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 | 246 | 232 | 305 | 299 | 315 | 1397 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY | 46 | 42 | 67 | 74 | 66 | 295 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | 32 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 141 |
SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION | 21 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 37 | 102 |
BELL ATLANTIC NETWORK SERVICES, INC. | 9 | 20 | 33 | 9 | 25 | 96 |
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED | 24 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 85 |
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 17 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 83 |
ERICSSON, INC. | 6 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 80 |
FUISZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD. | 9 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 67 |
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. | 10 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 67 |
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUNDATION | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 61 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY | 13 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 59 |
WESTVACO CORPORATION | 4 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 55 |
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 51 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 44 |
REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 |
ETHYL CORPORATION | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 37 |
HUBBELL INCORPORATED | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 26 |
FACE INTERNATIONAL CORP. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 25 |
FRAMATOME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, INC. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 |
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
ITT CORPORATION | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO. | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
MEDECO SECURITY LOCKS, INC. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
O.R. SOLUTIONS, INC. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
AMSC SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
HAMILTON BEACH/PROCTOR-SILEX, INC. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
ITT INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
AMERICAN RESEARCH CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
INNOTECH, INC. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
DYAX CORP. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
MCDERMOTT TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
EON CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
GENICOM CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF HAMPTON ROADS | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA, INC. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
SIMPLIMATIC ENGINEERING CO. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
BRENCO, INCORPORATED | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
ERICCSON GE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
MARLEY MOULDINGS, INC. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
HUGHES ELECTRONIC DEVICES CORPORATION | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
LIFENET RESEARCH FOUNDATION | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
REHRIG INTERNATIONAL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
STANFORD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
XYBERNAUT CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
AGRI-TECH, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
AKZO NOBEL NV | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
AMF BOWLING, INC. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
BRISTOL COMPRESSORS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
COHERENT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
CUMMINS EAGLE, INC. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
CYTOS PHARMACEUTICALS LLC | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS COMPANY | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
KOLLMORGEN CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
KSI INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
MEANS INDUSTRIES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
MEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
VIRGINIA PANEL CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
AGRINUTRIENTS TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
AMERICAN FILTRONA CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
ARCTECH INC. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
ASHWORTH BROTHERS, INC. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
CONSERVATION RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
CYTONIX CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
GEO-CENTERS, INC. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
HOPPMANN CORPORATION | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
LTC AMERICAS INC. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
MACROSONIX CORP. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
MALLEN RESEARCH LTD. PARTNERSHIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
MOTOROLA, INC. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
OMNIPOINT CORPORATION | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
POLY-BOND, INC. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
RUBBERMAID COMMERICAL PRODUCTS INC. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
S. E. VENTURES, INC. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
SONY CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
TAILORED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
TECSEC INCORPORATED | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
UNION CAMP CORPORATION | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
VIRGINIA POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
VISION III IMAGING, INC. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
WAGNER ELECTRIC CORPORATION | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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