Patenting By Geographic Region (ALABAMA), Breakout By Organization, CY 2004

*The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.*
First-Named Assignee	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT	106	87	95	63	62	413
ADTRAN	17	19	25	14	10	85
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION	6	26	41	9	0	82
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION	28	11	11	12	2	64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY	9	8	16	13	10	56
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	14	11	11	5	8	49
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION	15	11	9	4	9	48
AUBURN UNIVERSITY	7	10	8	11	8	44
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION	4	7	7	8	7	33
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA	8	4	2	3	5	22
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY	2	3	5	6	4	20
MEMS OPTICAL, INC.	2	9	3	1	0	15
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.	0	0	0	4	10	14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.)	1	3	3	5	2	14
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE	1	4	5	0	1	11
3DLABS INC. LTD.	6	2	0	1	1	10
BOEING COMPANY	2	4	1	2	1	10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	1	4	2	0	3	10
AVOCENT CORPORATION	2	0	1	4	1	8
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	3	1	1	1	2	8
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.	0	0	0	6	1	7
HUBBELL INCORPORATED	0	1	1	4	1	7
IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	0	1	3	3	0	7
INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC.	1	2	0	4	0	7
NEW CENTURY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	1	1	1	3	1	7
PSI SALES, INC.	2	1	3	0	1	7
UNITED STATES PIPE AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, LLC	2	0	3	2	0	7
UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	0	0	2	2	3	7
ALEREON INC.	0	1	1	0	4	6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	0	0	1	4	1	6
UIT, LLC	0	1	1	2	2	6
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA	1	0	0	2	3	6
ADS CORPORATION	4	0	0	0	1	5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.	0	0	0	0	5	5
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.	2	1	1	0	1	5
GEBERIT AG	0	2	2	0	1	5
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	0	2	2	1	0	5
MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC.	0	1	0	2	2	5
NEXT-RF, INC.	0	1	2	0	2	5
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION	2	0	1	1	1	5
SYNAPSE, INC.	1	0	4	0	0	5

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization