This report counts only documents of the following type(s):
utility patents (i.e., "patents for invention")
granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during the period 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010. These profiled documents hereafter will be referred to as "patents".

PATENTS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT

This report provides a very generalized profile of U.S. patent activity in the medical and health industries.

This Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT) Report profiles patent activity for U.S. patents granted between 01/01/1991 and 12/31/2010. The source of the data used for this report is the TAF database maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Patents in this profile relate to the following technologies:

Class 128, Surgery, all subclasses
Class 433, Dentistry, all subclasses
Class 600, Surgery, all subclasses
Class 601, Surgery: kinesitherapy, all subclasses
Class 602, Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage, all subclasses
Class 604, Surgery, all subclasses
Class 606, Surgery, all subclasses
Class 607, Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application, all subclasses
Class 623, Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or aids and accessories therefor, all subclasses
Class 227, Elongated-member-driving apparatus, subclasses 175.1-182.1
Class 323, Electricity: power supply or regulation systems, subclasses 911
Class 351, Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting, subclasses 200-247
Class 356, Optics: measuring and testing, subclasses 39-42
Class 362, Illumination, subclasses 574
Class 378, X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices, subclasses 37, 38-40
Class 382, Image analysis, subclasses 128-134
Class 422, Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preserving, or sterilizing, subclasses 44-48
Class 424, Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions, subclasses 9.1-9.81, 422-437, 443-449
Class 436, Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing, subclasses 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 811-814
Class 705, Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination, subclasses 2-3

Subject matter covered by this profile includes:

Methods and apparatus for the inspection and treatment of abnormal conditions (e.g., diseases, wounds, etc.) in humans and animals
Methods, apparatus, implements, or devices for the treatment of teeth or gums, and for the replacement of teeth
Artificial substitutes or parts for a human body (prosthesis) including specialized elements, accessories, and operating and control devices therefor
Eye examining and testing equipment (spectacles and eyeglasses are not included in this profile)
Computer systems for health care management or delivery organization applications
Chemistry as it relates to analytical and immunological testing for a named disease, body condition, or organ function
Methods and apparatus for the in-vitro optical testing of blood
Methods and apparatus including image analysis related to medicine, health, or other life sciences
Blood treating apparatus for transfusible blood
Compositions including an active pharmaceutical ingredient in a special physical form to adapt for implanting or inserting in the living body
Bandages or dressings with incorporated medicaments
Compositions and nominal methods of using compositions for in vivo testing or in vivo diagnosis

Major classification areas in the U.S. Patent Classification System which pertain to Medical Devices have been identified and the patents classified in those areas have been selected for this profile. However, while this technology profile includes the majority of patents pertaining to the profiled subject matter, the profile neither includes all patents relating to that subject matter nor does it exclude all patents that are not related to that subject matter.

For further information regarding the patents contained in this profile, the U.S. PATENT MANUAL OF CLASSIFICATION and CLASSIFICATION DEFINITIONS should be consulted.

NOTE: As a result of reclassification efforts which continually update the U.S. Patent Classification System and the classifications of patents within the system, this report may present a slightly different annual patent counts as compared to previous PTMT technology profile reports on Medical Devices.

PARTS A1 AND A2 (IF INCLUDED)

Parts A1 and A2, if included, present tables which profile, by number and percent, the activity of the specified patents. Annual totals may be provided for some years and a consolidated year total also may be provided. Part A1 presents data by year of patent grant ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Grant"). Part A2 redistributes patent grant data by year of patent application, i.e., the year in which each patent application was filed ("Patents Granted As Distributed By Year of Patent Application"). Patent data as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year) correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

In Tables A1-1a and A2-1a, the totals are broken down by origin (patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor), either U.S. or foreign. Separate counts are displayed for many of the foreign countries receiving the most granted patents during the period. In Tables A1-1b and A2-1b, patent counts are displayed according to general category of ownership, e.g., corporate-owned, government-owned, or individual-owned.

Patent ownership information reflects ownership at the time of patent grant and does not include subsequent changes in ownership. If more than one assignee (owner entity) was declared at the time of grant, the patent is attributed to the first-named assignee. The U.S. and Foreign Corporations ownership categories count predominantly corporate patents; however, patents assigned to other organizations such as small businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, etc. are also included in this category. While U.S. Government patent ownership includes only patents granted to the Federal Government, no such distinction is made for Foreign Government ownership patents.

Please note that U.S. origin patents may have foreign category ownership and that foreign origin patents may have U.S. category ownership. Therefore, the patents having U.S.category ownership (or foreign category ownership) do not necessarily correspond to the patents having U.S. origin (or foreign origin) and the sum of U.S. category ownership patents (or foreign category ownership patents) will not equal the sum of U.S. origin patents (or foreign origin patents).

Also, please note that patent documents in the TAF database are limited to utility patents granted no earlier than January 1963 and to other document types (i.e., design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications) granted no earlier than 1977.

PART B (IF INCLUDED)

Part B is a listing of national and international organizations (i.e., corporations, universities, government agencies, etc.) that have received U.S. patents during the profiled time period. The availability of assigned ownership data in the TAF database, as displayed in Part B, begins in 1969 for utility patent grants and in 1977 for design, plant, and reissue patents, statutory invention registrations, and defensive publications. The listing is limited to organizations receiving 50 or more patents during the period. This minimum number is identified in the title heading of the table. Part B ranks these organizations in terms of total patents granted for the period and displays their annual patent activity for the most recent period. Patent grants may be distributed in two ways, by year of grant and/or by year of patent application. Data lines for each listed organization may distribute the counts of patent grants by the year of grant and/or by the year in which the patented applications were filed. Please note that in some reports, only one of these two data lines may be displayed. Information regarding patent ownership reflects ownership at the time of patent grant. Although a substantial effort has been made to combine name variations into a single organizational name, many organizations continue to have patents listed under more than one name.

Patent data, as shown in the "Pre YYYY" column (where "YYYY" is a four-digit year), correspond to activity in the specified period prior to "YYYY".

DATA DISTRIBUTION BY YEAR OF GRANT AND BY YEAR OF APPLICATION

Other Considerations

DATA FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS WHICH WERE FILED BUT NEVER ISSUED (ROUGHLY 35% OF TOTAL FILINGS) ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

Since the average time period between filing for a patent and the issuing of the patent (i.e., the patent's "pendency") is now about 35 months (for utility patents), the patent grant data, as distributed by year of application, are incomplete for the most recent years that are displayed in the report.* This is because a significant number of those applications which ultimately will become patents were still pending as of these most recent years that are displayed.

Patented application data are of significant value since the date an application was filed more accurately reflects when the technology was developed. Additionally, fluctuations in data based on application date are much more likely to reflect changes in technological activity since, for the most part, such fluctuations would be immune from changes in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processing such as occurred in years such as 1986 and 2005 when the USPTO issued fewer patents than would have normally been expected due to administrative reasons. Note that a patent's "pendency" can be quite variable from one patent to another, thereby affecting the date of patent grant. Such variation in pendency is determined by many factors, including PTO workload (which varies between technologies), budget and manpower levels, patent printing schedules, etc. Please note that other types of patent documents such as design patents, plant patents, reissue patents, statutory invention registrations,and defensive publications may have average pendency periods that differ somewhat from the pendency period for utility patents.

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* For example, in a report profiling utility patents granted through December 2010, patent grant data, as distributed by year of application are approximately 90% complete for utility patent applications filed in 2003, 80% complete for applications filed in 2004, 66% complete for applications filed in 2005, 50% complete for applications filed in 2006, 33% complete for applications filed in 2007, and 17% complete for applications filed in 2008; data are essentially complete for applications filed prior to 2003.

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Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A1
Tables A1-1a and A1-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-1b)

PART A1- Table A1-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin	33210	6744	9231	8858	8937	9118	8898	10232	8075	6597	7830	7069	6425	7435	12309	150968
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin	24273	4909	6755	6492	6430	6428	6096	7065	5630	4672	5509	4876	4350	5134	8624	107243
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin	8937	1835	2476	2366	2507	2690	2802	3167	2445	1925	2321	2193	2075	2301	3685	43725



ALABAMA	124	29	30	32	25	26	21	33	28	13	21	11	10	14	23	440
ALASKA	18	3	5	4	1	7	2	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	49
ARIZONA	288	52	94	79	88	77	86	59	67	46	61	42	46	44	94	1223
ARKANSAS	31	8	9	16	13	16	17	12	6	10	8	4	3	3	11	167
CALIFORNIA	5149	1067	1649	1611	1670	1720	1641	1945	1611	1310	1585	1370	1222	1345	2212	27107
COLORADO	393	93	138	106	99	112	127	132	89	78	90	104	89	91	155	1896
CONNECTICUT	765	115	171	148	133	122	99	103	79	80	100	105	85	119	192	2416
DELAWARE	68	20	15	13	8	12	9	9	12	4	6	3	12	14	10	215
FLORIDA	1215	249	341	269	287	314	264	324	262	211	258	225	156	167	322	4864
GEORGIA	307	68	108	105	106	101	108	112	111	86	86	70	57	74	124	1623
HAWAII	32	4	10	8	10	12	7	7	7	4	8	6	2	6	13	136
IDAHO	34	3	6	5	6	4	9	10	5	5	7	6	9	8	8	125
ILLINOIS	934	138	226	181	211	174	148	169	150	129	151	108	112	115	182	3128
INDIANA	447	76	90	92	91	100	78	97	96	91	94	111	89	137	270	1959
IOWA	80	14	24	31	19	27	24	12	13	8	14	7	8	12	10	303
KANSAS	127	24	29	30	37	22	29	29	24	18	13	19	21	23	34	479
KENTUCKY	103	21	29	30	21	23	27	22	20	23	11	16	12	15	28	401
LOUISIANA	147	23	31	34	26	42	34	37	21	17	23	11	16	12	18	492
MAINE	16	3	4	2	4	11	11	16	5	6	3	5	7	3	11	107
MARYLAND	541	137	146	121	131	127	120	121	90	91	73	77	77	88	107	2047
MASSACHUSETTS	1460	310	453	470	426	436	412	518	411	354	382	318	294	334	620	7198
MICHIGAN	593	83	127	116	112	101	109	105	85	69	77	51	74	69	100	1871
MINNESOTA	1535	316	489	519	601	563	534	639	455	422	564	550	437	553	911	9088
MISSISSIPPI	42	7	15	9	12	6	13	9	6	8	6	8	7	11	17	176
MISSOURI	405	67	87	82	80	82	66	84	62	55	54	48	40	49	98	1359
MONTANA	28	5	6	8	5	14	16	14	5	6	4	9	2	5	6	133
NEBRASKA	58	13	15	12	8	11	9	9	5	3	12	7	7	4	13	186
NEVADA	65	12	26	30	19	29	21	13	11	11	15	17	18	20	26	333
NEW HAMPSHIRE	160	39	39	57	42	47	47	60	48	28	33	25	23	27	51	726
NEW JERSEY	1119	282	344	307	269	267	213	323	218	194	226	196	169	221	351	4699
NEW MEXICO	70	18	16	25	22	19	20	19	18	9	18	17	14	13	21	319
NEW YORK	1754	302	394	359	341	324	298	339	300	249	272	223	223	221	381	5980
NORTH CAROLINA	335	65	89	67	102	95	84	104	88	71	79	60	57	86	124	1506
NORTH DAKOTA	6	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	29
OHIO	1047	238	292	305	273	217	230	250	203	132	178	173	163	207	434	4342
OKLAHOMA	141	27	41	28	31	24	16	16	18	13	20	12	11	5	18	421
OREGON	263	51	64	55	54	45	36	58	41	23	44	43	35	44	56	912
PENNSYLVANIA	861	156	195	226	180	190	206	233	178	155	169	158	160	208	320	3595
RHODE ISLAND	80	14	26	22	23	20	13	13	16	7	12	12	12	10	24	304
SOUTH CAROLINA	89	23	27	17	24	21	27	28	18	15	21	18	16	20	27	391
SOUTH DAKOTA	13	5	5	0	4	4	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	3	46
TENNESSEE	344	84	73	75	59	78	72	83	69	53	77	82	61	112	215	1537
TEXAS	1072	214	267	318	270	252	234	260	183	148	172	155	152	155	259	4111
UTAH	417	94	109	105	97	109	98	120	104	99	95	72	69	94	150	1832
VERMONT	46	14	8	10	8	12	12	8	10	7	11	8	5	9	10	178
VIRGINIA	274	37	62	56	61	71	66	73	60	46	48	37	31	55	96	1073
WASHINGTON	567	147	165	155	133	172	168	208	126	121	145	135	93	136	221	2692
WEST VIRGINIA	21	0	7	4	6	5	6	7	5	2	1	2	5	3	14	88
WISCONSIN	503	124	143	120	174	153	194	198	168	126	142	126	123	160	217	2671
WYOMING	10	3	2	5	1	1	4	5	3	1	6	2	5	2	7	57
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	54	9	8	6	4	6	4	8	8	8	8	4	8	7	5	147
GUAM	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
PUERTO RICO	20	0	5	4	1	0	1	4	4	3	4	4	1	1	3	55
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7


