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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 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

ALABAMA

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant
First-Named Assignee 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 105 135 128 118 106 592
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 19 22 19 33 28 121
ADTRAN 4 11 18 24 17 74
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 13 17 15 12 14 71
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 10 17 11 9 9 56
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 3 3 9 18 15 48
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 8 8 8 4 7 35
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 4 6 7 1 8 26
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 9 6 8 1 25
3DLABS INC. LTD. 0 5 3 10 6 24
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 5 10 6 22
NANOTEK INSTRUMENTS, INC. 3 4 8 3 3 21
SHEARWATER CORPORATION 0 2 10 8 0 20
INTERGRAPH CORPORATION 8 4 6 0 0 18
BARON SERVICES, INC. 3 5 3 2 1 14
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 3 3 3 2 2 13
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 3 6 3 12
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 1 5 3 1 2 12
COLTEC INDUSTRIES INC. 3 2 4 2 0 11
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 5 2 1 2 10
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 5 1 1 0 2 9
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 3 3 2 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6 0 2 1 0 9
SOLUTIA INC. 4 2 1 0 2 9
INNOFLEX INCORPORATED 2 2 2 1 1 8
ROBBINS INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 3 8
CYBEX COMPUTER PRODUCTS CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 4 2 0 7
THE WATER HEATER INDUSTRY JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM 1 0 3 2 1 7
SONY CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 1 1 2 0 6
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 1 0 2 1 1 5
HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
STEELCASE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
VULCAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5


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