The Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) periodically issues general statistics and miscellaneous reports that profile patenting activity at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Several PTMT reports are free while some other products and services are available at reasonable cost. Specialized services and custom reports also may be available subject to the availability of resources. For a detailed description of available PTMT products and services, please consult the PTMT Products and Services Brochure.
File name |
Links to Report |
Year of Report |
Title and Description |
---|---|---|---|
topo_YY | 2012 | Final Tabulation - Patenting by Organizations Report, Single Year Reports, 1995 to Present Part A1 of this report provides the total count for utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") granted during the calendar year (or half year, in the case of mid-year reports). The total is broken down by origin (origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. A count is shown for each of the 36 foreign countries receiving the most U.S. patents during the year. The total is also divided according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned. Part B1 of this report shows the national and international corporations, government agencies, and other organizations that have received 40 or more patents during the year (for pre-1998 reports, listed organizations include those that have received 30 or more patents during the year). It ranks these organizations in terms of patent receipts for the year. (updated annually) |
|
topYYcos | 2005 | Preliminary List of Top Patenting Organizations During the Calendar Year, Single Year Reports, 1991 to Present A list of the top 10 or 11 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for each calendar year starting with 1991. For the final tabulation of top patenting organizations during a year, please see the "Patenting by Organizations Report" for that year . (updating of this preliminary list has been discontinued) |
|
reports_design | 2012 |
Patenting of Ornamental Designs (Design Patents): This page contains links to PTMT reports that profile the patenting activity of ornamental designs (i.e., design patents). |
|
stcasg/ regions_stcorg |
2012 | (*) DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Report, Patenting by Geographic Origin (State and Country)- Breakout By Organization : For utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") originating from a selected state or country during the last 5 years, this series of reports displays the major organizations receiving those patents. Organizations receiving 5 or more patents during the period are listed with annual totals provided for each year. Patent ownership information corresponds to the first-named owner listed on the patent and reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. (updated annually) Please note that paper copies of these reports are not available. Also, please note that the "drill-down" reports listed under the Table of Contents subheading, "By Patented Technology", also may be of interest. |
stcasga/ regions_stcorg |
2012 | (*) Extended-Year Set - DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Report, Patenting by Geographic Origin (State and Country)- Breakout By Organization : |
tecasg/ classes_torg |
2012 | (*) DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Report, Patenting in Technology Classes - Breakout By Organization : Technology class is determined by the primary classification (often referred to as the ORIGINAL classification, in Patent Office specific terminology), within the US Patent Classification System, that has been assigned to each patent. For utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") issued during the last 5 years and having primary classification in a technology class, this series of reports displays the organizations receiving 5 or more patents during the period. Patent ownership information corresponds to the first-named owner listed on the patent and reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor.Yearly totals are provided for each of the 5 years. (updated annually) Please note that paper copies of these reports are not available. |
|
tecasga/ classes_torg |
2012 | (*) Extended-Year Set - DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Report, Patenting in Technology Classes - Breakout By Organization : |
|
reports_cbsa | 2011 |
(*) U.S. Metropolitan Area, Micropolitan Area, and County Patent
Activity Reports : This page contains links to PTMT reports that profile utility patenting activity by U.S. metropolitan area, micropolitan area, and county. Drill-down reports profiling patenting by geographic origin, technology class, and by organization are included among these reports. |
|
us_gov | 2012 | U.S. (Federal) Government Patenting Report : This report counts all patent documents (i.e., utility patents, design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, defensive publications, and statutory invention registrations) granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1977 for which ownership was assigned to the U.S. Government at the time of grant. Parts A1 and A2 of this report provide yearly totals for patents granted during the most recent 14 years. Part A1 distributes the patents by their dates of grant and Part A2 distributes the patents by their dates of patent application. The totals are broken down by origin (origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Yearly counts are shown for the 36 foreign countries receiving the most U.S. patents during the period. Part B of this report shows the Federal organizations that have received 1 or more patent documents since 1977. It ranks these Federal organizations in terms of total patent receipts and profiles their annual patenting activity for the most recent 14 year period. Patent grants are distributed in two ways, by year of grant and by year of patent application. (updated annually) |
|
univ_toc | 2012 | US Colleges and Universities- Utility Patent Grants,
