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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 331
Primary Metal

( 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 13 331 Primary Metal (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 2042 354 464 485 449 510 463 537 542 476 490 503 485 453 381 436 425 390 349 374 330 334 338 390 382 437 376 359 386 398 356 400 445 375 438 377 394 380 425 419 365 289 298 329 260 292 217 148 37 2 20584
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 357 35 83 87 85 70 78 74 80 80 76 76 69 63 60 53 68 78 55 67 40 42 54 45 51 50 47 52 65 52 78 58 59 72 73 70 62 71 59 63 43 37 39 39 36 30 25 18 3 0 3127
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 151 9 27 31 25 31 34 17 25 39 27 32 27 21 18 24 21 17 20 27 11 15 14 15 21 13 10 15 13 15 17 13 12 12 8 10 10 7 6 8 5 10 4 4 2 3 4 0 1 0 901
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2550 398 574 603 559 611 575 628 647 595 593 611 581 537 459 513 514 485 424 468 381 391 406 450 454 500 433 426 464 465 451 471 516 459 519 457 466 458 490 490 413 336 341 372 298 325 246 166 41 2 24612
 
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 626 140 177 192 204 241 253 294 314 310 327 383 427 366 395 384 398 365 351 429 391 416 424 459 439 513 480 527 480 519 529 553 539 609 643 645 634 718 778 840 683 493 467 454 457 352 233 150 66 3 21070
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 128 22 29 43 51 48 39 66 57 56 66 69 44 51 61 57 48 35 33 41 42 27 34 41 31 44 33 30 36 34 46 55 42 41 44 35 42 49 57 43 25 27 22 21 23 16 11 12 2 0 2009
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 34 11 15 4 5 2 3 3 4 7 3 7 7 3 9 2 6 10 9 10 11 14 10 18 8 8 9 6 6 9 6 6 5 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 283
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 788 173 221 239 260 291 295 363 375 373 396 459 478 420 465 443 452 410 393 480 444 457 468 518 478 565 522 563 522 562 581 614 586 652 688 680 681 768 835 883 708 520 490 477 481 368 244 162 68 3 23362
 
Whol / YoA 13 331 Primary Metal (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 3338 571 795 842 819 902 870 991 1022 968 989 1070 1059 957 924 956 966 895 817 948 825 848 874 968 932 1065 955 989 986 1027 1032 1085 1102 1111 1207 1137 1147 1226 1325 1373 1121 856 831 849 779 693 490 328 109 5 47974



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