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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country)
Breakout By NAICS Industry Classification
-- 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 -

Ordered Listing of NAICS Industry Classifications Receiving 0.5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

ALL COUNTRIES

( * in Whole Counts tables, ROLLUP counts usually will not equal the sum of the counts of the component classifications -- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( this Whole Counts report allocates a patent to each of one or more matched industries -- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) classification is determined by the primary U.S. Patent Classification System (USPC) classification and a USPC to NAICS concordance - see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays NAICS industry classifications and WHOLE counts of utility patents classified in them; patents are distributed by year of patent application.
Counts (U.S. or Foreign) Region ID State-Territory or Country Sequence ID NAICS Classification Classification Title 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 (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 01 311 Food 1513 316 419 442 404 427 477 573 482 403 478 587 506 447 444 466 441 446 449 423 447 413 470 491 598 637 672 610 663 655 594 657 712 725 818 743 907 912 839 681 544 335 346 312 224 177 132 85 48 3 25593
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 02 312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 665 163 180 190 181 192 215 303 235 207 244 296 249 223 227 232 220 234 208 184 200 174 195 215 263 242 280 267 275 235 228 261 299 292 355 303 390 388 389 321 266 146 155 149 110 95 53 51 28 1 11474
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 03 313-316 Textiles, Apparel and Leather 4724 631 1068 1099 1163 1186 1236 1240 1217 1146 1188 1152 1170 1301 1174 1208 1263 1261 1097 1183 1240 1315 1512 1579 1818 1941 1903 1857 1876 1800 2064 2360 2600 2789 3053 2817 2805 2850 2885 2700 2476 2206 2019 1979 1708 1406 1033 604 231 24 84157
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 04 321 Wood Products 2826 377 561 659 680 724 697 694 705 639 713 643 720 705 705 681 683 619 560 603 615 627 682 778 806 848 916 792 884 803 883 1016 1056 1099 1284 1285 1379 1332 1287 1319 1213 886 785 761 806 710 628 494 183 25 41376
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 05 322,323 Paper, Printing and support activities 2960 363 654 707 693 751 802 751 797 720 719 694 754 791 735 846 898 802 779 888 792 933 1085 1141 1289 1437 1510 1486 1495 1629 1730 1859 2048 2110 2320 1954 1953 2028 2065 1843 1592 1308 1217 1134 1039 840 551 339 141 12 57984
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 06 325 Chemicals ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3251-3259 ** ) 38166 6692 8559 9431 9564 9834 10334 10602 10766 10210 11469 12115 12295 11387 11471 11279 11362 11473 11161 11412 10664 11313 12083 11982 13164 14390 15650 15950 15568 16670 17472 20475 28086 20032 23983 22460 24467 26006 27278 26919 22745 19702 18342 18043 16885 13095 10114 6235 3071 396 742822
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 07 3251 Basic Chemicals 22515 3895 5133 5679 5696 5874 6055 6142 6169 5928 6482 6789 6083 5627 5494 5264 5400 5511 4917 4980 4435 4651 4780 4624 4964 5322 5711 5871 5814 6260 5895 6523 8249 6095 7106 6725 7145 7539 7995 8448 7306 6561 6015 6015 5764 4482 3419 2080 992 113 296532
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 08 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 5041 1021 1065 1177 1216 1183 1283 1210 1252 1071 1218 1265 1343 1189 1185 1262 1237 1247 1288 1304 1232 1310 1501 1558 1653 1950 2246 2257 2060 2035 2066 1938 2555 1931 2287 1932 2107 2110 2292 2521 2174 1771 1612 1430 1250 1018 699 405 208 25 78190
