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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

MASSACHUSETTS

( 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 384 326 394 407 367 396 307 326 299 344 268 301 329 284 221 268 271 283 305 291 365 363 357 353 371 388 393 405 394 503 487 497 450 402 421 325 259 358 293 13755
POLAROID CORPORATION 121 104 165 172 171 192 139 114 116 123 108 121 147 124 71 97 109 76 87 64 83 44 32 36 39 38 55 58 57 55 51 32 18 12 20 14 10 18 4 3097
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 28 30 24 25 35 34 42 54 34 48 39 43 65 50 42 45 31 41 58 57 90 99 89 107 100 88 93 91 81 118 121 87 111 117 104 112 114 113 118 2778
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 122 97 96 72 69 56 54 55 50 32 27 42 51 42 30 37 42 42 33 31 42 30 35 28 37 16 14 17 27 13 10 17 32 32 32 23 34 26 10 1555
RAYTHEON COMPANY 32 31 47 59 67 72 58 82 49 61 53 39 33 31 30 52 36 32 62 31 44 63 67 58 47 35 34 4 12 16 19 22 32 20 36 26 22 16 12 1542
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 3 1 7 6 2 8 8 11 8 3 8 13 4 9 10 6 18 17 19 36 85 88 105 152 168 174 127 105 78 73 60 41 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1462
GTE PRODUCTS CORPORATION 63 72 74 57 51 31 40 35 40 43 42 33 45 30 52 37 44 35 44 24 50 39 68 33 38 22 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1153
EMC CORPORATION 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 2 5 19 15 44 61 65 84 89 129 110 112 134 143 1019
GTE LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 2 6 3 11 29 42 37 31 18 24 49 28 45 61 43 46 77 54 50 51 58 48 30 25 8 11 7 8 15 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 931
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 54 40 57 32 27 40 37 39 14 30 10 19 13 10 18 21 14 11 12 10 15 8 20 19 16 21 16 23 6 22 14 9 18 11 11 15 12 9 11 784
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 54 44 63 42 24 29 33 26 38 44 19 41 31 22 21 15 15 17 11 5 19 20 23 21 14 9 7 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 723
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 3 6 8 9 13 7 15 15 21 14 40 44 56 78 56 57 45 59 34 34 44 33 699
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 3 5 8 4 2 2 1 2 3 6 7 5 5 10 7 14 9 15 13 11 26 32 30 41 35 38 27 24 25 57 45 50 51 55 674
GILLETTE COMPANY 15 17 23 23 25 25 19 5 12 10 5 14 21 12 13 7 11 10 5 11 9 13 26 9 10 27 12 13 11 21 28 22 30 29 20 13 17 16 24 633
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 21 30 24 23 30 19 27 17 18 12 15 15 5 12 13 15 16 26 16 16 14 10 19 18 11 16 8 19 15 9 9 9 9 7 6 5 6 4 6 570
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 4 9 5 7 10 27 25 33 48 53 66 62 63 80 47 544
HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 11 10 7 1 2 7 17 15 21 9 15 17 15 12 26 26 42 35 23 24 40 34 35 24 31 33 540
ACUSHNET COMPANY 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 9 3 2 6 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 10 5 14 9 6 0 2 3 5 15 25 30 22 38 37 38 53 41 69 49 509
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 12 11 11 12 6 10 19 17 18 19 14 22 13 18 25 26 25 20 15 19 12 11 5 14 9 17 19 14 11 15 469
MILLENNIUM 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 0 0 4 14 32 50 65 76 63 40 34 45 31 454
HONEYWELL INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 8 32 39 25 24 26 28 13 28 31 39 33 40 33 23 20 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 452
AMERICAN OPTICAL CORPORATION 23 23 46 48 47 29 45 27 32 27 19 21 20 3 6 5 4 3 4 1 5 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 448
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 33 16 19 28 17 22 20 21 24 18 4 13 9 5 3 7 6 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 10 5 8 6 5 6 5 7 5 9 11 5 4 11 8 393
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 4 2 8 9 8 5 5 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 4 9 3 4 4 7 9 11 10 19 12 10 16 14 14 16 18 12 14 26 37 24 20 14 382
SCI-MED LIFE 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 6 10 34 57 82 83 40 42 22 376
