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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

AUSTRALIA

( 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
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 122 172 247 510 533 1584
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 173 153 129 157 132 744
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 30 39 27 39 40 175
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 25 25 22 30 13 115
RESMED LIMITED, AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY 25 22 21 27 17 112
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 11 9 5 10 4 39
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 7 11 7 3 37
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND 6 6 6 11 8 37
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 12 5 5 5 6 33
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 2 2 11 5 9 29
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 7 9 4 3 3 26
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 3 11 7 25
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 5 7 7 6 25
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 5 4 3 7 3 22
CISCO SYSTEMS WIRELESS NETWORKING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED 3 1 4 10 3 21
ORBITAL ENGINE COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. 5 5 7 2 1 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 3 7 6 19
UNISEARCH LIMITED 3 10 3 1 2 19
QUALCOMM, INC. 4 3 4 1 6 18
COCHLEAR LIMITED 0 1 1 5 10 17
METAL STORM LIMITED 2 4 2 3 5 16
ALCATEL 4 7 2 2 0 15
CASTRIP, LLC 4 3 3 4 0 14
CSL LIMITED 2 5 1 3 3 14
TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY, LTD. 9 2 1 1 1 14
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 2 2 0 5 5 14
VARIAN AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 3 5 0 4 2 14
BHP BILLITON INNOVATION PTY LTD. 1 2 3 1 6 13
D&PL TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORP. 0 0 1 11 1 13
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS PTY. LTD. 2 2 3 6 0 13
GRADIPORE LIMITED 2 3 5 3 0 13
SOLA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD. 2 5 3 3 0 13
U.S. FILTER WASTEWATER GROUP, INC. 2 2 6 1 2 13
BANDSPEED, INC. 0 1 0 6 5 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 4 2 1 11
LAKE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 3 5 1 2 0 11
THE WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH 1 0 3 4 3 11
TNA AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED 2 1 2 2 4 11
ACRUX DDS PTY. LTD. 0 1 6 2 1 10
JAMES HARDIE RESEARCH PTY LIMITED 2 5 2 1 0 10
BHC CONSULTING PTY LTD 3 3 0 0 3 9
DILITHIUM NETWORKS PTY LTD. 0 0 0 2 7 9
NOVAPHARM RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LIMITED 1 4 1 0 3 9
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 1 0 4 2 9
CETRAM PTY LIMITED 3 1 1 3 0 8
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 0 2 2 3 1 8
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 1 0 3 1 8
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 4 8
METAL MANUFACTURES LIMITED 1 1 3 1 2 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 3 8
NOVOGEN RESEARCH PTY. LTD. 4 0 0 2 2 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 3 0 0 0 8
AIMBRIDGE PTY. LTD. 1 1 1 1 3 7
BISHOP INNOVATION PTY. LIMITED 1 3 0 2 1 7
FLARION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 0 3 0 3 1 7
NUCOR CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 1 7
PBR AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 0 4 2 1 0 7
SECURENCY PTY LTD. 2 2 0 3 0 7
AMRAD OPERATIONS PTY LTD. 1 0 3 2 0 6
CANON INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 1 0 2 0 3 6
CELERITY RESEARCH PTE. LTD. 1 3 1 1 0 6
CENTER FOR THE APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TO INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURE 1 1 0 3 1 6
GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH 2 2 0 2 0 6
HENROB LIMITED 1 3 2 0 0 6
HEXIMA LIMITED 0 1 2 1 2 6
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. 4 0 1 0 1 6
MACQUARIE RESEARCH, LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
ORICA AUSTRALIA PTY, LTD. 4 2 0 0 0 6
REDFERN BROADBAND NETWORKS INC. 0 4 2 0 0 6
TELEZYGOLOGY INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
B3D, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
BIOTA SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT PTY LTD 1 1 0 1 2 5
CERAMIC FUEL CELLS LIMITED 0 2 1 2 0 5
CONNETICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 0 1 1 3 0 5
COOK INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
DYNAMIC DIGITAL DEPTH RESEARCH PTY. LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 2 0 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 1 1 0 1 2 5
JAMES HARDIE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V. 0 0 1 2 2 5
LIFE THERAPEUTICS LIMITED 0 0 0 4 1 5
LIFESCAN, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
MONASH UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 1 1 5
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 4 0 1 0 0 5
REEFDALE PTY. LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 1 4 5
SIRTEX MEDICAL LIMITED 3 0 0 2 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
WORSLEY ALUMINA PTY. LIMITED 1 2 0 0 2 5


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