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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

SWITZERLAND

( 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 107 91 84 62 56 400
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 49 47 46 30 44 216
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 45 42 28 21 14 150
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 30 23 43 32 143
NESTEC, S.A. 34 24 26 19 21 124
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 21 12 24 27 20 104
FERAG AG 22 23 16 24 10 95
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 21 18 23 19 12 93
ALSTOM (SWITZERLAND) LTD 3 33 40 5 0 81
INVENTIO AG 13 18 15 13 21 80
ASULAB S.A. 17 14 19 14 15 79
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC. 15 23 10 11 16 75
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 0 0 0 42 30 72
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 51 7 0 0 0 58
METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH 5 13 11 5 20 54
PHONAK AG 2 6 11 19 14 52
SYNTHES LTD. (U.S.A.) 13 9 11 12 7 52
WELLA AG 5 10 10 15 9 49
ETA SA FABRIQUES D'EBAUCHES OF GRANGES 6 13 15 11 3 48
LONZA A. G. 13 10 5 14 4 46
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS AG 6 7 7 13 10 43
GIVAUDAN ROURE (INTERNATIONAL) SA 19 14 2 3 4 42
BOBST, S.A. 3 9 9 13 7 41
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 7 10 12 12 41
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 12 5 18 4 1 40
CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE S.A. 10 11 4 4 6 35
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 2 6 8 13 5 34
MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG 6 11 6 7 4 34
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 7 3 7 8 8 33
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 7 16 4 33
ROCHE VITAMINS INC. 10 10 5 5 1 31
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 6 12 6 6 0 30
FIRMENICH SA 10 7 3 5 5 30
SULZER ORTHOPEDICS LTD. 1 10 17 2 0 30
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 10 4 8 30
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG 9 6 5 5 4 29
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 10 7 3 4 5 29
ESEC TRADING SA 1 3 8 10 6 28
THE SWATCH GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES AG 8 3 7 8 2 28
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 3 8 7 5 4 27
ALSTOM 2 12 8 3 1 26
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 12 6 1 1 26
ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD. 0 3 6 10 6 25
ROLIC AG 5 2 7 9 2 25
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 6 2 8 5 3 24
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 1 6 3 7 7 24
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 0 2 2 8 12 24
SULZER CHEMTECH AG 3 6 8 5 0 22
ELPATRONIC AG 4 5 4 7 1 21
BRUKER BIOSPIN AG 0 4 5 8 3 20
ENDRESS+HAUSER FLOWTEC AG 1 2 6 4 7 20
OERLIKON-CONTRAVES AG 3 11 1 5 0 20
VANTICO, INC. 8 7 5 0 0 20
EIDGENOSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH 1 3 5 3 7 19
ITW GEMA AG 3 2 9 3 2 19
MASCHINENFABRIK WIFAG 1 1 4 8 5 19
OBTECH MEDICAL AG 0 15 1 1 2 19
REISHAUER AG 3 4 5 5 1 18
CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPMENT MICHELIN S.A. 3 4 5 2 3 17
EMS-CHEMIE AG 5 1 3 1 7 17
SIKA SCHWEIZ AG 0 0 7 4 6 17
ZELLWEGER LUWA AG 4 9 3 1 0 17
AGIE SA 2 4 5 3 2 16
CONTRAVES SPACE AG 7 3 1 3 2 16
FLEISSNER GMBH & CO., MASCHINENFABRIK 3 5 2 2 4 16
HABASIT AG 2 3 2 5 4 16
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 6 1 6 2 16
KOMAX HOLDING AG 3 6 4 1 2 16
OVD KINEGRAM AG 2 3 1 2 8 16
