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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

DENMARK

( 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
NOVO NORDISK A/S 102 159 125 80 37 503
~Individually Owned Patent 41 39 44 40 35 199
DANFOSS A/S 29 16 19 12 14 90
NOVOZYMES A/S 0 0 0 34 42 76
HALDOR TOPSOE A/S 11 15 18 15 12 71
INTERLEGO A.G. 12 12 4 8 5 41
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 8 7 8 16 40
H. LUNDBECK A/S 7 2 3 10 11 33
COLOPLAST INTERNATIONAL A/S 7 4 4 5 8 28
NEUROSEARCH A/S 4 6 4 6 7 27
DANISCO A/S 0 4 5 6 8 23
F. L. SMIDTH & CO. A/S 10 6 1 3 0 20
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 7 6 3 2 1 19
LEO PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS LTD. A/S (LOVENS KEMISKE FABRIK PRODUCTIONSAKTIESELSKAB) 3 3 1 7 4 18
ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S 2 7 1 2 3 15
GEORG FISCHER DISA A/S 3 3 1 3 4 14
GRUNDFOS A/S 2 2 3 4 1 12
V. KANN RASMUSSEN INDUSTRI A/S 4 4 2 2 0 12
DANFOSS COMPRESSORS GMBH 1 1 2 3 4 11
DSC COMMUNICATIONS A/S 1 4 0 1 5 11
M.A.N.-B & W DIESEL A/S 3 2 1 3 2 11
AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUX 1 1 3 3 1 9
DANIONICS A/S 0 0 1 4 4 9
NIRO A/S 1 0 3 2 3 9
VKR HOLDING A/S 0 0 0 4 5 9
AASTED-MIKROVERK APS 2 2 3 0 1 8
FOSS ELECTRIC A/S 3 2 0 2 1 8
MAERSK MEDICAL A/S 1 2 2 2 1 8
OSTEOMETER BIOTECH A/S 0 0 2 2 4 8
SAUER-DANFOSS HOLDING A/S 0 0 0 0 8 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 4 2 2 0 8
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 0 2 0 4 1 7
NYCOMED IMAGING AS 3 2 1 1 0 7
TOPHOLM & WESTERMANN APS 1 3 0 1 2 7
VELUX INDUSTRI A/S 0 1 2 4 0 7
APV PASILAC A/S 2 2 2 0 0 6
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
COLORPLAST A/S 0 0 1 3 2 6
DANFOSS FLUID POWER A/S 0 0 2 3 1 6
KRUGER AS 0 1 0 5 0 6
MEADOX MEDICALS, INC. 2 0 3 1 0 6
NKT RESEARCH CENTER A/S 1 1 2 1 1 6
NOVOZYMES A/S PATENTS 0 0 0 6 0 6
OTICON A/S 2 3 1 0 0 6
SLAGTERIERNES FORSKNINGSINSTITUT 0 0 2 2 2 6
STATENS SERUM INSTITUTE 0 2 1 1 2 6
TETRA PAK HOYER A/S 0 1 2 3 0 6
APV ANHYDRO A/S 2 0 2 0 1 5
BANG & OLUFSEN A/S 0 2 2 1 0 5
CHR. HANSEN A/S 0 2 1 0 2 5
CONTEX A/S 0 2 1 2 0 5
E. R. SQUIBB + SONS, INC. 4 0 0 1 0 5
FORSKNINGSCENTER RISO 1 2 0 2 0 5
HERCULES INCORPORATED 0 1 3 1 0 5
LINAK A/S 0 2 1 1 1 5
LINDBERG A/S 0 1 0 4 0 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
RADIOMETER MEDICAL A/S 1 1 2 1 0 5
UNI-CHAINS A/S 0 0 1 2 2 5
UPFRONT CHROMATOGRAPHY A/S 1 2 1 0 1 5
WOLFKING DANMARK A/S 0 2 2 1 0 5


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