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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By NAICS Industry Classification
Breakout By Ownership Category
-- Fractional Counts --

- this report was created with support from the National Science Foundation -

Count (*) of 1963 - 2012 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Patent Application

- Explanation of Data -

Listing of Ownership Categories For 0.5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification Corresponding To

NAICS Classification 311
Food

( North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) classification is determined by
the primary U.S. Patent Classification System (USPC) patent classification and a USPC to NAICS concordance - see 'Explanation of Data' )
( this Fractional Counts report proportionally distributes a patent across each matched industry -- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( * in Fractional Counts tables, counts are rounded)

The following table Ownership Categories and FRACTIONAL counts of utility patents associated with each of them; patents are distributed by year of patent application.
Counts Sequence ID NAICS Classification Classification Title (U.S. or Foreign) Assignment ID Ownership Category PRE_1964 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 820 176 226 242 217 220 266 288 229 194 215 253 236 190 178 184 189 192 212 204 220 192 205 215 238 273 297 285 281 318 283 287 327 289 331 307 360 343 293 275 215 160 165 150 97 65 65 37 22 3 11525
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 209 37 62 52 57 43 52 60 60 41 56 54 45 44 41 51 37 42 27 30 32 30 41 47 48 52 57 49 61 57 55 56 54 79 80 81 96 82 64 45 41 13 23 15 15 9 12 5 4 0 2395
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 44 5 10 10 7 10 9 17 17 13 10 19 9 8 10 6 6 2 1 5 3 3 2 1 3 4 4 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 6 1 5 4 4 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 280
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 1073 218 297 304 280 272 327 365 306 248 280 326 289 242 229 241 231 235 240 239 254 225 247 263 289 329 357 339 347 378 340 344 382 369 417 389 460 429 361 320 257 175 188 167 114 74 76 42 25 3 14200
 
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 94 21 32 35 32 50 41 55 57 52 72 105 81 89 98 100 88 98 97 86 88 93 112 114 173 173 164 137 158 155 125 160 173 200 217 202 235 273 267 202 163 99 83 75 59 58 29 19 9 0 5393
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 49 4 12 17 11 14 12 19 20 19 18 18 25 18 14 21 16 11 19 15 18 15 25 20 23 30 27 21 31 15 28 31 26 31 30 18 42 50 45 25 13 10 11 8 9 6 4 2 2 0 958
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 143 24 44 52 43 65 53 74 76 70 90 123 105 107 112 121 104 109 117 102 106 110 138 136 197 203 194 161 191 171 154 193 200 232 247 220 277 322 312 228 176 109 93 84 67 64 33 20 11 0 6382
 
Frac / YoA 01 311 Food (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 1215 242 341 357 324 336 379 439 382 318 370 448 395 349 341 362 335 344 357 340 360 335 385 399 486 532 551 500 538 549 494 537 582 601 664 610 737 751 673 549 433 283 281 251 181 138 109 63 37 3 20582



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