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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 2006 - 2010 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

MINNESOTA

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 258 219 291 344 424 1536
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 311 306 241 221 315 1394
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 257 197 174 174 220 1022
MEDTRONIC INC. 162 178 108 156 286 890
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 124 137 125 158 200 744
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 126 109 136 143 199 713
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 65 76 93 105 113 452
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 39 39 60 86 139 363
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 105 42 48 47 83 325
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 40 38 43 34 22 177
ECOLAB INC. 35 24 28 35 34 156
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 33 29 26 31 29 148
UNISYS CORPORATION 50 34 28 21 14 147
ROSEMOUNT INC. 22 25 32 26 34 139
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 18 17 23 21 48 127
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 47 28 20 7 3 105
IMATION CORP. 39 22 16 14 10 101
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 12 26 16 23 22 99
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 21 20 23 16 17 97
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 2 13 21 15 37 88
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 26 9 12 9 22 78
MERTEC LLC 22 16 17 4 16 75
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 8 12 19 34 74
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 12 15 16 14 15 72
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 32 16 3 3 9 63
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 9 13 11 13 16 62
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 36 15 5 2 0 58
SPX CORPORATION 16 6 9 10 14 55
QLOGIC CORPORATION 3 2 14 20 14 53
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 12 8 13 6 14 53
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 5 9 11 4 22 51
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 10 11 9 8 12 50
TORO COMPANY 10 6 10 15 9 50
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 11 18 8 8 48
CARGILL, INC. 11 8 9 9 9 46
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 9 4 4 11 14 42
SURMODICS, INC. 11 4 3 9 12 39
LSI CORPORATION 0 12 8 8 9 37
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 11 6 2 7 37
GENERAL MILLS, INC. 14 5 7 4 5 35
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 22 4 7 1 1 35
PACESETTER, INC. 4 3 5 7 16 35
ZIMMER SPINE, INC. 6 4 1 9 15 35
ENTEGRIS, INC. 13 10 6 3 2 34
XILINX, INC. 6 7 11 8 2 34
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 13 5 5 3 6 32
ARCTIC CAT INC. 10 5 7 4 6 32
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 9 5 5 3 10 32
EV3, INC. 3 3 8 9 9 32
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 14 10 4 2 2 32
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 0 11 10 8 2 31
FINISAR CORPORATION 12 8 6 2 3 31
TENNANT COMPANY 12 8 2 3 4 29
ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 5 5 5 5 25
CNH AMERICA LLC 6 3 7 4 5 25
STARKEY LABS, INC. 0 6 5 3 9 23
STRATASYS, INC. 5 5 5 5 3 23
H. B. FULLER LICENSING & FINANCING, INC. 8 7 7 0 0 22
KING TECHNOLOGY, INC 6 3 4 6 3 22
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 0 3 9 4 6 22
EATON CORPORATION 5 4 1 5 6 21
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 6 4 4 7 21
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 1 2 10 1 7 21
NVE CORPORATION 3 5 5 2 4 19
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 2 5 7 5 19
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 2 1 7 5 3 18
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 2 2 1 5 8 18
GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC. 1 4 5 0 8 18
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 10 18
PLANETAIR TURF PRODUCTS, LLC 5 2 3 2 6 18
TRANS1 INC. 2 1 1 5 9 18
RESTORE MEDICAL, INC. 9 5 3 0 0 17
SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, INC. 3 4 10 0 0 17
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 1 5 0 4 16
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 7 5 3 0 1 16
XIOTECH CORPORATION 6 6 2 0 2 16
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 2 3 3 15
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 3 1 4 4 3 15
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P. 4 3 4 4 0 15
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 7 1 2 4 1 15
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 3 1 6 3 2 15
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 5 3 4 2 1 15
TRANSOMA MEDICAL, INC. 3 1 7 4 0 15
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 8 1 2 3 0 14
ADVANCED CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS, INC. 3 8 0 0 3 14
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 3 3 4 1 3 14
CVRX, INC. 1 1 2 5 5 14
CYMBET CORPORATION 3 5 3 2 1 14
GEODIGM CORPORATION 0 4 3 0 7 14
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 6 14
SAFE LITES, LLC 3 4 2 1 4 14
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 4 6 3 14
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 8 0 3 3 0 14
BACOUSTICS, LLC 0 0 1 2 10 13
COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY 0 0 4 5 4 13
ENTEROMEDICS INC. 0 2 1 3 7 13
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 4 3 3 1 13
INTELLEX, INC. 2 4 4 3 0 13
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 3 1 3 2 4 13
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 6 2 1 4 0 13
WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION 2 3 3 1 4 13
WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 1 3 6 2 13
CELADON SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 2 4 12
CSAV, INC. 2 5 5 0 0 12
DSP GROUP, INC. 4 4 0 4 0 12
MCNEILUS TRUCK & MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 3 1 0 3 5 12
ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC 0 0 0 4 8 12
WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 3 0 0 5 12
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 3 11
CARDIA, INC. 3 1 1 3 3 11
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 2 11
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 3 2 3 3 0 11
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 3 0 3 3 2 11
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 6 3 0 1 11
ITRON, INC. 1 2 6 2 0 11
MODERN CONTROLS, INC. 1 1 1 7 1 11
SPINEWAVE, INC. 2 2 0 0 7 11
VERITAS OPERATING CORPORATION 5 6 0 0 0 11
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 2 2 1 10
CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
CORTEC CORPORATION 5 3 0 2 0 10
D B INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 0 1 4 10
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 0 3 4 10
DOUGLAS MACHINE, INC. 2 4 1 1 2 10
GE OSMONICS, INC. 2 0 0 2 6 10
HUNT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 1 0 3 10
MICRO EAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 4 0 3 10
