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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

NORTH 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
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 383 429 484 487 503 2286
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 149 156 220 229 231 985
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 54 51 81 73 63 322
CREE, INC. 52 46 70 69 79 316
SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 35 56 65 63 42 261
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 27 24 48 54 84 237
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 39 39 46 34 65 223
DUKE UNIVERSITY 28 32 37 36 37 170
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 29 23 31 36 35 154
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 6 12 29 106 153
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 26 23 34 21 35 139
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 19 23 34 32 30 138
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 20 20 34 24 36 134
RED HAT, INC. 1 12 19 36 61 129
QUALCOMM, INC. 18 23 26 28 19 114
QURIO HOLDINGS, INC. 2 6 32 34 28 102
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 10 11 29 23 22 95
TEKELEC 15 14 33 18 6 86
ATC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 22 20 22 13 83
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 13 13 14 31 12 83
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 11 16 27 8 15 77
DEERE + COMPANY 16 15 18 9 9 67
EATON CORPORATION 7 10 10 14 21 62
NVIDIA CORPORATION 7 10 10 16 17 60
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 6 9 19 15 11 60
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 6 5 14 10 22 57
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 12 4 13 10 16 55
EMC CORPORATION 8 14 12 8 9 51
ALCATEL LUCENT 3 13 11 10 13 50
ATHENIX CORPORATION 4 7 11 10 18 50
IRWIN INDUSTRIAL TOOL COMPANY 10 10 13 14 3 50
SCENERA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 8 7 11 16 8 50
TIPPER TIE, INC. 9 8 12 14 7 50
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 10 14 6 10 8 48
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 10 10 15 7 5 47
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 13 13 9 5 5 45
PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC 1 5 8 16 13 43
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 4 12 15 7 42
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 22 16 3 0 0 41
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL -- AMERICAS, LLC 6 12 8 4 10 40
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 30 7 2 0 0 39
ALTERA CORPORATION 5 6 6 10 11 38
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 12 26 38
NETAPP, INC. 0 5 13 12 8 38
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 5 6 5 8 11 35
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 8 9 6 9 2 34
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 5 5 10 6 7 33
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 7 7 11 3 5 33
INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 8 6 7 7 4 32
DRAKA COMTEQ B.V. 6 4 2 8 11 31
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 9 11 6 5 0 31
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 3 15 10 30
PARION SCIENCES, INC. 10 0 4 7 9 30
GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC 0 0 13 7 9 29
LORD CORPORATION 4 4 5 7 9 29
TARGACEPT, INC. 5 1 5 6 11 28
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 5 7 3 7 5 27
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 8 3 8 3 27
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 4 4 5 5 9 27
ATI PROPERTIES, INC. 2 6 3 6 8 25
EDISON NATION, LLC 0 7 11 3 4 25
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 8 8 3 2 2 23
CEM CORPORATION 3 4 5 7 4 23
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 7 3 2 6 5 23
QIMONDA NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 5 13 2 0 23
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 2 7 9 5 0 23
ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. 1 1 6 6 8 22
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 2 5 4 8 3 22
TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC. 4 3 3 6 6 22
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 2 4 2 10 3 21
HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC 2 6 8 0 5 21
BIOCON LIMITED 6 5 3 4 2 20
ICAGEN, INC. 4 4 5 4 3 20
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 1 7 3 9 20
TRANSTECH PHARMA, INC. 5 2 8 5 0 20
EVONIK STOCKHAUSEN, INC. 0 3 3 4 9 19
NEWELL WINDOW FURNISHINGS, INC. 1 1 7 5 5 19
THE STEEL NETWORK, INC. 1 8 5 1 4 19
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 9 0 7 3 19
ZIPTRONIX, INC. 6 4 3 4 2 19
GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC 0 0 3 4 11 18
HAND-HELD PRODUCTS, INC. 3 2 3 4 6 18
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 1 6 4 4 3 18
QIMONDA AG 0 0 8 8 2 18
