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Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving
5
or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In
Class 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application
( 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 )
| First-Named Assignee | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. | 214 | 211 | 259 | 254 | 141 | 1079 |
| MEDTRONIC INC. | 174 | 194 | 237 | 259 | 150 | 1014 |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION | 51 | 62 | 108 | 149 | 103 | 473 |
| ~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT | 57 | 76 | 108 | 94 | 95 | 430 |
| PACESETTER, INC. | 66 | 87 | 73 | 54 | 48 | 328 |
| COCHLEAR LIMITED | 26 | 26 | 43 | 42 | 31 | 168 |
| SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. | 31 | 36 | 42 | 20 | 26 | 155 |
| GREATBATCH LTD. | 12 | 27 | 27 | 42 | 39 | 147 |
| ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. | 30 | 48 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 142 |
| CYBERONICS, INC. | 16 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 89 |
| MED-EL ELEKTROMEDIZINISCHE GERAETE GMBH | 9 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 86 |
| ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB | 13 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 84 |
| ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC | 21 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 82 |
| BIOTRONIK CRM PATENT AG | 16 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 82 |
| SORIN CRM S.A.S.. | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 63 |
| CAMERON HEALTH, INC. | 7 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 60 |
| ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 59 |
| NEVRO CORPORATION | 0 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 9 | 53 |
| ADVANCED BIONICS AG | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 51 |
| PHYSIO-CONTROL, INC. | 10 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 48 |
| INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC | 4 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 47 |
| ELECTROCORE LLC | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 44 |
| BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 42 |
| CVRX, INC. | 4 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 37 |
| NEUROPACE, INC. | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 35 |
| KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| ZOLL CIRCULATION, INC. | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 |
| MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| BIOCONTROL MEDICAL BCM LTD. | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| EBR SYSTEMS, INC. | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| NYXOAH SA | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| ENTEROMEDICS INC. | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| INTELECT MEDICAL,INC. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| TEARSCIENCE, INC. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| COVIDIEN LP | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| METACURE LTD. | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| NOVOCURE LTD. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| RMX, LLC | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| THERMOTEK, INC. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| DEFIBTECH LLC | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| ERCHONIA CORPORATION | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| SPINAL MODULATION, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| ENDOSTIM, INC. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| ETHICON, INC. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| VALENCIA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| INCUBE LABS, LLC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| OLYMPUS CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| SAPIENS STEERING BRAIN STIMULATION B.V. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| SYNECOR, LLC | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| ARDIAN, INC. | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| BIONESS INC. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| IMRICOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| NUVASIVE, INC. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| GALVANI, LTD. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| INTRAPACE, INC. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| PROTEUS BIOMEDICAL, INC. | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| RAINBOW MEDICAL LTD. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| SETPOINT MEDICAL CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| BRAINSGATE LTD. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| CARDIAC SCIENCE CORPORATION | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| FLINT HILLS SCIENTIFIC, L.L.C. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| HIGHLAND INSTRUMENTS, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| MEDTRONICS, INC. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| NANOSTIM, INC. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| NEUROTHERM, INC. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| NIDEK CO., LTD. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| NIVEUS MEDICAL, INC. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| OSCOR INC. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| ANGEL MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| AUTONOMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| BIOLITEC PHARMA MARKETING LTD | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| BIONESS NEUROMODULATION LTD. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| EMPI, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| MEDTRONIC URINARY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| SCION NEUROSTIM LLC | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| SMITHS MEDICAL ASD, INC. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| SPR THERAPEUTICS, LLC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| STRYKER CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| SYNAPSE BIOMEDICAL, INC. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| ZELTIQ AESTHETICS, INC. | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| BACKBEAT MEDICAL, INC. | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| BENECHILL, INC. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| CUSTOMKYNETICS, INC. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| ELA MEDICAL S.A. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| EVOKE NEUROSCIENCE, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| FUNCTIONAL NEUROMODULATION INC. | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| KENERGY, INC. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| MAINSTAY MEDICAL LIMITED | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| NDI MEDICAL, INC. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| NEURONEXUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| NEUROSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL PARTNERSHIP | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| PALO ALTO INVESTORS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| THERMAGE, INC. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| ABIOMED, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| APNEX MEDICAL, INC. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| AXELGAARD MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| CODMAN NEURO SCIENCES SARL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| IMTHERA MEDICAL, INC. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MEAGAN MEDICAL, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER B.V. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| MICROTRANSPONDER, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| MIRAMAR LABS, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| MR3 MEDICAL, LLC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| NANO-RETINA, INC. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| NASOPHLEX B.V. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| PIXIUM VISION SA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| PROTEUS DIGITAL HEALTH, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| REMON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| RESPICARDIA, INC. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| SYNERON MEDICAL LTD. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| VALKEE OY | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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