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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 1969 - 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

FLORIDA

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 386 373 448 439 469 520 474 414 508 485 379 558 578 369 376 433 482 518 614 633 783 741 773 825 767 788 797 931 912 1102 1181 1100 1059 950 994 923 812 849 720 26463
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 1 1 4 10 15 11 20 22 13 12 16 7 8 30 28 30 37 47 29 64 90 115 147 159 193 219 168 174 163 135 137 95 72 56 76 76 124 108 2713
HARRIS CORP. 0 0 0 3 8 7 15 17 10 28 21 41 42 16 27 36 33 41 68 35 57 48 39 32 43 34 37 54 76 69 69 40 50 49 50 73 107 79 58 1512
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 6 9 8 5 6 0 18 6 6 6 20 15 12 27 24 24 11 7 11 12 29 35 57 77 82 99 86 91 62 60 65 44 43 37 34 61 55 1253
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14 11 14 12 17 16 14 22 22 19 19 25 26 22 25 20 29 20 31 46 64 33 39 60 57 59 48 40 45 48 29 34 24 15 6 6 6 7 11 1055
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 12 16 34 39 32 36 45 41 21 19 16 29 26 18 19 23 11 5 4 4 1 42 17 5 12 5 6 9 11 14 22 26 25 30 29 25 28 25 29 811
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 1 4 2 2 6 5 7 4 7 10 6 8 7 13 5 6 18 16 32 39 78 77 46 75 41 27 23 26 17 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 636
CORDIS CORPORATION 5 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 6 24 37 60 40 23 18 15 23 29 20 26 29 27 22 43 15 13 15 13 12 4 8 3 6 574
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 6 4 0 6 9 7 10 13 20 31 29 37 34 26 17 21 14 24 24 23 47 32 18 38 17 20 17 4 559
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 5 4 7 9 21 18 23 20 9 13 20 13 18 38 57 52 333
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 26 24 36 32 16 14 7 14 12 17 12 13 23 8 11 8 7 13 6 5 6 4 3 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 327
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 33 30 25 25 49 62 21 0 269
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 9 10 8 13 10 18 18 22 28 20 13 10 7 9 10 19 11 264
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 6 13 10 10 4 9 2 6 7 5 13 16 16 20 10 11 11 8 3 7 10 4 4 3 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 1 6 1 5 6 5 15 259
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 6 5 7 4 6 13 13 18 18 20 14 17 9 27 18 30 27 257
PARADYNE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 10 6 13 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 28 17 24 21 9 14 13 11 20 8 240
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 2 4 7 4 7 6 8 6 12 7 6 9 5 3 8 7 5 9 10 9 7 6 19 12 10 11 3 1 3 2 9 3 4 6 4 2 1 2 1 240
COULTER ELECTRONICS INC. 5 7 11 10 16 17 24 32 6 8 4 15 18 12 8 5 12 4 4 6 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 235
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 6 9 13 11 13 10 17 16 25 25 19 29 30 232
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 13 24 54 56 7 13 0 2 1 2 189
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 5 14 21 24 21 14 29 17 23 175
MARTIN-MARIETTA CORPORATION 12 13 5 5 8 9 4 9 6 10 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 0 4 1 3 1 8 2 2 9 9 10 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 10 20 44 36 26 15 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 168
SYMBIOSIS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 24 19 17 24 19 16 11 6 3 4 2 0 2 0 165
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 9 5 10 7 6 12 8 14 7 18 12 9 10 12 12 161
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 61 37 17 24 11 154
HONEYWELL INC. 7 6 7 5 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 5 1 6 2 1 3 7 6 3 4 12 2 3 5 11 12 4 6 6 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 151
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 4 9 16 13 8 10 2 0 2 5 7 15 8 9 13 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 7 9 9 8 4 3 1 3 5 0 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 1 6 7 8 7 4 8 144
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 37 20 20 20 22 143
AMP INCORPORATED 2 1 3 6 3 7 10 8 10 5 3 8 2 11 9 6 8 7 6 5 8 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
SCM CORPORATION 6 2 6 6 9 9 7 8 10 6 5 10 19 4 2 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
CELOTEX CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5 2 5 4 2 3 5 4 7 6 8 10 6 5 6 4 2 3 5 1 5 3 3 2 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 121
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 59 4 0 0 0 0 116
FMC CORPORATION 3 6 5 5 5 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 7 3 1 1 5 4 5 3 3 4 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 113
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 7 6 12 7 4 6 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 4 4 6 6 8 1 3 4 2 3 2 111
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 4 3 13 5 5 1 1 5 2 5 4 4 9 3 1 3 2 5 7 3 2 2 5 108
LINVATEC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 9 9 5 12 18 4 10 5 2 0 2 2 1 5 97
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 12 19 14 12 11 11 96
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 7 4 6 3 6 4 4 3 6 7 3 3 2 4 5 3 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 96
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 3 3 8 7 7 11 5 15 11 15 95
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 59 93
COULTER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 7 0 5 6 11 6 14 8 12 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 92
COULTER INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 18 4 11 7 9 9 9 1 1 83
IPR LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 24 29 20 82
AT&T CORP. 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 5 10 15 15 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 77
RCA CORPORATION 10 11 9 7 7 6 5 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
E-SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 4 9 4 7 3 4 6 4 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
IMPLANT INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 1 1 4 6 1 6 5 12 6 8 5 5 2 3 0 1 76
PARKERVISION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 2 5 2 4 5 9 5 16 15 75
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 20 27 16 2 74
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 0 4 9 6 8 6 7 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
SIEMENS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 8 9 8 22 1 0 1 70
HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 7 7 3 3 4 4 2 2 1 0 3 3 4 3 3 1 4 1 69
RACAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 13 9 11 11 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
AUTOMATED BUILDING COMPONENTS, INC. 6 9 6 2 2 8 8 5 6 3 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 8 5 5 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 62
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 7 8 4 0 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 4 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 58
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 14 6 4 1 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
ARTHREX INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 10 3 2 6 8 57
MESHNETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 25 18 56
POWER SYSTEMS MFG., LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 6 15 13 6 5 56
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 6 6 5 13 18 55
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 8 9 10 7 5 9 1 0 0 0 54
MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 1 6 2 7 3 9 3 5 1 2 0 1 54
MICROLIFE TECHNICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 11 5 5 7 1 4 3 3 0 52
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
ARIZONA CHEMICAL COMPANY 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 4 7 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 50
CRITIKON, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 1 3 7 4 7 10 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 5 9 17 11 49
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 11 10 4 49
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 12 4 2 4 3 1 0 49
KEY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 14 8 5 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 5 3 9 5 3 6 2 49
OLIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 8 5 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 47
CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 5 9 18 46
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 0 4 0 5 3 11 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
AMERICAN HOSPITAL SUPPLY CORPORATION 2 3 3 1 1 4 0 4 0 2 1 3 9 0 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
XM SATELLITE RADIO INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 10 8 2 8 6 45
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 4 12 1 43
ANDRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 5 2 5 7 2 3 3 4 2 0 42
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 19 12 42
TANTIVY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 15 12 4 2 0 0 42
CORVITA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 5 3 5 5 39
HALKEY-ROBERTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 2 39
KING OF FANS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12 5 8 3 2 1 2 39
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 3 4 0 2 3 4 5 4 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
RADIATION INCORPORATED 16 5 4 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
BETZ PAPERCHEM, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 7 10 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37