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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 604, Surgery (Medicators and Receptors)

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

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 106 97 192 172 238 805
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 28 23 73 68 92 284
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 26 44 81 62 62 275
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 21 35 58 52 74 240
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 33 34 42 24 41 174
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 8 7 30 57 71 173
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 25 21 37 42 34 159
MEDTRONIC INC. 10 12 23 25 37 107
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 11 11 23 23 35 103
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 7 11 27 19 29 93
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 10 14 33 30 92
TECPHARMA LICENSING AG 12 9 25 17 8 71
C. R. BARD, INC. 4 13 6 21 26 70
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 4 8 19 16 10 57
MEDRAD, INC. 7 13 10 6 17 53
MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC. 6 2 12 15 17 52
KCI LICENSING, INC. 2 3 10 8 28 51
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 0 24 26 50
ICU MEDICAL, INC. 5 9 22 8 6 50
VENETEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 6 11 16 15 50
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION) 5 5 5 13 17 45
COLOPLAST A/S 5 3 13 12 9 42
SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. 1 7 12 10 12 42
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 5 3 10 16 7 41
NOVO NORDISK A/S 2 5 8 8 18 41
MCNEIL-PPC, INC. 0 11 11 6 12 40
GAMBRO LUNDIA AB 6 6 13 7 6 38
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS INTERNATIONAL AG 0 0 8 12 17 37
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 5 15 11 36
ASANTE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 7 15 13 35
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 7 3 12 4 8 34
DAIO PAPER CORPORATION 2 2 6 12 12 34
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 4 1 5 7 16 33
ALCON, INC. 3 8 15 6 0 32
B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG 3 10 3 7 8 31
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 2 7 22 31
MEDELA HOLDING AG 1 0 7 10 12 30
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 5 5 6 7 6 29
COVIDIEN AG 3 3 12 7 3 28
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. 3 4 6 7 6 26
CAREFUSION 303 INC. 0 0 4 12 10 26
CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC. 5 1 7 8 5 26
NIPRO CORPORATION 8 1 8 6 2 25
PAUL HARTMANN AG 5 4 1 6 8 24
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. 0 0 5 8 10 23
HOSPIRA, INC. 2 6 3 7 5 23
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 12 5 5 23
CALIBRA MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 4 7 10 22
COOK INC. 1 2 15 3 1 22
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 4 6 4 6 22
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC. 0 1 3 10 8 22
JMS CO., LTD. 4 1 5 1 11 22
ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. 1 2 6 6 6 21
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 7 6 5 2 21
ACCLARENT, INC. 3 2 8 1 6 20
NAVILYST MEDICAL, INC. 1 3 4 8 4 20
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 1 1 4 5 9 20
STRYKER CORPORATION 1 4 4 3 8 20
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 3 5 4 6 1 19
BIOQUIDDITY, INC. 1 0 5 4 8 18
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 0 0 5 10 2 17
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 1 4 3 9 17
I-FLOW CORPORATION 5 4 5 3 0 17
UNOMEDICAL A/S 1 2 1 5 8 17
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 0 3 9 5 17
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 0 3 4 4 5 16
ALLERGAN, INC. 2 1 3 9 1 16
ALZA CORPORATION 6 1 6 1 2 16
GI DYNAMICS, INC. 0 0 10 3 3 16
GLAUKOS CORPORATION 1 2 3 6 4 16
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED 2 3 3 5 3 16
INTELLIJECT, INC. 0 1 5 4 6 16
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3 2 3 3 5 16
MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 6 5 2 1 16
MICROCHIPS, INC. 1 9 1 2 3 16
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 2 3 7 3 16
ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC. 0 0 5 4 6 15
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 4 4 4 15
HYPROTEK, INC. 0 1 7 3 4 15
LIVEDO CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 7 15
LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG 0 1 1 3 10 15
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. 0 1 4 2 8 15
DCA DESIGN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2 2 4 6 0 14
JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC. 1 10 0 1 2 14
NEMOTO KYORINDO CO., LTD. 2 2 4 3 3 14
SHL GROUP AB 1 1 1 5 6 14
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 0 0 2 3 8 13
B. BRAUN MEDICAL, INC. 1 5 3 1 3 13
BLUE SKY MEDICAL GROUP INCORPORATED 0 0 3 4 6 13
CARIDIANBCT, INC. 0 3 7 0 3 13
CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC.. 0 0 2 4 7 13
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG 4 8 1 0 0 13
HANSEN MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 3 6 4 13
INTERRAD MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 2 5 5 13
NXSTAGE MEDICAL, INC. 3 1 4 1 4 13
SPECIALIZED HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC. 8 1 1 0 3 13
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1 1 5 4 1 12
KYPHON SARL 1 0 2 4 5 12
MALLINCKRODT, INC. 0 2 2 2 6 12
PORTAERO, INC. 0 0 4 5 3 12
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 3 6 0 3 12
ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1 0 1 4 5 11
CROSSJECT COMPANY 3 4 1 2 1 11
EKOS CORPORATION 3 0 3 2 3 11
INTERSECT ENT, INC. 0 0 2 7 2 11
MEDIMOP MEDICAL PROJECTS LTD. 1 1 0 6 3 11
NYPRO, INC. 2 0 3 4 2 11
PATTON MEDICAL DEVICES, LP 1 1 2 1 6 11
RUSL, LLC 2 2 4 1 2 11
SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 1 2 8 11
CHF SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 3 1 3 0 10
CORDIS CORPORATION 1 0 6 1 2 10
FENWAL, INC. 0 2 2 1 5 10
FIRST QUALITY RETAIL SERVICES LLC 0 1 3 5 1 10
FLOWCARDIA, INC. 2 3 0 2 3 10
FRESENIUS KABI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 3 2 5 10
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 2 10
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC 0 1 3 1 5 10
VALENTX, INC. 0 0 3 4 3 10
BOEHRINGER TECHNOLOGIES, L.P. 1 2 2 3 1 9
MDC INVESTMENT HOLDINGS INC. 2 3 2 1 1 9
MICRUS CORPORATION 0 2 0 4 3 9
PACESETTER, INC. 0 1 2 5 1 9
PALYON MEDICAL (BVI) LIMITED 0 1 1 3 4 9
REX MEDICAL, LP 3 1 2 2 1 9
SAFESHOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 1 1 3 4 9
SAFETY SYRINGES, INC. 0 1 2 2 4 9
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 2 0 1 9
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC. 2 1 2 3 1 9
ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC. 0 0 2 0 7 9
ANTARES PHARMA, INC. 1 2 2 1 2 8
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 0 1 1 1 5 8
BECTON DICKINSON FRANCE S.A. 0 1 2 2 3 8
EYEGATE PHARMA S.A.S. 0 2 3 1 2 8
GREATBATCH LTD. 0 1 0 5 2 8
LEXION MEDICAL, LLC 2 0 2 1 3 8
LIEBEL-FLARSHEIM COMPANY 0 2 3 2 1 8
MEDINGO LTD. 0 0 0 3 5 8
PLC MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 5 3 0 8
SEDAT 1 0 3 3 1 8
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION 0 1 1 3 3 8
TTI ELLEBEAU, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
VALERITAS, INC. 0 2 2 3 1 8
ZOGENIX, INC. 0 0 1 2 5 8
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 0 2 1 3 7
ARES-TRADING S.A. 1 0 1 2 3 7
BIOJECT, INC. 1 1 3 1 1 7
BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL 0 1 0 1 5 7
FIRST QUALITY PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 2 2 1 1 7
HITACHI, LTD 3 0 3 1 0 7
M2 GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
OWEN MUMFORD LIMITED 1 1 2 0 3 7
PHARMACO KINESIS CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 2 7
PIGEON CORP. 1 1 3 0 2 7
TRANSPHARMA MEDICAL LTD. 4 1 0 2 0 7
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
AJINOMOTO COMPANY INCORPORATED 0 1 1 3 1 6
ARZNEIMITTEL GMBH APOTHEKER VETTER & CO. RAVENSBURG 1 0 1 0 4 6
ATRIUM MEDICAL CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
BAXA CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
BIOCARDIA, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
CARDINAL HEALTH 303, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
CARMEL PHARMA AB 0 0 1 3 2 6
COAXIA, INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 0 2 2 2 0 6
CUSTOM MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
CVDEVICES, LLC 0 0 0 1 5 6
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP. 0 0 3 2 1 6
INDUSTRIE BORLA S.P.A. 0 2 2 1 1 6
MACO PHARMA 2 2 1 1 0 6
NEXEON MEDSYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
NEXUS MEDICAL, LLC 0 1 0 3 2 6
NIKKISO CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 1 6
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 0 0 0 2 4 6
OJI NEPIA CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
SANOFI-AVENTIS 1 0 1 1 3 6
SMISSON-CARTLEDGE BIOMEDICAL, LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 2 1 3 0 6
SURGIQUEST, INCORPORATED 2 0 3 0 1 6
UNITRACT SYRINGE PTY LTD 0 0 0 4 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 1 1 1 3 6
VOLCANO CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 2 6
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
ADAPTA MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
AVANT MEDICAL CORP. 0 1 0 2 2 5
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 1 2 0 5
BRAINLAB AG 0 0 1 2 2 5
BRIDGEPOINT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
CENTURION MEDICAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
COEUR, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
DAIKYO SEIKO, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
DSG TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD 1 0 1 0 3 5
DURECT CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
FLOWMEDICA, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 3 1 1 5
HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
INCUMED LLC, A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY CO. 0 0 2 1 2 5
IRADIMED CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 3 1 0 5
MATTIOLI ENGINEERING LTD. 2 2 0 1 0 5
MEDIKIT CO., LTD 1 0 2 1 1 5
MEDINDICA-PAK, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
NANO PASS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
NORDSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
NORTHGATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
OPTONOL LTD 0 0 1 2 2 5
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SILK ROAD MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SMITHS MEDICAL MD, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
SPIRACUR, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
THE MEDICAL HOUSE LIMITED 0 1 2 0 2 5
THERAKOS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 0 3 1 1 5
VASCULAR SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES OF DELAWARE, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ZEVEX, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5


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