U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Information Products Division
Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country), Breakout By Organization
Count of 1996 - 2000 Utility Patent Grants By Calendar Year of Grant

[Explanation of Data]

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

COLORADO

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 309 252 333 349 333 1576
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 85 91 183 189 168 716
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 34 17 18 29 49 147
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7 18 35 47 36 143
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 55 72 127
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 12 16 34 30 20 112
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 10 35 35 26 108
NEXSTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 5 19 37 18 15 94
COBE LABORATORIES, INC. 12 33 21 19 7 92
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 13 19 14 30 84
U.S. WEST INC. 0 2 27 31 21 81
MAXTOR CORPORATION 17 9 11 17 18 72
MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 16 7 24 13 9 69
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 5 32 18 12 67
SYMETRIX CORPORATION 8 11 20 14 11 64
RIBOZYME PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3 17 15 14 12 61
AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS COMPANY 30 20 8 2 0 60
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 5 12 25 9 60
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE REGENTS OF 13 21 16 8 2 60
HESKA CORPORATION 2 6 16 10 25 59
OMNIPOINT CORPORATION 3 14 17 11 12 57
U S WEST TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 18 12 1 0 43
DISCOVISION ASSOCIATES 3 10 14 5 10 42
EXABYTE CORPORATION 3 6 10 17 6 42
JOHNS MANVILLE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 16 14 12 42
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 9 16 15 42
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 9 4 10 13 3 39
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 4 11 21 38
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 4 12 8 6 7 37
OHMEDA INC. 5 7 15 6 0 33
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 31 31
AMGEN 1 6 3 9 11 30
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 4 2 7 16 30
MICRO MOTION, INC. 2 6 8 9 5 30
COORS BREWING COMPANY 8 3 7 4 7 29
CORTECH, INC. 1 7 6 9 6 29
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 1 5 7 5 11 29
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 7 4 4 8 5 28
ADAPTEC, INC. 1 5 3 6 12 27
AT&T CORP. 21 0 3 0 3 27
EMC CORPORATION 7 6 8 3 2 26
LASER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 5 6 7 26
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 2 2 10 8 26
SYMBIOS LOGIC INC. 0 5 19 2 0 26
VALLEYLAB INC. 6 8 7 1 3 25
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 5 2 8 5 4 24
ATRIX LABORATORIES, INC. 1 4 11 4 3 23
BALL CORPORATION 3 8 4 3 4 22
MARATHON OIL COMPANY 2 4 9 3 3 21
MOBILE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 0 1 12 8 21
OEA, INC. 3 8 4 2 4 21
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 4 5 5 4 21
SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY 3 9 5 1 3 21
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5 5 5 4 1 20
INTEGRAL PERIPHERALS, INC. 7 4 8 1 0 20
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 2 3 3 10 19
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 6 3 3 2 19
SCHULLER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 11 7 1 0 0 19
UNITED MEMORIES, INC. 5 5 3 4 2 19
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 7 4 4 2 2 19
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 6 8 4 18
PICOLIGHT INCORPORATED 0 1 7 9 1 18
NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR IMMUNOLOGY AND RESPIRATORY MEDICI 2 3 7 4 1 17
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 7 1 3 3 3 17
DISPLAYTECH INCORPORATED 5 3 4 2 2 16
BOULDER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY 1 2 3 3 6 15
GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION 3 3 5 4 0 15
HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA 0 0 0 7 8 15
SOMATOGEN, INC. 2 3 9 0 1 15
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 0 3 7 4 14
PACESETTER, INC. 0 5 6 3 0 14
SAMSONITE CORPORATION 5 2 4 3 0 14
ATMEL CORPORATION 2 3 0 5 3 13
HACH COMPANY 2 2 6 3 0 13
QUANTUM PERIPHERALS COLORADO, INC. 3 6 2 2 0 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 9 1 0 1 2 13
US WEST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 2 5 0 0 13
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 4 1 3 1 3 12
CONNER PERIPHERALS, INC. 7 3 2 0 0 12
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC. 0 0 0 8 4 12
GATES CORPORATION 0 5 2 4 1 12
MEDIAONE GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 7 4 12
MEDLOGIC GLOBAL CORPORATION 2 1 4 4 1 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2 4 1 3 2 12
EVENFLO COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 6 4 11
NAPRO BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. 1 1 1 3 5 11
SCHWINN CYCLING & FITNESS INC. 1 0 3 6 1 11
STANLEY AVIATION CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 2 11
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 0 2 9 11
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION 4 5 1 1 0 11
VIXEL CORPORATION 7 3 1 0 0 11
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 10 10
ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 0 2 4 2 10
BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 3 4 3 10
BIOSTAR, INC. 5 2 0 2 1 10
DISPLAY LABORATORIES, INC. 2 1 2 2 3 10
GERRY BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY 5 3 1 1 0 10
