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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 1969 - 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

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 46 42 51 27 38 39 39 44 29 37 31 33 25 35 23 21 31 18 26 21 23 24 27 32 29 24 30 18 25 35 24 30 27 20 6 20 1050
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 111 120 134 48 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 430
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 15 8 16 9 12 8 9 9 8 2 7 12 6 3 5 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 0 0 1 3 4 4 5 4 1 5 182
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 9 8 16 3 4 7 10 8 3 6 5 3 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 10 8 2 2 2 3 3 79
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 21
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 2 11
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
GILLETTE COMPANY 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
JTE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
LARGE SCALE BIOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 9
LARGE SCALE PROTEOMICS CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 9
MARINE DESALINATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 9
SEPRACOR INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 9
THE TELEPHONE CONNECTION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
HB ENGINEERING CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
MICROSTRATEGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8
MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 8
APTI, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
ACUITY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
AMERICAN STANDARD, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
POTOMAC PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
WESTVACO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES TRADING INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
VIRTUAL GEOSATELLITE, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 5


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