JAPAN	2627	461	601	575	535	590	649	779	568	461	558	569	588	558	880	10999
GERMANY	1573	325	414	397	474	481	481	496	430	285	357	379	316	445	734	7587
UNITED KINGDOM	660	161	194	192	202	193	190	187	178	141	161	151	125	130	226	3091
FRANCE	690	167	191	180	178	184	181	216	141	119	135	124	130	136	217	2989
CANADA	479	131	146	136	131	175	159	190	125	108	129	100	94	108	167	2378
ISRAEL	233	62	112	112	103	167	185	201	152	112	150	135	136	169	252	2281
SWEDEN	448	89	151	125	153	164	146	162	119	108	112	79	73	66	95	2090
SWITZERLAND	349	67	104	87	97	110	110	102	100	72	90	74	97	108	154	1721
ITALY	316	62	81	68	87	86	89	106	84	57	50	75	62	61	90	1374
AUSTRALIA	226	23	63	67	64	56	76	94	63	70	98	76	66	82	114	1238
TAIWAN	209	31	55	53	68	65	94	87	84	75	97	75	68	55	92	1208
NETHERLANDS	222	48	84	84	80	79	83	71	59	40	55	60	36	39	84	1124
KOREA, SOUTH	55	15	30	26	31	50	50	82	55	38	60	45	51	53	93	734
DENMARK	104	33	37	44	38	41	44	61	40	32	38	26	30	36	57	661
FINLAND	96	22	25	28	33	38	30	38	38	30	25	25	23	26	46	523
AUSTRIA	96	16	17	17	28	19	28	39	36	24	20	16	19	29	44	448
BELGIUM	71	17	24	18	31	24	31	25	13	10	28	19	22	34	34	401
NORWAY	53	19	17	9	23	30	24	34	20	15	15	19	11	13	39	341
IRELAND	27	6	11	10	17	10	7	27	15	25	21	20	11	19	48	274
SPAIN	53	9	11	12	18	5	11	16	8	8	7	16	8	6	5	193
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	21	8	11	11	16	16	17	16	8	9	9	17	11	9	8	187
ARGENTINA	36	9	16	16	11	17	16	16	13	8	0	6	2	10	5	181
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	18	4	3	11	5	3	2	9	5	8	10	13	13	18	56	178
NEW ZEALAND	17	3	6	5	8	8	15	18	21	11	21	11	7	9	17	177
SOUTH AFRICA	37	5	10	8	10	5	3	8	5	3	10	5	3	7	9	128
BRAZIL	26	7	7	8	8	10	8	12	2	6	5	2	5	3	9	118
INDIA	4	1	8	3	4	6	5	9	6	4	7	7	9	11	11	95
SINGAPORE	8	1	4	2	3	4	4	6	8	4	6	5	8	12	20	95
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.	10	0	2	2	7	4	9	7	10	4	4	5	6	7	16	93
ICELAND	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	4	1	6	4	9	12	9	13	67
HUNGARY	14	3	5	3	0	5	3	7	2	4	4	4	4	1	4	63
MEXICO	9	3	6	2	5	3	2	2	7	3	5	3	3	3	3	59
U.S.S.R.	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
GREECE	5	3	1	7	0	4	4	2	4	1	4	3	2	3	4	47
LIECHTENSTEIN	6	2	5	3	5	5	0	2	0	1	4	0	1	3	2	39
CROATIA	2	1	3	6	0	1	4	4	5	2	2	0	2	2	2	36
Others (66)	80	21	20	35	32	32	41	32	20	21	20	20	21	21	35	451

PART A1- Table A1-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
U.S. CORPORATION	16525	3632	5042	5020	5057	5148	4861	5785	4687	3864	4664	4245	3821	4640	7828	84819
U.S. GOVERNMENT	183	40	48	27	33	36	42	34	41	27	35	20	23	21	31	641
U.S. INDIVIDUAL	8081	1387	1903	1665	1580	1449	1318	1340	1005	855	925	727	635	592	952	24414
FOREIGN CORPORATION	6256	1300	1718	1685	1815	1998	2173	2558	1965	1578	1874	1801	1717	1959	3170	33567
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT	63	12	7	4	1	3	7	2	1	2	2	2	1	4	9	120
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL	2102	373	513	457	451	484	497	513	376	271	330	274	228	219	319	7407

Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A1
Tables A1-2a and A1-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A1-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A1-2b)

PART A1- Table A1-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin	73.1	72.8	73.2	73.3	71.9	70.5	68.5	69.0	69.7	70.8	70.4	69.0	67.7	69.1	70.1	71.0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin	26.9	27.2	26.8	26.7	28.1	29.5	31.5	31.0	30.3	29.2	29.6	31.0	32.3	30.9	29.9	29.0



ALABAMA	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
ALASKA	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ARIZONA	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.0	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8
ARKANSAS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
CALIFORNIA	15.5	15.8	17.9	18.2	18.7	18.9	18.4	19.0	20.0	19.9	20.2	19.4	19.0	18.1	18.0	18.0
COLORADO	1.2	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3
CONNECTICUT	2.3	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.6
DELAWARE	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
FLORIDA	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.0	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.2	2.4	2.2	2.6	3.2
GEORGIA	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1
HAWAII	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
IDAHO	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
ILLINOIS	2.8	2.0	2.4	2.0	2.4	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.5	2.1
INDIANA	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	1.8	2.2	1.3
IOWA	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
KANSAS	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
KENTUCKY	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
LOUISIANA	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3
MAINE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
MARYLAND	1.6	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.4	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.4
MASSACHUSETTS	4.4	4.6	4.9	5.3	4.8	4.8	4.6	5.1	5.1	5.4	4.9	4.5	4.6	4.5	5.0	4.8
MICHIGAN	1.8	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.8	1.2
MINNESOTA	4.6	4.7	5.3	5.9	6.7	6.2	6.0	6.2	5.6	6.4	7.2	7.8	6.8	7.4	7.4	6.0
MISSISSIPPI	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
MISSOURI	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9
MONTANA	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
NEBRASKA	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
NEVADA	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
NEW JERSEY	3.4	4.2	3.7	3.5	3.0	2.9	2.4	3.2	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.6	3.0	2.9	3.1
NEW MEXICO	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
NEW YORK	5.3	4.5	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.0	3.1	4.0
NORTH CAROLINA	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.0
NORTH DAKOTA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
OHIO	3.2	3.5	3.2	3.4	3.1	2.4	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.0	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.8	3.5	2.9
OKLAHOMA	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3
OREGON	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA	2.6	2.3	2.1	2.6	2.0	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.6	2.4
RHODE ISLAND	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
SOUTH CAROLINA	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3
SOUTH DAKOTA	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TENNESSEE	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.5	1.7	1.0
TEXAS	3.2	3.2	2.9	3.6	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.7
UTAH	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.2
VERMONT	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
VIRGINIA	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7
WASHINGTON	1.7	2.2	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.8
WEST VIRGINIA	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
WISCONSIN	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.7	2.2	1.9	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.9	2.2	1.8	1.8
WYOMING	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
GUAM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PUERTO RICO	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0


JAPAN	7.9	6.8	6.5	6.5	6.0	6.5	7.3	7.6	7.0	7.0	7.1	8.0	9.2	7.5	7.1	7.3
GERMANY	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.5	5.3	5.3	5.4	4.8	5.3	4.3	4.6	5.4	4.9	6.0	6.0	5.0
UNITED KINGDOM	2.0	2.4	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.1	1.8	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.8	2.0
FRANCE	2.1	2.5	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.0	1.8	1.8	2.0
CANADA	1.4	1.9	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.6
ISRAEL	0.7	0.9	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.8	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.3	2.0	1.5
SWEDEN	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.4
SWITZERLAND	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.1
ITALY	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
AUSTRALIA	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.8
TAIWAN	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8
NETHERLANDS	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7
KOREA, SOUTH	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.5
DENMARK	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
FINLAND	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3
AUSTRIA	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
BELGIUM	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3
NORWAY	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2
IRELAND	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2
SPAIN	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
ARGENTINA	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.1
NEW ZEALAND	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
SOUTH AFRICA	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
BRAZIL	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
INDIA	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
SINGAPORE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
ICELAND	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
HUNGARY	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
MEXICO	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S.S.R.	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GREECE	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
LIECHTENSTEIN	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
CROATIA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Others (66)	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3

PART A1- Table A1-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Grant.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
U.S. CORPORATION	49.8	53.9	54.6	56.7	56.6	56.5	54.6	56.5	58.0	58.6	59.6	60.1	59.5	62.4	63.6	56.2
U.S. GOVERNMENT	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4
U.S. INDIVIDUAL	24.3	20.6	20.6	18.8	17.7	15.9	14.8	13.1	12.4	13.0	11.8	10.3	9.9	8.0	7.7	16.2
FOREIGN CORPORATION	18.8	19.3	18.6	19.0	20.3	21.9	24.4	25.0	24.3	23.9	23.9	25.5	26.7	26.3	25.8	22.2
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL	6.3	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.6	5.0	4.7	4.1	4.2	3.9	3.5	2.9	2.6	4.9

Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A2
Tables A2-1a and A2-1b

Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-1a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-1b)

