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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

WISCONSIN

( 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 273 295 297 275 279 1419
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 84 93 124 133 152 586
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 41 53 83 127 63 367
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 80 83 59 67 73 362
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 29 33 30 26 33 151
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 0 20 115 135
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 23 39 14 10 36 122
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 4 16 30 38 33 121
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 8 10 29 28 27 102
EATON CORPORATION 17 19 22 19 17 94
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 12 26 25 25 88
REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. 14 13 9 16 15 67
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 3 11 18 19 14 65
DEERE + COMPANY 14 11 14 15 9 63
PROMEGA CORPORATION 13 8 7 19 13 60
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 9 12 9 17 13 60
KOHLER CO. 12 14 5 13 13 57
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. 13 21 13 3 1 51
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 31 13 5 0 0 49
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 11 2 15 8 49
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR CO., INC. 8 7 8 18 7 48
BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 19 26 45
BRIGGS + STRATTON CORPORATION 10 3 12 11 9 45
ALLEN BRADLEY COMPANY, LLC 13 22 9 0 0 44
CRAY RESEARCH, INC. 22 8 10 1 0 41
MARQUIP INC. 10 14 15 2 0 41
NELSON INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 7 5 10 15 39
RAY-O-VAC CORPORATION 13 8 6 6 6 39
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 7 9 14 7 1 38
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 12 9 8 7 1 37
MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 6 8 3 10 7 34
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 15 6 3 0 33
APTARGROUP, INC. 10 12 7 2 0 31
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 11 8 4 4 4 31
KRAFT FOODS, INC. 6 10 10 4 1 31
PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY 7 4 7 9 4 31
QUAD/TECH, INC. 6 6 6 7 6 31
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 26 31
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 8 21 2 31
S. C. JOHNSON COMMERCIAL MARKETS, INC. 1 6 8 8 8 31
HUFFY CORPORATION 6 10 3 3 6 28
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, INC. 6 5 5 6 5 27
MODINE MANUFACTURING INC. 7 6 5 3 6 27
TEXTRON INC. 3 4 11 4 5 27
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 0 3 9 8 6 26
KELLEY COMPANY, INC. 3 3 6 6 7 25
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 3 8 5 7 1 24
APPLIED POWER INC. 6 7 6 4 0 23
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 3 7 2 5 5 22
HUSCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 6 4 4 6 22
LUNAR CORPORATION 5 1 6 5 5 22
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 0 1 7 14 22
SNAP-ON TOOLS CORPORATION 0 7 8 5 2 22
AMERICAN STANDARD INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 12 9 21
SSI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 4 2 3 2 21
BONE CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 2 6 2 1 20
KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 4 5 5 4 20
REXNORD CORPORATION 1 4 6 6 3 20
SEAQUIST CLOSURES FOREIGN, INC. 0 0 0 7 13 20
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 2 4 2 5 7 20
THIRD WAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 4 2 3 5 20
EARTH TOOL COMPANY, L.L.C. 1 0 1 10 7 19
HARNISCHFEGER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 3 9 3 19
BADGER METER, INC. 8 2 3 1 4 18
IMATION CORP. 2 5 7 3 0 17
OHMEDA INC. 9 6 2 0 0 17
THOMAS INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 4 5 4 16
CASE CORPORATION 1 2 5 4 3 15
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 5 2 3 5 0 15
MENASHA CORPORATION 1 4 1 3 6 15
PECHINEY EMBALLAGE FLEXIBLE EUROPE 0 0 0 7 8 15
RELIANCE CONTROLS CORP. 0 2 7 3 3 15
ABB FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION INC. 4 1 3 4 2 14
APPLETON PAPERS, INC. 1 5 2 3 3 14
BEERE PRECISION MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 4 4 2 0 14
C. G. BRETTING MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 3 2 2 4 3 14
DEC INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 5 0 4 14
JOHNSON, SERVICE COMPANY 8 5 1 0 0 14
PENDA CORPORATION 4 5 4 0 1 14
STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION 4 0 4 1 5 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 5 0 2 3 4 14
WACKER CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 5 14
ANDERSEN CORPORATION 4 2 5 1 1 13
ASGROW SEED CO. LLC 2 1 2 3 5 13
BEMIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 2 5 1 2 3 13
DORNER MFG. CORP. 1 2 1 6 3 13
EVERBRITE, INC. 2 7 1 0 3 13
MILLER BREWING COMPANY 3 5 2 2 1 13
ATO FINDLEY, INC. 0 3 5 1 3 12
ENDOLINE% MEGTEC SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 3 5 0 12
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 10 12
JOHNSON WORLDWIDE ASSOCIATES, INC. 3 7 2 0 0 12
MASTER LOCK COMPANY 5 0 1 1 5 12
QUAD/GRAPHICS INC. 1 0 4 5 2 12
ACTUANT CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 6 11
ALLEN-BRADLEY COMPANY 10 1 0 0 0 11
AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN COMPANY 2 2 6 1 0 11
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 3 2 2 4 11
CARDINAL IG COMPANY 2 1 5 3 0 11
CMD CORPORATION 1 7 1 1 1 11
J & L FIBER SERVICES, INC. 1 5 2 2 1 11
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 7 2 1 0 11
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 1 4 3 1 11
OPHIDIAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 4 4 1 2 0 11
POWERWARE CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 6 11
CONSOLIDATED PAPERS INC. 1 3 4 2 0 10
ECOLAB INC. 2 1 3 2 2 10
MCGRAW-EDISON COMPANY 0 1 1 5 3 10
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 0 4 4 2 0 10
THE BLOOD CENTER RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 2 4 1 3 0 10
THE MCW RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 3 1 1 3 2 10
ULTRATEC, INC. 2 3 2 2 1 10
ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC 0 1 4 2 2 9
AOS HOLDING COMPANY 1 1 1 5 1 9
CLARION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 6 1 1 1 0 9
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC. 0 0 7 1 1 9
DCI MARKETING 2 3 0 3 1 9
FISKARS INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
FULTON PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 6 2 0 0 1 9
GEHL COMPANY 1 2 5 1 0 9
HARKEN, INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
