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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 DAKOTA

( 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 18 26 33 20 21 34 21 22 16 15 12 14 12 27 13 10 25 21 24 22 16 19 13 21 23 27 19 21 28 22 31 34 33 32 23 26 25 28 18 865
GATEWAY 2000, 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 0 2 6 9 16 13 15 17 18 20 13 12 142
DAKTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 10 3 2 2 34
SENCORE INCORPORATED 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 31
SIOUX STEAM CLEANER CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 1 5 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28
RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
FREEZING MACHINES, 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 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 2 6 1 21
CAW INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 8 0 1 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 0 0 20
CMI CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
AMESBURY 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 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 13
SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 13
DALE ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 12
DU-AL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
DAKOTA MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT 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 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
WESTENDORF MANUFACTURING 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 10
CCL LABEL, 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 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 9
LARSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC. 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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 9
MICROBIOMED 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 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS 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 3 2 0 1 1 8
VISHAY DALE ELECTRONICS, 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 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 8
GEHL COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
IBP, 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 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 7
SOS CONSOLIDATED, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 7
CORE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MTR, 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 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 6
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 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 6
AMERICAN COLLOID COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BOWDEN'S AUTOMATED PRODUCTS, 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 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
DEKALB GENETICS 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 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
PIONEER HI-BRED 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 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 1 0 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

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