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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

BELGIUM

( 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
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 61 40 58 39 16 214
ALCATEL 33 36 34 13 21 137
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELEKTRONICA CENTRUM (IMEC VZW) 29 25 27 25 29 135
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 25 20 26 20 15 106
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 31 20 16 12 9 88
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 16 15 16 19 13 79
JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. 11 11 14 19 18 73
SOLVAY (SOCIETE ANONYME) 18 13 14 9 4 58
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 11 11 20 6 7 55
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM BIOLOGICALS (S.A.) 17 6 9 9 11 52
CNH AMERICA LLC 2 16 12 10 11 51
BARCO N.V. 4 4 11 8 12 39
N.V. BEKAERT S.A. 5 9 10 8 5 37
N. V. INNOGENETICS S.A. 8 6 7 9 4 34
N. V. MICHEL VAN DE WIELE 7 4 12 5 6 34
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 5 10 8 6 2 31
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC. 2 9 7 3 6 27
AGFA GRAPHICS NV 0 0 0 9 16 25
VLAAMS INTERUNIVERSITAIR INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE (VIB) VZW 6 2 4 7 5 24
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH 5 3 7 4 4 23
PICANOL N.V. 3 7 6 5 2 23
GLAVERBEL 2 8 7 4 1 22
BAYER BIOSCIENCE N.V. 4 4 5 6 2 21
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS RESEARCH FELUY 0 0 5 9 6 20
U.C.B. SOCIETE ANONYME 7 4 4 2 3 20
ATOFINA RESEARCH, S.A. 9 8 1 0 0 18
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 11 4 2 1 0 18
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 2 2 4 2 18
EUROSCREEN S.A. 2 3 3 5 4 17
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 4 6 5 1 1 17
HERAEUS ELECTRO-NITE INTERNATIONAL N.V. 3 2 2 3 6 16
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 2 4 5 4 15
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 7 5 3 0 0 15
HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC 6 5 0 3 1 15
UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN 3 5 3 1 3 15
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 1 4 2 6 14
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 9 2 1 14
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 1 3 4 13
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 3 1 3 3 3 13
BROADCOM CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 5 13
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 4 3 2 13
NXP B.V. 0 0 0 3 10 13
THIN FILM ELECTRONICS ASA 7 4 0 1 0 12
UNIVERSITEIT GENT 1 3 3 3 2 12
HANSEN TRANSMISSION INTERNATIONAL NV 0 1 2 6 2 11
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 4 1 1 10
ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SOCIETE ANONYME 3 2 1 2 2 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 1 4 0 0 10
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE 2 2 1 2 3 10
FLOORING INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 3 3 1 1 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 3 3 1 9
K.U. LEUVEN RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 1 2 2 1 3 9
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 2 4 1 1 9
UNILIN BEHEER BV, BESLOTEN VENNOOTSCHAP 2 3 2 0 2 9
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES 1 0 2 2 4 9
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSELS 2 0 1 3 3 9
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION (BELGIUM) BVBA 0 0 2 5 1 8
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 2 3 8
FCI 1 1 2 1 3 8
SONY EUROPA B.V. 5 3 0 0 0 8
TIBOTEC BVBA 1 3 2 2 0 8
TIBOTEC PHARMACEUTICALS LTD 0 0 1 3 4 8
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 1 1 4 2 0 8
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 1 0 2 0 4 7
EMC CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 2 7
EPPENDORF ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES SA (EAT) 0 0 1 2 4 7
KRATON POLYMERS US LLC 1 1 2 3 0 7
LEUVEN RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT VZW 2 0 0 3 2 7
OWENS CORNING COMPOSITES SPRL 1 2 4 0 0 7
AKZO NOBEL NV 4 1 1 0 0 6
AMI SEMICONDUCTOR BELGIUM BVBA 0 1 0 2 3 6
B.E.A. S.A. 1 0 2 0 3 6
CF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
FIRMA G.B. BOUCHERIE, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP 3 2 0 0 1 6
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 3 3 0 0 0 6
KEMIN PHARMA EUROPE B.V.B.A. 0 0 5 0 1 6
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 0 3 2 1 6
SOLVAY POLYOLEFINS EUROPE -- BELGIUM (SOCIETE ANONYME 1 3 2 0 0 6
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. 3 0 0 2 1 6
SURFACE SPECIALTIES, S.A. 0 1 4 0 1 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 1 1 2 6
UCB FARCHIM S.A. 1 2 1 2 0 6
UMICORE 1 1 1 2 1 6
ADVANCED ELASTOMER SYSTEMS, L.P. 1 0 1 1 2 5
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 2 0 0 2 1 5
CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES A.S.B.L. 1 2 1 1 0 5
CERESTAR HOLDING BV 1 1 3 0 0 5
DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 1 0 3 0 5
DYNACO INTERNATIONAL S.A. 0 1 1 1 2 5
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 1 3 0 0 1 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MELEXIS N.V. 2 2 1 0 0 5
NEXANS 2 0 1 2 0 5
SOLUTIA INC. 1 1 1 2 0 5
SONY SERVICE CENTER (EUROPE) N.V. 1 0 3 1 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS BELGIUM N.V. 0 1 0 3 1 5
TECHSPACE AERO S.A. 1 0 3 0 1 5
XEIKON INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 3 1 1 0 5


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