 226 270 271 300 327 334 359 317 329 337 408 320 218 141 67 25 8 0 7457
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   95 10 18 20 25 21 16 16 17 21 29 23 20 20 26 29 31 34 14 17 32 22 34 31 52 44 40 31 49 43 45 49 48 54 61 43 50 46 46 35 21 17 6 3 0 0 1407

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