1969-Present : This report profiles the patent activity of U.S. colleges and universities since 1969. The number of utility patents awarded annually to each U.S. college and university is presented. Separate tables show the numbers of patents awarded within each technology class of the U.S. Patent Classification System. Institutions that are ranked in the top 250 based on total research and development expenditures are separately identified. The patent activity of these institutions is also summarized apart from the patent activity of all colleges and universities. (newly updated for 2012; updated irregularly) |
|
topYYuniv | 2005 | Preliminary List of Top Patenting U.S. Universities During the Calendar Year, Single Year Reports, 2002 to Present A preliminary list of the top 10 U.S. universities receiving U.S. utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention") is presented for each calendar year starting with 2002. (updating of this preliminary list has been discontinued) |
|
govt_toc | 2008 | US Government Patents, 2008 : This report profiles the patent activity of U.S. Government organizations in a variety of tables. Numbers of patents awarded annually to identified U.S. Government organizations are presented. Also included are tables showing the number of utility patents awarded within each technology class of the U.S. Patent Classification System for each identified U.S. Government organization and for all such organizations, taken together. (timing for the next update is uncertain at this time) |
|
File name |
Links to Report |
Year of Report |
Title and Description |
---|---|---|---|
pat_trYY | html | 2013 | Patenting Trends, Single Year Reports, 1991 to the Present : For each calendar year, a brief discussion of the patenting trends is presented. (updated annually) |
issuyear | 2013 | Issue Years and Patent Numbers Since
1836 : For utility, design, plant, and reissue patents and statutory invention registrations granted from 1836 to the present, this report enables a user to identify the issue year from the patent number. (updated annually) |
|
issuedate | 2001 | Issue Dates and Patent Numbers Since
1836 : For patent documents granted since 1963, this report enables a user to identify the issue date from the patent number. For utility, design, and plant patents granted from 1836 to 1962, this report enables a user to identify the issue year from the patent number. (updated irregularly) |
|
filingyr | 2013 | Filing Years and Application Serial Numbers Since
1882 : For patents applied for since 1882, this report enables a user to identify the approximate filing year from the application serial number. (updated annually) |
|
wom_98 | 1998 | Buttons to Biotech, U.S. Patenting By Women, 1977 to
1996- includes update through 1998 : This report examines US patenting by US-resident women. For more recent updates, please contact PTMT. (updated irregularly) |
|
sic_conc naics_conc |
sic/2008 naics/2012 |
Concordance Between the U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) System and (i) the Standard Industrial Code Classification System (SIC), (ii) the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): These are very high level concordances between the U.S. Patent Classification (USPC) System and (i) 41 unique SIC-based product fields and (ii) 25 unique NAICS-based product fields. Each concordance also includes a product field identified as "All Others" which contains USPC classifications not concorded to any of the unique product fields. The concordances have been used to produce PTMT Patenting Trends in the United States Report breakouts by industry and are available for download. Updated irregularly. |
|
_read_me_customx_dvdxx | 2012 | PTMT Custom Bibliographic Patent Data Extract DVD-ROM : This DVD-ROM is available for purchase ($200) and contains selected bibliographic patent data for utility patents granted since 1975 and for other patent documents granted since 1977. The bibliographic data are extracted from the USPTO TAF database and are presented in a form that facilitates loading into database software (e.g., for analysis). Data contained on the DVD incorporate USPTO data cleaning efforts associated with the production of general statistics reports. This DVD does not contain bibliographic data for published patent applications. For further information about the contents of this DVD, please see the "_read_me_customx_dvdxx" file at the linked page. Updated irregularly, although efforts are made to update this disc annually. |
|
brochure | 2006 | PTMT Products and Services Brochure : This brochure provides general information about Patent Technology Monitoring Team reports, products, and services. (updated irregularly) |
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 for articles of manufacture 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 resulting from technological activity; however, plant patents are numerically small relative to utility patents and are usually handled and analyzed separately.
For a description of other available PTMT reports, please view the PTMT Products and Services Brochure.
Additional 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).
See, also, the Table of Contents at the top of this web page for "Links to Other USPTO Areas With Patent Statistics Information".
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.
PTMT reports that are available for downloading are either in Adobe ® Acrobat ® format (".pdf" file extension), in ASCII text format (".txt" file extension), in Microsoft ® Excel ® format (".xl_" file extension), or in HTML Hypertext format (".htm" or ".html" file extensions). Links to free software for viewing and printing PDF files may be obtained at the USPTO Web Site's PlugIns and Viewers page.
Please note that table data in many of the PTMT HTML Hypertext format files can be imported directly into software programs such as Microsoft ® Excel ® for further data manipulation, processing, and formatting for printing.
Updates to PTMT 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 PTMT 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.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT (formerly TAF Branch)
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450tel: (571) 272-5600
FAX: (571) 273-0110
email oeip@uspto.govaddress of PTMT Reports : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm
selected PTMT materials available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/
Some content, accessed via links on this page, may require a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat Reader , Microsoft PowerPoint and ZIP files.