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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 2011 - 2015 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 177 278 268 264 316 1303
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 101 121 111 125 109 567
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 14 23 28 28 26 119
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 20 27 12 15 17 91
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 3 17 5 25 19 69
CRYOVAC, INC. 15 8 15 17 6 61
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 4 9 11 8 28 60
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 7 9 15 10 18 59
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 11 8 18 11 56
POLY-MED, INC. 7 4 10 9 13 43
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 9 2 7 13 12 43
AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 3 7 5 14 12 41
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 8 6 21 41
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 4 2 13 9 5 33
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 7 8 5 4 9 33
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 3 13 5 4 4 29
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN 0 1 7 9 11 28
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2 1 7 6 8 24
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 4 11 5 1 3 24
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 2 1 9 7 5 24
TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 7 4 5 4 22
AVX CORPORATION 3 7 5 2 3 20
ITRON, INC. 6 5 4 2 3 20
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 4 7 4 2 2 19
DEERE + COMPANY 5 6 4 3 1 19
EATON CORPORATION 4 5 4 4 2 19
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 4 3 2 5 17
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 3 4 6 2 16
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG 0 2 8 1 5 16
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 3 4 4 1 3 15
ZIKE, LLC 0 1 0 7 7 15
NITEK, INC 0 3 6 4 1 14
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 0 3 2 6 2 13
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 4 2 2 2 2 12
THATBOX DESIGN, LLC 0 0 8 2 2 12
WABTEC HOLDING CORPORATION 2 0 4 1 5 12
BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. 4 2 2 2 1 11
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 1 0 1 6 3 11
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 1 5 1 0 11
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 4 2 1 3 1 11
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 3 3 2 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 4 2 1 3 11
SAFERACK, LLC 2 1 3 3 2 11
SAM CARBIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0 0 0 3 8 11
TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 4 4 3 0 0 11
ARBORGEN, LLC 3 2 4 0 1 10
PHIGENIX, INC. 1 1 5 3 0 10
TIETEX INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1 1 1 4 3 10
VITAG CORPORATION 2 3 3 2 0 10
FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 4 9
PACESETTER, INC. 2 1 2 2 2 9
RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY INC. 0 2 1 5 1 9
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 2 0 5 1 0 8
BRITAX CHILD SAFETY INC. 0 1 2 3 2 8
INTEL CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 4 8
SMARTTRUCK SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 3 3 2 8
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 7 0 0 0 0 7
ETHOX CHEMICALS, INC. 1 2 1 1 2 7
MARINE POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
OCHOA OPTICS, LLC 2 2 1 2 0 7
BASF CORPORATION 0 4 1 1 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 2 3 6
CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES, INC. 3 0 1 0 2 6
COMPX INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
FN MANUFACTURING, LLC 1 2 3 0 0 6
HARSCO CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 6
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 0 3 0 1 6
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
THE MAITLAND COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 0 2 2 2 6
YALE SECURITY INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
APEX BRANDS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 3 1 0 0 5
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1 1 0 0 3 5
CACTUS, LLC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
CHEMRING DETECTION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
ELEVANCE RENEWABLE SCIENCES, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
GRUPO PETROTEMEX, S.A. DE C.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 2 0 1 1 1 5
KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
METGLAS, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
PRYSMIAN COMMUNICATION CABLES AND SYSTEMS USA, LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
SCHAEFFLER KG 5 0 0 0 0 5
SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 1 3 0 1 5
ZEUS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
ZIPIT WIRELESS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5



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