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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 Grant

- 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 grant.
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 / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 01 311 Food 323 330 369 370 376 395 480 468 609 609 493 538 666 632 476 399 354 458 527 418 434 387 514 418 434 500 764 680 645 646 606 559 571 636 516 611 880 878 832 715 644 552 309 368 304 228 277 409 434 552 25593
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 02 312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 140 148 151 163 175 184 212 207 273 309 259 272 310 321 251 210 163 239 262 204 194 176 223 177 206 201 327 267 283 269 248 206 217 226 219 261 381 366 321 340 277 265 134 183 150 103 114 204 196 287 11474
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 03 313-316 Textiles, Apparel and Leather 1066 959 1107 1210 1226 1072 1288 1289 1511 1398 1316 1338 1250 1364 1176 1314 834 1169 1376 1113 1083 1301 1389 1423 1651 1645 1993 1746 1855 1867 1840 1863 1935 2096 2258 2774 2951 2703 2658 2497 2510 2295 1829 1806 1513 1497 1515 2398 2396 2494 84157
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 04 321 Wood Products 560 535 738 856 861 726 785 630 746 710 782 807 730 726 709 773 421 602 647 428 465 727 686 869 902 736 971 850 808 759 748 868 793 914 982 1200 1249 1252 1309 1228 1062 1013 847 772 573 539 706 1222 1124 1430 41376
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 05 322,323 Paper, Printing and support activities 607 611 746 794 790 677 716 737 958 881 807 806 850 867 716 771 587 829 894 787 749 828 950 1034 1085 1213 1421 1432 1428 1544 1530 1613 1506 1549 1766 1987 2024 1902 1944 1915 1785 1595 1226 1028 1000 902 922 1518 1492 1665 57984
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 06 325 Chemicals ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3251-3259 ** ) 6526 6824 8113 10790 10912 9258 10984 10022 9674 14492 11304 12495 13424 14375 12422 12808 9069 11095 12435 10297 10166 11307 11789 10668 11795 11668 14714 14370 15515 16324 17081 15752 15622 16903 19418 23286 23747 22134 23780 23615 21649 18039 14800 18458 16884 16208 17280 23495 23399 25637 742822
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 07 3251 Basic Chemicals 3983 4314 4806 6125 6309 5486 6621 5871 5418 8371 6472 7306 7852 8076 6478 6194 4297 5267 6021 4754 4416 4871 4952 4488 4736 4500 5522 5562 5743 6167 6400 5633 5541 5424 5773 7186 7221 6497 6756 7035 6077 5350 4571 6111 5599 5782 5991 7375 7392 7840 296532
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 08 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 635 707 1099 1492 1564 1330 1545 1416 1200 1920 1240 1286 1274 1371 1218 1541 993 1220 1409 1170 1358 1338 1457 1274 1442 1453 1827 1902 2071 2278 2382 2253 1845 1808 1815 1989 1779 1959 2306 2221 2082 1892 1411 1627 1326 1073 1138 1817 1815 1622 78190
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 09 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicines 681 712 663 1022 976 610 917 869 1015 1462 1306 1560 1866 2327 2439 2410 1846 2482 2600 2286 2016 2523 2532 2566 3122 3131 4330 4019 4319 4603 5018 4425 5049 6265 8548 10249 10536 9729 10706 10511 9721 7582 6665 8369 7760 7393 7957 11112 10985 12483 234273
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 10 3253,3255,3256,3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation 1793 1667 2113 3056 2918 2344 2695 2586 2856 3926 3317 3593 3933 4533 4341 4741 3457 4138 4514 3876 4018 4565 4858 4313 4807 4901 6320 5956 6629 6536 6743 6375 6609 7396 8445 9460 10079 9521 10059 10021 9474 7488 5890 6959 6388 5947 6640 9461 9490 11152 282897
