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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

GEORGIA

( 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 344 337 275 278 227 1461
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 86 83 80 115 87 451
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 16 21 35 72 144 288
NCR CORPORATION 46 43 55 60 36 240
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 34 30 34 38 34 170
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 24 34 30 33 24 145
MOTOROLA, INC. 37 18 22 18 21 116
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 32 65 13 5 0 115
EMORY UNIVERSITY 20 17 26 17 17 97
COCA-COLA COMPANY 12 29 17 21 14 93
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 0 0 25 31 23 79
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 5 14 17 13 24 73
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 18 18 18 11 8 73
NORDSON CORPORATION 13 10 19 14 13 69
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 19 19 10 15 3 66
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 0 0 4 9 30 43
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 8 6 4 8 11 37
DISPLAY INDUSTRIES LLC 4 8 4 8 9 33
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 7 6 5 5 10 33
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 6 5 6 11 32
PARAGON TRADE BRANDS, INC. 1 2 1 12 10 26
GEORGIA-PACIFIC RESINS, INC. 6 3 6 6 4 25
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 3 13 1 5 3 25
RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 7 5 3 0 24
AER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. 7 7 8 1 0 23
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 4 5 5 7 2 23
J. M. HUBER CORPORATION 9 4 4 3 2 22
INSTITUTE OF PAPER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 10 3 0 21
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 8 4 1 6 2 21
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION 3 1 2 8 6 20
GENZYME CORPORATION 5 4 8 3 0 20
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 5 4 3 3 19
SPECTRX, INC. 6 4 1 4 3 18
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 13 17
C. R. BARD, INC. 1 3 4 3 6 17
EMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 1 2 1 7 17
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 2 2 2 10 17
IMERYS PIGMENTS, INC. 5 3 2 4 3 17
JOHNSON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC. 1 4 5 5 2 17
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 9 17
W. C. BRADLEY CO. 0 1 3 6 7 17
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 5 5 4 2 16
KEY-TRAK, INC. 1 5 5 0 5 16
GTE WIRELESS SERVICE CORPORATION 3 3 2 6 1 15
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 2 0 11 1 1 15
MICROCOATING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 7 1 1 15
NSI ENTERPRISES, INC. 9 5 1 0 0 15
OKI TELECOM, INC. 10 5 0 0 0 15
YKK CORPORATION OF AMERICA 1 2 5 3 4 15
CIRREX CORP. 1 3 8 2 0 14
MEAD CORPORATION 3 7 3 1 0 14
REHRIG-PACIFIC COMPANY, INC. 4 5 3 1 1 14
AT&T CORP. 1 5 5 0 2 13
KASON INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 3 3 2 13
ATD CORPORATION 3 3 2 2 2 12
CLUB CAR INC. 0 5 2 3 2 12
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 6 2 1 0 12
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 0 2 3 5 2 12
NOVOSTE CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 2 12
ANTEC CORPORATION 4 6 1 0 0 11
BELLSOUTH CORPORATION 5 3 3 0 0 11
DEERE + COMPANY 0 0 0 6 5 11
DREAMWELL, LTD. 0 0 1 3 7 11
HOSHIZAKI AMERICA, INC. 0 2 7 2 0 11
STATSIGNAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 2 3 3 11
ECOSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 6 0 0 10
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 4 10
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 4 2 1 1 2 10
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 0 1 0 5 4 10
TEXTRON INC. 0 1 2 3 4 10
ARRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 1 5 3 9
ATHEROGENICS, INC. 2 0 0 5 2 9
ERWIN INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 4 1 9
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 3 1 3 2 0 9
PROXIMA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 0 2 2 2 3 9
SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 0 2 4 9
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 1 1 3 4 0 9
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 6 0 2 0 1 9
THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY 1 3 3 1 1 9
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
ARIZONA CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 0 4 3 1 8
BP AMOCO CORPORATION 4 4 0 0 0 8
BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 1 3 2 2 8
BURNHAM SERVICE COMPANY, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 1 0 0 4 3 8
ENGELHARD CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 2 8
RESPIRONICS, INC. 0 0 7 1 0 8
T R SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 4 2 8
THERAGENICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 4 8
THIONE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 3 0 0 8
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
BALL CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
CHEMFREE CORPORATION 4 1 2 0 0 7
CHEMLINK LABORATORIES, LLC 3 0 3 0 1 7
CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
CORRUGATED GEAR & SERVICES INC. 0 2 1 1 3 7
ENSURG, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
EXCELLATRON SOLID STATE, LLC 0 1 2 2 2 7
GMP VISION SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
HEHR INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 2 0 2 7
INTERFACE, INC. 1 4 0 1 1 7
ISOLYSER CO., INC. 5 0 1 1 0 7
MICRON OPTICS, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
ROCK-TENN COMPANY 1 1 1 3 1 7
SILTECH LLC 0 1 5 0 1 7
SNAPPER, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
TAYLOR MADDOX TECHNICAL, INC. 2 0 3 2 0 7
UNIVERSAL AVIONICS SYSTEMS CORPORATION--INSTRUMENT DIVISION 1 5 1 0 0 7
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
APPLIED CARBOCHEMICALS 0 1 2 3 0 6
COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROLS, INC. 0 0 3 3 0 6
DITTLER BROTHERS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
FAN TECH LTD 2 3 1 0 0 6
GIW INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 1 6
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
ISOTRON, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 1 6
MACDERMID GRAPHIC ARTS, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
MERCK + CO., INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
NORTH AMERICAN CONTAINER CORP. 1 2 0 2 1 6
PACTIV CORPORATION 1 0 1 3 1 6
PHOENIX AUTOMATION, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
POLYFIBRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
PROCESS TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
SOFTCARD SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
TOMCO2 EQUIPMENT COMPANY 0 0 2 3 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 1 3 1 6
AKZO NOBEL NV 0 0 3 1 1 5
AMERICAN SIGNAL COMPANY 2 1 0 1 1 5
ARRIVALSTAR, INC. 0 0 1 0 4 5
BIOSIL RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
CARRIER CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
CELLEMETRY LLC 2 2 0 0 1 5
CIENA CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
COLONIAL CHEMICAL INC 0 0 0 4 1 5
CYTRX CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
DATASCAPE, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
G-P GYPSUM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
GEOSTAR CORPORATION 0 0 5 0 0 5
GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 1 1 1 1 5
HERCULES INCORPORATED 1 2 0 0 2 5
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1 1 1 1 1 5
KNOWLAGENT, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
L.L. CULMAT LP 0 0 2 1 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 0 5
LUBRIZOL CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 0 5
M. A. HANNACOLOR, A DIVISION OF M. A. HANNA COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
MINERAL RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 2 1 1 0 5
MINRAD INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
MIZUNO CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
PHOENIX RESEARCH CORP. 1 1 0 2 1 5
POREX TECHNOLOGIES, CORP. 1 1 0 2 1 5
RELIANCE ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY 5 0 0 0 0 5
SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SIMMONS COMPANY 1 3 1 0 0 5
SONNAX INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SOUTHERN MILLS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
SOUTHERN STATES LLC 0 2 1 2 0 5
SOUTHPAC TRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
STAR LOCK SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
STORK-GAMCO, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
TIMER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 3 1 1 0 5
VIDEOLARM, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY LLC 0 0 3 2 0 5
WORLDCOM, INC. 0 0 4 0 1 5
ZENITECH LLC 0 0 1 2 2 5


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