U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
First-Named Assignee | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 145 | 158 | 220 | 201 | 236 | 960 |
~Individually Owned Patent | 42 | 49 | 33 | 40 | 33 | 197 |
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 |
BURTON CORPORATION USA | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
ADVANCED VISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
ADVANCED TISSUE SCIENCES, INC. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
SPECTRA, INC. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
TUCEL INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
ASCENSION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
CAULDRON LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
MARTIN-MARIETTA CORPORATION | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
C. A. LAWTON COMPANY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
GENERAL DYNAMICS ARMAMENT SYSTEMS, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
HAZELETT STRIP-CASTING CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
KOBEL, INC. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
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