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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

NORTH 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 306 310 299 263 257 1435
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 203 248 202 264 249 1166
ERICSSON, INC. 197 172 158 121 74 722
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 23 30 32 40 34 159
DUKE UNIVERSITY INC. 28 40 29 30 18 145
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 23 34 20 26 20 123
ALCATEL 20 27 26 22 16 111
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 1 4 27 32 29 93
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 12 15 26 28 91
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 17 15 11 21 23 87
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 21 30 19 9 86
CREE, INC. 3 10 10 19 23 65
LORD CORPORATION 13 15 15 16 6 65
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 15 8 12 16 13 64
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 0 1 20 25 16 62
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 13 11 20 16 61
GILBARCO, INC. 16 1 8 13 21 59
GLAXO WELLCOME INC. 19 30 5 0 0 54
MICELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 16 7 13 8 54
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 10 4 13 15 10 52
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 5 11 3 16 16 51
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 13 14 9 7 7 50
BASF CORP. 17 12 13 4 3 49
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 9 9 9 20 48
CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION 5 7 15 12 8 47
DANA CORPORATION 5 15 8 5 12 45
FMC CORPORATION 15 11 6 5 6 43
CATERPILLAR INC. 15 8 10 6 3 42
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY 9 10 4 8 11 42
EATON CORPORATION 14 8 7 5 7 41
MARCONI COMMERCE SYSTEMS INC. 12 16 11 0 0 39
SARA LEE CORPORATION 6 7 5 7 12 37
CORNING INCORPORATED 5 10 9 7 5 36
SQUARE D COMPANY 6 9 9 6 5 35
ABB POWER T&D COMPANY INC. 13 20 1 0 0 34
MCNC 8 6 8 7 4 33
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 0 7 10 14 32
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 9 3 4 7 8 31
CEM CORPORATION 4 13 2 7 4 30
POLYMER GROUP, INC. 0 4 4 7 15 30
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 12 7 6 5 30
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 1 7 21 29
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE 5 6 3 10 5 29
BOPS, INC. 5 6 14 3 0 28
SIECOR OPERATIONS, LLC 12 15 1 0 0 28
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 11 4 6 4 2 27
MEDI-PHYSICS, INC. 1 7 8 8 3 27
WHITAKER CORPORATION 23 4 0 0 0 27
ARTEVA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 6 8 4 6 2 26
ZF MERITOR, L.L.C. 3 9 9 2 3 26
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 10 3 8 2 2 25
WELLMAN INC. 5 6 4 5 5 25
NOBEX CORPORATION 0 1 4 8 11 24
RHONE-POULENC INC. 7 5 9 3 0 24
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 2 13 5 3 23
NOVARTIS FINANCE CORPORATION 20 2 1 0 0 23
CELGARD INC. 6 5 4 3 4 22
ICAGEN, INC. 1 4 6 5 6 22
PARADIGM GENETICS, INC. 0 2 6 6 8 22
TARGACEPT, INC. 1 4 9 7 1 22
CATERPILLAR S.A.R.L. 11 6 1 3 0 21
EMBREX INC. 3 6 1 7 4 21
TRIMERIS, INC. 7 3 5 5 1 21
INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 4 5 4 6 20
EMC CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 10 19
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 0 0 2 9 6 17
CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED 1 3 2 6 5 17
VESTURE CORPORATION 5 5 5 2 0 17
BELL & HOWELL MAIL & MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES CO. 4 2 2 5 3 16
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 1 1 3 8 16
INTEL CORPORATION 1 0 3 5 7 16
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 0 11 4 1 0 16
NEWELL WINDOW FURNISHINGS, INC. 0 2 1 10 3 16
SIECOR CORPORATION 13 3 0 0 0 16
AKZO NOBEL NV 2 7 3 2 1 15
DEERE + COMPANY 2 3 3 3 4 15
GRASS AMERICA, INC. 2 4 4 3 2 15
POWERWARE CORPORATION 2 4 4 3 2 15
COMMSCOPE PROPERTIES, LLC 0 5 2 2 5 14
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 5 4 1 0 4 14
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 2 4 5 3 14
PTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 12 14
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 3 4 3 0 13
CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTHORITY 3 1 1 5 3 13
CIRRUS LOGIC, INC. 7 5 1 0 0 13
DAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 4 0 3 6 13
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 5 1 3 2 2 13
TEKELEC 0 2 1 4 6 13
VARIAN, INC. 0 1 4 5 3 13
ABB, INC. 0 0 5 5 2 12
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 0 1 2 1 8 12
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 0 0 0 4 8 12
MANTISSA CORPORATION 5 2 3 0 2 12
REICHHOLD, INC. 0 2 7 1 2 12
ABB AUTOMATION, INC. 0 0 8 3 0 11
AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE S.A. 0 2 3 5 1 11
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 4 3 3 1 0 11
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 1 4 2 2 2 11
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 2 0 1 3 5 11
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 0 0 1 1 9 11
INTERSIL CORPORATION, INC. 4 5 0 1 1 11
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 4 0 1 2 11
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 3 2 1 4 1 11
SPX CORPORATION 2 6 2 1 0 11
VEHICLE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 2 2 1 11
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 8 10
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 1 1 0 5 3 10
IEP PHARMACEUTICAL DEVICES INC. 1 2 1 5 1 10
INDIAN HEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 5 3 0 1 10
INDUSTRIAL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 3 3 1 1 2 10
KENDRO LABORATORY PRODUCTS, L.P. 0 0 3 3 4 10
REGENT LIGHTING CORPORATION 2 7 1 0 0 10
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 4 0 1 3 10
SEMTECH CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 3 10
