U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
First-Named Assignee | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
~Individually Owned Patent | 137 | 108 | 121 | 117 | 118 | 601 |
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION | 136 | 123 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 271 |
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION | 0 | 10 | 81 | 84 | 63 | 238 |
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 1 | 35 | 73 | 58 | 49 | 216 |
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. | 47 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 149 |
NESTEC, S.A. | 19 | 26 | 27 | 40 | 33 | 145 |
ABB RESEARCH LTD. | 10 | 6 | 26 | 33 | 23 | 98 |
FERAG AG | 15 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 84 |
NOVARTIS CORPORATION | 0 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 15 | 80 |
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 76 |
ASULAB S.A. | 13 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 71 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 7 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 67 |
GRAPHA HOLDING AG | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 66 |
ABB MANAGEMENT AG | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
EMS-INVENTA AG | 8 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 62 |
INVENTIO AG | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 56 |
SANDOZ LTD. | 32 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
ELPATRONIC AG | 8 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 52 |
LONZA A. G. | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 47 |
ETA SA FABRIQUES D'EBAUCHES OF GRANGES | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 |
ALUSUISSE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT LTD. | 0 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 45 |
SULZER RUTI AG | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE S.A. | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 38 |
LONZA LTD. | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 38 |
FIRMENICH SA | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 37 |
MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER AG | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 35 |
ROCHE VITAMINS INC. | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
SMH MANAGEMENT SERVICES AG | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 33 |
BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) A.G. | 2 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 32 |
BOBST, S.A. | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 31 |
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
SYNTHES LTD. (U.S.A.) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
ZELLWEGER LUWA AG | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
SULZER CHEMTECH AG | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
NOVARTIS FINANCE CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
PELIKAN PRODUKTIONS AG | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 |
GIVAUDAN ROURE (INTERNATIONAL) SA | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
ROLIC AG | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
BUHLER AG | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
GRETAG IMAGING AG | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
CERBERUS AG | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
FLEISSNER GMBH & CO., MASCHINENFABRIK | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
SULZER MEDIZINALTECHNIK AG | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
TEXTILMA AG | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
BUCHER-GUYER AG MASCHINENFABRIK | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
LOGITECH, INC. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
HOLDERBANK FINANCIERE GLARUS AG. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
MASCHINENFABRIK WIFAG | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
OERLIKON-CONTRAVES AG | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
RCA THOMSON LICENSING CORP. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
SULZER ORTHOPAEDIC AG | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
EM MICROELECTRONIC-MARIN SA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
ENDRESS+HAUSER FLOWTEC AG | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
GEBERIT AG | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
GEMA VOLSTATIC AG | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
HANS OETIKER AG MASCHINEN- UND APPARATEFABRIK | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
LANDIS & GYR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AG | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
WELLA AG | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
AGIE SA | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
K.K. HOLDINGS AG | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
BUEHLER AG | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
GEORG FISCHER ROHRLEITUNGSSYSTEME AG | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
LEICA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
MOTOROLA, INC. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
NOVARTIS CROP PROTECTION, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
RHONE-POULENC VISCOSUISSE SA | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
RIETER MACHINE WORKS LTD. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
VON ROLL UMWELTTECHNIK AG | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
ABB ALSTOM POWER (SWITZERLAND) LTD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
ALUSUISSE-LONZA SERVICES LTD. | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
ASCOM TECH AG. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
DISETRONIC LICENSING AG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
EMHART GLASS MACHINERY INVESTMENTS INC. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
MBT HOLDING AG | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
METTLER TOLEDO AG | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
SIKA AG, VORM. KASPAR WINKLER & CO. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS AG | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
BRACCO INTERNATIONAL B.V. | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
CHARMILLES TECHNOLOGIES SA - GENEVA | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
ELECTROWATT TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
ESEC SA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
HUBER & SUHNER AG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
KOMAX HOLDING AG | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
LAREX AG | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
OERLIKON-CONTRAVES PYROTEC AG | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
SULZER INNOTEC AG | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
ZAMBON GROUP S.P.A. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
MAAG PUMP SYSTEMS TEXTRON AG | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
SPENO INTERNATIONAL S.A. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
THERMOSELECT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
WAGNER INTERNATIONAL AG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
CREATECHNIC AG | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
DE LA RUE GIORI S.A. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
DIVERSEY LEVER, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
EUROCELTIQUE, S.A. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
INSTITUT STRAUMANN AG | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
LAUENER ENGINEERING, LTD. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
SCHOELLER-PLAST SA | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
SPECTROSPIN AG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
DEBIOTEC S.A. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
ED. GEISTLICH SOHNE AG FUR CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
EJNAR JENSEN & SON MASKINFABRIK A/S | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
FIRMA FEDAG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
GEC ALSTHOM T&D AG | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
HAWE NEOS DENTAL DR. H. VON WEISSENFLUH AG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
IVOCLAR AG | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
LEICA MIKROSKOPIE SYSTEME AG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
MARS INCORPORATED | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
METTLER-TOLEDO GMBH | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
RHODIA FILTEC AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
SICPA HOLDING, S.A. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
TERRA AG FUR TIEFBAUTECHNIK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
ALLEN-BRADLEY COMPANY | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
ASCOM AUTELCA AG. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
BENNINGER AG | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
BRACCO RESEARCH S.A. | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
BRUDERER AG | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
BUCHI LABORTECHNIK AG | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
DAIMLER CHRYSER AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
E. KERTSCHER S.A. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
EMHART GLASS S.A. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
FISCHERWERKE ARTUR FISCHER GMBH & CO. KG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
GOLDEN ALUMINUM COMPANY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
HANSA METALLWERKE AG | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
ILFORD AG | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
ILFORD IMAGING SWITZERLAND GMBH | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
INTERELECTRIC AG | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
MAASLAND N.V. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
MARIGEN S.A. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
MONTRES ROLEX S.A. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
PAMAG AG | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
PLUS ENDOPROTHETIK AG | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
PLUSS STAUFER AG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
REICHLE+DE-MASSARI AG | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
ROCHE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS, INC. | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS CORP. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
SCHNEIDER (EUROPE) GMBH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE-GESELLSCHAFT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
SULZER ELECTRONICS AG | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
A.G. FUR INDUSTRIELLE ELEKTRONIK AGIE LOSONE B. LOCARNO | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
ALCATEL N. V. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
BARCOL-AIR AG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
CERBIOS PHARMA S.A. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
CIBA VISION CARE CORP. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
CONCAST STANDARD AG | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
DYCONEX PATENTE AG | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
EUGSTER/FRISMAG AG | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
FLEISSNER GMBH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
GANSER-HYDROMAG AG | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
GAY FRERES VENTE ET EXPORTATION S.A. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
GIVAUDAN-ROURE CORPORATION | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
GUEST ELCHROM SCIENTIFIC A.G. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
HCT SHAPING SYSTEMS SA | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
KWC AG | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
MAXS AG | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
MEDTRONIC INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
MELCHER, AG | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
OPTOSYS SA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
ORBISPHERE LABORATORIES NEUCHATEL SA | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
RATHOR AG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
ROTKREUZSTIFTUNG ZENTRALLABORATORIUM BLUTSPENDEDIENST SRK | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
SFS INDUSTRIE HOLDING AG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
SOCIETE ANONYME DES PLIEUSES AUTOMATIQUES (SAPAL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
SOLIPAT AG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
SULZER METCO AG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
TARIM ASSOCIATES FOR SCIENTIFIC MINERAL AND OIL EXPLORATION AG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
WENGER SA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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