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 11 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 4260 4121 5578 6691 6889 5992 6486 5825 6750 6994 6393 6902 6940 7029 6042 6898 4695 5928 6677 5611 5767 6732 6874 6848 7485 7665 9337 8937 9345 9645 9664 9918 9170 9563 9591 11638 12320 12053 12151 11963 11392 10341 8067 7760 6692 5973 6349 9871 10320 11396 397528
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 12 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 1610 1550 2042 2511 2407 2095 2491 2450 2969 2663 2590 2861 2708 2673 2378 2641 1813 2372 2560 2162 2146 2527 2492 2579 2744 2704 3418 3241 3493 3364 3347 3390 3166 3397 3660 4312 4737 4441 4778 4761 4654 4255 3391 3231 2692 2413 2647 4306 4395 4825 153052
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 13 331 Primary Metal 589 715 846 921 993 793 877 891 1063 1128 1082 1240 1159 1136 1059 1012 803 871 909 729 898 956 904 925 909 972 1103 952 990 967 1081 1015 977 908 804 1072 1199 1143 1282 1225 1091 958 757 716 616 629 808 1010 1084 1207 47974
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 14 332 Fabricated Metal Products 7996 8183 10981 10988 10976 9896 10398 9100 11674 10207 11035 11303 10465 9751 8891 9413 6817 8631 9092 7775 7528 9490 9802 9953 11374 10262 12535 12110 12396 11599 11115 11684 11048 11372 11132 14151 15228 15386 15504 15155 14531 12833 11429 11700 9743 8845 9106 12460 12774 14704 550521
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 15 333 Machinery 15689 16329 21256 21981 20638 18847 20864 19572 25650 22578 23563 24135 21523 20396 19206 19163 14257 18113 19174 16444 16170 19512 20916 20218 22663 21112 24288 22972 24346 24407 24028 23423 22126 23735 23471 29284 30591 31664 32604 31359 31212 29567 25312 28653 25270 24062 23793 30327 31369 34857 1172689
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 16 334 Computer and Electronic Products ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3341-3346 ** ) 7801 8318 12252 13810 12313 11609 14342 14994 18701 16140 16462 16090 14905 14866 14195 13852 10740 13663 14607 13798 13620 15820 18126 18909 23670 22177 28525 26475 29060 29832 31671 35152 36901 40857 41023 59483 61452 64840 70280 73558 78451 81189 73474 94645 86691 90854 97633 125778 129340 148129 2021073
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 652 721 1091 1198 1110 855 1058 1236 1902 1611 1510 1446 1268 1390 1379 1348 1060 1328 1349 1466 1478 1771 2138 2313 2775 2856 3747 3544 3830 4357 5083 5402 5866 7474 8342 14023 13994 14041 15258 15424 16386 17888 16927 24657 22540 25587 29165 39677 40173 47558 439252
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 18 3342 Communications Equipment 981 1027 1525 1642 1403 1245 1681 2048 2543 2350 2290 2169 2111 2009 2015 1934 1423 1932 1888 1985 1857 2083 2684 2926 3717 3377 4489 4012 4087 4165 4593 5278 6029 7299 7087 10331 10994 11334 11732 12215 12440 14260 13489 20278 17745 19411 21338 27338 30015 37834 370638
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 19 3344 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 2405 2760 4427 5057 4494 4127 5344 5201 6243 5179 5262 4871 4633 4561 4370 4164 3195 3908 4211 4002 4157 4702 5421 5765 7360 6964 8483 8349 9627 9706 9671 11172 11957 12475 13088 18458 20028 22299 25498 27026 28525 29368 26342 30629 29100 29297 30703 37714 37309 38649 648256
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 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
