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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

SOUTH 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 166 146 152 132 150 746
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 30 23 39 51 143
CRYOVAC, INC. 3 12 16 35 20 86
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 6 12 13 37 74
NCR CORPORATION 18 24 11 9 8 70
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 14 15 11 11 8 59
WESTVACO CORPORATION 18 12 14 5 9 58
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 2 4 11 20 17 54
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 5 14 12 16 47
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 9 6 11 12 41
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 29 11 0 0 0 40
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 8 3 11 7 9 38
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 14 12 4 3 1 34
BAYER CORPORATION 7 7 8 1 9 32
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE 4 9 4 8 6 31
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY, INC. 3 10 3 9 3 28
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 18 6 0 0 0 24
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 5 5 6 2 5 23
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 6 12 4 22
BASF CORP. 3 7 5 2 4 21
POLY-MED, INC. 4 4 4 3 6 21
RELIANCE ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 9 10 2 0 0 21
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 5 2 2 5 6 20
BIC CORPORATION 4 7 2 3 2 18
ASTEN GROUP, INC. 6 7 1 0 0 14
ASTENJOHNSON, INC. 0 0 4 9 1 14
INTEL CORPORATION 2 2 7 1 2 14
PACESETTER, INC. 2 2 0 7 3 14
RYOBI NORTH AMERICA, CORP. 3 9 2 0 0 14
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 0 9 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 5 1 2 5 1 14
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. 8 4 0 1 0 13
PIRELLI CABLE CORP. 0 4 2 5 1 12
PIRELLI CABLES AND SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 1 7 4 12
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. 1 2 1 2 5 11
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1 4 1 4 1 11
AVX CORPORATION 0 4 1 3 2 10
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, LLC 0 4 3 1 2 10
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 2 3 0 1 4 10
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 4 3 2 0 0 9
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 2 4 1 9
SQUARE D COMPANY 0 3 3 0 3 9
AVM, INC. 1 5 0 1 1 8
CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY 0 1 2 5 0 8
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 2 4 2 0 8
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 4 3 0 1 0 8
WANGNER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 2 2 0 0 8
AOS HOLDING COMPANY 1 1 2 3 0 7
CREE, INC. 0 0 6 1 0 7
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
STEEL HEDDLE MFG. CO. 1 2 4 0 0 7
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 2 0 1 2 1 6
DELPHI ORACLE CORP. 0 0 0 0 6 6
PROGRESS LIGHTING, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
R. E. PHELON COMPANY, INC. 3 2 0 0 1 6
SYBRON CHEMICALS INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
UNION SPECIAL CORPORATION 5 0 1 0 0 6
WELLMAN INC. 1 0 0 3 2 6
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 4 1 1 0 0 6
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY LLC 0 0 1 0 5 6
ALEXANDER MACHINERY, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ARTEVA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 0 0 1 2 2 5
BAYNE MACHINE WORKS, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
ETHOX CHEMICALS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
HEXCEL CS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
JOHN D. HOLLINGSWORTH ON WHEELS, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 1 2 1 5
SAFETY COMPONENTS FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 3 0 5
SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
WORLD CLASS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5


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