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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

UNITED STATES, ALL 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 (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 01 311 Food 1295 273 352 355 339 330 385 461 369 296 327 397 355 289 283 290 285 292 275 266 300 260 302 304 340 374 417 392 416 424 385 411 447 418 486 454 558 512 435 365 309 195 216 179 129 91 80 54 32 3 16802
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 02 312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 540 134 141 136 137 143 168 233 178 147 149 186 178 136 139 132 135 146 116 101 122 106 137 126 129 112 145 161 162 134 144 159 168 157 185 168 246 212 196 151 151 81 77 78 57 51 33 28 18 1 7070
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 03 313-316 Textiles, Apparel and Leather 3933 477 840 848 887 911 884 898 866 825 787 765 794 924 782 772 773 790 652 698 746 764 882 920 1096 1182 1175 1180 1209 1126 1317 1459 1685 1728 1941 1752 1701 1718 1656 1595 1519 1368 1184 1176 1029 907 700 460 160 20 54461
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 04 321 Wood Products 2482 288 452 536 559 579 561 528 528 491 525 454 484 506 503 482 484 441 398 435 396 418 448 532 555 557 606 531 603 581 623 732 750 762 916 896 962 906 877 898 866 639 564 526 540 536 481 380 145 22 29964
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 05 322,323 Paper, Printing and support activities 2608 291 565 606 569 612 643 567 621 512 523 469 536 561 493 548 579 522 479 513 464 539 604 652 699 817 863 848 866 949 1006 1096 1209 1242 1348 1120 1117 1135 1022 947 895 691 601 613 528 455 330 253 92 10 35828
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 06 325 Chemicals ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3251-3259 ** ) 28198 4793 6047 6526 6424 6460 6758 6634 6668 6122 6662 6813 7012 6633 6616 6389 6276 6355 6095 6343 5907 6119 6473 6050 6599 7059 7706 8208 8162 8779 9432 11255 16225 10414 13009 12132 13004 13484 13571 13085 11397 9863 9325 9113 8696 6811 5750 3727 1879 267 413325
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 07 3251 Basic Chemicals 15885 2662 3499 3743 3664 3748 3828 3645 3608 3389 3541 3653 3428 3251 3183 3021 2992 3122 2655 2766 2495 2501 2503 2270 2407 2521 2687 2928 2961 3210 2941 3366 4386 2862 3466 3294 3457 3480 3572 3752 3292 2925 2722 2774 2801 2235 1871 1223 588 71 160844
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 08 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 3911 749 740 807 805 692 781 755 794 606 707 683 762 713 670 704 720 689 740 778 724 752 870 819 838 948 1080 1149 1017 1013 1056 932 1262 884 1052 896 965 939 944 1004 943 806 776 667 543 453 352 230 107 16 41843
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 09 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicines 2360 347 465 510 567 622 669 690 696 673 811 983 1245 1223 1229 1213 1274 1279 1205 1394 1290 1585 1690 1723 1935 2065 2278 2377 2513 2988 3712 5243 8640 4635 6294 6064 6739 7203 7246 6797 5687 4935 4657 4609 4357 3393 2831 1807 927 139 135814
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 10 3253,3255,3256,3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation 8069 1334 1769 1917 1868 1911 2062 2102 2159 2008 2254 2278 2587 2430 2526 2384 2270 2232 2366 2394 2237 2282 2510 2388 2696 2930 3199 3309 3262 3405 3837 4390 6302 4456 5420 5038 5377 5634 5700 5416 4824 4032 3826 3612 3470 2659 2325 1488 743 134 155821
