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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

WASHINGTON

( 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
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1685 2337 2504 1853 2095 10474
BOEING COMPANY 198 278 340 375 364 1555
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 240 257 336 317 296 1446
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 41 98 158 233 543
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 113 74 108 122 116 533
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 38 109 180 327
INTEL CORPORATION 79 51 78 57 61 326
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 38 46 71 42 66 263
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 60 51 62 47 35 255
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 31 38 42 50 77 238
ZYMOGENETICS, INC. 26 70 47 34 31 208
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 33 31 47 38 37 186
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 34 28 30 35 47 174
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 12 10 19 31 38 110
MICROVISION, INC. 13 25 22 23 21 104
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC. 12 12 22 25 24 95
WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY 0 23 24 16 19 82
IMMUNEX CORPORATION 18 12 26 13 7 76
GOOGLE, INC. 1 1 7 18 47 74
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 16 16 13 10 15 70
EMC CORPORATION 3 17 13 20 12 65
IMPINJ, INC. 20 8 9 11 16 64
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 9 17 16 19 64
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 8 13 18 16 62
AMAZON.COM, INC. 13 8 12 12 15 60
F5 NETWORKS, INC., 10 4 12 13 21 60
REALNETWORKS, INC. 6 9 16 18 10 59
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 13 11 10 11 13 58
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 9 14 11 15 7 56
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 7 4 9 17 18 55
SEARETE LLC 16 15 22 0 2 55
INTERMEC IP CORP. 9 7 8 19 11 54
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 6 3 7 15 23 54
DIGIMARC CORPORATION 9 7 8 12 14 50
MERLIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11 9 9 14 5 48
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 8 12 13 12 47
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 8 11 11 13 45
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 6 2 14 11 12 45
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 6 5 12 13 7 43
CORIXA CORPORATION 8 5 2 17 6 38
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 9 4 4 6 35
TEAMON SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 11 8 9 33
ADAPTIX, INC. 8 5 7 6 6 32
T-MOBILE, USA, INC. 0 1 3 2 26 32
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 8 1 7 9 7 32
PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC. 0 0 6 10 15 31
SONOSITE, INC. 1 5 9 5 10 30
ITRON, INC. 6 4 3 6 10 29
NIKE, INC. 2 6 6 8 7 29
PACCAR INC. 1 6 10 9 3 29
TEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 5 7 4 11 29
A9.COM, INC. 5 5 7 6 5 28
INTELLISIST, INC. 5 3 3 6 10 27
NINTENDO CO., LTD. 3 2 3 4 14 26
SEATTLE GENETICS, INC. 1 5 11 5 4 26
AMGEN, INC. 2 3 4 7 9 25
CRAY INC. 8 6 3 6 2 25
VOICEBOX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 3 6 11 25
ISILON SYSTEMS, INC. 2 5 11 6 0 24
PRECOR, INCORPORATED 1 3 8 8 4 24
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 2 0 3 6 13 24
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 5 7 8 23
ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, INC 9 9 5 0 0 23
NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. 2 1 5 4 11 23
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6 8 3 2 4 23
SONY CORPORATION 2 7 4 4 6 23
WORLD WIDE PACKETS, INC. 0 0 10 5 8 23
BEA SYSTEMS, INC. 2 9 10 1 0 22
THE INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 3 4 3 4 8 22
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY 20 2 0 0 0 22
CARDIAC DIMENSIONS, INC. 4 4 9 2 2 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 1 1 4 15 21
SYNOPSYS INC. 2 1 1 6 11 21
CALIBRA MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 3 6 10 20
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 2 10 8 20
AIRBIQUITY INC. 2 2 3 10 2 19
SPIRATION, INC. 1 3 5 7 3 19
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 0 6 6 5 18
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER 2 5 4 6 1 18
AOL LLC 2 1 5 5 4 17
ARRIS GROUP, INC. 0 0 3 3 11 17
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 5 2 5 1 4 17
COINSTAR, INC. 3 2 3 6 3 17
OAKLEY, INC. 5 3 4 4 1 17
VARIA HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 6 6 5 17
AMNIS CORPORATION 2 5 1 4 4 16
BALLY GAMING, INC. 2 4 3 5 2 16
FATIGUE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 7 4 16
LOGITECH EUROPE S.A. 5 2 1 4 4 16
METAPROTEOMICS, LLC 1 0 6 3 6 16
PALM, INC. 3 8 5 0 0 16
EKOS CORPORATION 2 1 6 2 4 15
EXBIBLIO B.V. 2 5 7 1 0 15
FTI TECHNOLOGY LLC 0 0 3 7 5 15
HYDRO-AIRE, INC. 4 2 2 4 3 15
