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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 3342
Communications 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 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 3910 736 932 956 914 927 1061 1114 1062 1149 1001 1015 1084 972 954 899 962 1060 1069 1180 1222 1223 1305 1370 1432 1628 1952 1978 2185 2439 2789 3703 4939 5714 7105 7707 8391 9051 9629 9621 9279 9846 10889 10245 9703 8335 5763 2618 1202 174 176394
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 945 128 225 197 187 244 243 256 296 280 287 287 262 311 303 323 282 266 237 205 205 246 258 266 370 357 432 391 369 367 421 563 640 687 731 623 760 756 679 705 694 718 757 691 628 438 371 184 88 25 20184
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 273 55 64 76 79 83 80 95 78 87 80 77 98 87 74 70 51 56 73 59 61 48 39 28 25 36 33 36 49 34 48 61 48 39 44 61 65 45 41 69 51 64 64 42 50 41 38 20 11 0 2986
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 5128 919 1221 1229 1180 1254 1384 1465 1436 1516 1368 1379 1444 1370 1331 1292 1295 1382 1379 1444 1488 1517 1602 1664 1827 2021 2417 2405 2603 2840 3258 4327 5627 6440 7880 8391 9216 9852 10349 10395 10024 10628 11710 10978 10381 8814 6172 2822 1301 199 199564
 
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 704 154 226 203 240 251 345 359 435 404 458 518 484 572 550 591 642 800 835 997 987 1035 1196 1336 1540 1846 2025 2113 2359 2455 2647 3561 4314 5371 6999 7217 8133 8879 9310 8731 8928 10215 10989 11254 10830 9085 6941 3097 1043 172 164376
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 150 26 40 48 35 48 58 55 68 70 64 66 70 65 57 88 85 101 81 78 80 87 78 84 136 117 138 134 115 110 105 151 166 206 227 211 250 294 308 289 275 229 217 278 200 140 104 68 36 3 6189
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 17 1 3 5 6 3 5 1 4 8 7 5 9 14 11 21 16 15 19 22 14 15 14 11 12 22 30 24 22 12 14 12 8 14 5 3 4 5 6 8 4 12 5 10 12 14 3 2 0 0 509
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 871 181 269 256 281 302 408 415 507 482 529 589 563 651 618 700 743 916 935 1097 1081 1137 1288 1431 1688 1985 2193 2271 2496 2577 2766 3724 4488 5591 7231 7431 8387 9178 9624 9028 9207 10456 11211 11542 11042 9239 7048 3167 1079 175 171074
 
Whol / YoA 18 3342 Communications Equipment (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 5999 1100 1490 1485 1461 1556 1792 1880 1943 1998 1897 1968 2007 2021 1949 1992 2038 2298 2314 2541 2569 2654 2890 3095 3515 4006 4610 4676 5099 5417 6024 8051 10115 12031 15111 15822 17603 19030 19973 19423 19231 21084 22921 22520 21423 18053 13220 5989 2380 374 370638


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