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 0 0 0 0 18 18
TESSERA NORTH AMERICA, INC. 8 1 7 2 0 18
TRANS1 INC. 0 6 4 3 5 18
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 0 1 4 3 10 18
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 1 4 6 3 3 17
BIOPTIGEN, INC. 0 3 4 5 5 17
EXTREME NETWORKS, INC. 2 2 5 3 5 17
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. 3 4 5 2 3 17
RAMBUS, INC. 0 4 5 2 6 17
VOLVO GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 5 9 17
BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION 2 1 5 3 5 16
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 3 1 4 6 16
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 2 6 4 3 16
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 3 5 3 2 3 16
WIX FILTRATION CORP. 6 3 3 0 4 16
BRIGHT VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 3 1 2 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 2 4 2 2 15
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 6 4 15
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 3 4 3 3 15
PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, INC. 1 3 5 3 3 15
QUILL MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 2 10 1 15
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC. 0 2 4 2 7 15
AFFINERGY, INC. 0 3 5 5 1 14
CAMFIL FARR INC. 1 3 4 4 2 14
GILBARCO, INC. 1 2 2 6 3 14
JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 4 3 4 1 2 14
POLYMER GROUP, INC. 4 2 3 4 1 14
TERADATA US, INC. 1 2 7 2 2 14
THERMACO, INC. 3 4 3 2 2 14
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 7 13
CATERPILLAR S.A.R.L. 2 4 5 2 0 13
EKTIMISI SEMIOTICS HOLDINGS, LLC 0 1 3 3 6 13
EMBARQ HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC 3 2 6 2 0 13
INVUE SECURITY PRODUCTS INC. 4 2 2 1 4 13
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC. 3 6 2 1 1 13
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 6 3 1 2 13
NAPO ENTERPRISES, LLC 0 0 1 4 8 13
RUBBERMAID INCORPORATED 0 0 3 6 4 13
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 4 0 0 12
ERICSSON, INC. 6 2 1 1 2 12
M & C INNOVATIONS, LLC 4 4 2 0 2 12
MASONITE CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 3 12
OPNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 8 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 3 4 3 12
ULTRA-MEK, INC. 0 2 4 2 4 12
UNIMIN CORPORATION 1 3 4 3 1 12
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 1 3 5 0 2 11
BIOLEX THERAPEUTICS, INC. 1 1 2 5 2 11
HARRIS STRATEX NETWORKS, INC. 1 2 3 3 2 11
LIBERTY HARDWARE MANUFACTURING CORP. 0 0 0 5 6 11
NCONTACT SURGICAL, INC. 1 1 3 2 4 11
PRECISION FABRICS GROUP, INC. 0 0 4 2 5 11
PUROLATOR FILTERS NA LLC 1 2 2 3 3 11
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 0 0 4 2 5 11
UNITIVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 4 4 1 1 11
BASF SE 0 0 2 3 5 10
BIOLINK LIFE SCIENCES, INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
CELGARD INC. 0 3 5 0 2 10
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 7 10
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 1 10
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 2 7 1 0 0 10
INNOVIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC 0 0 0 6 4 10
INTEL CORPORATION 6 2 1 0 1 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 3 10
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER 0 4 0 3 3 10
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 2 1 1 3 3 10
MEDI-PHYSICS, INC. 3 2 2 3 0 10
NITRONEX CORPORATION 5 2 3 0 0 10
SICEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 1 3 0 10
SYNECOR, LLC 3 0 0 4 3 10
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 2 2 5 1 10
BOWE BELL & HOWELL COMPANY 4 3 1 1 0 9
C CHANGE SURGICAL LLC 2 1 1 2 3 9
CAREFUSION 303 INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
MICROCELL CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 1 9
NETWORK INTEGRITY SYSTEMS INC. 4 1 2 0 2 9
NEXANS 1 3 2 0 3 9
ORIEL THERAPEUTICS, INC. 3 1 1 1 3 9
RGB SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC 1 1 4 2 1 9
TRIPATH IMAGING, INC. 1 3 1 2 2 9
WISPRY, INC. 3 1 0 2 3 9
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
BAROSENSE, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
BORGWARNER INC. 0 1 0 3 4 8
BSN MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 2 1 2 8
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 3 2 2 1 0 8
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 1 8
COGNOSCI, INC. 1 0 0 3 4 8
CORMETECH, INC. 0 1 4 0 3 8
EMBREX INC. 2 3 0 0 3 8
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED 2 2 1 0 3 8
HITWISE PTY. LTD. 1 1 2 3 1 8
METABOLON, INC. 1 1 2 1 3 8
NEXTREME THERMAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 2 4 1 0 8
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 2 1 1 2 2 8
SAFFRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 2 1 1 8
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 0 1 2 5 0 8
