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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

OREGON

( 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
INTEL CORPORATION 339 282 299 299 430 1649
~Individually Owned Patent 239 225 206 216 197 1083
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 95 81 111 133 160 580
TEKTRONIX INC. 55 64 54 45 52 270
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 14 36 38 55 150
OREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY 9 11 18 10 13 61
NIKE, INC. 11 12 12 4 16 55
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 15 24 16 55
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 10 1 5 13 24 53
FREIGHTLINER LLC 15 10 8 11 5 49
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 7 11 13 9 44
PSC SCANNING, INC. 0 1 13 17 8 39
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 9 4 7 15 36
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 6 6 4 4 6 26
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 1 11 10 25
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 7 3 2 7 6 25
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 3 4 8 2 6 23
LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP, INC. 3 6 4 6 4 23
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 10 8 4 22
CASCADE MICROTECH, INC. 1 5 2 6 7 21
MOLECULAR PROBES, INC. 8 6 3 3 1 21
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 5 8 7 21
ACRES GAMING, INC. 5 2 2 6 5 20
SEH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 2 5 9 19
BLOUNT, INC. 2 4 5 3 4 18
ROSEN PRODUCTS LLC 0 2 6 5 5 18
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 8 4 5 17
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERATE GMBH & CO., INGENIERBURO BERLIN 3 3 3 2 6 17
IN FOCUS SYSTEMS, INC. 8 5 2 0 2 17
WHITAKER CORPORATION 7 4 6 0 0 17
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 2 6 6 1 15
WARN INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 3 3 1 5 15
ACUMED, INC. 0 2 6 5 1 14
INFOCUS CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 10 14
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION 4 4 3 2 1 14
METRO ONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 4 2 1 5 14
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 0 4 3 7 14
BEND RESEARCH INC. 6 2 4 1 0 13
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 5 0 3 2 3 13
IDATECH LLC 0 0 1 3 9 13
PLANAR SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 0 3 4 13
BOREALIS TECHNICAL INCORPORATED LIMITED 2 3 2 3 2 12
SPECTRA-PHYSICS SCANNING SYSTEMS, INC. 5 4 3 0 0 12
ADIDAS INTERNATIONAL, BV 1 0 2 2 6 11
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 1 0 0 11
ENDOVASCULAR INSTRUMENTS, INC. 6 4 1 0 0 11
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 5 11
SEQUENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 3 0 0 11
EPITOPE, INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
GUNDERSON, INC. 3 1 1 3 2 10
SEIKO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 2 1 0 10
SLC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 5 0 0 10
STATE OF OREGON 7 2 1 0 0 10
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 3 10
THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 4 2 1 1 2 10
ETEC SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 1 3 0 9
PSC, INC. 1 1 2 4 1 9
TFR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 2 3 0 9
AGRITOPE, INC. 3 1 3 0 1 8
GENENTECH, INC. 5 0 1 0 2 8
KEY KNIFE, INC. 3 1 1 3 0 8
METRA BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 1 1 8
PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS COMPANY 0 1 5 0 2 8
SYNOPSYS INC. 3 0 2 0 3 8
TRANSLOGIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 0 2 2 8
VERSA CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 1 8
AUTODESK, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
ESCO CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 1 7
G & G INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2 1 1 0 3 7
VERIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
A. FEM MEDICAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 1 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
BOYDSTUN METAL WORKS INC. 3 0 0 2 1 6
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
COGNEX CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
FEI COMPANY 1 0 0 2 3 6
KREATIV, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
LEUPOLD STEVENS, INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
LIGHTWARE, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SRC VISION, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
ZIBA DESIGN, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
AG-BAG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 1 1 2 0 5
AMTEK RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL LLC 1 3 1 0 0 5
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
AVI BIOPHARMA, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
CANDESCENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
CASCADE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
CLARITY VISUAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
COLUMBIA STEEL CASTING CO., INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
DEMARINI SPORTS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
EFUSION, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
EXPERT SYSTEMS PUBLISHING CO. 1 4 0 0 0 5
FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
HOOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
INTERLOGIX, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INTERMEDICS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
KADEE QUALITY PRODUCTS CO. 5 0 0 0 0 5
KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 0 5 5
OPTIMIZE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SCHRADER DANE CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO. 0 0 0 1 4 5


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