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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

ILLINOIS

( 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 670 647 747 716 800 784 614 581 598 581 444 506 509 439 366 491 448 471 509 460 612 539 572 522 552 492 588 595 540 715 673 671 599 584 494 470 369 438 400 21806
CATERPILLAR INC. 161 104 156 89 161 214 262 310 313 346 178 169 155 134 62 46 67 40 41 35 52 46 70 57 96 102 130 180 169 170 202 257 209 203 189 149 136 123 148 5731
MOTOROLA, INC. 90 84 133 110 102 69 47 58 69 43 43 52 38 47 51 61 56 79 101 75 90 91 147 198 211 194 234 284 252 364 313 319 203 177 169 203 225 285 182 5549
UOP 197 172 159 211 168 172 170 191 184 170 111 125 124 125 110 118 90 61 72 65 88 79 65 65 72 75 80 68 45 78 95 88 73 82 61 53 42 52 47 4103
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 31 7 24 47 38 45 50 30 43 39 39 76 57 44 31 30 33 25 26 33 23 42 54 94 86 96 86 122 132 107 86 85 78 51 65 36 25 42 33 2091
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 46 51 50 37 29 66 84 50 40 36 26 31 44 24 24 30 37 33 28 24 15 29 27 44 55 23 47 52 63 79 62 71 83 65 89 97 128 72 85 1976
ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 39 71 80 66 79 51 63 77 58 40 38 36 43 59 65 51 53 61 85 78 53 49 56 60 42 34 28 32 31 25 21 22 17 8 16 14 10 7 14 1732
AMOCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 68 58 52 84 76 77 79 82 58 59 61 82 100 93 91 111 91 61 25 31 28 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1502
AT&T CORP. 48 67 74 63 59 49 44 49 47 26 25 33 34 25 39 54 65 55 71 46 35 54 43 32 32 61 66 28 3 2 6 2 3 4 5 0 2 1 1 1353
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 12 15 16 20 25 14 16 21 33 37 28 64 54 46 44 49 36 32 39 24 34 25 24 28 18 25 21 40 36 51 51 42 52 31 41 32 31 26 18 1251
G. D. SEARLE & CO. 44 37 28 44 37 56 42 54 54 32 17 18 15 18 12 13 27 17 27 20 23 25 28 29 70 45 66 34 34 33 32 24 19 30 26 8 10 10 7 1165
NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY 39 23 32 39 29 28 34 46 32 31 26 23 30 17 28 31 22 20 44 41 38 38 30 39 45 45 49 22 29 28 30 35 29 28 0 0 0 0 0 1100
SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 10 2 15 8 12 6 8 8 16 10 15 7 7 12 5 20 45 72 82 70 94 111 133 51 23 36 20 35 25 38 34 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1040
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 22 54 68 63 86 101 102 88 95 58 114 78 929
MOLEX INCORPORATED 0 0 3 6 6 8 5 12 5 4 3 1 1 4 4 3 7 18 22 18 20 30 33 52 52 53 35 36 31 45 48 40 51 35 21 32 38 37 19 838
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 95 58 69 65 48 53 43 39 36 33 34 28 19 48 37 20 11 3 4 3 2 5 3 6 6 5 2 3 5 4 7 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 812
CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC. 81 63 84 80 50 61 66 62 41 32 37 41 18 31 16 7 6 5 5 4 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 809
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 26 26 34 25 25 20 32 41 33 36 23 21 30 22 13 41 23 29 30 22 21 21 13 24 16 11 3 10 6 9 15 12 5 6 7 7 3 8 7 756
SOUTHPAC TRUST 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 30 116 84 56 73 72 107 99 49 5 0 0 691
MARVIN GLASS & ASSOCIATES 34 18 48 43 41 52 50 44 40 29 31 41 44 27 9 15 22 25 12 8 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 649
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 11 11 22 12 21 21 29 17 17 12 13 19 19 20 21 17 29 24 36 22 29 28 40 28 24 9 9 6 7 5 3 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 593
BELL + HOWELL COMPANY 39 36 49 41 39 44 30 29 38 36 16 17 6 7 9 14 7 11 11 3 7 9 4 9 6 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 523
CASE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 18 9 19 21 16 20 18 16 18 7 17 19 17 29 43 53 42 29 41 33 0 2 0 504
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 32 34 23 24 25 25 24 25 23 21 7 21 18 14 8 23 18 12 9 5 3 7 5 7 5 4 5 3 1 5 2 4 7 7 14 11 11 6 4 502
BORG-WARNER CORPORATION 27 23 30 19 23 34 26 26 26 44 23 22 33 18 13 22 34 19 17 2 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 489
GTE AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC LABORATORIES INCORPORATED 0 0 20 18 84 121 71 29 25 11 12 23 18 14 20 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 477
