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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

NORTH CAROLINA

( 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 249 238 300 270 383 1440
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 257 201 209 181 149 997
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28 38 56 39 54 215
CREE, INC. 23 26 38 34 52 173
ERICSSON, INC. 74 44 36 12 6 172
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 21 29 44 45 30 169
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 34 36 28 28 29 155
DUKE UNIVERSITY 18 22 48 28 28 144
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 29 25 27 36 26 143
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 0 4 37 36 39 116
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 20 28 20 25 20 113
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 3 9 25 30 35 102
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 16 10 26 23 22 97
TEKELEC 6 12 39 20 15 92
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 7 13 21 15 27 83
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 16 16 18 13 19 82
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 16 10 17 20 12 75
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 23 16 11 14 9 73
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 13 9 22 12 11 67
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 20 8 18 7 13 66
ALCATEL 16 21 17 2 1 57
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 8 8 14 12 10 52
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 8 7 11 15 7 48
GILBARCO, INC. 21 11 8 3 1 44
POLYMER GROUP, INC. 15 11 6 6 4 42
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 14 7 11 7 2 41
EMC CORPORATION 10 5 7 10 8 40
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 9 4 17 6 4 40
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 3 18 18 39
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 5 3 15 9 5 37
DEERE + COMPANY 4 5 5 6 16 36
INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 6 9 9 4 8 36
PTS CORPORATION 12 14 10 0 0 36
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 11 3 8 8 6 36
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 8 6 12 3 4 33
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANY 0 3 8 12 10 33
LORD CORPORATION 6 11 7 5 4 33
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 4 5 9 7 8 33
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 5 1 3 13 10 32
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 2 5 9 6 10 32
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 2 3 7 13 6 31
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 8 2 9 6 5 30
ICAGEN, INC. 6 4 10 5 4 29
INTEL CORPORATION 7 3 13 0 6 29
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 5 7 2 8 28
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 10 10 2 5 0 27
NOBEX CORPORATION 11 7 9 0 0 27
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 8 7 10 1 0 26
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 6 3 3 5 26
CEM CORPORATION 4 7 6 5 3 25
PARION SCIENCES, INC. 0 3 4 8 10 25
EATON CORPORATION 7 2 4 4 7 24
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 5 5 7 4 2 23
SARA LEE CORPORATION 12 6 5 0 0 23
CONAGRA FOODS INC. 6 4 7 3 1 21
TARGACEPT, INC. 1 6 6 3 5 21
CATERPILLAR INC. 3 3 4 8 2 20
MICELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 4 5 1 2 20
WIX FILTRATION CORP. 0 5 5 4 6 20
ATC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 9 4 6 19
CORNING INCORPORATED 5 3 5 5 1 19
EMBREX INC. 4 2 7 4 2 19
ZIPTRONIX, INC. 3 5 5 0 6 19
AKEVA, L.L.C. 0 4 11 1 2 18
COMMSCOPE PROPERTIES, LLC 5 4 7 1 1 18
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 5 4 5 1 3 18
KENDRO LABORATORY PRODUCTS, INC. 4 9 5 0 0 18
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 0 0 2 3 13 18
NEWELL WINDOW FURNISHINGS, INC. 3 0 10 4 1 18
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 6 5 4 1 1 17
CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION 8 4 0 2 3 17
DRAKA COMTEQ B.V. 0 0 3 8 6 17
MEDI-PHYSICS, INC. 3 1 4 6 3 17
SQUARE D COMPANY 5 1 5 5 1 17
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 0 2 9 5 16
DANA CORPORATION 12 3 0 1 0 16
ARVIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 7 1 0 1 15
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 3 3 5 1 3 15
TIPPER TIE, INC. 1 0 1 4 9 15
ALPHA SECURITY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 6 8 0 14
DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 2 4 2 0 14
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL -- AMERICAS, LLC 2 1 0 5 6 14
ZF MERITOR, L.L.C. 3 4 4 3 0 14
ADSTRACTS INC. 3 2 3 3 2 13
BOWE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 0 2 5 2 4 13
COOPER BRANDS, INC. 3 0 3 4 3 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 4 5 0 3 13
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 2 2 0 8 1 13
NVIDIA CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 7 13
SCENERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 5 8 13
TRANSTECH PHARMA, INC. 0 3 5 0 5 13
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 0 2 4 12
BORGWARNER INC. 2 4 2 4 0 12
BRIGHT VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 3 5 12
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 3 5 4 0 0 12
KENNAMETAL INC. 1 3 2 4 2 12
TEXTRON INC. 0 2 4 4 2 12
BIOCON LIMITED 0 0 1 4 6 11
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 3 2 6 0 11
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 2 2 3 1 3 11
EATON POWER QUALITY CORPORATION 0 1 4 6 0 11