U.S.M. CORPORATION 33 30 41 23 30 31 18 21 17 11 10 9 8 5 11 14 28 11 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 374
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 23 17 17 15 18 16 17 13 6 8 2 8 9 4 9 8 6 6 7 9 10 5 9 14 18 9 8 7 9 9 2 2 9 7 10 10 7 5 5 373
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 3 4 11 13 25 26 12 11 18 19 22 19 29 23 31 25 27 20 19 368
UNISYS CORPORATION 2 8 23 32 42 29 20 22 14 19 15 19 17 20 13 25 26 7 6 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 368
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY 28 37 46 21 13 10 11 10 10 18 8 15 21 12 16 21 13 12 7 4 3 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 346
FOXBORO COMPANY 29 20 28 10 16 10 9 7 6 7 11 8 5 7 6 4 9 8 11 9 5 6 9 3 10 13 9 11 4 6 12 6 10 9 5 3 2 0 0 343
ITEK CORPORATION 17 32 58 45 26 34 31 22 8 4 3 3 4 5 5 12 10 7 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 340
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 10 16 21 12 16 20 20 10 8 14 2 7 6 5 6 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 6 6 7 9 8 6 4 10 5 8 4 14 5 11 8 9 18 339
HONEYWELL INC. 34 43 44 49 13 10 3 5 5 12 4 8 3 3 6 15 9 12 6 1 10 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 317
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 8 3 2 4 7 8 10 22 34 27 35 24 57 40 316
NORTON COMPANY 13 14 29 19 15 19 19 5 9 5 5 5 1 5 3 9 6 4 4 5 4 13 15 18 8 8 5 5 6 8 9 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 313
DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 20 11 6 10 16 14 19 8 8 3 8 14 9 10 21 18 16 12 12 16 17 22 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 308
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 11 10 6 1 3 2 0 4 0 3 8 13 4 2 3 2 3 10 6 10 8 4 8 15 19 16 14 18 19 23 24 22 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 308
GENETICS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 6 11 8 13 9 11 13 11 12 21 36 29 17 24 13 17 8 15 16 10 305
AT&T CORP. 15 26 29 17 20 3 3 8 13 10 7 4 3 14 15 4 17 7 7 6 3 5 9 10 4 8 10 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 293
BOSTON UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 5 8 7 8 10 6 21 14 14 14 15 19 18 15 16 16 13 13 8 9 8 13 285
MILLIPORE CORPORATION 2 2 2 5 5 2 0 5 1 3 0 6 2 2 4 1 8 4 3 11 7 11 11 28 19 15 8 3 5 6 7 3 7 7 7 7 10 19 19 267
ARTHUR D. LITTLE ENTERPRISES, INC. 15 13 22 23 10 23 23 17 15 7 3 8 9 2 5 9 4 1 1 1 0 3 3 3 6 5 3 11 2 3 3 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 265
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 7 2 5 9 6 12 9 7 14 16 28 21 12 13 14 9 10 13 23 14 256
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 10 9 27 14 14 22 39 34 26 17 8 3 4 8 6 255
KENDALL COMPANY 7 12 8 8 15 15 15 10 8 5 1 9 3 4 6 5 3 8 7 5 6 17 16 13 9 8 15 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 244
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 4 3 5 2 5 5 7 5 7 8 13 20 20 24 16 15 25 17 8 11 9 236
SEPRACOR INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 5 9 7 6 12 12 12 14 23 23 39 18 11 10 17 9 235
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, 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 6 9 0 0 0 0 12 27 24 38 29 46 39 231
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 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 45 53 39 70 19 226
CABOT CORPORATION 12 10 13 1 8 6 6 5 4 0 1 1 6 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 5 1 4 5 6 7 18 16 12 18 10 9 8 4 7 220
MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 7 5 11 8 13 14 9 9 9 8 6 3 3 2 7 3 8 6 3 3 2 3 1 2 4 5 3 3 3 4 8 9 9 2 4 3 4 6 5 217
GENZYME CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 6 4 2 10 11 19 16 13 14 21 13 16 16 27 17 214
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 9 10 9 4 9 5 8 7 7 5 4 4 3 9 5 4 5 6 12 3 9 4 4 10 7 8 8 8 5 4 3 2 3 2 0 0 1 4 1 211
WANG LABORATORIES, INC. 4 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 5 0 2 2 8 10 16 19 19 18 12 21 14 11 13 7 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208
