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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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 126 120 94 108 70 518
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 71 53 41 45 30 240
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 26 39 37 54 36 192
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 5 13 11 32 14 75
CRYOVAC, INC. 22 12 12 13 11 70
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 12 17 10 15 12 66
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 13 9 8 11 9 50
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 8 16 4 3 6 37
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 8 6 6 10 36
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 6 1 8 8 30
AVX CORPORATION 3 4 8 10 4 29
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 2 5 6 6 25
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 4 5 9 4 0 22
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 5 10 3 0 3 21
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 1 5 11 21
POLY-MED, INC. 3 5 1 7 3 19
INTEL CORPORATION 6 4 3 4 1 18
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 6 3 5 3 1 18
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 2 2 7 4 18
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY 8 2 5 1 2 18
NCR CORPORATION 2 7 5 0 2 16
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 3 2 3 6 2 16
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 7 3 3 0 15
EASTWAY FAIR COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 0 5 9 14
PACESETTER, INC. 5 6 1 0 2 14
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 3 5 2 0 13
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 8 5 0 0 0 13
EATON CORPORATION 1 4 1 5 1 12
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 6 3 3 12
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 1 0 4 3 1 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 0 2 4 2 9
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED 0 5 4 0 0 9
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 4 0 0 2 3 9
TIETEX INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 3 2 3 0 1 9
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 4 3 0 2 0 9
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 3 3 1 0 1 8
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. 3 2 1 2 0 8
DEERE + COMPANY 0 1 0 5 2 8
MACHINE DESIGN INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 2 8
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, LLC 5 2 1 0 0 8
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 2 3 1 1 0 7
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
CARRIER COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
CELANESE ACETATE LLC 1 0 0 5 1 7
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 5 2 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 0 1 1 1 4 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 3 3 0 7
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 0 6
CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY 2 1 2 1 0 6
DARAMIC, INC. 0 3 2 0 1 6
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 1 6
HOMELITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 0 1 4 1 6
ITRON, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
MEDSAFE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 0 1 1 2 6
PHIBRO-TECH, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
SAFETY COMPONENTS FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
WELLMAN INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 3 0 1 0 5
BIC CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
DELTA DESIGN INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 3 1 1 0 5
GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM 0 0 2 2 1 5
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ITRON ELECTRICITY METERING, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
MAYTAG CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
WESTVACO CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5


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