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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

WISCONSIN

( 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 232 184 255 249 246 226 201 150 159 142 129 156 127 142 108 150 149 160 220 180 223 221 240 202 197 212 230 237 211 273 295 297 274 279 230 231 172 201 163 7953
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, 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 48 84 93 124 133 152 218 194 165 134 100 1445
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 9 12 12 7 16 18 23 13 7 28 24 17 12 15 16 17 8 20 25 14 42 38 50 43 41 61 55 80 83 59 67 73 75 62 68 94 84 1390
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 21 6 9 3 21 12 10 3 10 24 10 8 25 18 14 24 30 34 35 21 26 29 29 25 40 37 47 40 36 41 53 83 127 63 21 19 32 113 102 1301
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 30 33 48 82 57 46 25 21 12 8 3 7 20 24 24 23 20 43 69 46 55 37 26 22 23 29 39 78 46 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1011
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 8 15 9 0 5 19 17 19 17 9 3 8 17 19 20 20 22 13 20 50 93 79 17 24 8 10 11 9 11 29 33 30 26 33 27 25 28 36 32 871
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION 55 60 55 41 43 66 30 34 40 42 22 27 27 24 28 23 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 631
EATON CORPORATION 4 7 6 5 9 5 5 4 1 0 2 23 12 18 8 38 47 29 30 14 22 23 12 11 24 23 15 17 9 17 19 22 19 17 12 11 11 14 12 577
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 6 7 9 7 8 10 8 10 7 15 5 14 17 10 10 16 15 21 12 19 24 19 15 23 27 30 43 54 48 31 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 558
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 2 3 6 6 10 6 7 8 10 1 5 5 4 12 6 4 12 18 17 15 34 18 14 19 7 5 7 11 13 23 39 14 10 36 21 28 29 23 33 541
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 20 115 91 88 67 47 16 444
DEERE + COMPANY 5 3 5 3 8 4 2 8 6 3 5 9 14 8 9 11 17 4 12 13 10 19 16 20 20 9 8 11 13 14 11 14 15 9 11 7 13 4 8 381
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 8 7 8 13 10 12 17 16 10 5 0 14 11 17 21 10 7 21 8 13 15 10 11 6 12 6 15 12 6 12 9 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 358
ALLEN-BRADLEY COMPANY 9 20 20 6 21 7 4 12 13 14 11 9 6 7 7 8 9 1 5 5 5 12 11 8 6 14 12 29 28 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330
BRIGGS + STRATTON CORPORATION 5 9 12 3 12 13 8 9 12 2 3 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 3 5 8 24 8 19 12 6 8 9 10 3 12 11 9 11 9 9 13 11 312
BELOIT CORPORATION 22 23 34 7 11 17 22 7 7 9 11 11 10 10 8 4 11 3 9 9 14 20 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 307
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 8 10 29 28 27 35 44 31 28 36 291
KOHLER CO. 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 4 6 4 6 6 10 9 7 9 12 21 7 8 12 12 14 5 13 13 16 17 11 10 6 255
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY 12 6 17 4 13 3 7 4 8 17 26 31 33 24 10 5 12 8 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 253
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 12 26 25 25 35 37 23 30 21 234
CUTLER-HAMMER INC. 18 27 28 23 17 18 14 12 21 28 16 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 0 223
GLOBE-UNION INC. 11 11 13 20 8 7 6 8 8 6 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 3 5 11 12 24 14 15 9 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 223
MCGRAW-EDISON COMPANY 12 26 24 13 18 10 3 5 4 9 11 7 4 7 7 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 4 10 6 3 0 211
REXNORD INC. 4 13 13 16 10 16 8 17 16 9 8 8 10 7 5 7 7 10 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 205
MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 6 1 8 4 8 5 3 9 2 3 4 1 9 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 5 6 2 4 4 10 1 9 3 7 6 5 3 6 5 11 15 11 8 201
OSCAR MAYER + CO., INC. 17 6 3 12 7 7 2 9 6 2 0 1 2 0 2 3 5 5 8 6 9 10 18 25 8 9 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION 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 5 26 26 27 26 49 40 199
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 13 21 14 7 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 4 6 5 13 13 19 11 3 4 2 2 7 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 6 9 6 197
CASE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 20 11 16 12 11 8 12 9 3 1 4 1 7 8 4 5 7 6 0 0 3 1 2 5 4 3 5 3 0 0 0 193
FORT JAMES 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 4 16 30 38 33 19 24 11 8 2 185
HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION 5 11 12 0 12 6 2 2 3 7 3 0 4 4 1 1 4 1 0 1 1 8 4 9 7 19 22 13 15 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 185
PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY 3 5 8 10 4 4 8 4 4 3 4 3 4 6 3 2 6 6 7 3 6 3 7 4 4 4 7 7 2 7 4 7 9 4 4 1 2 4 0 183
SQUARE D COMPANY 12 18 21 13 8 9 2 4 5 5 1 1 6 3 3 6 6 2 7 6 11 5 7 10 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
CRAY RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 7 3 23 20 18 20 12 14 22 8 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 178
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 4 4 3 7 2 6 5 9 7 6 15 6 6 9 2 0 0 1 2 4 2 5 7 6 5 11 2 8 158
REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 7 4 7 12 12 14 13 9 16 15 12 8 6 1 6 154
TRANE COMPANY 14 14 20 10 9 7 2 6 2 5 6 5 9 8 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 9 5 9 6 12 8 10 7 8 15 5 7 9 14 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 140
PROMEGA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 6 12 13 8 7 19 13 13 11 2 15 13 140
JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. 6 9 13 16 15 25 12 3 5 2 3 10 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 138
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 1 0 3 8 4 3 3 0 3 4 6 8 3 10 7 6 10 8 10 13 136
KEARNEY + TRECKER CORPORATION 10 8 11 4 9 7 2 2 2 11 9 9 7 5 8 8 6 5 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
