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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 3342
Communications Equipment

( 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 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 3041 577 742 746 710 743 837 894 874 932 811 833 901 796 766 739 775 850 840 965 999 979 1055 1116 1148 1331 1622 1632 1837 2048 2358 3152 4301 4959 6164 6715 7384 7901 8388 8359 8032 8516 9452 8929 8442 7186 5023 2202 1031 148 150776
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 782 106 190 164 155 211 200 209 249 237 239 237 216 254 255 270 235 229 202 168 164 208 211 214 303 293 356 329 302 303 343 486 539 584 624 539 655 644 597 617 616 629 672 605 539 382 317 157 77 19 17131
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 223 44 54 60 62 65 64 75 64 70 67 63 77 75 64 59 45 45 57 48 51 41 33 25 20 33 27 31 43 27 42 50 38 36 38 53 56 39 34 56 44 54 54 39 43 39 34 16 9 0 2486
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 4045 728 986 970 927 1019 1101 1178 1186 1239 1117 1132 1193 1124 1085 1068 1055 1124 1099 1181 1214 1227 1298 1354 1471 1657 2005 1991 2181 2379 2743 3689 4878 5579 6826 7308 8095 8584 9019 9032 8692 9200 10178 9572 9024 7607 5374 2376 1117 167 170393
 
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 564 114 183 159 189 198 277 271 324 305 355 403 377 445 421 458 505 624 619 728 738 787 927 1036 1174 1424 1536 1653 1867 1966 2083 2872 3492 4418 5835 6217 7007 7569 7925 7403 7456 8530 9151 9363 9037 7494 5663 2323 900 148 135514
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 123 18 29 38 30 43 46 41 58 56 51 55 61 53 46 74 72 88 70 64 64 76 64 69 113 99 113 114 100 91 86 126 144 170 185 179 213 250 271 255 244 200 187 246 164 118 85 64 36 3 5242
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 14 1 3 4 6 2 4 1 4 7 7 5 9 11 8 19 12 12 16 19 13 13 11 8 9 20 24 18 18 9 14 11 7 12 5 3 4 5 6 7 3 10 5 10 11 13 3 2 0 0 434
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 701 133 216 201 225 243 328 313 385 367 413 463 447 510 475 551 589 723 705 811 815 876 1002 1113 1297 1543 1672 1784 1985 2067 2182 3009 3643 4600 6024 6399 7224 7823 8201 7665 7703 8740 9343 9619 9213 7625 5751 2389 936 151 141190
 
Frac / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 4746 861 1202 1171 1151 1262 1429 1491 1572 1606 1530 1595 1641 1634 1560 1619 1644 1847 1804 1992 2029 2103 2300 2467 2768 3199 3678 3775 4167 4446 4925 6697 8520 10179 12850 13706 15318 16407 17220 16696 16396 17940 19522 19191 18237 15232 11125 4765 2053 317 311583


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