FMC CORPORATION 6 3 1 1 0 11
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 4 3 1 0 11
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY AMERICA, INC 5 1 2 2 1 11
SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC 5 1 2 2 1 11
ZF SACHS AG 6 4 1 0 0 11
ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 3 1 3 2 10
ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, INC. 1 3 2 2 2 10
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. 1 3 2 1 3 10
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 4 2 4 10
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 4 0 2 2 2 10
NITRONEX CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 5 10
R.W.L. CORPORATION 1 3 5 0 1 10
THERMACO, INC. 1 2 2 2 3 10
TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 4 10
UNITIVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2 2 1 4 1 10
WELLMAN INC. 5 0 3 2 0 10
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 2 3 3 1 9
AXON CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 2 9
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 1 3 9
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 5 1 2 1 0 9
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 1 6 1 0 1 9
HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC 0 0 0 7 2 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 1 0 2 5 9
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 2 3 0 3 1 9
MASONITE CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 3 9
PRECISION FABRICS GROUP, INC. 1 1 2 5 0 9
SYNECOR, LLC 0 1 5 0 3 9
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC. 1 3 1 4 0 9
TESSERA NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 1 8 9
THE STEEL NETWORK, INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
ATI PROPERTIES, INC. 3 0 2 1 2 8
CATERPILLAR S.A.R.L. 0 2 1 3 2 8
FOLIA, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
GRASS AMERICA, INC. 2 1 2 2 1 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 1 8
OVERTURE NETWORKS, INC. 4 1 1 0 2 8
PARADIGM GENETICS, INC. 8 0 0 0 0 8
PILLING WECK INCORPORATED 2 2 2 2 0 8
STOCKHAUSEN, INC. 0 0 0 6 2 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 2 0 3 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2 1 1 2 2 8
VARIAN, INC. 3 2 1 0 2 8
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 0 4 3 7
AYLWARD ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
BIOMERIEUX VITEK, INC. 1 0 0 2 4 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
CHEMETALL FOOTE CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 2 7
DELTAGEN, INC. 3 3 1 0 0 7
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
GE MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, LLC 2 1 3 1 0 7
INCUMED, INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 4 1 1 0 7
MOBILE SATELLITE VENTURES LP 2 5 0 0 0 7
NETWORK INTEGRITY SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 1 3 0 1 2 7
TRIMERIS, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
ALPHAVAX, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
BASF CORP. 3 1 2 0 0 6
CAMFIL FARR INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
CELGARD INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
HATTERAS HAMMOCKS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
INSTROTEK, INC. 4 0 2 0 0 6
MORRIS ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
NETIQ CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 2 2 6
ORIEL THERAPEUTICS, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
PARATA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
PHARMACORE, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
QUILL MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
SEMTECH CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 3 6
SILICON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 0 1 0 0 6
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
TENN-TEX PLASTICS, INC. 2 2 0 2 0 6
WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
A LA CART, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
AKZO NOBEL NV 1 3 1 0 0 5
ALARIS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 5 0 5
ATHENIX CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
BARR LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
BORLAND SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 4 1 0 0 5
CADUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 0 5 5
CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
CREE MICROWAVE, LLC 5 0 0 0 0 5
CYBERLUX CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
DYNOGEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
FIELD CONTROLS, L.L.C. 3 0 1 1 0 5
FLOW SCIENCE, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 1 2 1 1 5
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
GSLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
INDUSTRIAL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 2 1 0 0 2 5
INNOVATIVE DEVICES, LLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
IPAC ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY I, LLC 2 3 0 0 0 5
MANTISSA CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
MCNC 4 1 0 0 0 5
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 0 2 1 2 5
ULTRA-MEK, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
VIASIC, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
WORLD FIBERS, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
X-SPOOLER, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5

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