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

Design Patenting by Organizations
2015

PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Parts of the Report

Description of the Report

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PART A1 -

Number of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

• (Table A1-1a) Breakout By Country of Origin
• (Table A1-1b) Breakout By Ownership Category

Percent of Patents Granted As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant

• (Table A1-2a) Breakout By Country of Origin
• (Table A1-2b) Breakout By Ownership Category

PART B

Organizational Patentees With 10 or More Patents Granted During the Period, As Distributed By Year Of Patent Grant and/or As Distributed By Year Of Patent Application

CONTACT INFORMATION -

Design Patenting by Organizations 2015
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Description of the Report

This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
design patents
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/2015 and 12/31/2015. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

PART A1

Part A1 presents patent counts by origin, U.S. and foreign. Individual counts are also presented for each of the top 36 patenting countries. Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor listed on a patent.

Patent ownership-category information (Table A1-1b) reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not reflect subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (the entity, if any, to which the patent rights have been legally assigned) was declared at the time of grant, a patent is attributed to the ownership-category of the first-named assignee. The "U.S. Corporation" and "Foreign Corporation" ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in these categories. While the "U.S. Government" ownership category includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for the "Foreign Government" ownership category. The "U.S. Individual" and "Foreign Individual" ownership categories include patents for which ownership was assigned to an individual as well as patents for which no assignment of ownership was made at the time of grant (i.e., patent ownership was retained by the inventor(s)).

Please note that some U.S. origin patents may belong to a foreign ownership category (some foreign origin patents also may belong to a U.S. ownership category). As a result, the sum of U.S. origin patents usually will not equal the sum of U.S. ownership category patents. .

PART B

Part B is a listing of national and international organizations (i.e., corporations, universities, government agencies, etc.) that have received 10 or more U.S. design patents during the year. Part B ranks these organizations in terms of total patents granted for the period. Information regarding patent ownership reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Where more than one assignee exists, patents are attributed to the first-named assignee.

No attempt has been made to combine data based on subsidiary relationships. However, where possible, spelling variations and variations based on name changes (e.g., ESSO to EXXON) have been merged into a single name. While every effort is made to accurately identify all organizational entities and report data by a single organizational name, achievement of a totally clean record is not expected, particularly in view of the many variations which may occur in corporate identifications.

Report Printing and the Use of Spreadsheet Software

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Design Patenting by Organizations
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)

Design Patenting by Organizations
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)

Design Patenting by Organizations
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part B

Ranked List of Organizations with 10 or More Patents Granted During the Period,
as Distributed Either or Both
by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Filing

Design Patenting by Organizations
PARTS A1, B
Granted: 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Contact Information -

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
FAX: (571) 273-0110
e-mail:oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMT pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm
selected PTMT materials available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/

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