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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 3345
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments

( 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 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 13935 2188 3002 3399 3364 3377 3613 3511 3479 3303 3411 3249 3260 3317 3278 3166 3198 3284 3231 3388 3263 3416 3599 3890 4300 4724 5126 5419 5611 6177 6517 7590 8833 8544 9993 10166 11246 12037 12861 12897 12948 12190 12253 12213 11455 9857 7207 3947 1557 171 305960
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 3377 436 775 718 712 738 753 824 887 840 896 834 890 1007 966 960 905 931 858 758 719 785 772 892 1009 1126 1156 1269 1254 1286 1402 1501 1637 1342 1576 1485 1457 1455 1389 1369 1216 1155 994 1077 1010 778 654 357 145 15 51347
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 1415 237 336 376 395 441 482 383 398 406 412 407 366 304 285 286 279 301 297 318 265 247 202 161 165 223 275 274 297 323 326 268 313 237 252 237 222 239 263 258 212 231 199 187 209 179 166 79 17 2 14652
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 18727 2861 4113 4493 4471 4556 4848 4718 4764 4549 4719 4490 4516 4628 4529 4412 4382 4516 4386 4464 4247 4448 4573 4943 5474 6073 6557 6962 7162 7786 8245 9359 10783 10123 11821 11888 12925 13731 14513 14524 14376 13576 13446 13477 12674 10814 8027 4383 1719 188 371959
 
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 2273 485 718 794 902 1144 1230 1314 1393 1378 1534 1651 1534 1747 1975 2152 2166 2474 2345 2634 2376 2833 3220 3407 3830 4278 4563 4705 4681 4535 4499 5289 5779 6158 7023 7430 7940 9549 10821 11537 11232 11488 11398 11686 11274 9721 6560 3081 843 86 223665
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 747 96 190 204 234 250 272 300 311 320 357 306 280 326 336 354 360 367 330 320 269 363 349 372 455 476 439 453 407 390 432 469 493 513 547 545 638 666 667 719 569 450 455 439 381 276 211 103 17 3 18826
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 157 28 30 41 35 31 33 26 38 35 38 35 35 54 47 40 43 87 72 99 69 81 94 89 85 75 116 107 98 65 59 80 68 49 42 25 20 33 23 26 27 23 25 29 29 24 13 6 0 0 2484
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 3177 609 938 1039 1171 1425 1535 1640 1742 1733 1929 1992 1849 2127 2358 2546 2569 2928 2747 3053 2714 3277 3663 3868 4370 4829 5118 5265 5186 4990 4990 5838 6340 6720 7612 8000 8598 10248 11511 12282 11828 11961 11878 12154 11684 10021 6784 3190 860 89 244975
 
Whol / YoA 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 21904 3470 5051 5532 5642 5981 6383 6358 6506 6282 6648 6482 6365 6755 6887 6958 6951 7444 7133 7517 6961 7725 8236 8811 9844 10902 11675 12227 12348 12776 13235 15197 17123 16843 19433 19888 21523 23979 26024 26806 26204 25537 25324 25631 24358 20835 14811 7573 2579 277 616934


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