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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

NORWAY

( 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 32 32 33 21 18 136
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 9 10 9 12 12 52
NORSK HYDRO ASA 14 3 6 5 12 40
WESTERNGECO, LLC 2 5 2 5 25 39
STATOIL ASA 11 6 8 5 6 36
BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY 7 6 4 4 3 24
OPTOPLAN AS 3 3 5 6 6 23
UOP 7 1 5 2 2 17
SINVENT AS 5 2 2 4 3 16
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 4 9 16
NEXANS 2 5 2 3 3 15
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 2 2 5 4 1 14
ATMEL CORPORATION 0 0 1 6 5 12
AMERSHAM HEALTH AS 5 4 2 0 0 11
TANDBERG DATA A/S 2 4 3 1 1 11
DEN NORSKE STATS OLJESELSKAP A.S. 5 4 0 0 1 10
FMC KONGSBERG SUBSEA AS 5 2 1 1 1 10
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 3 1 3 3 0 10
NATIONAL OILWELL NORWAY AS 2 0 3 4 1 10
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 1 2 3 2 10
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 0 0 2 2 6 10
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 2 1 3 3 9
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
INTEL CORPORATION 1 5 2 0 0 8
KONGSBERG AUTOMOTIVE ASA 3 2 1 2 0 8
MAGTECH AS 1 2 2 3 0 8
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 6 1 8
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA 3 0 2 3 0 8
VETCO AIBEL AS 0 0 7 1 0 8
ELKEM ASA 4 1 0 1 1 7
IDEX ASA 1 0 1 5 0 7
INFOCUS CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
KNUTSEN OAS SHIPPING AS 0 1 3 2 1 7
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 3 0 4 0 0 7
NATURAL ASA 2 1 4 0 0 7
PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS 0 0 3 0 4 7
AXIS-SHIELD ASA 1 0 0 3 2 6
BAKKE TECHNOLOGY AS 1 2 1 2 0 6
GE HEALTHCARE AS 0 0 0 2 4 6
GEMVAX AS 1 1 2 1 1 6
PHOTOCURE ASA 0 1 1 3 1 6
TANDBERG STORAGE ASA 0 1 1 3 1 6
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 1 1 1 0 2 5
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 0 0 2 1 2 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 0 1 3 5
GYRODATA, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SENSONOR A/S 3 1 1 0 0 5
VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS 0 0 0 1 4 5


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