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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

ALABAMA

( 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 130 133 105 136 128 632
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 17 27 19 22 19 104
ADTRAN 12 14 4 11 18 59
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 13 8 10 17 11 59
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 3 13 17 15 49
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 6 8 8 8 8 38
INTERGRAPH CORPORATION 12 6 8 4 6 36
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 7 5 4 6 7 29
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 3 1 9 6 23
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 2 6 3 3 9 23
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 11 4 0 3 0 18
MOTOROLA, INC. 9 5 3 0 0 17
NANOTEK INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 1 3 4 8 16
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 3 4 3 3 3 16
INNOFLEX INCORPORATED 4 5 2 2 2 15
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 4 3 5 1 1 14
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 6 4 2 1 1 14
BARON SERVICES, INC. 1 1 3 5 3 13
SHEARWATER CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 10 12
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 4 4 2 1 0 11
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 2 6 1 0 2 11
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 4 0 5 2 11
COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 1 0 3 2 4 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 1 6 0 2 10
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 0 1 1 5 3 10
SONY CORPORATION 1 4 2 1 2 10
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 2 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 0 1 4 9
3DLABS INC. LTD. 0 0 0 5 3 8
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 5 8
ROBBINS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
CYBEX COMPUTER PRODUCTS CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
SOLUTIA INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 2 3 1 0 1 7
USBI COMPANY 0 4 2 1 0 7
CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
DANA CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
QUADRUM TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2 0 0 0 3 5
BIOELASTICS RESEARCH LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
SOUTHERN BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
SUMMIT SPECIALTIES, INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
TEMCO FIREPLACE PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 1 2 1 1 5


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