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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

NORWAY

( 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 18 17 46 24 25 130
WESTERNGECO, LLC 25 12 25 20 19 101
ATMEL CORPORATION 5 10 6 12 10 43
GE HEALTHCARE AS 4 5 9 13 12 43
STATOIL ASA 6 11 7 10 8 42
NORSK HYDRO ASA 12 7 8 5 3 35
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 6 10 14 4 1 35
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 12 3 5 5 1 26
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 24 24
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 5 3 13 24
VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS 4 5 2 5 8 24
PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS 4 4 5 5 5 23
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 9 10 3 0 0 22
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 3 4 4 7 3 21
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 4 2 6 5 20
OPTOPLAN AS 6 5 5 3 0 19
SINVENT AS 3 2 2 3 7 17
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 3 0 3 3 7 16
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 2 7 4 3 16
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 7 4 4 15
OPTINOSE AS 2 2 4 3 3 14
BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY 3 3 1 4 2 13
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 4 2 3 13
FMC BIOPOLYMER AS 0 1 8 2 1 12
NEXANS 3 3 0 3 3 12
TELENOR ASA 0 3 6 2 0 11
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA 0 2 4 3 2 11
LAERDAL MEDICAL AS 0 0 5 3 2 10
ABB AS 2 1 3 1 2 9
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 0 0 2 2 5 9
ARM NORWAY AS 0 0 0 2 7 9
FMC KONGSBERG SUBSEA AS 1 1 2 2 3 9
M-I L.L.C 0 1 5 1 2 9
ROXAR FLOW MEASUREMENT AS 0 2 3 2 2 9
DPCOM AS 0 1 1 2 4 8
FRAMO ENGINEERING A/S 0 0 2 2 4 8
GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED 2 1 0 0 5 8
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES SENSONOR AS 1 5 2 0 0 8
STATOILHYDRO ASA 0 1 2 0 5 8
AKER SUBSEA AS 0 0 1 1 5 7
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 2 1 0 2 2 7
ELKEM A/S 3 1 0 3 0 7
IDEX ASA 0 2 3 1 1 7
PRONOVA BIOPHARMA NORGE AS 0 1 3 1 2 7
TDW OFFSHORE SERVICES AS 0 1 2 3 1 7
UOP 2 3 1 1 0 7
YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA 0 2 4 0 1 7
AKER KVAERNER SUBSEA AS 0 1 1 3 1 6
AXIS-SHIELD ASA 2 3 0 0 1 6
GYRODATA, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
INVITROGEN DYNAL AS 0 0 0 3 3 6
NATIONAL OILWELL NORWAY AS 1 0 2 1 2 6
OCEAN RISER SYSTEMS AS 1 2 1 1 1 6
SCAN COIN AB 0 0 2 1 3 6
SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS 0 0 0 1 5 6
SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES A/S 3 1 0 2 0 6
AKER KVAERNER MH AS 2 0 1 2 0 5
AXELLIA PHARMACEUTICALS APS 0 0 0 4 1 5
DAKO INSTRUMEC AS 0 0 1 2 2 5
HAMWORTHY PLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS 0 0 1 2 2 5
LUMEX AS 0 0 0 0 5 5
LYTIX BIOPHARMA AS 2 0 0 1 2 5
MULTI PHASE METERS AS 1 2 0 1 1 5
OPERA SOFTWARE ASA 0 0 1 2 2 5
PHOTOCURE ASA 1 2 1 1 0 5
QIAGEN GMBH 0 2 1 2 0 5
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE AS 1 1 1 0 2 5
ROTTEFELLA AS 1 1 1 1 1 5
SMART SEAL AS 3 1 1 0 0 5
TANDBERG STORAGE ASA 1 3 1 0 0 5
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5


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