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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

NEW JERSEY

( 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 607 516 639 668 595 628 524 478 522 483 324 427 444 350 322 376 374 400 444 392 527 434 472 447 463 440 436 516 539 661 611 571 521 461 467 428 365 403 340 18615
AT&T CORP. 508 504 567 514 427 317 293 269 275 245 172 257 267 230 270 279 304 259 215 225 212 244 281 265 271 368 350 329 33 126 247 256 239 230 179 172 151 229 218 10797
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 0 187 487 544 605 736 556 414 421 330 256 306 237 5079
RCA CORPORATION 191 205 267 252 211 205 244 269 291 279 191 259 274 268 273 222 254 262 275 69 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4764
MOBIL OIL CORP. 80 101 60 103 81 104 103 106 129 149 84 136 147 94 165 208 200 157 129 125 198 211 245 183 155 152 106 88 49 32 38 37 19 7 1 2 2 0 0 3986
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 178 125 106 150 144 115 96 110 114 152 128 121 150 117 130 143 161 131 110 64 76 73 76 61 55 69 45 45 51 61 62 58 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 3315
MERCK + CO., INC. 95 80 76 119 100 76 98 73 70 59 61 74 80 75 58 53 52 52 58 55 87 76 102 112 142 107 80 83 90 97 116 104 98 91 71 31 28 25 43 3047
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 98 74 90 109 86 63 69 62 57 59 60 74 65 66 60 95 109 62 86 70 76 71 75 94 60 71 48 53 23 35 43 40 29 21 12 1 1 1 1 2269
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 103 108 79 127 92 73 87 127 105 98 56 66 65 45 55 43 41 30 36 36 41 46 37 35 31 41 36 50 46 37 38 23 22 10 2 1 0 0 0 1968
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 86 71 73 80 115 54 75 104 77 29 44 53 39 45 48 45 47 56 28 34 64 26 43 51 46 60 66 50 45 38 26 36 30 28 25 21 27 42 16 1943
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 68 85 63 86 74 95 143 133 98 127 74 81 63 52 36 33 26 33 28 19 31 32 26 24 23 16 18 16 13 20 12 11 26 23 15 7 6 21 14 1771
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 23 28 37 46 49 58 51 86 52 61 41 25 28 30 35 37 26 35 35 37 56 36 44 32 45 41 43 44 45 65 78 45 60 67 49 21 14 24 23 1652
E. R. SQUIBB + SONS, INC. 62 53 33 46 73 83 96 98 78 83 81 68 45 47 34 48 63 63 65 55 44 35 33 52 51 32 17 15 11 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1576
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 43 56 42 57 56 53 46 36 52 54 28 28 28 33 36 57 30 31 43 74 96 110 65 60 54 23 15 12 24 28 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1392
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS + FRAGRANCES INC 5 9 9 29 31 16 64 52 50 77 59 75 93 78 77 84 95 70 38 21 31 37 35 25 22 29 20 18 12 17 3 17 13 15 8 6 9 16 18 1383
SCHERING CORP. 24 10 9 22 16 16 24 35 29 26 22 23 24 26 11 30 18 22 24 34 47 28 37 24 27 24 43 22 55 59 60 40 47 45 40 31 47 53 53 1227
SINGER COMPANY 38 32 60 53 41 49 50 36 34 62 62 76 76 53 66 77 39 20 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 944
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 81 64 62 68 52 44 46 36 25 31 31 28 57 45 42 46 51 40 21 18 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 911
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 45 39 70 58 31 46 31 20 28 22 18 22 29 24 16 21 23 23 14 12 8 23 27 19 33 19 15 9 9 25 9 7 8 14 12 17 5 11 4 866
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 20 27 12 33 27 41 54 43 43 31 17 8 7 3 3 6 13 27 37 36 56 39 51 20 6 8 12 8 22 6 15 8 14 13 7 6 7 6 3 795
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 16 12 18 10 12 19 44 20 9 13 13 14 19 13 16 15 14 12 12 10 17 14 9 7 16 19 17 27 36 38 44 27 23 23 32 19 20 17 15 731
FMC CORPORATION 38 32 28 39 20 25 19 23 19 30 13 15 26 25 19 24 26 23 17 23 27 29 19 11 15 9 9 20 20 13 14 10 13 9 5 6 6 3 1 723
ETHICON, INC. 9 10 3 5 1 5 3 11 8 7 5 10 3 3 7 38 29 28 15 5 7 14 18 16 22 24 30 23 41 31 39 40 26 22 26 20 25 34 29 692
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 57 63 57 40 45 37 35 14 34 31 21 26 38 24 14 17 15 11 14 17 7 5 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 631
BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 34 55 45 54 67 65 61 56 48 32 41 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 599
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 5 3 2 3 4 2 4 4 3 2 1 9 3 7 6 5 3 14 14 26 20 28 30 31 36 35 51 29 41 69 72 576
LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 11 11 8 19 8 9 18 39 25 20 28 5 16 7 12 10 17 8 11 9 9 9 18 14 13 22 27 24 30 39 24 15 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 546
HOECHST-ROUSSEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 21 30 20 22 37 40 49 54 34 59 25 19 49 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 510
GAF CHEMICALS CORPORATION 27 16 18 17 17 12 18 12 9 35 34 36 33 24 14 16 20 11 12 16 37 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 503
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION 39 33 20 57 31 21 9 21 18 21 8 7 11 12 2 14 5 12 11 14 14 22 19 14 15 8 9 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 495
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 5 8 6 10 9 7 5 7 7 5 11 1 7 5 7 1 0 2 66 87 60 43 37 24 23 3 3 2 3 5 3 2 7 6 1 2 1 0 490
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 33 41 23 37 30 37 36 27 31 29 26 27 19 29 15 17 1 3 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 474
ITT CORPORATION 32 36 30 39 32 32 28 30 22 27 10 9 17 10 11 12 12 11 3 1 2 9 4 4 5 3 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 443
SARNOFF 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 7 66 66 70 67 61 38 25 22 14 436
SANDOZ-WANDER INC. 9 57 46 72 62 62 80 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 428
NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 24 18 22 26 21 29 26 27 25 22 31 26 24 23 16 18 10 411
BOC GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 7 15 22 15 15 19 28 22 26 28 23 31 32 21 19 23 12 11 10 7 8 405
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 30 28 36 20 46 41 26 26 40 31 32 15 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 396
ISP INVESTMENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 52 57 40 18 12 30 21 20 23 28 21 24 9 9 11 5 391
ENGELHARD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 28 20 18 7 16 12 14 12 11 14 8 11 12 6 7 28 27 22 25 23 18 16 15 8 390
NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION 20 9 22 18 18 16 23 19 19 18 9 17 15 12 11 16 13 17 26 27 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION 4 1 0 3 1 7 3 4 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 8 12 20 19 27 22 26 33 15 24 40 13 20 10 16 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 372
THOMAS + BETTS CORPORATION 20 32 46 16 28 12 24 16 9 5 5 4 15 7 13 11 16 18 14 15 5 8 13 7 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 372
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 11 10 15 16 17 17 21 25 29 24 19 34 22 19 16 30 19 355
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 62 64 60 34 34 20 12 9 12 5 6 4 1 10 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 349
SANDOZ PHARMACEUTICALS CORP. 34 14 1 0 0 0 10 47 57 33 21 24 18 13 12 12 5 8 5 4 14 7 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 348
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 13 25 82 85 45 54 37 341
ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION 7 7 10 4 6 8 7 7 12 16 5 12 12 16 7 5 10 12 27 18 24 10 7 8 16 8 5 9 12 11 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 335
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 4 12 4 9 6 11 12 14 22 25 20 32 29 25 20 27 19 22 327
NABISCO, INC. 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 5 5 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 7 17 22 25 41 33 39 23 13 9 18 13 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 325
FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 17 7 13 17 22 12 12 12 16 10 22 10 7 8 12 13 13 13 17 12 10 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 300
UNISYS CORPORATION 15 23 18 24 20 21 24 23 12 15 6 6 6 8 6 10 11 11 3 5 4 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 290
ENGELHARD MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORPORATION 43 22 32 27 15 13 19 21 17 17 14 14 18 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 288
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 7 8 9 9 19 31 21 22 16 26 22 16 36 33 285
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 7 15 16 10 15 19 30 22 39 38 31 272
SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORPORATION 15 22 24 17 14 8 14 20 12 15 6 11 8 9 9 11 5 1 6 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257
AIRCO INC. 38 46 25 14 31 14 23 19 6 10 3 9 3 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY 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 93 65 25 20 15 17 19 254