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 4 10
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 3 1 0 1 10
RED DEVIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY 1 4 2 2 1 10
ST. JUDE MEDICAL ATG INC. 3 1 2 3 1 10
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 0 3 2 1 3 9
AGCO CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 8 9
CELLRESIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 1 3 2 1 9
CHF SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 3 2 2 0 9
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION, INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
EVERLAST CLIMBING INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 2 4 2 9
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 1 3 2 0 9
GRACO INC. 2 3 1 0 3 9
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 3 1 2 2 1 9
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 1 2 2 2 2 9
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 0 5 1 2 1 9
SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 1 2 4 2 9
TESCOM CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 4 9
THERMO KING CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 1 9
VALSPAR SOURCING, INC. 0 1 2 2 4 9
VERISAE, INC. 1 0 2 3 3 9
WENGER CORPORATION 3 3 1 2 0 9
ABBEYMOOR MEDICAL, INC. 5 0 1 0 2 8
BANNER ENGINEERING CORP. 3 0 3 2 0 8
BIOE, INC. 0 1 1 3 3 8
BIOQUIDDITY, INC. 0 2 1 0 5 8
CRAY INC. 0 2 3 1 2 8
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION IP, INC. 0 0 0 6 2 8
DANE INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 1 5 0 8
DIVERSIFIED DYNAMICS CORPORATION 0 3 1 2 2 8
GRYPHICS, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
INTEG, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
SLT LOGIC LLC 3 0 1 1 3 8
SMITHS MEDICAL MD, INC. 2 0 1 5 0 8
ZOLTAN LABORATORIES, LLC 2 0 1 1 4 8
ANDERSEN CORPORATION 3 3 1 0 0 7
APPLIED KINETICS INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
CALIX NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
EPITOPIX, LLC 3 1 3 0 0 7
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 2 5 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 1 1 3 7
HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
HYSITRON INCORPORATED 1 3 0 1 2 7
JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 1 7
MEDICAL CV, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE 6 1 0 0 0 7
REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC 0 0 1 2 4 7
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
THE BUG COMPANY OF MINNESOTA 0 0 4 3 0 7
TRAVEL TAGS, INC. 2 1 0 4 0 7
CAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
CANNON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
CNS, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
COGNOS INCORPORATED 4 2 0 0 0 6
COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 0 0 2 3 1 6
DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP. 1 0 0 0 5 6
ELECTROMED INCORPORATED 0 1 1 1 3 6
EMBRO CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
ENPATH MEDICAL, INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
FORCE 10 NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
FOUNDATIONIP, LLC 1 0 2 0 3 6
GENERAL MILLS IP HOLDINGS II, LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
H. B. FULLER CO. 0 0 0 0 6 6
HEMERUS MEDICAL, LLC 0 1 0 2 3 6
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
KIT MASTERS INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
KROLL FAMILY TRUST 0 0 2 2 2 6
LEANICS CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 4 6
LIFETOUCH INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
MARVIN LUMBER AND CEDAR COMPANY 0 1 0 3 2 6
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
MORTARLESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 4 2 0 6
MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 1 0 6
NATUREWORKS LLC 2 2 0 1 1 6
NESS INVENTIONS, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
POSSIS MEDICAL, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
POTLATCH CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
POWERBLOCK HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
RELCO UNISYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 5 6
RIVATEK INCORPORATED 3 1 1 1 0 6
SCHWING AMERICA, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
TEAM INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
TRICAM INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
TRUTH HARDWARE CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 6
UROMEDICA, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
VBOX, INCORPORATED 1 1 1 2 1 6
VISION-EASE LENS, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
WATER GREMLIN COMPANY 1 2 2 0 1 6
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
AMERILAB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
ANTARES PHARMA, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
CIRCUIT CHECK 0 1 0 1 3 5
CONWED PLASTICS LLC 0 0 1 2 2 5
COREL CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
DERNER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
DYNAMIC AIR INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ECOLAB USA INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ERGOTRON, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
GARLOCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY 1 0 0 0 4 5
HORMEL FOODS, LLC 3 1 1 0 0 5
HYDRALIFT AMCLYDE, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
I3 VENTURES, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
INCISIVE SURGICAL, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
INTERCOMP COMPANY 3 0 1 0 1 5
INTERRAD MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
KING SHOW GAMES LLC 1 0 1 1 2 5
KURYAKYN HOLDINGS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
LIFESCAN, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
MEDRAD, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
MEDTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MICRO CONTROL COMPANY 1 2 1 0 1 5
MIKEN SPORTS, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
MINNESOTA MEDICAL PHYSICS, LLC 3 2 0 0 0 5
MINNESOTA THERMAL SCIENCE, LLC 0 1 1 2 1 5
MSP CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 1 5
NOVA-TECH ENGINEERING, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
NU-IRON TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
PROTO LABS, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
QIAGEN NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
QLOGIC SWITCH PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
RIMAGE CORP. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SKYLINE DISPLAYS, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
STANLEY WORKS 0 1 1 2 1 5
STEREOTAXIS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
ULTIMED, INC 0 0 1 2 2 5
UNION SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
VEC INDUSTRIES, L.L.C. 1 1 1 1 1 5
VERITEC INC. 0 1 0 4 0 5
VITAL IMAGES, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 2 1 1 0 5


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