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 09 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicines 3488 531 717 784 883 992 1088 1178 1170 1226 1499 1784 2499 2338 2430 2411 2573 2559 2540 2652 2567 2975 3194 3356 3751 4012 4365 4510 4499 5193 6177 8567 13393 7949 10138 9910 11217 12065 12652 11931 9867 8560 7900 8034 7494 5756 4427 2839 1429 204 234273
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 10 3253,3255,3256,3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation 10079 1697 2267 2476 2500 2558 2815 3016 3131 2964 3491 3697 4466 4182 4389 4297 4232 4180 4397 4506 4302 4470 4896 4921 5547 6111 6566 6585 6314 6644 7185 8269 11159 8630 10146 9482 10367 11045 11534 11215 9454 7857 7442 7249 6791 5227 4185 2577 1201 186 282897
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 11 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 22804 3218 5359 5726 5754 5885 6063 5889 6172 5969 6193 6212 6419 6277 6130 6295 6321 6204 6069 6135 5930 6577 7051 7373 8246 9173 9652 9675 9509 9500 10077 10725 12062 11554 13209 12079 12487 12575 13091 13016 11470 9342 8218 7715 7237 6133 4641 2827 1167 123 397528
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 12 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 8639 1389 1990 2090 2184 2235 2454 2445 2438 2338 2469 2445 2336 2443 2480 2462 2434 2373 2329 2315 2285 2439 2526 2716 3016 3212 3542 3433 3442 3331 3453 3855 4456 4282 4996 4612 4824 4908 5276 5324 4802 3849 3456 3187 3078 2598 2032 1222 535 77 153052
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 13 331 Primary Metal 3338 571 795 842 819 902 870 991 1022 968 989 1070 1059 957 924 956 966 895 817 948 825 848 874 968 932 1065 955 989 986 1027 1032 1085 1102 1111 1207 1137 1147 1226 1325 1373 1121 856 831 849 779 693 490 328 109 5 47974
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 14 332 Fabricated Metal Products 39903 4114 8757 9629 9544 9899 10089 9680 9780 9308 9537 9144 9221 9427 9520 9361 9327 8947 8548 8286 8051 8958 9364 9936 10666 11618 12090 12302 11729 11783 12305 12857 13555 13730 15311 15208 15609 15961 15940 16791 15968 13745 12196 11212 10612 8962 6667 3791 1434 149 550521
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 15 333 Machinery 78246 8279 17195 19128 19400 20403 21134 21070 20870 19701 20419 20286 19503 19856 19715 19138 19263 19036 18285 18186 16762 18681 19417 19944 20921 22890 23915 24340 24368 24401 24369 25999 27950 28620 31857 30892 32108 34301 35621 36554 35033 33314 31486 29576 27642 23633 16457 8814 3361 350 1172689
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 16 334 Computer and Electronic Products ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3341-3346 ** ) 47934 8118 11428 12066 12119 12813 14040 14153 14172 13652 14279 14140 14076 14378 14495 14914 15146 16412 16205 17016 16446 17864 19314 20974 23254 27011 29540 31345 33251 35463 37321 45960 55778 61302 74288 76276 82974 92615 100865 102430 102369 104995 106989 106103 101688 88564 63570 35447 13862 1659 2021073
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 4181 650 944 1016 998 1138 1276 1373 1302 1307 1297 1314 1354 1408 1458 1359 1515 1746 1860 2023 2087 2268 2364 2678 3112 3616 4320 4760 5295 6061 6652 8895 12538 14619 17897 18709 20768 24649 26317 25789 26441 28314 29045 28564 28551 25154 16351 9389 3998 532 439252
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 18 3342 Communications Equipment 5999 1100 1490 1485 1461 1556 1792 1880 1943 1998 1897 1968 2007 2021 1949 1992 2038 2298 2314 2541 2569 2654 2890 3095 3515 4006 4610 4676 5099 5417 6024 8051 10115 12031 15111 15822 17603 19030 19973 19423 19231 21084 22921 22520 21423 18053 13220 5989 2380 374 370638
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 19 3344 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 16727 2989 4096 4270 4135 4261 4688 4558 4445 4218 4577 4392 4367 4282 4284 4497 4506 4814 4910 4913 4882 5368 5814 6371 6908 8474 9048 9742 10499 11258 11485 13958 16844 18875 23090 23780 25349 27861 31823 34077 34435 34656 34628 34572 32674 29348 22483 14284 5200 541 648256
