U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Organization
Count of 1997 - 2001 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

BELGIUM

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 112 135 116 128 96 587
~Individually Owned Patent 23 37 41 36 53 190
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 20 35 44 34 29 162
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 21 30 31 24 20 126
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 41 24 18 20 19 122
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 20 11 14 16 21 82
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 7 14 21 15 19 76
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO ELECKRONICA CENTRUM VZW 7 9 14 16 28 74
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 5 6 4 13 25 53
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 8 11 12 12 10 53
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 8 16 10 9 10 53
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 9 12 21 1 46
ALCATEL THOMSON FAISCEAUX HERTZIENS 0 0 2 20 23 45
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 1 5 14 12 12 44
PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS N.V. 13 12 8 7 2 42
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 8 7 6 6 14 41
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 7 6 1 9 14 37
ALCATEL N. V. 13 16 6 0 1 36
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 6 9 7 8 4 34
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 5 9 6 7 29
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 1 8 5 10 4 28
N. V. RAYCHEM S.A. 4 11 7 5 1 28
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 0 7 9 5 7 28
GLAVERBEL 6 9 5 4 3 27
XEIKON NV 6 4 3 8 6 27
SHELL OIL COMPANY 2 8 8 5 3 26
DOW CORNING S.A. 1 8 5 6 3 23
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 5 4 5 6 3 23
PICANOL N.V. 3 3 1 5 9 21
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 6 5 0 6 18
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 0 3 3 8 4 18
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 1 4 4 6 2 17
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 3 4 5 4 0 16
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 4 4 1 4 3 16
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 8 1 5 1 15
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. 0 5 3 4 3 15
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 2 4 2 3 13
COCA-COLA COMPANY 0 5 2 1 5 13
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 5 1 0 3 4 13
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 2 0 1 7 2 12
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 2 3 3 1 3 12
CORVITA CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 2 10
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 3 3 1 3 10
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 3 2 2 1 2 10
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 0 3 3 3 1 10
ZENECA LIMITED 4 2 3 0 1 10
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 0 1 8 9
BARCO GRAPHICS N.V. 2 1 4 1 1 9
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 3 9
DSM N.V. 1 1 2 4 1 9
ELF ATOCHEM S.A. 4 3 0 2 0 9
STAAR, S.A. 1 2 2 4 0 9
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 1 3 1 1 2 8
ALCATEL ALSTHOM COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE 0 2 6 0 0 8
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 4 8
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 5 1 2 0 8
LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS N.V. 1 1 0 3 3 8
MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A. 0 3 2 0 3 8
N.V. OWENS-CORNING S.A. 0 3 2 3 0 8
SCAMBIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS AG 2 0 1 2 3 8
SONY EUROPA B.V. 0 0 0 3 5 8
AKZO NOBEL NV 0 1 2 2 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 3 0 0 3 7
INTERNATIONAL SANITARY WARE MANUFACTURING CY, S.A. 0 2 4 0 1 7
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MELEXIS N.V. 0 0 0 0 6 6
N.V. UNION MINIERE S.A. 0 0 1 2 3 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 1 0 4 6
SOLVAY 1 2 2 0 1 6
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 0 1 2 1 2 6
AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE N.V. 0 0 0 2 3 5
C. P. BOURG, S.A. 1 2 2 0 0 5
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 4 0 0 0 1 5
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 1 2 0 0 5
RAFFINERIE TIRLEMONTOISE, SOCIETE ANONYME 3 1 0 1 0 5
SOLVAY INTEROX (SOCIETE ANONYME) 2 0 0 1 2 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 0 0 0 1 4 5
UNIBIND (CYPRUS) LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 0 2 2 0 1 5
ZEXEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5



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