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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

ALABAMA

( 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 106 87 95 63 62 413
ADTRAN 17 19 25 14 10 85
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 6 26 41 9 0 82
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 28 11 11 12 2 64
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 9 8 16 13 10 56
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 14 11 11 5 8 49
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 15 11 9 4 9 48
AUBURN UNIVERSITY 7 10 8 11 8 44
NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS AL, CORPORATION 4 7 7 8 7 33
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 8 4 2 3 5 22
RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2 3 5 6 4 20
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 2 9 3 1 0 15
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 4 10 14
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 3 3 5 2 14
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 4 5 0 1 11
3DLABS INC. LTD. 6 2 0 1 1 10
BOEING COMPANY 2 4 1 2 1 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 3 10
AVOCENT CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 1 8
BIOCRYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 0 0 6 1 7
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 1 1 4 1 7
IDENIX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 1 3 3 0 7
INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC. 1 2 0 4 0 7
NEW CENTURY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
PSI SALES, INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
UNITED STATES PIPE AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, LLC 2 0 3 2 0 7
UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
ALEREON INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 1 4 1 6
UIT, LLC 0 1 1 2 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1 0 0 2 3 6
ADS CORPORATION 4 0 0 0 1 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ATRION MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
GEBERIT AG 0 2 2 0 1 5
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
NEXT-RF, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
SYNAPSE, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 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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