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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

NEVADA

( 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 143 141 149 110 98 641
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY (IGT) 89 86 69 80 100 424
SIERRA DESIGN GROUP 12 14 8 4 5 43
SHUFFLE MASTER, INC. 2 3 7 13 14 39
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 11 9 7 30
BENTLY NEVADA CORPORATION 13 11 1 0 0 25
MIKOHN GAMING CORPORATION 6 9 6 0 0 21
BALLY GAMING, INC. 1 2 2 2 13 20
SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 6 5 14
PROGRESSIVE GAMING INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 2 9 1 12
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA 2 1 1 3 4 11
BRUCE INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 2 4 1 0 10
HEETRONIX 2 1 4 3 0 10
ROCKY RESEARCH 6 1 0 3 0 10
ACRES GAMING, INC. 2 3 4 0 0 9
BIGELOW AEROSPACE DIVISION, LLC 0 4 1 2 2 9
AMERITYRE 1 2 1 0 4 8
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 2 0 3 8
WMS GAMING, INC. 0 1 0 3 4 8
DATA FLOW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
MICROMANIPULATOR CO., INC. 3 2 1 1 0 7
O.R. SOLUTIONS, INC. 1 2 0 1 3 7
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 1 3 7
TAYMAC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 4 7
ALTAIR NANOMATERIALS INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 2 1 0 1 2 6
EMHISER RESEARCH, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
PATENTED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 2 2 2 6
AFTG-TG, L.L.C. 0 1 1 1 2 5
CASINO DATA SYSTEMS 3 2 0 0 0 5
COLE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
COLEPAT, LLC 1 1 2 1 0 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
ETREPPID TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 1 4 0 0 5
INDIGO ENERGY, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
M.E.P. CAD, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 5 0 0 0 0 5
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5


PTMT Contacts

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Electronic Information Products Division - PTMT
P.O Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450

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fax: (571) 273-0110
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