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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

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 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 (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 01 311 Food 274 291 312 321 321 347 387 376 476 494 399 391 466 427 327 253 243 289 330 264 281 248 330 259 273 303 442 424 422 391 380 363 370 404 328 365 516 546 500 409 374 292 176 211 179 130 160 222 242 274 16802
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 02 312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 111 125 120 136 140 152 161 147 203 245 193 191 201 216 166 126 103 146 157 121 113 96 135 114 128 108 169 132 168 144 149 131 133 127 129 152 203 214 199 181 152 135 62 97 91 59 67 100 99 123 7070
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 03 313-316 Textiles, Apparel and Leather 884 825 902 1024 1000 837 1015 977 1094 997 973 943 845 901 840 863 553 731 855 677 656 778 805 858 969 948 1246 1104 1183 1150 1144 1165 1197 1355 1444 1726 1897 1721 1618 1485 1526 1369 1134 1147 896 916 947 1448 1396 1497 54461
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 04 321 Wood Products 500 488 639 746 708 584 628 505 610 540 604 595 528 516 493 536 305 424 450 310 338 512 451 582 615 501 674 571 530 494 517 614 557 661 680 851 905 881 891 859 735 712 604 549 426 411 497 867 775 995 29964
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 05 322,323 Paper, Printing and support activities 546 548 645 705 681 566 611 607 769 681 629 591 616 609 504 522 395 523 588 515 454 475 556 612 630 654 798 850 806 883 870 923 870 939 1011 1182 1201 1129 1084 1049 989 862 659 559 521 461 473 852 758 867 35828
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 06 325 Chemicals ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3251-3259 ** ) 4903 5024 5957 7960 7991 6773 7613 6731 6392 9273 7154 7471 7915 8016 7110 7551 5259 6218 6946 5638 5623 6285 6324 5630 6161 5925 7376 6973 7815 8398 8811 8141 8001 9141 10792 12757 13101 11968 12602 12551 11476 9342 7866 9792 8847 8382 8959 11927 11698 12766 413325
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 07 3251 Basic Chemicals 2824 3031 3355 4341 4419 3889 4414 3794 3457 5174 3918 4170 4390 4276 3587 3661 2497 2949 3416 2642 2428 2723 2640 2372 2410 2232 2696 2595 2757 3089 3214 2758 2692 2740 2883 3549 3595 3235 3197 3358 2887 2508 2146 2955 2733 2803 2862 3449 3470 3664 160844
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 08 3252 Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 514 556 860 1149 1180 956 1086 914 721 1145 801 743 735 725 711 918 550 702 816 644 787 761 836 767 789 733 941 947 1026 1158 1155 1133 893 910 873 909 851 902 1022 1009 926 808 681 750 607 495 527 791 783 647 41843
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 09 3254 Pharmaceutical and Medicines 476 507 441 678 652 433 587 565 626 872 768 867 1070 1228 1242 1255 932 1243 1335 1083 953 1302 1261 1233 1636 1629 2215 2025 2271 2447 2775 2483 2856 3749 5377 6390 6546 5957 6539 6458 5960 4620 4089 5104 4629 4296 4664 6354 6121 7015 135814
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 10 3253,3255,3256,3259 Other Chemical Product and Preparation 1483 1348 1674 2413 2329 1867 2038 1928 2108 2819 2310 2395 2593 2805 2576 2765 2030 2291 2400 2069 2183 2452 2531 2129 2423 2425 3040 2821 3319 3268 3406 3289 3339 3942 4632 5076 5447 5018 5242 5258 5044 3819 3101 3693 3281 3010 3403 4749 4708 5532 155821
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 11 326 Plastics and Rubber Products 3659 3569 4744 5626 5673 4821 5121 4462 5120 5016 4723 4922 4773 4702 4089 4613 3108 3854 4239 3587 3601 4143 4198 4042 4320 4398 5453 5210 5423 5579 5541 5818 5350 5852 5674 6842 7265 6871 6803 6591 6218 5497 4579 4363 3700 3346 3430 5209 5385 5744 246866
