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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

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
MEDTRONIC INC. 78 76 63 73 72 362
~Individually Owned Patent 84 75 75 59 48 341
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 40 63 61 52 77 293
PACESETTER, INC. 38 64 57 67 65 291
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 27 12 17 12 18 86
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERAETE GMBH & CO. INGENIEURBUERO BERLIN 11 18 15 5 6 55
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 11 11 13 14 6 55
INTERMEDICS, INC. 18 8 8 3 3 40
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB 0 2 6 13 19 40
ALSIUS CORPORATION 2 11 10 11 3 37
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 8 17 5 4 34
ELA MEDICAL S.A. 4 10 9 5 5 33
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. 11 8 6 3 2 30
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC. 13 6 8 1 0 28
PHYSIO-CONTROL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 7 4 2 5 10 28
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 3 3 9 7 3 25
BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 15 6 21
PACESETTER AB 11 1 4 1 0 17
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 0 0 0 0 15
MEDIVANCE INCORPORATED 2 2 5 5 0 14
THERMAGE, INC. 2 12 0 0 0 14
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 6 3 3 2 0 14
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 0 0 1 5 7 13
CARDIAC SCIENCE, INC. 4 3 5 0 1 13
NEUROPACE, INC. 0 4 7 1 1 13
COCHLEAR LIMITED 3 3 0 4 2 12
ABIOMED, INC. 4 6 0 0 0 10
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1 0 1 5 3 10
LIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION 4 3 2 0 1 10
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 0 1 4 4 1 10
VERTIS NEUROSCIENCE, INC. 0 1 9 0 0 10
EP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 2 0 0 9
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 3 2 2 1 1 9
TRANSNEURONIX, INC. 1 2 4 1 1 9
CELSION CORPORATION 0 2 0 5 1 8
CYBERONICS, INC. 0 1 6 1 0 8
MOWER FAMILY CHF TREATMENT IRREVOCABLE TRUST 3 4 0 0 1 8
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 1 5 1 1 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 1 1 1 1 8
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
CERAM OPTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
GALVANI, LTD. 3 1 2 0 1 7
SURVIVALINK CORP. 5 2 0 0 0 7
SURX, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
BRONCUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
SCIENCE MEDICUS, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
SEACOAST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
SORIN BIOMEDICA CARDIO S.P.A. 2 3 1 0 0 6
WOODSIDE BIOMEDICAL, INC 3 1 2 0 0 6
ALFRED E. MANN INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER- ING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0 0 2 0 3 5
ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
BIO CONTROL MEDICAL LTD 0 0 0 1 4 5
BIOLIGHT PATENT HOLDING AB 2 0 3 0 0 5
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
ELECTRO CORE TECHNIQUES, LLC 0 4 1 0 0 5
KCI LICENSING, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MEAGAN MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NEUROCONTROL CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
OSCOR INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
PROSTALUND OPERATIONS AB 0 2 2 0 1 5
RESPIRONICS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SOLARANT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 2 0 3 0 5
UROLOGIX, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5


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