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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

NORWAY

( 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 43 39 47 46 45 220
NYCOMED IMAGING AS 13 12 10 19 6 60
DEN NORSKE STATS OLJESELSKAP A.S. 7 14 11 16 6 54
NORSK HYDRO ASA 0 12 10 12 17 51
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 1 2 2 6 11 22
TANDBERG DATA A/S 2 10 3 4 2 21
NORSK HYDRO A/S 7 6 5 1 0 19
ALVERN NORWAY A/S 5 8 0 4 0 17
ALCATEL 0 5 6 5 0 16
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 2 0 3 5 1 11
ELKEM ASA 5 1 2 2 1 11
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 2 0 4 3 2 11
KVERNELAND KLEPP AS 4 2 3 1 0 10
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 4 10
KVAERNER MARITIME AS 1 4 3 1 0 9
PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES A/S 1 3 3 0 2 9
SINVENT AS 5 4 0 0 0 9
ABB OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY AS 2 0 2 4 0 8
KONGSBERG OFFSHORE A.S. 2 1 0 2 3 8
ROTTEFELLA AS 1 3 1 1 2 8
BOREALIS HOLDING A/S 1 3 1 2 0 7
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 0 1 6 7
KVAERNER ASA 3 2 1 1 0 7
LEIV EIRIKSSON NYFOTEK AS 0 0 2 3 2 7
OPTOPLAN AS 1 0 1 2 3 7
ABB FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION AS 0 1 1 2 2 6
FRAMO ENGINEERING A/S 3 0 0 1 2 6
GECO A.S. 2 1 3 0 0 6
KVAERNER ENGINEERING A/S 2 3 1 0 0 6
MARITIME HYDRAULICS A.S. 1 0 4 1 0 6
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 0 0 5 1 0 6
CONLINCO., INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
NEXANS 0 0 0 3 2 5
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 0 2 1 2 0 5


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