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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

UTAH

( 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 181 175 173 173 173 875
IOMEGA CORPORATION 14 34 38 35 16 137
NOVELL, INC. 20 41 37 13 17 128
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION 28 26 15 35 18 122
3COM CORPORATION 1 8 26 38 48 121
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 14 28 28 19 7 96
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 9 17 15 14 10 65
ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC. 10 6 12 18 18 64
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 23 9 12 8 3 55
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 43 4 0 0 0 47
CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 7 12 15 3 38
MYRIAD GENETICS, INC. 10 3 10 8 5 36
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 7 7 5 2 6 27
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 9 6 5 5 2 27
SARCOS L.C. 0 7 6 8 6 27
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 5 7 5 3 6 26
LIFETIME PRODUCTS, INC. 3 3 9 1 9 25
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 6 4 13 25
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 1 0 3 2 18 24
INTEL CORPORATION 1 5 5 4 7 22
NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 3 10 4 4 22
SONIC INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 2 4 6 10 22
CERAMATEC, INC. 4 7 5 3 2 21
SMITH INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 5 6 4 20
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 4 3 3 5 5 20
ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. 9 4 2 3 1 19
SPECIALIZED HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC. 4 5 4 3 1 17
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION 5 5 3 2 1 16
SARCOS, INC. 5 5 3 2 0 15
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2 2 4 1 5 14
MORTON THIOKOL, INC. 11 1 1 0 0 13
POWERQUEST CORPORATION 1 1 3 6 2 13
MOXTEK, INC. 0 2 3 4 3 12
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 4 3 1 2 1 11
PRECISION VASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 3 3 11
BALLARD MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 2 2 2 10
GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 2 4 2 0 10
I-O DISPLAY SYSTEMS LLC 0 7 2 0 1 10
TEKSOURCE, LC 3 5 2 0 0 10
THERATECH INC. 6 4 0 0 0 10
UNISYS CORPORATION 5 2 1 0 2 10
ZARS, INC. 0 1 0 5 4 10
EVA CORPORATION 0 4 1 3 1 9
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 6 9
UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 4 0 0 9
ALBION INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 0 2 4 1 1 8
CIRQUE CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 2 8
DIAMICRON, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
EDO CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 4 8
FMC CORPORATION 5 0 0 3 0 8
LIPOCINE, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
ZEVEX, INC. 4 0 1 3 0 8
BOURNS, INC 0 2 1 3 1 7
ENVIROTECH PUMPSYSTEMS, INC. 0 4 0 1 2 7
IBC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
IOMEC, INCORPORATED 2 0 1 2 2 7
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 1 1 2 3 0 7
PHERIN CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 2 7
SARCOS GROUP 7 0 0 0 0 7
U.S. SYNTHETIC CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 2 7
BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD. INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
C. R. BARD, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
DYNO NOBEL, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
GULL LABORATORIES, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
H. K. COMPOSITES, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
IN-LINE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 0 6
MARTIN DOOR MANUFACTURING 1 1 2 1 1 6
MEGADYNE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
PHONEX CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
RADIUS ENGINEERING, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
BROWNING 1 2 1 0 1 5
CLINICAL INNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
EDIZONE, LC 0 0 2 1 2 5
EMWARE, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY 2 1 1 0 1 5
FRANKLIN COVEY CO. 1 1 1 2 0 5
GENEVA STEEL 1 4 0 0 0 5
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 4 5
JAMES W. BUNGER & ASSOC., INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
KENNECOTT HOLDINGS CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
MITY-LITE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL 4 1 0 0 0 5
OEC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
QUANTRONIX, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
TREBOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
VINCA CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
VLSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5


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