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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

MINNESOTA

( 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 291 344 424 439 451 1949
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 241 221 315 297 241 1315
MEDTRONIC INC. 108 156 286 266 322 1138
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 174 174 220 247 234 1049
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 125 158 200 265 240 988
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 136 143 199 179 191 848
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 60 86 139 144 139 568
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 49 47 83 157 172 508
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 93 105 113 90 86 487
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 21 15 37 52 54 179
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 23 21 48 32 43 167
ROSEMOUNT INC. 32 26 34 37 29 158
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 26 31 29 34 34 154
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 43 34 22 20 25 144
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 16 23 22 32 50 143
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 23 16 17 43 40 139
ECOLAB INC. 28 35 34 18 9 124
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 12 19 34 20 34 119
ECOLAB USA INC. 0 0 5 38 65 108
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 11 4 22 25 40 102
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 11 13 16 31 25 96
UNISYS CORPORATION 28 21 14 15 4 82
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 12 9 22 12 19 74
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 9 8 12 22 18 69
QLOGIC CORPORATION 14 20 14 12 7 67
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 16 14 15 10 11 66
SPX CORPORATION 9 10 14 18 15 66
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 13 6 14 19 9 61
ZIMMER SPINE, INC. 1 9 15 21 15 61
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 11 14 22 6 57
MERTEC LLC 17 4 16 6 14 57
TORO COMPANY 10 15 9 6 14 54
LSI CORPORATION 8 8 9 10 16 51
IMATION CORP. 16 14 10 6 4 50
CARGILL, INC. 9 9 9 8 14 49
SURMODICS, INC. 3 9 12 8 15 47
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 5 3 10 11 14 43
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18 8 8 5 4 43
STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC. 5 3 9 9 15 41
PACESETTER, INC. 5 7 16 3 7 38
STRATASYS, INC. 5 5 3 12 10 35
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 5 7 5 9 8 34
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 20 7 3 3 0 33
GENERAL MILLS, INC. 7 4 5 7 8 31
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 10 1 7 5 6 29
EV3, INC. 8 9 9 1 1 28
TENNANT COMPANY 2 3 4 13 6 28
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 6 2 7 7 6 28
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 2 5 19 27
GREATBATCH LTD. 0 2 2 9 13 26
AGCO CORPORATION 1 0 8 5 11 25
EATON CORPORATION 1 5 6 3 10 25
XILINX, INC. 11 8 2 4 0 25
BACOUSTICS, LLC 1 2 10 11 0 24
COLOPLAST A/S 0 0 4 10 10 24
CVRX, INC. 2 5 5 4 8 24
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 1 10 4 5 24
ST. JUDE MEDICAL PUERTO RICO LLC 0 4 8 5 7 24
CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. 10 8 2 1 2 23
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 3 9 2 6 23
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3 3 6 6 5 23
ADVANCED RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 5 5 6 1 22
GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC. 5 0 8 2 7 22
NORTHERN LIGHTS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 9 4 6 2 1 22
TRANS1 INC. 1 5 9 4 3 22
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 4 4 3 4 6 21
CNH AMERICA LLC 7 4 5 3 2 21
ENTEGRIS, INC. 6 3 2 5 5 21
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 3 7 5 20
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 7 5 3 3 2 20
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 0 4 6 5 20
ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC 0 0 2 12 6 20
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 7 1 4 20
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. 0 0 7 5 8 20
VALSPAR SOURCING, INC. 2 2 4 4 8 20
ARCTIC CAT INC. 7 4 6 1 1 19
ENTEROMEDICS INC. 1 3 7 5 3 19
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 1 5 8 4 1 19
INTERRAD MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 3 8 6 19
KING TECHNOLOGY, INC 4 6 3 4 2 19
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 3 3 8 5 19
WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION 3 1 4 5 6 19
BIOQUIDDITY, INC. 1 0 5 4 8 18
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 6 3 2 4 3 18
MODERN CONTROLS, INC. 1 7 1 4 5 18
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. 4 6 3 2 3 18
THERMO KING CORPORATION 1 0 1 7 9 18
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 0 0 0 7 11 18
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 5 3 6 2 1 17
PLANETAIR TURF PRODUCTS, LLC 3 2 6 5 1 17
CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC. 1 2 3 7 3 16
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION IP, INC. 0 6 2 6 2 16
FORCE 10 NETWORKS, INC. 2 1 0 4 9 16
H. B. FULLER CO. 0 0 6 7 3 16
