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  1.                                                                                 Patents & Trademarks: 1980 - 1989[In thousands.]   Item                      1980    1985    1987    1988    1989
  2.  
  3. Patent applications filed   113.0   127.1   139.8   151.9   166.3
  4.  Inventions                 104.3   117.0   127.9   139.8   152.8
  5.  Designs                      7.8     9.6    11.2    11.3    12.6
  6.  Botanical plants              .2      .2      .4      .4      .4
  7.  Reissues                      .6      .3      .4      .4      .5
  8.  
  9. Patents issued               66.2    77.3    89.4    84.3   102.5
  10.  Inventions                  61.8    71.7    83.0    77.9    95.5
  11.   Individuals                13.3    12.9    15.3    14.3    17.9
  12.   Corporations:
  13.    U.S.                      29.4    31.3    33.8    31.4    38.7
  14.    Foreign(1)                18.2    26.4    32.9    31.4    38.0
  15.    U.S. Government            1.0     1.1     1.0      .7      .9
  16.  Designs                      3.9     5.1     6.0     5.7     6.1
  17.  Botanical plants              .1      .2      .2      .4      .6
  18.  Reissues                      .3      .3      .2      .2      .3
  19.  
  20. Published applications(2)     (Z)     (Z)      .2      .2      .2
  21. Foreign country residents(3) 24.7    33.9    41.7    47.1    47.9
  22.  
  23. Certificates of trademarks
  24.   issued                     24.7    71.7    51.4    54.3    63.1
  25.  Trademarks                  18.9    65.8    47.3    47.4    55.3
  26.  Trademark renewals           5.9     5.9     4.1     6.9     7.8
  27.  
  28.  
  29. Z= Less than 50.
  30. NA=Not available.
  31. 1. Includes patents to foreign governments.
  32. 2. Abstracts of technical disclosure of patent published at
  33.    request of applicant or owner. The practice called "Defensive
  34.    Publications" began Nov. 1968, and ended July 1986. The
  35.    current practice, called "Statutory Invention Registrations,"
  36.    began May 1985.
  37. 3. Includes patent inventions and patents for designs, botanical
  38.    plants and reissues. Beginning 1986, also includes published
  39.    applications.
  40.  
  41. Source:U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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