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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
MEDTRONIC INC. 110 131 67 104 184 596
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 101 104 95 113 158 571
PACESETTER, INC. 77 93 49 55 86 360
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 45 56 33 28 40 202
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 38 29 7 0 0 74
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION 0 0 13 18 43 74
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 6 7 11 16 17 57
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 15 11 11 7 11 55
COCHLEAR LIMITED 4 8 9 13 15 49
ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC 0 0 6 17 19 42
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB 16 13 6 2 5 42
SECOND SIGHT, LLC 6 6 0 10 12 34
BIOTRONIK CRM PATENT AG 0 0 0 16 17 33
ELA MEDICAL S.A. 9 4 7 5 6 31
CYBERONICS, INC. 0 1 4 6 14 25
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 10 3 1 1 10 25
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 9 7 4 1 3 24
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 2 0 2 3 13 20
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 4 4 3 2 5 18
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 1 3 3 3 8 18
INTRAPACE, INC. 6 0 1 5 6 18
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION 2 7 0 3 6 18
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 4 3 4 3 1 15
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION 0 1 1 5 7 14
NORTHSTAR NEUROSCIENCE, INC. 5 6 2 1 0 14
STANDEN LTD. 4 0 2 5 3 14
CVRX, INC. 1 1 2 4 5 13
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERAETE GMBH & CO. INGENIEURBUERO BERLIN 6 5 0 1 0 12
EBR SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 3 5 11
ENTEROMEDICS INC. 0 1 1 3 6 11
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 3 10
BIOTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG 2 2 4 2 0 10
BRAINSGATE LTD. 3 1 0 3 3 10
NIDEK CO., LTD. 2 4 3 0 1 10
BIOCONTROL MEDICAL BCM LTD. 0 0 1 2 6 9
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. 2 4 1 0 2 9
KENERGY, INC. 1 2 0 2 4 9
NEUROPACE, INC. 1 1 1 0 6 9
ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
ARDIAN, INC. 0 1 0 2 5 8
MEDCOOL, INC. 4 2 0 2 0 8
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 5 0 1 8
PARACOR MEDICAL, INC. 3 4 0 1 0 8
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 2 4 0 0 2 8
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 1 5 8
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 4 1 1 1 1 8
ALSIUS CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 0 7
ASTHMATX, INC. 1 2 0 2 2 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 3 0 1 0 3 7
LEPTOS BIOMEDICAL, INC. 0 2 0 2 3 7
MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH 1 2 0 1 3 7
MEDTRONIC PHYSIO-CONTROL CORP. 0 5 0 2 0 7
NEUROVISTA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
OSCOR INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
SYNECOR, LLC 1 0 1 2 3 7
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 1 1 0 2 7
BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 2 1 6
LIFE RECOVERY SYSTEMS HD, LLC 0 1 1 1 3 6
MEDTRONIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 0 2 0 6
METACURE N.V. 3 1 1 1 0 6
NDI MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
REMON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 1 0 3 1 6
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
SPINAL MODULATION, INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 1 1 0 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 2 3 1 0 0 6
APSARA MEDICAL CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
BIO CONTROL MEDICAL LTD 0 1 2 1 1 5
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER 0 1 0 2 2 5
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
MEDTRONIC PHYSIO-CONTROL MANUFACTURING CORP. 2 2 0 1 0 5
PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION) 2 2 1 0 0 5


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