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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 60 61 40 58 39 258
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 44 29 25 27 25 150
ALCATEL 19 33 36 34 13 135
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 26 25 20 26 20 117
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 25 31 20 16 12 104
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 12 16 15 16 19 78
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 21 11 11 14 19 76
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 14 18 13 14 9 68
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 11 11 20 6 60
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 10 17 6 9 9 51
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 16 8 6 7 9 46
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 30 7 5 3 0 45
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 13 5 10 8 6 42
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 2 16 12 10 40
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 3 5 9 10 8 35
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 2 7 4 12 5 30
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 10 5 3 7 4 29
BARCO N.V. 1 4 4 11 8 28
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 11 4 2 1 25
GLAVERBEL 3 2 8 7 4 24
PICANOL N.V. 3 3 7 6 5 24
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 8 2 2 4 23
ATOFINA RESEARCH, S.A. 3 9 8 1 0 21
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC. 0 2 9 7 3 21
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 4 7 4 4 2 21
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 1 4 4 5 6 20
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC 5 6 5 0 3 19
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 3 4 6 5 1 19
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE (VIB) VZW 0 6 2 4 7 19
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 14 1 3 0 0 18
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 0 2 9 2 17
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 4 7 4 0 1 16
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 5 1 4 0 15
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY 0 0 0 5 9 14
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 2 3 5 3 1 14
EUROSCREEN S.A. 0 2 3 3 5 13
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 1 4 3 13
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 0 2 4 5 12
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 2 3 2 2 3 12
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 1 3 1 3 3 11
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 5 1 3 2 0 11
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 1 1 3 3 3 11
AKZO NOBEL NV 4 4 1 1 0 10
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 2 4 1 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 0 3 3 10
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 4 3 3 0 0 10
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE 3 2 2 1 2 10
XEIKON INTERNATIONAL N.V. 5 0 3 1 1 10
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 0 0 0 9 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 1 3 9
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 3 9
CF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 2 0 0 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 6 1 1 1 0 9
HANSEN TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL NV 0 0 1 2 6 9
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 1 2 4 1 9
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 4 0 0 3 2 9
OWENS CORNING COMPOSITES SPRL 2 1 2 4 0 9
TIBOTEC BVBA 1 1 3 2 2 9
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 1 1 1 4 2 9
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 1 4 2 8
FLOORING INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 3 3 1 8
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 0 3 2 1 2 8
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 2 1 2 2 1 8
KRATON POLYMERS US LLC 1 1 1 2 3 8
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6 1 0 1 0 8
SONY EUROPA B.V. 0 5 3 0 0 8
TECHSPACE AERO S.A. 4 1 0 3 0 8
COCA-COLA COMPANY 3 1 1 2 0 7
NEXANS 2 2 0 1 2 7
UNILIN BEHEER BV, BESLOTEN VENNOOTSCHAP 0 2 3 2 0 7
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 2 1 0 2 2 7
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 1 2 0 1 3 7
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (BELGIUM) BVBA 0 0 0 1 5 6
DOW CORNING S.A. 4 1 1 0 0 6
FCI 1 1 1 2 1 6
LEUVEN RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT VZW 1 2 0 0 3 6
MELEXIS N.V. 1 2 2 1 0 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 2 1 3 0 0 6
UCB FARCHIM S.A. 0 1 2 1 2 6
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR BELGIUM BVBA 2 0 1 0 2 5
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES A.S.B.L. 0 1 2 1 1 5
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 0 1 1 3 0 5
CONTEYOR MULTIBAG SYSTEMS N.V. 1 1 0 1 2 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 1 1 1 1 1 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 1 1 0 3 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 0 3 2 0 0 5
KEMIN PHARMA EUROPE B.V.B.A. 0 0 0 5 0 5
SOLUTIA INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SONY SERVICE CENTER (EUROPE) N.V. 0 1 0 3 1 5
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 3 0 0 2 5
SURFACE SPECIALTIES, S.A. 0 0 1 4 0 5
TIBOTEC PHARMACEUTICALS LTD 1 0 0 1 3 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 1 1 1 5
UMICORE 0 1 1 1 2 5
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (VITO) 3 0 0 0 2 5


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