%U.S. Patent Statistics Chart, 1963-2010 %Source: US Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Technology Monitoring Team % (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/us_stat.htm) % Original data sources for counts of patent applications: % 1963-present, utility patent applications: USPTO submissions % to the WIPO; provisional applications are excluded % 1963-present, design patent applications: USPTO submissions to WIPO % 1963-1964, plant patent applications: Statistical Abstracts % 1965-present, plant patent applications: USPTO submissions to WIPO % Original data sources for counts of patent grants: % 1963-present, utility patents: TAF database % 1963-1976, design patents: USPTO submissions to WIPO % 1963 - 1964, plant patents : Statistical Abstracts (publication) % 1965 - 1976, plant patents : USPTO submissions to WIPO % 1963 - 1976, reissue patents : Annual Index Patents (publication) % 1977 - present, all patent types : TAF database % Data sources for "Total Patent Grants, Foreign Origin Percent Share": % 1963 - 1974 : Statistical Abstracts (publication) % (please note that 1963-1969 data exclude counts of reissue patents) % 1977 - present : TAF database % %Notes: % Reissue patents are excluded from counts in the "Total Patent Grants, % Foreign Origin Percent Share" data column for the years 1963 to 1969; % counts of applications exclude reissue patent applications. % Finalized total application counts usually are available in April and % application breakouts by origin usually are available in mid-summer. % %Columns: % 1. Year of application or grant % 2. Utility patent applications, US origin % 3. Utility patent applications, foreign origin % 4. Utility patent applications, foreign origin percent share % 5. Utility patent applications, all origin total % 6. Design patent applications % 7. Plant patent applications % 8. Total patent applications % 9. Utility patent grants, US origin % 10. Utility patent grants, foreign origin % 11. Utility patent grants, foreign origin percent share % 12. Utility patent grants, all origin total % 13. Design patent grants % 14. Plant patent grants % 15. Reissue patent grants % 16. Total patent grants % 17. Total patent grants, foreign origin percent share % 18. Year of application or grant % 2010 241977 248249 50.6 490226 29059 992 520277 107792 111822 50.9 219614 22799 981 947 244341 50 2010 2009 224912 231194 50.7 456106 25806 959 482871 82382 84967 50.8 167349 23116 1009 453 191927 50 2009 2008 231588 224733 49.2 456321 27782 1209 485312 77502 80270 50.9 157772 25565 1240 647 185224 50 2008 2007 241347 214807 47.1 456154 27752 1049 484955 79526 77756 49.4 157282 24062 1047 508 182899 49 2007 2006 221784 204183 47.9 425967 25515 1151 452633 89823 83949 48.3 173772 20965 1149 519 196405 48 2006 2005 207867 182866 46.8 390733 25553 1222 417508 74637 69169 48.1 143806 12951 716 245 157718 48 2005 2004 189536 167407 46.9 356943 23975 1221 382139 84270 80020 48.7 164290 15695 1016 298 181299 48 2004 2003 188941 153500 44.8 342441 22602 1000 366043 87893 81130 48.0 169023 16574 994 421 187012 47 2003 2002 184245 150200 44.9 334445 20904 1144 356493 86970 80360 48.0 167330 15451 1133 460 184374 47 2002 2001 177511 148997 45.6 326508 18280 944 345732 87599 78435 47.2 166034 16871 584 480 183969 46 2001 2000 164795 131131 44.3 295926 18292 797 315015 85068 72426 46.0 157494 17413 548 524 175979 45 2000 1999 149825 120362 44.5 270187 17761 863 288811 83906 69579 