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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

IOWA

( 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 93 85 60 85 50 373
DEERE + COMPANY 68 66 62 58 46 300
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 46 51 33 47 73 250
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 26 37 41 61 54 219
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 52 41 29 39 44 205
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 28 16 16 27 24 111
MAYTAG CORPORATION 24 29 22 27 7 109
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 23 24 12 22 22 103
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 14 19 21 10 71
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 19 16 15 13 8 71
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 12 14 13 11 8 58
LISLE CORPORATION 11 8 8 7 4 38
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 9 6 9 7 4 35
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 3 3 25 31
SQUARE D COMPANY 13 4 2 6 5 30
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 1 8 7 13 29
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 6 3 8 4 6 27
XILINX, INC. 3 4 6 8 6 27
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 7 7 5 3 3 25
INTERMEC IP CORP. 3 3 5 5 7 23
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY 11 2 5 4 0 22
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 5 6 6 1 21
CASE CORPORATION 17 4 0 0 0 21
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 3 5 1 4 6 19
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 4 7 5 0 0 16
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 4 5 3 3 16
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 10 5 0 15
MUSCO CORPORATION 0 4 2 3 6 15
CRYSTAL GROUP INC 2 6 1 2 2 13
MICREL INCORPORATED 1 2 4 3 3 13
STORK TOWNSEND INC. 0 0 0 4 8 12
ALCOA INC. 3 5 0 2 1 11
PELLA CORPORATION 1 3 1 5 1 11
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 4 5 0 1 11
HWH CORPORATION 4 4 2 0 0 10
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 2 2 9
GARST SEED COMPANY 0 0 0 4 5 9
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 2 2 1 9
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 1 1 0 3 4 9
THERMAL DYNAMICS, INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 2 1 0 3 2 8
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
PUTCO, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
ADVANTA U.S.A., INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 4 0 2 0 1 7
HENDERSON MANUFACTURING CO. 1 1 4 0 1 7
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 5 0 2 0 0 7
LINK MFG., LTD. 0 2 1 1 3 7
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
SOYGENETICS, LLC 0 2 1 1 3 7
SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 4 2 0 7
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
BIOFORCE NANOSCIENCES, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
CARGILL, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
COMPRESSOR CONTROLS CORP. 1 2 0 2 1 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 1 0 3 1 6
LIGHTWAVES SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 0 3 1 0 6
MCI, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
NCS PEARSON, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
STINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
WILIAN HOLDING COMPANY 3 1 1 0 1 6
WYETH 0 0 1 2 3 6
COMBISEP, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
DECISIONMARK CORP. 0 3 0 1 1 5
DELAVAN INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
F. R. DRAKE COMPANY 0 1 2 2 0 5
GARY W. CLEM, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION SEEDS, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
HUMAN GENE THERAPY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 0 1 3 0 5
MCI, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
MITEC INCORPORATED 0 2 2 1 0 5
THE LAURIDSEN GROUP INCORPORATED 0 1 1 1 2 5
TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
U.S. FILTER CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3 2 0 0 0 5
WORLDCOM, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5

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