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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

MINNESOTA

( 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
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 308 313 377 410 371 1779
~Individually Owned Patent 335 295 293 322 254 1499
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 206 219 209 204 214 1052
MEDTRONIC INC. 131 101 103 109 105 549
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 18 89 121 122 129 479
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 80 71 75 85 68 379
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 41 65 86 93 74 359
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 11 69 74 81 124 359
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 15 23 46 74 75 233
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 19 46 56 39 34 194
ECOLAB INC. 27 36 42 45 41 191
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, THE REGENTS OF 43 36 37 36 38 190
UNISYS CORPORATION 20 23 26 28 53 150
IMATION CORP. 27 32 26 30 32 147
GENERAL MILLS, INC. 25 32 29 15 20 121
ROSEMOUNT INC. 17 13 22 43 21 116
DONALDSON COMPANY, INC. 23 25 21 21 15 105
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 17 20 21 26 20 104
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC. 22 27 20 16 1 86
HONEYWELL INC. 38 24 11 8 5 86
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 13 8 27 12 22 82
PARKER HUGHES INSTITUTE 3 18 27 16 12 76
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 57 10 4 4 1 76
CARGILL, INC. 18 14 15 10 9 66
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 13 6 10 11 17 57
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 16 4 11 14 11 56
H. B. FULLER LICENSING & FINANCING, INC. 15 14 12 10 4 55
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. 11 15 10 7 10 53
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 31 7 6 6 2 52
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 7 12 16 10 49
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 13 14 1 5 15 48
SPX CORPORATION 6 7 6 17 12 48
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 3 10 13 8 12 46
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 2 4 7 24 7 44
TORO COMPANY 12 5 16 4 5 42
MICRON ELECTRONICS, INC. 27 7 4 0 0 38
SCHNEIDER (USA) INC., A PFIZER COMPANY 16 15 4 2 0 37
PILLSBURY COMPANY 5 8 4 12 7 36
EATON CORPORATION 15 4 3 4 8 34
SCIENCE INCORPORATED 13 11 5 4 0 33
THERMO KING CORPORATION 6 1 7 10 8 32
TENNANT COMPANY 7 5 6 6 6 30
FSI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 9 8 5 3 4 29
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION 4 4 4 12 4 28
ENTEGRIS, INC. 0 0 7 10 11 28
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 10 18 28
MYOCOR, INC. 7 7 2 6 6 28
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION 17 10 0 0 0 27
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 3 6 3 8 6 26
SURMODICS, INC. 4 4 7 7 4 26
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 5 4 3 4 9 25
ST. CROIX MEDICAL, INC. 3 11 6 3 2 25
HEARTSTENT CORPORATION 9 7 7 1 0 24
MERTEC LLC 0 0 0 3 21 24
ARCTIC CAT INC. 1 3 3 8 8 23
GRACO INC. 3 5 3 5 7 23
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 7 6 3 0 7 23
HORMEL FOODS, LLC 3 5 4 6 4 22
ST. JUDE MEDICAL ATG INC. 0 3 5 9 5 22
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 7 6 8 21
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 5 10 2 3 1 21
SULZER SPINE-TECH INC. 5 5 3 6 2 21
UNITED DEFENSE, L.P. 2 3 2 6 7 20
MSP CORPORATION 0 1 5 9 4 19
WAGNER SPRAY TECH CORPORATION 6 7 4 2 0 19
AMS RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 4 8 6 18
ANDERSEN CORPORATION 5 4 3 3 3 18
CHART INC. 0 0 3 10 5 18
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 9 0 6 3 0 18
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 10 2 1 18
CIMA LABS, INC. 2 5 4 3 3 17
DAIG CORPORATION 6 5 4 2 0 17
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 8 8 0 0 1 17
DYNEON LLC 3 7 7 0 0 17
FLUOROWARE, INC. 9 6 2 0 0 17
PPT VISION, INC. 4 3 3 4 3 17
SURVIVALINK CORP. 10 5 2 0 0 17
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 1 7 1 2 16
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 0 3 7 6 16
DATACARD CORPORATION, INC. 5 4 1 2 4 16
PI MEDICAL, INC. 0 1 7 8 0 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 13 16
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 1 5 5 16
WAYNE HUGHES INSTITUTE 9 6 0 1 0 16
AG-CHEM EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 5 7 1 2 0 15
CORTEC CORPORATION 4 3 2 3 3 15
INTRATHERAPEUTICS, INC. 8 2 2 3 0 15
POSSIS MEDICAL, INC. 3 2 2 2 6 15
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 1 4 1 3 5 14
ALZA CORPORATION 4 5 2 1 2 14
INTEG, INC. 2 1 2 5 4 14
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 0 3 7 4 14
MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS, INC. 4 2 3 4 1 14
ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOVASCULAR GROUP, INC. 6 6 2 0 0 14
