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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 530, Chemistry: Natural Resins or Derivatives; Peptides or Proteins; Lignins or Reaction Products Thereof

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
GENENTECH, INC. 17 25 58 201 166 467
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 31 12 17 25 29 114
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC. 14 11 27 12 15 79
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 15 5 10 17 17 64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 6 13 10 11 16 56
ZYMOGENETICS, INC. 9 7 10 12 4 42
AMGEN, INC. 6 5 7 7 9 34
IMMUNEX CORPORATION 2 2 5 15 9 33
MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 8 3 5 4 12 32
SCHERING CORP. 4 4 8 6 7 29
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 1 4 5 5 8 23
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 1 2 2 8 7 20
MERCK + CO., INC. 3 4 1 8 4 20
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 5 4 4 2 4 19
AGENSYS, INC. 1 4 4 6 3 18
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 2 3 6 2 5 18
ARIUS RESEARCH, INC. 1 0 1 4 11 17
CORIXA CORPORATION 5 6 2 2 2 17
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 1 3 8 1 4 17
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 4 4 4 17
CHUGAI SEIYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 2 6 0 16
INSTITUT PASTEUR 3 4 4 2 3 16
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 5 3 4 16
THERAVANCE, INC. 1 4 5 3 3 16
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION 6 0 2 3 4 15
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 3 2 2 5 3 15
HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS 4 1 4 1 5 15
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 2 1 3 6 2 14
SERONO GENETICS INSTITUTE, S.A. 0 0 7 3 4 14
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 4 3 0 6 14
GENETICS INSTITUTE, INC. 1 1 5 2 4 13
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 2 2 1 2 6 13
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 4 2 3 2 1 12
IMMUNOMEDICS INC. 1 1 2 7 1 12
TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 5 5 2 12
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 4 1 1 4 2 12
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 4 2 2 3 12
YALE UNIVERSITY 2 2 4 2 2 12
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 0 0 5 3 3 11
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 4 1 2 11
MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V 2 1 3 2 3 11
ORTHO-MCNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. 2 0 4 4 1 11
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 7 2 11
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 0 4 1 4 2 11
BOLDER BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 4 4 10
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. 2 2 3 3 0 10
ICAGEN, INC. 2 1 2 2 3 10
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 1 4 1 3 10
WYETH 1 1 3 3 2 10
XENCOR, INC. 0 1 2 2 5 10
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 2 1 5 0 2 10
APPLERA CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 1 9
BIOGEN IDEC MA INC. 1 1 0 1 6 9
CHIRON CORPORATION 1 0 4 4 0 9
KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD 0 2 3 4 0 9
PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY 4 1 1 1 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 0 2 3 1 9
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 0 2 3 1 2 8
EMD LEXIGEN RESEARCH CENTER CORP. 0 0 4 3 1 8
HESKA CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 3 8
PALATIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 4 8
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES 3 0 4 1 0 8
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 2 4 2 8
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 2 1 0 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 2 1 3 0 2 8
AJINOMOTO COMPANY INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 1 7
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 2 2 0 7
NOVO NORDISK A/S 1 0 0 4 2 7
PDL BIOPHARMA, INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 2 0 1 1 3 7
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 1 2 2 2 0 7
ACADEMIA SINICA 1 0 2 2 1 6
ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
AVENTIS PHARMA SA 1 1 2 2 0 6
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 1 0 3 1 1 6
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
CURAGEN CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
GREEN PEPTIDE CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 4 6
JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
NUVELO, INC. 2 1 0 0 3 6
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 1 0 6
PFIZER INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 3 0 0 3 6
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
RIKEN CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY 0 2 2 0 2 6
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 0 4 6
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY 3 2 0 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 2 0 0 2 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
AKZO NOBEL NV 1 3 1 0 0 5
ALLERGAN, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 4 0 0 1 5
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
DYAX CORP. 1 2 1 0 1 5
EMORY UNIVERSITY 1 0 2 2 0 5
INCEPT LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
INVITROGEN CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 0 5
ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 0 0 1 3 1 5
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 2 1 5
LARGE SCALE BIOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 0 1 1 1 2 5
MEDAREX, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 4 0 0 0 5
NORTHFIELD LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
QUADRANT DRUG DELIVERY LIMITED 0 0 0 4 1 5
RANDOX LABORATORIES LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 0 2 2 0 5
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH 1 0 3 0 1 5
SANKYO COMPANY LIMITED 1 3 0 0 1 5
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 2 1 0 0 2 5
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 1 1 2 1 5
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 3 1 0 0 1 5
TANOX BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 0 0 4 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1 1 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 0 2 1 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 0 0 0 4 1 5
WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2 1 1 0 1 5

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