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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 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 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 / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 175 192 198 196 193 224 263 238 342 308 245 259 306 276 214 173 148 186 209 184 220 183 250 180 182 217 316 306 298 280 271 264 278 288 221 247 329 364 334 278 262 202 125 155 132 105 130 168 199 215 11525
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 48 37 50 59 54 61 49 73 50 71 62 51 73 56 42 29 47 44 55 35 26 29 35 34 35 46 57 68 55 49 52 54 47 60 55 58 92 107 89 61 45 44 26 25 21 11 13 17 16 34 2395
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 7 9 14 12 9 8 12 9 10 19 17 16 22 15 7 9 7 4 5 3 1 3 4 3 1 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 2 0 2 3 3 4 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 280
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 230 238 261 267 256 292 324 319 402 397 323 325 401 347 263 211 202 234 269 222 247 215 288 217 217 265 376 377 356 334 327 320 326 348 278 308 424 475 426 341 312 247 152 180 153 116 143 188 217 250 14200
 
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 18 21 28 16 29 20 43 42 64 49 49 67 106 114 82 78 66 101 113 92 85 82 103 106 104 124 214 170 141 158 148 127 120 151 120 161 257 214 225 197 186 173 90 101 80 62 78 133 123 168 5393
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 13 8 10 14 8 7 17 15 16 24 16 27 19 24 22 17 12 16 21 15 14 13 25 13 21 26 31 23 28 30 21 16 29 30 24 27 26 29 45 29 32 25 11 15 9 7 7 8 14 19 958
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 31
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 30 29 38 29 37 27 60 58 80 73 65 94 124 138 104 95 78 116 134 107 100 95 129 121 126 150 246 195 170 190 170 145 150 181 145 189 283 245 270 225 219 198 101 117 89 69 85 141 138 187 6382
 
Frac / YoG 01 311 Food (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 260 267 299 296 293 318 384 377 482 470 388 419 525 485 366 306 280 350 402 329 346 310 418 337 344 415 622 571 526 524 497 466 476 529 422 497 708 719 696 566 531 444 253 297 242 185 228 329 354 436 20582



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