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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

SOUTH 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 46 38 73 68 62 50 66 50 64 75 43 76 84 69 61 65 83 69 89 81 113 117 111 148 126 134 110 136 101 166 146 152 132 150 126 120 94 108 70 3672
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 32 30 35 42 28 17 28 31 19 38 21 13 20 30 33 28 11 16 14 17 30 22 29 32 27 26 22 19 15 29 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 766
MILLIKEN & 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 30 23 39 51 71 53 41 45 30 383
WESTVACO CORPORATION 4 6 4 12 9 16 14 21 8 11 1 12 6 3 1 12 15 10 7 17 12 12 22 16 14 9 8 13 12 18 12 14 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 370
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 12 7 7 3 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 6 2 2 5 8 5 7 10 6 6 12 13 37 26 39 37 54 36 364
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 10 10 16 10 14 14 7 12 8 10 6 14 7 6 2 0 0 0 3 6 29 27 20 17 9 18 13 27 20 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 359
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 1 0 2 4 3 5 3 6 7 7 3 1 5 1 3 2 12 10 14 10 18 19 20 11 16 6 5 6 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 5 0 3 5 5 3 12 11 9 9 12 18 24 11 9 8 2 7 5 0 2 171
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 3 2 5 6 15 13 8 11 10 10 6 12 7 6 7 5 7 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 157
CRYOVAC, 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 12 16 35 20 22 12 12 13 11 156
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. 10 5 6 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 7 0 4 1 4 4 1 2 4 4 8 5 9 5 4 5 6 7 1 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 143
SINGER COMPANY 7 4 3 3 7 10 13 6 6 9 4 5 10 6 10 8 8 5 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 142
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 5 6 2 10 4 8 5 6 8 5 2 2 5 6 13 9 8 11 9 141
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 9 4 8 6 5 13 11 32 14 127
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 6 0 4 5 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 23 22 6 7 5 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 121
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, 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 5 14 12 16 12 17 10 15 12 113
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 7 2 2 3 9 4 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 3 4 5 3 7 9 2 7 3 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 4 1 2 4 2 6 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 0 9 5 2 0 1 1 5 4 6 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 91
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, 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 3 7 2 14 15 11 11 8 8 5 0 0 0 84
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 2 10 5 13 14 12 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 84
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 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 1 3 9 6 11 12 6 8 6 6 10 79
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 0 1 8 1 4 3 1 3 5 6 6 2 4 7 2 6 9 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 7 3 2 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 1 7 3 4 2 3 0 1 4 4 0 0 2 3 73
RYOBI MOTOR PRODUCTS CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 10 6 12 14 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
THE ESAB 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 2 4 3 6 8 3 11 7 9 3 2 3 6 2 69
AVX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 0 2 5 2 0 4 1 3 2 3 4 8 10 4 67
W. R. GRACE & CO., CRYOVAC DIVISION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 10 10 8 11 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
ASTEN GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 10 5 3 7 5 2 3 2 6 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
HILL-ROM SERVICES, 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 9 16 8 16 4 3 6 62
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 7 6 1 8 8 60
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 4 6 2 2 0 3 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 2 2 7 4 60
BASF CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 2 5 1 4 5 4 3 7 5 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 53
STEEL HEDDLE MFG. CO. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 6 4 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER 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 3 10 4 9 8 8 2 5 1 2 53
RELIANCE ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 3 2 7 6 2 9 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 1 4 2 3 2 5 2 2 6 0 3 6 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
MAREMONT CORPORATION 7 6 16 5 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, 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 6 12 4 6 2 5 6 6 47
RIEGEL TEXTILE CORPORATION 3 3 5 6 2 6 4 5 0 2 1 1 4 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 0 47
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 5 7 2 3 5 4 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 5 6 2 5 3 3 5 2 0 44
SQUARE D COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 5 5 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 3 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 43
SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 3 1 1 1 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 42
POLY-MED, 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 4 4 4 3 6 3 5 1 7 3 41
UNITED MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURES, INC. 1 2 1 2 4 3 4 3 4 1 0 2 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
BAYER 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 1 3 3 7 7 8 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 39
CANRON, INC. 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 4 2 6 4 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
ETHYL CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 6 3 4 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
WANGNER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 2 3 5 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
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 2 2 7 1 2 6 4 3 4 1 32
JOHN D. HOLLINGSWORTH ON WHEELS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
HILL-ROM 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 0 1 2 4 11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 30
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
FIBERWEB 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 1 3 4 5 6 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29
SEQUA CHEMICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
AMERICAN HOECHST CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 8 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
BIC 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 3 0 2 4 7 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 28
PACESETTER, 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 2 2 0 7 3 5 6 1 0 2 28
SSI MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 9 5 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
TEXTRON INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 5 5 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 28
WOVEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 28
AUTOMATION INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 4 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
SAWGRASS 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 1 1 5 5 3 0 2 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 27
RYOBI NORTH AMERICA, 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 2 1 9 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 26
UNIROYAL, INC. 4 4 0 3 0 6 3 2 2 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 26
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 25
KENDALL COMPANY 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 24
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, 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 1 4 5 9 4 0 23
PHILLIPS FIBERS CORPORATION 0 0 4 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 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 23
PIRELLI CABLE CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 4 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 23
MICRON 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 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 5 11 22
NORTH AMERICAN PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 3 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
ALEXANDER MACHINERY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 4 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
JACOBS CHUCK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
MEADWESTVACO 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 0 0 5 10 3 0 3 21
YOUNG ENGINEERING INC. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
RELIANCE ELECTRIC CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES 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 3 2 2 7 3 3 0 20
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, 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 1 2 1 2 5 3 2 1 2 0 19
GARLOCK INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 4 1 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 19
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 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 1 6 3 5 3 1 19
ASTENJOHNSON, 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 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 18
DAYCO CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
EATON CORPORATION 1 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 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 5 1 18
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 18
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, 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 4 3 1 2 5 2 1 0 0 18
ALCOA FUJIKURA 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 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 17
AOS HOLDING COMPANY 0 0