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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

IOWA

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 85 50 55 52 89 331
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 47 73 55 86 68 329
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 39 44 40 94 87 304
DEERE + COMPANY 58 46 46 59 80 289
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 61 54 31 33 28 207
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 25 42 50 30 150
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 27 24 19 17 25 112
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 22 22 12 28 21 105
MAYTAG CORPORATION 27 7 4 27 12 77
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 21 10 9 13 16 69
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 11 8 12 15 16 62
BROADCOM CORPORATION 6 1 9 13 15 44
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 13 8 7 2 6 36
INTERMEC IP CORP. 5 7 9 8 5 34
CNH AMERICA LLC 7 13 7 0 6 33
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 3 4 11 2 10 30
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 7 17 2 2 28
MUSCO CORPORATION 3 6 3 5 10 27
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 7 4 5 4 5 25
XILINX, INC. 8 6 6 3 2 25
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 3 6 5 5 22
LISLE CORPORATION 7 4 4 1 4 20
STORK TOWNSEND INC. 4 8 1 4 2 19
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 4 6 1 1 6 18
SQUARE D COMPANY 6 5 3 2 1 17
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 3 3 2 3 5 16
SHIRE LLC 0 0 0 0 16 16
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 1 1 0 3 10 15
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 4 6 3 1 1 15
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC. 1 1 0 2 8 12
MICREL INCORPORATED 3 3 0 4 2 12
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 3 3 4 2 12
INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 1 4 4 11
WYETH 2 3 4 1 1 11
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 3 2 2 1 2 10
PELLA CORPORATION 5 1 0 2 2 10
GARST SEED COMPANY 4 5 0 0 0 9
LIGHTWAVES SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
EVERGREEN PACKAGING INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
HWH CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 4 8
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 2 0 3 0 2 7
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 0 2 7
DELAVAN INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 1 0 3 3 0 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
WINEGARD COMPANY 1 0 3 2 1 7
AGRINOMICS LLC 0 0 0 5 1 6
BIOFORCE NANOSCIENCES, INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 1 0 1 1 6
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5 0 0 0 1 6
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
WESTENDORF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 1 1 0 0 3 5
CARGILL, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
MCI, LLC 3 2 0 0 0 5
MEDUSA SPECIAL PROJECTS, LLC 0 0 1 4 0 5
PUTCO, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
STINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
VECTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 2 5


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