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 1 3 9 16
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 5 3 6 0 16
SIG PACK SYSTEMS AG 3 4 6 3 0 16
BUHLER AG 4 3 4 1 3 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 5 4 6 15
LEVITRONIX LLC 0 4 6 3 2 15
SULZER TEXTIL AG 3 5 2 1 4 15
SYNGENTA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 3 7 5 0 0 15
ABB ALSTOM POWER (SCHWEIZ) AG 13 1 0 0 0 14
HOLDERBANK FINANCIERE GLARUS AG. 11 3 0 0 0 14
SWISSCOM AG 2 4 3 4 1 14
TEXTILMA AG 7 0 1 4 2 14
DUPONT DOW ELASTOMERS, L.L.C. 2 3 3 5 0 13
GEBERIT AG 3 4 1 4 1 13
GRAF + CIE AG 4 4 4 0 1 13
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORPORATION, INC. 4 3 4 1 1 13
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) A.G. 4 3 6 0 0 13
SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG 3 3 3 3 1 13
UREA CASALE S.A. 3 4 2 3 1 13
ALUSUISSE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD. 7 4 0 1 0 12
BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA AG 1 3 3 5 0 12
GRETAG IMAGING TRADING AG 0 4 5 2 1 12
MOLTECH INVENT S.A. 1 3 4 2 2 12
SICPA HOLDING, S.A. 2 1 3 4 2 12
SOLVIAS AG 1 2 6 3 0 12
STORZ ENDOSKOP GMBH 4 3 3 1 1 12
SULZER HEXIS AG 6 1 1 1 3 12
TECAN TRADING AG 0 4 3 3 2 12
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 4 1 6 1 0 12
BROWN & SHARPE TESA S.A. 5 0 2 4 0 11
HANS OETIKUR AG MASCHINEN- UND APPARATEFABRIK 0 5 3 3 0 11
SENSIRION AG 0 0 1 8 2 11
UNAXIS TRADING AG 1 5 0 3 2 11
BUCHER-GUYER AG MASCHINENFABRIK 3 2 3 1 1 10
GRETAG IMAGING AG 8 1 0 1 0 10
SFS INDUSTRIE HOLDING AG 6 2 2 0 0 10
SULZER INNOTEC AG 6 2 2 0 0 10
SULZER METCO AG 0 2 6 2 0 10
EMS-INVENTA AG 6 1 1 1 0 9
EUGSTER/FRISMAG AG 0 2 3 2 2 9
FRITZ GEGAUF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT BERNINA-NAHMASCHINENFABRIK 1 0 3 3 2 9
ILFORD IMAGING SWITZERLAND GMBH 2 1 3 2 1 9
IVOCLAR AG 2 5 2 0 0 9
LOGITECH, INC. 7 2 0 0 0 9
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 3 5 1 0 0 9
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 0 0 2 5 2 9
PI-DESIGN AG 2 3 3 0 1 9
PLUS ENDOPROTHETIK AG 3 3 2 1 0 9
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 1 2 4 2 0 9
TESA S.A. 0 0 0 5 4 9
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 9 0 0 0 0 9
ZEPTOSENS AG 1 3 0 4 1 9
ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG 1 0 4 2 1 8
BALLADO INVESTMENTS INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
BRUKER AG 3 4 0 1 0 8
C-TECH AG 1 2 0 2 3 8
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 2 0 0 1 8
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 4 3 0 0 1 8
ED. GEISTLICH SOHNE AG FUR CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE 2 1 1 4 0 8
KWC AG 0 0 3 2 3 8
LEISTER PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES 1 2 2 1 2 8
MARS INCORPORATED 2 2 0 1 3 8
METHANOL CASALE, S.A. 2 0 0 0 6 8
MONTRES RADO S.A. 0 3 3 2 0 8
PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG 3 4 1 0 0 8
SIKA AG, VORM. KASPAR WINKLER & CO. 1 3 2 2 0 8
SULZER ORTHOPAEDIC AG 6 2 0 0 0 8
SULZER RUTI AG 8 0 0 0 0 8
BRACCO INTERNATIONAL B.V. 1 1 3 0 2 7
BRACCO RESEARCH S.A. 3 2 0 1 1 7
CONSEILS ET MANUFACTURES VLG SA 2 2 1 2 0 7
ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE 0 0 0 1 6 7
GRETAG-MACBETH AG 0 1 2 3 1 7
IPT WEINFELDEN AG 3 2 2 0 0 7
MAXYGEN, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
MONTRES ROLEX S.A. 3 3 1 0 0 7
PRECIMED S.A. 0 0 3 3 1 7
ROLEX S.A. 0 1 1 3 2 7
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 1 3 2 1 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH 0 1 3 1 2 7
USTER TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 0 2 5 7
ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS AG 4 2 0 0 0 6
ATELIERS BUSCH S.A. 1 3 0 2 0 6
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 0 0 0 5 1 6
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 3 1 1 6
CREATECHNIC AG 2 1 2 1 0 6
CROMPTON CORPORATION 1 5 0 0 0 6
DIAMOND SA 2 0 3 1 0 6
FERTON HOLDING SA 0 1 1 1 3 6
FUMAPHARM AG 1 3 1 0 1 6
GEORG FISCHER ROHRLEITUNGSSYSTEME AG 5 0 1 0 0 6
GIGATERA AG 0 1 2 3 0 6
HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC. 0 0 0 5 1 6
IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG 0 0 4 1 1 6
K.K. HOLDINGS AG 3 2 1 0 0 6
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 1 1 1 1 2 6
LECROY CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
MASCHINENFABRIK SULZER-BURCKHARDT AG 2 4 0 0 0 6
MEDELA HOLDING AG 1 1 1 3 0 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
NASYC HOLDING S.A. 3 3 0 0 0 6
NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
OPTREL AG 1 0 0 2 3 6
ORGAPACK GMBH 3 0 1 2 0 6
PENTAPHARM A.G. 0 4 0 0 2 6
PROSPECTIVE CONCEPTS, AG 2 2 2 0 0 6
RHODIA FILTEC AG 4 2 0 0 0 6
RICHEMONT INTERNATIONAL SA 0 0 2 1 3 6
RIETER AUTOMOTIVE (INTERNATIONAL) AG 2 1 2 1 0 6
RUAG MUNITION 0 1 3 2 0 6
SCHLEUNIGER HOLDING AG 2 1 1 1 1 6
SCHNEEBERGER HOLDING AG 1 2 2 1 0 6
SIG ARMS INTERNATIONAL AG 6 0 0 0 0 6
SPEEDEL PHARMA AG 0 0 1 4 1 6
SULZER ELECTRONICS AG 6 0 0 0 0 6
UNAXIS BALZERS LIMITED 0 0 1 4 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE 1 1 1 2 1 6
VON ROLL UMWELTTECHNIK AG 2 1 1 1 1 6
ACQIRIS 2 0 2 0 1 5
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
AISA AUTOMATION INDUSTRIELLE S.A. 1 0 2 0 2 5
AMMONIA CASALE S.A. 2 2 1 0 0 5
BERNAFON AG 1 1 2 0 1 5
CRT COMMON RAIL TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 1 1 1 5
CYTOS BIOTECHNOLOGY AG 1 0 2 0 2 5
DE LA RUE GIORI S.A. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DUPRO AG 0 2 2 1 0 5
DYCONEX PATENTE AG 2 1 1 0 1 5
EKU AG 3 1 0 1 0 5
ELMA ELECTRONICS AG 3 1 1 0 0 5
ELTEX-ELEKTROSTATIK GESELLSCHAFT MBH 1 1 2 1 0 5
EPROVA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 1 0 1 5
EROWA AG 0 2 1 2 0 5
FIANARA INTERNATIONAL B.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
GRIESHABER & CO. AG SCHAFFHAUSEN 1 1 2 0 1 5
GROB HORGEN AG 3 0 0 1 1 5
HAWA AG. 0 2 2 0 1 5
HCT SHAPING SYSTEMS SA 0 2 2 0 1 5
HEBERLEIN FIBERTECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
HERA ROTTERDAM B.V. 1 3 1 0 0 5
INDAG GESELLSCHAFT FUER INDUSTRIEBEDARF MBH & CO. BETRIEBS KG 0 2 1 2 0 5
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 0 0 0 0 5 5
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
LABORATOIRE MEDIDOM S.A. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MAAG PUMP SYSTEMS TEXTRON AG 3 0 1 0 1 5
MBT HOLDING AG 1 1 0 3 0 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
MICROFLOW ENGINEERING SA 1 1 0 3 0 5
MIXPAC SYSTEMS AG 0 0 0 3 2 5
MOHA MODERNE HAUSHALTWAREN AG 0 1 2 0 2 5
NOVARTIS ANIMAL HEALTH US, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
NOVARTIS FINANCE CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT 0 0 1 3 1 5
REICHLE+DE-MASSARI AG 1 2 2 0 0 5
ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SCINTILLA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 0 2 0 5
SENTRON AG 2 1 1 1 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 2 0 0 5
TECPHARMA LICENSING AG 0 0 0 0 5 5
UNIVERSITAT BERN 0 0 1 1 3 5
VALSPAR CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 0 1 2 0 2 5


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