HYPROTEK, INC. 0 1 7 3 4 15
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 3 6 2 3 15
MILGARD MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 3 4 3 5 15
NEOCIFIC, INC. 0 0 1 9 5 15
STAMPS.COM INC. 3 0 7 1 4 15
VALVE CORPORATION 4 2 3 2 4 15
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 1 5 4 4 14
CALYPSO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 7 4 1 14
DRVISION TECHNOLOGIES LLC 3 2 5 4 0 14
MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP. 0 0 4 8 2 14
NELSON IRRIGATION CORPORATION 2 4 3 3 2 14
PACESETTER, INC. 0 0 2 6 6 14
VERATHON, INC. 2 2 4 1 5 14
VIRAGE LOGIC CORPORATION 0 4 10 0 0 14
YAHOO, INC. 4 2 1 4 3 14
FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 4 13
INRIX, INC. 0 0 3 6 4 13
LIGHT SCIENCES ONCOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 5 4 13
PALMSOURCE INC. 5 3 5 0 0 13
TELECT, INC. 5 5 1 0 2 13
AUDIENCESCIENCE INC. 0 0 4 4 4 12
CHEF'N CORPORATION 2 0 3 4 3 12
CUTSFORTH PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 3 4 2 12
DIGIDEAL CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 5 12
ELITECH HOLDINGS, B.V. 0 0 9 2 1 12
GENZYME CORPORATION 2 2 4 3 1 12
MICRONICS, INC. 2 1 2 1 6 12
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 6 0 1 3 12
NOVINIUM, INC. 1 3 5 1 2 12
NOVOZYMES, INC. 0 1 2 3 6 12
PROGRESSIVE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 4 12
PROTEOTECH, INC. 0 2 6 2 2 12
RAF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 0 4 1 4 12
RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 3 1 2 12
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 1 6 5 0 0 12
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 4 5 3 12
ACULIGHT CORPORATION 11 0 0 0 0 11
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 5 4 1 1 0 11
APPLE, INC. 0 2 5 0 4 11
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 3 3 5 0 0 11
FLEXIWORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 4 5 11
NOVELIS INC. 0 3 2 3 3 11
TESSERA, INC. 1 2 1 3 4 11
VULCAN PORTALS, INC. 3 4 1 3 0 11
ATTENEX CORPORATION 5 5 0 0 0 10
AVENTAIL CORPORATION, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SONICWALL, INC. 2 0 4 2 2 10
EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 1 7 2 10
LSI CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 1 10
TERAHOP NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 5 5 0 10
VISIONGATE, INC. 0 3 2 1 4 10
ASSET TRUST, INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
ASTRONICS ADVANCED ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, CORP. 1 0 0 4 4 9
EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC 0 0 0 0 9 9
EPOCH BIOSCIENCES, INC. 3 5 0 1 0 9
K-2 CORPORATION 3 2 0 2 2 9
NAUTILUS, INC. 1 3 0 3 2 9
NEUROVISTA CORPORATION 1 0 5 1 2 9
PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY 4 1 2 1 1 9
UNITY SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 3 4 1 1 9
ALDERBIO HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 0 3 5 8
APPLIED PRECISION, INC. 2 1 3 1 1 8
ATTACHMATE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 3 8
BESTLINE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INC. 0 0 0 6 2 8
CELLTECH R & D, INC. 2 1 2 1 2 8
DENDREON CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 2 8
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
E.I. SPECTRA, LLC 0 3 0 2 3 8
HUDSON SURGICAL DESIGN, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
INTERCONNECT PORTFOLIO, LLC 2 0 4 0 2 8
LIGHTFLEET CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 1 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 0 8
NOATAK SOFTWARE, LLC 4 1 0 0 3 8
NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 0 2 3 1 2 8
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
PONIARD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3 1 4 0 0 8
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 1 0 2 1 4 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
UTILX CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 0 8
VECTRA FITNESS, INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 2 2 8
WIDEVINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
XILINX, INC. 5 2 1 0 0 8
ACCESS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
AMERICAN PILEDRIVING EQUIPMENT, INC. 1 0 2 2 2 7
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 3 7
BLOOD CELL STORAGE INC. 0 2 0 1 4 7
CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
CONAGRA FOODS LAMB WESTON, INC. 1 2 3 0 1 7
DEMAND MEDIA, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
DIGEO, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 1 7
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 4 3 0 7
FOREST CONCEPTS LLC 0 0 0 5 2 7
GE IONICS, INC. 2 0 3 1 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 2 1 4 7
HEXCEL CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
IN-SITU; INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
MEDICIS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 4 3 0 7
