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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 339 (except 3391)
Other Miscellaneous

( 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 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 1231 1169 1537 1674 1615 1512 1652 1569 1916 1679 1696 1630 1498 1419 1326 1403 1059 1216 1370 1144 1237 1471 1390 1329 1426 1267 1574 1394 1495 1580 1557 1881 1766 1770 1760 2350 2551 2584 2484 2445 2540 2587 2237 2621 2707 2546 2818 3993 4007 4833 95514
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 1321 1170 1550 1402 1354 1351 1418 1228 1587 1432 1563 1589 1472 1285 1428 1311 1068 1330 1296 1121 911 1111 1247 1160 1490 1384 1837 1834 1928 1899 1729 1959 1968 2056 1887 2309 2401 2316 2035 1965 1836 1663 1377 1624 1422 1278 1306 1624 1528 1521 77878
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 22 28 28 37 27 25 37 34 35 32 33 34 34 35 37 24 15 22 31 19 21 26 26 17 14 11 19 19 25 12 19 26 19 22 27 22 16 17 22 15 21 20 9 15 9 13 9 10 15 15 1115
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2574 2366 3115 3113 2996 2887 3108 2830 3539 3144 3292 3252 3004 2738 2791 2737 2142 2568 2696 2284 2169 2608 2662 2506 2929 2662 3430 3247 3448 3491 3305 3866 3752 3847 3675 4681 4967 4916 4540 4425 4396 4270 3623 4261 4138 3836 4134 5626 5551 6369 174508
 
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 139 147 186 214 222 227 318 336 495 464 452 578 600 546 518 629 489 688 650 545 593 762 804 799 943 831 1047 980 980 976 940 1099 1008 1045 1059 1355 1532 1492 1628 1611 1564 1384 1131 1299 1262 1303 1319 1905 1946 2195 45232
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 182 160 209 200 192 247 289 260 342 355 347 348 351 333 338 325 268 333 340 275 236 306 306 347 400 366 504 497 514 425 436 533 482 529 551 691 662 705 738 678 755 614 465 456 438 406 324 478 451 462 20446
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 2 3 1 5 4 2 4 0 1 2 4 2 4 3 6 6 8 7 10 10 10 10 15 9 9 8 7 6 15 8 4 1 7 7 7 9 9 2 3 5 6 5 7 3 4 2 7 5 3 271
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 321 308 398 415 419 478 609 600 837 820 801 930 953 883 859 960 763 1029 996 830 838 1078 1120 1161 1352 1205 1559 1485 1499 1416 1384 1635 1491 1581 1617 2054 2203 2205 2367 2292 2323 2004 1601 1762 1702 1712 1645 2390 2401 2660 65949
 
Frac / YoG 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 2895 2674 3513 3529 3414 3365 3717 3429 4375 3963 4092 4182 3956 3621 3650 3698 2905 3597 3692 3114 3007 3685 3782 3667 4281 3867 4988 4732 4948 4907 4689 5501 5243 5428 5291 6735 7171 7121 6908 6717 6719 6274 5224 6023 5840 5548 5779 8016 7952 9029 240456


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