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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 85 60 85 50 55 335
DEERE + COMPANY 66 62 58 46 46 278
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 51 33 47 73 55 259
STINE SEED FARM, INC. 37 41 61 54 31 224
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 41 29 39 44 40 193
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 16 16 27 24 19 102
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 24 12 22 22 12 92
MAYTAG CORPORATION 29 22 27 7 4 89
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 14 19 21 10 9 73
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 3 3 25 42 73
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 16 15 13 8 7 59
VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 14 13 11 8 12 58
CNH AMERICA LLC 1 8 7 13 7 36
LISLE CORPORATION 8 8 7 4 4 31
SAUER-DANFOSS INC. 6 9 7 4 5 31
XILINX, INC. 4 6 8 6 6 30
INTERMEC IP CORP. 3 5 5 7 9 29
BROADCOM CORPORATION 5 6 6 1 9 27
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 7 17 24
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 3 8 4 6 1 22
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 5 3 3 6 21
GRAIN PROCESSING CORPORATION 7 5 3 3 2 20
SQUARE D COMPANY 4 2 6 5 3 20
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 1 0 3 4 11 19
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 5 1 4 6 3 19
MUSCO CORPORATION 4 2 3 6 3 18
HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 10 5 0 0 15
STORK TOWNSEND INC. 0 0 4 8 1 13
HON TECHNOLOGY INC. 7 5 0 0 0 12
MICREL INCORPORATED 2 4 3 3 0 12
CRYSTAL GROUP INC 6 1 2 2 0 11
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 5 4 0 0 11
PELLA CORPORATION 3 1 5 1 0 10
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 5 0 1 0 10
WYETH 0 1 2 3 4 10
CARLETON LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 2 1 9
GARST SEED COMPANY 0 0 4 5 0 9
LIGHTWAVES SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 1 3 9
ALCOA INC. 5 0 2 1 0 8
CUSTOM-PAK, INCORPORATED 1 0 3 2 2 8
HUNTER'S SPECIALTIES, INC. 3 1 1 0 3 8
HWH CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 2 8
PUTCO, INC. 0 3 2 3 0 8
BIOFORCE NANOSCIENCES, INC. 1 1 3 0 2 7
HENDERSON MANUFACTURING CO. 1 4 0 1 1 7
LINK MFG., LTD. 2 1 1 3 0 7
SOYGENETICS, LLC 2 1 1 3 0 7
SUKUP MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 4 2 0 0 7
TRIPLETAIL VENTURES, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
F. R. DRAKE COMPANY 1 2 2 0 1 6
GARY W. CLEM, INC. 2 1 1 0 2 6
MCI, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
STINE BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
VECTOR CORPORATION 3 0 0 0 3 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
ADVANTA U.S.A., INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
BARNSTEAD THERMOLYNE CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 3 5
CEDARAPIDS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
COMBISEP, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
COMPRESSOR CONTROLS CORP. 2 0 2 1 0 5
DECISIONMARK CORP. 3 0 1 1 0 5
DELAVAN INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 0 3 1 0 5
HOLDEN'S FOUNDATION SEEDS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MCI, LLC 0 0 3 2 0 5
MITEC INCORPORATED 2 2 1 0 0 5
NCS PEARSON, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
THE LAURIDSEN GROUP INCORPORATED 1 1 1 2 0 5
THERMAL DYNAMICS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
U.S. FILTER CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
WINEGARD COMPANY 0 1 1 0 3 5


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