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

BELGIUM

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 102 112 135 116 128 593
~Individually Owned Patent 33 23 37 41 36 170
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 18 20 35 44 34 151
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 29 41 24 18 20 132
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 20 21 30 31 24 126
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 17 20 11 14 16 78
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 9 7 14 21 15 66
ALCATEL N. V. 22 13 16 6 0 57
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 13 8 11 12 12 56
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 12 8 16 10 9 55
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 3 9 12 21 53
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO ELECKRONICA CENTRUM VZW 4 7 9 14 15 49
PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS N.V. 5 13 12 8 7 45
N. V. RAYCHEM S.A. 10 4 11 7 5 37
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 3 1 5 14 12 35
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 3 6 9 7 8 33
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 4 5 6 4 13 32
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 5 8 7 6 6 32
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 3 1 8 5 10 27
GLAVERBEL 3 6 9 5 4 27
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 4 7 6 1 9 27
XEIKON NV 6 6 4 3 8 27
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 6 5 4 5 6 26
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 4 2 5 9 6 26
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 2 8 8 5 26
DOW CORNING S.A. 4 1 8 5 6 24
ALCATEL THOMSON FAISCEAUX HERTZIENS 0 0 0 2 20 22
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 0 0 7 9 5 21
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 2 1 4 4 6 17
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 1 3 4 5 4 17
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 3 4 4 1 4 16
PICANOL N.V. 4 3 3 1 5 16
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 2 2 4 2 14
COCA-COLA COMPANY 6 0 5 2 1 14
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 0 8 1 5 14
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 0 0 3 3 8 14
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 2 2 0 1 7 12
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 1 6 5 0 12
STAAR, S.A. 3 1 2 2 4 12
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. 0 0 5 3 4 12
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 3 5 1 0 3 12
ZENECA LIMITED 3 4 2 3 0 12
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 2 2 3 3 1 11
DSM N.V. 2 1 1 2 4 10
ELF ATOCHEM S.A. 1 4 3 0 2 10
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 1 3 2 2 1 9
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 2 1 2 0 9
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 0 0 3 3 3 9
ALCATEL ALSTHOM COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'ELECTRICITE 0 0 2 6 0 8
BARCO GRAPHICS N.V. 0 2 1 4 1 8
CORVITA CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 1 8
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 5 1 2 8
N.V. OWENS-CORNING S.A. 0 0 3 2 3 8
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 1 1 3 1 1 7
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 0 3 3 1 7
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 4 7
MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A. 2 0 3 2 0 7
SCAMBIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS AG 2 2 0 1 2 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 3 0 0 6
INTERNATIONAL SANITARY WARE MANUFACTURING CY, S.A. 0 0 2 4 0 6
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
RAFFINERIE TIRLEMONTOISE, SOCIETE ANONYME 1 3 1 0 1 6
AKZO NOBEL NV 0 0 1 2 2 5
BAROID TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
C. P. BOURG, S.A. 0 1 2 2 0 5
LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS N.V. 0 1 1 0 3 5
SLEGTEN SOCIETE ANONYME 1 1 3 0 0 5
SOLVAY 0 1 2 2 0 5
ZEXEL CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5



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