PART A2- Table A2-1a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin	50822	9677	9536	10468	11398	11802	11311	10356	8670	7017	5294	3122	1127	332	36	150968
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin	37173	7022	6840	7360	7775	7886	7653	7291	6067	4987	3850	2269	797	246	27	107243
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin	13649	2655	2696	3108	3623	3916	3658	3065	2603	2030	1444	853	330	86	9	43725



ALABAMA	180	40	25	30	28	38	33	18	21	10	11	3	1	2	0	440
ALASKA	28	3	2	4	4	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	49
ARIZONA	451	98	78	81	97	72	97	69	59	50	36	21	10	4	0	1223
ARKANSAS	49	11	18	25	13	12	9	11	6	6	4	2	1	0	0	167
CALIFORNIA	8232	1820	1809	2028	2029	2190	2077	1954	1718	1324	1052	589	208	67	10	27107
COLORADO	636	121	128	110	135	135	133	132	103	98	91	47	25	1	1	1896
CONNECTICUT	1088	144	141	119	117	156	118	138	79	115	79	73	29	17	3	2416
DELAWARE	105	15	9	9	7	18	9	6	10	10	10	6	1	0	0	215
FLORIDA	1822	285	320	316	359	346	349	344	258	188	151	89	31	6	0	4864
GEORGIA	511	122	101	150	152	111	107	116	89	59	58	34	8	5	0	1623
HAWAII	48	11	6	13	10	6	8	11	9	4	5	4	1	0	0	136
IDAHO	43	6	6	6	7	12	6	12	9	8	5	4	1	0	0	125
ILLINOIS	1329	223	206	182	205	195	188	168	140	116	93	56	17	8	2	3128
INDIANA	625	91	91	114	97	126	155	183	166	124	85	74	24	4	0	1959
IOWA	124	36	22	28	15	17	13	12	10	17	5	2	2	0	0	303
KANSAS	180	41	32	24	40	25	24	28	38	25	13	5	3	1	0	479
KENTUCKY	155	28	32	26	24	30	19	25	26	19	8	4	3	2	0	401
LOUISIANA	214	29	25	51	45	31	28	19	16	18	5	6	3	2	0	492
MAINE	23	6	6	10	14	9	10	5	8	7	5	4	0	0	0	107
MARYLAND	853	131	137	126	168	158	108	119	81	73	43	38	8	4	0	2047
MASSACHUSETTS	2382	487	480	463	566	550	574	571	407	318	211	128	49	12	0	7198
MICHIGAN	818	111	117	133	104	114	118	105	80	66	57	37	10	0	1	1871
MINNESOTA	2471	582	600	641	743	740	705	757	611	554	395	223	43	20	3	9088
MISSISSIPPI	60	10	12	10	18	8	9	11	11	10	12	3	1	0	1	176
MISSOURI	575	100	75	79	111	89	76	67	46	51	53	28	9	0	0	1359
MONTANA	37	9	7	21	9	18	8	7	7	2	3	3	2	0	0	133
NEBRASKA	90	12	8	10	15	6	9	7	4	5	10	7	3	0	0	186
NEVADA	108	26	23	19	34	16	19	15	24	21	19	7	2	0	0	333
NEW HAMPSHIRE	259	46	44	71	56	56	62	49	33	20	12	10	7	1	0	726
NEW JERSEY	1779	294	295	308	310	352	338	274	253	186	175	91	35	9	0	4699
NEW MEXICO	113	26	15	28	24	20	22	15	18	17	10	7	4	0	0	319
NEW YORK	2516	355	350	394	370	392	413	337	305	205	177	107	40	18	1	5980
NORTH CAROLINA	500	70	96	112	125	123	114	112	86	63	61	32	9	2	1	1506
NORTH DAKOTA	8	1	2	4	2	3	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	29
OHIO	1611	357	259	252	250	325	245	242	187	242	199	116	46	11	0	4342
OKLAHOMA	211	38	25	22	18	23	20	23	16	9	7	8	1	0	0	421
OREGON	378	60	60	48	51	59	46	64	40	37	38	22	7	2	0	912
PENNSYLVANIA	1262	218	188	239	259	242	275	261	223	183	118	76	36	13	2	3595
RHODE ISLAND	134	19	22	14	15	16	23	16	17	10	7	6	2	3	0	304
SOUTH CAROLINA	139	23	25	24	33	32	22	29	17	19	18	8	2	0	0	391
SOUTH DAKOTA	22	3	2	5	3	2	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	46
TENNESSEE	510	74	69	92	90	78	114	118	123	102	123	29	11	3	1	1537
TEXAS	1590	285	345	282	312	246	255	245	178	153	102	79	27	12	0	4111
UTAH	628	129	101	114	131	134	148	126	113	100	50	43	14	1	0	1832
VERMONT	66	12	8	16	11	7	16	7	13	10	6	5	1	0	0	178
VIRGINIA	376	60	60	86	80	82	86	62	49	57	35	23	14	2	1	1073
WASHINGTON	887	170	168	196	205	225	196	176	163	124	90	55	29	8	0	2692
WEST VIRGINIA	30	3	5	3	10	7	4	6	7	4	3	3	3	0	0	88
WISCONSIN	801	164	177	210	236	216	211	199	167	138	84	49	14	5	0	2671
WYOMING	14	5	3	1	8	3	2	8	4	1	6	2	0	0	0	57
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	73	6	4	9	9	8	14	5	12	3	4	0	0	0	0	147
GUAM	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
PUERTO RICO	25	5	0	1	0	4	7	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	55
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7


JAPAN	3764	621	583	656	837	932	828	762	698	546	385	247	113	23	4	10999
GERMANY	2384	467	476	562	641	640	560	477	451	427	305	137	45	15	0	7587
UNITED KINGDOM	1090	233	201	232	253	249	267	224	140	84	56	43	16	3	0	3091
FRANCE	1073	199	189	212	247	260	269	183	151	88	60	41	12	5	0	2989
CANADA	801	128	151	199	220	197	168	151	121	107	68	46	17	4	0	2378
ISRAEL	428	120	155	193	244	264	222	185	160	131	96	68	11	3	1	2281
SWEDEN	725	159	162	175	175	211	192	120	77	38	23	26	3	4	0	2090
SWITZERLAND	524	95	105	124	144	151	141	140	90	95	61	29	19	3	0	1721
ITALY	471	68	100	98	92	141	123	89	95	45	31	18	2	1	0	1374
AUSTRALIA	320	91	72	83	104	120	120	109	93	59	36	22	8	1	0	1238
TAIWAN	272	49	65	80	92	88	111	115	112	72	70	45	27	10	0	1208
NETHERLANDS	359	100	78	89	101	108	84	71	52	45	25	8	3	1	0	1124
KOREA, SOUTH	99	20	38	55	66	86	92	70	68	58	48	23	10	1	0	734
DENMARK	183	54	47	48	56	77	59	53	28	27	16	9	1	3	0	661
FINLAND	146	36	40	43	35	47	56	30	36	21	16	12	5	0	0	523
AUSTRIA	132	20	21	25	46	41	50	33	34	18	14	9	5	0	0	448
BELGIUM	127	22	27	27	27	31	37	32	19	24	22	5	1	0	0	401
NORWAY	93	16	20	33	33	32	39	32	17	11	12	0	2	1	0	341
IRELAND	46	14	18	8	14	40	36	31	19	19	14	9	5	1	0	274
SPAIN	73	14	10	13	17	16	20	8	9	8	3	2	0	0	0	193
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	41	12	19	19	21	25	16	11	7	3	6	5	2	0	0	187
ARGENTINA	62	16	20	12	21	18	13	4	5	4	6	0	0	0	0	181
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	27	9	4	6	6	13	12	12	16	28	19	14	4	4	4	178
NEW ZEALAND	26	9	12	11	22	18	32	24	12	5	2	3	1	0	0	177
SOUTH AFRICA	55	5	12	6	7	13	9	2	9	4	3	3	0	0	0	128
BRAZIL	39	9	9	14	10	10	9	4	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	118
INDIA	10	6	4	10	7	7	10	13	10	6	6	2	4	0	0	95
SINGAPORE	11	5	2	8	9	8	9	12	14	4	8	3	2	0	0	95
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.	11	4	2	8	10	9	11	6	9	7	6	7	2	1	0	93
ICELAND	3	1	4	0	3	3	3	18	6	12	5	6	3	0	0	67
HUNGARY	21	3	4	4	6	6	4	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	63
MEXICO	17	7	5	2	2	5	5	5	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	59
U.S.S.R.	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
GREECE	9	5	3	7	5	5	4	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	47
LIECHTENSTEIN	13	5	4	4	1	1	2	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	39
CROATIA	6	5	1	1	6	7	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	36
Others (66)	132	28	33	41	43	37	40	28	22	20	11	8	6	2	0	451

PART A2- Table A2-1b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Number of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
U.S. CORPORATION	26509	5449	5409	5942	6275	6631	6411	6350	5228	4355	3393	1961	667	213	26	84819
U.S. GOVERNMENT	289	30	24	44	50	50	57	31	26	19	10	7	4	0	0	641
U.S. INDIVIDUAL	11308	1770	1654	1622	1613	1372	1346	1101	897	720	480	360	132	37	2	24414
FOREIGN CORPORATION	9638	1928	1981	2303	2844	3149	2982	2477	2218	1720	1266	692	292	69	8	33567
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT	82	4	1	4	10	1	1	4	3	2	2	4	0	2	0	120
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL	2996	496	467	553	606	599	514	393	298	201	143	98	32	11	0	7407

Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part A2
Tables A2-2a and A2-2b

Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application,
Breakout by Country of Origin (Table A2-2a) and by Ownership Category (Table A2-2b)

PART A2- Table A2-2a, Breakout by Country of Origin
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
Total, U.S. And Foreign Origin	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
-- Subtotal -- U.S. Origin	73.1	72.6	71.7	70.3	68.2	66.8	67.7	70.4	70.0	71.1	72.7	72.7	70.7	74.1	75.0	71.0
-- Subtotal -- Foreign Origin	26.9	27.4	28.3	29.7	31.8	33.2	32.3	29.6	30.0	28.9	27.3	27.3	29.3	25.9	25.0	29.0



