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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 2008 - 2012 Utility Patent Grants,
As Distributed By Calendar Year of Grant

- 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 displays Ownership Categories and FRACTIONAL counts of utility patents associated with each of them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Counts Sequence ID NAICS Classification Classification Title (U.S. or Foreign) Assignment ID Ownership Category 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 105 130 168 199 215 816
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 11 13 17 16 34 90
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 1 0 4 2 1 8
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 116 143 188 217 250 913
 
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 62 78 133 123 168 564
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 7 7 8 14 19 54
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 1 0 0 1 0 1
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 69 85 141 138 187 619
 
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 185 228 329 354 436 1533


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