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

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2003 - 2007 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

ALABAMA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 118 106 87 95 63 469
ADTRAN 24 17 19 25 14 99
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 33 28 11 11 12 95
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 10 6 26 41 9 92
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 18 15 11 9 4 57
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 9 9 8 16 13 55
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 12 14 11 11 5 53
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 4 7 10 8 11 40
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION 1 4 7 7 8 27
3DLABS INC. LTD. 10 6 2 0 1 19
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 8 1 4 5 0 18
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 1 8 4 2 3 18
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 2 3 5 6 17
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 1 2 9 3 1 16
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 6 3 1 1 1 12
BOEING COMPANY 3 2 4 1 2 12
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 1 3 3 5 12
AVOCENT CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 4 8
IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 0 1 3 3 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 1 4 2 0 8
SHEARWATER CORPORATION 8 0 0 0 0 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 0 1 4 7
INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 2 0 4 7
NANOTEK INSTRUMENTS, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
PSI SALES, INC. 1 2 1 3 0 7
UNITED STATES PIPE AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, LLC 0 2 0 3 2 7
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 0 1 1 4 6
NEW CENTURY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 0 2 2 0 6
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
SCI SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
SYNAPSE, INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5

PTMT Contacts

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
MDW 4C18; P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

tel: (571) 272-5600
fax: (571) 273-0110
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