Issue Years and Patent Numbers

Table of Issue Years and Patent Numbers,
for Selected Document Types Issued Since 1836 *

The following table displays the calendar year along with the first corresponding document number issued in each year for selected patent document types (utility, design, plant, and reissue patents and statutory invention registrations)
Issue
Year 		First
Utility 		First
Design 		First
Plant 		First
Reissue 		First
Statutory
Invention
Registration
1836* 1     **  
1837 110     **  
1838 546     RE00001  
1839 1061     RE00007  
1840 1465     RE00020  
1841 1923     RE00030  
1842 2413     RE00036  
1843 2901D000001   RE00049  
1844 3395D000015   RE00060  
1845 3873D000027   RE00067  
1846 4348D000044   RE00078  
1847 4914D000103   RE00091  
1848 5409D000163   RE00105  
1849 5993D000209   RE00128  
1850 6981D000258   RE00158  
1851 7865D000341   RE00184  
1852 8622D000431   RE00209  
1853 9512D000540   RE00229  
1854 10358D000626   RE00258  
1855 12117D000683   RE00286  
1856 14009D000753   RE00337  
1857 16324D000860   RE00420  
1858 19010D000973   RE00517  
1859 22477D001075   RE00643  
1860 26642D001183   RE00874  
1861 31005D001366   RE01106  
1862 34045D001508   RE01253  
1863 37266D001703   RE01369  
1864 41047D001879   RE01596  
1865 45685D002018   RE01844  
1866 51784D002239   RE02140  
1867 60658D002533   RE02430  
1868 72959D002858   RE02830  
1869 85503D003304   RE03250  
1870 98460D003810   RE03784  
1871 110617D004547   RE04223  
1872 122304D005452   RE04687  
1873 134504D006336   RE05216  
1874 146120D007083   RE05717  
1875 158350D007969   RE06200  
1876 171641D008884   RE06831  
1877 185813D009686   RE07452  
1878 198733D010385   RE08020  
1879 211078D010975   RE08529  
1880 223211D011567   RE09017  
1881 236137D012082   RE09523  
1882 251685D012647   RE09994  
1883 269820D013508   RE10265  
1884 291016D014528   RE10432  
1885 310163D015678   RE10548  
1886 333494D016451   RE10677  
1887 355291D017046   RE10793  
1888 375720D017995   RE10892  
1889 395305D018830   RE10978  
1890 418665D019553   RE11053  
1891 443987D020439   RE11137  
1892 466315D021275   RE11217  
1893 488976D022092   RE11298  
1894 511744D022994   RE11397  
1895 531619D023922   RE11461  
1896 552502D025037   RE11520  
1897 574369D026482   RE11581  
1898 596467D028113   RE11646  
1899 616871D029916   RE11706  
1900 640167D032055   RE11798  
1901 664827D033813   RE11879  
1902 690385D035547   RE11960  
1903 717521D036187   RE12070  
1904 748567D036723   RE12189  
1905 778834D037280   RE12299  
1906 808618D037766   RE12428  
1907 839799D038391   RE12587  
1908 875679D038980   RE12738  
1909 908436D039737   RE12906  
1910 945010D040424   RE13066  
1911 980178D041063   RE13189  
1912 1013095D042073   RE13346  
1913 1049326D043415   RE13504  
1914 1083267D045098   RE13668  
1915 1123212D046813   RE13858  
1916 1166419D048358   RE14040  
1917 1210389D050117   RE14238  
1918 1251458D051629   RE14417  
1919 1290027D052836   RE14582  
1920 1326899D054359   RE14785  
1921 1364063D056844   RE15018  
1922 1401948D060121   RE15257  
1923 1440362D061748   RE15513  
1924 1478996D063675   RE15739  
1925 1521590D066346   RE15974  
1926 1568040D069170   RE16240  
1927 1612700D071772   RE16515  
1928 1654521D074159   RE16841  
1929 1696897D077347   RE17176  
1930 1742181D080254   RE17550  
1931 1787424D082966 PP00001 RE17917  
1932 1839190D085903 PP00006 RE18312  
1933 1892663D088847 PP00052 RE18705  
1934 1941449D091258 PP00085 RE19038  
1935 1985878D094179 PP00117 RE19409  
1936 2026516D098045 PP00162 RE19804  
1937 2066309D102601 PP00211 RE20226  
1938 2104004D107738 PP00266 RE20610  
1939 2142080D112765 PP00307 RE20959  
1940 2185170D118358 PP00352 RE21311  
1941 2227418D124503 PP00437 RE21683  
1942 2268540D130989 PP00499 RE21992  
1943 2307007D134717 PP00564 RE22242  
