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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

NORTH 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 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 94 104 131 126 129 106 142 122 124 137 93 142 144 107 107 118 142 155 171 168 220 188 232 206 228 244 235 243 266 289 322 306 310 299 263 257 201 209 181 7261
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 10 18 21 20 23 12 7 13 16 11 5 10 13 10 20 26 23 45 35 35 29 21 30 41 38 47 48 83 71 153 179 203 248 202 264 249 238 300 270 3087
ERICSSON, 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 11 21 118 180 197 172 158 121 74 44 36 12 1145
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 12 11 18 23 19 19 14 14 28 19 20 27 22 15 11 19 20 18 17 15 13 20 18 15 19 26 21 28 14 23 15 7 21 30 19 9 6 3 3 671
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 18 16 36 23 12 11 4 16 4 5 1 2 8 4 3 6 20 8 16 29 25 43 39 41 28 22 22 12 18 14 4 10 3 8 2 2 3 7 13 558
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 6 4 9 14 9 24 25 31 28 25 22 26 23 23 30 32 40 34 36 28 28 511
DUKE UNIVERSITY 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 4 5 2 8 11 6 6 6 12 28 18 33 21 28 30 28 40 29 30 18 22 48 28 479
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 27 16 15 11 6 5 15 7 11 4 7 5 3 4 5 5 4 3 10 9 14 15 15 23 22 27 18 18 16 15 17 15 8 12 16 13 9 22 12 479
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 6 6 3 10 14 12 19 20 32 28 41 23 34 20 26 20 28 20 25 398
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 18 15 14 13 20 22 14 16 14 11 6 2 6 10 20 14 12 10 16 27 29 5 3 2 5 5 5 4 1 0 0 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 352
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 3 3 8 20 7 17 12 10 6 11 27 16 31 34 27 20 10 3 4 7 8 8 14 12 332
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 22 21 17 16 15 24 4 2 5 1 1 4 8 2 4 5 11 10 7 5 4 11 16 21 10 14 15 17 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 322
AMP INCORPORATED 0 1 3 2 4 4 14 12 9 5 9 9 9 8 7 18 15 8 25 22 21 26 32 18 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 298
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 40 26 35 21 14 17 14 19 11 17 15 12 14 9 7 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 280
BURROUGHS WELLCOME CO. 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 7 8 9 6 7 13 19 6 8 10 7 13 22 31 15 22 23 9 7 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 268
AT&T CORP. 27 32 39 27 14 7 9 9 11 13 1 1 1 6 7 7 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 236
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 3 4 7 15 9 8 7 6 8 7 6 8 6 6 7 19 15 9 16 12 16 8 10 9 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
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 0 4 10 12 15 26 28 38 56 39 228
BASF CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 5 5 10 11 9 22 24 27 20 21 17 12 13 4 3 1 2 0 214
WHITAKER 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 7 21 22 30 25 26 28 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 186
CORNING INCORPORATED 13 13 10 13 11 11 7 10 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 3 2 4 2 2 4 1 9 5 10 9 7 5 3 5 5 183
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS 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 1 4 27 32 29 25 27 36 181
LORD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 6 9 7 5 1 6 4 5 8 12 9 13 15 15 16 6 11 7 5 167
CREE, 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 10 10 19 23 26 38 34 163
EATON CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 3 5 0 5 2 0 2 5 3 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 1 5 5 19 14 8 9 14 8 7 5 7 2 4 4 159
GILBARCO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 7 4 6 2 3 7 9 4 11 12 16 1 9 13 21 11 8 3 158
SIECOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 5 7 8 11 10 7 9 12 10 9 8 16 18 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
SQUARE D COMPANY 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 5 7 6 4 6 9 11 7 9 16 6 9 9 6 5 1 5 5 154
ALCATEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 27 26 22 16 21 17 2 153
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 21 29 44 45 147
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 1 2 3 3 2 9 4 5 3 5 11 3 16 16 10 17 20 141
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 7 5 8 10 13 9 10 11 10 4 11 4 6 4 2 2 0 8 141
GLAXO WELLCOME 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 12 19 20 26 19 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 132
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 17 15 11 22 23 16 11 14 131
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 0 0 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 11 9 13 14 11 7 7 13 21 15 129
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 0 2 2 4 2 3 5 7 3 7 5 5 1 4 4 6 5 6 3 10 5 5 7 4 122
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM 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 0 1 20 25 16 10 26 23 121
FMC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 5 8 2 12 6 15 14 15 11 6 5 6 3 1 1 118
DAYCO CORPORATION 5 1 3 1 6 6 14 4 7 9 4 16 8 7 6 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
