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

WISCONSIN

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 211 273 295 297 275 1351
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 48 84 93 124 133 482
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 55 80 83 59 67 344
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 36 41 53 83 127 340
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 11 29 33 30 26 129
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 13 23 39 14 10 99
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 48 31 13 5 0 97
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 0 4 16 30 38 88
EATON CORPORATION 9 17 19 22 19 86
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 8 10 29 28 79
DEERE + COMPANY 13 14 11 14 15 67
REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. 12 14 13 9 16 64
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 12 26 25 63
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 46 5 2 3 5 61
PROMEGA CORPORATION 12 13 8 7 19 59
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 17 13 11 2 15 58
KOHLER CO. 12 12 14 5 13 56
CRAY RESEARCH, INC. 14 22 8 10 1 55
MARQUIP INC. 11 10 14 15 2 52
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. 2 13 21 13 3 52
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 3 11 18 19 51
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 9 12 9 17 50
RAY-O-VAC CORPORATION 16 13 8 6 6 49
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO., INC. 6 8 7 8 18 47
BRIGGS + STRATTON CORPORATION 9 10 3 12 11 45
ALLEN BRADLEY COMPANY, LLC 0 13 22 9 0 44
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 5 7 9 14 7 42
KRAFT FOODS, INC. 12 6 10 10 4 42
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 6 12 9 8 7 42
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 9 15 6 3 41
ALLEN-BRADLEY COMPANY 28 10 1 0 0 39
APTARGROUP, INC. 4 10 12 7 2 35
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 4 11 8 4 4 31
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 4 6 8 3 10 31
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, INC. 8 6 5 5 6 30
APPLIED POWER INC. 6 6 7 6 4 29
OHMEDA INC. 12 9 6 2 0 29
PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY 2 7 4 7 9 29
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 8 21 29
QUAD/TECH, INC. 3 6 6 6 7 28
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 4 3 8 5 7 27
HUFFY CORPORATION 2 6 10 3 3 24
MODINE MANUFACTURING INC. 3 7 6 5 3 24
NELSON INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 7 5 10 24
REXNORD CORPORATION 7 1 4 6 6 24
S. C. JOHNSON COMMERCIAL MARKETS, INC. 1 1 6 8 8 24
HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION 15 6 1 1 0 23
TEXTRON INC. 1 3 4 11 4 23
BONE CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 9 2 6 2 22
SSI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 10 4 2 3 21
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 0 0 20 20
IMATION CORP. 3 2 5 7 3 20
LUNAR CORPORATION 3 5 1 6 5 20
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 0 0 3 9 8 20
SNAP-ON TOOLS CORPORATION 0 0 7 8 5 20
BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 0 19 19
KELLEY COMPANY, INC. 1 3 3 6 6 19
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1 3 7 2 5 18
JOHNSON, SERVICE COMPANY 4 8 5 1 0 18
KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 2 4 5 5 18
HUSCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 6 4 4 17
JAMES RIVER CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA 9 5 3 0 0 17
THIRD WAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 6 4 2 3 17
BEERE PRECISION MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 2 4 4 4 2 16
BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 6 2 5 1 2 16
HARNISCHFEGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 3 9 16
MILLER BREWING COMPANY 4 3 5 2 2 16
PENDA CORPORATION 3 4 5 4 0 16
CASE CORPORATION 3 1 2 5 4 15
CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC. 5 1 3 4 2 15
EARTH TOOL COMPANY, L.L.C. 3 1 0 1 10 15
AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY 3 2 2 6 1 14
ANDERSEN CORPORATION 2 4 2 5 1 14
APPLETON PAPERS, INC. 3 1 5 2 3 14
BADGER METER, INC. 0 8 2 3 1 14
DIGISONIX, INC. 8 3 1 1 1 14
JOHNSON WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 3 7 2 0 14
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 1 4 3 14
OPHIDIAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3 4 4 1 2 14
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 2 4 2 5 14
THE BLOOD CENTER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 4 2 4 1 3 14
THOMAS INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 1 2 4 5 14
CLARION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 4 6 1 1 1 13
DEC INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 3 5 0 13
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION 4 4 0 4 1 13
MEGTEC SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 3 5 12
ABB FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION INC. 0 4 1 3 4 12
AMERICAN STANDARD INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 12 12
C. G. BRETTING MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 1 3 2 2 4 12
CARDINAL IG COMPANY 1 2 1 5 3 12
CMD CORPORATION 2 1 7 1 1 12
FISKARS INC. 3 4 2 3 0 12
PHARMACIA BIOTECH, INC. 6 4 2 0 0 12
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 5 2 0 1 12
RELIANCE CONTROLS CORP. 0 0 2 7 3 12
TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION 3 2 2 4 1 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 5 0 2 3 12
ECOLAB INC. 3 2 1 3 2 11
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 4 4 3 0 0 11
EVERBRITE, INC. 1 2 7 1 0 11
GEHL COMPANY 2 1 2 5 1 11
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 7 2 1 11
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 1 0 4 4 2 11
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC. 1 1 0 4 5 11
SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS DIVISION, INC. 3 0 4 0 4 11
DORNER MFG. CORP. 0 1 2 1 6 10
J & L FIBER SERVICES, INC. 0 1 5 2 2 10
MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP, INC. 1 1 1 4 3 10
MILSCO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 3 4 1 0 10
MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCES, INC. 4 2 0 2 2 10
NORDBERG, INC. 1 8 0 1 0 10