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 11 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 19309 2498 4335 4535 4469 4488 4531 4313 4478 4295 4254 4098 4336 4238 4132 4071 4045 3938 3854 3771 3651 3868 4059 4229 4753 5269 5469 5666 5551 5586 6012 6424 7243 6696 7657 6889 6949 6917 6737 6765 6389 5131 4450 4008 3819 3375 2693 1784 751 88 246866
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 12 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 7224 1087 1559 1640 1672 1685 1745 1762 1747 1673 1641 1625 1585 1583 1590 1552 1513 1476 1427 1432 1369 1421 1370 1504 1696 1825 2024 2003 1985 1953 2036 2315 2676 2460 2868 2602 2685 2608 2697 2656 2582 1996 1822 1634 1585 1396 1193 770 327 57 93333
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 13 331 Primary Metal 2482 379 549 595 543 590 542 613 627 577 576 583 567 533 455 499 510 469 412 464 371 384 398 448 445 489 427 424 460 457 452 480 517 457 506 442 450 437 454 485 405 329 338 347 283 311 232 147 48 2 23990
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 14 332 Fabricated Metal Products 34136 3319 7155 7782 7625 7665 7630 7317 7351 6898 6740 6439 6690 6635 6690 6375 6278 5969 5595 5322 5094 5522 5480 5992 6490 7200 7358 7797 7469 7641 7993 8200 8779 8542 9430 9062 9185 9234 8759 9223 8899 7696 6873 6173 6005 5219 4132 2485 979 115 362637
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 15 333 Machinery 60841 5986 12815 13881 13684 14016 14160 14021 13786 12634 12574 12192 11906 11737 11210 10615 10644 10283 9719 9128 8287 8905 8980 9109 9561 10714 11029 11659 11964 12228 12477 13049 13932 13338 14904 14477 14992 15875 15626 15869 15327 14157 13275 12301 11696 10140 7368 4168 1885 229 623353
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 16 334 Computer and Electronic Products ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3341-3346 ** ) 39445 6384 8938 9415 9229 9443 10231 10117 9838 9346 9476 9117 9271 9250 9017 8984 8878 9297 9235 9440 9082 9386 9789 10457 11572 13286 14711 15858 16580 18535 19878 24074 30493 32558 40066 41383 45259 50047 52713 52290 51441 51689 51408 49377 48067 40552 28663 16627 7480 973 1078645
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 3457 514 749 816 753 847 971 968 926 905 843 813 906 898 919 794 893 973 996 1045 1080 1152 1099 1281 1493 1755 2138 2364 2629 3243 3534 4866 7130 8642 10705 11558 13022 15383 15687 15043 14985 15759 15642 15162 15380 13012 7877 5096 2643 387 249733
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 18 3342 Communications Equipment 4899 845 1136 1132 1096 1166 1306 1392 1352 1419 1283 1283 1377 1312 1265 1225 1224 1309 1306 1331 1376 1414 1497 1535 1702 1887 2272 2278 2466 2699 3105 4089 5341 6284 7744 8474 9264 9914 10353 10334 9934 10585 11475 10794 10381 8561 6129 2844 1308 199 194896
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 19 3344 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 13780 2327 3238 3363 3116 3163 3446 3281 3069 2861 3006 2818 2804 2702 2635 2757 2623 2752 2863 2849 2736 2879 3000 3182 3490 4109 4414 4855 4980 5469 5728 6617 8316 8852 11124 11261 11891 13101 14326 14818 14523 14205 13674 12621 12175 10462 7919 5056 2071 247 307554
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 18259 2776 4002 4349 4373 4426 4678 4590 4620 4392 4566 4309 4351 4489 4375 4263 4221 4352 4239 4314 4080 4255 4394 4730 5275 5858 6317 6737 6934 7536 7987 9029 10413 9744 11468 11485 12534 13481 14232 14182 14016 13391 13077 13164 12365 10318 7838 4286 1656 182 360908
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 21 3343,3346 Other Computer and Electronic Products 4054 763 871 926 1030 980 1115 1178 1096 1048 940 955 955 918 849 942 961 1060 994 1035 900 863 943 943 956 1108 1193 1195 1218 1441 1512 1816 2080 2196 2691 2718 2629 2844 3060 2789 2814 2842 2752 2550 2495 2107 1664 921 379 64 76353
