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

SOUTH CAROLINA

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 136 101 166 146 152 701
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 19 15 29 11 0 74
NCR CORPORATION 9 12 18 24 11 74
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 27 20 18 6 0 71
WESTVACO CORPORATION 13 12 18 12 14 69
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 0 0 30 23 53
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 7 2 14 15 11 49
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 5 13 14 12 4 48
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 10 6 6 12 41
CRYOVAC, INC. 0 0 3 12 16 31
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 3 6 8 3 11 31
RELIANCE ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 6 2 9 10 2 29
BAYER CORPORATION 3 3 7 7 8 28
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE 4 4 4 9 4 25
BASF CORP. 5 4 3 7 5 24
RYOBI NORTH AMERICA, CORP. 1 9 3 9 2 24
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 6 8 5 2 2 23
ASTEN GROUP, INC. 2 6 6 7 1 22
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 6 7 5 1 2 21
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. 7 1 8 4 0 20
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 3 9 6 19
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 0 0 5 14 19
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 4 11 18
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1 1 5 5 6 18
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY, INC. 0 1 3 10 3 17
BIC CORPORATION 0 2 4 7 2 15
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 3 5 4 3 0 15
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 5 5 3 0 2 15
WANGNER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 5 1 4 2 2 14
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 6 2 4 1 1 14
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 1 3 4 3 2 13
POLY-MED, INC. 0 1 4 4 4 13
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 4 1 4 1 13
AT&T GLOBAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS COMPANY 9 2 0 0 1 12
AVX CORPORATION 5 2 0 4 1 12
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 3 4 2 3 0 12
UNION SPECIAL CORPORATION 1 5 5 0 1 12
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 4 4 1 0 2 11
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 7 11
SEQUA CHEMICALS, INC. 5 3 3 0 0 11
ALEXANDER MACHINERY, INC. 5 0 1 2 2 10
FIBERWEB NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 3 3 0 0 9
SQUARE D COMPANY 2 1 0 3 3 9
STEEL HEDDLE MFG. CO. 1 1 1 2 4 9
WORLD CLASS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 0 3 2 9
BPM TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 2 0 0 2 4 8
HENKEL CORPORATION 4 3 0 0 1 8
JPS AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CORP. 5 3 0 0 0 8
THOMAS + BETTS CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 0 8
AVM, INC. 1 0 1 5 0 7
MAYER INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 1 1 0 2 7
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, LLC 0 0 0 4 3 7
PIRELLI CABLE CORP. 1 0 0 4 2 7
RYOBI MOTOR PRODUCTS CORP. 4 2 1 0 0 7
COMPACT AIR PRODUCTS, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
CREE, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MOLECULAR RX, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 1 1 2 2 0 6
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
BAYNE MACHINE WORKS, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
DUNLOP MAXFLI SPORTS CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
FALLON LUMINOUS PRODUCTS CORP. 2 0 3 0 0 5
FN MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
HARSCO CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
R. E. PHELON COMPANY, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
REEVES BROTHERS INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 3 1 0 1 5
T + S BRASS AND BRONZE WORKS, INC. 2 1 0 2 0 5
WOVEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 4 0 0 5



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