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 10 3 0 0 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 1 6 6 13
BERGQUIST CO., INC. 2 1 3 6 1 13
CPRX LLC 3 3 4 3 0 13
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 0 1 3 2 7 13
MALLINCKRODT, INC. 0 0 6 6 1 13
MCNEILUS TRUCK & MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 3 2 3 4 1 13
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 0 3 9 13
VISION-EASE LENS, INC. 2 1 4 2 4 13
ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 3 3 12
AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION 0 2 6 3 1 12
ANCHOR WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 3 6 0 3 0 12
ASGROW SEED CO. LLC 3 4 5 0 0 12
BRADY WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 2 2 3 5 12
DATA SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 4 3 0 12
GNB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 3 3 0 0 12
HYPERTENSION DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 4 2 1 4 1 12
MEDWAVE, INCORPORATED 4 2 2 3 1 12
MINNTECH CORPORATION 2 4 1 2 3 12
PLASMON IDE, INC. 1 0 6 4 1 12
SCHWING AMERICA, INC. 0 2 3 1 6 12
STRATASYS, INC. 4 0 0 2 6 12
SYS-TEC, INC. 3 2 1 3 3 12
WATLOW POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES 0 3 4 4 1 12
BITE TECH, INC. 0 1 2 5 3 11
CASE CORPORATION 6 1 4 0 0 11
ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 2 2 3 2 2 11
GENERAL DYNAMICS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 4 3 2 11
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 2 4 5 11
IMI CORNELIUS INC. 4 2 1 3 1 11
ITRON, INC. 1 6 2 1 1 11
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 0 0 1 7 3 11
NCR CORPORATION 4 3 1 1 2 11
NOVARTIS NUTRITION AG 2 3 3 3 0 11
SUB Q INC. 3 2 3 3 0 11
UROLOGIX, INC. 6 1 3 0 1 11
WATER GREMLIN COMPANY 2 1 2 4 2 11
WENGER CORPORATION 5 1 0 3 2 11
CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS INC. 2 1 2 4 1 10
KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 5 1 2 1 1 10
LECTEC CORPORATION 4 0 4 1 1 10
NILFISK-ADVANCE, INC. 2 1 4 2 1 10
NVE CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 4 10
PHILLIPS & TEMRO INDUSTRIES INC. 6 3 0 1 0 10
SHTURMAN CARDIOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC. 6 2 1 1 0 10
SICO INCORPORATED 7 1 1 0 1 10
SIMS DELTEC, INC. 6 3 1 0 0 10
SUNBURST CHEMICALS, INC. 3 1 3 1 2 10
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION 1 6 0 2 0 9
HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 5 0 2 0 9
HERMAN MILLER INC. 3 0 1 1 4 9
HOFFMAN ENCLOSURES INC. 2 3 1 2 1 9
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC. 0 4 3 2 0 9
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 5 0 0 0 9
MACDERMID ACUMEN, INC. 0 3 6 0 0 9
MENTOR CORPORATION 2 1 0 4 2 9
MICRO EAR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 6 2 1 9
MINNESOTA SCIENTIFIC, INC. 1 3 1 4 0 9
PEMSTAR, INC. 1 0 2 3 3 9
ROLLERBLADE, INC. 9 0 0 0 0 9
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 0 1 4 3 1 9
SECURE COMPUTING CORPORATION 2 5 0 1 1 9
THESEUS LOGIC, INC. 5 4 0 0 0 9
WILSON TOOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 0 1 3 9
X-PERT PAINT MIXING SYSTEMS, INC. 3 4 1 0 1 9
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 0 0 0 2 6 8
COLDER PRODUCTS COMPANY 3 1 1 2 1 8
DIGI INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 1 3 2 8
ERGOTRON, INC. 3 2 3 0 0 8
EV3, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
FACET TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 2 2 8
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 0 2 2 0 8
HEAT-N-GLO FIREPLACE PRODUCTS, INC. 4 2 1 1 0 8
HYPRO CORP. 5 1 1 0 1 8
MAMAC SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 3 4 0 8
MEDTRONIC AVE, INC. 1 2 4 0 1 8
MODERN CONTROLS, INC. 2 0 5 1 0 8
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 2 1 3 8
QUALITY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTING, INC. 2 0 2 3 1 8
SKYLINE DISPLAYS, INC. 1 0 0 5 2 8
SPINEOLOGY, INC. 2 1 0 2 3 8
TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 3 8
TRUTH HARDWARE CORPORATION 5 0 2 1 0 8
XILINX, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
ADVANCED MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 4 2 7
AMERICAN BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 3 0 0 7
ANGEION CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 0 7
APPLIED KINETICS INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
BIOENERGY, INC. 2 1 1 1 2 7
DYNAMIC AIR INC. 2 1 2 1 1 7
ELECTROCHEMICALS, INC. 1 0 3 1 2 7
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 4 1 0 1 1 7
GALVANI, LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
GRYPHICS, INC. 1 3 1 1 1 7
HEI, INC. 1 1 1 1 3 7
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION 6 0 0 1 0 7
KEYSTONE RETAINING WALL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 3 2 7
