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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 135 116 128 96 77 552
~Individually Owned Patent 37 41 36 53 36 203
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 35 44 34 29 41 183
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 30 31 24 20 29 134
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 24 18 20 19 23 104
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 9 14 16 28 23 90
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 14 21 15 19 14 83
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 11 14 16 21 19 81
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 6 4 13 25 21 69
ALCATEL 0 2 20 23 17 62
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 11 12 12 10 8 53
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 5 14 12 12 7 50
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 16 10 9 10 3 48
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 12 21 1 2 45
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 7 6 6 14 9 42
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 6 1 9 14 10 40
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 7 9 5 7 9 37
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 5 9 6 7 8 35
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 8 5 10 4 5 32
PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS N.V. 12 8 7 2 2 31
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 9 7 8 4 0 28
GLAVERBEL 9 5 4 3 4 25
XEIKON NV 4 3 8 6 4 25
DOW CORNING S.A. 8 5 6 3 2 24
N. V. RAYCHEM S.A. 11 7 5 1 0 24
SHELL OIL COMPANY 8 8 5 3 0 24
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 3 3 8 4 6 24
ALCATEL N. V. 16 6 0 1 0 23
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 5 5 6 3 3 22
PICANOL N.V. 3 1 5 9 4 22
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 1 0 3 4 14 22
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 4 4 6 2 5 21
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 2 2 1 2 13 20
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 0 0 0 6 13 19
COCA-COLA COMPANY 5 2 1 5 5 18
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. 5 3 4 3 3 18
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 6 5 0 6 0 17
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 1 8 7 16
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 4 1 4 3 4 16
MEDTRONIC INC. 8 1 5 1 1 16
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 2 3 3 14
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 4 5 4 0 1 14
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 3 3 1 3 2 12
AKZO NOBEL NV 1 2 2 2 4 11
AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE N.V. 0 0 2 3 6 11
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 0 1 7 2 1 11
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 2 11
DSM N.V. 1 2 4 1 3 11
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 1 2 0 3 11
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 3 3 1 3 1 11
SONY EUROPA B.V. 0 0 3 5 3 11
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 3 3 3 1 0 10
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 3 1 1 2 2 9
BARCO N.V. 1 0 0 3 5 9
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 2 4 1 9
MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A. 3 2 0 3 1 9
MELEXIS N.V. 0 0 0 6 3 9
STAAR, S.A. 2 2 4 0 1 9
ALCATEL ALSTHOM COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE 2 6 0 0 0 8
CORVITA CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 0 8
LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS N.V. 1 0 3 3 1 8
N.V. OWENS-CORNING S.A. 3 2 3 0 0 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 0 4 2 8
BARCO GRAPHICS N.V. 1 4 1 1 0 7
INTERNATIONAL SANITARY WARE MANUFACTURING CY, S.A. 2 4 0 1 0 7
N.V. UNION MINIERE S.A. 0 1 2 3 1 7
ROSE RESEARCH, L.L.C. 0 0 1 1 5 7
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 2 2 0 1 2 7
ZENECA LIMITED 2 3 0 1 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 0 3 0 6
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 0 0 1 5 6
RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPEMENT DU GROUPE COCKERILL SAMBRE EN ABREGE: "RD-CS" 0 0 2 2 2 6
REGION WALLONNE 2 2 0 0 2 6
SCAMBIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS AG 0 1 2 3 0 6
SIDMAR N.V. 1 1 1 0 3 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 0 0 1 4 1 6
UNIBIND (CYPRUS) LIMITED 0 2 2 1 1 6
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 1 2 1 2 0 6
AIRFLO EUROPE N.V. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ELF ATOCHEM S.A. 3 0 2 0 0 5
ESSELTE N.V. 1 2 1 0 1 5
MANIA BARCO N.V. 0 0 0 0 5 5
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
PETER BUTZ GMBH & CO. VERWALTUNGS-KG 0 2 1 0 2 5
SOLVAY 2 2 0 1 0 5
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE 0 1 0 1 3 5
ZEXEL CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5


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