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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

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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 56 83 51 58 41 289
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 32 45 34 69 75 255
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 30 57 44 39 53 223
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 44 42 30 18 27 161
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 20 20 34 39 37 150
INVENTIO AG 22 24 30 39 33 148
PHONAK AG 14 21 23 24 21 103
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 14 19 10 14 22 79
NESTEC, S.A. 21 10 21 8 18 78
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC. 16 9 14 8 20 67
ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE 6 13 15 16 16 66
ASULAB S.A. 15 23 11 11 5 65
ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG 7 15 10 11 13 56
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG 10 11 10 8 17 56
SWISSCOM MOBILE AG 12 10 9 13 11 55
METTLER TOLEDO AG 0 3 14 13 19 49
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 12 12 9 6 9 48
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE 8 13 7 10 8 46
SYNTHES (U.S.A.) 7 8 8 9 13 45
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 13 6 11 10 44
TECPHARMA LICENSING AG 5 9 7 13 10 44
WELLA AG 9 16 4 9 4 42
FERAG AG 10 7 3 13 7 40
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 9 7 4 10 9 39
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 5 7 8 5 8 33
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG 4 2 7 7 13 33
BRUKER BIOSPIN AG 3 4 3 8 13 31
FIRMENICH SA 5 6 7 6 7 31
GIVAUDAN S.A. 4 4 3 7 11 29
BOBST, S.A. 7 3 5 7 4 26
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG 4 4 4 5 9 26
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA 5 10 5 2 4 26
CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE S.A. 6 10 4 2 3 25
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH 2 4 6 7 6 25
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 7 2 5 6 4 24
METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH 20 4 0 0 0 24
MULLER MARTINI HOLDING AG 2 5 3 5 9 24
NXP B.V. 0 1 8 7 8 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 12 9 1 1 0 23
LONZA A. G. 4 8 4 5 2 23
TRISA HOLDING, AG 1 4 7 6 5 23
KOMAX HOLDING AG 2 5 2 4 9 22
HUBER & SUHNER AG 2 3 9 6 1 21
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 1 4 2 7 6 20
EIDGENOSSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH 7 3 4 2 4 20
CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPMENT MICHELIN S.A. 3 7 2 4 3 19
MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG 4 11 2 0 1 18
OVD KINEGRAM AG 8 6 2 0 2 18
CYTOS BIOTECHNOLOGY AG 2 5 3 3 4 17
HABASIT AG 4 5 3 3 2 17
MONTRES BREGUET S.A. 2 3 3 3 6 17
EMS-CHEMIE AG 7 3 4 2 0 16
NAGRAVISION S.A. 1 0 6 2 7 16
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 3 4 3 3 3 16
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 2 2 3 7 15
DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 2 5 3 3 2 15
ESEC TRADING SA 6 7 2 0 0 15
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 4 2 2 1 15
INNOVATIVE SILICON S.A. 5 1 7 2 0 15
OC OERLIKON BALZERS AG 0 4 4 6 1 15
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 7 2 1 5 15
SULZER CHEMTECH AG 0 5 2 5 3 15
TESA S.A. 4 2 6 3 0 15
BUHLER AG 3 5 3 2 1 14
MASCHINENFABRIK WIFAG 5 4 3 0 2 14
METHANOL CASALE, S.A. 6 3 2 2 1 14
RICHEMONT INTERNATIONAL SA 3 3 1 3 4 14
THE SWATCH GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES AG 2 3 1 5 3 14
ALCAN TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD. 6 2 1 2 2 13
SULTEX AG 2 6 2 1 2 13
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 5 3 0 1 12
FRITZ GEGAUF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT BERNINA-NAHMASCHINENFABRIK 2 5 3 2 0 12
LECROY CORPORATION 3 1 1 3 4 12
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 3 0 0 5 4 12
TECAN TRADING AG 2 4 2 1 3 12
UBS AG 1 0 2 2 7 12
ACTELION PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. 1 2 2 4 2 11
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 0 4 4 2 1 11
ROLEX S.A. 2 2 4 1 2 11
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 2 1 0 0 11
FLEISSNER GMBH & CO., MASCHINENFABRIK 4 1 4 1 0 10
