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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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 120 94 108 70 80 472
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 39 37 54 36 47 213
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 53 41 45 30 21 190
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 13 11 32 14 9 79
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 17 10 15 12 5 59
CRYOVAC, INC. 12 12 13 11 7 55
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 9 8 11 9 6 43
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 16 4 3 6 4 33
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 6 6 10 3 33
AVX CORPORATION 4 8 10 4 5 31
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 5 6 6 7 26
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 1 8 8 1 24
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 5 11 4 24
POLY-MED, INC. 5 1 7 3 7 23
EASTWAY FAIR COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 5 9 5 19
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 5 9 4 0 0 18
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 10 3 0 3 2 18
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 2 3 6 2 4 17
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 2 7 4 2 17
INTEL CORPORATION 4 3 4 1 3 15
EATON CORPORATION 4 1 5 1 3 14
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 6 3 3 2 14
NCR CORPORATION 7 5 0 2 0 14
PACESETTER, INC. 6 1 0 2 5 14
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 7 3 3 0 0 13
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 3 5 2 0 2 12
SIEMENS DIESEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 5 3 1 0 12
DEERE + COMPANY 1 0 5 2 3 11
WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY 2 5 1 2 1 11
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 5 2 3 10
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 1 1 1 4 3 10
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 0 1 3 10
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 3 9
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 4 3 1 1 9
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 2 4 2 1 9
ONE WORLD TECHNOLOGIES, LIMITED 5 4 0 0 0 9
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 3 0 1 8
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 2 7
HOMELITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 0 1 4 1 1 7
ITRON, INC. 0 0 1 5 1 7
PHIBRO-TECH, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 0 0 2 3 2 7
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 3 1 0 1 1 6
ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 0 1 0 2 6
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
CARRIER COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, INC. 1 2 3 0 0 6
CELANESE ACETATE LLC 0 0 5 1 0 6
DARAMIC, INC. 3 2 0 1 0 6
MACHINE DESIGN INCORPORATED 2 1 1 2 0 6
TEXTRON INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
TIETEX INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 2 3 0 1 0 6
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
BBA NONWOVENS SIMPSONVILLE, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
DELTA DESIGN INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM 0 2 2 1 0 5
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. 0 2 2 1 0 5
ITRON ELECTRICITY METERING, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 2 2 0 0 1 5
MARJEN, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
POWER TOOL HOLDERS, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
SPAN-AMERICA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
SPIRAX SARCO, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 3 0 2 0 0 5


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