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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

ALABAMA

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 62 70 92 80 78 382
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS 0 4 18 20 27 69
ADTRAN 10 21 14 5 15 65
CEDAR RIDGE RESEARCH LLC 0 1 47 14 1 63
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 8 16 12 10 11 57
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 8 7 11 8 18 52
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 5 12 10 11 10 48
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 9 7 9 10 37
UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 5 5 14 27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 10 6 4 3 3 26
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 1 8 7 6 23
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 5 4 1 6 6 22
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 9 5 3 1 0 18
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 3 5 3 4 16
CORRELATED MAGNETICS RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 0 2 11 13
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION 7 6 0 0 0 13
BARON SERVICES, INC. 0 4 3 3 2 12
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 3 1 5 12
ALEREON INC. 4 2 4 0 1 11
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 10 0 0 1 0 11
FONTAINE FIFTH WHEEL COMPANY 0 0 5 4 2 11
MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC. 2 0 6 2 1 11
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 2 7 10
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 2 3 1 0 10
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 3 2 2 10
AVOCENT CORPORATION 1 4 4 0 0 9
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 3 3 9
NEXOLVE CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
Q-TRACK CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 2 9
SYNAPSE WIRELESS, INC. 0 0 1 5 3 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 1 2 3 2 1 9
UNITED TOLL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 2 3 9
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 0 3 1 3 1 8
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2 2 0 1 3 8
ENTERPRISE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 0 8
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 1 5 2 0 0 8
MORGAN RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 4 2 0 0 8
SOUTHERN COMPANY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
TORAY FLUOROFIBERS (AMERICA), INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 2 2 2 1 7
EURO-PRO OPERATING, LLC 2 2 1 0 1 6
FOXRUN USA, LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 2 1 3 0 0 6
INTERGRAPH TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 0 3 1 2 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 0 6
SOUNDBLAST TECHNOLOGIES LLC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ARXCEO CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
EBSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
FONTAINE TRAILER CO. 0 1 0 3 1 5
GE INTELLIGENT PLATFORMS EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
INTERGRAPH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 1 1 0 1 2 5
INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND ELECTRIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
KING KUTTER, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
PLASMA WASTE RECYCLING, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SCHREIBER, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
TDY INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
YKK CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 2 0 3 5


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