HUMANETICS CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 3 9
MANITOWOC CRANE GROUP, INC. 1 1 4 3 0 9
NORDBERG, INC. 8 0 1 0 0 9
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 1 3 0 1 4 9
SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS DIVISION, INC. 0 4 0 4 1 9
THE VOLLRATH COMPANY, L.L.C. 3 2 0 1 3 9
TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION 2 2 4 1 0 9
TYTON-HELLERMANN CORP. 4 5 0 0 0 9
BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 4 1 2 1 8
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 0 2 2 2 2 8
GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
H & S MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION 6 1 1 0 0 8
HAYES BRAKE, INC. 1 3 3 1 0 8
JAMES RIVER CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA 5 3 0 0 0 8
MILSCO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 4 1 0 0 8
MIRUS CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 5 8
MONROE TRUCK EQUIPMENT, INC. 3 2 1 0 2 8
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 0 8
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 2 0 1 0 8
SCHREIBER FOODS, INC. 3 0 2 0 3 8
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 1 1 0 2 4 8
SERIGRAPH INC. 1 1 3 2 1 8
SHELDON/VAN SOMEREN, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
SNO-WAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 3 0 1 8
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 0 1 1 4 2 8
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 3 4 0 8
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
ALWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 1 1 7
DIGISONIX, INC. 3 1 1 1 1 7
EDSTROM INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
HOFFMAN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE GROUP, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
NATIONAL PRESTO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
PHILLIPS PLASTICS CORP. 0 4 0 3 0 7
PLAYSTAR, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
POWDERJECT VACCINES, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
RECOT, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
RYTEC CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 2 7
STAINLESS STEEL FABRICATING, INC. 2 1 1 0 3 7
SVEDALA INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
VERSA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
ALLTRISTA CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 0 6
ALTERRA HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
BELL LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
DANA CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
DCV, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
DISPENSING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
EMPIRE LEVEL MANUFACTURING CO. 0 3 1 1 1 6
GENERAC CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY 0 0 3 1 2 6
GRABER PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
HATCO CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 2 6
HENKEL CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 1 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
INFIGEN, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
INTER-MED, LLC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
J&R ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
LIGNOTECH USA, INC. (FKA DAISHOWA CHEMICALS INC.) 0 2 1 1 2 6
MARATHON ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 4 0 0 2 0 6
MHE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 2 0 6
MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCES, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
OIL-RITE CORPORATION 0 2 3 0 1 6
PANVERA CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
PHARMACIA BIOTECH, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
PLYMOUTH PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 0 4 1 0 1 6
R.J. TOWER CORPORATION 2 1 0 3 0 6
RESEARCH PRODUCTS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
TAB PRODUCTS CO. 2 0 1 1 2 6
TEIENDA CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 1 3 2 0 0 6
TOMAH PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 0 3 0 6
TRI-CLOVER, INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
TRU FIRE CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
UNITED DOMINION INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
UVIEW ULTRAVIOLET SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
WAYNE PIGMENT CORP. 2 1 2 0 1 6
WEST BEND COMPANY 1 1 3 0 1 6
ZENITH SINTERED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
ABB AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ANDIS COMPANY 0 2 3 0 0 5
ARROWHEAD SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
BABSON BROS. CO. 0 2 1 1 1 5
BAJER DESIGN & MARKETING, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
BUELL MOTORCYCLE COMPANY 0 0 1 3 1 5
CRAY INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
CRITICARE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ELECTRO-PRO, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
ERIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 1 3 0 0 5
EXTRUSION DIES, INCORPORATED 1 0 1 1 2 5
FILTERTEK, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
FRANK L. WELLS COMPANY 1 2 1 0 1 5
GIDDINGS + LEWIS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
GILSON, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
GREENHECK FAN CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
HK SYSTEMS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
HYDRO-THERMAL CORP. 2 1 1 0 1 5
K. W. MUTH COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
KNIGHT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
LAKE COUNTRY MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
LYCO MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
MAGNETEK INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
MEGABIOS CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
MINER ENTERPRISES INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
NORAN INSTRUMENTS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
PARAGON ELECTRIC CO., INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
PFLOW INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 0 0 3 5
REGAL WARE, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
RMT, INC. 0 4 0 1 0 5
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
SPARKS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
STOUGHTON TRAILERS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
SURGICAL ACUITY, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
TLX TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 0 3 2 5
TULIP CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
VOITH PAPER, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5


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