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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 94 108 70 80 94 446
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 37 54 36 47 78 252
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 41 45 30 21 29 166
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 11 32 14 9 3 69
CRYOVAC, INC. 12 13 11 7 19 62
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 10 15 12 5 6 48
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 8 11 9 6 5 39
AVX CORPORATION 8 10 4 5 6 33
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 11 4 11 32
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 6 10 3 5 30
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 6 6 7 2 26
EASTWAY FAIR COMPANY LIMITED 0 5 9 5 3 22
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 4 3 6 4 5 22
POLY-MED, INC. 1 7 3 7 1 19
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 8 8 1 0 18
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 7 4 2 3 18
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 3 6 2 4 1 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 3 3 2 1 15
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 1 3 7 15
EATON CORPORATION 1 5 1 3 4 14
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 9 4 0 0 1 14
DEERE + COMPANY 0 5 2 3 3 13
PACESETTER, INC. 1 0 2 5 5 13
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 4 8 12
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 5 2 3 2 12
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 4 3 1 1 2 11
INTEL CORPORATION 3 4 1 3 0 11
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 4 2 1 2 11
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 1 1 4 3 2 11
ITRON, INC. 0 1 5 1 3 10
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 1 3 1 3 1 9
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 3 0 3 2 1 9
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 5 2 0 2 0 9
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 0 2 3 2 2 9
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 3 1 0 0 9
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY 5 1 2 1 0 9
NCR CORPORATION 5 0 2 0 1 8
PHIBRO-TECH, INC. 2 0 3 2 1 8
TEXTRON INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
BLACK & DECKER INC. 1 0 2 3 1 7
HOMELITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1 4 1 1 0 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 3 0 1 0 7
CELANESE ACETATE LLC 0 5 1 0 0 6
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
GHC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 0 2 0 0 4 6
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
BRITAX CHILD SAFETY INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
CARRIER COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
DELTA DESIGN INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
DIXIE-NARCO, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 0 0 1 4 5
GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM 2 2 1 0 0 5
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 2 2 1 0 0 5
MARJEN, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
MLP U.S.A., INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
SPIRAX SARCO, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
WABTEC HOLDING CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5


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