DATA GENERAL CORP. 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 9 13 7 8 12 3 10 14 24 14 10 12 8 3 9 4 4 2 6 2 3 4 3 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 205
ANALOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 6 5 4 3 3 1 3 6 3 3 2 6 7 6 19 18 17 22 8 4 15 7 12 10 202
AVCO CORPORATION 25 16 23 16 20 17 12 9 8 7 4 4 0 5 1 2 2 6 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 195
INTEL 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 1 0 2 7 34 30 23 48 50 195
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 7 3 16 14 14 12 13 11 6 19 21 16 24 18 194
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 8 25 22 34 41 23 25 13 193
CISCO 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 0 0 4 3 5 11 12 18 21 22 34 61 191
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 19 11 26 22 16 18 8 7 6 9 16 9 190
VERTEX 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 2 1 0 3 7 18 20 17 11 10 28 18 15 14 26 190
C. R. BARD, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 10 14 8 20 15 21 11 7 6 9 9 1 9 8 3 8 7 2 9 187
COMPAQ COMPUTER 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 1 1 1 3 3 52 88 27 5 0 0 0 0 181
P. R. MALLORY + CO., INC. 24 12 11 19 17 14 10 16 14 17 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 0 3 8 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 20 22 11 12 10 171
VERIZON LABORATORIES 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 19 37 33 20 19 28 14 170
COGNEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 7 15 26 20 22 15 11 21 8 10 3 169
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 12 6 4 8 8 6 8 5 6 9 8 5 11 6 7 10 11 7 10 9 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 165
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 3 4 6 11 10 14 14 10 12 11 9 15 6 4 2 8 8 4 3 163
VARIAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 6 2 8 0 3 5 7 6 6 4 2 3 9 1 8 16 21 12 7 7 6 8 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
BOSE CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 7 4 1 0 0 3 3 3 1 3 2 5 16 3 10 5 3 4 3 6 2 2 3 3 7 14 8 10 16 158
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 23 21 11 23 13 7 10 12 2 6 3 2 4 150
SPALDING SPORTS WORLDWIDE, 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 0 0 0 5 27 47 51 18 0 0 0 0 149
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 13 38 8 11 7 12 13 7 15 14 149
NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 16 10 3 8 5 12 5 10 9 11 9 6 8 10 5 145
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION 5 7 5 5 6 18 10 24 3 13 2 5 9 5 4 8 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 145
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 22 11 20 20 19 7 7 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
KENNECOTT CORPORATION 4 3 2 4 7 11 13 14 24 14 6 12 10 8 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139
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 3 5 8 16 20 29 8 18 13 10 5 1 136
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION 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 2 5 5 9 12 11 22 20 14 16 8 3 4 134
SANDERS ASSOCIATES INC. 13 15 8 11 14 6 6 9 5 9 2 7 2 6 2 3 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132
IONICS, INC. 7 8 8 9 0 2 4 1 2 3 1 4 4 4 5 4 2 7 5 4 5 4 6 8 5 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 131
RCA CORPORATION 6 9 12 12 10 12 12 12 4 8 5 5 3 3 2 3 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 5 4 10 8 16 15 16 13 15 8 6 5 128
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, 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 34 50 43 127
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 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 6 5 13 11 15 16 12 8 11 8 7 3 2 5 123
E INK 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 7 12 11 15 17 13 25 23 123
HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 2 2 5 8 4 6 8 11 7 5 3 6 5 2 3 1 7 7 2 5 4 4 1 4 2 0 122
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. 0 0 0 0