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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

VIRGINIA

( 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 169 165 173 193 188 173 168 173 178 170 128 165 182 170 155 166 189 144 192 156 228 251 252 245 233 249 246 246 232 305 299 313 303 288 300 237 216 234 194 8268
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 22 23 46 37 62 29 48 59 30 19 28 30 39 30 39 37 34 45 24 13 23 46 54 44 73 78 58 46 42 67 75 66 68 68 63 69 47 60 51 1792
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 34 35 36 25 31 33 18 14 21 17 9 15 15 18 27 26 25 23 31 22 28 31 32 36 51 29 28 32 27 30 27 25 14 15 13 17 12 12 16 950
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 45 51 82 54 43 45 42 49 34 26 22 21 37 36 23 42 45 38 28 23 16 12 11 10 4 4 3 3 1 1 4 1 10 13 13 7 8 8 7 922
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED 16 16 16 17 13 13 13 16 18 15 17 21 25 29 18 20 32 30 25 4 18 17 32 54 64 29 15 24 20 8 16 17 12 11 10 18 7 0 0 746
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 18 11 12 14 30 29 22 43 35 22 23 34 34 16 20 26 16 19 20 12 18 25 29 10 17 18 24 13 9 21 10 7 20 3 3 4 9 16 13 725
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY 60 49 48 31 31 29 12 19 16 13 19 8 12 11 12 9 10 6 5 11 8 2 4 9 16 16 19 11 11 14 4 1 3 6 5 1 3 1 0 545
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 28 28 19 19 25 22 19 15 6 10 4 1 3 5 6 6 9 2 7 5 11 20 43 23 17 22 8 17 12 17 13 24 9 15 17 7 6 11 8 539
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 29 23 34 36 36 25 30 24 10 24 10 12 8 16 16 9 13 16 13 14 22 8 9 10 6 3 8 7 5 5 5 4 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 502
SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 19 21 20 17 21 9 20 15 37 39 52 54 33 0 1 0 371
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 0 4 4 3 2 4 8 13 14 13 6 3 2 10 13 10 11 8 10 13 14 10 14 9 13 19 18 4 5 9 8 12 6 5 10 11 13 15 347
A. H. ROBINS COMPANY, INCORPORATED 13 14 8 22 8 5 11 10 14 9 10 11 15 10 3 5 14 15 8 10 23 9 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 271
BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY 1 3 1 5 3 8 5 10 9 13 13 8 8 16 6 6 8 8 17 12 10 13 13 18 9 7 13 10 9 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 271
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUNDATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 4 3 3 8 9 9 6 5 5 8 13 12 12 14 10 14 8 19 6 9 11 12 217
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 11 16 7 12 2 10 16 14 15 12 5 7 9 11 10 22 23 213
WESTVACO CORPORATION 3 4 5 6 3 6 10 10 8 3 6 2 2 1 3 2 7 3 2 2 9 6 6 7 7 9 10 4 9 18 12 12 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 209
ITT CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 9 7 6 15 13 3 1 15 6 5 5 0 1 11 6 20 14 21 13 7 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
TEXACO INC. 1 2 7 19 18 16 16 13 13 5 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133
BELL ATLANTIC NETWORK 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 1 3 4 5 9 20 33 9 25 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 129
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 2 6 9 25 25 15 13 14 10 1 4 0 0 124
CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 9 10 12 19 22 16 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 8 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 0 3 1 4 0 5 2 4 1 9 5 18 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 113
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 4 7 5 17 18 9 9 9 4 1 5 8 112
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 3 0 8 6 4 4 4 5 8 15 5 14 10 5 3 3 2 109
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, 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 4 12 13 10 9 11 12 17 16 105
AMF INCORPORATED 5 6 15 4 5 7 11 8 6 4 4 3 5 1 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
FUISZ TECHNOLOGIES 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 3 7 13 9 15 19 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
ETHYL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 8 7 6 9 7 4 8 4 6 0 0 91
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 0 3 5 12 8 8 7 7 10 10 11 8 89
HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, 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 1 1 1 1 4 6 11 12 16 12 5 7 6 85
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE 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 0 13 28 18 26 85
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 2 11 12 7 3 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 82
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 6 7 8 15 4 7 4 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 79
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, 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 12 16 15 11 9 9 74
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 5 5 1 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 7 1 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 72
AOL 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 1 5 1 11 4 17 30 70
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 5 2 6 11 8 7 3 0 3 6 3 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., 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 1 1 2 12 6 8 10 14 10 3 1 1 0 69
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 7 5 3 5 6 6 2 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 67
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 0 2 0 2 5 17 14 12 14 66
PHILIP MORRIS USA 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 8 19 19 20 66
AT&T CORP. 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 6 4 7 5 4 6 2 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 63
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC. 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 1 2 2 4 4 10 1 3 7 6 8 7 4 0 62
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 3 0 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 3 2 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 3 60
AMERICAN FILTRONA CORPORATION 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 1 8 2 0 0 2 3 2 1 4 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
SHIPLEY 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 5 21 18 6 7 58
ERICSSON GE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 11 10 9 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 5 3 4 4 4 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 56
SIMPLIMATIC ENGINEERING CO. 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 2 5 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
VIRGINIA CHEMICALS INC. 1 4 5 8 4 6 4 8 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 1 3 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 51
DEEPSEA VENTURES, INC. 0 0 1 1 2 5 6 9 4 1 4 2 1 9 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 51
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 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 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 3 1 6 11 6 7 5 50
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 49
FACE INTERNATIONAL 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 4 3 18 10 3 2 3 0 4 1 48
MOBIL OIL CORP. 7 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 48
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 4 3 4 7 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 48
SPERRY MARINE INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 13 13 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 48
MICROSTRATEGY, 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 5 2 6 10 7 8 7 46
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 3 1 3 5 12 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
MEDECO SECURITY LOCKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 4 5 0 2 2 2 3 3 2 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 45
NORTHROP GRUMMAN 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 6 6 10 9 6 7 44
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 0 0 5 5 11 9 7 6 43
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 5 5 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 43
SUSQUEHANNA CORPORATION 16 8 7 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 42
SIEMENS-BENDIX AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3 2 3 1 4 4 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 40
MELPAR, INC. 14 13 4 5 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 38
TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 4 6 1 1 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
BRISTOL COMPRESSORS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 2 2 5 3 8 3 1 37
GENICOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 3 1 3 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 3 4 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
HOPPMANN CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 6 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES RICHMOND, LP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 7 5 4 3 35
E-SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 4 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
CHRYSALIS TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 5 6 12 1 1 0 32
KOLLMORGEN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 10 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
ASHWORTH BROTHERS, INC. 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 31
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 6 4 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
GE FANUC AUTOMATION NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 3 31
KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 31
FMC CORPORATION 2 3 3 6 5 6 1 0 2 1 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 30
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 1 8 9 12 30
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 0 1 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 30
SCHONSTEDT INSTRUMENT COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30
WAVECREST LABORATORIES, 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 2 1 15 10 1 1 30
ANATOMIC RESEARCH, 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 3 2 6 8 2 3 2 29
RUBBERMAID COMMERICAL PRODUCTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
TECSEC INCORPORATED 0 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 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 6 3 29
VIRGINIA PANEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0