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

NORTH CAROLINA

(patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor)
 
First-Named Assignee 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 266 289 322 306 310 1493
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 71 153 179 203 248 854
ERICSSON, INC. 21 118 180 197 172 688
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 32 28 41 23 34 158
DUKE UNIVERSITY INC. 21 28 30 28 40 147
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 22 26 23 23 30 124
GLAXO WELLCOME INC. 19 20 26 19 30 114
WHITAKER CORPORATION 25 26 28 23 4 106
BASF CORP. 27 20 21 17 12 97
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 34 27 20 9 3 93
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 14 23 15 7 21 80
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 16 15 17 15 8 71
ABB POWER T&D COMPANY INC. 7 13 15 13 20 68
NOVARTIS FINANCE CORPORATION 7 21 18 20 2 68
FMC CORPORATION 6 15 14 15 11 61
SIECOR CORPORATION 8 16 18 13 3 58
LORD CORPORATION 8 12 9 13 15 57
EATON CORPORATION 14 8 9 14 8 53
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 5 11 9 13 14 52
ALCATEL THOMSON FAISCEAUX HERTZIENS 0 0 2 20 27 49
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 18 14 4 10 3 49
SQUARE D COMPANY 7 9 16 6 9 47
CATERPILLAR INC. 7 5 10 15 8 45
GILBARCO, INC. 4 11 12 16 1 44
DANA CORPORATION 4 11 8 5 15 43
MITSUBISHI SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC. 8 22 5 6 0 41
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 11 10 4 11 4 40
RHONE-POULENC INC. 9 5 10 7 5 36
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 6 4 7 9 10 36
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION 0 0 2 17 15 34
MCNC 3 3 11 8 6 31
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 15 11 3 1 0 30
CORNING INCORPORATED 4 1 9 5 10 29
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 2 5 8 10 4 29
SARA LEE CORPORATION 9 2 5 6 7 29
SIECOR OPERATIONS, LLC 0 0 2 12 15 29
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4 5 3 5 11 28
MARCONI COMMERCE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 12 16 28
MICELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 10 16 27
VESTURE CORPORATION 4 4 9 5 5 27
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 4 10 12 26
AKZO NOBEL NV 3 6 7 2 7 25
CREE RESEARCH, INC. 7 8 4 4 2 25
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 4 4 6 5 6 25
REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC. 5 5 9 3 2 24
CEM CORPORATION 1 2 1 4 13 21
WELLMAN INC. 5 0 5 5 6 21
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 6 4 4 4 20
ALCATEL NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC. 5 10 4 0 0 19
KENNAMETAL INC. 4 7 6 1 1 19
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED 2 2 14 1 0 19
GRASS AMERICA, INC. 3 5 4 2 4 18
CATERPILLAR S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 11 6 17
INDIAN HEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 4 1 1 5 17
TEE-LOK CORPORATION 10 3 3 0 1 17
CHIRON CORPORATION 0 8 7 1 0 16
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 0 1 3 7 5 16
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 2 3 4 5 2 16
CELGARD INC. 0 0 4 6 5 15
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 4 1 6 1 3 15
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 6 5 3 0 1 15
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 3 3 4 2 3 15
ARTEVA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 0 0 0 6 8 14
BAYER CORPORATION 2 7 3 1 1 14
CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 7 14
EMBREX INC. 1 1 3 3 6 14
HARRIS CORP. 1 6 7 0 0 14
INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 3 6 1 4 14
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 13 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 5 2 2 3 2 14
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. 8 4 2 0 0 14
CREE, INC. 0 0 0 3 10 13
RAYCHEM CORPORATION 4 5 3 1 0 13
ABT, INC. 5 4 1 1 1 12
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 0 0 3 5 4 12
PUROLATOR PRODUCTS COMPANY 4 2 3 2 1 12
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2 0 0 1 9 12
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 0 0 0 12 12
ZF MERITOR, L.L.C. 0 0 0 3 9 12
AT&T CORP. 0 4 2 1 4 11
BOPS, INC. 0 0 0 5 6 11
BURLINGTON CHEMICAL CO., INC. 4 2 1 1 3 11
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 2 0 3 5 1 11
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 0 0 0 0 11 11
KAY CHEMICAL COMPANY 2 1 4 4 0 11
REGENT LIGHTING CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 7 11
ALCATEL NA CABLE SYSTEMS INC. 4 4 1 1 0 10
CHANNEL MASTER LLC 0 0 2 3 5 10
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 2 1 3 3 1 10
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 2 1 2 1 4 10
HIGHLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 4 3 0 1 10
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 4 0 3 2 1 10
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 1 4 5 10
NOVARTIS CORPORATION 4 4 2 0 0 10
PHARMAGRAPHICS (MIDWEST), L.L.C. 0 4 1 4 1 10
STERLING DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, INC. 4 5 1 0 0 10
TRIMERIS, INC. 0 0 0 7 3 10
WINDSOR INDUSTRIES, INC. 5 2 2 1 0 10
