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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

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
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 77 101 104 95 113 490
MEDTRONIC INC. 72 110 131 67 104 484
PACESETTER, INC. 65 77 93 49 55 339
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 48 45 56 33 28 210
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 18 38 29 7 0 92
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB 19 16 13 6 2 56
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 7 15 11 11 7 51
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 6 7 11 16 42
COCHLEAR LIMITED 2 4 8 9 13 36
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION 0 0 0 13 18 31
ELA MEDICAL S.A. 5 9 4 7 5 30
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 6 9 7 4 1 27
ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC 0 0 0 6 17 23
SECOND SIGHT, LLC 1 6 6 0 10 23
PHYSIO-CONTROL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 10 2 7 0 3 22
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 10 3 1 1 19
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERAETE GMBH & CO. INGENIEURBUERO BERLIN 6 6 5 0 1 18
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 3 4 3 4 3 17
BIOTRONIK CRM PATENT AG 0 0 0 0 16 16
NORTHSTAR NEUROSCIENCE, INC. 1 5 6 2 1 15
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 1 4 4 3 2 14
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION 2 2 7 0 3 14
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 3 1 3 3 3 13
BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 6 0 0 0 12
INTRAPACE, INC. 0 6 0 1 5 12
STANDEN LTD. 1 4 0 2 5 12
CYBERONICS, INC. 0 0 1 4 6 11
ALSIUS CORPORATION 3 5 1 1 0 10
BIOTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 2 4 2 10
MEDCOOL, INC. 2 4 2 0 2 10
CVRX, INC. 1 1 1 2 4 9
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. 2 2 4 1 0 9
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 2 4 3 0 9
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 3 2 4 0 0 9
BIO CONTROL MEDICAL LTD 4 0 1 2 1 8
BRAINSGATE LTD. 1 3 1 0 3 8
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION 1 0 1 1 5 8
OSCOR INC. 1 2 3 2 0 8
PARACOR MEDICAL, INC. 0 3 4 0 1 8
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 1 2 0 2 3 8
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
KENERGY, INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
MEDTRONIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 0 0 2 7
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 5 0 7
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 4 1 1 1 7
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 1 2 6
EBR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 0 3 6
METACURE N.V. 0 3 1 1 1 6
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
SPINAL MODULATION, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 3 1 1 0 6
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION) 1 2 2 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 0 2 3 1 0 6
ALFRED E. MANN INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3 0 1 0 1 5
ASTHMATX, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
ENTEROMEDICS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
INTERMEDICS, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
KCI LICENSING, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
LUMERX INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
MEAGAN MEDICAL, INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
NDI MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
NEUROVISTA CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
REMON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 3 1 1 0 5
ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5


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