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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 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 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 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 1714 2154 3666 4308 4892 16733
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 449 417 672 679 827 3043
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 8 3 15 11 13 50
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2171 2573 4353 4998 5731 19826
 
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 744 877 1363 1550 1997 6531
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 161 142 219 188 287 996
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 2 0 0 4 6
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 905 1021 1582 1738 2287 7532
 
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 3076 3594 5935 6735 8018 27358


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