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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

TEXAS

( 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 547 486 546 560 582 646 582 489 484 501 395 495 515 493 412 494 518 516 649 578 736 716 779 748 730 775 797 864 754 992 1005 999 957 855 810 725 638 704 621 25693
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 137 175 183 126 114 126 130 173 120 122 92 103 104 114 99 131 158 145 229 153 324 235 305 333 308 395 442 482 477 456 463 540 573 499 531 603 513 580 500 11293
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 4 6 11 14 16 12 21 11 6 2 24 27 12 29 61 30 37 57 47 42 55 63 85 90 105 140 230 231 400 445 386 477 496 570 544 514 542 471 6313
SHELL OIL COMPANY 56 68 78 60 55 50 50 44 75 76 42 63 68 65 96 107 103 115 95 118 195 161 172 178 152 168 117 91 76 68 57 62 75 21 55 98 59 103 58 3450
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 24 16 27 26 32 48 69 95 137 331 477 480 371 311 248 240 145 112 98 3300
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 9 21 33 33 38 42 38 66 76 89 72 73 113 86 139 168 194 187 198 269 221 215 146 139 112 75 23 22 17 2928
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 76 61 56 68 60 56 71 66 56 76 29 37 61 81 84 104 94 124 139 139 150 124 105 83 101 96 75 55 52 67 43 49 45 45 14 7 3 2 0 2654
TEXACO INC. 50 53 64 60 108 138 102 93 78 106 74 94 77 86 89 151 127 96 93 58 67 62 47 52 42 49 58 26 15 14 15 20 17 9 8 5 4 7 7 2321
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 70 78 53 50 39 26 21 17 10 10 6 10 16 9 9 25 26 14 16 15 27 30 31 26 26 32 22 18 22 18 45 68 107 108 122 120 104 133 122 1701
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 7 5 8 19 25 20 20 50 51 80 71 82 93 85 83 72 82 87 83 84 80 85 88 86 98 80 1634
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 15 23 60 59 66 95 94 125 221 233 209 188 74 7 0 0 0 0 1482
DELL PRODUCTS, 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 1 7 18 56 88 96 107 84 94 131 103 122 124 126 115 128 1400
MOBIL OIL CORP. 67 50 33 40 30 27 29 21 26 26 16 33 20 29 74 84 71 83 67 51 62 49 39 38 28 33 25 21 8 10 5 9 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1216
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 24 22 29 36 50 44 46 48 52 52 78 94 95 107 83 88 97 123 1196
HALLIBURTON ENERGY 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 2 0 12 46 69 100 92 99 99 115 98 121 118 971
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY 7 8 20 19 24 35 15 24 15 23 12 15 14 15 29 32 27 20 59 37 54 51 44 39 43 41 28 30 16 21 22 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 866
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 26 26 41 36 43 43 50 42 38 18 37 39 38 25 20 28 42 32 34 17 16 2 15 10 7 8 12 9 10 15 20 25 15 5 2 0 1 0 0 847
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 0 130 179 150 218 133 810
EXXON PRODUCTION RESEARCH COMPANY 33 35 32 38 44 29 34 22 26 25 19 17 18 15 20 20 32 29 34 22 23 18 10 13 21 14 13 16 11 10 20 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 722
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 1 5 0 8 6 7 4 2 5 3 5 2 1 5 3 13 9 9 14 14 9 10 22 20 19 18 22 18 31 35 27 24 36 29 37 18 38 36 569
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 32 21 24 43 32 16 26 32 28 20 11 28 20 23 16 25 28 27 20 7 6 5 6 3 3 3 3 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 527
OTIS ENGINEERING CORPORATION 20 8 18 16 7 8 16 12 16 23 18 15 31 16 32 37 27 18 26 18 28 26 25 31 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 519
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 10 12 24 37 39 32 39 47 41 38 33 40 60 29 1 1 1 0 0 0 503
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 13 66 77 62 70 66 51 49 31 485
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS 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 30 88 58 45 61 105 97 484
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, 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 56 128 126 171 481
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 38 33 36 25 17 15 11 14 21 8 10 7 15 13 17 6 21 9 22 10 14 16 10 9 9 11 10 7 7 5 8 8 5 10 3 1 0 0 0 481
CIRRUS LOGIC, 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 9 22 24 39 37 46 44 45 48 33 37 30 56 470
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 20 11 13 21 16 13 17 15 10 6 10 12 7 12 5 10 8 8 7 9 13 18 13 26 27 33 30 22 20 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 457
SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 2 4 5 6 6 7 4 7 4 7 14 7 11 11 7 9 4 4 4 1 5 8 3 16 11 13 9 15 14 16 24 30 39 31 18 26 31 436
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 15 17 12 13 10 14 10 6 2 4 1 2 4 4 6 8 4 4 3 10 20 19 26 20 26 17 14 10 16 13 12 16 16 13 10 8 13 9 7 434
SGS-THOMSON MICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 9 22 39 33 68 66 73 55 52 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 433
HALLIBURTON CO. 4 3 5 2 3 4 7 4 4 2 3 2 6 6 11 20 16 33 32 26 14 12 9 10 17 59 33 46 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 419
STMICROELECTRONICS, 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 29 64 66 50 33 28 44 20 30 21 385
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 8 3 5 9 8 9 12 14 22 20 15 12 14 20 20 18 17 25 18 23 23 24 23 371
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 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 7 1 9 14 28 29 28 24 21 23 27 39 71 42 365
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 0 0 2 20 55 72 66 57 38 16 5 3 4 338
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 8 19 15 22 39 49 47 63 46 333
ALCON LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 6 4 11 5 8 9 10 11 11 14 27 37 49 20 27 26 30 6 2 0 0 0 0 330
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 15 15 14 14 12 19 25 9 9 9 9 10 7 8 12 5 3 6 2 7 16 12 11 8 9 3 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 1 5 22 10 4 2 326
WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 25 23 17 6 11 10 14 27 43 35 36 35 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 326
