info_naics_reports_2012.txt
2/28/2014

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U.S. Patenting Trends By NAICS Industry Category, Utility Patent Grants, CY 1963-2012
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This report profiles U.S. patenting in 30 product fields (26 unique 
fields, and several fields that are combinations or roll-ups of the 
26 unique fields) that are based on the 2002 North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS). 

Presented are patent activity by country of origin, ownership 
category, and first-named assignee (assigned owner), with activity 
distributed by the year of patent grant and by the year of patent 
application. The report counts patents in two ways, using a 
"fractional count" method and a "whole count" method. For evaluating 
patent activity, the preferred patent counting method will depend 
on the intended usage of the information.

This report should be available for viewing on the USPTO Web Site 
and should be accessible at the following web link:
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/naics/naics_toc.htm.

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The "naics_2012.zip" file is a compressed file containing the entire 
contents of the 2012 PTMT report, "U.S. Patenting Trends By NAICS 
Industry Category, Utility Patent Grants, CY 1963-2012" that should
be available at the above-noted USPTO Web Site link. 

To place the contents of the report on a PC for offline viewing,
a user will need approximately 450 Megabytes of free storage 
space on a PC hard drive. 

To view the contents of the report on a local PC hard drive:
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1- create a new empty directory on the PC hard drive
2- extract and uncompress the contents of the "naics_2012.zip" 
   compressed file into the empty directory that was just created; 
   this can be done using an "unzip" file extraction program (e.g., 
   see http://www.uspto.gov/faq/plugins/zip.jsp)
3- Go to the directory containing the extracted contents of the 
   "naics_2012.zip" file, and open the "naics_toc.htm" file with 
   web browser software (with most PCs, a user can find this file 
   with a file manager application and then double-click on it)


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Contact Information
Questions regarding this report should be directed to: 

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
FAX: (571) 273-0110
email oeip@uspto.gov 

web address of PTMT Reports : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/reports.htm
selected PTMT materials available for download at : http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/data/