The statistic illustrates the number of technology patent grants in the United States between 1991 to 2015, by country of origin. As of 2015, a total number of 857,292 technology patents were granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to applicants from Japan.
Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant
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Statistics on Patents in the United States
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications and grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents in force in the U.S. 2004-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of patents granted to U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Basic Statistic Companies with the most patents granted 2020-2021
Patents in detail
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- Premium Statistic Number of patent grants in the U.S. FY 2021, by state
- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. patents issued FY 2017-FY 2021, by residency of applicant
- Premium Statistic Number of patent applications U.S. 2020, by fields of technology
- Premium Statistic Ranking of U.S. companies with the most international patent applications 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of international patent applications of U.S. companies 2002-2020
Utility patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of utility patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of utility patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of utility patent grants issued U.S. FY 2021, by entity size and origin
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most utility model applications 2021
Industrial design
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- Premium Statistic Number of design patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of design patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent filings by U.S. companies 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of industrial design patent registrations by U.S. companies 2009-2020
Plant patents
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- Premium Statistic Number of plant patent application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety applications 2021
- Premium Statistic Ranking of the 20 countries with the most plant variety grants 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of plant varieties in force for selected countries 2021
Patent holders
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- Premium Statistic Intellectual property law firms by number of overall filings U.S. 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Leading university owners of United States issued utility patents 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Boeing 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Honeywell International in the U.S. 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Patents granted to Raytheon 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. patents granted to Lockheed Martin 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of patents issued to the U.S. government FY 2021, by department
Further related statistics
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- Number of patent applications filed by foreign residents U.S. FY 2015-2018
- Number of patent reissue application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Number of patents issued to foreign residents U.S. FY 2016-2021
- Statutory invention registrations/defensive publication grants by the USPTO 2015
- Ranking of organizations with defensive publications/SIR grants in the U.S. 2015
- Number of reissue patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. as of 2015, by state
- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. 1998-2015
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Number of trademark filings in the U.S. 2003-2020
- Number of trademark registrations by U.S. companies 2003-2020
- Number of utility model applications worldwide 1990-2021
- Growth rate of patent applications worldwide 1996-2021
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders 2000-2021
- Blockchain patent applications South Korea 2015-2019
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Statistics
- Number of patent applications filed by foreign residents U.S. FY 2015-2018
- Number of patent reissue application filings in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Ranking of organizations with plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015
- Number of patents issued to foreign residents U.S. FY 2016-2021
- Statutory invention registrations/defensive publication grants by the USPTO 2015
- Ranking of organizations with defensive publications/SIR grants in the U.S. 2015
- Number of reissue patents issued in the U.S. FY 2000-FY 2021
- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. as of 2015, by state
- Number of independent inventors in the U.S. 1998-2015
- Number of plant patent grants in the U.S. as of 2015, by country of origin
- Number of trademark filings in the U.S. 2003-2020
- Number of trademark registrations by U.S. companies 2003-2020
- Number of utility model applications worldwide 1990-2021
- Growth rate of patent applications worldwide 1996-2021
- Number of patent applications stifled by U.S. Government secrecy orders 2000-2021
- Blockchain patent applications South Korea 2015-2019
USPTO. (March 31, 2016). Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/
USPTO. "Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant." Chart. March 31, 2016. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/
USPTO. (2016). Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/
USPTO. "Number of Technology (Utility) Patent Grants in The United States as of 2015, by Country of Origin of Applicant." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/
USPTO, Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant [Graph], USPTO, March 31, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/256721/number-of-technology-patent-grants-in-the-us-by-country-of-origin/