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 | 65 | 73 | 73 | 90 | 82 | 383 |
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 73 |
VOEST-ALPINE INDUSTRIEANLAGENBAU GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 15 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 66 |
IMMUNO AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 11 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 58 |
FRANZ PLASSER BAHNBAUMASCHINEN-INDUSTRIE GMBH | 14 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 55 |
LENZING AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 7 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 45 |
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 41 |
JULIUS BLUM GMBH | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 39 |
ANDRITZ-PATENTVERWALTUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 38 |
STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 8 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
AVL MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AG | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
BIOCHEMIE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
ENGEL MASCHINENBAU GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
AVL LIST GMBH | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
DSM CHEMIE LINZ GMBH | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
AVL GESELLSCHAFT FUR VERBRENNUNGSKRAFTMASCHINEN UND MESSTECH | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
SCHABLONENTECHNIK KUFSTEIN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
BAXTER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
C. A. GREINER & SOHNE GMBH & CO. KG | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
SCHWARZKOPF TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
HTM SPORT- UND FREIZEITGERAETE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
VEITSCH-RADEX AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT FUR FEUERFESTE ERZEUGNISSE | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
EH-SCHRACK COMPONENTS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
GRASS AG | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
VIANOVA RESINS AG | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
ELECTROVAC, FABRIKATION, ELEKTROTECHNISCHER SPEZIALARTIKE | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
PCD POLYMERE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
BOREALIS GMBH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
ALFIT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
D. SWAROVSKI + CO. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
TRIDONIC BAUELEMENTE GMBH | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
VOEST-ALPINE EISENBAHNSYSTEMS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
INVENTIO AG | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
SANDOZ LTD. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
TCG UNITECH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
SEZ SEMICONDUCTOR-EQUIPMENT ZUBEHOR FUR DIE HALBLEITERFERTIGUNG AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK DR. ERNST FEHRER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
BINDER & CO. AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
DSM FINE CHEMICALS AUSTRIA GMBH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
FULTERER GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
HOERBIGER VENTILWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
IVOCLAR AG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
SIEMENS MATSUSHITA COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
AUSTRIAN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT SGP/WAAGNER BIRO GMBH | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
COLOP STEMPELERZEUGUNG SKOPEK GMBH & CO. KG | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
FANCYFORM DESIGN ENGINEERING | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
GOODWELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
IMS IONEN MIKROFABRIKATIONS SYSTEMS GESELLSCHAFT MBH | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
KONRAD DOPPELMAYER & SOHN MASCHINENFABRIK GESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO KG | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
NEUTRIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
BLAU INTERNATIONAL GESMBH | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
FISCHER ADVANCED COMPOSITE COMPONENTS GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
FRANZ HAAS WAFFELMASCHINEN INDUSTRIEGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
ISOVOLTA OSTERREICHISCHE ISOLIERSTOFFWERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
JENBACHER ENERGIESYSTEME AG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
KONE OSAKEYHTIO | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
LEICA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
MIBA SINTERMETALL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT OSTERREICH | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
SKIDATA COMPUTER G.M.B.H. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
VOEST-ALPINE BERGTECHNIK GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
WACKER SILTRONIC GESELLSCHAFT FUR HALBLEITERMATERIALIEN AG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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