1944 2338081D136946 PP00611 RE22415  
1945 2366154D139862 PP00649 RE22585  
1946 2391856D143386 PP00666 RE22706  
1947 2413675D146165 PP00722 RE22827  
1948 2433824D148267 PP00774 RE22957  
1949 2457797D152235 PP00818 RE23068  
1950 2492944D156686 PP00911 RE23186  
1951 2536016D161404 PP01001 RE23315  
1952 2580379D165568 PP01059 RE23449  
1953 2624046D168527 PP01160 RE23612  
1954 2664562D171241 PP01238 RE23763  
1955 2698434D173777 PP01339 RE23918  
1956 2728913D176490 PP01442 RE24105  
1957 2775762D179467 PP01543 RE24263  
1958 2818567D181829 PP01672 RE24413  
1959 2866973D184204 PP01792 RE24584  
1960 2919443D186973 PP01893 RE24761  
1961 2966681D189516 PP02009 RE24918  
1962 3015103D192004 PP02117 RE25107  
1963 3070801D194304 PP02208 RE25309  
1964 3116487D197269 PP02337 RE25507  
1965 3163865D199955 PP02465 RE25707  
1966 3226729D203379 PP02585 RE25953  
1967 3295143D206567 PP02699 RE26132  
1968 3360800D209732 PP02784 RE26328  
1969 3419907D213084 PP02856 RE26515  
1970 3487470D216419 PP02959 RE26749  
1971 3551909D219637 PP03011 RE27018  
1972 3631539D222793 PP03063 RE27264  
1973 3707729D225695 PP03281 RE27540  
1974 3781914D229729 PP03413 RE27856  
1975 3858241D234033 PP03674 RE28292  
1976 3930271D238315 PP03824 RE28671  
1977 4000520D242881 PP04001 RE29095  
1978 4065812D246811 PP04174 RE29506  
1979 4131952D250676 PP04360 RE29872  
1980 4180867D253796 PP04491 RE30183  
1981 4242757D257746 PP04612 RE30469  
1982 4308622D262495 PP04796 RE30840  
1983 4366579D267440 PP04970 RE31115  
1984 4423523D272009 PP05168 RE31479  
1985 4490855D276949 PP05380 RE31783 H000001
1986 4562596D282020 PP05622 RE32061 H000007
1987 4633526D287540 PP05846 RE32323 H000182
1988 4716594D293500 PP06075 RE32569 H000396
1989 4794652D299180 PP06501 RE32814 H000563
1990 4890335D305275 PP07089 RE33138 H000720
1991 4980927D313301 PP07408 RE33510 H000863
1992 5077836D322878 PP07761 RE33786 H001007
1993 5175886D332170 PP08082 RE34154 H001124
1994 5274846D342818 PP08527 RE34493 H001270
1995 5377359D353932 PP09026 RE34814 H001389
1996 5479658D365671 PP09413 RE35136 H001512
1997 5590420D377107 PP09776 RE35418 H001623
1998 5704062D388585 PP10172 RE35708 H001701
1999 5855021D403485 PP10743 RE36021 H001766
2000 6009555D418273 PP11169 RE36479 H001826
2001 6167569D435713 PP11728 RE37006 H001930
2002 6334220D452599 PP12314 RE37489 H002008
2003 6502244D468073 PP13447 RE37954 H002057
2004 6671884D484671 PP14441 RE38377 H002093
2005 6836899D500396 PP15460 RE38680 H002113
2006 6981282D513356 PP16176 RE38928 H002137
2007 7155746D534331 PP17326 RE39452 H002177
2008 7313829D558426 PP18373 RE39964 H002208
2009 7472428D584026 PP19613 RE40613 H002228
2010 7640598D607176 PP20622 RE41067 H002234
2011 7861317D629996 PP21604 RE42020 H002251

Notes:

(*) The current patent numbering system began with a patent issued on July 13, 1836. Prior to that date, 9,957 patents had been issued. Defensive Publications (T) and Improvement patents (AI) are not included in this table.

(**) Reissue patents were not separately numbered until 1838.

Some patent numbers, as displayed in the table, are 7 characters with the numeric portion padded with leading zeroes.

Some numbers within a series may be unused. Therefore, the number of patents granted during a year cannot be determined by simply subtracting the number of the first patent issued in one year from the number of the first patent issued in the next year. The user should note that while the data in this table have been checked, it still is possible that inadvertent errors remain.

A detailed Patent Technology Monitoring Team report, titled Issue Dates and Patent Numbers Since 1836, which contains first patent numbers and the day of issue for patents issued since 1963, also may be of interest.

 

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