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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

RHODE ISLAND

( 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
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 82 37 67 50 47 283
~Individually Owned Patent 47 39 34 30 32 182
ACUSHNET COMPANY 5 6 7 16 30 64
BROWN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 7 12 4 7 3 33
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 5 6 3 5 10 29
HASBRO, INC. 4 3 0 4 12 23
COOL OPTIONS, INC. 0 0 6 8 7 21
STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P. 5 6 6 0 4 21
ARKWRIGHT INCORPORATED, INC. 3 8 2 5 1 19
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 7 1 1 7 18
ARCH SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 4 4 3 4 2 17
TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC. 0 0 0 5 12 17
C. R. BARD, INC. 2 3 2 2 5 14
ZIH CORPORATION 0 2 5 4 2 13
NEUROTECH S.A. 0 5 5 2 0 12
SPECTRA SCIENCE CORPORATION 4 4 1 2 1 12
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 3 11
CHIP COOLERS, INC. 5 6 0 0 0 11
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 1 3 4 1 2 11
PFIZER INC. 4 2 3 1 1 11
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 6 3 1 0 0 10
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 2 2 4 2 10
COOL SHIELD, INC. 0 0 1 5 3 9
EXTRACTION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 2 3 9
GRINNELL CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 2 8
NORTHEAST EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
TEKNOR APEX COMPANY 2 3 1 1 1 8
TOWER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 3 8
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL 2 1 0 2 2 7
ZODIAC POOL CARE, INC. 2 4 0 0 1 7
A.T.X. INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
ACS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 0 3 0 6
GUILL TOOL & ENGINEERING CO., INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
MAYTAG CORPORATION 0 6 0 0 0 6
SPALDING SPORTS WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 0 1 4 0 6
SPECTRA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
UTC FUEL CELLS, LLC 0 0 3 1 2 6
ADVANCED INTERCONNECTIONS CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
GILLETTE COMPANY 0 3 2 0 0 5
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 1 0 2 2 0 5
INTERNATIONAL FUEL CELLS, LLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
MENTOR GROUP, L.L.C. 1 0 1 2 1 5


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