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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 2008 - 2012 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 55 86 68 114 97 420
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 40 94 87 86 92 399
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 55 52 89 101 75 372
DEERE + COMPANY 46 59 80 76 77 338
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 31 33 28 64 77 233
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 42 50 30 8 24 154
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 19 17 25 19 27 107
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 12 28 21 15 10 86
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 13 16 22 24 84
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 12 15 16 10 11 64
BROADCOM CORPORATION 9 13 15 13 0 50
MAYTAG CORPORATION 4 27 12 5 0 48
MUSCO CORPORATION 3 5 10 15 15 48
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 17 2 2 13 8 42
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 11 2 10 2 8 33
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 6 5 5 7 8 31
INTERMEC IP CORP. 9 8 5 4 4 30
DELAVAN INC. 1 2 3 8 11 25
M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 0 2 6 15 24
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 0 0 0 0 22 22
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 5 4 5 3 4 21
LIGHTWAVES SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 1 9 4 20
CNH AMERICA LLC 7 0 6 2 4 19
INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 4 5 4 18
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 1 1 6 3 7 18
SHIRE LLC 0 0 16 0 1 17
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 3 4 2 4 4 17
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 6 7 16
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 7 2 6 0 1 16
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA, INC. 0 2 8 3 2 15
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 2 3 5 2 3 15
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 0 3 10 0 0 13
CARGILL, INC. 1 2 2 4 4 13
TEREX USA, LLC 0 0 2 5 6 13
XILINX, INC. 6 3 2 1 0 12
HWH CORPORATION 2 2 4 1 2 11
WINEGARD COMPANY 3 2 1 2 3 11
STORK TOWNSEND INC. 1 4 2 2 1 10
ALLEN IP INC. 0 0 4 1 4 9
BIOVA, L.L.C. 0 1 0 3 5 9
LISLE CORPORATION 4 1 4 0 0 9
MICREL INCORPORATED 0 4 2 3 0 9
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 2 9
WYETH 4 1 1 2 1 9
AGRINOMICS LLC 0 5 1 1 1 8
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 1 1 1 3 8
SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 2 1 5 8
SYNCBAK, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 0 0 3 4 0 7
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 0 3 1 0 3 7
DAVINCI ITALIA/USA GROUP, LLC 0 1 0 4 2 7
EVERGREEN PACKAGING INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
PELLA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 2 7
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 0 6
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 0 3 1 0 6
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 2 1 2 0 1 6
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 1 1 1 3 6
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FABRICATION & INSTALLATION, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
MICOY CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
SQUARE D COMPANY 3 2 1 0 0 6
WABTEC HOLDING CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
WEEMS INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 1 6
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS COMPANY 2 1 1 1 0 5
EROSION TECH, LLC 0 0 2 2 1 5
GARY W. CLEM, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5
MEDUSA SPECIAL PROJECTS, LLC 1 4 0 0 0 5
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1 0 1 1 2 5
VECTOR CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5


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