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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

MAINE

( 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 59 47 51 51 48 256
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 7 9 3 22
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 1 5 3 0 9 18
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. 6 1 2 3 4 16
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 6 11
ROLL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 3 4 1 11
VISHAY SPRAGUE, INC. 0 0 0 5 6 11
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 3 9
FMC CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 2 7
CONTROL DEVICES, INCORPORATED 1 0 2 2 1 6
DELORME PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
DOWN EAST, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 0 0 3 6
ISLAND OASIS FROZEN COCKTAIL COMPANY, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
NEUTAR, LLC 0 0 0 4 2 6
RILEY MEDICAL INCORPORATED 1 1 2 2 0 6
STEAG HAMATECH, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM 0 1 2 2 1 6
FIRST LIGHT TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
HOWELL LABORATORIES, INCORPORATED 1 2 2 0 0 5


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