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cbcby | 2006 |
Patent Counts by Class by Year Report : This report shows the number of patent documentsutility patents, design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, defensive publications, and statutory invention registrations) granted since 1977 in each of the approximately 450 U.S. patent classes, the primary divisions of technology within the U.S. Patent Classification System. Yearly totals are provided for the most recent years. The report consists of two parts, one which lists patent counts by "original" classification only and one which lists counts by "original" and "cross-reference" classifications with duplicate patent counts eliminated. A list of the U.S. patent class titles is included in this report. (updated annually) |
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cbcby_in | 2006 |
Patent Counts by Class by Year, Independent
Inventors : This report counts only documents granted to independent inventors. Independent inventor patents are those for which ownership is either unassigned or assigned to an individual (i.e., not an organization) at the time of grant. This report shows the number of patent documents (i.e., utility patents, design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, defensive publications, and statutory invention registrations) granted since 1977 in each of the approximately 450 U.S. patent classes, the primary divisions of technology within the U.S. Patent Classification System. Yearly totals are provided for the most recent years. The report consists of two parts, one which lists patent counts by "original" classification only and one which lists counts by "original" and "cross-reference" classifications with duplicate patent counts eliminated. A list of the U.S. patent class titles is included in this report. (updated annually) |
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tecasg/ classes |
2007 |
(*) DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Reports By Technology Class, 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. |
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tecstc/ clstc_gd |
2007 |
(*) DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Reports By Technology Class, Patenting in Technology Classes - Breakout By Geographic Origin : 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 U.S. state/territory or country from which those patents originated. 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. |
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clsstc/ stc_cl_gd |
2007 |
(*) DRILL-DOWN Utility Patent Reports By State and Country of Origin, Patenting by Geographic Origin (State and Country)- Breakout By Technology Class : 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 technology classes of those patent grants. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. 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. Yearly totals are provided for each of the 5 years. (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. |
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stchem | 2006 |
Technology Workload Report - Chemical Classes : Technology Workload Reports profile the characteristics of patents that have been identified based on the "primary" patent classification assigned to each patent - each patent receives one, and only one, primary patent classification. For a comprehensive list of available PTMT Technology Workload Reports and Selected Technology Reports, please refer to the PTMT Brochure. Parts A1 and A2 of each Technology Workload Report show the number of patents granted in the technology during a recent period, usually 1977 to the present. Yearly totals are provided for the most recent 14 years. Part A1 distributes patent grants by their dates of grant and Part A2 distributes patent grants by their dates of patent application. The totals are broken down by origin (patent 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. Totals are also divided according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned. Part B of each Technology Workload Report shows the national and international corporations, government agencies and other organizations that have received the most patents during the period. It ranks these 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 irregularly) |
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stelec | 2006 |
Technology Workload Report - Electrical Classes : Technology Workload Reports profile the characteristics of patents that have been identified based on the "primary" patent classification assigned to each patent - each patent receives one, and only one, primary patent classification. For a comprehensive list of available PTMT Technology Workload Reports and Selected Technology Reports, please refer to the PTMT Brochure. Parts A1 and A2 of each Technology Workload Report show the number of patents granted in the technology during a recent period, usually 1977 to the present. Yearly totals are provided for the most recent 14 years. Part A1 distributes patent grants by their dates of grant and Part A2 distributes patent grants by their dates of patent application. The totals are broken down by origin (patent 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. Totals are also divided according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned. Part B of each Technology Workload Report shows the national and international corporations, government agencies and other organizations that have received the most patents during the period. It ranks these 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 irregularly) |
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stmech | 2006 |
Technology Workload Report - Mechanical Classes : Technology Workload Reports profile the characteristics of patents that have been identified based on the "primary" patent classification assigned to each patent - each patent receives one, and only one, primary patent classification. For a comprehensive list of available PTMT Technology Workload Reports and Selected Technology Reports, please refer to the PTMT Brochure. Parts A1 and A2 of each Technology Workload Report show the number of patents granted in the technology during a recent period, usually 1977 to the present. Yearly totals are provided for the most recent 14 years. Part A1 distributes patent grants by their dates of grant and Part A2 distributes patent grants by their dates of patent application. The totals are broken down by origin (patent 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. Totals are also divided according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned. Part B of each Technology Workload Report shows the national and international corporations, government agencies and other organizations that have received the most patents during the period. It ranks these 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 irregularly) |
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pat_trYY | html | 2007 |
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 | 2007 |
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) |
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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) |
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filingyr | 2007 |
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) |
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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) |
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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 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 Brochure.
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).
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" 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 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.
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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