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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 3391
Medical Equipment and Supplies

( 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 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 1139 221 300 325 362 393 423 441 473 468 491 577 575 539 576 472 541 615 640 666 685 699 853 907 1106 1210 1214 1477 1583 1969 2167 2450 2808 2847 3358 3290 3547 3808 3931 3772 4098 3517 3352 3331 3007 2397 2023 1403 510 57 77613
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 1519 240 398 389 418 442 448 434 529 479 554 505 535 519 517 508 559 571 542 536 559 601 677 789 889 960 1027 1160 1102 1191 1315 1361 1482 1392 1451 1375 1327 1318 1104 1145 960 842 776 614 632 555 451 295 111 7 38110
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 56 6 21 21 18 29 15 20 23 23 14 19 19 27 14 14 14 10 15 24 11 16 8 6 5 15 17 14 21 15 14 19 14 18 11 17 14 17 22 25 16 11 15 17 7 10 7 4 0 1 789
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2714 467 719 735 798 864 886 895 1025 970 1059 1101 1129 1085 1107 994 1114 1196 1197 1226 1255 1316 1538 1702 2000 2185 2258 2651 2706 3175 3496 3830 4304 4257 4820 4682 4888 5143 5057 4942 5074 4370 4143 3962 3646 2962 2481 1702 621 65 116512
 
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 189 36 58 76 80 89 109 107 108 141 153 181 160 220 224 270 278 284 299 331 356 405 471 493 518 614 640 589 542 609 690 804 832 963 1263 1251 1378 1625 1737 1827 1557 1553 1427 1468 1376 1031 680 462 138 19 30711
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 207 44 64 75 66 64 84 100 86 99 122 114 121 130 146 152 165 172 150 145 131 184 187 244 292 276 278 306 303 269 328 372 369 379 449 393 463 500 499 422 369 291 228 233 215 155 122 65 16 1 10645
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 5 6 4 1 5 13 6 9 5 7 9 8 2 3 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 151
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 398 80 123 152 148 153 194 209 196 242 277 297 283 354 374 426 450 461 455 480 488 594 671 743 819 895 925 904 853 880 1021 1185 1204 1342 1713 1646 1843 2129 2236 2251 1927 1845 1655 1703 1592 1186 804 527 154 20 41507
 
Whol / YoA 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 3112 547 842 887 946 1017 1080 1104 1221 1212 1336 1398 1412 1439 1481 1420 1564 1657 1652 1706 1743 1910 2209 2445 2819 3080 3183 3555 3559 4055 4517 5015 5508 5599 6533 6328 6731 7272 7293 7193 7001 6215 5798 5665 5238 4148 3285 2229 775 85 158019


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