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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

IOWA

( 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 117 124 84 93 85 503
DEERE + COMPANY 23 59 52 68 66 268
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 39 57 41 46 51 234
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 23 44 63 52 41 223
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 10 47 6 25 37 125
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 33 24 17 23 24 121
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 13 38 21 28 16 116
MAYTAG CORPORATION 16 12 17 24 29 98
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 11 16 27 19 16 89
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 5 7 18 12 14 56
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 16 9 8 7 14 54
INTERMEC IP CORP. 25 13 5 3 3 49
LISLE CORPORATION 5 8 9 11 8 41
CASE CORPORATION 4 7 7 17 4 39
SQUARE D COMPANY 4 9 8 13 4 38
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 0 12 9 9 6 36
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY 7 8 3 11 2 31
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 4 2 9 7 7 29
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 5 5 4 6 3 23
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 10 2 2 4 0 18
CRYSTAL GROUP INC 0 3 5 2 6 16
HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION SEEDS, INC. 3 9 1 0 2 15
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 3 2 4 2 4 15
ALCOA INC. 1 2 3 3 5 14
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 0 3 3 3 5 14
ASGROW SEED CO. LLC 3 4 6 0 0 13
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 2 5 4 2 0 13
MUSCO CORPORATION 2 3 4 0 4 13
GENESIS SYSTEMS GROUP, LTD. 2 4 4 0 2 12
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 1 0 4 7 12
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 3 3 0 3 3 12
HWH CORPORATION 2 1 1 4 4 12
ROCKWELL SCIENCE CENTER, LLC 8 4 0 0 0 12
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 6 3 1 1 0 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 3 2 1 3 2 11
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 2 3 4 1 0 10
THERMAL DYNAMICS, INC. 0 1 3 4 2 10
U.S. MANUFACTURING INC. 3 2 5 0 0 10
WORLDCOM, INC. 0 0 5 2 3 10
AMANA COMPANY L.P. 7 2 0 0 0 9
XILINX, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
AMERICAN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 2 1 3 1 1 8
BROADCOM CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 5 8
COMPRESSOR CONTROLS CORP. 1 3 1 1 2 8
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 3 0 1 1 8
GARY W. CLEM, INC. 0 4 1 1 2 8
KEMIN INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 2 0 1 8
SAUER, INC. 5 3 0 0 0 8
CARGILL, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
EBSCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 1 1 0 5 0 7
MCI WORLDCOM, INC. 2 1 4 0 0 7
PELLA CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 3 7
ADVANTA U.S.A., INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 2 1 6
JAM'N FITNESS CORP. 1 2 3 0 0 6
LINK MFG., LTD. 1 3 0 0 2 6
NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 1 4 6
VIKING PUMP INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
WILIAN HOLDING COMPANY 0 1 1 3 1 6
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
DECISIONMARK CORP. 1 1 0 0 3 5
EMCO ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
HENDERSON MANUFACTURING CO. 2 0 1 1 1 5
INLAND FINANCE COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
IPSCO ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
KNESS MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
MODERNFOLD, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
VECTOR CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 3 5
WATERLOO INDUSTRIES 1 0 2 0 2 5


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