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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

IOWA

( 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 124 84 93 85 60 446
DEERE + COMPANY 59 52 68 66 62 307
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 44 63 52 41 29 229
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 57 41 46 51 33 228
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 47 6 26 37 41 157
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 38 21 28 16 16 119
MAYTAG CORPORATION 12 17 24 29 22 104
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 24 17 23 24 12 100
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 16 27 19 16 15 93
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 7 18 12 14 13 64
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 8 7 14 19 57
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 12 9 9 6 9 45
LISLE CORPORATION 8 9 11 8 8 44
SQUARE D COMPANY 9 8 13 4 2 36
CASE CORPORATION 7 7 17 4 0 35
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 2 9 7 7 5 30
INTERMEC IP CORP. 13 5 3 3 5 29
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY 8 3 11 2 5 29
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 5 4 6 3 8 26
CRYSTAL GROUP INC 3 5 2 6 1 17
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 1 0 4 7 5 17
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 3 3 3 5 1 15
XILINX, INC. 0 2 3 4 6 15
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 6 14
HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION SEEDS, INC. 9 1 0 2 2 14
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 5 4 2 0 3 14
ALCOA INC. 2 3 3 5 0 13
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 2 4 1 13
MUSCO CORPORATION 3 4 0 4 2 13
THERMAL DYNAMICS, INC. 1 3 4 2 3 13
HWH CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 2 12
GENESIS SYSTEMS GROUP, L.L.C. 4 4 0 2 1 11
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 1 4 5 11
ASGROW SEED CO. LLC 4 6 0 0 0 10
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 2 2 4 0 2 10
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 10 10
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 3 0 3 3 1 10
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 4 5 10
WORLDCOM, INC. 0 5 2 3 0 10
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 0 0 1 8 9
GARY W. CLEM, INC. 4 1 1 2 1 9
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 3 4 1 0 0 8
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 1 0 5 0 2 8
PELLA CORPORATION 3 0 1 3 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 1 3 2 0 8
ADVANTA U.S.A., INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
CARGILL, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
COMPRESSOR CONTROLS CORP. 3 1 1 2 0 7
EBSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
HENDERSON MANUFACTURING CO. 0 1 1 1 4 7
KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 0 1 1 7
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 4 7
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 1 0 1 4 7
U.S. MANUFACTURING INC. 2 5 0 0 0 7
WILIAN HOLDING COMPANY 1 1 3 1 1 7
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
AMERICAN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1 3 1 1 0 6
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 1 2 2 1 0 6
CYCLE COUNTRY ACCESSORIES CORP. 3 1 0 0 2 6
LINK MFG., LTD. 3 0 0 2 1 6
PUTCO, INC. 1 2 0 0 3 6
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 0 1 1 0 5
IPSCO ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
JAM'N FITNESS CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
LAND O'LAKES, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MCI WORLDCOM, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
MCI, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MODERNFOLD, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
WATERLOO INDUSTRIES 0 2 0 2 1 5


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