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 2 2 2 9 1 16
COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY 4 5 4 2 0 15
GENERAL MILLS IP HOLDINGS II, LLC 2 1 2 3 7 15
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 3 1 7 3 15
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 6 6 14
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 2 5 5 2 14
GRACO INC. 1 0 3 4 6 14
MEDRAD, INC. 0 3 2 5 4 14
NVE CORPORATION 5 2 4 2 1 14
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 0 8 5 14
WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 6 2 2 1 14
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 4 1 3 1 4 13
COMPELLENT TECHNOLOGIES 2 3 1 5 2 13
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 2 4 1 4 2 13
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 3 1 2 4 13
GEODIGM CORPORATION 3 0 7 1 2 13
BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P. 4 4 0 2 2 12
CALIX, INC. 0 0 2 3 7 12
CELLRESIN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 2 1 1 5 12
CYMBET CORPORATION 3 2 1 4 2 12
D B INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 4 3 4 12
DIGITAL RIVER, INC. 0 1 1 2 8 12
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 4 2 2 2 2 12
ITRON, INC. 6 2 0 1 3 12
KING SHOW GAMES LLC 1 1 2 2 6 12
MCNEILUS TRUCK & MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 0 3 5 2 2 12
SPINEWAVE, INC. 0 0 7 2 3 12
VERISAE, INC. 2 3 3 4 0 12
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 3 2 2 3 1 11
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP. 0 0 5 3 3 11
EPITOPIX, LLC 3 0 0 5 3 11
EVERLAST CLIMBING INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 4 2 2 1 11
FINISAR CORPORATION 6 2 3 0 0 11
GE OSMONICS, INC. 0 2 6 3 0 11
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 1 3 3 3 11
HARDCORE COMPUTER, INC. 2 0 1 4 4 11
HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC. 0 1 3 5 2 11
NESS INVENTIONS, INC. 1 1 2 2 5 11
NU-IRON TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 1 3 2 4 11
SAFE LITES, LLC 2 1 4 2 2 11
TRANSOMA MEDICAL, INC. 7 4 0 0 0 11
WENGER CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 4 11
WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 5 4 2 11
CARDIA, INC. 1 3 3 3 0 10
CELADON SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 4 2 1 10
COREL CORPORATION 0 1 1 4 4 10
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION, INC. 2 2 3 1 2 10
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 3 3 0 3 1 10
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
HEMERUS MEDICAL, LLC 0 2 3 3 2 10
KROLL FAMILY TRUST 2 2 2 4 0 10
MICRO EAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 3 2 1 10
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 1 4 4 0 1 10
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 3 2 4 0 1 10
SIEMENS POWER TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION, INC. 10 0 0 0 0 10
SKYLINE DISPLAYS, INC. 1 0 1 5 3 10
SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 4 2 2 0 10
SYNCADA LLC. 0 1 3 4 2 10
TESCOM CORPORATION 1 0 4 3 2 10
VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 7 10
BIOE, INC. 1 3 3 1 1 9
BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 3 2 3 1 0 9
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 4 1 1 9
KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 2 3 9
LIFETOUCH INC. 1 2 2 0 4 9
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 7 1 1 0 0 9
MARVIN LUMBER AND CEDAR COMPANY 0 3 2 3 1 9
POWERBLOCK HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 6 2 1 9
PROTO LABS, INC. 0 3 2 1 3 9
THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES 0 1 1 3 4 9
TRAVEL TAGS, INC. 0 4 0 3 2 9
TRUTH HARDWARE CORPORATION 4 0 2 2 1 9
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 0 3 4 9
ANTARES PHARMA, INC. 1 2 2 1 2 8
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 4 8
CRAY INC. 3 1 2 0 2 8
ENTELLUS MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
HEALTHSENSE, INC. 0 2 1 1 4 8
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
HUNT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 3 8
NEXXUS LIGHTING, INC. 0 1 0 5 2 8
PEERLESS CHAIN COMPANY 1 1 0 4 2 8
POLAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 1 0 1 4 2 8
RED DEVIL EQUIPMENT COMPANY 2 2 1 1 2 8
REGALO INTERNATIONAL, LLC 1 2 4 1 0 8
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 0 0 1 8
ST. JUDE MEDICAL ATG INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
THE BUG COMPANY OF MINNESOTA 4 3 0 1 0 8
VITAL IMAGES, INC. 1 2 0 2 3 8
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 1 0 1 4 2 8
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 5 0 7
AIR CURE, INC. 2 0 1 2 2 7
AMERILAB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 1 4 2 0 7
AVOLARE 2, LLC 0 0 2 4 1 7
CALIX NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 4 0 0 7
CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
DIVERSIFIED DYNAMICS CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
DOUGLAS MACHINE, INC. 1 1 2 3 0 7
ECOWATER SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 1 5 1 7
ELECTROMED INCORPORATED 1 1 3 0 2 7
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 4 2 1 0 0 7