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 22 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components 21806 2657 4510 4879 4519 4798 4813 4807 4603 4344 4301 4164 3918 3834 3815 3725 3639 3617 3549 3483 3185 3369 3586 3605 3989 4408 4674 4681 4832 5065 5139 5509 5878 6086 7127 7173 7807 8363 8845 8970 8700 7982 8007 7634 7648 6887 5231 3005 1237 147 268550
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 23 336 Transportation Equipment ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3361-3369 ** ) 14227 872 2791 3311 3179 3319 3284 3308 3319 3204 3238 3231 3104 2982 2896 2658 2625 2595 2298 2263 2085 2092 2242 2292 2795 2997 3158 3360 3322 3434 3729 3836 4236 4136 4520 4621 4766 5329 5395 5867 5782 5792 5563 5084 5095 4691 3256 1788 692 80 180739
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 24 3361-3363 Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Parts 9082 611 1897 2131 2150 2206 2171 2192 2287 2238 2227 2195 2159 2030 2000 1860 1841 1837 1639 1561 1453 1433 1549 1596 1922 1994 2172 2334 2290 2387 2597 2748 3081 3021 3307 3353 3490 3980 4033 4317 4256 4187 4087 3623 3765 3541 2395 1347 520 63 127155
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 25 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 4735 285 841 1010 965 977 964 988 893 819 885 922 963 908 920 791 801 784 765 740 662 671 670 669 826 885 943 990 1075 1129 1177 1115 1190 1148 1293 1280 1407 1668 1655 1769 1741 1798 1830 1756 1683 1378 920 408 166 16 54874
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 26 3365,3366,3369 Other Transportation Equipment 3822 197 779 977 879 1023 1041 987 1005 975 972 910 855 797 766 719 658 621 536 552 507 514 621 525 679 764 817 773 747 751 893 870 987 965 1009 1057 1081 1094 1136 1135 1145 1125 1010 972 909 795 604 370 116 10 43052
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 27 337 Furniture and Related Products 2259 73 367 507 467 497 468 390 411 418 398 346 381 395 418 372 345 310 250 232 223 265 279 362 386 440 412 436 473 530 538 590 589 609 715 686 642 741 706 696 696 639 610 524 469 533 427 259 106 11 23896
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 28 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3391-3399 ** ) 16725 2035 3898 3794 3914 4289 4371 4247 4422 4075 4255 4158 4487 4448 4435 4226 4082 4254 3983 3957 3871 4106 4367 4720 5198 5699 6040 6762 6738 7342 7986 8695 9479 9212 10588 10194 10407 10695 10594 10746 10727 9737 9111 8678 8609 7272 6218 4416 1616 189 314067
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies 2682 463 709 725 785 853 877 885 1011 948 1047 1081 1115 1079 1100 982 1101 1173 1174 1211 1239 1293 1515 1680 1964 2148 2230 2601 2655 3105 3439 3736 4199 4121 4699 4559 4728 4980 4899 4807 4945 4299 4066 3890 3613 2888 2442 1701 614 68 114124
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous 14274 1581 3235 3105 3175 3489 3560 3400 3454 3164 3242 3119 3428 3422 3384 3280 3028 3140 2848 2795 2674 2860 2899 3105 3306 3635 3890 4234 4165 4313 4647 5056 5403 5215 6020 5772 5776 5814 5801 6063 5873 5565 5157 4860 5078 4447 3838 2741 1009 121 203460
Whol / YoA (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) 195304 24406 42270 45057 44220 45363 46429 45889 45618 42483 42792 41897 42273 41655 40855 39642 38990 38951 36848 36611 34511 36279 37739 38948 42485 47048 50311 53386 54098 57376 60747 68214 81961 77937 91960 91217 96500 103085 104839 105412 102035 96974 93874 89239 86440 73688 54835 33117 14424 1839 2958071



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