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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

KENTUCKY

( 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 60 54 61 53 57 63 72 48 53 76 48 64 66 49 44 65 64 67 62 56 89 77 94 78 64 89 95 75 88 95 103 88 92 87 85 69 64 71 66 2751
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 72 60 75 50 58 91 92 71 51 46 42 61 52 58 32 38 35 25 27 24 28 17 12 6 22 19 8 14 15 14 14 5 10 15 36 42 26 26 21 1410
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 13 16 13 23 30 52 92 107 119 105 122 103 88 116 162 1178
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 33 47 58 26 29 27 21 14 6 4 11 14 35 37 27 20 14 16 15 16 7 8 16 7 6 3 1 16 8 5 10 5 6 0 1 1 1 3 6 580
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 3 4 2 2 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 4 6 6 7 4 7 4 7 6 4 7 7 4 3 10 13 12 18 21 20 19 28 17 14 17 23 13 328
ASHLAND OIL INC. 3 4 8 10 6 5 3 7 5 6 0 6 6 6 21 27 21 14 13 14 8 6 5 7 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 220
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION 2 5 4 6 8 12 5 7 8 6 4 6 3 13 7 7 19 10 14 5 4 8 8 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 183
AMERICAN AIR FILTER COMPANY, INC. 16 12 15 4 22 12 13 12 13 8 9 3 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152
SQUARE D COMPANY 8 5 11 8 2 5 5 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 4 6 10 5 1 6 5 4 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 124
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 3 4 0 4 3 4 3 5 8 7 9 6 6 5 3 4 109
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 20 6 16 11 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 6 6 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 90
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 4 13 4 4 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 6 7 4 5 1 1 80
Q2100, 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 1 3 0 0 3 2 8 8 7 19 10 14 0 75
LANTECH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 4 1 5 1 4 9 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 7 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 3 0 1 6 5 3 1 1 4 1 4 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 66
R. A. JONES + CO. INC. 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 4 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 63
GTE PRODUCTS CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 2 10 6 8 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
HOOVER UNIVERSAL, INC. 0 5 5 1 1 2 4 2 2 7 3 11 5 4 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 54
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 3 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 11 2 7 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 51
VERMONT AMERICAN CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 2 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
CELANESE COATINGS + SPECIALTIES COMPANY 8 6 4 8 3 4 6 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
SARGENT + GREENLEAF, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 40
BORDEN, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 35
NATIONAL DISTILLERS AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
WALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 1 4 7 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
CINCINNATI MILACRON INC. 2 5 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
SOLTECH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 12 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
CHEMETRON CORPORATION 8 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 5 0 1 2 1 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 31
KUHLMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 30
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM 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 7 9 6 6 0 0 0 0 2 30
DOVER CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 6 2 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
WHITE HYDRAULICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 4 4 1 0 2 1 0 28
ASHLAND 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 1 3 4 4 1 2 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 27
OSRAM SYLVANIA 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 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 5 10 27
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 3 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
MAS-HAMILTON GROUP, INC. 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 0 2 4 2 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA 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 3 6 17 26
KENTUCKY ELECTRONICS, INC. 7 5 11 2 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 25
ROBINSON-NUGENT, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 25
AAF 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 3 4 5 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 24
HITEK POLYMERS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
UNITED CATALYSTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
CARRIER VIBRATING EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 23
CISSELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 22
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 22
D. H. BALDWIN COMPANY 1 10 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 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 21
HOOVER GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
RAQUE FOOD SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21
AEROFOAM CHEMICALS, DIVISION OF BORDER CHEMICAL COMPANY 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 1 4 6 2 2 3 0 0 0 20
FANSTEEL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
GRINDMASTER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 4 0 20
HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO., 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 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 0 20
NATIONAL MINE SERVICE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
RA BRANDS, 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 3 2 3 3 1 4 4 20
REXNORD INC. 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
C & M TECHNOLOGY, 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 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 19
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY 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 1 2 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
SPAN TECH 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 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 19
V. E. ANDERSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
CREDO TOOL COMPANY 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 3 5 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18
EATON CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
MONARCH TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 5 6 2 3 1 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 18
CATALYSTS AND CHEMICALS INC. 6 4 1 3 0 1 0 1 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 17
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17
FMC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
LEGGETT + PLATT INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
SUD-CHEMIE 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 4 2 2 2 3 4 17
TEKNO INCORPORATED 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 4 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INCORPORATED 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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 3 3 17
CELANESE POLYMER SPECIALTIES COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 3 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 16
PULLMAN, INCORPORATED 1 1 2 0 1 2 6 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
SATURN MACHINE + WELDING CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 16
E. D. BULLARD COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 15
ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, 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 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 15
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 15
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORP. OF AMERICA 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 5 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 14
RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SENCO PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
DESA 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 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ENVIRONMENTAL WATER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 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 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 13
LANTECH MANAGEMENT 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 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 0 13
R. T. ALAMO VENTURE I 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 0 1 5 3 3 0 13
RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.