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 10 4 8 15 7 8 10 13 13 11 15 15 21 27 25 30 23 31 48 31 47 41 462
DEERE + COMPANY 17 21 30 14 18 15 10 11 3 7 8 4 9 6 11 10 8 9 8 7 13 10 8 8 9 11 12 5 10 8 10 9 18 17 16 19 7 12 21 449
KENDALL COMPANY 9 8 11 14 31 25 27 17 25 17 20 31 23 24 25 24 13 11 19 14 13 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 423
EATON CORPORATION 0 14 22 13 9 7 5 4 3 2 8 7 17 11 8 18 17 14 12 12 15 22 14 15 19 19 12 13 15 7 10 4 1 5 4 5 2 5 10 400
STANDARD OIL CORPORATION (INDIANA) 27 33 28 32 36 73 46 75 12 12 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 391
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 3 7 1 6 3 2 2 6 9 7 6 5 3 6 8 11 17 10 21 32 20 17 31 27 21 15 17 17 22 370
HONEYWELL INC. 8 10 24 19 12 10 3 7 5 10 5 13 2 10 5 9 13 12 16 9 11 8 3 20 11 13 13 13 20 10 5 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 344
VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION 19 14 24 22 12 27 45 45 41 22 2 11 10 5 8 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 334
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 6 7 2 0 0 6 13 15 13 21 18 17 14 24 25 25 41 21 32 17 331
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY 8 6 4 7 8 10 17 28 16 13 7 20 16 7 17 18 11 19 7 5 3 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 8 14 7 9 4 4 7 320
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 8 12 7 19 21 20 22 28 25 42 26 22 18 10 6 6 4 310
3COM 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 2 20 31 55 49 43 50 26 26 6 308
DE SOTO, INC. 5 8 10 11 4 9 15 12 12 20 12 24 19 11 11 22 27 21 16 12 15 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 307
INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY 6 9 15 14 13 9 15 3 5 3 7 13 11 12 11 11 7 6 16 5 10 14 11 12 18 13 4 7 3 2 6 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 301
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY 0 2 23 43 22 15 16 25 13 17 24 13 27 11 8 14 12 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300
AMSTED INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 17 10 17 21 17 15 10 0 5 5 3 8 6 7 2 6 10 2 10 7 9 5 5 8 6 8 7 8 0 12 13 8 17 6 4 2 2 0 0 298
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 14 18 9 5 8 14 8 16 12 4 12 6 7 9 5 8 7 1 3 3 10 10 8 7 5 3 4 5 2 17 9 7 11 5 9 2 1 6 5 295
THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY 7 8 3 11 19 20 22 28 30 14 9 9 10 11 15 8 5 7 1 1 2 6 2 1 0 6 4 4 1 0 2 1 5 4 5 6 2 2 1 292
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 11 15 20 15 16 8 22 19 18 14 15 13 14 10 4 22 32 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 285
PANDUIT CORPORATION 1 1 2 10 2 2 7 8 6 1 1 6 1 3 3 4 6 3 1 4 6 6 5 9 5 3 5 4 7 5 8 1 8 22 21 15 13 27 34 276
WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 4 9 15 11 36 18 19 21 17 6 7 12 11 10 12 16 7 5 10 4 262
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 12 10 11 25 24 25 17 17 21 18 14 17 4 4 3 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 256
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 4 10 12 5 5 4 4 2 0 1 2 1 2 8 14 13 6 5 14 10 10 20 15 28 5 13 7 15 7 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 256
S & C ELECTRIC CO. 4 9 16 3 7 4 6 6 11 14 7 15 10 11 6 11 6 9 13 4 7 4 9 5 4 4 3 3 4 13 4 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 241
OLIN CORPORATION 7 14 10 20 22 10 16 8 2 2 3 2 0 1 3 10 10 13 8 10 11 2 7 8 1 2 3 5 0 3 2 6 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 233
AM INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 21 22 28 11 9 13 10 10 14 9 6 5 3 2 4 5 4 3 5 7 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 219
A. E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY 7 8 10 13 11 13 7 16 8 9 3 8 3 6 8 10 6 8 14 6 8 3 5 1 2 4 7 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 215
CPC INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 15 28 27 10 25 17 8 5 10 4 8 9 7 2 2 8 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 214
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY 6 5 5 16 24 16 13 9 11 3 5 14 12 7 11 9 18 6 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
CHICAGO BRIDGE + IRON COMPANY 8 6 11 14 15 18 15 6 4 7 7 9 12 10 9 11 15 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 203
