U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Information Products Division Technology Assessment and Forecast (TAF) Branch |
First-Named Assignee | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Total |
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY | 217 | 156 | 176 | 190 | 170 | 909 |
~Individually Owned Patent | 39 | 23 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 159 |
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. | 25 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 82 |
HERCULES INCORPORATED | 20 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 79 |
LANXIDE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LP | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 54 |
DU PONT MERCK PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY | 23 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 52 |
ZENECA LIMITED | 15 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 49 |
DUPONT PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 22 | 40 |
MONTELL NORTH AMERICA INC. | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 37 |
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
DADE BEHRING INC. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
ARCO CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, L.P. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
DENCO, INC. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
MACDERMID IMAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
ELSICON, INC. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
DENTSPLY RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT CORP. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
RODEL HOLDINGS INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
RODEL INC. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
MOBIL OIL CORP. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
SOUTHCO INC. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
SPEAKMAN COMPANY | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
AQUALON COMPANY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
SUN COMPANY, INC (R&M) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
WESTVACO CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
ASTROPOWER, INC. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
BACHMANN INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
COMPACT MEMBRANE SYSTEMS, INC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
CSB ENTERPRISES, INC. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
DADE INTERNATIONAL INC. | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
EDGECRAFT CORP. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
STERLING DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, INC. | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY RESEARCH CORPORATION | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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