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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 132 150 126 120 94 622
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 39 51 71 53 41 255
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 13 37 26 39 37 152
CRYOVAC, INC. 35 20 22 12 12 101
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 12 16 12 17 10 67
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 9 16 8 15 4 52
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 11 12 6 8 6 43
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 8 6 5 13 11 43
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 5 6 13 9 8 41
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 11 8 8 5 0 32
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY 9 8 8 2 5 32
NCR CORPORATION 9 8 2 7 5 31
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 12 4 6 2 5 29
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 7 9 3 2 3 24
PACESETTER, INC. 7 3 5 6 1 22
AVX CORPORATION 3 2 3 4 8 20
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 1 4 5 9 19
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 1 7 6 1 19
WESTVACO CORPORATION 5 9 5 0 0 19
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 0 5 10 3 18
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 5 3 3 5 18
POLY-MED, INC. 3 6 3 5 1 18
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 2 7 3 17
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 6 4 3 16
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 1 6 3 5 15
PIRELLI CABLES AND SYSTEMS LLC 7 4 2 0 1 14
ASTENJOHNSON, INC. 9 1 3 0 0 13
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. 2 5 3 2 1 13
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 11 1 0 0 0 12
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 4 1 3 2 2 12
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, LLC 1 2 5 2 1 11
WELLMAN INC. 3 2 2 2 2 11
BAYER CORPORATION 1 9 0 0 0 10
BIC CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 1 10
CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY 5 0 2 1 2 10
DELPHI ORACLE CORP. 0 6 3 1 0 10
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 9 1 0 0 10
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 2 1 4 0 9
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 2 1 2 3 1 9
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 0 2 3 3 1 9
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED 0 0 0 5 4 9
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 1 3 1 2 2 9
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 1 4 4 0 0 9
TIETEX INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1 1 2 2 3 9
BASF CORP. 2 4 2 0 0 8
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 0 3 2 2 8
MACHINE DESIGN INCORPORATED 3 0 2 2 1 8
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 4 0 0 8
PIRELLI CABLE CORP. 5 1 2 0 0 8
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 1 0 4 3 0 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 0 0 6 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 0 1 3 7
SAFETY COMPONENTS FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 2 1 1 7
SUNEX INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 2 1 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 5 1 0 1 0 7
CABOT CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
EATON CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 5 0 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
SCHLUMBERGER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT COMPANIES, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
SQUARE D COMPANY 0 3 2 1 0 6
THE MAITLAND COMPANY, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
ARTEVA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 2 2 1 0 0 5
CELGARD INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
DARAMIC, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
DONNELLY CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 0 0 3 1 5
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 0 1 0 4 5
INNERLOGIC, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 2 1 0 1 1 5
MIDREX INTERNATIONAL BV ROTTERDAM, ZURICH BRANCH 1 0 2 2 0 5
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
WORLD THEATRE, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5


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