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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 Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Listing of Ownership Categories For 0.5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification Corresponding To

NAICS Classification 311
Food

( 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 grant.
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 / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 214 236 245 250 243 277 325 292 425 397 309 326 395 356 282 218 187 243 274 235 268 219 303 226 235 258 379 351 359 332 329 312 325 342 264 300 398 439 397 345 314 243 147 182 165 128 162 205 240 259 14155
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 61 45 58 69 68 71 58 86 64 87 74 61 78 73 50 37 54 52 69 39 31 34 39 41 41 51 68 77 64 59 62 64 60 70 69 70 114 124 106 74 53 56 31 31 28 13 15 20 20 40 2879
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 9 11 19 14 14 10 16 10 13 23 19 22 25 19 8 11 8 5 6 3 1 3 6 3 1 3 4 4 6 8 6 3 2 0 2 4 4 5 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 353
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 284 292 322 333 325 358 399 388 502 507 402 409 498 448 340 266 249 300 349 277 300 256 348 270 277 312 451 432 429 399 397 379 387 412 335 374 516 568 506 421 373 301 179 214 193 142 177 229 262 300 17387
 
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 24 27 35 21 38 27 58 59 87 71 70 94 142 156 108 111 87 138 150 118 115 114 134 130 129 157 273 215 180 207 182 158 148 191 153 204 331 276 275 259 233 221 118 136 100 77 92 170 155 228 6982
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 15 11 12 16 13 10 23 20 20 31 21 35 26 28 28 21 18 20 28 21 17 17 30 16 25 30 38 31 33 36 26 19 34 33 27 31 33 32 51 35 37 30 12 17 11 8 8 10 16 24 1184
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 40
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 39 38 47 37 51 37 81 80 107 102 91 129 168 184 136 133 105 158 178 141 134 131 166 148 157 188 313 248 216 247 209 180 184 224 181 237 364 310 326 294 271 251 130 154 111 86 100 180 172 252 8206
 
Whol / YoG 01 311 Food (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 323 330 369 370 376 395 480 468 609 609 493 538 666 632 476 399 354 458 527 418 434 387 514 418 434 500 764 680 645 646 606 559 571 636 516 611 880 878 832 715 644 552 309 368 304 228 277 409 434 552 25593



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