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U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category

PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division 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

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

PART A2 -
Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division 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 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".


PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1969 and 12/31/2003. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the Office of Electronic Information Products.


PARTS A1 AND A2

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by number and percent, 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 A1-1a and A2-1a, 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 A1-1b and A2-1b, 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 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.


DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 25% 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 24 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 would 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 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to a lack of funds to print patents. 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 2003, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 91% complete for utility patent applications filed in 1999, 75% complete for applications filed in 2000 and 49 percent complete for applications filed in 2001; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 1999.


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U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   9435 1182 1344 1542 1622 1783 1878 2158 2439 3160 3344 3090 3208 3275 3259 42719
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   9297 1161 1326 1518 1602 1765 1854 2116 2400 3105 3300 3038 3156 3222 3207 42067
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   138 21 18 24 20 18 24 42 39 55 44 52 52 53 52 652
GERMANY   15 2 0 2 4 0 1 4 7 7 5 8 4 7 4 70
JAPAN   17 1 1 2 1 2 4 6 4 8 1 8 4 5 5 69
CANADA   12 4 4 3 3 2 4 6 2 0 8 7 7 2 3 67
UNITED KINGDOM   18 2 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 3 6 4 3 8 55
ISRAEL   18 2 3 3 1 2 1 5 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 51
FRANCE   6 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 0 5 5 3 35
SWITZERLAND   4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 4 7 28
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 3 1 5 1 22
SWEDEN   1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 0 19
AUSTRALIA   7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 15
ITALY   2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 15
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 4 2 15
BULGARIA   5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
SPAIN   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 10
TAIWAN   1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10
AUSTRIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 9
CHINA P.REP.   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9
INDIA   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 9
MEXICO   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 9
NETHERLANDS   0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 9
EGYPT   1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 7
TURKEY   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 7
HUNGARY   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
MALAYSIA   0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
BELGIUM   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
BRAZIL   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
CHILE   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
GREECE   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
IRELAND   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5
POLAND   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
VENEZUELA   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
NORWAY   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Others (24)   8 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 3 2 30

PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   9433 1182 1344 1542 1622 1782 1874 2156 2439 3159 3344 3087 3204 3275 3258 42701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 18
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   98.5 98.2 98.7 98.4 98.8 99.0 98.7 98.1 98.4 98.3 98.7 98.3 98.4 98.4 98.4 98.5
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1.5 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5
GERMANY   0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
JAPAN   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
CANADA   0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
UNITED KINGDOM   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
ISRAEL   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
FRANCE   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
SWEDEN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
AUSTRALIA   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
SOUTH KOREA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
BULGARIA   0.1 0.3 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
SPAIN   0.0 0.1 0.1 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
TAIWAN   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AUSTRIA   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 0.1 0.0 0.0
CHINA P.REP.   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
INDIA   0.0 0.1 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
MEXICO   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
NETHERLANDS   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
EGYPT   0.0 0.1 0.1 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
FINLAND   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
TURKEY   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
HUNGARY   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MALAYSIA   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
BELGIUM   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BRAZIL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHILE   0.0 0.1 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
GREECE   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
IRELAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NEW ZEALAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
POLAND   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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
NORWAY   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
SOUTH AFRICA   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
DOMINICA   0.0 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
Others (24)   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.8 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


Part A2
Tables A2-1a and A2-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-1b)

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   12195 1502 1523 1872 2208 2820 3614 2842 3188 3143 3129 2735 1530 408 10 42719
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   12013 1484 1497 1849 2175 2774 3554 2796 3145 3086 3084 2692 1505 403 10 42067
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   182 18 26 23 33 46 60 46 43 57 45 43 25 5 0 652
GERMANY   19 0 2 2 2 8 9 3 7 7 6 1 3 1 0 70
JAPAN   22 0 1 2 5 5 10 2 5 4 6 5 2 0 0 69
CANADA   21 1 4 3 6 2 6 2 6 6 6 2 2 0 0 67
UNITED KINGDOM   20 1 2 4 1 1 3 4 6 4 2 5 1 1 0 55
ISRAEL   21 5 1 1 2 6 4 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 51
FRANCE   7 2 2 0 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 35
SWITZERLAND   5 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 28
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 22
SWEDEN   1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 19
AUSTRALIA   7 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
ITALY   3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 15
SOUTH KOREA   0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 15
BULGARIA   9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
SPAIN   3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
TAIWAN   2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
AUSTRIA   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9
CHINA P.REP.   1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9
INDIA   4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9
MEXICO   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 9
NETHERLANDS   1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 9
EGYPT   3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8
FINLAND   0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TURKEY   1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
HUNGARY   1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
MALAYSIA   0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
BELGIUM   2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
BRAZIL   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
CHILE   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
GREECE   3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IRELAND   1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NEW ZEALAND   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
POLAND   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
VENEZUELA   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
NORWAY   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
SOUTH AFRICA   1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
DOMINICA   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
Others (24)   10 0 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 30

PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   12193 1502 1523 1871 2205 2819 3610 2842 3187 3141 3126 2735 1530 407 10 42701
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   2 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 18
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


Part A2
Tables A2-2a and A2-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-2b)

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin   100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin   98.5 98.8 98.3 98.8 98.5 98.4 98.3 98.4 98.7 98.2 98.6 98.4 98.4 98.8 100.0 98.5
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin   1.5 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.0 1.5
GERMANY   0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
JAPAN   0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
CANADA   0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2
UNITED KINGDOM   0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
ISRAEL   0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1
FRANCE   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
SWITZERLAND   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
SWEDEN   0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
AUSTRALIA   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ITALY   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
SOUTH KOREA   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
BULGARIA   0.1 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
SPAIN   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
TAIWAN   0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
AUSTRIA   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
CHINA P.REP.   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
INDIA   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
MEXICO   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
NETHERLANDS   0.0 0.1 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
EGYPT   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
FINLAND   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 0.0 0.0 0.0
TURKEY   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
HUNGARY   0.0 0.1 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
MALAYSIA   0.0 0.0 0.1 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
BELGIUM   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
BRAZIL   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 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHILE   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GREECE   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
IRELAND   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
NEW ZEALAND   0.0 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
POLAND   0.0 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
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
NORWAY   0.0 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
SOUTH AFRICA   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
DOMINICA   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
Others (24)   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
    Pre 1990 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 All Years
U.S. CORPORATION   100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0
U.S. GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
U.S. INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN CORPORATION   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UTILITY PATENT GRANTS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969 - 2003
Breakout By Geographic Origin and Ownership Category
PARTS A1, A2
Granted: 01/01/1969 - 12/31/2003
A Patent Technology Monitoring Division Report


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