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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 3341
Computer and Peripheral Equipment

( 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 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 2949 468 624 688 658 724 838 845 800 802 740 723 760 805 826 712 802 884 930 976 1020 1074 1032 1185 1432 1653 2023 2236 2477 3112 3375 4623 6873 8304 10300 11059 12385 14698 15246 14870 14828 15589 15716 15089 15596 13976 8020 4934 2584 358 243221
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 478 40 110 116 92 119 123 117 122 123 103 104 135 108 109 92 113 109 99 99 98 113 123 152 163 205 205 226 247 265 290 396 509 634 705 665 765 1037 897 769 737 692 737 820 810 582 430 313 154 37 16287
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 144 27 38 40 41 39 46 46 39 34 38 39 68 42 30 31 21 36 33 32 39 26 29 25 16 27 28 27 42 49 32 60 52 39 57 64 55 48 74 73 49 61 65 40 66 39 48 17 8 2 2121
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 3571 535 772 844 791 882 1007 1008 961 959 881 866 963 955 965 835 936 1029 1062 1107 1157 1213 1184 1362 1611 1885 2256 2489 2766 3426 3697 5079 7434 8977 11062 11788 13205 15783 16217 15712 15614 16342 16518 15949 16472 14597 8498 5264 2746 397 261629
 
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 481 96 137 144 182 218 237 302 304 307 357 406 350 418 448 483 537 652 749 874 868 991 1113 1249 1418 1667 1968 2184 2448 2543 2853 3686 4966 5462 6603 6730 7328 8554 9750 9789 10571 11728 12278 12390 11838 10399 7726 4035 1224 132 172173
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 119 17 32 25 21 34 28 61 34 40 56 37 35 30 36 36 38 50 42 34 49 47 53 56 73 53 79 74 65 83 95 120 129 171 226 189 231 308 350 284 254 239 243 223 238 155 125 89 28 3 5137
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 10 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 6 5 9 5 4 15 7 8 13 17 14 11 10 11 17 13 16 9 7 10 9 9 6 2 4 4 0 4 2 5 6 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 313
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 610 115 172 172 207 256 269 365 341 348 416 448 391 453 493 524 579 717 798 916 930 1055 1180 1316 1501 1731 2064 2271 2529 2635 2955 3816 5104 5642 6835 6921 7563 8866 10100 10077 10827 11972 12527 12615 12079 10557 7853 4125 1252 135 177623
 
Whol / YoA 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 4181 650 944 1016 998 1138 1276 1373 1302 1307 1297 1314 1354 1408 1458 1359 1515 1746 1860 2023 2087 2268 2364 2678 3112 3616 4320 4760 5295 6061 6652 8895 12538 14619 17897 18709 20768 24649 26317 25789 26441 28314 29045 28564 28551 25154 16351 9389 3998 532 439252


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