FOUNDATIONIP, LLC 2 0 3 1 1 7
H. B. FULLER LICENSING & FINANCING, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
HID GLOBAL CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 1 7
INCISIVE SURGICAL, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
INTELLEX, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 2 2 1 2 0 7
MATE PRECISION TOOLING INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. 0 0 6 1 0 7
RECEPTORS LLC 1 2 0 4 0 7
SARTEC CORPORATION 2 1 0 4 0 7
TSI, INC. 1 0 1 1 4 7
VBOX, INCORPORATED 1 2 1 3 0 7
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 1 0 1 4 1 7
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
ADVANCED CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
BBY SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
BOSE CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 1 6
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
CHF SOLUTIONS, INC. 2 2 0 2 0 6
CIMA LABS, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
DANE INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
DYNAMIC AIR INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
EMBRO CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
ERGOTRON, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 2 0 1 0 6
HEARING COMPONENTS, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
INSIGHT EQUITY A.P.X., L.P. 2 1 0 2 1 6
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 1 6
LAND O'LAKES, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
LEANICS CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 0 6
MINNESOTA THERMAL SCIENCE, LLC 1 2 1 2 0 6
MORTARLESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 4 2 0 0 0 6
MSP CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
NATUREWORKS LLC 0 1 1 1 3 6
NOVOZYMES A/S 0 0 4 1 1 6
PHILLIPS & TEMRO INDUSTRIES INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
QIAGEN NORTH AMERICAN HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
SEGETIS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 0 3 1 2 0 6
SLT LOGIC LLC 1 1 3 1 0 6
SMEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 1 2 2 6
SMITHS MEDICAL MD, INC. 1 5 0 0 0 6
STA-RITE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
STEMPF AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, LTD 0 1 2 1 2 6
TEAM INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 3 3 0 0 0 6
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
ULTIMED, INC 1 2 2 1 0 6
WEST SERVICES, INC. 0 4 0 2 0 6
XIOTECH CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
ZOLTAN LABORATORIES, LLC 1 1 4 0 0 6
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
ABBEYMOOR MEDICAL, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ATRITECH, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
BANNER ENGINEERING CORP. 3 2 0 0 0 5
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
CAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
CANNON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES INC. 1 0 1 3 0 5
CATERPILLAR FOREST PRODUCTS INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
CIRCUIT CHECK 0 1 3 1 0 5
CNS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
COLEY PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES THINK, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
CONWED PLASTICS LLC 1 2 2 0 0 5
CSAV, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
DELTA INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
FIREAWAY LLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
FIRESTONE BUILDING PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
GENERAL MILLS CEREALS, LLC 1 1 0 3 0 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 3 2 5
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
HYDRALIFT AMCLYDE, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
INNOVATIVE TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 1 1 0 5
INSTYMEDS CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
JOSTENS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
KIT MASTERS INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
KURYAKYN HOLDINGS, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
LUMEN BIOMEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
M.S. TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
MARDIL, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MEDTRONICS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
MICHAEL FOODS OF DELAWARE, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
QLOGIC SWITCH PRODUCTS, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
RELCO UNISYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5
ROCKLER COMPANIES, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
RTD COMPANY 1 0 1 1 2 5
SMI HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
STEREOTAXIS, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
UNICO, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
UROMEDICA, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
VERITEC INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
VERTEBRAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
WOUND CARE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 0 1 3 0 5


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