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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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 152 132 150 126 120 680
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 23 39 51 71 53 237
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 12 13 37 26 39 127
CRYOVAC, INC. 16 35 20 22 12 105
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 11 20 17 8 15 71
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 14 12 16 12 17 71
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 11 12 6 8 43
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 11 11 8 8 5 43
NCR CORPORATION 11 9 8 2 7 37
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE 4 8 6 5 13 36
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 2 5 6 13 9 35
WESTVACO CORPORATION 14 5 9 5 0 33
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 11 7 9 3 2 32
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 12 4 6 2 30
PACESETTER, INC. 0 7 3 5 6 21
POLY-MED, INC. 4 3 6 3 5 21
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 4 1 7 6 20
INTEL CORPORATION 7 1 2 6 4 20
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY, INC. 3 9 3 3 2 20
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 6 2 5 3 3 19
BAYER CORPORATION 8 1 9 0 0 18
ASTENJOHNSON, INC. 4 9 1 3 0 17
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 10 15
PIRELLI CABLES AND SYSTEMS LLC 1 7 4 2 0 14
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 7 14
AVX CORPORATION 1 3 2 3 4 13
BASF CORP. 5 2 4 2 0 13
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. 1 2 5 3 2 13
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM, LLC 3 1 2 5 2 13
SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 9 1 0 12
BIC CORPORATION 2 3 2 2 2 11
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1 4 1 3 2 11
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY LLC 1 0 5 5 0 11
CHICAGO PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY 2 5 0 2 1 10
DELPHI ORACLE CORP. 0 0 6 3 1 10
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 0 0 1 4 5 10
PIRELLI CABLE CORP. 2 5 1 2 0 10
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 6 3 10
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 4 9
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 1 2 1 2 3 9
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 1 0 2 3 3 9
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 0 1 4 4 0 9
SQUARE D COMPANY 3 0 3 2 1 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 2 5 1 0 1 9
WELLMAN INC. 0 3 2 2 2 9
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 4 3 1 1 0 9
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 1 1 0 4 3 9
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 4 0 8
CREE, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
EATON CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 4 7
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 1 0 5 0 7
MACHINE DESIGN INCORPORATED 0 3 0 2 2 7
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 2 7
SUNEX INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
TIETEX INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 1 1 1 2 2 7
ARTEVA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 1 2 2 1 0 6
CABOT CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 1 0 3 2 6
SAFETY COMPONENTS FABRIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 0 2 1 6
SCHLUMBERGER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 0 1 1 4 0 6
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT COMPANIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
AOS HOLDING COMPANY 2 3 0 0 0 5
COMPX INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 0 2 1 5
CORNING INCORPORATED 2 1 1 1 0 5
DONNELLY CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 1 0 0 3 5
ETHOX CHEMICALS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
HEXCEL CS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
INNERLOGIC, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MIDREX INTERNATIONAL BV ROTTERDAM, ZURICH BRANCH 0 1 0 2 2 5
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED 0 0 0 0 5 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 0 1 5


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