ALABAMA	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.3
ALASKA	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
ARIZONA	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.2	0.0	0.8
ARKANSAS	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
CALIFORNIA	16.2	18.8	19.0	19.4	17.8	18.6	18.4	18.9	19.8	18.9	19.9	18.9	18.5	20.2	27.8	18.0
COLORADO	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.7	1.5	2.2	0.3	2.8	1.3
CONNECTICUT	2.1	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.9	1.6	1.5	2.3	2.6	5.1	8.3	1.6
DELAWARE	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
FLORIDA	3.6	2.9	3.4	3.0	3.1	2.9	3.1	3.3	3.0	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.8	1.8	0.0	3.2
GEORGIA	1.0	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.1	0.7	1.5	0.0	1.1
HAWAII	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
IDAHO	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
ILLINOIS	2.6	2.3	2.2	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.4	5.6	2.1
INDIANA	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.4	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.6	2.4	2.1	1.2	0.0	1.3
IOWA	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
KANSAS	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
KENTUCKY	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3
LOUISIANA	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3
MAINE	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
MARYLAND	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.8	1.2	0.7	1.2	0.0	1.4
MASSACHUSETTS	4.7	5.0	5.0	4.4	5.0	4.7	5.1	5.5	4.7	4.5	4.0	4.1	4.3	3.6	0.0	4.8
MICHIGAN	1.6	1.1	1.2	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.0	2.8	1.2
MINNESOTA	4.9	6.0	6.3	6.1	6.5	6.3	6.2	7.3	7.0	7.9	7.5	7.1	3.8	6.0	8.3	6.0
MISSISSIPPI	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	2.8	0.1
MISSOURI	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.9
MONTANA	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
NEBRASKA	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
NEVADA	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.5
NEW JERSEY	3.5	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.7	3.0	3.0	2.6	2.9	2.7	3.3	2.9	3.1	2.7	0.0	3.1
NEW MEXICO	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
NEW YORK	5.0	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.3	3.7	3.3	3.5	2.9	3.3	3.4	3.5	5.4	2.8	4.0
NORTH CAROLINA	1.0	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6	2.8	1.0
NORTH DAKOTA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
OHIO	3.2	3.7	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.8	2.2	2.3	2.2	3.4	3.8	3.7	4.1	3.3	0.0	2.9
OKLAHOMA	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
OREGON	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA	2.5	2.3	2.0	2.3	2.3	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.2	2.4	3.2	3.9	5.6	2.4
RHODE ISLAND	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.2
SOUTH CAROLINA	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
SOUTH DAKOTA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
TENNESSEE	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.5	2.3	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.8	1.0
TEXAS	3.1	2.9	3.6	2.7	2.7	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.4	3.6	0.0	2.7
UTAH	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	0.9	1.4	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.2
VERMONT	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
VIRGINIA	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.2	0.6	2.8	0.7
WASHINGTON	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.6	2.4	0.0	1.8
WEST VIRGINIA	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
WISCONSIN	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.1	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.5	0.0	1.8
WYOMING	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
GUAM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PUERTO RICO	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S. UNSPECIFIED REGION	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0


JAPAN	7.4	6.4	6.1	6.3	7.3	7.9	7.3	7.4	8.1	7.8	7.3	7.9	10.0	6.9	11.1	7.3
GERMANY	4.7	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.0	4.6	5.2	6.1	5.8	4.4	4.0	4.5	0.0	5.0
UNITED KINGDOM	2.1	2.4	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.4	2.2	1.6	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.9	0.0	2.0
FRANCE	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	1.7	1.3	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.5	0.0	2.0
CANADA	1.6	1.3	1.6	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.2	0.0	1.6
ISRAEL	0.8	1.2	1.6	1.8	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.8	2.2	1.0	0.9	2.8	1.5
SWEDEN	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.0	1.4
SWITZERLAND	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.2	0.9	1.7	0.9	0.0	1.1
ITALY	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.9
AUSTRALIA	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.8
TAIWAN	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.4	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.8
NETHERLANDS	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7
KOREA, SOUTH	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.5
DENMARK	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.4
FINLAND	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
AUSTRIA	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
BELGIUM	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
NORWAY	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.2
IRELAND	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
SPAIN	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
ARGENTINA	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	11.1	0.1
NEW ZEALAND	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
SOUTH AFRICA	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
BRAZIL	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
INDIA	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
SINGAPORE	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.1
ICELAND	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
HUNGARY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
MEXICO	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
U.S.S.R.	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
GREECE	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
LIECHTENSTEIN	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
CROATIA	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Others (66)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.3

PART A2- Table A2-2b, Breakout by Ownership Category
Percent of Patents Granted as Distributed by Year of Patent Application.
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
	Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
U.S. CORPORATION	52.2	56.3	56.7	56.8	55.1	56.2	56.7	61.3	60.3	62.1	64.1	62.8	59.2	64.2	72.2	56.2
U.S. GOVERNMENT	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4
U.S. INDIVIDUAL	22.3	18.3	17.3	15.5	14.2	11.6	11.9	10.6	10.3	10.3	9.1	11.5	11.7	11.1	5.6	16.2
FOREIGN CORPORATION	19.0	19.9	20.8	22.0	25.0	26.7	26.4	23.9	25.6	24.5	23.9	22.2	25.9	20.8	22.2	22.2
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1
FOREIGN INDIVIDUAL	5.9	5.1	4.9	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.5	3.8	3.4	2.9	2.7	3.1	2.8	3.3	0.0	4.9

Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
A Patent Technology Monitoring Team Report

Part B

Ranked List of Organizations with 50 or More Patents Granted During the Period,
as Distributed Either or Both
by the Year of Patent Grant and by the Year Of Patent Application Filing

