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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

NEVADA

( 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 178 190 156 176 143 843
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 5 14 32 61 89 201
MIKOHN GAMING CORPORATION 6 7 6 11 6 36
SIERRA DESIGN GROUP 2 0 3 12 12 29
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 6 4 2 3 13 28
SHUFFLE MASTER, INC. 2 1 6 9 2 20
VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 3 4 2 1 20
CASINO DATA SYSTEMS 9 1 1 4 3 18
ROCKY RESEARCH 1 4 3 2 6 16
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF NEVADA 1 1 1 6 2 11
INDIGO ENERGY, INC. 0 0 0 5 5 10
CHROMALLOY GAS TURBINE CORPORATION 5 2 1 1 0 9
SIGMA GAME, INC. 4 2 0 2 1 9
ANCHOR GAMING 2 0 4 2 0 8
BHP MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 5 0 0 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 2 8
BALLY GAMING, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
LSP PRODUCTS GROUP, INC. 1 4 1 1 0 7
MICROMANIPULATOR CO., INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
COLEPAT, LLC 0 0 1 4 1 6
GREENEARTH CLEANING, LLC 6 0 0 0 0 6
PROGRESSIVE GAMES, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
STARGUIDE DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
TRW INC. 1 1 2 2 0 6
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 0 0 0 1 5 6
BARRIER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
POLYPHASER CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
SECURITRON-MAGNALOCK CORP. 2 1 0 2 0 5


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