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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 3345
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments

( 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 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 2 U.S. CORPORATION 1920 1964 2704 3172 2621 2572 2997 3092 3593 2961 3194 3067 2734 2763 2542 2511 1850 2323 2446 2159 2084 2507 2756 2755 3414 3147 4065 3704 3967 4067 4257 4909 4902 5242 5083 6843 6791 7168 7807 8231 9100 8750 7815 9168 8406 8294 8444 10690 10935 12180 240667
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 4 U.S. INDIVIDUAL 552 498 691 713 657 625 642 667 730 685 769 858 736 722 722 746 584 644 736 626 571 619 671 688 730 670 936 874 965 952 932 969 1038 1051 909 1206 1098 1116 1036 1081 1106 967 774 873 782 784 668 816 861 948 40294
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership) 6 U.S. GOVERNMENT 167 198 298 305 354 317 380 400 479 328 448 392 456 357 313 239 204 259 242 196 202 249 264 250 214 132 177 212 253 243 229 307 208 233 177 226 201 187 193 203 225 184 145 178 166 134 140 198 196 202 12457
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (U.S. Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 2639 2661 3693 4191 3632 3513 4018 4159 4801 3973 4411 4317 3926 3842 3576 3496 2637 3226 3424 2981 2858 3374 3691 3693 4358 3949 5178 4790 5186 5262 5418 6185 6148 6526 6170 8275 8090 8471 9035 9515 10431 9901 8735 10219 9353 9212 9252 11703 11993 13331 293419
 
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 3 FOREIGN CORPORATION 274 333 488 504 559 593 815 880 1235 1128 1232 1342 1278 1331 1266 1372 1163 1506 1738 1538 1538 1886 2066 2263 2900 2741 3519 3198 3349 3291 3323 3374 3397 3649 3478 4710 4543 4943 5497 6395 7312 6954 6287 7536 7209 7407 7637 9711 9909 11483 172079
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 5 FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL 125 124 166 151 149 156 193 234 265 283 267 348 277 266 242 253 193 287 262 267 214 253 287 287 339 299 435 359 339 326 304 328 332 306 314 461 376 404 437 477 478 400 325 365 341 317 325 377 338 395 15046
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership) 7 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT 23 19 26 42 34 25 34 45 28 22 38 42 35 32 32 46 33 24 25 55 55 67 85 81 110 76 91 69 95 83 83 45 64 51 54 41 31 15 13 21 15 16 10 14 17 7 16 32 32 41 2087
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (Foreign Ownership)   -- Subtotal -- 422 476 679 697 742 774 1042 1159 1528 1433 1536 1732 1590 1629 1540 1670 1390 1818 2024 1860 1808 2205 2438 2631 3349 3116 4046 3626 3783 3700 3711 3747 3792 4006 3845 5211 4951 5362 5946 6893 7804 7370 6621 7914 7567 7730 7978 10120 10279 11919 189212
 
Frac / YoG 20 3345 Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments (ALL Ownership) A All Ownership Categories 3061 3137 4372 4888 4374 4288 5060 5319 6329 5407 5947 6049 5516 5471 5117 5166 4027 5043 5449 4840 4666 5579 6129 6324 7707 7065 9224 8416 8969 8962 9128 9932 9940 10532 10015 13486 13042 13833 14981 16409 18235 17271 15356 18133 16920 16942 17230 21823 22271 25250 482631


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