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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 All Industries
All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** )

( 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 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 26633 27849 37158 41640 38353 34888 38816 36832 43137 39928 38731 38186 35541 34390 31507 31355 22504 27641 29433 25783 25677 29999 31181 29490 33727 31437 38665 36094 39132 40308 41826 44037 44038 48742 50221 66052 69389 70886 74328 74153 75327 73021 65207 78924 70497 69960 74800 97756 99529 111808 2416516
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 10393 10377 13063 13088 12670 10796 11337 10137 12664 11650 12417 12678 11198 10098 10263 10418 7804 9954 10265 8552 7574 8911 9265 9477 10886 10122 13027 12541 13204 12751 12280 12805 12885 13729 12914 16407 16699 16129 15203 14116 13536 12172 10358 11857 9898 9022 8922 12012 11251 12148 581923
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 1021 1183 1540 1531 1757 1488 1823 1772 2144 1771 2090 1727 1895 1823 1494 1241 964 1237 1121 1005 1048 1235 1139 1022 981 733 880 984 1186 1161 1167 1258 1028 924 944 1028 984 928 957 914 882 842 698 792 725 678 695 914 907 992 59253
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 38047 39409 51761 56259 52780 47172 51976 48741 57945 53349 53238 52591 48634 46311 43264 43014 31272 38832 40819 35340 34299 40145 41585 39989 45594 42292 52572 49619 53522 54220 55273 58100 57951 63395 64079 83487 87072 87943 90488 89183 89745 86035 76263 91573 81120 79660 84417 110682 111687 124948 3057692
 
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 5369 5712 7886 8970 9611 9037 12081 12229 16047 16983 16634 18716 18871 19770 18058 19070 14617 18876 20788 18857 19247 23240 25958 26546 32372 30962 37507 35549 37596 38240 38401 38787 38685 41476 42908 57665 60169 63180 68939 71662 73098 72776 63114 77375 71956 74465 79201 104153 108344 122933 1964686
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 2130 2107 2999 2924 2977 2760 3255 3265 4183 4366 4128 4784 4301 3936 3731 3767 2779 3857 3913 3322 2975 3377 3635 3846 4431 4217 5017 4774 4921 4521 4234 4493 4538 4515 4724 6109 6082 6267 6516 6374 6095 5400 4371 4773 4137 3614 3629 4593 4303 5025 210990
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 133 147 211 252 284 135 247 194 142 112 143 187 194 209 216 251 186 254 251 369 339 438 483 479 555 453 441 423 472 463 434 296 245 259 273 256 162 104 92 112 85 79 58 51 69 33 102 186 171 249 11979
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 7632 7966 11096 12146 12872 11932 15583 15688 20372 21461 20905 23687 23366 23915 22005 23088 17582 22987 24952 22548 22561 27055 30076 30871 37358 35632 42965 40746 42989 43224 43069 43576 43468 46250 47905 64030 66413 69551 75547 78148 79278 78255 67543 82199 76162 78112 82932 108932 112818 128207 2187655
 
Whol / YoG 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 45679 47375 62857 68405 65652 59104 67559 64429 78317 74810 74143 76278 72000 70226 65269 66102 48854 61819 65771 57888 56860 67200 71661 70860 82952 77924 95537 90365 96511 97444 98342 101676 101419 109645 111984 147517 153485 157494 166035 167331 169023 164290 143806 173772 157282 157772 167349 219614 224505 253155 5245347


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