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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

MINNESOTA

( 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
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 313 377 410 371 287 1758
~Individually Owned Patent 295 293 322 254 243 1407
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 219 209 204 214 203 1049
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 89 121 122 129 74 535
MEDTRONIC INC. 101 103 109 105 105 523
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 69 74 81 124 110 458
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 65 86 93 74 95 413
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 71 75 85 68 45 344
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 23 46 74 75 62 280
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 46 56 39 34 32 207
ECOLAB INC. 36 42 45 41 27 191
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 36 37 36 38 30 177
UNISYS CORPORATION 23 26 28 53 30 160
IMATION CORP. 32 26 30 32 31 151
ROSEMOUNT INC. 13 22 43 21 20 119
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 20 21 26 20 22 109
GENERAL MILLS, INC. 32 29 15 20 11 107
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 25 21 21 15 22 104
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 8 27 12 22 12 81
PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE 18 27 16 12 7 80
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC. 27 20 16 1 0 64
CARGILL, INC. 14 15 10 9 9 57
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 10 11 17 13 57
SPX CORPORATION 7 6 17 12 13 55
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 4 11 14 11 14 54
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 4 7 24 7 11 53
ENTEGRIS, INC. 0 7 10 11 24 52
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 7 12 16 10 6 51
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 1 5 15 16 51
HONEYWELL INC. 24 11 8 5 2 50
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 10 13 8 12 4 47
H. B. FULLER LICENSING & FINANCING, INC. 14 12 10 4 7 47
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. 15 10 7 10 3 45
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 10 18 16 44
MERTEC LLC 0 0 3 21 14 38
PILLSBURY COMPANY 8 4 12 7 7 38
ARCTIC CAT INC. 3 3 8 8 15 37
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 3 7 6 18 34
TORO COMPANY 5 16 4 5 4 34
TENNANT COMPANY 5 6 6 6 10 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 3 13 14 30
THERMO KING CORPORATION 1 7 10 8 4 30
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 4 4 12 4 4 28
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 4 3 4 9 8 28
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 3 0 7 11 27
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 6 3 8 6 3 26
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 4 8 6 7 25
GRACO INC. 5 3 5 7 5 25
ST. JUDE MEDICAL ATG INC. 3 5 9 5 3 25
SURMODICS, INC. 4 7 7 4 3 25
UNITED DEFENSE, L.P. 3 2 6 7 6 24
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 7 6 8 2 23
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 5 3 4 3 23
ST. CROIX MEDICAL, INC. 11 6 3 2 1 23
CHART INC. 0 3 10 5 4 22
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 7 6 6 2 1 22
MYOCOR, INC. 7 2 6 6 1 22
SCHNEIDER (USA) INC., A PFIZER COMPANY 15 4 2 0 1 22
EATON CORPORATION 4 3 4 8 2 21
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 3 2 7 8 21
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 3 7 4 7 21
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 0 3 9 8 21
HORMEL FOODS, LLC 5 4 6 4 1 20
SCIENCE INCORPORATED 11 5 4 0 0 20
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 2 4 5 8 19
MSP CORPORATION 1 5 9 4 0 19
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 10 4 4 1 0 19
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 10 2 3 1 2 18
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 1 7 3 7 18
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 1 4 3 1 9 18
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 10 2 1 0 18
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 4 1 3 5 4 17
POSSIS MEDICAL, INC. 2 2 2 6 5 17
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 5 5 3 17
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 6 6 3 16
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 0 3 0 7 16
CIMA LABS, INC. 5 4 3 3 1 16
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 0 4 12 16
PI MEDICAL, INC. 1 7 8 0 0 16
SULZER SPINE-TECH INC. 5 3 6 2 0 16
ANDERSEN CORPORATION 4 3 3 3 2 15
HEARTSTENT CORPORATION 7 7 1 0 0 15
INTEG, INC. 1 2 5 4 3 15
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 3 3 3 14
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 2 2 3 5 2 14
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 4 1 2 4 3 14
DYNEON LLC 7 7 0 0 0 14
WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION 7 4 2 0 1 14
WATER GREMLIN COMPANY 1 2 4 2 5 14
AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION 2 6 3 1 1 13
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 10 3 0 0 0 13
EV3, INC. 0 0 3 5 5 13
MALLINCKRODT, INC. 0 6 6 1 0 13
NVE CORPORATION 0 3 3 4 3 13
PPT VISION, INC. 3 3 4 3 0 13
SCHWING AMERICA, INC. 2 3 1 6 1 13
VISION-EASE LENS, INC. 1 4 2 4 2 13
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 0 0 2 6 4 12
BERGQUIST CO., INC. 1 3 6 1 1 12
COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 1 2 1 7 12
MICRO EAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 6 2 1 3 12
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 0 6 3 0 3 12
WATLOW POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES 3 4 4 1 0 12
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 7 1 2 0 11
BITE TECH, INC. 1 2 5 3 0 11
CORTEC CORPORATION 3 2 3 3 0 11
DAIG CORPORATION 5 4 2 0 0 11
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 8 0 0 1 2 11
ITRON, INC. 6 2 1 1 1 11
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 7 4 0 0 0 11
MINNTECH CORPORATION 4 1 2 3 1 11
MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 4 1 1 11
PEMSTAR, INC. 0 2 3 3 3 11
PERCARDIA, INC. 0 1 1 3 6 11
PLASMON IDE, INC. 0 6 4 1 0 11
ROYAL THOUGHTS L.L.C. 0 1 4 1 5 11
STRATASYS, INC. 0 0 2 6 3 11
AG-CHEM EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 7 1 2 0 0 10
ALZA CORPORATION 5 2 1 2 0 10
CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC. 1 2 4 1 2 10
CPRX LLC 3 4 3 0 0 10
DATA SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 4 3 0 0 10
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 2 3 2 2 1 10
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 3 2 0 10
MCNEILUS TRUCK & MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 2 3 4 1 0 10
MINNESOTA SCIENTIFIC, INC. 3 1 4 0 2 10
NOVARTIS NUTRITION AG 3 3 3 0 1 10
QUALITY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTING, INC. 0 2 3 1 4 10
RESTORE MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 6 1 3 10
SYS-TEC, INC. 2 1 3 3 1 10
TRICARDIA, INC. 3 0 3 0 4 10
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 7 10
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 10 0 0 0 0 10
XILINX, INC. 0 3 3 2 2 10
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 6 0 2 0 1 9
ASGROW SEED CO. LLC 4 5 0 0 0 9
AUGUST TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 4 9
