U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Explanation of Data --
Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country)
Breakout By Organization

This report, prepared from the Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) database, profiles utility patents (i.e., patents for inventions) granted during the indicated time period. Each displayed annual count corresponds to patents granted during the time period extending from January 1 to December 31 of that year.

Reports listing organizations (national and international corporations, universities, government agencies, businesses, and other organizations) receiving 5 or more utility patents during the time period are presented. For reports covering consolidated regions, organizations receiving 100 or more patents during the period are presented. In each of these regional reports, organizations are listed in order of decreasing patent counts. A regional report counts only patents originating from the selected region. Annual patent counts are displayed for each year of the time period.

Please note that patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor listed on the patent grant.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee was declared at the time of grant, patent ownership is attributed to the first-named assignee.

No attempt has been made to combine data based on subsidiary relationships. However, where possible, spelling variations and variations based on name changes (e.g., ESSO to EXXON) have been merged into a single name. While every effort is made to accurately identify all organizational entities and report data by a single organizational name, achievement of a totally clean record is not expected, particularly in view of the many variations which may occur in corporate identifications.

Many spreadsheet software programs (e.g., Microsoft Excel) can directly import these report files. Check the spreadsheet software documentation for details.

Please Note:
Some regional reports include an assignee entry labelled,

"~Individually Owned Patent"

This entry corresponds to (1) patents for which ownership was unassigned at the time of grant and (2) patents for which ownership was assigned to an individual at the time of grant (i.e., ownership assignment was not made to an organization).
TAF Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Information Products Division - TAF Branch
PK3- Suite 441
Washington, DC 20231

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

address of TAF Internet pages : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
ftp download of TAF reports from : ftp.uspto.gov/pub/taf/

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Last modified 26 April 2001