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 1997 - 2001 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

MARYLAND

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 344 346 342 313 316 1661
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 119 132 113 72 75 511
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 62 80 92 60 85 379
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 38 69 88 63 74 332
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 48 44 50 50 50 242
BLACK & DECKER INC. 9 26 35 39 49 158
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC. 12 23 51 39 29 154
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 13 24 30 20 21 108
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 14 35 27 19 8 103
BELL ATLANTIC NETWORK SERVICES, INC. 18 24 15 12 13 82
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 17 19 14 12 17 79
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 15 19 15 22 71
CIENA CORPORATION 3 11 10 25 19 68
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 13 8 12 20 11 64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 13 10 12 12 15 62
HUGHES ELECTRONIC DEVICES CORPORATION 29 17 0 0 0 46
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 3 4 12 13 12 44
GPI NIL HOLDINGS, INC. 1 9 8 4 21 43
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 13 8 4 11 6 42
IGEN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 11 5 10 10 37
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 6 14 9 1 37
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 8 6 9 6 7 36
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 1 6 5 14 8 34
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 8 9 4 11 33
FUSION LIGHTING, INC. 4 11 6 3 8 32
COMSAT CORPORATION 6 5 5 8 6 30
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. 8 10 3 5 1 27
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 4 6 4 10 2 26
WESTVACO CORPORATION 3 3 3 6 11 26
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 2 6 7 4 24
LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 3 3 9 6 2 23
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION HEALTH FOUNDATION 1 3 11 2 5 22
ASGROW SEED COMPANY 7 9 2 2 2 22
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 4 6 6 4 2 22
WRIGHT MANUFACTURING INC. 1 3 4 6 8 22
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 2 10 5 0 21
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 1 7 8 1 4 21
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS 0 2 5 7 6 20
PRO-NEURON, INC. 1 2 3 5 9 20
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 1 6 11 18
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 3 3 1 5 5 17
GENVEC, INC. 0 5 4 3 5 17
BOWLES FLUIDICS CORPORATION 1 8 4 0 3 16
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 3 0 3 2 8 16
CRYOVAC, INC. 0 0 4 3 8 15
MONSANTO CORPORATION 0 0 13 1 1 15
SWEETHEART CUP COMPANY INC. 4 1 5 3 2 15
ANTEX BIOLOGICS FORMERLY MICROCARB INC. 4 2 4 3 1 14
HENRY JACKSON FOUNDATION 2 2 3 2 5 14
GILLETTE COMPANY 3 4 2 3 1 13
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 2 2 2 2 12
EG&G PRESSURE SCIENCE, INC. 2 8 1 1 0 12
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 6 2 4 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 3 4 0 3 12
OSIRIS THERAPEUTICS, INC. 0 1 1 3 7 12
PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORP. 3 4 3 2 0 12
TELOGY NETWORKS INC. 0 5 1 5 1 12
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 5 7 0 0 0 12
AKZO NOBEL NV 3 1 1 2 4 11
ISOSTENT, INC. 3 4 0 3 1 11
VOLUNTEERS FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING 2 1 2 3 3 11
AAI CORPORATION 1 1 6 2 0 10
DATEX-OHMEDA, INC. 0 0 0 2 8 10
GENETIC THERAPY, INC. 2 2 5 1 0 10
J. M. HUBER CORPORATION 1 2 4 2 1 10
LAB PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 3 2 2 10
MCCORMICK + COMPANY INC. 2 2 2 1 3 10
PER IMMUNE HOLDINGS, INC. 1 4 5 0 0 10
SHIRE LABORATORIES, INC. 0 1 5 1 3 10
THOMA J. LIPTON CO., DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 0 0 1 5 4 10
BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC. 1 2 0 1 5 9
FUSION UV SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 3 1 9
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 5 0 9
IGEN, INC. 7 0 1 1 0 9
INVITROGEN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 9 9
MEMTEC AMERICA CORPORATION 3 5 1 0 0 9
NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 0 2 1 9
PARKWAY MACHINE CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 2 9
STANFORD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 2 0 2 0 9
UNIVERSAL HEALTHWATCH, INC. 1 6 1 1 0 9
AIRPAX CORPORATION, LLC 0 0 1 5 2 8
CONTOUR OPTIK INC. 0 0 4 3 1 8
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 1 1 4 1 8
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 2 8
FUSION SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 2 1 2 1 8
INNOTECH, INC. 0 5 3 0 0 8
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 1 3 1 1 8
NEUROPACE, INC. 0 0 2 5 1 8
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 4 1 1 1 1 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 2 2 3 8
UNITED CONTAINER MACHINERY GROUP, INC. 0 1 2 5 0 8
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 0 2 1 0 4 7
COLOR PRELUDE, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
EATON CORPORATION 1 0 2 4 0 7
FOSS NIRSYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 1 3 0 7
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 0 2 5 0 0 7
JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 0 1 2 2 2 7
MOWER FAMILY CHF TREATMENT IRREVOCABLE TRUST 0 0 0 4 3 7
NOVAVAX, INC. 4 2 0 1 0 7
OHMEDA INC. 2 2 3 0 0 7
ORGAN, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
STUART SHELVING LLC 1 0 0 2 4 7
SWALES AEROSPACE, INC. 0 0 0 3 4 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1 3 3 0 0 7
VAN DEN BERGH FOODS CO., DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 1 1 0 6
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 2 1 1 1 1 6
CATHCO, INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
CEL-SCI CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 2 6
CORVIS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
DIGENE CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 3 6
HAND TOOL DESIGN CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
MARCOR MANAGEMENT, INC. 0 2 4 0 0 6
MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 1 6
MARTIN-MARIETTA CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
NABI 0 1 2 0 3 6
ONCOR, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
REPLICON, INC. 2 2 0 0 2 6
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 0 3 6
WATKINS-JOHNSON COMPANY 0 1 3 2 0 6
WORLDSPACE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ALCATEL THOMSON FAISCEAUX HERTZIENS 0 0 0 1 4 5
APTI, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
BARRSKOGEN, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
BETZDEARBORN INC. 3 1 0 0 1 5
BLOOM & KRETEN 1 4 0 0 0 5
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
EAGLE INVENTORS, LLC 0 2 1 2 0 5
ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ENTREMED, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
FIRST DATA CORPORATION INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
FUTREX, INC. 1 0 0 4 0 5
INFORMEDIX, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
K & L MICROWAVE INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
METASENSORS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MPR ASSOCIATES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
NEOCERA, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5
NORFOLK FABRICATION, INC. 0 2 0 3 0 5
ORCHID BIOSCIENCES, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
PHARMACO BEHAVIORAL ASSOCIATES, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
RESEARCH CORPORATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ROTHSCHILD'S ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES, INC. 0 4 0 1 0 5
SENECA NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
TECHNOLOGY PATENTS, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNIQUES CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 0 5
USF FILTRATION AND SEPARATIONS GROUP INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
V-ONE CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
WARD HOLDING COMPANY, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 3 5



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