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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 FOREIGN REGIONS

( * 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 (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 01 311 Food 218 43 67 87 65 97 92 112 113 107 151 190 151 158 161 176 156 154 174 157 147 153 168 187 258 263 255 218 247 231 209 246 265 307 332 289 349 400 404 316 235 140 130 133 95 86 52 31 16 0 8791
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 02 312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 125 29 39 54 44 49 47 70 57 60 95 110 71 87 88 100 85 88 92 83 78 68 58 89 134 130 135 106 113 101 84 102 131 135 170 135 144 176 193 170 115 65 78 71 53 44 20 23 10 0 4404
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 03 313-316 Textiles, Apparel and Leather 791 154 228 251 276 275 352 342 351 321 401 387 376 377 392 436 490 471 445 485 494 551 630 659 722 759 728 677 667 674 747 901 915 1061 1112 1065 1104 1132 1229 1105 957 838 835 803 679 499 333 144 71 4 29696
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 04 321 Wood Products 344 89 109 123 121 145 136 166 177 148 188 189 236 199 202 199 199 178 162 168 219 209 234 246 251 291 310 261 281 222 260 284 306 337 368 389 417 426 410 421 347 247 221 235 266 174 147 114 38 3 11412
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 05 322,323 Paper, Printing and support activities 352 72 89 101 124 139 159 184 176 208 196 225 218 230 242 298 319 280 300 375 328 394 481 489 590 620 647 638 629 680 724 763 839 868 972 834 836 893 1043 896 697 617 616 521 511 385 221 86 49 2 22156
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 06 325 Chemicals ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3251-3259 ** ) 9968 1899 2512 2905 3140 3374 3576 3968 4098 4088 4807 5302 5283 4754 4855 4890 5086 5118 5066 5069 4757 5194 5610 5932 6565 7331 7944 7742 7406 7891 8040 9220 11861 9618 10974 10328 11463 12522 13707 13834 11348 9839 9017 8930 8189 6284 4364 2508 1192 129 329497
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 07 3251 Basic Chemicals 6630 1233 1634 1936 2032 2126 2227 2497 2561 2539 2941 3136 2655 2376 2311 2243 2408 2389 2262 2214 1940 2150 2277 2354 2557 2801 3024 2943 2853 3050 2954 3157 3863 3233 3640 3431 3688 4059 4423 4696 4014 3636 3293 3241 2963 2247 1548 857 404 42 135688
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 08 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 1130 272 325 370 411 491 502 455 458 465 511 582 581 476 515 558 517 558 548 526 508 558 631 739 815 1002 1166 1108 1043 1022 1010 1006 1293 1047 1235 1036 1142 1171 1348 1517 1231 965 836 763 707 565 347 175 101 9 36347
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 09 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicines 1128 184 252 274 316 370 419 488 474 553 688 801 1254 1115 1201 1198 1299 1280 1335 1258 1277 1390 1504 1633 1816 1947 2087 2133 1986 2205 2465 3324 4753 3314 3844 3846 4478 4862 5406 5134 4180 3625 3243 3425 3137 2363 1596 1032 502 65 98459
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 10 3253,3255,3256,3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation 2010 363 498 559 632 647 753 914 972 956 1237 1419 1879 1752 1863 1913 1962 1948 2031 2112 2065 2188 2386 2533 2851 3181 3367 3276 3052 3239 3348 3879 4857 4174 4726 4444 4990 5411 5834 5799 4630 3825 3616 3637 3321 2568 1860 1089 458 52 127076
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 11 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 3495 720 1024 1191 1285 1397 1532 1576 1694 1674 1939 2114 2083 2039 1998 2224 2276 2266 2215 2364 2279 2709 2992 3144 3493 3904 4183 4009 3958 3914 4065 4301 4819 4858 5552 5190 5538 5658 6354 6251 5081 4211 3768 3707 3418 2758 1948 1043 416 35 150662
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 12 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 1415 302 431 450 512 550 709 683 691 665 828 820 751 860 890 910 921 897 902 883 916 1018 1156 1212 1320 1387 1518 1430 1457 1378 1417 1540 1780 1822 2128 2010 2139 2300 2579 2668 2220 1853 1634 1553 1493 1202 839 452 208 20 59719
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 13 331 Primary Metal 856 192 246 247 276 312 328 378 395 391 413 487 492 424 469 457 456 426 405 484 454 464 476 520 487 576 528 565 526 570 580 605 585 654 701 695 697 789 871 888 716 527 493 502 496 382 258 181 61 3 23984
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 14 332 Fabricated Metal Products 5767 795 1602 1847 1919 2234 2459 2363 2429 2410 2797 2705 2531 2792 2830 2986 3049 2978 2953 2964 2957 3436 3884 3944 4176 4418 4732 4505 4260 4142 4312 4657 4776 5188 5881 6146 6424 6727 7181 7568 7069 6049 5323 5039 4607 3743 2535 1306 455 34 187884
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 15 333 Machinery 17405 2293 4380 5247 5716 6387 6974 7049 7084 7067 7845 8094 7597 8119 8505 8523 8619 8753 8566 9058 8475 9776 10437 10835 11360 12176 12886 12681 12404 12173 11892 12950 14018 15282 16953 16415 17116 18426 19995 20685 19706 19157 18211 17275 15946 13493 9089 4646 1476 121 549336
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 16 334 Computer and Electronic Products ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3341-3346 ** ) 8489 1734 2490 2651 2890 3370 3809 4036 4334 4306 4803 5023 4805 5128 5478 5930 6268 7115 6970 7576 7364 8478 9525 10517 11682 13725 14829 15487 16671 16928 17443 21886 25285 28744 34222 34893 37715 42568 48152 50140 50928 53306 55581 56726 53621 48012 34907 18820 6382 686 942428