HAUSER, INC. 0 4 1 3 2 10
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 2 2 4 1 10
OMEGA TECH, INC. 2 3 0 3 2 10
QUALMARK CORPORATION 3 1 3 0 3 10
SIERRA APPLIED SCIENCES, INC. 0 1 1 7 1 10
TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 2 1 2 3 10
TEXACO INC. 1 0 1 2 6 10
CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 5 4 0 9
CHARVID LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 0 1 1 3 4 9
CHORUM TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 4 5 9
COLORADO SEMINARY 2 3 1 2 1 9
COLORLINK, INC. 0 0 1 5 3 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 1 2 6 0 0 9
ELTRON RESEARCH, INC. 0 2 2 1 4 9
JAY MEDICAL, LTD. 3 5 0 1 0 9
JOHN FLUKE MFG. CO., INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 4 4 9
NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER 0 0 0 5 4 9
RENTECH, INC. 4 3 1 0 1 9
RODIME PLC 0 7 0 2 0 9
SHERWOOD SERVICES AG 0 0 0 0 9 9
SPYDERCO, INC. 0 1 2 3 3 9
STURMAN INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 4 1 3 9
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 4 2 1 2 0 9
VARI-L COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 5 1 9
AUDIOLOGIC, INC. 0 1 3 0 4 8
CHRONOPOL, INC. 0 4 2 2 0 8
CSG SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
ENHANCED MEMORY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 3 4 8
FISCHER IMAGING CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 2 8
GOLDCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 1 3 0 0 8
NVX CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 0 8
OUT OF LINE SPORTS, INC. 1 3 3 0 1 8
PALOMAR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 0 8
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 1 3 0 3 8
SENETICS, INC. 0 2 5 1 0 8
SIEVERS INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 1 4 2 0 8
TELECTRONICS PACING SYSTEMS, INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO., L.P. 0 1 6 1 0 8
AMERICAN MICRO-SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
BAXTER BIOTECH TECHNOLOGY SARL 0 0 0 3 4 7
CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 2 7
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 4 0 3 7
HAZEN RESEARCH, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
IMAGE GUIDED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
MEURER INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
MONFORT, INC. 2 1 0 3 1 7
OPTICAL SECURITY GROUP, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
OPTIMARK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 1 4 7
SONY CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
TIME WARNER CABLE, A DIVISION OF TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 3 2 2 7
WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
BAND-IT-IDEX, INC. 3 0 2 0 1 6
BIO MEDIC DATA SYSTEM, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
BOLDER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 1 3 1 6
BOUNCE, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
CAREFREE/SCOTT FETZER COMPANY 1 1 0 4 0 6
CARGILL, INC. 0 0 2 2 2 6
COLEMAN POWERMATE, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
COORS CERAMICS COMPANY 0 4 2 0 0 6
CYBEX INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 1 6
J.D. EDWARDS WORLD SOURCE COMPANY 0 0 2 4 0 6
LIGHTNING ELIMINATORS & CONSULTANTS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
RESEARCH ELECTRO-OPTICS, INC. 0 0 2 3 1 6
ROCKSHOX, INC. 1 0 0 2 3 6
SIENNA IMAGING, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
SPECTRALINK CORPORATION 1 4 1 0 0 6
TETRAD CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 1 2 6
UNIVERA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
US WEST MARKETING RESOURCES GROUP, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
WCM INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 2 6
WINDSOR INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
WOODWARD GOVERNOR COMPANY 1 0 2 0 3 6
ADVANCED CORONARY INTERVENTION, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
AIR METHODS CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL 0 0 4 0 1 5
AMF BOWLING, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
AMOCO CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5
AVID ENTERPRISES, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
BREECE HILL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
COBE CARDIOVASCULAR OPERATING CO., INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
COLORADO MICRODISPLAY, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 3 0 2 0 5
COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
DIRECT MEASUREMENT CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
EMPAK INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
HIGH VOLTAGE GRAPHICS, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
IMMUNEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
MATSUSHITA-KOTOBUKI ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 0 0 4 5
MCI WORLDCOM, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
OPTIMA BATTERIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
PFIZER INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
PLATTE CHEMICAL CO. 0 2 2 0 1 5
PREFERRED MACHINING CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ROCHE COLORADO CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
SIMTEK CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
STONEAGE, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SUPERCONDUCTING CORE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
TEAM MEDICAL, L.L.C. 0 0 3 1 1 5
TOKO, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5



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