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 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 75 |
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. | 13 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 49 |
LOCTITE (IRELAND) LIMITED | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
ELAN CORPORATION P.L.C. | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
AVE CONNAUGHT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
MOLEX INCORPORATED | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
ELAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
PURITAN-BENNETT CORPORATION | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
HITACHI, LTD | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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