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CHRONOLOGICAL GROWTH TRENDS IN USPTO ACTIVITY 47
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U.S. QD PATENTS ISSUED, 1986–JUNE 29, 2010 (CUMULATIVE TOTAL: 3,124) 47
FIGURE 3 COMPARISON OF U.S. QD PATENTS ISSUED AND PENDING, 2001–2010* CUMULATIVE TOTAL: 2,881 (ISSUED); 7,225 (PENDING) 48
USPTO ACTIVITY CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION SECTOR 49
FIGURE 4 BREAKDOWN (%) FOR THE MAIN INDUSTRY/APPLICATION SECTORS EMERGING FROM QD-PATENTS ISSUED (2008–JUNE 29, 2010) (%) 49
FIGURE 4 (CONTINUED) 50
TABLE 14 INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AND EXEMPLARY APPLICATIONS EMERGING FROM ISSUED U.S. QD-PATENTS, 2008–2010 50
FIGURE 5 RELATIVE TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION SECTORS FOR ISSUED U.S. QD-PATENTS FOR THE PERIOD, 1998–2010 (%) 51
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U.S. VERSUS FOREIGN QD PATENTS ISSUED (2008–JUNE 29, 2010): CLASSIFIED BY APPLICATION SECTOR TOTALS: 905 (U.S.), 292 (FOREIGN) 52
FIGURE 6 (CONTINUED) 53
USPTO ACTIVITY: ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND OTHER COUNTRIES 53
FIGURE 7 U.S. QD PATENTS ISSUED ASSIGNED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOR THE PERIOD 2008–JUNE 29, 2010 TOTALS: ASIA (173), EUROPE (92), ROW (24) 54
FIGURE 8 U.S. QD FILED PATENTS ASSSIGNED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES, 2008–JULY 1, 2010 55
USPTO ACTIVITY: SMALL U.S. COMPANIES 55
TABLE 15 LEADING U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED MUTIPLE PATENTS FOR QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2008–JULY 1, 2010 56
TABLE 16 OTHER U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENTS FOR QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2008–JULY 1, 2010 57
USPTO ACTIVITY: LARGE U.S. COMPANIES 58
TABLE 17 LEADING U.S. LARGE BUSINESSES GRANTED MUTIPLE PATENTS IN QD-RELATED TECHNOLOGY, 2008–JULY 1, 2010 58
TABLE 17 (CONTINUED) 59
USPTO ACTIVITY: U.S. ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, OTHER INSTITUTIONS 59
TABLE 18 U.S. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS GRANTED MULTIPLE PATENT
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