THE MCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2 3 1 1 3 10
ULTRATEC, INC. 1 2 3 2 2 10
VERSA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 4 0 0 10
ASGROW SEED COMPANY 1 2 1 2 3 9
ATO FINDLEY, INC. 0 0 3 5 1 9
DCI MARKETING 1 2 3 0 3 9
GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 6 2 0 0 9
HOFFMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 2 2 9
MASTER LOCK COMPANY 2 5 0 1 1 9
MENASHA CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 3 9
NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 3 1 1 9
PARAGON ELECTRIC CO., INC. 4 2 2 1 0 9
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORP. 2 0 4 0 3 9
TRU FIRE CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 1 9
TYTON-HELLERMANN CORP. 0 4 5 0 0 9
WACKER CORPORATION 0 1 4 2 2 9
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 4 9
ZBB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 0 0 0 2 9
AOS HOLDING COMPANY 0 1 1 1 5 8
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC. 0 0 0 7 1 8
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 2 2 0 8
GLOBE-UNION INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
HARKEN, INC. 0 1 1 1 5 8
HAYES BRAKE, INC. 0 1 3 3 1 8
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 1 8
RITE-HITE CORPORATION 5 3 0 0 0 8
SCHREIBER FOODS, INC. 3 3 0 2 0 8
SHELDON/VAN SOMEREN, INC. 0 5 3 0 0 8
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
TEIENDA CORPORATION 2 3 3 0 0 8
TOMAH PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 0 0 3 8
TULIP CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 0 8
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 8 0 0 0 0 8
WEST BEND COMPANY 3 1 1 3 0 8
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 1 4 2 7
ANDIS COMPANY 2 0 2 3 0 7
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
HUMANETICS CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 0 7
HYDRO-THERMAL CORP. 3 2 1 1 0 7
K. W. MUTH COMPANY, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE GROUP, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
MARATHON ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 2 7
MCGRAW-EDISON COMPANY 0 0 1 1 5 7
MEGABIOS CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 0 7
PECHINEY EMBALLAGE FLEXIBLE EUROPE 0 0 0 0 7 7
REGAL WARE, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
SEAQUIST CLOSURES FOREIGN, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SERIGRAPH INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SNO-WAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
UNITED DOMINION INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 0 0 3 2 7
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 2 6
ALLTRISTA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 0 0 2 2 2 6
EMPIRE LEVEL MANUFACTURING CO. 1 0 3 1 1 6
FULTON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
GENERAC CORPORATION 0 4 2 0 0 6
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 0 6
GIDDINGS + LEWIS, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
GREENHECK FAN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
H & S MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 1 0 0 3 2 6
HK SYSTEMS, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 0 6
INTER-MED, LLC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
J&R ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
LIGNOTECH USA, INC. (FKA DAISHOWA CHEMICALS INC.) 2 0 2 1 1 6
LYCO MANUFACTURING, INC. 2 0 0 1 3 6
MHE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
MONROE TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
OIL-RITE CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 0 6
PANVERA CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
POWDERJECT VACCINES, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
R.J. TOWER CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 3 6
RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 1 6
RYTEC CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
SURGICAL ACUITY, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
SVEDALA INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 0 1 3 2 0 6
THE VOLLRATH COMPANY, L.L.C. 0 3 2 0 1 6
U.S. CONTROLS CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 0 0 1 1 4 6
WEASLER ENGINEERING, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
ACTUANT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
ALWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
DANA CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
DCV, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
DISPENSING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
EDSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
ERIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 1 3 0 5
FE PETRO INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
FILTERTEK, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
FLECK CONTROLS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
HENKEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
INFIGEN, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
LAKE COUNTRY MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MAGNETEK INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
MIDWEST INSTRUMENT CO., INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MILLER ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 2 2 0 0 5
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESOURCES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
NORAN INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
NOVAGEN, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
PDQ MANUFACTURING INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
PLAYSTAR, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
PLYMOUTH PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 0 0 4 1 0 5
POWERWARE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
PROGRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY OF WISCONSIN, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
RMT, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
TRI-CLOVER, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
UVIEW ULTRAVIOLET SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
WAYNE PIGMENT CORP. 0 2 1 2 0 5
ZENITH SINTERED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5



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