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 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
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 21 3343,3346 Other Computer and Electronic Products 5170 1014 1208 1287 1411 1466 1660 1816 1832 1742 1687 1739 1775 1706 1756 1922 2099 2255 2281 2415 2281 2320 2551 2761 3011 3480 3798 3755 3962 4107 4336 5291 5631 6276 7396 6758 6845 7634 8191 7947 8162 8481 8634 8196 7484 6341 5003 2851 935 149 192808
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 22 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components 26294 3414 5621 6220 5983 6453 6703 6754 6626 6412 6507 6339 5950 5840 5965 5924 5973 6100 5991 6055 5650 6144 6754 7029 7480 8288 8851 8857 9164 9326 9497 10482 11266 12385 14505 14608 16244 17755 19665 20334 19933 18877 19144 19258 18856 16991 12732 7281 2616 272 501368
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 23 336 Transportation Equipment ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3361-3369 ** ) 18336 1252 3771 4483 4516 4866 4944 4945 5076 4958 5195 5261 5049 5113 5051 4894 4945 5045 4807 4988 4471 4989 5417 5725 6273 6684 7069 7353 7068 6855 7153 7419 8314 8834 9965 10100 10527 11645 12534 13593 13582 13248 13100 12042 11636 10378 6895 3344 1082 119 354909
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 24 3361-3363 Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Parts 11803 870 2558 2899 3013 3253 3323 3396 3567 3577 3747 3794 3683 3776 3717 3679 3752 3901 3768 3848 3461 3907 4281 4505 4860 5179 5519 5781 5483 5295 5417 5684 6518 7086 7975 7978 8449 9399 10182 10811 10881 10539 10474 9487 9281 8381 5395 2630 837 95 271694
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 25 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 6250 419 1165 1437 1499 1513 1530 1548 1463 1377 1482 1521 1542 1605 1645 1527 1495 1470 1480 1644 1402 1534 1594 1677 1864 1970 2090 2156 2255 2230 2242 2285 2429 2633 2968 3080 3291 3662 3976 4236 4119 4262 4183 3995 3754 3006 1860 752 241 24 109382
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 26 3365,3366,3369 Other Transportation Equipment 4860 293 1056 1327 1248 1481 1558 1442 1480 1414 1448 1395 1353 1262 1258 1220 1166 1108 1008 1127 954 1120 1246 1271 1417 1441 1549 1516 1432 1408 1567 1632 1820 1865 2037 1964 2039 2032 2275 2345 2360 2200 2110 1971 1886 1531 1136 636 177 16 75457
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 27 337 Furniture and Related Products 2557 83 436 588 571 615 585 482 521 545 559 457 513 522 557 501 506 449 379 347 370 439 456 568 604 636 644 658 680 760 784 842 843 941 1069 1088 1084 1200 1160 1194 1221 1109 1028 1007 934 957 717 407 155 14 35342
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 28 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3391-3399 ** ) 19266 2418 4580 4619 4814 5288 5503 5401 5580 5281 5616 5564 5864 6028 6104 5987 5826 5848 5646 5694 5585 6083 6463 6957 7752 8418 8804 9625 9353 10083 11056 12124 13055 13143 15229 14736 15387 16215 16319 16506 15835 14310 13424 12863 12536 10458 8554 5857 2046 244 439947
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies 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
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous 16407 1884 3786 3772 3920 4330 4499 4339 4414 4117 4317 4220 4516 4661 4692 4622 4318 4266 4048 4054 3904 4248 4320 4608 5039 5446 5727 6175 5907 6126 6673 7241 7716 7725 8900 8592 8820 9101 9203 9495 8986 8274 7780 7314 7426 6408 5356 3666 1280 159 286797
Whol / YoA (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) 243168 32206 54918 59717 60077 63010 65892 65991 66401 63411 66354 66453 65902 65814 65999 65615 65728 66501 63932 65030 61577 67087 71467 75109 81504 90178 96143 99381 100266 103934 108351 123359 144656 144787 169396 168103 179771 194665 206461 210369 202567 195710 192408 187945 178969 154135 112332 64512 25160 2926 5245347


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