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

ISRAEL

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 89 109 138 144 121 601
MOTOROLA, INC. 14 19 35 32 18 118
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 16 14 29 35 23 117
INTEL CORPORATION 13 15 31 21 22 102
YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM 12 19 23 28 20 102
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13 12 22 12 15 74
RAMOT UNIVERSITY AUTHORITY FOR APPLIED RESEARCH AND INDUSTRI 11 8 15 12 14 60
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 13 18 9 8 7 55
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, RAFAEL-ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 14 17 10 7 5 53
ISCAR LTD. 5 10 13 10 12 50
SCI TEX CORPORATION LTD. 13 12 6 13 6 50
ORMAT INDUSTRIES, LTD. 5 14 7 6 4 36
BIO-TECHNOLOGY GENERAL CORP. 4 4 9 8 4 29
INDIGO N.V. 5 2 6 9 6 28
TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 7 4 5 6 1 23
ESC MEDICAL SYSTEMS LTD. 0 5 9 6 1 21
MEDINOL LTD. 0 2 7 5 7 21
APPLIED SPECTRAL IMAGING LTD. 0 0 6 6 8 20
LASER INDUSTRIES LTD. 4 4 8 2 2 20
TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, LTD. 4 6 4 2 2 18
PHARMOS CORP. 5 2 3 3 2 15
BIOSENSE, INC. 3 1 4 1 5 14
BROMINE COMPOUNDS LTD. 1 5 5 0 3 14
ELECTRIC FUEL LIMITED 7 2 2 1 2 14
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 2 4 6 14
BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY 4 2 1 2 4 13
HADASIT MEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICES & DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 0 0 3 7 3 13
ZAG LTD. 3 3 5 1 1 13
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 2 12
ELSCINT LTD. 6 1 2 2 1 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 1 3 3 11
D.S.P.C. TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 0 0 0 1 9 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 0 0 4 3 3 10
NOVA MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 1 2 1 2 4 10
SAIFUN SEMICONDUCTORS, LTD. 0 0 1 2 7 10
WAFERSCALE INTEGRATION INC. 2 2 4 2 0 10
BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 2 1 2 0 4 9
KULICKE AND SOFFA INVESTMENTS, INC. 3 0 1 3 2 9
SMARTLIGHT LTD. 0 0 3 3 3 9
CHIP EXPRESS (ISRAEL) LTD. 1 3 2 1 1 8
NANOMOTION LTD. 0 4 2 1 1 8
NEWS DATACOM LTD. 2 2 3 1 0 8
ZEN RESEARCH N.V. 2 4 0 1 1 8
3COM CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 5 7
GALILEO TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 3 4 0 7
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES LTD. 1 2 2 1 1 7
MERCURY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
NEXUS 1994 LIMITED 4 1 1 1 0 7
ORBOT INSTRUMENTS LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
ORBOTECH LTD. 1 1 3 0 2 7
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. 0 1 0 2 4 7
VISONIC LTD. 1 3 0 2 1 7
ADVANCED VISION TECHNOLOGY, LTD. 0 1 4 0 1 6
DEAD SEA WORKS LIMITED 3 0 1 0 2 6
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 0 0 1 1 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
PERIO PRODUCTS LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
PLASSON MAAGAN MICHAEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1 1 2 1 1 6
TADIRAN LTD 2 2 2 0 0 6
WIRELESS ONLINE, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. AT THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 1 1 1 2 1 6
ADVANCED RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
AGROGENE LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
CALLMANAGE LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
CARGILL, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
DSPC ISRAEL LTD. 0 0 1 0 4 5
E.C.R.-ELECTRO-CHEMICAL RESEARCH LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ELOP ELECTROOPTICS INDUSTRIES LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
FUSELAGE ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
INFLUENCE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES (LASERS) LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
LIFE MEDICAL SCIENCES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MALCAM LTD. 0 1 1 0 3 5
MIGADA, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
ORMAT TURBINES (1965) LTD. 4 0 1 0 0 5
PEPTOR LIMITED 0 0 1 2 2 5
SHELLCASE LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
TARO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 0 1 0 1 3 5
TEDEA-HUNTLEIGH INTERNATIONAL LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER 1 0 0 4 0 5
UNIC VIEW LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
VISIONCARE LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
ZAG INDUSTRIES LTD. 0 0 0 5 0 5



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