FIBER INDUSTRIES INC. 3 4 5 12 10 11 11 13 8 3 8 6 9 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
AKZONA INCORPORATED 7 0 2 1 0 5 3 6 11 9 15 12 10 10 4 7 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109
TYCO ELECTRONICS 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 13 11 20 16 16 18 13 108
KENNAMETAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 8 7 6 12 7 7 9 5 4 7 6 1 1 0 5 1 3 2 4 104
DANA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 1 5 1 1 0 1 3 3 2 4 11 8 5 15 8 5 12 3 0 1 101
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 3 4 1 6 6 4 7 9 10 4 8 11 3 8 8 100
SARA LEE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 4 0 2 0 2 3 3 4 9 2 5 6 7 5 7 12 6 5 0 99
MCNC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 4 7 8 2 3 3 11 8 6 8 7 4 1 0 0 92
ABB POWER T&D COMPANY INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 8 7 13 15 13 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 87
CATERPILLAR 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 1 0 2 4 7 5 10 15 8 10 6 3 3 4 8 87
DIGITAL OPTICS 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 2 5 8 10 4 13 15 10 10 2 5 84
TEKELEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 4 6 12 39 20 84
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. 0 1 2 3 0 7 4 6 7 4 1 6 7 5 6 6 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83
RF MICRO DEVICES, 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 2 0 0 1 9 9 9 20 8 18 7 83
CEM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 1 1 2 1 4 13 2 7 4 7 6 5 82
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 37 36 77
ALCATEL NETWORK 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 3 18 11 12 12 5 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
LIGGETT GROUP INC. 1 3 3 7 5 8 7 1 7 6 7 8 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
NOVARTIS FINANCE 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 7 21 18 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 69
RHONE-POULENC 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 3 10 3 3 9 5 10 7 5 9 3 0 0 0 0 67
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 9 25 30 67
MICELL 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 1 10 16 7 13 8 4 5 1 65
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 8 9 0 2 3 1 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 5 4 0 61
FIELDCREST CANNON, INC. 3 1 4 3 9 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 1 2 4 3 1 4 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, 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 1 1 0 7 10 14 7 11 7 58
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 7 6 5 3 15 9 57
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 4 7 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
CLOSURE MEDICAL 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 2 5 7 15 12 8 4 0 2 55
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 12 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
POLYMER 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 15 11 6 6 53
RAYCHEM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 4 4 4 2 0 6 3 9 4 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
EMBREX INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 3 6 1 7 4 2 7 4 51
INSPIRE 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 0 3 6 1 4 5 4 6 9 9 4 51
LITHIUM CORPORATION OF AMERICA 4 3 5 6 4 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
MITSUBISHI SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, 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 5 2 8 22 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP 0 0 0 1 5 9 1 1 4 2 4 2 9 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
GLAXO INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 11 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
WELLMAN 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 0 2 3 5 0 5 5 6 4 5 5 0 3 2 47
CREE RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 4 2 4 3 7 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
TEXTRON INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 46
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 1 6 1 4 1 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 46
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, 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 0 0 4 8 7 11 15 45
ITT CORPORATION 3 0 1 3 3 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 5 3 0 3 2 1 45
OLIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 6 7 2 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 1 2 4 0 0 5 1 2 2 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 2 0 4 4 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
EMC 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 2 2 3 2 10 5 7 10 41
GRASS AMERICA, 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 5 3 5 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 41
ICAGEN, 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 5 6 4 10 5 41
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 2 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 41
VESTURE 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 3 0 2 4 4 9 5 5 5 2 0 1 1 0 41
GASTON COUNTY DYEING MACHINE COMPANY 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 3 1