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 12 327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 1348 1325 1705 2124 1962 1676 1919 1873 2213 1835 1892 2028 1833 1769 1595 1655 1142 1516 1608 1326 1303 1568 1482 1455 1537 1500 1928 1892 2018 1888 1927 2012 1860 2141 2108 2504 2745 2530 2695 2556 2513 2204 1859 1705 1462 1287 1448 2219 2236 2407 93333
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 13 331 Primary Metal 469 545 596 686 700 571 579 599 693 686 674 754 652 630 556 541 417 433 470 374 460 450 420 418 402 472 506 412 436 463 502 462 427 407 346 454 508 461 496 456 399 364 302 291 253 270 330 387 403 408 23990
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 14 332 Fabricated Metal Products 6880 7057 9389 9343 9094 8088 8353 7091 8967 7578 8389 8239 7486 6931 6340 6575 4715 5975 6151 5162 4919 6130 6169 5966 6859 6268 7746 7421 7764 7327 7119 7527 7094 7313 7045 8912 9394 9231 9087 8594 8392 7192 6666 6770 5591 5111 5132 7040 7121 7934 362637
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 15 333 Machinery 12378 12909 16371 16935 15481 14004 14854 13605 17440 14882 15638 15303 13290 12237 11548 10993 8088 10055 10625 8983 8529 9996 10285 9472 10396 9689 11399 10675 11373 11747 12001 11853 11099 11966 11280 13617 14599 14797 15056 14346 14277 13306 11477 12825 11166 9961 10013 12849 13260 14425 623353
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 16 334 Computer and Electronic Products ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3341-3346 ** ) 6503 6895 10061 11278 9838 9197 11082 11429 13718 11410 11578 10891 9888 9725 9219 8793 6665 8273 8577 7890 7783 8948 9833 10040 12052 10968 14044 13224 14533 15043 16035 18290 19271 21649 21857 31767 33069 34860 37415 38474 40814 41899 37974 48849 43425 44247 47439 60975 61383 69575 1078645
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 17 3341 Computer and Peripheral Equipment 515 601 922 985 899 678 837 970 1417 1139 1085 963 821 905 885 853 651 804 802 803 815 968 1057 1114 1342 1344 1798 1719 1828 2045 2609 2905 3187 4163 4750 8197 8292 8434 9111 8991 9583 10280 9892 14478 12726 13997 16337 22578 22087 25571 249733
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 18 3342 Communications Equipment 826 860 1259 1302 1089 990 1278 1531 1869 1701 1616 1555 1430 1333 1335 1255 918 1210 1113 1129 1070 1218 1381 1569 1917 1684 2109 1974 2033 1980 2267 2608 3092 3776 3793 5292 5778 6186 6414 6478 6519 7577 7118 10797 9231 9595 10725 13424 14321 17371 194896
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 19 3344 Semiconductors and Other Electronic Components 2004 2318 3656 4102 3583 3256 4152 3958 4651 3671 3660 3254 3053 2951 2755 2621 1971 2394 2470 2347 2415 2721 3067 3177 3796 3428 4213 4069 4738 4803 4643 5395 5804 6062 6235 8682 9487 10471 11991 12498 13139 13126 11756 13353 12299 11844 11611 13631 12919 13354 307554
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments 3256 3303 4541 5163 4488 4357 5006 5121 6042 5037 5410 5328 4794 4629 4386 4241 3204 3946 4289 3672 3546 4151 4510 4553 5275 4868 6344 5912 6373 6595 6813 7718 7597 8070 7719 10472 10302 10578 11340 11815 12935 12165 10571 12311 11215 10957 11012 14195 14542 16241 360908
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 21 3343,3346 Other Computer and Electronic Products 656 729 1020 1107 964 950 1109 1261 1531 1464 1220 1198 1006 1033 969 824 712 870 922 938 919 932 1043 1002 1118 927 1141 1016 1152 1114 1266 1441 1524 1600 1502 2067 2100 2325 2187 2252 2379 2544 2058 2916 2576 2310 2464 2975 3176 3844 76353