INNOVATIVE SILICON ISI SA 0 0 0 0 10 10
LEISTER PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES 2 2 6 0 0 10
NAGRACARD S.A. 1 1 3 2 3 10
UNAXIS INTERNATIONAL TRADING LTD. 0 2 4 4 0 10
BERNAFON AG 1 1 1 1 5 9
BUEHLER AG 1 1 4 3 0 9
GENERAL PATENT LLC 0 0 0 2 7 9
GROZ BECKERT KG 0 2 3 1 3 9
ILFORD IMAGING SWITZERLAND GMBH 1 1 5 0 2 9
IONWERKS, INC. 1 5 2 1 0 9
IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG 1 3 2 2 1 9
KISTLER HOLDING AG 0 1 0 2 6 9
MARS INCORPORATED 3 6 0 0 0 9
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. 0 1 1 1 6 9
SICPA HOLDING, S.A. 2 2 2 2 1 9
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 6 1 2 0 9
TEXTILMA AG 2 2 0 3 2 9
USTER TECHNOLOGIES AG 5 1 1 1 1 9
ZIMMER GMBH 0 1 2 0 6 9
DT SWISS INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 4 0 1 8
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 3 2 2 1 0 8
PRECIMED S.A. 1 4 2 1 0 8
REGOFIX AG 2 4 0 1 1 8
ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 1 3 8
SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG 1 1 0 4 2 8
SIKA SCHWEIZ AG 6 2 0 0 0 8
STRAUMANN HOLDING AG 0 1 3 3 1 8
UNIVERSITAT BERN 3 0 1 2 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL 1 3 1 2 1 8
VAUCHER MANUFACTURE FLEURIER S.A. 1 0 3 2 2 8
ABB TURBO SYSTEMS AG 1 0 2 4 0 7
BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA AG 0 2 1 2 2 7
CODMAN NEURO SCIENCES SARL 1 0 1 3 2 7
GRAPHA HOLDING AG 1 4 1 1 0 7
KBA-GIORI S.A. 0 2 1 2 2 7
LABORATOIRES SERONO S.A. 0 0 3 3 1 7
OBTECH MEDICAL AG 2 1 1 2 1 7
SENSIRION AG 2 1 2 0 2 7
SMS DEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 2 1 7
STRYKER TRAUMA SA 1 0 1 0 5 7
UREA CASALE S.A. 1 1 1 1 3 7
WOODWELDING AG 3 1 1 2 0 7
APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARS HOLDING N.V. 0 3 3 0 0 6
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
CONCAST AG 0 0 1 2 3 6
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AG 0 3 3 0 0 6
ELPATRONIC AG 1 4 1 0 0 6
FLEISSNER GMBH 0 1 3 2 0 6
HANS OETIKUR AG MASCHINEN- UND APPARATEFABRIK 0 1 0 1 4 6
KWC AG 3 1 0 1 1 6
OPTOSYS SA 2 1 0 3 0 6
ROLIC AG 2 2 1 0 1 6
STORZ ENDOSKOP GMBH 1 2 0 2 1 6
SULZER METCO AG 0 1 0 4 1 6
SWISS REINSURANCE COMPANY 0 0 1 4 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA 1 1 0 2 2 6
AISAPACK HOLDING SA 2 1 1 0 1 5
ALSTOM 1 2 2 0 0 5
AMMONIA CASALE S.A. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ANTON MEYER & CO. AG 0 1 1 1 2 5
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 2 2 0 0 5
BRACCO INTERNATIONAL B.V. 2 3 0 0 0 5
CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY GMBH 0 1 2 1 1 5
DEBIOPHARM SA 2 3 0 0 0 5
ETA SA FABRIQUES D'EBAUCHES OF GRANGES 3 0 1 1 0 5
EUGSTER/FRISMAG AG 2 0 2 0 1 5
FRANCK MULLER WATCH LAND SA 0 1 1 0 3 5
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
GEBERIT AG 1 1 2 1 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 0 3 1 5
HUNTSMAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AMERICAS INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
IMAGING SOLUTIONS AG. 2 2 0 1 0 5
ITW GEMA AG 2 0 1 0 2 5
KERRHAWE SA 1 1 1 2 0 5
LANDIS + GYR AG 1 1 2 1 0 5
LEVITRONIX LLC 2 2 0 1 0 5
LIFESTAND INTERNATIONAL SA 0 1 2 2 0 5
MANUFACTURE ROGER DUBUIS SA 2 2 0 0 1 5
MERIAL LIMITED 0 0 0 1 4 5
MESA IMAGING AG 0 0 0 1 4 5
MOLTECH INVENT S.A. 2 0 2 1 0 5
NAGRAID S.A. 1 4 0 0 0 5
NETSTAL-MASCHINEN AG 0 2 2 0 1 5
OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUBBACH 0 0 0 0 5 5
OMYA DEVELOPMENT AG 0 0 2 1 2 5
PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT 1 0 0 2 2 5
PROSPECTIVE CONCEPTS, AG 0 2 1 2 0 5
REISHAUER AG 1 3 0 1 0 5
SAECO IPR LIMITED 0 0 2 2 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 2 2 5
SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG 0 0 0 1 4 5
SOLVIAS AG 0 0 0 2 3 5
STORZ ENDOSKOP PRODUKTIONS GMBH 0 0 4 0 1 5
SULZER HEXIS AG 3 2 0 0 0 5
THE SWATCH GROUP RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD 0 0 1 2 2 5
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 3 1 1 0 5
TVI CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
U-BLOX AG 0 2 3 0 0 5
UNAXIS BALZERS LIMITED 1 4 0 0 0 5
WEIDMANN PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AG 0 1 1 2 1 5
X-RITE EUROPE GMBH 0 0 0 1 4 5


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