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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 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 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 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 160 149 186 237 252 236 305 305 373 335 369 435 475 421 372 333 296 408 421 356 356 491 567 588 718 702 910 879 1074 1162 1178 1497 1511 1581 1767 2354 2378 2470 2404 2223 2732 2249 1749 2126 1870 1714 2154 3666 4308 4892 60694
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 333 224 289 278 342 315 386 420 456 375 478 522 502 401 405 338 277 460 471 370 367 467 498 612 679 609 814 801 948 894 889 1009 903 1054 1014 1310 1175 1095 983 892 884 717 629 647 503 449 417 672 679 827 31078
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 8 8 8 13 14 16 18 25 13 18 19 15 19 14 18 9 6 9 10 8 11 11 16 17 8 4 7 9 15 12 13 11 9 11 13 18 10 13 6 14 7 15 12 8 4 8 3 15 11 13 584
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 501 381 483 528 609 566 709 749 842 727 867 973 996 836 795 680 579 877 901 734 734 968 1080 1217 1405 1315 1731 1689 2037 2068 2080 2517 2423 2646 2794 3682 3563 3577 3392 3129 3624 2981 2390 2782 2376 2171 2573 4353 4998 5731 92356
 
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 28 25 34 32 42 40 69 72 78 96 91 132 156 136 142 123 123 211 237 192 195 270 307 330 444 333 456 488 494 474 446 481 489 536 598 810 866 916 974 948 1042 895 718 821 783 744 877 1363 1550 1997 23699
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 45 23 36 32 60 48 67 70 88 91 71 104 117 92 105 85 78 138 137 128 99 117 121 160 193 213 248 216 248 276 210 250 278 238 292 351 363 328 359 315 340 275 193 239 205 161 142 219 188 287 8737
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 2 8 1 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 112
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 73 48 70 63 101 91 138 142 165 189 163 237 275 229 248 209 204 351 377 324 296 395 429 495 644 552 711 712 749 756 660 733 769 778 893 1162 1229 1245 1336 1266 1383 1171 911 1059 988 905 1021 1582 1738 2287 32548
 
Frac / YoG 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 574 429 553 592 710 656 847 891 1007 916 1030 1209 1271 1066 1043 889 783 1228 1278 1057 1029 1364 1509 1711 2048 1867 2442 2401 2786 2825 2740 3250 3192 3423 3687 4843 4792 4822 4728 4395 5007 4152 3300 3841 3364 3076 3594 5935 6735 8018 124903


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