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 21 3343,3346 Other Computer and Electronic Products 833 902 1305 1419 1293 1272 1516 1704 2300 2230 2016 2001 1811 1889 1810 1677 1401 1820 1996 1993 1927 2209 2598 2555 3058 2808 3656 3102 3625 3550 4017 4280 4402 4541 4253 5842 5732 5825 5624 5787 6159 6883 5636 8059 7280 7225 7700 9130 10022 12135 192808
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 22 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components 4435 4890 7219 7877 7118 6143 7165 7150 8907 7335 7607 7205 6155 5844 5853 5883 4370 5451 5825 5718 5360 6731 6774 6288 8266 7572 8955 8268 8525 8643 8697 8934 8925 9390 9880 12928 13858 14713 15803 16302 16721 17291 15548 17618 16093 15734 16931 20477 20105 21888 501368
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 23 336 Transportation Equipment ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3361-3369 ** ) 3742 3902 5222 5043 4822 4651 4687 4380 5461 4959 5665 6009 5677 5206 4717 4883 3461 4517 4693 4314 4367 5591 5612 5559 6682 6265 7276 6854 7282 7117 6803 6651 6597 7347 6832 8671 9326 10353 11734 11677 11267 10667 9977 11042 10202 9633 9316 11952 12125 14121 354909
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 24 3361-3363 Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Parts 2362 2421 3518 3281 3228 3134 3163 2979 3653 3398 3970 4173 4093 3766 3433 3658 2611 3457 3521 3296 3417 4343 4426 4373 5203 4885 5644 5414 5755 5474 5169 4965 5047 5789 5433 6898 7473 8181 9311 9271 9031 8583 7947 8876 8310 7912 7415 9618 9519 10897 271694
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 25 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 1235 1373 1745 1701 1526 1503 1518 1422 1707 1453 1754 1590 1522 1598 1468 1502 1114 1419 1465 1228 1350 1865 1796 1610 1937 1902 2183 1989 2103 2379 2233 2065 2007 2163 2048 2669 2762 3083 3746 3826 3540 3240 3144 3509 3060 2872 2792 3379 3690 4597 109382
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 26 3365,3366,3369 Other Transportation Equipment 986 1102 1380 1313 1342 1350 1341 1242 1614 1441 1676 1837 1677 1355 1227 1220 795 1004 1113 1034 844 1197 1182 1282 1566 1420 1599 1425 1569 1451 1426 1500 1494 1607 1365 1731 1885 2097 2308 2160 2010 1734 1881 1811 1747 1645 1649 1867 1838 2118 75457
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 27 337 Furniture and Related Products 568 547 669 749 749 455 484 509 650 557 605 641 568 529 468 611 330 478 384 321 319 415 440 563 648 626 725 577 610 670 552 788 740 883 851 985 1045 1149 924 1038 1107 1120 895 1003 795 858 851 1116 1024 1153 35342
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 28 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3391-3399 ** ) 4301 3865 5065 5113 5163 4961 5594 5216 6442 5895 6200 6477 6333 5785 5673 5518 4428 5814 5990 5098 4927 6062 6350 6520 7722 7038 9079 8660 9338 9387 9038 10600 10204 10678 10765 13921 14412 14394 14007 13447 14325 12450 10234 11648 10730 10209 10979 16490 17280 20122 439947
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies 761 582 725 780 931 855 1092 1154 1335 1191 1342 1547 1635 1393 1354 1156 1005 1563 1633 1385 1337 1708 1896 2172 2662 2421 3115 3059 3496 3629 3522 4199 4102 4331 4611 6081 5997 6021 5885 5554 6462 5222 4151 4730 4141 3881 4445 7458 8375 9937 158019
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous 3594 3350 4408 4397 4278 4157 4563 4110 5190 4748 4917 4981 4758 4447 4396 4422 3467 4295 4429 3767 3635 4421 4537 4432 5169 4699 6080 5695 5951 5879 5605 6523 6213 6493 6311 8024 8624 8562 8302 8045 7996 7383 6214 7057 6696 6402 6594 9169 9060 10352 286797
Whol / YoG (ALL) ALL All Regions, U.S. and Foreign 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS 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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