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 | 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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