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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)
- this report has been prepared with support from the National Science Foundation -
Table 1
UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS,
CALENDAR YEAR 1963-2008 PATENT GRANTS,
AS DISTRIBUTED BY NAICS-BASED PRODUCT FIELD AND YEAR OF GRANT
PATENTS COUNTED USING WHOLE COUNTING METHOD (see Explanation of Data)
(patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent)
Sequence no. | NAICS-based Product Field | NAICS-based Product Field Title | PRE-1988 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total |
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1 | NAICS 311. | FOOD | 279 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 346 |
2 | NAICS 312. | BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS | 130 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
3 | NAICS 313-316. | TEXTILES, APPAREL AND LEATHER | 631 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 797 |
4 | NAICS 321. | WOOD PRODUCTS | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 105 |
5 | NAICS 322,323. | PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES | 122 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 217 |
6 | NAICS 325. | CHEMICALS | 5567 | 121 | 156 | 171 | 177 | 243 | 230 | 233 | 192 | 207 | 253 | 308 | 289 | 212 | 262 | 214 | 202 | 223 | 183 | 218 | 190 | 186 | 10037 |
7 | NAICS 3251. | .. BASIC CHEMICALS | 3197 | 48 | 77 | 62 | 59 | 88 | 77 | 84 | 66 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 81 | 58 | 76 | 58 | 54 | 60 | 56 | 66 | 63 | 64 | 4578 |
8 | NAICS 3252. | .. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS | 378 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 724 |
9 | NAICS 3254. | .. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES | 551 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 51 | 78 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 108 | 157 | 195 | 168 | 121 | 140 | 124 | 112 | 127 | 97 | 138 | 118 | 106 | 2796 |
10 | NAICS 3253,3255,3256,3259. | .. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION | 1787 | 42 | 43 | 64 | 65 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 59 | 77 | 97 | 69 | 61 | 78 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 57 | 55 | 39 | 42 | 3099 |
11 | NAICS 326. | PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS | 1364 | 23 | 32 | 30 | 47 | 64 | 61 | 66 | 52 | 47 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 41 | 36 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 2177 |
12 | NAICS 327. | NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS | 773 | 22 | 36 | 19 | 40 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1345 |
13 | NAICS 331. | PRIMARY METALS | 665 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 883 |
14 | NAICS 332. | FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS | 5532 | 79 | 112 | 130 | 171 | 147 | 146 | 123 | 106 | 69 | 94 | 100 | 99 | 85 | 104 | 102 | 97 | 72 | 67 | 72 | 60 | 86 | 7653 |
15 | NAICS 333. | MACHINERY | 5427 | 149 | 148 | 138 | 148 | 186 | 149 | 156 | 123 | 111 | 105 | 95 | 128 | 115 | 98 | 108 | 91 | 83 | 67 | 71 | 62 | 58 | 7816 |
16 | NAICS 334. | COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS | 15797 | 314 | 384 | 464 | 556 | 498 | 517 | 638 | 499 | 479 | 401 | 479 | 429 | 455 | 418 | 410 | 414 | 397 | 337 | 369 | 381 | 321 | 24957 |
17 | NAICS 3341. | .. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT | 928 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 23 | 40 | 38 | 53 | 38 | 37 | 55 | 45 | 59 | 42 | 35 | 39 | 50 | 45 | 57 | 51 | 42 | 1783 |
18 | NAICS 3342. | .. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT | 1814 | 37 | 34 | 28 | 41 | 32 | 42 | 38 | 61 | 48 | 49 | 30 | 46 | 59 | 54 | 50 | 46 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 57 | 52 | 2767 |
19 | NAICS 3344. | .. SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | 5612 | 124 | 139 | 186 | 221 | 178 | 182 | 224 | 176 | 145 | 133 | 141 | 114 | 146 | 114 | 116 | 96 | 108 | 81 | 77 | 106 | 85 | 8504 |
20 | NAICS 3345. | .. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS | 8700 | 162 | 224 | 253 | 295 | 286 | 272 | 375 | 253 | 281 | 222 | 272 | 242 | 230 | 236 | 236 | 254 | 224 | 173 | 209 | 196 | 165 | 13760 |
21 | NAICS 3343,3346 . | .. OTHER COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS | 846 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1074 |
22 | NAICS 335. | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENTS | 3953 | 92 | 102 | 137 | 146 | 157 | 150 | 172 | 115 | 98 | 76 | 78 | 77 | 84 | 94 | 71 | 59 | 69 | 53 | 65 | 70 | 49 | 5967 |
