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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 96 77 60 61 39 333
~Individually Owned Patent 53 36 26 25 20 160
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 28 23 44 29 23 147
ALCATEL 23 17 19 33 36 128
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 20 29 25 31 20 125
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 29 41 30 7 5 112
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 19 23 21 11 11 85
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 21 19 14 18 13 85
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 25 21 14 1 3 64
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 6 13 12 16 15 62
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 19 14 10 5 3 51
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 12 7 16 8 6 49
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 2 13 13 5 10 43
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 4 6 10 17 6 43
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 14 9 3 5 9 40
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 4 12 11 11 38
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 14 10 2 7 4 37
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 4 14 4 7 4 33
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 10 8 4 3 3 28
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 2 7 11 4 28
PICANOL N.V. 9 4 3 3 7 26
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 7 9 5 1 3 25
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 7 8 6 1 0 22
ATOFINA RESEARCH, S.A. 1 0 3 9 8 21
GLAVERBEL 3 4 3 2 8 20
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 7 8 2 20
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 8 7 1 0 2 18
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 0 0 2 16 18
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 2 5 6 5 18
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 0 3 4 7 4 18
BARCO N.V. 3 5 1 4 4 17
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 0 4 3 4 6 17
SONY EUROPA B.V. 5 3 0 5 3 16
AKZO NOBEL NV 2 4 4 4 1 15
COCA-COLA COMPANY 5 5 3 1 1 15
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 4 5 5 1 15
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 6 0 6 1 1 14
MELEXIS N.V. 6 3 1 2 2 14
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 10 3 0 0 0 13
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 1 2 2 3 5 13
XEIKON NV 6 4 3 0 0 13
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 2 5 1 3 1 12
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 3 4 0 2 12
CF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 3 4 2 12
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 3 4 0 3 2 12
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC. 0 1 0 2 9 12
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 4 5 0 1 1 11
DOW CORNING S.A. 3 2 4 1 1 11
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 3 1 2 3 2 11
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 4 1 2 1 3 11
AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE N.V. 3 6 1 0 0 10
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 0 1 1 4 4 10
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 2 3 1 10
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 1 5 4 0 0 10
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE (VIB) VZW 1 1 0 6 2 10
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 1 3 0 9
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 3 3 3 0 0 9
OWENS CORNING COMPOSITES SPRL 1 2 2 1 2 8
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE 0 1 3 2 2 8
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE 1 3 2 2 0 8
XEIKON INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 5 0 3 8
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 2 2 7
DSM N.V. 1 3 3 0 0 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 2 2 0 7
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 1 1 2 1 2 7
KRATON POLYMERS US LLC 1 3 1 1 1 7
MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A. 3 1 3 0 0 7
MANIA BARCO N.V. 0 6 1 0 0 7
NCR CORPORATION 3 2 0 1 1 7
NEXANS 2 1 2 2 0 7
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 0 3 1 0 7
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 2 2 1 1 0 6
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 2 1 1 1 1 6
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 3 2 1 0 0 6
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 0 1 0 3 2 6
LILLBACKA JETAIR OY 2 1 3 0 0 6
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS N.V. 2 2 2 0 0 6
PURATOS NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSHCAP 0 2 2 2 0 6
ROSE RESEARCH, L.L.C. 1 5 0 0 0 6
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
UNILIN BEHEER BV, BESLOTEN VENNOOTSCHAP 0 1 0 2 3 6
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 0 1 1 1 3 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 3 2 0 0 0 5
EUROSCREEN S.A. 0 0 0 2 3 5
LEUVEN RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT VZW 1 1 1 2 0 5
RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPEMENT DU GROUPE COCKERILL SAMBRE EN ABREGE: "RD-CS" 2 2 0 1 0 5
RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT DU GROUPE COCKERILL SAMBRE 0 3 1 0 1 5
SIDMAR N.V. 0 3 2 0 0 5
TECHSPACE AERO S.A. 0 0 4 1 0 5
TEXACO INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
TIBOTEC BVBA 0 0 1 1 3 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 2 0 2 1 0 5
VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY 0 1 2 2 0 5
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (VITO) 0 2 3 0 0 5


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