PE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 0 4 2 7
RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 1 1 5 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 2 7
SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 4 1 2 7
STARBUCKS CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 3 0 3 7
ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 3 1 1 7
AREVA NP INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 2 2 6
CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
COAPTUS MEDICAL CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 3 6
COCO COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 0 1 0 0 5 6
EB ASSOCIATES, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
ELDEC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
ENERTECHNIX, INC. 1 0 1 3 1 6
GSL SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
HERAEUS SHIN-ETSU AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
HOMAX PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
INTENTIONAL SOFTWARE CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 1 6
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 1 1 2 2 0 6
ISORAY MEDICAL, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
KORONIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INCORPORATED 0 1 3 1 1 6
LEMOND FITNESS INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
LIPOSONIX, INC. 0 1 0 0 5 6
MEDINDICA-PAK, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
OCCAM PORTFOLIO LLC 0 0 0 4 2 6
OPENWAVE SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 3 0 1 6
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
PATHWAY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
PHARMAIN CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
PIXAR 2 2 0 1 1 6
PLEXERA, LLC 0 0 1 2 3 6
RADIANT IMAGING, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
RELION, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
RESTORATION ROBOTICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC 0 2 2 2 0 6
ROY-G-BIV CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
SAFEFRESH TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 1 1 1 2 6
SAMSON ROPE TECHNOLOGIES 2 0 2 1 1 6
SHEAR TECH, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SIEBEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
SOG SPECIALTY KNIVES & TOOLS LLC 0 1 1 2 2 6
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
TALYST, INC. 0 0 3 1 2 6
THE COBALT GROUP, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
TOKITAE LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
VULCAN, INC. 1 0 2 3 0 6
ACCESS SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
ALLSOP AUTOMATIC, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
AMBRX, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
BALLY GAMING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 1 0 5
CLARIPHY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
CLEARMEDICAL, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
CLEARSNAP HOLDING, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
CORBIS CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SEATTLE ,LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
EXPEDIA, INC. 1 0 3 0 1 5
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
GENESIS FUELTECH, INC. 3 0 0 0 2 5
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
HYDRO-AIRE, INC., SUBSIDIARY OF CRANE CO. 0 0 2 2 1 5
IMDB.COM, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
IMPLICIT NETWORKS, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
KORRY ELECTRONICS COMPANY 0 2 2 1 0 5
LEATHERMAN TOOL GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
MECHANICAL ANSWERS LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
MICROSCAN SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 1 0 2 0 2 5
MIRABILIS MEDICA INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
OMEROS CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
OSSUR HF 0 1 2 1 1 5
PEAK RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS LLC 1 2 0 2 0 5
PIXELWORKS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SNAPIN SOFTWARE INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
SPENTECH, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
T-RAM SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
THERACLONE SCIENCES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
TOPIA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TTI ELLEBEAU, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
VARIA LLC 1 3 1 0 0 5
VISION WORKS IP CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
WASHINGTON BIOTECH CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
WI-GUI, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
WORDRAKE HOLDINGS, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
XTENDWAVE, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5


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