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Patent Statistics Reports Available For Viewing
Statistics By Calendar Year, January 1 to December 31


Notes for Users

Reports Available for Viewing

Report Breakouts
By Type of Patent Document

Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations During the Calendar Year, Single Year Reports, 1991 to Present

This table lists PTMD patent statistics reports and tables that are available for viewing. Links to access the reports and tables are provided in the listings (see the table column labeled "links").
File
name
Links to
Report
Year of
Report
Title and Description
top03cos html 2003 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2003 :
A list of the top 20 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top02cos html 2002 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2002 :
A list of the top 20 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top01cos html 2001 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2001 :
A list of the top 20 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top00cos html 2000 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2000 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top99cos html 1999 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1999 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top98cos html 1998 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1998 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top97cos html 1997 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1997 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top96cos html 1996 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1996 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top95cos html 1995 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1995 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top94cos html 1994 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1994 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top93cos html 1993 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1993 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top92cos html 1992 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1992 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top91cos html 1991 Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 1991 :
A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.

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Miscellaneous Information

Link with Technological Activity

Most analyses of technological activity that incorporate patent data will focus on the activity of utility patents, also known as "patents for inventions." Since design patents are granted for ornamental designs and not for inventions, they are usually perceived to have a lesser relationship with technological activity. Similarly, statutory invention registrations and defensive publications do not convey patent protection to disclosed inventions and may have a lesser relationship with technological activity. Plant patents may or may not disclose an invention; however, plant patents are numerically small relative to utility patents and are usually handled and analyzed separately.

Other PTMD Reports

For a description of other available PTMD reports, please view the PTMD Brochure.

Other Sources of USPTO Statistical Data

Other statistical data relating to patents may be found in the Commissioner's Annual Reports as well as in other documents available at the USPTO Web Site.

Please note that data contained in the Commissioner's Annual Reports are predominantly fiscal year data covering annual periods that extend from October 1 to September 30.

The Commissioner's Annual Reports as well as other patent data on the USPTO Web Site may be accessed from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Home Page (http://www.uspto.gov).

Statistical Data From Other Intellectual Property Offices

For statistical data profiling patenting activity at intellectual property offices outside the United States, the web sites of those offices should be consulted. Please note that patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office provide patent protection only within the United States.

File Formats For Viewable and Downloadable PTMD Reports

PTMD reports that are available for downloading are either in Adobe ® Acrobat ® format (".pdf" file extension), in ASCII text format (".txt" file extension), or in HTML Hypertext format (".htm" file extension). Links to free software for viewing and printing PDF files may be obtained at the USPTO Web Site's Document Formats and Viewers page.

Please note that table data in some of the PTMD HTML Hypertext format files can be directly imported into many newer software programs (e.g., newer spreadsheet software).

Frequency of Updating of PTMD Reports

Updates to PTMD General Statistical Reports are usually generated in March/April of each year to incorporate data through December of the previous year. Midyear updates are generated for some PTMD reports with the update reports containing data through June. These update reports are generally available in late July to early August. One exception is the "U.S. Patent Statistics Report", which is fully updated in May/June of each year.

PTMD single year reports are usually generated in February of the following year. The "Patenting By Organizations Report", however, is updated once per year in March/April.


Contact Information

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Office of Electronic Information Products - PTMD (formerly TAF Branch)
PK3- Suite 441; P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313

tel: (703) 306-2600
FAX: (703) 306-2737
email oeip@uspto.gov

web address of PTMD Reports : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
ftp location of PTMD materials : ftp.uspto.gov/pub/taf/

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