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15 28 24 22 24 14 7 29 26 34 29 28 17 7 1 2 2 2 0 319
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 4 6 8 12 9 8 7 16 23 20 34 19 25 22 25 14 9 7 6 2 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 301
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 29 11 21 26 25 39 34 22 20 34 17 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 295
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 7 20 33 82 80 48 9 1 1 6 1 2 290
RAYTHEON COMPANY 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 0 0 1 2 30 40 40 27 22 24 26 37 23 273
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 8 14 23 36 43 46 64 32 270
HUGHES TOOL COMPANY 7 5 1 3 8 4 8 11 6 4 4 9 10 9 18 25 25 26 41 24 6 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 269
TEXACO CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 26 47 77 61 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4 4 7 6 11 6 5 13 14 19 20 32 17 21 29 26 20 263
NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY 12 7 12 3 10 3 8 6 11 4 4 9 3 2 4 1 8 6 6 8 14 11 18 23 14 25 17 7 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 262
BAKER INTERNATIONAL CORP. 10 5 7 5 9 14 8 2 7 5 4 13 18 11 22 32 26 22 18 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 7 3 7 8 4 6 9 9 4 15 15 25 18 23 12 16 14 9 6 12 9 254
MCI COMMUNICATIONS 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 1 3 5 19 65 51 35 31 19 7 8 3 3 1 251
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES 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 10 29 24 40 31 31 32 30 23 250
HYDRIL COMPANY L.P. 0 0 0 4 11 14 17 6 8 5 1 3 14 5 1 9 14 22 18 7 4 4 1 2 2 7 6 3 7 4 3 8 7 5 10 2 3 6 6 249
LOCKHEED MARTIN 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 5 2 11 12 24 20 35 32 26 28 26 24 245
TEXACO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 32 51 34 54 27 10 6 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 239
SILICON 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 1 14 20 18 16 26 22 42 78 237
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 11 5 9 13 8 17 9 6 4 8 5 2 5 7 8 5 7 5 5 3 1 0 6 5 7 9 9 4 3 8 3 1 2 4 2 3 4 1 3 217
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 1 1 4 13 21 37 36 33 32 21 18 217
BETZ LABORATORIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 8 17 20 24 23 42 25 16 20 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 215
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. 3 4 8 20 6 15 17 11 16 9 19 20 17 21 8 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203
NL INDUSTRIES INC. 5 4 5 5 5 6 9 8 10 6 1 10 12 7 12 20 16 22 18 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
ALCATEL USA SOURCING, 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 41 51 54 31 13 3 0 3 0 196
FMC CORPORATION 6 4 2 7 4 2 2 1 2 8 4 5 7 4 6 7 5 5 3 0 4 5 7 7 7 3 2 3 5 19 18 12 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 190
PETRO-TEX CHEMICAL CORPORATION 19 10 6 19 27 20 15 24 26 8 6 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 189
MICROELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 18 18 28 27 29 20 15 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 187
NOKIA 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 9 11 37 37 42 39 175
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 24 29 29 41 34 170
CONOCO, INC. 5 4 2 3 7 9 10 3 4 6 1 4 5 8 2 4 3 1 5 16 13 9 7 9 6 6 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 169
INTERMEDICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 2 4 2 8 10 2 6 3 3 10 16 13 1 12 20 21 8 16 3 3 0 0 169
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 2 4 8 8 17 17 21 7 6 9 6 13 15 15 13 168
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 19 31 35 7 8 4 9 15 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 167
CAMERON IRON WORKS, INC. 6 5 10 9 12 7 7 7 7 4 6 15 7 10 5 9 17 6 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 165
ACF INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 12 13 9 4 12 9 12 5 10 16 15 13 14 8 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 164
E-SYSTEMS, INC. 5 5 5 17 4 1 3 2 1 8 5 2 5 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 3 2 4 3 10 5 17 14 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 4 5 7 5 5 4 6 11 6 3 6 3 4 3 5 3 2 4 2 2 5 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 155
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH 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 17 23 25 25 22 16 15 6 149
CAMCO INCORPORATED 7 2 4 5 11 13 3 2 3 3 9 3 5 2 4 5 14 22 11 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145
IP FIRST 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 1 10 11 15 18 13 15 29 26 138
JEFFERSON CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 17 14 17 21 20 22 12 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
BJ SERVICES CO 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 1 3 5 2 7 8 10 9 9 8 18 4 19 24 136
CAMCO INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 7 8 11 12 9 5 8 19 16 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 131
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL 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 10 11 23 14 22 17 6 6 8 5 129
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 3 2 1 0 3 4 24 41 29 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 129
COMPAQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, 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 1 103 23 0 0 0 0 127
DELPHI 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 0 0 7 24 28 27 18 13 9 126
WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 1 2 1 5 6 6 20 19 30 23 125
MOSTEK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 4 5 2 6 2 8 24 26 15 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
COSDEN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 6 6 6 6 4 13 20 24 6 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.