ANDREW CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 3 2 3 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 0 6 5 8 4 5 3 2 4 0 5 4 4 2 8 10 14 7 9 15 12 17 19 8 200
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 17 8 11 15 15 4 9 5 2 4 3 3 1 0 0 5 3 7 5 4 4 4 7 5 7 3 5 3 2 3 5 1 2 7 2 7 7 0 0 195
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 10 15 8 12 13 8 5 2 5 4 3 5 1 3 4 10 3 2 2 3 2 5 4 4 3 4 14 15 7 3 2 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 193
SIGNODE CORPORATION 12 11 6 11 9 11 5 11 9 8 9 3 4 3 6 11 10 5 9 2 1 3 2 7 4 7 5 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 4 9 5 7 10 13 6 11 16 14 7 9 18 12 14 12 9 188
HYDRO-GEAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 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 1 5 4 5 6 9 15 11 10 29 28 39 23 187
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 10 8 7 6 3 15 16 26 29 15 17 3 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 3 6 2 2 5 3 3 2 3 4 4 12 21 10 16 16 20 13 2 1 5 8 2 5 180
A. B. DICK COMPANY 12 10 18 16 16 17 13 5 11 8 5 11 5 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 178
VISKASE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 19 19 10 18 9 8 13 16 5 11 5 6 9 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 174
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C. 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 19 21 32 36 33 32 173
BELOIT CORPORATION 7 6 15 5 5 25 19 11 4 3 3 6 5 8 3 11 6 4 1 1 5 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 169
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 4 5 10 16 27 24 44 38 168
BUNKER RAMO CORPORATION 3 2 14 14 14 17 12 17 2 13 11 26 10 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 165
BARBER-COLMAN COMPANY 8 11 5 13 9 5 6 10 13 9 10 6 6 5 3 7 3 2 2 3 4 2 2 3 0 3 2 1 2 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 164
TEE-PAK INC. 21 10 15 17 5 12 18 8 4 2 5 2 0 5 3 4 1 5 5 6 3 0 3 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
SLOAN VALVE COMPANY 3 4 4 4 4 5 0 2 4 9 2 0 4 3 0 2 4 6 3 2 9 5 5 4 6 5 0 9 1 4 7 6 7 5 7 5 7 2 2 161
STEWART-WARNER CORPORATION 17 13 33 15 14 2 2 8 4 5 6 4 3 4 2 1 9 3 4 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION 22 17 13 12 25 14 9 12 4 5 3 1 3 1 4 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158
BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 5 3 6 9 7 10 14 7 5 7 0 4 8 7 12 2 2 0 3 13 155
SUNBEAM CORPORATION 20 13 17 12 11 15 13 4 1 3 3 8 8 8 3 3 2 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
DANA CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 3 2 2 1 5 3 1 0 4 8 1 4 2 2 11 3 10 8 7 6 3 10 5 10 12 7 4 6 151
UNION SPECIAL CORPORATION 9 8 10 8 3 4 3 9 3 9 5 1 5 3 5 8 10 3 2 3 7 5 2 4 6 3 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
SWIFT + COMPANY 20 23 25 8 14 12 11 11 12 5 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 14 16 3 7 13 7 5 12 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 1 4 14 4 3 1 11 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 149
SINCLAIR RESEARCH INC. 68 65 14 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 0 0 0 148
BEATRICE COMPANIES, INC. 11 5 13 9 16 12 24 12 7 10 6 7 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143
AMERITECH 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 1 0 1 1 0 17 25 23 44 22 1 1 4 2 142
LITTELFUSE, INC. 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 2 1 5 8 6 4 5 0 1 2 3 5 2 2 2 6 7 16 8 3 6 9 2 3 4 5 142
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 3 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 4 5 2 6 1 4 7 6 10 9 2 6 12 8 4 11 6 4 2 3 1 2 142
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 2 5 7 13 20 21 15 3 6 10 9 4 140
IIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE 10 24 18 17 11 10 6 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 6 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 140
HIGHLAND SUPPLY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 7 13 21 29 36 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138
SBC PROPERTIES, L.P. 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 12 34 25 36 31 138
KRAFT, INC. 0 9 16 10 13 9 12 10 4 5 5 3 2 3 1 1 4 6 3 4 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0