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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 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 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 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 2409 2536 3448 4066 3374 3305 3870 3957 4769 3945 4092 3968 3519 3501 3270 3214 2341 2957 3212 2794 2690 3207 3558 3570 4307 4013 5175 4758 5086 5279 5559 6331 6256 6758 6636 8978 8948 9286 10199 10472 11511 10966 9648 11243 10262 10159 10315 13367 13632 15244 305960
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 707 629 883 898 839 803 825 848 935 870 982 1084 917 903 898 923 725 817 940 802 735 797 837 886 957 875 1198 1133 1233 1236 1207 1281 1345 1338 1180 1569 1428 1437 1330 1348 1394 1215 979 1090 969 959 826 1037 1091 1209 51347
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 197 225 338 345 399 362 450 454 570 379 518 456 522 414 353 271 231 307 288 228 238 299 311 295 250 162 224 253 295 286 273 375 253 281 222 272 242 230 236 236 254 224 173 209 197 165 166 242 243 239 14652
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 3313 3390 4669 5309 4612 4470 5145 5259 6274 5194 5592 5508 4958 4818 4521 4408 3297 4081 4440 3824 3663 4303 4706 4751 5514 5050 6597 6144 6614 6801 7039 7987 7854 8377 8038 10819 10618 10953 11765 12056 13159 12405 10800 12542 11428 11283 11307 14646 14966 16692 371959
 
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 343 418 612 640 698 740 1000 1093 1597 1470 1566 1710 1623 1677 1603 1713 1470 1909 2286 2013 2023 2489 2751 3032 3750 3593 4662 4265 4487 4439 4518 4529 4487 4804 4647 6290 6149 6668 7374 8311 9384 8970 8012 9691 9206 9424 9661 12392 12749 14727 223665
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 162 152 197 181 187 192 227 278 329 349 323 431 342 320 287 301 234 367 330 326 268 308 363 359 439 379 542 456 432 425 389 427 414 382 400 577 496 512 570 587 606 506 409 451 421 379 408 481 424 501 18826
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 32 22 33 50 42 30 42 52 33 27 42 50 39 36 38 51 39 29 33 68 66 79 93 93 125 88 102 87 113 95 99 56 75 62 63 57 39 17 17 25 17 21 12 19 22 8 22 39 37 48 2484
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 537 592 842 871 927 962 1269 1423 1959 1846 1931 2191 2004 2033 1928 2065 1743 2305 2649 2407 2357 2876 3207 3484 4314 4060 5306 4808 5032 4959 5006 5012 4976 5248 5110 6924 6684 7197 7961 8923 10007 9497 8433 10161 9649 9811 10091 12912 13210 15276 244975
 
Whol / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 3850 3982 5511 6180 5539 5432 6414 6682 8233 7040 7523 7699 6962 6851 6449 6473 5040 6386 7089 6231 6020 7179 7913 8235 9828 9110 11903 10952 11646 11760 12045 12999 12830 13625 13148 17743 17302 18150 19726 20979 23166 21902 19233 22703 21077 21094 21398 27558 28176 31968 616934


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