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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

U.S. GOVERNMENT PATENTS
2008

- this report has been prepared with support from the National Science Foundation -

UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, CALENDAR YEARS 1969-2008

(patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent)

U.S. Government Utility Patents By Year of Grant, Calendar Years 1969-2008
Number and Percent of Total Utility Patents and
Number and Percent of all U.S.-Owned Utility Patents
Patent
Category 		1969-94 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
                                 
Total Number of Utility Patent Grants 1950797 101419 109645 111984 147517 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 4031652
Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patent Grants 1212539 57951 63395 64079 83487 87071 87944 90489 89183 89745 86035 76263 91574 81120 79660 2340535
                                 
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Granted to U.S. Government Institutions 34897 1028 924 944 1028 984 928 957 913 882 842 698 792 725 678 47220
-Total Number of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals 282293 12885 13729 12914 16407 16698 16129 15203 14116 13536 12172 10358 11857 9898 9022 467217
                                 
Patents Granted to U.S. Government Institutions as a % of Total Utility Patents 1.79% 1.01% 0.84% 0.84% 0.70% 0.64% 0.59% 0.58% 0.55% 0.52% 0.51% 0.49% 0.46% 0.46% 0.43% 1.17%
Patents Granted to U.S. Government Institutions as a % of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 2.88% 1.77% 1.46% 1.47% 1.23% 1.13% 1.06% 1.06% 1.02% 0.98% 0.98% 0.92% 0.86% 0.89% 0.85% 2.02%
Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals as a % of Total Utility Patents 14.47% 12.70% 12.52% 11.53% 11.12% 10.88% 10.24 9.16% 8.44% 8.01% 7.41% 7.20% 6.82% 6.29% 5.72% 11.59%
Patents Granted to U.S. Individuals as a % of U.S.-Owned Utility Patents 23.28% 22.23% 21.66% 20.15% 19.65% 19.18% 18.34% 16.80% 15.83% 15.08% 14.15% 13.58% 12.95% 12.20% 11.33% 19.96%

 

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