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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 40 58 39 16 5 158
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 25 27 25 29 33 139
ALCATEL 36 34 13 21 20 124
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 20 26 20 15 21 102
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 11 14 19 18 26 88
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 15 16 19 13 20 83
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 20 16 12 9 6 63
CNH AMERICA LLC 16 12 10 11 13 62
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 20 6 7 8 52
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 13 14 9 4 12 52
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 0 9 16 20 45
BARCO N.V. 4 11 8 12 6 41
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 6 9 9 11 6 41
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 4 12 5 6 10 37
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 9 10 8 5 4 36
NXP B.V. 0 0 3 10 20 33
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 10 8 6 2 1 27
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC. 9 7 3 6 2 27
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 6 7 9 4 0 26
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY 0 5 9 6 6 26
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE (VIB) VZW 2 4 7 7 5 25
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 3 7 4 4 5 23
PICANOL N.V. 7 6 5 2 2 22
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 4 5 6 2 4 21
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 4 5 4 5 20
GLAVERBEL 8 7 4 1 0 20
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 9 2 1 4 18
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 4 2 6 4 17
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 1 3 3 3 6 16
EUROSCREEN S.A. 3 3 5 4 1 16
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 2 2 3 6 3 16
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 2 1 0 8 15
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 6 5 1 1 2 15
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 4 4 2 3 2 15
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 3 3 5 2 14
HANSEN TRANSMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL NV 1 2 6 2 3 14
TIBOTEC PHARMACEUTICALS LTD 0 1 3 4 6 14
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 2 9 13
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 5 3 0 0 5 13
EMC CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 7 13
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 4 3 2 3 13
FLOORING INDUSTRIES, LTD. 3 3 1 1 5 13
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 2 2 1 3 5 13
UNILIN BEHEER BV, BESLOTEN VENNOOTSCHAP 3 2 0 2 6 13
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 5 3 1 3 1 13
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 3 3 3 2 2 13
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 1 1 4 12
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 4 0 11
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 4 1 1 3 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 4 2 1 11
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 0 1 3 3 4 11
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 3 3 10
FCI 1 2 1 3 3 10
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE 2 1 2 3 2 10
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR BELGIUM BVBA 1 0 2 3 3 9
ATOFINA RESEARCH, S.A. 8 1 0 0 0 9
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC 5 0 3 1 0 9
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 0 2 2 4 1 9
AGFA HEALTHCARE, N.V. 0 0 1 3 4 8
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (BELGIUM) BVBA 0 2 5 1 0 8
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 2 1 2 2 1 8
TIBOTEC BVBA 3 2 2 0 1 8
UMICORE 1 1 2 1 3 8
EPPENDORF ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES SA (EAT) 0 1 2 4 0 7
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 2 0 0 1 4 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 3 1 0 7
KEMIN PHARMA EUROPE B.V.B.A. 0 5 0 1 1 7
KRATON POLYMERS US LLC 1 2 3 0 1 7
LEUVEN RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT VZW 0 0 3 2 2 7
PROTON WORLD INTERNATIONAL N.V. 1 0 1 1 4 7
STMICROELECTRONICS BELGIUM N.V. 1 0 3 1 2 7
UCB PHARMA S.A. 0 0 0 0 7 7
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 1 4 2 0 0 7
AGC FLAT GLASS EUROPE SA 0 0 0 1 5 6
ASHLAND LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC 0 1 1 2 2 6
B.E.A. S.A. 0 2 0 3 1 6
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 1 3 0 0 2 6
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 0 2 0 4 0 6
DYNACO INTERNATIONAL S.A. 1 1 1 2 1 6
FIKE CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 3 6
INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RESEARCH (SOCIETE ANONYME) 1 0 1 2 2 6
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 3 2 1 0 6
OWENS CORNING COMPOSITES SPRL 2 4 0 0 0 6
PSS BELGIUM, N.V. 0 0 3 1 2 6
SURFACE SPECIALTIES, S.A. 1 4 0 1 0 6
CROPDESIGN N.V. 0 0 2 1 2 5
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
GALAPAGOS N.V. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
NEXANS 0 1 2 0 2 5
SILVERLIT TOYS MANUFACTORY, LTD. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SOLUTIA INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 3 2 0 0 0 5
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 4 0 1 0 0 5
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 1 2 0 5
UCB FARCHIM S.A. 2 1 2 0 0 5
XEIKON INTERNATIONAL N.V. 3 1 1 0 0 5


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