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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 AFRICA

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 27 33 30 28 16 134
SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED 9 9 12 8 10 48
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 4 10 12 29
CSIR 4 2 5 1 11 23
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG 2 4 4 4 8 22
SPINALMOTION, INC. 3 5 5 6 1 20
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN 3 1 7 3 1 15
CORK GROUP TRADING LTD. 0 5 2 3 4 14
ELEMENT SIX ABRASIVES S.A. 0 1 4 0 9 14
JOY MM DELAWARE, INC. 1 1 1 6 3 12
DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITED 3 5 2 1 0 11
NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY 1 3 3 1 3 11
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 9 10
AEL MINING SERVICES LIMITED 0 2 2 1 3 8
DETNET SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. 0 0 0 2 6 8
INSIAVA (PTY) LIMITED 0 0 2 4 2 8
AZOTEQ (PTY) LIMITED 3 1 2 1 0 7
SOUTH AFRICA NUCLEAR ENERGY CORPORATION LTD. 1 1 1 2 2 7
KIPS BAY MEDICAL, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
SANDVIK MINING AND CONSTRUCTION RSA (PTY) LTD 1 1 0 2 2 6
SOURCECODE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
FORCE PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
PEBBLE BED MODULAR REACTOR (PTY) LTD. 1 0 1 3 0 5
PST SENSORS (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED 0 0 3 0 2 5
THE PETROLEUM OIL AND GAS CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (PROPRIETARY LIMITED) 0 1 3 1 0 5
UNIVERSITEIT VAN STELLENBOSCH 0 0 1 2 2 5
ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5



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