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 3 2 2 1 9
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 5 9
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 4 3 2 0 0 9
KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 2 3 9
MACDERMID ACUMEN, INC. 3 6 0 0 0 9
MAMAC SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 4 0 1 9
MENTOR CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 2 9
ONAN CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 2 9
SKYLINE DISPLAYS, INC. 0 0 5 2 2 9
TERADYNE, INC. 0 1 3 3 2 9
TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 0 2 3 1 9
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 2 4 8
APPLIED KINETICS INC. 1 0 2 3 2 8
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
FLUOROWARE, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
GRYPHICS, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
HYPERTENSION DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 2 1 4 1 0 8
JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 4 8
KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 2 1 1 3 8
MEDWAVE, INCORPORATED 2 2 3 1 0 8
NCR CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 1 8
NILFISK-ADVANCE, INC. 1 4 2 1 0 8
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 3 8
ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOVASCULAR GROUP, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
SUB Q INC. 2 3 3 0 0 8
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 1 3 2 8
ADVANCED MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, INC. 0 1 4 2 0 7
AMEI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
CARDIA, INC. 1 1 1 0 4 7
CELLRESIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 1 0 0 4 7
DIVERSI-PLAST PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
ELECTROCHEMICALS, INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
ENDOCARDIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
GALVANI, LTD. 3 1 2 0 1 7
GARELICK MFG. CO. 0 1 1 2 3 7
HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 0 2 0 0 7
HEI, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
HERMAN MILLER INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC. 3 1 2 1 0 7
IMI CORNELIUS INC. 2 1 3 1 0 7
INTRATHERAPEUTICS, INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
MARVIN LUMBER AND CEDAR COMPANY 1 0 1 3 2 7
MEDIAONE GROUP, INC. 1 2 2 1 1 7
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. 2 4 0 1 0 7
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 3 0 7
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 5 0 1 1 0 7
SINEX HOLDINGS LLC 0 2 5 0 0 7
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, DAIG DIVISION, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
SUNBURST CHEMICALS, INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
SURVIVALINK CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 0 2 4 1 7
TOL-O-MATIC INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
TRANSOMA MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
WAYNE HUGHES INSTITUTE 6 0 1 0 0 7
WENGER CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 1 7
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 2 3 1 6
ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
ALWYN COMPANY, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
ANTARES PHARMA, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
ATRITECH, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
BIRCHWOOD LABORATORIES, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
BOC GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
CARDINAL IG COMPANY 0 0 2 2 2 6
CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
CROWN IRON WORKS COMPANY 2 0 1 2 1 6
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
DYMEDIX CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
DYNAMIC AIR INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
FIRST CIRCLE MEDICAL, INC. 0 4 1 0 1 6
GNB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
HORTON, INC. 1 0 3 0 2 6
IZEX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
LAKE REGION MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
LECTEC CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 0 6
MEDICAL CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT, INC. 2 0 3 0 1 6
MODERN CONTROLS, INC. 0 5 1 0 0 6
MORGAN ADHESIVES COMPANY 0 1 3 1 1 6
QUALITY ASSURED ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 5 0 6
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
ROCKWOOD RETAINING WALLS, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 1 6
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
SKIRTS PLUS CORPORATION 1 0 5 0 0 6
SPINEOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
SPINNAKER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
X-PERT PAINT MIXING SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
XERXES CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
ABBEYMOOR MEDICAL, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
ADVANCED RESPIRATORY, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ALLAN BLOCK CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
AMERICAN STANDARD INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
BARRIE ARCHERY, LLC 2 0 3 0 0 5
BIOENERGY, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
CALBRANDT, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
CASE CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
CELADON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
CONTICARE MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
D B INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
ECOWATER SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ERGOTRON, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
EV3 PERIPHERAL, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
FORMULA FAST RACING 0 2 1 2 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 2 2 0 1 5
GENTRA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
HONEYWELL ADVANCED CIRCUITS, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
I-TECH CORP 1 1 1 1 1 5
INFRARED SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
LAND O'LAKES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
LINDY LITTLE JOE, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
MICRO CONTROL COMPANY 2 0 1 1 1 5
MINNESOTA MEDICAL PHYSICS, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
MULTIFEEDER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
OPTICAL SENSORS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
PENTAPURE INCORPORATED 1 2 2 0 0 5
POROUS MEDIA CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
RIMAGE CORP. 2 0 0 3 0 5
SHUFFLE MASTER, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
TEEM PHOTONICS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
THE SAUNDERS GROUP, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
THESEUS LOGIC, INC. 4 0 0 0 1 5
TRANS1 INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TRANSCOM, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
UPSHER-SMITH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
UROLOGIX, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
VORTEX INTERNATIONAL, LLC 0 2 2 1 0 5
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 2 1 0 1 5
WOODSHED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5


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