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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

NORWAY

( 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 32 33 21 18 17 121
WESTERNGECO, LLC 5 2 5 25 12 49
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 10 9 12 12 3 46
STATOIL ASA 6 8 5 6 11 36
NORSK HYDRO ASA 3 6 5 12 7 33
OPTOPLAN AS 3 5 6 6 5 25
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 4 9 10 25
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 1 6 5 10 22
BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY 6 4 4 3 3 20
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 2 2 6 10 20
NEXANS 5 2 3 3 3 16
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 2 5 4 1 2 14
SINVENT AS 2 2 4 3 2 13
UOP 1 5 2 2 3 13
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 3 2 3 4 12
GE HEALTHCARE AS 0 0 2 4 5 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 6 1 3 11
PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS 0 3 0 4 4 11
TANDBERG DATA A/S 4 3 1 1 2 11
KNUTSEN OAS SHIPPING AS 1 3 2 1 3 10
VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS 0 0 1 4 5 10
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 2 1 3 3 0 9
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 1 3 3 0 2 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 0 1 3 4 9
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 1 9
TANDBERG STORAGE ASA 1 1 3 1 3 9
AXIS-SHIELD ASA 0 0 3 2 3 8
IDEX ASA 0 1 5 0 2 8
NATIONAL OILWELL NORWAY AS 0 3 4 1 0 8
PHOTOCURE ASA 1 1 3 1 2 8
VETCO AIBEL AS 0 7 1 0 0 8
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES SENSONOR AS 0 1 0 1 5 7
INTEL CORPORATION 5 2 0 0 0 7
MAGTECH AS 2 2 3 0 0 7
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA 0 2 3 0 2 7
AMERSHAM HEALTH AS 4 2 0 0 0 6
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 1 1 0 2 2 6
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 0 2 1 2 1 6
FMC KONGSBERG SUBSEA AS 2 1 1 1 1 6
INFOCUS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
AKER KVAERNER SUBSEA AS 0 4 0 0 1 5
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 0 0 2 2 1 5
BAKKE TECHNOLOGY AS 2 1 2 0 0 5
DEN NORSKE STATS OLJESELSKAP A.S. 4 0 0 1 0 5
ELKEM A/S 0 0 1 3 1 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
GEMVAX AS 1 2 1 1 0 5
GYRODATA, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ASA 2 1 2 0 0 5
NATURAL ASA 1 4 0 0 0 5
ROXAR FLOW MEASUREMENT AS 1 0 2 0 2 5
SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES A/S 0 0 1 3 1 5
TELENOR ASA 0 1 1 0 3 5
YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA 1 1 1 0 2 5


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