TROXLER ELECTRONIC LABORATORIES, INC. 1 1 5 3 0 10
WORLDCOM, INC. 0 0 5 2 3 10
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 3 6 9
ARVIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
AYLWARD ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 3 2 2 2 9
CHANNEL MASTER LLC 3 5 0 1 0 9
INSTROTEK, INC. 1 1 0 3 4 9
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 3 1 2 2 1 9
MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 3 1 3 1 9
SEALY TECHNOLOGY LLC 1 1 1 1 5 9
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 1 4 2 2 9
SILICON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 5 9
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 4 2 1 1 9
TENN-TEX PLASTICS, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
ATI PROPERTIES, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 2 3 2 8
BAYER CORPORATION 1 1 4 2 0 8
BELMONT TEXTILE MACHINERY CO., INC. 3 1 3 1 0 8
BSN MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 3 1 3 8
ENDURA PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
KENNAMETAL INC. 1 1 0 5 1 8
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC & ELECTRONICS USA, INC 0 4 3 1 0 8
PRIME/HOME IMPRESSIONS, LLC 2 0 4 1 1 8
RHONE-POULENC AGRO 4 2 1 1 0 8
ROSTRA PRECISION CONTROLS, INC. 1 2 5 0 0 8
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 4 2 1 0 1 8
SUPREME ELASTIC CORPORATION 0 2 6 0 0 8
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
THERMACO, INC. 0 1 4 2 1 8
WORLD FIBERS, INC. 2 1 0 2 3 8
3TEX, INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
ADSTRACTS INC. 1 0 0 3 3 7
BORGWARNER INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
CLEARLINE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 5 2 0 0 0 7
CONBRACO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 4 0 1 7
FASCO CONTROLS CORPORATION 3 1 3 0 0 7
KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 1 7
MEDIWAVE STAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
NEW LIFE PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
NOVO NORDISK BIOCHEM NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
RODEL HOLDINGS INC. 1 1 5 0 0 7
ZIPTRONIX, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
ABB POWER AUTOMATION LTD. 0 0 2 0 4 6
ABB T&D TECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 4 2 0 0 6
AFFYMETRIX, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 2 4 0 0 0 6
AT&T CORP. 1 4 1 0 0 6
CONAGRA FOODS INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
COOPER BRANDS, INC. 0 2 1 0 3 6
CREE RESEARCH, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
DELTA CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES 3 2 1 0 0 6
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 3 1 2 0 0 6
FLEXCELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL -- AMERICAS, LLC 0 0 1 3 2 6
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 3 1 0 0 2 6
MEDACOUSTICS, INC. 0 4 1 1 0 6
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 2 2 2 0 0 6
MICROCELL CORPORATION 0 0 6 0 0 6
MIDREX INTERNATIONAL BV ROTTERDAM, ZURICH BRANCH 1 2 2 1 0 6
MITSUBISHI SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC. 6 0 0 0 0 6
NOVOZYMES A/S 0 1 0 5 0 6
PARKER ATHLETIC PRODUCTS, LLC 3 3 0 0 0 6
PRODELIN CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
REMOTELIGHT, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY AMERICA, INC 0 0 0 1 5 6
SAS INSTITUTE, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
STATIC CONTROL COMPONENTS, INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP. 3 0 2 1 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 3 2 0 0 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 3 1 1 0 6
UNITIVE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0 1 3 0 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 0 2 6
WEAVEXX CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
ZF SACHS AG 0 0 0 0 6 6
ABT, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
AKEVA, L.L.C. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ALEMITE CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
ARTECEL SCIENCES, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
BANNER PHARMACAPS INC. 0 4 0 0 1 5
BASF PLANT SCIENCE GMBH 0 0 0 0 5 5
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4 0 0 0 1 5
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO. 1 1 1 1 1 5
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
CREE MICROWAVE, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
DRESSER EQUIPMENT GROUP, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1 0 2 0 2 5
FIELD CONTROLS, L.L.C. 0 0 0 2 3 5
FRISBY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
GENPAK, L.L.C. 2 1 1 0 1 5
GLEN RAVEN, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
GSLE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
INNOVATIVE DEVICES, LLC 0 0 1 2 2 5
KAY CHEMICAL, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 1 2 2 5
L.B. (PLASTICS) LIMITED 0 3 2 0 0 5
MASONITE CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
MIDDLEBY MARSHALL INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
NETIQ CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 4 1 0 0 0 5
OVERTURE NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
PHARMAGRAPHICS (MIDWEST), L.L.C. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PHARMAGRAPHICS (SOUTHEAST), L.L.C. 1 0 3 1 0 5
POZEN, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
REICHHOLD CHEMICALS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
REX INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 1 2 1 1 0 5
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 2 0 1 2 5
TRIANGLE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ULTRA-MEK, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 0 1 2 2 5
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 2 3 0 0 0 5
WILSON-COOK MEDICAL, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5


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