TEKELEC, INC. 0 0 0 0 8 8
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. 0 0 5 0 3 8
AKEVA, L.L.C. 2 4 0 0 1 7
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 2 0 5 7
BIOMERIEUX VITEK, INC. 4 0 2 0 1 7
CAMCO MANUFACTURING, INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
CONSERT, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
GEOPIER FOUNDATION COMPANY, INC. 0 1 0 3 3 7
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
KENNAMETAL INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
MICROELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 1 1 3 2 0 7
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 1 0 2 0 7
NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 2 1 3 7
PISGAH LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
RENSCIENCE IP HOLDINGS INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
SAEBO, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
SEMTECH CORPORATION 3 0 4 0 0 7
STI LICENSING CORP. 2 1 2 2 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2 1 0 2 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 0 0 3 3 1 7
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 2 7
VALSPAR SOURCING, INC. 1 0 1 2 3 7
WYETH 2 1 2 1 1 7
ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC. 0 3 1 1 2 7
ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
AXLAND COMEC, LLC 0 4 1 0 1 6
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 1 4 0 6
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
DELTASPHERE, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
DSG TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD 1 0 4 0 1 6
ECOLAB USA INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
ELOY TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 2 0 4 6
FOTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES LLC 2 2 1 0 1 6
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 2 0 2 1 1 6
HATTERAS NETWORKS, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
IROBOT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
JHRG, LLC 0 1 3 1 1 6
LEMI TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 1 4 6
PBI PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
PERGO, AB 0 2 1 0 3 6
PIEDMONT GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ROCKSTAR BIDCO L.P. 0 0 0 0 6 6
SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
SIRIT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
SQUARE D COMPANY 1 4 1 0 0 6
TELEFLEX MEDICAL, INC. 2 1 0 0 3 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 2 0 3 1 6
WILLIAMS INNOVATIONS, LLC 0 2 2 1 1 6
ABO ENTERPRISES, LLC 0 0 1 3 1 5
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
ALPHAVAX, INC. 3 0 1 0 1 5
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
ARMSTRONG, QUINTON CO. LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
BIOMEDFLEX, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
CANYON IP HOLDINGS, LLC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
CHEMETALL FOOTE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
CONFINEMENT TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 4 1 5
COOPER BRANDS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CYRIL BATH COMPANY 0 2 1 2 0 5
DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
ELSTER SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 1 1 1 1 1 5
GRASS GRAFFITI, LLC 3 0 1 0 1 5
GRIFOLS THERAPEUTICS INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
HEART IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 1 1 2 1 0 5
KABA ILCO CORP. 2 0 0 2 1 5
LASER STRIKE LLC 2 2 0 1 0 5
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
LITERA TECHNOLOGY LLC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
MALLARD CREEK POLYMERS, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
MCMURRAY FABRICS, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
MICELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
NMHG OREGON, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NOMACO INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
PIPER MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
POKERTEK, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
POLYZEN, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
PORVAIR PLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
REICHHOLD, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SCIQUEST, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SPINEWAVE, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TEARSCIENCE, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
TRIAD SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
TRIMERIS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 0 1 1 3 5
VALENCELL, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
VIASIC, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5


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