23 | NAICS 336. | TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT | 2147 | 30 | 62 | 41 | 53 | 60 | 72 | 64 | 59 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 60 | 45 | 53 | 41 | 33 | 35 | 3226 |
24 | NAICS 3361-3363. | .. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS | 524 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 828 |
25 | NAICS 3364. | .. AEROSPACE PRODUCTS AND PARTS | 1409 | 23 | 44 | 27 | 39 | 41 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 35 | 42 | 33 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 1991 |
26 | NAICS 3365, 3366, 3369. | .. OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT | 382 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 700 |
27 | NAICS 337. | FURNITURE AND RELATED PRODUCTS | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87 |
28 | NAICS 339. | MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING | 1419 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 49 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 27 | 2176 |
29 | NAICS 3391. | .. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES | 436 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 725 |
30 | NAICS 339 (EXCEPT 3391). | .. OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS | 1019 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 1501 |
31 | ALL INDUSTRIES | ALL INDUSTRIES | 36052 | 733 | 880 | 983 | 1183 | 1161 | 1167 | 1258 | 1028 | 924 | 944 | 1028 | 984 | 928 | 957 | 913 | 882 | 842 | 698 | 792 | 725 | 678 | 55740 |
Table 2
UTILITY PATENTS ASSIGNED TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS,
CALENDAR YEAR 1963-2008 PATENT GRANTS,
AS DISTRIBUTED BY NAICS-BASED PRODUCT FIELD AND YEAR OF APPLICATION
PATENTS COUNTED USING WHOLE COUNTING METHOD (see Explanation of Data)
(patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent)
Sequence no. | NAICS-based Product Field | NAICS-based Product Field Title | PRE-1988 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total |
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1 | NAICS 311. | FOOD | 284 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 |
2 | NAICS 312. | BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS | 131 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
3 | NAICS 313-316. | TEXTILES, APPAREL AND LEATHER | 644 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 797 |
4 | NAICS 321. | WOOD PRODUCTS | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
5 | NAICS 322,323. | PAPER, PRINTING AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES | 128 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 |
6 | NAICS 325. | CHEMICALS | 5908 | 171 | 208 | 207 | 240 | 279 | 257 | 295 | 363 | 207 | 228 | 206 | 222 | 276 | 288 | 244 | 201 | 128 | 67 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 10037 |
7 | NAICS 3251. | .. BASIC CHEMICALS | 3329 | 67 | 70 | 61 | 92 | 94 | 81 | 66 | 80 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 69 | 84 | 78 | 71 | 68 | 43 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4578 |
8 | NAICS 3252. | .. RESIN, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, FIBERS, AND FILAMENTS | 405 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 34 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 724 |
9 | NAICS 3254. | .. PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICINES | 661 | 56 | 79 | 79 | 93 | 127 | 133 | 186 | 246 | 106 | 127 | 106 | 121 | 150 | 181 | 131 | 100 | 60 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2796 |
10 | NAICS 3253,3255,3256,3259. | .. OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PREPARATION | 1902 | 55 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 95 | 86 | 59 | 72 | 62 | 56 | 76 | 92 | 71 | 73 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3099 |
11 | NAICS 326. | PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS | 1416 | 39 | 41 | 54 | 55 | 79 | 53 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 60 | 46 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2177 |
12 | NAICS 327. | NONMETALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS | 814 | 36 | 24 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 44 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 32 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1345 |
13 | NAICS 331. | PRIMARY METALS | 699 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 883 |
14 | NAICS 332. | FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS | 5762 | 103 | 115 | 151 | 130 | 145 | 133 | 88 | 90 | 95 | 108 | 106 | 57 | 101 | 91 | 94 | 98 | 73 | 77 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 7653 |
