Preliminary List of Top Patenting U.S. Universities During the Calendar Year, Single Year Reports, 2002 to Present
- Link with Technological Activity
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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 resulting from technological activity; however, plant patents are numerically small
relative to utility patents and are usually handled and analyzed separately.
- Other PTMT Reports
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For a description of other available PTMT reports, please view
the PTMT Brochure.
- Other Sources of USPTO Statistical
Data
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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
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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
PTMT Reports
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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" 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 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.
- Frequency of Updating of PTMT
Reports
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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.
PTMT 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.
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