PART B -
Ranked List of Organizations with 50 or More Patents, as Distributed by
the Year of Patent Grant and/or the Year Of Patent Application Filing
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
		Pre 1997	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	All Years
MEDTRONIC INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	388	83	218	186	208	167	161	175	149	153	214	226	129	186	331	2974
MEDTRONIC INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	683	217	209	218	214	257	229	306	203	184	152	86	10	6	0	2974
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	147	31	52	80	140	171	206	289	217	120	106	53	26	17	9	1664
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	251	111	163	214	263	307	187	109	38	14	4	2	1	0	0	1664
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	78	12	18	27	62	67	88	102	82	101	129	143	130	168	222	1429
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	102	30	67	98	129	155	155	173	180	171	106	48	9	4	2	1429
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	208	93	93	104	92	83	94	87	61	44	38	38	34	28	87	1184
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	428	135	85	93	106	77	59	58	36	46	32	21	6	2	0	1184
PACESETTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	72	41	73	36	30	43	73	71	76	74	94	111	76	74	132	1076
PACESETTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	173	49	35	60	64	139	119	82	109	103	84	49	7	3	0	1076
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	5	75	112	131	146	219	372	1070
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	4	3	5	26	56	146	253	215	177	112	47	23	2	1	1070
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	110	21	27	36	50	73	85	160	92	65	56	56	49	44	72	996
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	167	54	54	127	144	137	95	81	46	35	30	12	11	2	1	996
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	33	56	66	74	69	88	128	94	74	58	44	36	53	91	964
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	139	89	61	116	136	122	102	73	53	42	23	4	3	1	0	964
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	166	19	34	37	73	60	36	28	27	32	54	62	74	89	164	955
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	217	44	90	81	31	45	41	65	108	106	72	37	13	5	0	955
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	210	53	74	73	50	44	36	60	42	35	37	25	34	25	48	846
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	340	72	58	56	46	48	54	77	32	21	10	25	6	1	0	846
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Grant:	217	25	21	18	20	36	27	23	29	23	39	46	68	98	151	841
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Application:	254	28	27	45	25	38	63	50	64	95	112	26	9	5	0	841
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	414	76	86	85	35	29	15	14	14	6	10	10	5	2	2	803
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	604	74	34	19	15	22	8	11	3	6	3	3	1	0	0	803
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	44	42	48	69	32	29	29	34	14	15	44	38	62	85	188	773
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	122	70	33	44	31	53	23	61	63	111	97	50	15	0	0	773
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	265	34	60	61	46	36	26	32	21	25	30	16	11	14	23	700
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	387	60	51	37	23	32	48	22	5	9	11	12	2	1	0	700
ETHICON, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	205	37	34	21	32	44	33	63	38	29	47	32	12	23	30	680
ETHICON, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	281	23	33	42	48	86	62	52	22	19	6	5	0	1	0	680
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	147	99	43	59	45	46	48	87	664
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.	Patents By Year of Application:	1	2	2	22	124	164	140	64	83	47	8	6	1	0	0	664
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Grant:	96	29	42	61	35	32	55	46	35	28	33	22	23	18	33	588
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Application:	193	64	40	38	46	55	47	43	20	16	19	5	0	1	1	588
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	219	47	38	43	47	29	42	66	12	4	10	6	3	0	3	569
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	321	38	52	41	42	45	15	12	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	569
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	41	21	26	13	19	21	71	78	48	18	43	42	33	35	47	556
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	90	23	25	42	69	89	45	33	51	43	29	15	2	0	0	556
TOSHIBA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	207	20	28	19	18	15	18	21	14	18	16	21	19	37	57	528
TOSHIBA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	259	18	19	22	17	25	23	26	30	40	23	11	14	1	0	528
CORDIS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	170	35	56	25	23	23	18	27	19	21	13	28	15	13	21	507
CORDIS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	263	27	22	25	34	32	28	31	20	14	4	2	4	1	0	507
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	328	60	65	21	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	488
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	460	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	488
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	14	55	47	31	46	35	37	39	38	21	20	55	438
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	20	30	44	46	49	53	48	44	37	23	25	16	1	2	0	438
OLYMPUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	50	57	51	45	75	107	431
OLYMPUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	2	0	1	0	5	24	81	100	101	55	48	10	3	1	0	431
C. R. BARD, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	137	19	33	30	15	27	20	18	24	16	13	12	14	20	28	426
C. R. BARD, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	200	30	26	33	19	25	21	20	32	10	4	3	1	2	0	426
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION)	Patents By Year of Grant:	175	11	8	8	7	13	18	20	14	8	15	20	18	22	35	392
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION)	Patents By Year of Application:	195	11	11	15	25	21	18	27	24	19	7	13	6	0	0	392
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	48	49	104	184	391
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.	Patents By Year of Application:	3	1	0	2	4	6	25	69	89	85	96	9	1	1	0	391
ABBOTT LABORATORIES	Patents By Year of Grant:	163	19	37	16	19	16	13	23	13	6	12	10	13	10	20	390
ABBOTT LABORATORIES	Patents By Year of Application:	221	27	18	15	23	22	13	15	11	3	19	3	0	0	0	390
ALZA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	168	21	20	34	24	38	8	15	7	10	17	10	8	3	6	389
ALZA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	230	40	30	24	14	10	13	7	10	8	3	0	0	0	0	389
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11	19	15	20	18	53	91	151	388
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	5	14	18	33	44	69	81	76	40	5	2	0	388
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	96	25	33	56	48	42	22	10	10	4	10	6	1	2	5	370
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	169	69	38	28	28	10	8	7	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	370
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS	Patents By Year of Grant:	112	26	16	19	17	18	20	23	18	13	19	8	8	13	21	351
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS	Patents By Year of Application:	173	18	18	17	20	25	27	19	13	6	5	5	4	1	0	351
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	11	50	47	56	39	43	26	37	18	21	348
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	6	23	53	68	88	62	24	5	12	5	2	0	0	348
NIDEK CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	46	15	15	21	26	23	13	32	17	10	19	34	33	14	27	345
NIDEK CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	74	22	24	21	29	32	30	14	32	21	15	13	13	5	0	345
ACUSON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	17	27	47	45	54	40	41	16	8	1	0	0	0	0	325
ACUSON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	68	54	46	70	44	23	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	325
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	14	26	24	38	27	46	41	17	60	21	8	1	1	325
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	22	28	19	38	62	42	58	34	14	6	2	0	0	0	0	325
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	6	8	12	16	36	41	61	132	321
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP	Patents By Year of Application:	1	1	0	3	14	13	18	47	26	44	51	49	31	18	5	321
SYNTHES (U.S.A.)	Patents By Year of Grant:	39	5	9	14	14	24	18	28	18	11	14	18	15	44	43	314
SYNTHES (U.S.A.)	Patents By Year of Application:	52	10	16	25	30	39	24	27	34	29	18	5	4	1	0	314
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Grant:	56	13	13	8	12	14	10	12	25	12	22	19	31	29	20	296
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Application:	82	16	15	16	16	23	23	19	29	30	10	10	3	3	1	296
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	181	32	37	23	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	296
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	239	26	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	296
COOK INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	59	7	9	3	6	10	11	12	11	8	6	11	11	31	66	261
COOK INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	76	10	10	10	8	15	14	16	33	27	16	17	9	0	0	261
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Patents By Year of Grant:	67	13	27	24	18	7	12	7	17	17	9	8	13	9	13	261
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Patents By Year of Application:	127	16	16	10	21	12	18	15	10	4	5	5	2	0	0	261
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	26	26	30	29	12	10	15	13	9	12	17	9	21	24	255
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	56	30	27	16	16	20	27	18	22	9	7	4	3	0	0	255
EP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	41	15	36	45	41	20	21	12	4	2	6	1	2	0	3	249
EP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	127	42	18	13	25	8	8	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	249
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD	Patents By Year of Grant:	44	5	15	13	15	13	15	29	32	14	27	12	0	1	0	235
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD	Patents By Year of Application:	69	22	17	16	32	38	22	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	235
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	46	12	13	15	14	12	13	26	6	10	10	9	14	10	25	235
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	83	14	19	16	22	14	13	14	16	8	5	6	4	1	0	235
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	9	17	20	35	37	22	25	11	10	12	11	25	235
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB	Patents By Year of Application:	16	16	21	33	21	47	43	12	14	2	2	5	2	1	0	235
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON	Patents By Year of Grant:	58	9	9	13	14	7	7	8	12	7	10	21	14	26	18	233
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON	Patents By Year of Application:	74	10	12	11	13	13	12	21	9	10	10	29	8	1	0	233
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES	Patents By Year of Grant:	76	16	15	10	9	9	14	5	13	8	12	9	11	11	13	231
	Patents By Year of Application:	115	12	5	15	12	20	16	13	10	4	4	3	2	0	0	231
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Grant:	49	7	20	38	28	41	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	225
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Application:	84	21	34	56	21	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	225
NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	5	33	20	23	5	7	5	11	3	13	17	19	18	39	222
NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	41	29	14	11	5	8	9	11	23	24	41	5	0	1	0	222
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	5	22	26	23	35	15	21	11	18	15	25	216
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	10	2	12	27	26	39	23	24	17	18	14	3	1	0	0	216
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	169	39	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	216
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	212	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	216
ALLERGAN, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	68	11	14	6	10	8	7	5	7	3	10	15	14	4	28	210
ALLERGAN, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	96	8	7	9	6	6	12	12	15	8	10	13	7	1	0	210
HITACHI, LTD	Patents By Year of Grant:	56	4	3	6	5	14	9	21	7	13	16	23	14	5	14	210
HITACHI, LTD	Patents By Year of Application:	68	5	10	7	13	25	12	16	23	13	9	7	2	0	0	210
RESMED LIMITED, AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	2	2	11	12	18	24	23	21	28	17	11	19	21	209
RESMED LIMITED, AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	4	16	10	14	24	18	26	32	26	20	11	7	1	0	0	209
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	2	1	4	20	28	12	21	16	20	42	33	7	0	0	208
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	4	4	11	35	21	36	33	39	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	208
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	27	34	27	31	25	59	208
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	1	5	10	23	72	27	18	25	19	7	1	0	208
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	6	15	34	28	24	10	13	30	36	9	1	0	206
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG	Patents By Year of Application:	8	19	21	18	26	25	22	28	21	10	7	1	0	0	0	206
ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	10	11	7	14	17	22	18	12	12	23	21	7	6	7	206
ULTRADENT PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	37	12	13	12	22	21	23	22	21	16	3	4	0	0	0	206
ZIMMER, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	129	24	9	3	0	1	6	7	0	0	2	3	4	4	13	205
ZIMMER, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	160	4	1	0	10	3	3	13	0	5	1	4	0	1	0	205
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.)	Patents By Year of Grant:	18	12	18	13	13	12	27	24	11	11	3	5	5	10	17	199
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.)	Patents By Year of Application:	40	16	16	19	20	27	14	11	8	13	10	4	0	1	0	199
STANFORD UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	28	10	4	6	11	5	10	13	13	19	13	12	18	11	24	197
STANFORD UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	44	3	13	13	11	18	24	24	16	13	7	9	2	0	0	197
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	26	8	13	19	13	12	10	16	10	14	14	6	8	8	13	190
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	62	8	19	16	14	26	12	14	6	3	5	4	1	0	0	190
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	46	18	25	29	32	17	8	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	186
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	107	36	22	11	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	186
MCNEIL-PPC, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	39	12	20	12	7	13	19	15	9	4	3	4	1	12	14	184
MCNEIL-PPC, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	76	18	9	19	17	10	8	4	8	6	9	0	0	0	0	184
DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	15	20	30	21	30	54	181
DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	1	4	36	43	41	30	16	10	0	0	0	181
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	11	23	29	29	18	14	13	7	3	12	22	181
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	13	27	39	27	19	21	10	11	8	3	1	0	0	181
ARTHROCARE CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	6	3	6	17	22	13	14	14	13	11	15	16	12	18	180
ARTHROCARE CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	16	9	24	21	24	17	19	19	6	11	6	5	3	0	0	180
ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	52	12	22	15	3	13	11	11	13	8	2	7	5	0	0	174
ORIGIN MEDSYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	83	17	10	11	17	12	7	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	174
HEARTPORT, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	9	9	34	30	15	16	16	15	8	8	8	1	0	0	2	171
HEARTPORT, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	68	23	16	18	8	21	9	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	171
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	59	8	25	30	24	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	170
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	102	26	25	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	170
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	7	18	35	19	26	7	11	10	7	5	9	1	0	3	169
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	46	28	23	30	13	6	11	7	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	169
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	23	21	15	16	11	15	17	39	168
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	7	13	44	19	25	20	18	12	5	3	2	0	168
SCHERING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Grant:	32	19	14	15	25	16	12	6	6	8	3	5	3	2	0	166
SCHERING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Application:	88	9	16	15	13	11	4	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	166
SYMBIOSIS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	76	22	19	19	11	6	3	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	165
SYMBIOSIS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	122	22	5	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	165
MALLINCKRODT, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	0	0	3	6	18	28	34	15	7	5	12	7	11	14	164
MALLINCKRODT, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	9	5	3	22	53	20	5	14	13	5	10	4	1	0	0	164
STRYKER CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	30	10	12	13	14	10	9	13	5	7	5	6	7	10	13	164
STRYKER CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	59	10	13	18	7	12	10	9	9	7	8	2	0	0	0	164
SIEMENS ELEMA AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	53	10	16	14	18	19	13	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	161
SIEMENS ELEMA AB	Patents By Year of Application:	79	16	19	23	12	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161
INTERMEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	59	13	3	10	22	21	10	12	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	158
INTERMEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	77	6	27	20	12	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	158
MEDRAD, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	14	1	8	9	8	8	18	7	16	10	13	7	8	15	13	155
MEDRAD, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	26	7	10	20	14	15	27	11	12	4	7	2	0	0	0	155
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Patents By Year of Grant:	34	8	14	15	4	8	8	5	7	9	9	7	12	5	10	155
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA	Patents By Year of Application:	66	12	6	5	9	7	18	13	6	6	4	2	0	1	0	155
