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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 3391
Medical Equipment and Supplies

( 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 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 811 165 217 234 262 279 299 320 342 342 357 434 419 390 424 349 404 441 471 486 530 530 640 667 824 891 910 1133 1211 1499 1653 1860 2134 2207 2607 2586 2797 2979 3139 3066 3368 2877 2759 2733 2447 1957 1629 1145 420 50 60694
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 1207 192 317 312 341 357 362 351 435 393 456 408 435 413 428 408 448 460 437 450 467 496 552 637 702 762 849 950 896 966 1050 1109 1196 1165 1199 1125 1101 1082 916 941 795 689 639 492 522 453 379 246 89 5 31078
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 42 4 16 17 16 23 11 15 17 14 9 14 13 22 9 11 9 9 11 19 8 14 8 5 3 11 14 11 16 10 11 14 11 14 9 14 10 12 15 18 12 7 11 11 5 6 5 3 0 1 584
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2060 362 550 562 619 659 672 686 794 750 821 856 866 826 860 767 861 910 919 955 1005 1040 1200 1309 1529 1664 1772 2094 2123 2475 2713 2983 3341 3385 3815 3726 3909 4073 4071 4024 4176 3573 3409 3236 2974 2416 2012 1393 509 56 92356
 
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 135 26 45 53 56 54 81 78 79 112 118 145 125 169 172 210 217 221 234 268 280 303 369 378 388 486 503 458 423 488 532 630 656 738 976 983 1060 1256 1309 1446 1194 1192 1062 1124 1061 792 531 370 104 13 23699
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 160 35 55 59 51 50 71 81 70 81 96 97 104 111 118 119 137 142 123 116 113 149 152 199 237 222 227 249 250 216 270 312 305 318 374 323 375 409 415 351 303 236 196 195 175 127 99 53 13 1 8737
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 5 4 5 4 1 5 9 4 7 4 7 6 7 2 2 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 112
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 298 61 100 113 108 104 152 160 150 194 215 243 230 282 292 332 359 367 361 388 393 457 531 581 631 713 736 713 680 706 803 948 963 1056 1351 1307 1436 1668 1724 1799 1497 1428 1258 1321 1236 919 631 422 117 14 32548
 
Frac / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 2357 423 650 675 727 763 824 846 944 944 1036 1099 1096 1108 1153 1099 1219 1277 1280 1343 1398 1496 1731 1889 2160 2377 2508 2807 2803 3181 3516 3931 4305 4441 5166 5033 5345 5742 5795 5823 5673 5001 4667 4557 4210 3335 2643 1815 626 70 124903



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