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

Patenting By NAICS Industry Classification
Breakout By Ownership Category
-- Fractional 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 -

Listing of Ownership Categories For 0.5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification Corresponding To

NAICS Classification 3342
Communications Equipment

( North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) classification is determined by
the primary U.S. Patent Classification System (USPC) patent classification and a USPC to NAICS concordance - see 'Explanation of Data' )
( this Fractional Counts report proportionally distributes a patent across each matched industry -- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( * in Fractional Counts tables, counts are rounded)

The following table displays Ownership Categories and FRACTIONAL counts of utility patents associated with each of them; patents are distributed by year of patent grant.
Counts Sequence ID NAICS Classification Classification Title (U.S. or Foreign) Assignment ID Ownership Category 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
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 504 519 792 821 698 653 830 1024 1243 1102 1044 1028 898 860 843 760 536 743 681 717 695 844 970 1099 1366 1181 1483 1393 1379 1402 1706 2014 2364 2949 2886 4098 4552 4870 4952 5138 5159 6034 5696 8790 7344 7954 8786 10977 11935 14463 150776
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 131 149 205 218 168 155 209 201 279 288 270 262 262 235 223 258 190 240 239 195 168 167 178 215 270 253 371 308 348 281 237 284 364 464 452 564 563 579 546 465 398 501 449 659 551 555 543 772 588 664 17131
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 31 31 60 48 49 52 61 92 93 72 88 72 80 70 75 71 54 67 44 41 41 51 60 43 37 32 28 26 34 27 37 33 48 39 44 25 39 48 47 43 42 32 46 51 47 46 36 48 43 64 2486
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 665 700 1057 1087 915 860 1099 1317 1615 1463 1402 1362 1241 1165 1141 1088 780 1050 964 953 904 1061 1208 1357 1673 1466 1881 1727 1761 1710 1979 2331 2776 3452 3382 4687 5153 5497 5545 5646 5599 6567 6191 9499 7943 8555 9365 11797 12566 15191 170393
 
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 85 80 120 196 147 128 214 252 341 351 368 337 395 399 427 429 316 423 473 531 470 521 828 821 1181 1134 1568 1325 1353 1494 1612 1962 2150 2580 2337 3722 4017 4108 4332 4662 4969 5542 5286 7821 6964 7805 8464 11125 12716 16637 135514
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 17 27 33 30 23 25 36 45 66 65 65 56 60 58 60 40 36 63 81 74 69 44 66 82 93 85 127 103 105 96 92 78 108 116 124 161 163 179 175 175 142 142 161 238 197 164 252 256 222 271 5242
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 2 1 6 2 5 2 4 5 8 2 2 5 11 5 10 9 4 14 13 14 9 18 16 15 14 8 16 23 22 14 19 13 9 8 10 8 9 1 3 4 1 5 5 6 4 3 4 10 13 23 434
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 104 108 158 227 175 155 254 301 415 417 434 398 466 461 496 478 356 499 568 619 547 583 909 917 1288 1227 1711 1451 1479 1605 1722 2053 2267 2704 2471 3891 4189 4288 4509 4841 5112 5688 5452 8065 7165 7973 8720 11390 12950 16931 141190
 
Frac / YoG 18 3342 Communications Equipment (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 769 808 1215 1314 1090 1016 1353 1619 2030 1880 1836 1760 1707 1627 1637 1566 1136 1549 1531 1572 1452 1644 2118 2274 2960 2693 3592 3178 3240 3315 3701 4383 5043 6156 5853 8578 9342 9785 10054 10487 10711 12256 11644 17564 15108 16528 18085 23187 25516 32122 311583


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