CHURCH + DWIGHT CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 4 0 8 23 32 41 26 25 19 19 7 5 10 2 1 2 4 4 252
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 14 17 27 15 16 11 15 12 8 25 1 9 5 2 4 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 5 0 3 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 6 4 2 8 2 5 248
LUMMUS COMPANY 14 13 15 11 14 10 19 33 19 17 8 17 10 15 8 5 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
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 8 24 38 41 44 28 22 29 234
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 15 21 12 22 12 24 16 17 17 16 10 2 5 2 0 233
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 11 10 10 5 4 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 8 2 2 4 16 10 12 19 10 11 17 15 16 15 227
CITIES SERVICE COMPANY 8 10 20 34 60 25 22 11 15 6 6 3 2 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 0 226
M CHEMICALS INC. 13 7 11 16 13 14 14 9 21 14 10 13 4 4 6 6 5 7 9 13 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
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 79 130 3 2 0 0 0 214
GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION 17 2 9 9 15 15 9 11 16 1 2 2 3 9 3 14 14 17 10 13 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
MCNEIL-PPC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 6 9 6 12 11 14 23 14 11 14 14 10 13 4 7 11 191
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING 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 0 0 0 1 8 22 35 52 22 25 23 188
UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, 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 7 18 44 36 18 32 19 8 183
TELCORDIA 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 14 25 22 18 20 17 21 30 8 175
KULITE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS INC. 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 7 6 3 0 7 0 3 5 8 3 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 10 6 6 2 6 1 11 4 16 8 9 7 20 173
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 3 6 5 9 10 9 5 10 9 5 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 2 3 4 6 4 5 6 3 3 4 4 1 6 3 6 9 2 4 4 170
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 5 6 10 4 14 14 20 8 1 4 10 11 8 12 14 19 167
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION 13 3 8 20 14 12 27 19 13 10 6 1 7 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 163
JOHNS-MANVILLE CORPORATION 21 21 23 27 22 18 11 9 4 5 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 0 163
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 4 2 6 5 4 3 10 5 12 10 9 15 7 16 13 13 11 7 162
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY 14 6 14 12 9 22 10 17 16 13 1 10 9 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 0 157
NL INDUSTRIES INC. 15 8 10 10 13 11 15 12 7 5 7 12 17 3 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 15 18 20 13 8 13 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 5 2 2 3 2 8 4 8 3 0 3 4 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 155
MORTON THIOKOL, INC. 42 21 11 10 12 14 11 10 4 1 2 5 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154
TENNECO CHEMICALS INC. 7 15 11 20 8 8 8 11 16 5 10 10 11 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
AMERICAN HOECHST CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 16 15 15 11 12 9 9 15 10 9 7 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151
AMERACE CORPORATION 4 1 3 6 4 5 15 10 15 21 15 24 3 4 0 1 1 1 3 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 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 1 3 1 4 11 2 10 21 15 16 24 15 16 6 150
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY 6 2 0 4 2 7 7 10 4 8 7 4 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 5 5 3 1 7 11 3 3 1 3 0 2 150
AMOCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 15 28 23 28 16 23 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149
UNION CAMP CORPORATION 4 4 6 1 3 3 1 1 3 5 0 1 3 3 3 4 6 7 19 6 7 8 11 7 4 6 4 0 5 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 15 15 16 6 10 2 5 5 4 6 4 3 4 6 4 7 4 5 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 146
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 17 10 12 29 21 14 2 4 5 7 3 141
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTR