Year: 1969
# of Applications: 1
# Patents Granted: 0

Year: 1973
# of Applications: 1
# Patents Granted: 0

Year: 1974
# of Applications: 4
# Patents Granted: 0

Year: 1975
# of Applications: 5
# Patents Granted: 0

Year: 1976
# of Applications: 8
# Patents Granted: 3

Year: 1977
# of Applications: 2
# Patents Granted: 7

Year: 1978
# of Applications: 15
# Patents Granted: 6

Year: 1979
# of Applications: 13
# Patents Granted: 3

Year: 1980
# of Applications: 24
# Patents Granted: 10

Year: 1981
# of Applications: 25
# Patents Granted: 15

Year: 1982
# of Applications: 16
# Patents Granted: 16

Year: 1983
# of Applications: 32
# Patents Granted: 18

Year: 1984
# of Applications: 37
# Patents Granted: 14

Year: 1985
# of Applications: 44
# Patents Granted: 24

Year: 1986
# of Applications: 75
# Patents Granted: 32

Year: 1987
# of Applications: 70
# Patents Granted: 46

Year: 1988
# of Applications: 58
# Patents Granted: 52

Year: 1989
# of Applications: 93
# Patents Granted: 97

Year: 1990
# of Applications: 80
# Patents Granted: 72

Year: 1991
# of Applications: 110
# Patents Granted: 77

Year: 1992
# of Applications: 101
# Patents Granted: 62

Year: 1993
# of Applications: 117
# Patents Granted: 127

Year: 1994
# of Applications: 138
# Patents Granted: 106

Year: 1995
# of Applications: 261
# Patents Granted: 95

Year: 1996
# of Applications: 754
# Patents Granted: 113

Year: 1997
# of Applications: 1269
# Patents Granted: 10

Year: 1998
# of Applications: 1766
# Patents Granted: 349

Year: 1999
# of Applications: 2499
# Patents Granted: 958

Year: 2000
# of Applications: 3752
# Patents Granted: 1306

Year: 2001
# of Applications: 3410
# Patents Granted: 948

Year: 2002
# of Applications: 2420
# Patents Granted: 925

Year: 2003
# of Applications: 2101
# Patents Granted: 890

Year: 2004
# of Applications: 1847
# Patents Granted: 896

Year: 2005
# of Applications: 1859
# Patents Granted: 1737

Year: 2006
# of Applications: 1973
# Patents Granted: 2814

Year: 2007
# of Applications: 1385
# Patents Granted: 2382

Year: 2008
# of Applications: 599
# Patents Granted: 2985

Year: 2009
# of Applications: 170
# Patents Granted: 3400

Year: 2010
# of Applications: 39
# Patents Granted: 6578