45.3 153485 14732 420 448 169085 44 1999 1998 135483 107579 44.3 243062 17107 720 260889 80289 67228 45.6 147517 14766 561 298 163142 44 1998 1997 120445 94812 44.0 215257 16546 621 232424 61708 50276 44.9 111984 11414 394 277 124069 44 1997 1996 106892 88295 45.2 195187 15161 665 211013 61104 48541 44.3 109645 11410 362 279 121696 43 1996 1995 123958 88419 41.6 212377 15409 452 228238 55739 45680 45.0 101419 11712 387 316 113834 43 1995 1994 107233 82624 43.5 189857 15774 459 206090 56066 45610 44.9 101676 11095 499 317 113587 43 1994 1993 99955 74788 42.8 174743 13635 361 188739 53231 45111 45.9 98342 10630 442 332 109746 44 1993 1992 92425 80650 46.6 173075 13078 354 186507 52253 45191 46.4 97444 9269 321 360 107394 45 1992 1991 87955 76351 46.5 164306 13061 463 177830 51177 45334 47.0 96511 9569 353 263 106696 46 1991 1990 90643 73915 44.9 164558 11288 418 176264 47391 42974 47.6 90365 8024 318 370 99077 47 1990 1989 82370 70380 46.1 152750 12615 383 165748 50185 45352 47.5 95537 6092 587 317 102533 47 1989 1988 75192 64633 46.2 139825 11289 377 151491 40497 37427 48.0 77924 5679 425 244 84272 47 1988 1987 68315 59602 46.6 127917 11153 385 139455 43520 39432 47.5 82952 5959 229 245 89385 47 1987 1986 65487 56946 46.5 122433 9912 320 132665 38126 32734 46.2 70860 5518 224 260 76862 45 1986 1985 63874 53132 45.4 117006 9551 231 126788 39555 32106 44.8 71661 5066 242 276 77245 44 1985 1984 61841 49443 44.4 111284 8739 253 120276 38367 28833 42.9 67200 4938 212 300 72650 42 1984 1983 59390 44313 42.7 103703 8082 255 112040 32871 23989 42.2 56860 4563 197 362 61982 41 1983 1982 63316 46309 42.2 109625 8174 188 117987 33896 23992 41.4 57888 4944 173 271 63276 40 1982 1981 62404 44009 41.4 106413 7375 178 113966 39223 26548 40.4 65771 4745 183 365 71064 39 1981 1980 62098 42231 40.5 104329 7830 220 112379 37355 24464 39.6 61819 3949 117 285 66170 38 1980 1979 60535 39959 39.8 100494 7519 196 108209 30078 18776 38.4 48854 3119 131 309 52413 37 1979 1978 61441 39475 39.1 100916 7538 194 108648 41255 24847 37.6 66102 3862 186 364 70514 37 1978 1977 62863 38068 37.7 100931 7258 188 108377 41484 23785 36.4 65269 3929 173 410 69781 36 1977 1976 65050 37294 36.4 102344 7061 175 109580 44280 25946 36.9 70226 4564 176 422 75388 NaN 1976 1975 64445 36569 36.2 101014 6292 150 107456 46715 25285 35.1 72000 4282 150 378 76810 NaN 1975 1974 64093 38445 37.5 102538 5318 155 108011 50645 25633 33.6 76278 4304 261 435 81278 33 1974 1973 66935 37144 35.7 104079 5425 118 109622 51500 22643 30.5 74143 4033 132 314 78622 30 1973 1972 65943 33355 33.6 99298 5867 135 105300 51518 23292 31.1 74810 2901 199 275 78185 30 1972 1971 71089 33640 32.1 104729 6211 155 111095 55976 22341 28.5 78317 3156 71 246 81790 28 1971 1970 72343 30832 29.9 103175 5996 188 109359 47072 17357 26.9 64429 3214 52 269 67964 26 1970 1969 68243 30507 30.9 98750 5496 111 104357 50394 17165 25.4 67559 3335 103 233 71230 25 1969 1968 67180 26291 28.1 93471 5171 95 98737 45781 13323 22.5 59104 3352 72 186 62714 22 1968 1967 61651 24046 28.0 85697 4744 103 90544 51273 14379 21.9 65652 3165 85 196 69098 21 1967 1966 66855 21670 24.5 88525 4853 104 93482 54634 13771 20.1 68405 3188 114 179 71886 20 1966 1965 72317 22312 23.6 94629 5413 108 100150 50331 12526 19.9 62857 3424 120 246 66647 19 1965 1964 67013 20579 23.5 87592 5259 120 92971 38410 8965 18.9 47375 2686 128 200 50389 18 1964 1963 66715 19154 23.3 85869 4968 145 90982 37174 8505 18.6 45679 2965 129 198 48971 18 1963