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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By NAICS Industry Classification
Breakout By Ownership Category
-- Whole 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 Patent Application

- 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 Whole Counts report allocates a patent to each matched industry -- see 'Explanation of Data' )

The following table displays Ownership Categories and WHOLE counts of utility patents associated with each of them; patents are distributed by year of patent application.
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
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 1020 225 276 296 270 277 329 371 289 245 276 330 306 237 233 235 247 250 262 241 268 237 254 267 285 317 353 337 344 368 333 348 388 344 393 365 448 408 363 327 268 189 193 184 119 84 80 44 29 3 14155
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 253 48 72 62 67 52 64 76 70 46 64 65 55 56 47 58 47 49 31 37 36 35 49 53 57 61 64 61 72 67 69 71 67 93 96 95 114 99 78 56 52 16 29 18 17 11 12 8 4 0 2879
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 57 8 12 13 9 12 12 19 22 18 12 21 10 10 13 7 7 2 1 6 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 7 7 4 3 2 1 1 9 1 5 4 4 1 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 353
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 1330 281 360 371 346 341 405 466 381 309 352 416 371 303 293 300 301 301 294 284 308 275 305 321 345 383 422 405 423 439 405 421 456 438 498 461 567 511 445 384 322 207 222 204 139 95 92 53 33 3 17387
 
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 122 29 42 48 45 66 57 79 77 71 102 148 105 121 131 139 117 128 127 120 117 116 135 144 221 218 213 175 202 196 155 199 222 250 284 260 291 344 343 266 207 116 110 97 74 75 36 29 13 0 6982
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 61 6 17 22 13 20 15 28 24 23 24 23 30 22 20 27 23 16 26 17 21 19 28 24 31 36 34 26 35 19 32 35 32 36 35 21 49 57 50 29 15 12 14 10 11 7 4 3 2 0 1184
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 3 4 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 183 35 59 71 58 86 72 107 101 94 126 171 135 144 151 166 140 145 155 139 139 138 165 170 253 254 250 205 240 216 189 236 256 287 320 282 340 401 394 297 222 128 124 108 85 82 40 32 15 0 8206
 
Whol / YoA 01 311 Food (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 1513 316 419 442 404 427 477 573 482 403 478 587 506 447 444 466 441 446 449 423 447 413 470 491 598 637 672 610 663 655 594 657 712 725 818 743 907 912 839 681 544 335 346 312 224 177 132 85 48 3 25593



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