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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

ALABAMA

( 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 135 128 118 106 87 574
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 22 19 33 28 11 113
ADTRAN 11 18 24 17 19 89
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 17 15 12 14 11 69
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 3 9 18 15 11 56
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 17 11 9 9 8 54
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 5 10 6 26 48
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 8 8 4 7 10 37
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 9 6 8 1 4 28
3DLABS INC. LTD. 5 3 10 6 2 26
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 6 7 1 8 4 26
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 5 3 1 2 9 20
SHEARWATER CORPORATION 2 10 8 0 0 20
NANOTEK INSTRUMENTS, INC. 4 8 3 3 1 19
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 3 6 3 1 13
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 5 2 1 2 3 13
BOEING COMPANY 0 3 3 2 4 12
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 7 12
BARON SERVICES, INC. 5 3 2 1 0 11
INTERGRAPH CORPORATION 4 6 0 0 0 10
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 3 3 2 2 0 10
COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 0 3 2 3 0 8
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 4 2 0 0 7
INNOFLEX INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 1 7
THE WATER HEATER INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM 0 3 2 1 1 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 1 2 0 2 6
VULCAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CYBEX COMPUTER PRODUCTS CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
ROBBINS INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
SOLUTIA INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5


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