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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

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
MEDTRONIC INC. 89 78 76 63 73 379
~Individually Owned Patent 83 84 75 75 59 376
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 46 40 63 61 52 262
PACESETTER, INC. 26 38 64 57 67 252
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 18 27 12 17 12 86
INTERMEDICS, INC. 17 18 8 8 3 54
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERATE GMBH & CO., INGENIERBURO BERLIN 4 11 18 15 5 53
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 2 11 11 13 14 51
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC. 12 13 6 8 1 40
ALSIUS CORPORATION 4 2 11 10 11 38
ELA MEDICAL S.A. 2 4 10 9 5 30
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 0 8 17 5 30
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. 0 11 8 6 3 28
PACESETTER AB 11 11 1 4 1 28
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 2 3 3 9 7 24
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB 0 0 2 6 13 21
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 15 0 0 0 20
PHYSIO-CONTROL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 7 4 2 5 19
SURVIVALINK CORP. 10 5 2 0 0 17
NEUROPACE, INC. 4 0 4 7 1 16
BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 15 15
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 1 6 3 3 2 15
MEDIVANCE INCORPORATED 0 2 2 5 5 14
THERMAGE, INC. 0 2 12 0 0 14
CARDIAC SCIENCE, INC. 1 4 3 5 0 13
SURX, INC. 5 4 1 2 0 12
EP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 5 2 2 0 11
MOWER FAMILY CHF TREATMENT IRREVOCABLE TRUST 4 3 4 0 0 11
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 3 3 2 2 1 11
ABIOMED, INC. 0 4 6 0 0 10
COCHLEAR LIMITED 0 3 3 0 4 10
UROLOGIX, INC. 5 2 2 0 1 10
VERTIS NEUROSCIENCE, INC. 0 0 1 9 0 10
LIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION 0 4 3 2 0 9
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 0 0 1 4 4 9
TRANSNEURONIX, INC. 1 1 2 4 1 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 4 1 1 1 9
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1 1 0 1 5 8
CERAM OPTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 2 1 2 8
CYBERONICS, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 6 0 2 0 0 8
BRONCUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 1 0 0 7
CELSION CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 5 7
GALVANI, LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, LELAND JUNIOR, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF 0 0 1 5 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 2 0 2 0 3 7
VITATRON MEDICAL B.V. 7 0 0 0 0 7
WOODSIDE BIOMEDICAL, INC 1 3 1 2 0 7
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
ANGEION CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
ELECTRO CORE TECHNIQUES, LLC 1 0 4 1 0 6
GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
HEARTSTREAM, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
IMPLEX AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT HEARING TECHNOLOGY 2 4 0 0 0 6
SORIN BIOMEDICA CARDIO S.P.A. 0 2 3 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 2 1 2 1 0 6
ACORN CARDIOVASCULAR, INC. 0 1 1 3 0 5
ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 5
BIOLIGHT PATENT HOLDING AB 0 2 0 3 0 5
ELECTRO CORE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 2 1 1 0 5
PROSTALUND OPERATIONS AB 1 0 2 2 0 5
RESPIRONICS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5


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