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	15	4	4	17	7	17	13	17	2	7	7	8	6	13	17	154
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	32	4	17	17	23	15	4	9	6	9	5	4	6	2	1	154
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERAETE GMBH & CO. INGENIEURBUERO BERLIN	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	4	6	12	7	16	24	32	11	11	7	6	0	1	2	152
	Patents By Year of Application:	21	16	11	18	39	26	14	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	152
GENERAL SURGICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	10	15	17	23	12	16	14	13	7	6	3	6	2	4	4	152
GENERAL SURGICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	47	26	12	25	7	6	8	8	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	152
ALCON, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	15	12	12	12	13	23	37	150
ALCON, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	1	9	13	23	20	20	25	21	11	4	3	0	150
ELA MEDICAL S.A.	Patents By Year of Grant:	25	11	14	11	4	4	12	12	7	6	11	4	11	7	10	149
ELA MEDICAL S.A.	Patents By Year of Application:	48	9	11	7	11	14	13	15	9	5	5	2	0	0	0	149
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	1	7	9	2	4	11	13	11	3	10	6	10	16	30	146
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	24	9	3	6	9	18	9	19	16	10	13	7	2	1	0	146
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	1	5	4	8	12	14	13	16	8	8	12	15	1	0	146
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	37	6	6	13	18	17	16	16	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	146
DUKE UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	33	7	8	7	17	13	9	10	7	8	6	5	6	4	4	144
DUKE UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	51	6	15	16	13	11	11	7	5	2	5	1	1	0	0	144
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	27	8	7	7	3	3	3	8	6	8	5	11	14	10	24	144
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	40	9	3	2	10	14	18	22	16	6	3	1	0	0	0	144
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	7	7	6	9	11	11	14	6	12	4	9	5	5	14	142
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	48	4	9	19	13	10	12	4	8	1	2	9	2	1	0	142
MASIMO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	4	5	4	6	6	8	13	16	8	15	15	18	15	5	142
MASIMO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	13	6	9	9	10	13	11	25	18	13	11	4	0	0	0	142
LINVATEC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	47	12	21	4	14	8	5	1	7	1	2	7	4	2	6	141
LINVATEC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	68	15	13	9	8	5	2	9	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	141
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	33	14	10	10	10	11	6	11	3	2	5	5	11	3	6	140
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	58	14	6	7	14	8	8	5	7	5	6	2	0	0	0	140
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	1	0	1	0	4	11	22	21	13	15	14	10	8	12	138
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	8	0	3	5	22	24	24	17	15	6	9	3	2	0	0	138
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH	Patents By Year of Grant:	21	2	8	10	9	10	8	14	9	12	7	7	7	4	10	138
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH	Patents By Year of Application:	34	8	12	8	16	14	11	9	14	3	7	2	0	0	0	138
SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	52	27	17	16	10	11	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	138
SIEMENS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	101	14	11	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	138
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	25	12	12	7	7	4	3	7	4	7	7	4	8	10	20	137
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	52	11	7	4	3	7	11	13	10	8	7	3	0	1	0	137
RICHARD WOLF GMBH	Patents By Year of Grant:	74	6	9	12	6	4	6	3	8	3	2	2	1	0	1	137
RICHARD WOLF GMBH	Patents By Year of Application:	90	10	9	1	8	8	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	137
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	Patents By Year of Grant:	18	7	7	9	12	8	11	9	7	9	6	2	13	9	9	136
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN	Patents By Year of Application:	41	11	7	14	11	10	7	14	9	6	3	3	0	0	0	136
WELCH ALLYN INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	49	5	7	7	12	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	10	7	11	135
WELCH ALLYN INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	63	4	8	8	3	10	2	10	3	10	9	4	1	0	0	135
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	1	0	7	17	13	18	5	18	11	15	9	20	134
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	1	2	11	19	16	23	15	23	8	11	3	2	0	0	134
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	Patents By Year of Grant:	26	13	9	5	6	7	9	6	2	1	4	8	6	17	15	134
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON	Patents By Year of Application:	46	8	7	8	5	10	5	8	13	14	3	6	1	0	0	134
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	15	7	11	14	13	13	18	26	132
BIOSENSE WEBSTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	8	18	13	9	35	12	19	10	4	1	3	0	132
COLIN CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	10	20	10	8	12	21	26	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	131
COLIN CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	35	11	10	8	17	26	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	131
PENTAX CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	36	21	25	18	19	11	0	0	131
PENTAX CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	0	1	0	2	25	26	26	27	19	5	0	0	0	0	0	131
ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	6	6	4	7	14	11	22	18	5	10	8	3	3	5	130
ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	23	7	6	14	22	19	20	10	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	130
RESPIRONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	24	13	3	9	8	9	16	21	8	11	2	0	0	0	5	129
RESPIRONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	46	8	4	19	15	16	11	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	129
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION)	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	1	13	7	6	12	6	14	6	10	6	8	4	6	9	127
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION)	Patents By Year of Application:	35	12	7	6	16	16	8	10	9	5	2	0	1	0	0	127
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	2	6	3	3	6	11	7	6	6	7	8	10	16	17	127
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	25	5	5	8	8	11	14	6	16	12	12	3	2	0	0	127
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	6	8	15	22	27	18	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	125
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	29	22	15	20	21	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	125
NOVO NORDISK A/S	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	7	4	17	10	10	6	19	6	6	5	4	5	5	10	125
NOVO NORDISK A/S	Patents By Year of Application:	26	18	15	11	4	20	5	13	3	5	2	2	0	1	0	125
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	4	3	22	32	13	16	15	8	4	3	0	0	2	123
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	8	11	25	22	13	23	11	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	123
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	2	15	26	17	14	14	14	8	11	0	122
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	7	28	29	13	24	14	3	2	1	0	0	0	122
NYCOMED IMAGING AS	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	16	19	16	15	20	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	122
NYCOMED IMAGING AS	Patents By Year of Application:	71	17	15	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	122
ANGEION CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	75	16	16	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
ANGEION CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	110	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	120
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL	Patents By Year of Grant:	45	4	4	4	7	6	8	12	4	7	4	6	2	4	3	120
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL	Patents By Year of Application:	59	5	6	8	8	11	6	5	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	120
PACESETTER AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	25	23	8	13	15	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	119
PACESETTER AB	Patents By Year of Application:	67	16	10	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119
SCHNEIDER (USA) INC., A PFIZER COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	30	12	22	13	16	15	4	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	119
SCHNEIDER (USA) INC., A PFIZER COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	62	22	18	6	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	119
COLOPLAST INTERNATIONAL A/S	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	5	7	4	4	5	6	11	5	6	6	7	9	10	20	118
COLOPLAST INTERNATIONAL A/S	Patents By Year of Application:	25	5	4	6	11	14	16	10	15	10	0	1	0	1	0	118
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	39	5	7	8	6	10	7	10	5	5	7	5	2	1	0	117
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	55	5	15	8	8	11	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	117
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	14	10	8	9	11	13	18	25	117
HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	1	0	4	9	20	8	18	21	18	12	3	1	2	0	117
ORMCO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	49	7	7	7	4	11	7	3	3	2	2	4	5	3	3	117
ORMCO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	63	7	5	10	5	8	3	4	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	117
RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	17	13	14	19	40	115
RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	20	25	21	22	13	1	0	0	115
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	11	8	15	16	16	11	18	114
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	1	0	0	3	8	22	15	18	24	9	9	4	1	0	0	114
ARTHREX INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	17	7	4	6	5	3	4	16	4	5	10	9	7	8	8	113
ARTHREX INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	25	6	6	6	6	13	12	18	8	7	3	2	1	0	0	113
DRAGERWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Grant:	68	9	17	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	113
DRAGERWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Application:	83	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	113
Covidien AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	35	64	112
Covidien AG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	9	10	32	39	10	8	0	0	112
INSTRUMENTARIUM CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	36	2	3	3	9	12	3	7	11	8	8	3	4	3	0	112
INSTRUMENTARIUM CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	47	4	10	5	9	6	12	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	7	3	7	5	10	7	11	10	7	9	6	4	3	7	112
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY	Patents By Year of Application:	29	6	5	11	13	13	13	5	8	7	1	0	1	0	0	112
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	2	15	14	10	16	10	7	11	3	1	1	6	6	3	111
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	28	21	16	12	12	9	5	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	111
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	10	12	24	40	17	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	52	35	19	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	3	0	1	4	13	10	15	16	18	6	12	7	4	109
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	5	0	22	5	13	23	14	12	8	6	1	0	0	0	109
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY	Patents By Year of Grant:	32	4	17	4	4	2	9	6	6	4	8	3	3	0	6	108
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY	Patents By Year of Application:	53	5	3	6	6	4	14	7	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	108
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	Patents By Year of Grant:	28	7	6	2	4	4	3	6	6	5	4	5	6	13	7	106
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK	Patents By Year of Application:	40	5	3	2	12	11	7	7	7	2	6	2	0	2	0	106
SMITH & NEPHEW RICHARDS INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	90	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105
SMITH & NEPHEW RICHARDS INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	104	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105
BIOSENSE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	1	7	3	7	18	13	16	9	3	7	6	1	4	3	104
BIOSENSE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	12	6	18	19	18	13	11	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Fujifilm Corporation	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	29	23	34	104
Fujifilm Corporation	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	1	1	12	10	7	12	19	17	11	11	3	0	104
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	26	4	3	9	8	4	2	6	3	10	3	6	5	4	11	104
KENSEY NASH CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	33	9	7	6	7	2	12	10	7	6	2	3	0	0	0	104
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	14	22	21	17	8	3	7	103
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	1	8	33	29	17	10	2	1	2	0	0	0	103
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	18	10	19	43	102
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	0	0	6	10	17	15	15	11	20	5	2	0	102
CARDIOTHORACIC SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	5	20	15	20	9	8	9	2	4	5	3	0	0	101
CARDIOTHORACIC SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	12	17	17	23	12	9	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	101
DEPUY SPINE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	8	16	7	14	45	101
DEPUY SPINE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	14	30	24	9	2	2	0	0	101
BIOMET, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	17	1	8	11	8	4	15	8	11	6	9	1	1	0	0	100
BIOMET, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	24	13	7	5	12	16	18	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	3	14	10	20	14	17	9	8	1	1	1	2	100
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	3	8	10	10	21	13	16	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	100
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	6	17	22	13	21	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	99
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	7	12	30	14	11	15	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	44	6	8	12	15	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	59	24	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	99
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Grant:	35	3	3	8	10	6	3	6	8	3	3	2	5	1	3	99
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Application:	46	9	6	8	8	7	4	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	99
MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	71	13	11	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
MALLINCKRODT MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	95	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
SHERWOOD MEDICAL COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	89	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
SHERWOOD MEDICAL COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
ALCON LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	42	12	4	15	13	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	97
ALCON LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	61	3	16	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	83	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	97
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	95	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	97
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	6	9	6	3	2	2	2	2	3	7	7	8	6	12	97
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	38	7	2	3	2	4	4	12	13	4	4	4	0	0	0	97
SPINECORE, INC	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	15	20	15	7	10	13	95
SPINECORE, INC	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	12	26	21	30	5	0	1	0	0	0	95
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	26	5	5	3	10	7	6	8	9	4	3	1	3	3	2	95
	Patents By Year of Application:	41	0	10	5	13	4	11	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	95
VISX, INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	0	5	3	4	13	6	12	9	6	11	8	7	0	0	95
VISX, INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	19	3	9	13	9	6	11	12	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	95
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	3	11	13	14	17	8	10	9	5	1	3	94
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	7	10	10	22	21	8	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	94
TANITA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	1	1	0	0	0	3	17	19	11	5	14	9	7	3	4	94
TANITA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	2	0	0	2	19	24	12	9	13	3	3	5	2	0	0	94
COCHLEAR LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	5	0	2	0	3	4	6	6	2	5	11	10	14	17	93
COCHLEAR LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	13	0	3	5	5	19	13	5	14	9	5	1	1	0	0	93
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	25	6	11	7	6	4	2	4	2	1	0	2	1	11	11	93
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	39	10	6	6	4	0	3	5	7	8	5	0	0	0	0	93
MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	5	10	7	13	11	7	16	3	5	6	1	4	2	0	93
MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	18	13	15	8	12	10	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	93
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	28	16	9	13	7	5	7	0	92
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	3	17	21	22	19	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	92
HABLEY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	88	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92
HABLEY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92
CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	12	5	6	8	8	28	91
CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	14	0	0	2	2	6	10	16	5	16	13	6	1	0	0	91
AKTIEBOLAGET ASTRA	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	7	11	13	13	18	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
AKTIEBOLAGET ASTRA	Patents By Year of Application:	41	15	21	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	5	7	9	12	9	9	8	3	1	2	1	2	4	5	90
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	37	8	10	9	6	6	5	2	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	90