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 724 136 195 200 245 291 305 405 376 402 454 501 448 510 539 565 622 773 864 978 1007 1116 1265 1397 1619 1861 2182 2396 2666 2818 3118 4029 5408 5977 7192 7151 7746 9266 10630 10746 11456 12555 13403 13402 13171 12142 8474 4293 1355 145 189519
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 18 3342 Communications Equipment 1100 255 354 353 365 390 486 488 591 579 614 685 630 709 684 767 814 989 1008 1210 1193 1240 1393 1560 1813 2119 2338 2398 2633 2718 2919 3962 4774 5747 7367 7348 8339 9116 9620 9089 9297 10499 11446 11726 11042 9492 7091 3145 1072 175 175742
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 19 3344 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 2947 662 858 907 1019 1098 1242 1277 1376 1357 1571 1574 1563 1580 1649 1740 1883 2062 2047 2064 2146 2489 2814 3189 3418 4365 4634 4887 5519 5789 5757 7341 8528 10023 11966 12519 13458 14760 17497 19259 19912 20451 20954 21951 20499 18886 14564 9228 3129 294 340702
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 3645 694 1049 1183 1269 1555 1705 1768 1886 1890 2082 2173 2014 2266 2512 2695 2730 3092 2894 3203 2881 3470 3842 4081 4569 5044 5358 5490 5414 5240 5248 6168 6710 7099 7965 8403 8989 10498 11792 12624 12188 12146 12247 12467 11993 10517 6973 3287 923 95 256026
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 21 3343,3346 Other Computer and Electronic Products 1116 251 337 361 381 486 545 638 736 694 747 784 820 788 907 980 1138 1195 1287 1380 1381 1457 1608 1818 2055 2372 2605 2560 2744 2666 2824 3475 3551 4080 4705 4040 4216 4790 5131 5158 5348 5639 5882 5646 4989 4234 3339 1930 556 85 116455
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 22 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components 4488 757 1111 1341 1464 1655 1890 1947 2023 2068 2206 2175 2032 2006 2150 2199 2334 2483 2442 2572 2465 2775 3168 3424 3491 3880 4177 4176 4332 4261 4358 4973 5388 6299 7378 7435 8437 9392 10820 11364 11233 10895 11137 11624 11208 10104 7501 4276 1379 125 232818
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 23 336 Transportation Equipment ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3361-3369 ** ) 4109 380 980 1172 1337 1547 1660 1637 1757 1754 1957 2030 1945 2131 2155 2236 2320 2450 2509 2725 2386 2897 3175 3433 3478 3687 3911 3993 3746 3421 3424 3583 4078 4698 5445 5479 5761 6316 7139 7726 7800 7456 7537 6958 6541 5687 3639 1556 390 39 174170
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 24 3361-3363 Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Parts 2721 259 661 768 863 1047 1152 1204 1280 1339 1520 1599 1524 1746 1717 1819 1911 2064 2129 2287 2008 2474 2732 2909 2938 3185 3347 3447 3193 2908 2820 2936 3437 4065 4668 4625 4959 5419 6149 6494 6625 6352 6387 5864 5516 4840 3000 1283 317 32 144539
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 25 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 1515 134 324 427 534 536 566 560 570 558 597 599 579 697 725 736 694 686 715 904 740 863 924 1008 1038 1085 1147 1166 1180 1101 1065 1170 1239 1485 1675 1800 1884 1994 2321 2467 2378 2464 2353 2239 2071 1628 940 344 75 8 54508
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 26 3365,3366,3369 Other Transportation Equipment 1038 96 277 350 369 458 517 455 475 439 476 485 498 465 492 501 508 487 472 575 447 606 625 746 738 677 732 743 685 657 674 762 833 900 1028 907 958 938 1139 1210 1215 1075 1100 999 977 736 532 266 61 6 32405
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 27 337 Furniture and Related Products 298 10 69 81 104 118 117 92 110 127 161 111 132 127 139 129 161 139 129 115 147 174 177 206 218 196 232 222 207 230 246 252 254 332 354 402 442 459 454 498 525 470 418 483 465 424 290 148 49 3 11446
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 28 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3391-3399 ** ) 2541 383 682 825 900 999 1132 1154 1158 1206 1361 1406 1377 1580 1669 1761 1744 1594 1663 1737 1714 1977 2096 2237 2554 2719 2764 2863 2615 2741 3070 3429 3576 3931 4641 4542 4980 5520 5725 5760 5108 4573 4313 4185 3927 3186 2336 1441 430 55 125880
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies 430 84 133 162 161 164 203 219 210 264 289 317 297 360 381 438 463 484 478 495 504 617 694 765 855 932 953 954 904 950 1078 1279 1309 1478 1834 1769 2003 2292 2394 2386 2056 1916 1732 1775 1625 1260 843 528 161 17 43895
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous 2133 303 551 667 745 841 939 939 960 953 1075 1101 1088 1239 1308 1342 1290 1126 1200 1259 1230 1388 1421 1503 1733 1811 1837 1941 1742 1813 2026 2185 2313 2510 2880 2820 3044 3287 3402 3432 3113 2709 2623 2454 2348 1961 1518 925 271 38 83337
Whol / YoA (Foreign) FOR All Foreign Regions 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) 47864 7800 12648 14660 15857 17647 19463 20102 20783 20928 23562 24556 23629 24159 25144 25973 26738 27550 27084 28419 27066 30808 33728 36161 39019 43130 45832 45995 46168 46558 47604 55145 62695 66850 77436 76886 83271 91580 101622 104957 100532 98736 98534 98706 92529 80447 57497 31395 10736 1087 2287276


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