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

U.S. PATENTING TRENDS BY NAICS INDUSTRY CATEGORY
UTILITY PATENT GRANTS,
CALENDAR YEARS 1963-2012

- this report was created with support from the National Science Foundation -

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This report profiles U.S. patenting in 30 product fields that are based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). There are 26 unique fields, and 4 fields that are combinations or roll-ups of the 26 unique fields. In addition, an 'All Industries' profile category, consisting of all NAICS fields together, is included in the report. Patenting activity in the NAICS industry categories has been determined by using the primary U.S. Patent Classification System (USPC) patent classification assigned to each patent and a USPC to NAICS concordance. Patents included in this report are limited to 'utility patents', also known as 'patents for inventions'.

This report consists of separate tables that count and distribute patents in different ways:

  1. FRACTIONAL and WHOLE patent counts
  2. Patent distributions by YEAR OF PATENT GRANT and by YEAR OF PATENT APPLICATION

For most users, fractional count tables 2A(i) to 2A(iv) are likely to be the ones of interest. See the General Description of the Report for further discussion about the data presented in the report tables.

  1. General Description of the Report

  2. Fractional Patent Count Tables ( *** fractional count tables should address most user needs *** )

    1. Patent Distribution By Year of Patent Grant ( *** most users will need only this set of tables, 2A(i) to 2A(iv) *** )
      1. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By State and Country
      2. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Ownership Category
      3. Patenting By State and Country, Breakout By NAICS
      4. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Organization

    2. Patent Distribution By Year of Patent Application
      1. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By State and Country
      2. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Ownership Category
      3. Patenting By State and Country, Breakout By NAICS
      4. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Organization

  3. Whole Patent Count Tables ( *** whole count tables address some specialized user needs *** )

    1. Patent Distribution By Year of Patent Grant
      1. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By State and Country
      2. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Ownership Category
      3. Patenting By State and Country, Breakout By NAICS
      4. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Organization

    2. Patent Distribution By Year of Patent Application
      1. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By State and Country
      2. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Ownership Category
      3. Patenting By State and Country, Breakout By NAICS
      4. Patenting By NAICS, Breakout By Organization

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