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	12	8	8	6	9	4	10	9	3	1	6	13	90
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	6	19	7	7	5	7	18	5	3	7	5	0	0	1	0	90
OSSUR HF	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	4	8	15	19	18	18	90
OSSUR HF	Patents By Year of Application:	1	1	2	0	2	3	6	22	8	21	9	10	5	0	0	90
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	19	34	8	2	6	3	3	7	5	0	1	88
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	2	2	14	36	9	10	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	88
ZIMMER TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	12	11	12	5	8	24	88
ZIMMER TECHNOLOGY, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	2	5	17	23	9	16	7	7	1	1	0	88
ARADIGM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	14	5	15	11	10	6	7	5	6	2	3	1	1	1	0	87
ARADIGM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	35	8	13	1	9	11	2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	87
JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	17	23	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	78	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	3	5	8	9	13	20	21	86
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	2	0	1	2	2	3	9	12	13	21	14	6	1	0	0	86
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	20	10	7	6	14	7	6	5	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	86
ARCH DEVELOPMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	45	10	12	4	4	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	0	1	2	5	3	2	2	5	2	3	10	11	16	22	86
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	3	3	5	4	1	3	4	10	12	17	12	8	4	0	0	86
SCIENCE INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	28	5	11	13	11	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
SCIENCE INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	45	9	12	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
STEREOTAXIS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	1	5	7	7	8	7	5	7	8	3	10	18	86
STEREOTAXIS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	7	14	6	5	8	8	12	10	10	4	0	0	0	86
TELECTRONICS PACING SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	80	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
TELECTRONICS PACING SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
CARDICA, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	7	8	14	12	12	6	12	85
CARDICA, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	4	8	10	18	14	12	8	3	4	3	0	0	85
LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Grant:	25	10	7	15	14	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Application:	57	11	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	4	3	10	7	4	4	7	11	7	10	11	2	2	0	85
SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	17	10	3	8	8	11	17	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	85
FUJITSU LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	44	5	5	8	4	3	2	2	0	2	3	2	2	0	2	84
FUJITSU LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	58	7	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	84
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	15	1	5	7	10	8	5	7	3	3	4	5	8	2	0	83
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	21	11	8	7	8	5	8	3	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	83
STERLING WINTHROP INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	76	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83
STERLING WINTHROP INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	81	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH	Patents By Year of Grant:	14	4	3	3	4	3	2	5	6	5	8	6	6	7	5	81
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH	Patents By Year of Application:	21	6	3	1	1	11	12	7	7	8	3	1	0	0	0	81
ICU MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	5	4	5	4	3	1	4	5	3	1	6	5	9	22	81
ICU MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	14	5	4	2	6	3	3	3	3	1	35	1	1	0	0	81
OMRON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	3	5	3	0	5	4	12	9	6	9	2	0	0	1	81
OMRON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	32	2	2	3	8	9	13	9	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	81
BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	12	9	22	33	80
BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20	21	14	16	5	1	0	0	80
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	22	45	80
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	38	14	14	0	0	0	80
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	32	6	3	6	3	3	0	3	5	3	1	3	3	3	6	80
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	41	5	3	4	1	4	6	2	6	1	2	4	1	0	0	80
HOYA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	3	0	12	18	27	80
HOYA CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	11	2	0	4	0	2	2	2	9	15	22	9	2	0	0	80
KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH	Patents By Year of Grant:	21	6	3	6	11	8	4	7	2	0	2	2	3	1	4	80
KALTENBACH & VOIGT GMBH	Patents By Year of Application:	31	4	14	4	5	7	4	3	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	80
NOBEL BIOCARE AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	4	12	7	1	14	8	11	5	6	4	2	2	1	2	79
NOBEL BIOCARE AB	Patents By Year of Application:	20	2	3	14	13	17	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	79
AESCULAP AG & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	2	11	11	8	5	6	9	5	3	6	6	2	4	78
AESCULAP AG & CO. KG	Patents By Year of Application:	1	11	10	8	9	5	19	4	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	78
CAMERON HEALTH, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	16	11	12	11	13	78
CAMERON HEALTH, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	2	26	3	1	16	13	14	3	0	0	0	78
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	0	3	9	1	6	0	9	6	6	5	3	2	5	11	78
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	14	10	2	7	3	11	10	5	3	6	4	0	2	1	0	78
SIEMENS-PACESETTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
SIEMENS-PACESETTER, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	78
NIPRO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	8	2	9	9	10	14	3	11	77
NIPRO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	3	10	9	15	10	12	8	3	6	1	0	0	77
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	1	3	11	3	9	4	11	9	2	7	4	2	2	3	77
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	12	7	6	10	8	13	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	77
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	4	4	5	5	8	3	3	3	2	3	6	4	4	6	76
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH	Patents By Year of Application:	28	4	8	3	3	4	6	5	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	76
DATASCOPE INVESTMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	4	8	12	3	13	4	5	1	2	2	3	0	0	2	75
DATASCOPE INVESTMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	30	9	8	9	5	6	2	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	75
EMBOL-X, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	2	12	25	19	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
EMBOL-X, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	5	10	23	21	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
GIVEN IMAGING LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	9	7	7	5	18	23	75
GIVEN IMAGING LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	3	3	15	15	18	13	6	2	0	0	0	75
KOWA COMPANY LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	35	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	8	6	4	8	75
KOWA COMPANY LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	38	0	0	3	4	1	4	2	3	5	5	5	3	1	1	75
MEADOX MEDICALS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	21	7	13	8	10	9	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	75
MEADOX MEDICALS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	45	11	6	8	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	2	5	1	6	4	2	7	3	2	5	4	3	4	8	75
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	28	3	4	5	3	7	6	5	4	4	5	1	0	0	0	75
CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	39	6	8	9	2	4	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	74
CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	58	5	1	4	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	74
ZIMMER SPINE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	6	3	14	40	74
ZIMMER SPINE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	17	26	10	10	1	1	0	0	74
DEPUY ACROMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	1	6	3	6	12	13	6	9	7	5	2	3	73
DEPUY ACROMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	7	4	8	13	22	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	73
OSTEOTECH, INC. (A DELAWARE CORP.)	Patents By Year of Grant:	17	3	1	3	3	5	7	8	6	5	0	4	2	0	9	73
OSTEOTECH, INC. (A DELAWARE CORP.)	Patents By Year of Application:	22	1	4	5	10	13	8	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	73
VENTRITEX, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	54	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73
VENTRITEX, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	73
ALSIUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	4	3	17	16	15	5	7	4	1	0	0	72
ALSIUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	2	11	14	19	14	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	72
Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	1	12	14	2	72
Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16	32	0	19	1	0	0	0	72
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	0	0	3	2	5	4	8	6	6	7	5	6	3	14	72
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	Patents By Year of Application:	5	1	5	8	6	8	7	8	2	11	5	4	2	0	0	72
GENZYME CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	0	5	5	8	8	16	9	4	2	7	3	0	1	2	72
GENZYME CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	9	9	5	9	21	6	5	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	72
SENORX, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	12	8	6	4	8	10	7	6	72
SENORX, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	5	5	10	13	9	11	7	7	4	1	0	0	0	72
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	9	2	5	7	2	6	1	4	0	6	3	1	4	5	71
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	Patents By Year of Application:	32	6	2	3	6	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	71
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	2	9	7	7	5	0	0	1	0	8	3	10	19	71
HEALTH HERO NETWORK, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	3	11	6	9	3	1	1	2	5	7	16	5	1	0	1	71
IMPLANT INNOVATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	6	6	12	6	9	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	71
IMPLANT INNOVATIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	28	10	7	12	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71
KCI LICENSING, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2	8	7	6	6	8	9	18	71
KCI LICENSING, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	3	4	5	8	7	10	7	5	9	7	5	0	1	0	71
BRAINLAB AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	8	3	8	2	10	21	70
BRAINLAB AG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	3	2	18	11	6	6	15	7	2	0	0	0	70
DENTSPLY RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	18	4	5	7	3	9	10	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	70
DENTSPLY RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	32	5	2	9	9	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	70
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	2	0	1	9	9	7	6	5	4	6	4	6	9	2	70
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG	Patents By Year of Application:	2	2	15	8	5	9	9	3	5	8	3	1	0	0	0	70
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	13	6	32	70
St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	10	21	12	14	6	0	0	0	70
TECPHARMA LICENSING AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	7	13	10	25	70
TECPHARMA LICENSING AG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	16	12	16	9	5	3	0	0	70
B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	16	4	2	1	3	5	6	3	5	1	2	4	3	10	4	69
B. BRAUN MELSUNGEN AG	Patents By Year of Application:	21	2	4	6	7	3	7	6	4	0	5	2	2	0	0	69
COBE LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	24	22	12	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
COBE LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	63	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
KENDALL COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	63	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
KENDALL COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
MEDINOL LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	1	2	7	3	6	3	9	8	10	3	5	2	3	2	5	69
MEDINOL LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	7	5	13	3	11	8	11	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	69
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	10	3	7	9	6	5	4	6	2	1	3	2	4	5	2	69
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	22	13	7	6	3	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	69
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	24	12	17	9	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	54	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	69
BEIERSDORF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	1	6	0	8	4	6	11	6	1	5	2	3	1	3	68
BEIERSDORF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT	Patents By Year of Application:	21	5	6	8	12	6	2	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	68
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	Patents By Year of Grant:	26	0	3	6	11	3	6	5	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	68
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	Patents By Year of Application:	37	4	6	7	3	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68
BRACCO INTERNATIONAL B.V.	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	11	4	4	4	2	2	6	2	3	4	4	4	1	4	67
BRACCO INTERNATIONAL B.V.	Patents By Year of Application:	29	7	5	2	3	6	3	4	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	67
GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	1	0	3	8	10	7	7	4	6	6	6	2	1	2	67
GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	12	2	8	7	9	5	6	8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	67
HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	3	4	7	5	5	5	9	4	8	3	2	0	5	4	67
HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	12	9	7	5	10	7	4	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	67
REX MEDICAL, LP	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	8	9	10	5	7	3	12	67
REX MEDICAL, LP	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	3	0	2	18	13	7	14	6	3	0	1	0	0	67
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	7	7	5	10	6	8	4	8	3	3	5	66
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	4	8	14	3	9	8	10	1	7	0	0	0	0	66
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	11	15	3	9	2	8	6	6	66
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	3	12	14	18	2	5	6	3	0	2	0	1	66
NISSHO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	30	4	8	9	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66
NISSHO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	41	10	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66
SMITHS INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	23	3	9	14	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
SMITHS INDUSTRIES LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	33	13	14	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	2	3	3	3	1	0	1	2	3	11	9	10	8	5	65
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	12	2	2	2	2	1	8	12	13	4	6	1	0	0	0	65
VENETEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	1	3	5	3	2	4	6	3	5	7	3	2	2	8	11	65
VENETEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	10	5	4	2	5	5	7	6	3	4	8	5	1	0	0	65
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	14	4	3	1	1	1	1	5	5	2	5	3	2	8	10	65
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	22	0	2	1	4	6	4	7	3	5	8	3	0	0	0	65
E. R. SQUIBB + SONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	37	13	8	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
E. R. SQUIBB + SONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	60	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	11	3	13	9	4	4	4	2	4	2	3	3	1	64
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	14	7	8	9	6	4	2	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	64
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	4	5	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	6	63
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	42	7	2	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	63
RADI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	7	1	1	3	4	4	4	7	5	5	6	3	5	2	6	63
RADI MEDICAL SYSTEMS AB	Patents By Year of Application:	10	3	3	5	3	10	11	4	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	63
ALLIANCE PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	8	11	3	7	8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
ALLIANCE PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	41	8	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	25	1	1	1	5	5	11	4	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	62
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	28	1	6	8	6	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
CYGNUS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	1	4	9	12	4	9	6	8	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	62
CYGNUS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	19	8	4	7	6	12	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	62
Carestream Health, Inc.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	15	17	24	62
Carestream Health, Inc.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	15	14	16	5	2	2	0	62
EMORY UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	10	2	10	4	6	4	3	4	7	3	2	0	0	0	7	62
EMORY UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	24	8	6	1	10	2	4	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	62
IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	10	9	13	2	5	6	8	62
IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	2	0	9	20	8	10	3	6	2	1	1	0	62
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) A.G.	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	6	16	5	6	4	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	62
