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

Notes for Users

- The Table of Contents provides links to listings of PTMB reports that are available for viewing. The PTMB reports may be accessed using links located in the listings.
- Some PTMB reports may be listed in more than one section.
- PTMB reports display patent statistics and data by calendar year (1 January to 31 December).
- For most users, PTMB reports displaying utility patent statistics will be the ones of interest - utility patents are also known as "patents for inventions."
- PTMB reports that have a PDF file extension (e.g., "topo_01.pdf") may be viewed using free Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader software, version 6.0 or higher. This software also permits document printing. Some reports also may be viewed with earlier versions of the Adobe ® software. In general, where both HTML and PDF versions of a report are available, the PDF version is preferable when the user wants to print the report.
- Listed drill-down reports are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- The most recently updated PTMB reports include data for patents granted through 2005.

## Reports Available for Viewing

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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 PTMB 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
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top05cos | html | 2005 | Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2005 : A list of the top 20 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
top04cos | html | 2004 | Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations, 2004 : A list of the top 20 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for the calendar year.
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 PTMB Reports

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

Other Sources of USPTO Statistical Data

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

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

  The Commissioner's Annual Reports / Annual Performance and Accountability 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 PTMB Reports

  PTMB 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 PTMB HTML Hypertext format files can be directly imported into many newer software programs (e.g., newer spreadsheet software).

Frequency of Updating of PTMB Reports

  Updates to PTMB General Statistical Reports are usually generated in March/April of each year to incorporate data through December of the previous year. Midyear updates may be generated for some PTMB reports with the update reports containing data through June. These update reports, if generated, 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.

  PTMB 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
> Electronic Information Products Division - PTMB (formerly TAF Branch)
> MDW 4C18; P.O. Box 1450
> Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

> tel: (571) 272-5600
> FAX: (571) 273-0110
> email oeip@uspto.gov

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

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