CAMCO MANUFACTURING, INC. 2 5 1 1 0 9
CARDIMA, INC. 3 2 2 2 0 9
CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION 8 1 0 0 0 9
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
CORPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 6 0 0 0 9
DATA GENERAL CORP. 2 3 4 0 0 9
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 4 1 0 9
KOBE STEEL USA, INC. 4 2 2 1 0 9
LAMBDA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 1 2 9
MANTISSA CORPORATION 0 1 1 5 2 9
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 4 2 2 9
MIDDLEBY MARSHALL INC. 3 1 3 1 1 9
PRECISION FABRICS GROUP, INC. 1 2 4 1 1 9
SOFT PLAY, L.L.C. 5 1 2 1 0 9
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 4 9
VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 5 1 9
ALBA WALDENSIAN, INCORPORATED 4 2 1 0 1 8
DEERE + COMPANY 0 1 2 2 3 8
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
DOUGLAS BATTERY MANUFACTURING CO. 2 3 0 2 1 8
DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 0 2 3 1 2 8
HENKEL CORPORATION 2 2 3 1 0 8
INDUSTRIAL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
MEDI-PHYSICS, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
MIDREX INTERNATIONAL BV ROTTERDAM, ZURICH BRANCH 3 1 1 1 2 8
NOVO NORDISK BIOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 0 0 2 4 2 8
SPX CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP. 4 1 0 3 0 8
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 0 1 3 1 3 8
WEAVEXX CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 2 8
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 2 4 1 1 0 8
AKEVA, L.L.C. 0 2 2 1 2 7
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 0 4 3 7
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 0 2 1 3 1 7
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 0 0 2 4 1 7
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 0 0 2 3 2 7
REXAM INDUSTRIES CORP. 2 0 2 1 2 7
TRIANGLE PACIFIC CORP. 0 4 2 1 0 7
TUBULAR TEXTILE LLC 4 2 0 1 0 7
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ALEMITE CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 0 6
APLIX, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
BELL & HOWELL MAIL & MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO. 0 0 0 4 2 6
CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 4 0 0 1 1 6
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 4 0 6
DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 2 0 4 6
DELTA CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES 1 0 0 3 2 6
DELTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
DRINKARD METALOX, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
ENCELLE, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
FUCHS SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 2 0 6
GENPAK, L.L.C. 2 0 1 2 1 6
GLASS UNLIMITED OF HIGH POINT, INC. 1 4 0 0 1 6
GUILFORD MILLS, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 1 6
L.B. (PLASTICS) LIMITED 1 1 1 0 3 6
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 0 1 1 3 1 6
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
NOVO NORDISK A/S 0 0 4 2 0 6
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 0 0 5 1 0 6
PARKER ATHLETIC PRODUCTS, LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
POWERWARE CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 2 4 6
RHONE-POULENC AGRO 0 0 0 4 2 6
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 0 1 3 6
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
ALLIED LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
BELL & HOWELL MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEMS COMPANY 0 2 2 1 0 5
BELMONT TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
BURNS AEROSPACE CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
CLEARLINE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
COMMSCOPE PROPERTIES, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
DRESSER EQUIPMENT GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ECOLAB INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
EXIDE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL 2 1 1 1 0 5
FED CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
ICAGEN, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
ILCO UNICAN CORP. 2 0 2 1 0 5
MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY 0 0 1 1 3 5
MONARCH KNITTING MACHINERY CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
OSSID CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
PERFORMANCE FRICTION CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. 4 1 0 0 0 5
REICHHOLD, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
RIKE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
STERIS CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 0 5
SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
TARGACEPT, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
TECHNIMARK, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
TELEFLEX INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2 1 2 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 0 0 2 2 5
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH 0 1 2 1 1 5
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5



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