Skip menu navigation Home > PTMD Home > PTMD Listing of Viewable Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports


U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

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

Count of 1998 - 2002 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

KENTUCKY

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 52 92 107 119 105 475
~Individually Owned Patent 95 103 88 92 87 465
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 18 21 20 19 28 106
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 14 14 5 10 15 58
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 3 5 8 7 9 32
MARATHON ASHLAND PETROLEUM LLC 0 7 9 6 6 28
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 10 5 6 0 26
AAF INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 5 6 4 2 21
Q2100, INC. 0 3 2 8 8 21
SQUARE D COMPANY 5 4 1 7 2 19
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY INC. 8 4 3 1 0 16
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 1 1 2 5 6 15
MAS-HAMILTON GROUP, INC. 1 7 5 2 0 15
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 4 2 2 5 2 15
AEROFOAM CHEMICALS, DIVISION OF BORDER CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 1 4 6 2 14
ASHLAND INC. 4 1 2 5 2 14
WHITE HYDRAULICS, INC. 1 0 4 4 4 13
CREDO TOOL COMPANY 5 4 1 1 1 12
SPAN TECH LLC 0 2 3 4 3 12
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 3 10
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORP. OF AMERICA 0 0 5 3 2 10
R. A. JONES + CO. INC. 1 1 3 2 3 10
ROBINSON-NUGENT, INC. 3 1 3 1 2 10
C & M TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
SANDVIK SORTING SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 2 4 1 1 1 9
ZOELLER COMPANY 1 2 2 1 3 9
DESA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 4 1 0 8
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 2 2 1 1 2 8
MEDWORKS CORP. 0 4 3 0 1 8
SRM CHEMICAL, LTD. CO. 4 2 2 0 0 8
ALPHATECH, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
LANTECH, INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
M. P. H. INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 0 0 4 7
ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
TEKNO INCORPORATED 2 2 2 1 0 7
XEROX CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 2 7
DIPPIN' DOTS, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
HILLERICH & BRADSBY CO., INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 0 1 0 2 3 6
LANTECH MANAGEMENT CORP. 0 0 1 3 2 6
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
SARGENT + GREENLEAF, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
COULTER INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 1 4 0 5
CRANE PRODUCTIONS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
OWENS-ILLINOIS LABELS INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
RA BRANDS, L.L.C. 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNITED CATALYSTS INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
VERMONT AMERICAN CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5


PTMD Contacts

Questions regarding these reports should be directed to:

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Office of Electronic Information Products - PTMD
PK3- Suite 441; P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313

tel: (703) 306-2600
fax: (703) 306-2737
email: oeip@uspto.gov

address of PTMD pages at the USPTO Web Site: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/tafp.html
ftp download of selected PTMD reports and materials from : ftp.uspto.gov/pub/taf/


Top

Skip menu navigation Home > PTMD Home > PTMD Listing of Viewable Reports > Table of Contents for This Set of Reports