SNAP-ON TOOLS CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 5 10 4 4 3 10 9 9 8 23 8 0 0 0 0 7 9 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 132
FMC CORPORATION 6 9 5 5 10 16 12 5 4 8 0 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 4 4 5 3 2 4 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129
APPLETON PAPERS, INC. 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 6 8 5 4 2 6 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 3 1 5 2 3 3 8 7 8 6 7 127
RAY-O-VAC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 2 3 6 5 8 1 4 1 1 3 7 7 16 13 8 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 120
KELLEY COMPANY, INC. 2 2 3 5 0 0 4 4 3 7 0 0 0 2 5 5 3 1 9 5 3 4 1 5 4 1 5 2 1 3 3 6 6 7 3 1 0 0 0 115
APPLIED POWER INC. 0 0 0 0 6 3 6 3 4 6 1 5 0 1 0 4 10 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 4 3 5 8 6 6 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
JOHNSON, SERVICE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 1 4 5 8 7 4 13 10 18 11 4 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110
NELSON INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 0 3 7 2 6 2 4 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 7 5 10 15 8 1 0 0 0 106
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO., INC. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 8 7 8 18 7 9 6 10 8 9 105
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 3 2 7 4 3 3 1 0 12 9 4 11 8 4 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 99
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 9 18 11 21 9 10 12 1 0 1 0 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 94
JAMES RIVER CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 5 5 19 15 6 11 9 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94
SNAP-ON 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 13 17 13 11 2 15 8 12 3 0 0 0 94
MARQUIP INC. 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 4 6 2 2 4 7 11 10 14 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY 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 3 11 18 19 15 6 4 6 9 1 92
BECOR WESTERN, INC. 13 12 6 7 9 7 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, 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 1 5 5 8 6 5 5 6 5 3 7 13 13 6 90
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 8 6 9 2 5 0 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 89
J. J. BAKER COMPANY LIMITED 14 13 20 17 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
UOP 4 4 12 10 6 7 4 7 2 1 1 5 3 3 8 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 83
MASTER LOCK COMPANY LLC 11 2 5 3 3 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 5 0 1 1 5 2 1 6 3 6 80
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0 2 1 2 2 6 0 4 3 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 7 2 5 5 3 2 2 4 2 78
RTE CORPORATION 2 0 5 2 5 1 8 4 4 6 2 2 1 6 2 2 5 8 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
W. H. BRADY CO. 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 8 3 15 4 4 2 5 1 6 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
MANITOWOC COMPANY, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 5 6 4 2 2 1 3 6 3 3 2 0 4 2 2 1 2 5 5 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
E.S.B. INCORPORATED 5 2 9 9 17 5 9 4 6 7 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 0 0 0 0 76
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY 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 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 12 9 17 13 8 0 0 1 1 76
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 2 4 5 3 9 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 5 9 3 75
QUAD/TECH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 5 2 5 4 3 1 3 6 6 6 7 6 2 2 2 6 1 75
BELOIT 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 7 5 10 11 8 9 15 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
DEC INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 3 3 6 3 1 3 3 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 72
HUSCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 4 4 6 8 15 8 5 6 72
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 8 6 2 1 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
AQUA-CHEM, INC. 5 4 1 5 6 7 2 6 4 3 0 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 70
BADGER METER, INC. 3 3 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 4 7 2 1 0 8 2 3 1 4 5 0 2 1 0 70
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION 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 2 10 16 11 9 13 9 70
GEHL COMPANY 0 0 0 1 7 3 5 3 5 3 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 69
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 8 5 12 11 18 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 69
CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC. 6 2 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 6 4 2 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
KOEHRING CORPORATION 10 4 7 4 8 6 10 7 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
ARTOS ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 2 0 4 0 3 8 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 64
ECOLAB INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 10 3 14 10 2 64
ENVIREX INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 2 8 3 0 1 5 1 2 5 6 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
MILLER BREWING COMPANY 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 63
AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 7 8 13 3 3 2 1 3 2 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 26 15 2 0 0 0 62
HAYSSEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 0 5 5 1 1 1 6 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 5 3 10 12 12 62
REXNORD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 7 8 3 4 1 7 1 4 6 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 62
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0