| Statistics |
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| Table A. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Activity |
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Applications Filed |
232,424 |
260,889 |
288,811 |
| Patents Granted |
124,068 |
163,147 |
169,094 |
| Grants to Individual Inventors |
28,608 |
37,122 |
36,720 |
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| Table B. Top 10 US Patent Grants by Countries |
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1998 |
1999 |
| United States |
90,705 |
94,094 |
| Japan |
32,119 |
32,515 |
| Germany |
9,581 |
9,896 |
| France |
3,991 |
4,097 |
| Taiwan |
3,805 |
4,526 |
| United Kingdom |
3,726 |
3,900 |
| Canada |
3,537 |
3,678 |
| South Korea |
3,362 |
3,679 |
| Italy |
1,819 |
1,686 |
| Netherlands / Sweden |
1,382/1,346 |
1,396/1,542 |
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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© Copyright 1999-2001 Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.
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