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 22 335 Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and Components 3734 4079 5957 6497 5757 4919 5490 5310 6461 5196 5279 4812 4121 3824 3846 3843 2814 3410 3585 3373 3143 3951 3743 3446 4364 3906 4771 4402 4515 4583 4655 4816 4776 4925 5050 6336 6829 7042 7540 7511 7779 7962 7126 7838 7129 6783 6963 8198 7860 8301 268550
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 23 336 Transportation Equipment ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3361-3369 ** ) 2942 3075 3993 3860 3596 3433 3295 3043 3719 3215 3756 3893 3576 3130 2839 2849 1936 2418 2530 2225 2156 2577 2538 2363 2717 2666 3310 2993 3256 3295 3302 3417 3402 3826 3310 4093 4322 4828 5238 5295 5048 4772 4484 4965 4500 4061 4069 5293 5360 5960 180739
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 24 3361-3363 Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Parts 1843 1911 2659 2501 2424 2327 2222 2053 2464 2134 2555 2590 2474 2128 1945 1995 1366 1704 1780 1552 1533 1806 1831 1623 1846 1835 2248 2077 2294 2216 2200 2334 2409 2836 2417 2942 3158 3527 3803 3822 3724 3553 3276 3668 3393 3085 2990 3939 3852 4291 127155
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 25 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 952 1049 1298 1260 1087 1061 1006 921 1102 918 1101 953 910 957 890 847 605 732 796 646 697 880 792 691 837 810 1001 829 940 1146 1121 1082 998 1072 933 1186 1228 1340 1580 1742 1543 1403 1356 1518 1331 1208 1287 1532 1704 1996 54874
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 26 3365,3366,3369 Other Transportation Equipment 800 875 1065 1012 1012 969 934 896 1095 944 1148 1285 1111 858 757 770 490 586 627 572 473 618 602 650 695 637 803 775 790 738 768 815 809 877 712 905 974 1109 1216 1144 1068 871 954 972 874 764 821 971 890 951 43052
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 27 337 Furniture and Related Products 505 486 577 669 648 404 390 404 536 435 470 480 428 396 338 475 239 352 261 221 202 288 269 343 375 423 477 397 413 440 388 523 511 618 565 653 677 721 564 612 683 686 537 601 465 502 465 591 569 624 23896
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 28 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing ( ** ROLLUP, includes 3391-3399 ** ) 3737 3363 4405 4452 4435 4181 4567 4246 5150 4577 4964 4994 4778 4335 4258 4031 3217 4113 4280 3643 3523 4197 4404 4420 5187 4795 6172 5897 6494 6629 6463 7649 7345 7765 7609 9797 10065 10002 9338 8884 9582 8405 7018 8007 7310 6865 7609 11257 11888 13765 314067
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 29 3391 Medical Equipment and Supplies 649 507 623 689 792 728 897 952 1105 932 1117 1230 1268 1083 1035 877 734 1115 1138 965 964 1198 1334 1521 1811 1684 2178 2131 2526 2628 2634 3203 3064 3319 3389 4474 4344 4350 4114 3821 4496 3625 2929 3314 2829 2640 3089 5226 5955 6898 114124
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 30 339 (except 3391) Other Miscellaneous 3136 2919 3844 3821 3684 3500 3725 3334 4121 3683 3894 3806 3561 3296 3285 3196 2514 3029 3195 2721 2594 3053 3126 2952 3448 3171 4080 3836 4048 4080 3895 4543 4356 4562 4329 5450 5863 5784 5327 5164 5162 4879 4176 4791 4562 4273 4566 6119 6033 6974 203460
Whol / YoG (U.S.) USA All U.S. Regions 31 All Industries All Industries ( ** ROLLUP, includes all listed NAICS categories ** ) 37174 38410 50331 54634 51274 45781 50394 47073 55975 51519 51501 50646 46710 44280 41488 41250 30074 37350 39218 33890 32868 38373 39556 38126 43519 40498 50184 47391 51177 52253 53231 56066 55739 61104 61708 80289 83906 85068 87600 86971 87893 84270 74637 89823 79526 77502 82382 107791 108622 121026 2958071


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