15 | NAICS 333. | MACHINERY | 5694 | 136 | 134 | 184 | 169 | 143 | 167 | 114 | 119 | 106 | 115 | 87 | 90 | 119 | 107 | 101 | 96 | 64 | 50 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7816 |
16 | NAICS 334. | COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS | 16661 | 400 | 472 | 526 | 541 | 554 | 574 | 507 | 547 | 431 | 444 | 466 | 422 | 397 | 445 | 453 | 352 | 339 | 259 | 130 | 36 | 1 | 24957 |
17 | NAICS 3341. | .. COMPUTER AND PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT | 996 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 42 | 49 | 32 | 60 | 52 | 39 | 57 | 63 | 55 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1783 |
18 | NAICS 3342. | .. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT | 1900 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 49 | 34 | 48 | 61 | 48 | 39 | 44 | 61 | 65 | 44 | 39 | 65 | 49 | 53 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2767 |
19 | NAICS 3344. | .. SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | 5951 | 143 | 169 | 214 | 171 | 182 | 203 | 149 | 185 | 135 | 111 | 147 | 103 | 100 | 114 | 107 | 99 | 78 | 85 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 8504 |
20 | NAICS 3345. | .. NAVIGATIONAL, MEASURING, ELECTROMEDICAL, AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS | 9158 | 223 | 275 | 274 | 297 | 322 | 326 | 268 | 313 | 237 | 252 | 237 | 222 | 237 | 262 | 246 | 189 | 194 | 136 | 72 | 20 | 0 | 13760 |
21 | NAICS 3343,3346 . | .. OTHER COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS | 860 | 9 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1074 |
22 | NAICS 335. | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCE, AND COMPONENTS | 4151 | 104 | 140 | 161 | 139 | 153 | 153 | 114 | 110 | 62 | 89 | 87 | 75 | 79 | 74 | 54 | 67 | 47 | 66 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 5967 |
23 | NAICS 336. | TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT | 2222 | 57 | 32 | 62 | 53 | 74 | 67 | 44 | 59 | 55 | 54 | 42 | 49 | 64 | 67 | 57 | 66 | 46 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3226 |
24 | NAICS 3361-3363. | .. MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND PARTS | 542 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 828 |
25 | NAICS 3364. | .. AEROSPACE PRODUCTS AND PARTS | 1463 | 41 | 20 | 48 | 36 | 33 | 40 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 36 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1991 |
26 | NAICS 3365, 3366, 3369. | .. OTHER TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT | 394 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 700 |
27 | NAICS 337. | FURNITURE AND RELATED PRODUCTS | 64 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
28 | NAICS 339. | MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING | 1462 | 41 | 39 | 44 | 42 | 48 | 40 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2176 |
29 | NAICS 3391. | .. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES | 448 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 725 |
30 | NAICS 339 (EXCEPT 3391). | .. OTHER. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS | 1050 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 22 | 35 | 26 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1501 |
31 | ALL INDUSTRIES | ALL INDUSTRIES | 37862 | 896 | 1011 | 1181 | 1192 | 1228 | 1222 | 1093 | 1178 | 924 | 962 | 928 | 847 | 988 | 999 | 937 | 827 | 673 | 507 | 225 | 57 | 3 | 55740 |
DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 35% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TABLE.
Since the average time period between when a patent application is filed and when the application is either issued as a patent or abandoned (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 32 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in this table. This is because a significant number of those applications were still pending as of the last issue date for patents counted in this table.
Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.
In this table, utility patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 98% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2000, 93% complete for applications filed in 2001 and 90% complete for applications filed in 2002, 78% complete for applications filed in 2003, 60% complete for applications filed in 2004, 37% complete for applications filed in 2005, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2006; data are essentially complete for utility patent applications filed prior to 2000.
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