MICRO MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. 4 2 0 1 0 7
MORGAN ADHESIVES COMPANY 2 0 1 3 1 7
MULTIFEEDER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 1 1 3 0 7
ONAN CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 4 7
PMT CORPORATION 4 0 1 1 1 7
POROUS MEDIA CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 1 7
RESTORE MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 6 1 7
SHUFFLE MASTER, INC. 3 3 0 1 0 7
SINEX HOLDINGS LLC 0 0 2 5 0 7
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
TOL-O-MATIC INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
TRICARDIA, INC. 1 3 0 3 0 7
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 0 0 1 6 7
ADVANCED BIO SURFACES, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
AMEI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ANTARES PHARMA, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
CARTER DAY INDUSTRIES INC. 2 0 3 1 0 6
CHROMALINE CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 0 6
D B INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
ECOWATER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
FASTEST, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
HORTON, INC. 2 1 0 3 0 6
KELTECH ENGINEERING, INC. 4 0 0 1 1 6
LAKE REGION MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
LUND INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
MARVIN LUMBER AND CEDAR COMPANY 1 1 0 1 3 6
MEDIAONE GROUP, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
MEDICAL CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 2 0 3 0 6
MVE, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
NONVOLATILE ELECTRONICS, INCORPORATED 2 3 1 0 0 6
PAKON, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
PENTAPURE INCORPORATED 1 1 2 2 0 6
QUALITY ASSURED ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
RIMAGE CORP. 1 2 0 0 3 6
ROYAL THOUGHTS L.L.C. 0 0 1 4 1 6
SKIRTS PLUS CORPORATION 0 1 0 5 0 6
SMARTE CARTE, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, DAIG DIVISION, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 0 0 2 4 6
TERAMED, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
TURFCO MANUFACTURING, INC. 3 0 0 1 2 6
VIA, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
A-VEDA CORPORATION 3 0 1 1 0 5
ABBEYMOOR MEDICAL, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
ACCENTURE LLP 0 0 0 2 3 5
ADC SOLITRA, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ADVANCED PHOTODYNAMIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
AMERICAN STANDARD INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
ATRITECH, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
AUGUST TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 4 5
BARRIE ARCHERY, LLC 0 2 0 3 0 5
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BMC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
CONTICARE MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
CROWN IRON WORKS COMPANY 0 2 0 1 2 5
DAVISCO FOODS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
DIVERSI-PLAST PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 2 2 0 0 5
DYMEDIX CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
EV3 PERIPHERAL, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
FIRST CIRCLE MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 0 5
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
FORMULA FAST RACING 0 0 2 1 2 5
GARELICK MFG. CO. 1 0 1 1 2 5
HONEYWELL ADVANCED CIRCUITS, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
INTERCOMP COMPANY 1 3 1 0 0 5
IZEX TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD COMPANY 3 2 0 0 0 5
LIFETOUCH PORTRAIT STUDIOS INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MICRO CONTROL COMPANY 1 2 0 1 1 5
MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. 2 0 0 3 0 5
MONSANTO CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
MOORE NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
NEXEN GROUP, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
OPTICAL SENSORS, INC. 2 0 1 0 2 5
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 0 3 1 0 1 5
PERCARDIA, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
ROCKWOOD RETAINING WALLS, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
ROSS-HIME DESIGNS, INCORPORATED 2 0 1 2 0 5
SELECT COMFORT CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
T & L NIFTY PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
T. D. WRIGHT, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 2 5
TRANSCOM, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
TRANSOMA MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
UROMEDICA, INC. 1 0 2 2 0 5
VORTEX INTERNATIONAL, LLC 0 0 2 2 1 5
WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
WANNER ENGINEERING, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
XERXES CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5


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