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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 128 96 77 60 61 422
~Individually Owned Patent 36 53 36 26 25 176
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 34 29 41 30 7 141
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, VZW 16 28 23 44 29 140
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 24 20 29 25 31 129
ALCATEL 20 23 17 19 33 112
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 20 19 23 21 11 94
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 16 21 19 14 18 88
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 13 25 21 14 1 74
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 15 19 14 10 5 63
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 12 12 7 16 8 55
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 0 6 13 12 16 47
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 8 4 6 10 17 45
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 9 14 10 2 7 42
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 21 1 2 7 8 39
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 12 10 8 4 3 37
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 6 14 9 3 5 37
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 1 2 13 13 5 34
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 3 4 14 4 7 32
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6 7 8 6 1 28
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 4 12 11 27
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 5 7 9 5 1 27
PICANOL N.V. 5 9 4 3 3 24
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 4 2 7 11 24
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 9 10 3 0 0 22
XEIKON NV 8 6 4 3 0 21
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 10 4 5 0 1 20
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 8 7 1 0 17
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 6 2 5 1 3 17
AKZO NOBEL NV 2 2 4 4 4 16
DOW CORNING S.A. 6 3 2 4 1 16
GLAVERBEL 4 3 4 3 2 16
SONY EUROPA B.V. 3 5 3 0 5 16
COCA-COLA COMPANY 1 5 5 3 1 15
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 6 3 3 3 0 15
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 4 3 4 0 3 14
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 4 5 5 14
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 0 0 3 4 7 14
ATOFINA RESEARCH, S.A. 0 1 0 3 9 13
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 6 0 6 1 13
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 0 2 5 6 13
PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS N.V. 7 2 2 2 0 13
AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE N.V. 2 3 6 1 0 12
BARCO N.V. 0 3 5 1 3 12
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 3 3 4 0 12
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 8 4 0 0 0 12
MELEXIS N.V. 0 6 3 1 2 12
SHELL OIL COMPANY 5 3 0 3 1 12
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 1 1 3 11
DSM N.V. 4 1 3 3 0 11
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 0 0 4 3 4 11
CF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 3 4 10
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 7 2 1 0 0 10
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 4 3 2 1 0 10
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 1 3 1 2 3 10
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 1 5 4 0 10
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC. 4 3 3 0 0 10
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 0 2 3 9
MEDTRONIC INC. 5 1 1 1 1 9
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 1 4 1 2 1 9
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 0 1 2 2 3 8
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE 0 1 3 2 2 8
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE (VIB) VZW 0 1 1 0 6 8
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 1 2 2 1 1 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 0 2 2 7
LERNOUT & HAUSPIE SPEECH PRODUCTS N.V. 3 3 1 0 0 7
LILLBACKA JETAIR OY 1 2 1 3 0 7
MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A. 0 3 1 3 0 7
MANIA BARCO N.V. 0 0 6 1 0 7
NEXANS 0 2 1 2 2 7
PURATOS NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSHCAP 1 0 2 2 2 7
RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPEMENT DU GROUPE COCKERILL SAMBRE EN ABREGE: "RD-CS" 2 2 2 0 1 7
ROSE RESEARCH, L.L.C. 1 1 5 0 0 7
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 3 1 0 1 2 7
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 0 0 1 1 4 6
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 1 2 1 1 1 6
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 4 0 1 0 1 6
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 3 2 0 0 6
GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
KRATON POLYMERS US LLC 0 1 3 1 1 6
N. V. RAYCHEM S.A. 5 1 0 0 0 6
N.V. UNION MINIERE S.A. 2 3 1 0 0 6
NCR CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 1 6
OWENS CORNING COMPOSITES SPRL 0 1 2 2 1 6
SCAMBIA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS AG 2 3 0 1 0 6
SIDMAR N.V. 1 0 3 2 0 6
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE 0 0 1 3 2 6
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 1 2 0 2 1 6
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 1 2 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 0 1 5
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 1 0 1 0 3 5
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 0 1 1 2 1 5
LEUVEN RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT VZW 0 1 1 1 2 5
RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT DU GROUPE COCKERILL SAMBRE 1 0 3 1 0 5
STAAR, S.A. 4 0 1 0 0 5
TECHSPACE AERO S.A. 0 0 0 4 1 5
TEXACO INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
UNIBIND (CYPRUS) LIMITED 2 1 1 0 1 5
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 2 0 1 1 1 5
VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY 0 0 1 2 2 5
VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK (VITO) 0 0 2 3 0 5
XEIKON INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 0 5 0 5


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