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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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 47 78 77 177 278 657
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 80 94 82 101 121 478
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 21 29 23 20 27 120
CRYOVAC, INC. 7 19 10 15 8 59
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 3 5 14 23 47
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 9 3 11 3 17 43
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 5 10 8 11 37
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 5 6 11 7 8 37
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 1 15 3 13 33
AVX CORPORATION 5 6 7 3 7 28
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 6 5 14 2 1 28
POLY-MED, INC. 7 1 7 7 4 26
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 11 6 2 1 24
DEERE + COMPANY 3 3 5 5 6 22
ITRON, INC. 1 3 6 6 5 21
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 6 3 9 2 20
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 7 9 19
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 4 5 3 3 4 19
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 4 6 7 0 18
EATON CORPORATION 3 4 2 4 5 18
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 7 2 2 4 18
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 3 1 2 4 7 17
PACESETTER, INC. 5 5 3 2 1 16
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 9 15
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 0 4 11 15
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 2 5 4 1 15
AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 1 2 0 3 7 13
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 8 0 1 0 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 4 13
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 3 2 2 4 2 13
TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 3 1 2 7 13
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 1 2 3 4 2 12
ARBORGEN, LLC 1 0 4 3 2 10
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 0 2 4 2 10
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 7 2 0 0 0 9
SCHAEFFLER KG 0 1 3 5 0 9
TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 1 4 4 9
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 0 4 2 2 1 9
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 2 2 3 0 8
EASTWAY FAIR COMPANY LIMITED 5 3 0 0 0 8
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 1 2 1 1 3 8
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 3 1 1 8
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 2 1 0 4 1 8
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 4 1 0 0 3 8
ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 0 1 1 3 7
BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 3 2 2 7
INTEL CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 1 7
RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 1 1 4 7
SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 4 1 1 1 7
TEXTRON INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
VITAG CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
WABTEC HOLDING CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 0 7
WOVEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 0 4 1 0 7
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 1 0 3 2 0 6
ANSELL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS LLC 1 1 1 2 1 6
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 1 2 2 0 5
BRITAX CHILD SAFETY INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
D&PL TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORP. 0 2 1 2 0 5
DIXIE-NARCO, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELLCON-NATIONAL, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
GHC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
GROUP DEKKO INC 0 0 1 2 2 5
MCLAUGHLIN GROUP , INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
NEWTEC SERVICES GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
OCHOA OPTICS, LLC 1 0 0 2 2 5
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
VKR HOLDING A/S 3 1 0 1 0 5


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