Year

Patent for Invention

Design Patent

Foreign Resident Patent

1909

36,562

387

3812

1919

36,795

1523

3687

1929

45,267

2907

5921

1939

43,073

5593

6338

1949

35,131

4451

3105

1959

52,408

2769

8340

1969

67,559

3335

17,573

1979

48,854

3119

19,462

1989

95,537

6092

47,804

1999

153,485

14,732

74,877

2009

167,349

23,116

96,677

2019

354,430

34,794

204,656