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) A.G.	Patents By Year of Application:	37	11	1	4	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	62
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	20	5	9	3	4	6	3	3	1	3	0	1	1	1	2	62
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	35	6	5	5	2	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	62
CARDIAC PATHWAYS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	32	5	6	7	5	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
CARDIAC PATHWAYS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	44	11	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
HOLOGIC, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	0	5	4	2	4	1	2	1	1	1	2	6	13	17	61
HOLOGIC, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	11	2	1	5	4	0	3	6	5	6	6	5	4	3	0	61
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	8	2	4	6	4	4	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	61
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	31	4	4	5	3	5	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	61
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	13	3	3	5	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	3	8	9	60
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	22	2	4	1	3	2	6	3	4	8	3	1	1	0	0	60
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	2	3	3	4	3	6	6	3	1	3	3	1	4	7	60
DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	Patents By Year of Application:	17	3	3	10	4	2	4	8	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	60
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	9	12	4	6	3	3	4	10	60
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	5	11	8	9	5	9	6	2	0	2	1	0	0	60
GAMBRO LUNDIA AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	4	11	9	15	17	60
GAMBRO LUNDIA AB	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	2	4	2	9	9	19	9	1	4	1	0	0	60
L'OREAL S.A.	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	4	5	1	3	5	7	5	4	3	4	1	3	3	4	60
L'OREAL S.A.	Patents By Year of Application:	16	4	3	8	6	9	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	60
MOLNLYCKE AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	29	8	15	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
MOLNLYCKE AB	Patents By Year of Application:	56	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
POLAR ELECTRO OY	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	4	2	0	2	7	9	13	6	0	3	3	3	2	2	60
POLAR ELECTRO OY	Patents By Year of Application:	9	3	1	9	9	15	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	60
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	18	4	3	2	2	5	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	4	9	60
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	25	6	1	3	2	5	4	1	4	3	1	5	0	0	0	60
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	37	8	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LABORATORIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	54	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	9	5	9	18	6	1	1	59
CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	3	8	7	8	11	8	13	1	0	0	0	0	59
IMARX PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	6	13	11	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	59
IMARX PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.	Patents By Year of Application:	40	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
INCONTROL, INC. (WASHINGTON)	Patents By Year of Grant:	42	10	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
INCONTROL, INC. (WASHINGTON)	Patents By Year of Application:	54	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
MEDISON CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	2	5	1	3	6	6	9	7	1	2	1	1	4	11	59
MEDISON CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	6	2	6	4	5	7	9	4	1	5	7	3	0	0	0	59
OHMEDA INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	16	17	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
OHMEDA INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	40	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	18	2	2	2	4	3	3	9	9	3	1	0	0	0	3	59
PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	26	4	5	0	4	13	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	2	4	5	3	2	9	7	3	4	2	2	1	14	59
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	3	5	5	4	4	12	8	7	5	1	1	4	0	0	0	59
VIDAMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	9	9	7	3	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
VIDAMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	42	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
DANEK MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	41	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58
DANEK MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58
NUVASIVE, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	6	8	4	4	5	3	5	2	6	14	58
NUVASIVE, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	8	12	6	5	7	7	6	3	1	2	0	0	58
SULZER INTERMEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	6	35	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58
SULZER INTERMEDICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	27	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	58
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER	Patents By Year of Grant:	7	0	7	2	2	5	5	3	2	3	5	2	7	4	4	58
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER	Patents By Year of Application:	15	1	3	6	5	3	4	8	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	58
CONMED CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	5	3	2	0	1	2	1	2	6	5	1	3	2	5	57
CONMED CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	28	1	1	1	2	3	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	57
CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	2	1	7	4	16	8	5	3	3	6	2	0	57
CRYOCATH TECHNOLOGIES INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	2	4	6	9	10	9	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	57
CYBERONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	1	4	6	14	57
CYBERONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	23	0	1	2	0	5	1	2	2	12	7	2	0	0	0	57
ECLIPSE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	2	2	10	12	16	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	57
ECLIPSE SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	19	17	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
JENERIC/PENTRON INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Grant:	9	1	0	3	13	7	12	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	57
JENERIC/PENTRON INCORPORATED	Patents By Year of Application:	10	1	16	12	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
MINIMED INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	20	4	6	5	4	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	57
MINIMED INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	29	6	4	10	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
ORAMETRIX, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	8	2	5	7	8	6	4	9	57
ORAMETRIX, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	7	9	5	6	8	7	10	3	1	1	0	0	57
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC	Patents By Year of Grant:	23	4	10	4	3	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	57
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC	Patents By Year of Application:	38	4	2	3	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	57
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	Patents By Year of Grant:	7	0	5	6	2	5	7	3	5	3	3	1	4	1	5	57
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA	Patents By Year of Application:	14	4	6	1	8	7	1	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	57
ASTRAZENECA AB	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	9	9	7	9	4	3	4	5	56
ASTRAZENECA AB	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	5	8	5	6	11	10	3	2	3	2	0	1	0	56
GC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	4	1	3	1	10	6	8	3	2	3	3	3	0	3	56
GC CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	11	2	3	5	8	9	6	4	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	56
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	4	4	7	9	7	12	56
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	2	7	11	11	14	9	0	1	0	1	0	56
LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	9	10	6	5	2	6	3	6	56
LTS LOHMANN THERAPIE-SYSTEME AG	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	9	11	14	12	2	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	56
MICRUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	7	11	8	7	4	6	4	0	0	4	5	56
MICRUS CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	14	5	8	10	5	4	2	1	4	1	0	2	0	56
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.)	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	1	0	3	2	6	7	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	9	56
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.)	Patents By Year of Application:	5	2	3	5	8	6	6	9	3	0	5	3	0	1	0	56
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	2	5	8	8	9	6	8	2	2	3	1	1	1	56
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	4	6	11	8	7	10	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	56
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	10	5	6	6	8	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	33	4	7	4	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
VITATRON MEDICAL B.V.	Patents By Year of Grant:	28	2	7	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
VITATRON MEDICAL B.V.	Patents By Year of Application:	33	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
BIEDERMANN MOTECH GMBH	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	1	3	1	4	2	1	0	6	3	2	6	1	7	12	55
BIEDERMANN MOTECH GMBH	Patents By Year of Application:	10	1	4	3	2	6	10	6	3	6	2	2	0	0	0	55
DAIG CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	9	5	13	7	7	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
DAIG CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	28	10	6	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
GENETRONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	6	3	2	5	7	8	3	5	6	4	1	2	2	1	0	55
GENETRONICS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	13	3	10	9	4	5	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
MITEK SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	34	2	6	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
MITEK SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	42	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	4	1	3	2	2	7	16	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	55
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	9	3	3	3	16	12	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
FRESENIUS AG	Patents By Year of Grant:	24	1	13	6	2	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	54
FRESENIUS AG	Patents By Year of Application:	43	3	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Grant:	17	4	5	1	2	4	1	3	5	2	2	3	1	2	2	54
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA	Patents By Year of Application:	25	3	2	3	1	6	6	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	54
PHARMACIA AKTIEBOLAG	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	2	1	1	0	9	4	6	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	54
PHARMACIA AKTIEBOLAG	Patents By Year of Application:	25	2	4	6	6	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	54
PURITAN-BENNETT CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	39	7	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
PURITAN-BENNETT CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	48	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Grant:	12	5	4	3	3	3	4	1	2	2	4	3	3	1	4	54
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF	Patents By Year of Application:	22	3	4	4	3	1	3	1	3	1	5	4	0	0	0	54
ATL ULTRASOUND, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	10	13	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
ATL ULTRASOUND, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	9	12	24	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
B. BRAUN MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	9	3	3	9	3	2	0	5	3	2	1	2	2	6	3	53
B. BRAUN MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	16	6	7	1	4	1	4	2	3	5	3	0	1	0	0	53
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	34	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53
IMMUNOMEDICS INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	5	6	8	3	6	3	2	1	0	3	4	2	3	4	3	53
IMMUNOMEDICS INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	20	6	4	4	1	1	6	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	53
NIKON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	22	9	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	53
NIKON CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	36	10	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	53
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	11	11	4	4	8	1	0	2	53
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	1	1	6	3	7	12	9	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	53
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Grant:	19	4	3	2	4	2	7	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	53
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY	Patents By Year of Application:	28	0	2	6	5	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	53
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS	Patents By Year of Grant:	4	1	1	7	6	6	4	5	2	5	2	2	1	1	6	53
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS	Patents By Year of Application:	10	2	6	9	8	3	3	3	4	2	1	2	0	0	0	53
ALOKA CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Grant:	14	1	6	3	2	1	2	2	5	2	0	3	1	4	6	52
ALOKA CO., LTD.	Patents By Year of Application:	19	4	2	3	1	3	3	5	7	2	3	0	0	0	0	52
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Grant:	30	3	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	2	52
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY	Patents By Year of Application:	35	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	52
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED	Patents By Year of Grant:	5	2	1	4	1	0	1	3	1	1	6	10	5	4	8	52
GLAXO GROUP LIMITED	Patents By Year of Application:	10	2	2	2	4	7	8	10	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	52
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	6	7	13	9	4	2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	52
STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	28	6	6	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	52
CARDIAC INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	1	7	15	7	5	1	0	0	51
CARDIAC INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	11	2	11	8	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	51
EV3, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	3	4	9	9	12	51
EV3, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	1	0	0	0	3	2	14	5	7	14	2	3	0	0	0	51
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	1	13	11	8	4	2	3	6	1	0	2	51
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	1	21	13	9	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	51
LIFESCAN, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	8	9	8	5	2	4	4	51
LIFESCAN, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	2	0	0	5	3	8	15	6	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	51
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	7	2	3	1	5	2	1	10	51
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	1	0	0	8	12	8	5	5	5	2	2	2	0	1	0	51
PALL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	23	7	5	1	2	0	2	3	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	51
PALL CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	37	0	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	51
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	9	3	5	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	1	4	4	2	8	51
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	16	5	0	5	4	1	5	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	51
SONY CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	11	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	2	3	1	2	2	7	12	51
SONY CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	12	2	1	1	4	4	1	5	8	7	4	1	1	0	0	51
ALARIS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	13	7	3	4	6	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	50
ALARIS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	15	7	6	5	3	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
MENTOR CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	15	2	2	8	5	1	0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	50
MENTOR CORPORATION	Patents By Year of Application:	25	5	3	0	3	5	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	50
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH	Patents By Year of Grant:	3	4	3	2	3	2	7	8	8	3	0	3	0	2	2	50
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH	Patents By Year of Application:	9	3	2	4	8	7	8	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	50
PELIKAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	6	11	18	50
PELIKAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	0	0	0	0	0	2	35	3	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	50
SULZER CARBOMEDICS INC.	Patents By Year of Grant:	0	0	1	4	11	22	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
SULZER CARBOMEDICS INC.	Patents By Year of Application:	1	4	17	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	Patents By Year of Grant:	8	1	1	2	1	6	2	3	3	1	3	3	5	4	7	50
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	Patents By Year of Application:	12	2	0	5	5	3	1	6	9	2	3	2	0	0	0	50
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Grant:	10	0	6	1	2	5	1	3	4	2	1	2	3	1	9	50
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUNDATION	Patents By Year of Application:	15	2	2	4	3	7	6	1	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	50
Other Organizations (17936)	Patents By Year of Grant:	12769	2590	3635	3582	3702	3814	3704	4219	3480	2857	3381	3018	2768	3337	5546	62402
Other Organizations (17936)	Patents By Year of Application:	19838	3859	4038	4332	4900	4935	4900	4482	3730	2991	2241	1418	562	158	18	62402

Medical Devices
PARTS A1, A2, B
Granted: 01/01/1991 - 12/31/2010
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