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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

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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 60 85 50 55 52 302
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 33 47 73 55 86 294
DEERE + COMPANY 62 58 46 46 59 271
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 29 39 44 40 94 246
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 41 61 54 31 33 220
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 3 25 42 50 123
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 16 27 24 19 17 103
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 12 22 22 12 28 96
MAYTAG CORPORATION 22 27 7 4 27 87
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 19 21 10 9 13 72
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 13 11 8 12 15 59
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 15 13 8 7 2 45
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 6 1 9 13 35
CNH AMERICA LLC 8 7 13 7 0 35
INTERMEC IP CORP. 5 5 7 9 8 34
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 9 7 4 5 4 29
XILINX, INC. 6 8 6 6 3 29
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 7 17 2 26
LISLE CORPORATION 8 7 4 4 1 24
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 5 3 3 6 5 22
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 8 4 6 1 1 20
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 3 4 11 2 20
MUSCO CORPORATION 2 3 6 3 5 19
SQUARE D COMPANY 2 6 5 3 2 18
STORK TOWNSEND INC. 0 4 8 1 4 17
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 5 3 3 2 3 16
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 10 5 0 0 0 15
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 1 4 6 3 1 15
MICREL INCORPORATED 4 3 3 0 4 14
LIGHTWAVES SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 1 3 3 11
WYETH 1 2 3 4 1 11
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 3 3 4 10
GARST SEED COMPANY 0 4 5 0 0 9
PELLA CORPORATION 1 5 1 0 2 9
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY 5 4 0 0 0 9
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 0 3 2 2 1 8
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 3 8
INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 0 1 4 8
PUTCO, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 2 0 1 2 2 7
HENDERSON MANUFACTURING CO. 4 0 1 1 1 7
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 0 2 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 0 3 1 3 0 7
WINEGARD COMPANY 1 1 0 3 2 7
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
BIOFORCE NANOSCIENCES, INC. 1 3 0 2 0 6
EVERGREEN PACKAGING INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
HWH CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 2 6
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 5 0 1 0 0 6
STINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 2 0 0 0 6
AGRINOMICS LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 0 5
COMBISEP, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
CRYSTAL GROUP INC 1 2 2 0 0 5
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
DELAVAN INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 3 1 0 1 5
F. R. DRAKE COMPANY 2 2 0 1 0 5
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
LINK MFG., LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
MCI, LLC 0 3 2 0 0 5
MEDUSA SPECIAL PROJECTS, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SOYGENETICS, LLC 1 1 3 0 0 5
WESTENDORF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5


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