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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 2004 - 2008 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

GEORGIA

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 227 229 236 192 169 1053
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 144 127 226 101 2 600
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 87 65 75 56 39 322
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 34 38 53 48 42 215
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 34 160 194
NCR CORPORATION 36 30 36 29 28 159
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 24 15 25 36 21 121
BROADCOM CORPORATION 13 10 27 11 28 89
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 81 81
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 62 12 74
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 6 8 15 20 19 68
EMORY UNIVERSITY 17 10 18 12 10 67
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 11 16 16 10 14 67
NORDSON CORPORATION 13 12 21 14 6 66
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 24 13 12 5 11 65
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 11 17 12 10 7 57
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 30 8 10 4 5 57
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 8 14 13 15 56
MOTOROLA, INC. 21 16 10 6 2 55
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 3 5 7 9 21 45
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 3 5 6 12 16 42
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 23 10 6 1 0 40
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 8 11 4 7 7 37
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 10 6 7 4 9 36
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 3 12 9 7 35
REHRIG-PACIFIC COMPANY, INC. 1 8 11 8 5 33
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 0 0 2 27 29
DREAMWELL, LTD. 7 3 6 6 6 28
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 0 0 12 14 1 27
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 7 3 6 3 26
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 10 7 1 4 4 26
COCA-COLA COMPANY 14 3 4 2 2 25
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 8 9 2 4 24
DISPLAY INDUSTRIES LLC 9 2 7 4 1 23
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 7 11 3 2 23
MEADWESTVACO PACKAGING SYSTEMS, LLC 1 6 3 1 11 22
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 9 7 3 3 0 22
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA INC. 3 10 3 3 2 21
TEXTRON INC. 4 2 1 5 9 21
DEERE + COMPANY 5 7 4 2 2 20
ATHEROGENICS, INC. 2 4 3 8 2 19
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 4 5 2 4 18
WAVE7 OPTICS, INC. 1 2 6 5 4 18
AVIGENICS, INC 1 1 3 4 8 17
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 0 3 6 4 4 17
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 2 6 7 1 1 17
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 4 5 4 0 16
PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC. 10 4 2 0 0 16
REDDY US THERAPEUTICS, INC. 0 1 2 8 5 16
SPECTRX, INC. 3 6 3 2 2 16
GEORGIA-PACIFIC RESINS, INC. 4 6 4 1 0 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 3 4 3 2 15
CHECKFREE CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 6 14
CIENA CORPORATION 2 2 7 1 2 14
E-2 INTERACTIVE, INC. 0 1 3 5 5 14
AT&T CORP. 2 2 4 1 4 13
C. R. BARD, INC. 6 2 1 1 2 12
CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 1 2 1 5 3 12
INNOMED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 6 3 0 12
NGIMAT CO. 0 3 5 2 2 12
SURFATECH CORPORATION 0 2 4 2 4 12
TERAHOP NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 2 4 6 12
THE WEATHER CHANNEL, INC. 0 0 1 6 5 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 2 3 2 3 12
ACCENTURE LLP 1 3 1 1 5 11
INTERFACE, INC. 1 4 2 1 3 11
KENNAMETAL INC. 0 1 5 4 1 11
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 1 2 4 4 0 11
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 0 7 1 0 3 11
W. C. BRADLEY CO. 7 3 1 0 0 11
YAMAHA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 1 2 4 4 11
ZENITECH LLC 2 1 3 4 1 11
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 0 2 3 5 0 10
COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY 2 1 0 4 3 10
COLUMBIAN CHEMICALS COMPANY 1 1 0 5 3 10
CRYOLIFE, INC. 2 3 1 2 2 10
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 1 5 3 1 0 10
IMERYS PIGMENTS, INC. 3 0 4 3 0 10
WEGENER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 6 1 10
AIRDEFENSE, INC. 0 0 3 1 5 9
ARIZONA CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 4 0 3 1 9
ATLANTA ATTACHMENT COMPANY, INC. 2 1 3 1 2 9
EMERSON RETAIL SERVICES INC. 1 3 4 1 0 9
KEY CONTROL HOLDING, INC. 0 0 4 2 3 9
MERIAL LIMITED 1 1 3 2 2 9
RAYONIER PRODUCTS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY 1 4 3 1 0 9
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 1 4 0 8
CARD-MONROE CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 3 8
COLONIAL CHEMICAL INC 1 4 3 0 0 8
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 3 1 0 0 4 8
ELESYS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 0 4 1 1 8
HUBER ENGINEERED WOODS LLC 0 0 3 4 1 8
INHIBITEX, INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
J. M. HUBER CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 1 8
KEY-TRAK, INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
MIZUNO CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 1 8
QCEPT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 4 1 2 8
QUELLAN, INC. 0 0 4 2 2 8
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 0 0 2 3 3 8
SONNAX INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 4 0 1 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 4 2 1 1 8
DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 3 2 0 1 1 7
DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 3 7
FATS, INC. 0 2 1 4 0 7
INTERCAT, INC. 0 1 1 0 5 7
JOHNSON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
L.L. CULMAT LP 2 1 3 1 0 7
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
NORTH AMERICAN CONTAINER CORP. 1 1 1 3 1 7
STATSIGNAL IPC, LLC 0 3 3 1 0 7
STATSIGNAL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
THERAGENICS CORPORATION 4 0 2 1 0 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 1 0 4 2 0 7
TRANSNEXUS, INC. 1 0 2 1 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1 1 1 3 1 7
WATERVISIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 0 2 1 7
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH 0 0 0 4 2 6
ARRIVALSTAR, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
BIO-LAB, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION 6 0 0 0 0 6
CARDIOMEMS, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROLS, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
ENLINK GEOENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
EXCELLATRON SOLID STATE, LLC 2 3 0 1 0 6
G-P GYPSUM CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
GLENAYRE ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 4 0 6
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1 1 0 2 2 6
KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 3 6
NANOMIST SYSTEMS, LLC 0 2 2 1 1 6
NEENAH PAPER, INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
NOVOSTE CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
PHARMASSET, INC. 0 3 1 1 1 6
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 4 0 0 0 6
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
SOUTHERN MILLS, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
THE EVERCARE COMPANY 0 1 3 1 1 6
YKK CORPORATION OF AMERICA 4 1 1 0 0 6
ANDREW CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
AUSTIN HARDWARE & SUPPLY, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
CLUB CAR INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
COVEYTECH, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
DATASCAPE, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DAVIDSON HYDRANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
FACET TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
FRY'S METALS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
GMP VISION SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 2 1 1 0 5
HUBBARD/DOWNING, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
HUNT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANY 0 0 0 1 4 5
KASON INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
KIEL LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
L.H. THOMSON COMPANY, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MANNINGTON MILLS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
MATSUSHITA MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF USA 1 4 0 0 0 5
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 1 0 0 5
ORASEE CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
PANDUIT CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5
PLANTRONICS INC 1 0 4 0 0 5
PROCESS CONTROL CORPORATION 2 0 3 0 0 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SELECTO, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SUPERIOR ESSEX COMMUNICATIONS LP 0 1 1 2 1 5
YKK CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5

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