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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

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
MEDTRONIC INC. 73 72 110 131 67 453
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 52 77 101 104 95 429
PACESETTER, INC. 67 65 77 93 49 351
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 59 48 45 56 33 241
ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION 12 18 38 29 7 104
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB 13 19 16 13 6 67
CAMERON HEALTH, INC. 5 7 15 11 11 49
INNERCOOL THERAPIES, INC. 14 6 9 7 4 40
ELA MEDICAL S.A. 5 5 9 4 7 30
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 3 2 6 7 11 29
BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 6 6 0 0 27
COCHLEAR LIMITED 4 2 4 8 9 27
PHYSIO-CONTROL MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 5 10 2 7 0 24
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 5 4 10 3 1 23
BIOTRONIK MESS- UND THERAPIEGERAETE GMBH & CO. INGENIEURBUERO BERLIN 5 6 6 5 0 22
ALSIUS CORPORATION 11 3 5 1 1 21
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 5 3 4 3 4 19
RADIANT MEDICAL, INC. 7 3 2 4 0 16
NORTHSTAR NEUROSCIENCE, INC. 0 1 5 6 2 14
SECOND SIGHT, LLC 1 1 6 6 0 14
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 1 1 4 4 3 13
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 13 13
ZOLL MEDICAL CORPORATION 2 2 2 7 0 13
IMPULSE DYNAMICS N.V. 3 2 2 4 1 12
OSCOR INC. 3 1 2 3 2 11
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 3 1 3 3 10
MEDCOOL, INC. 1 2 4 2 0 9
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 0 2 4 3 9
BIO CONTROL MEDICAL LTD 1 4 0 1 2 8
BIOTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 2 4 8
UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2 0 4 1 1 8
INTERMEDICS, INC. 3 3 0 0 1 7
INTRAPACE, INC. 0 0 6 0 1 7
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 3 3 0 1 7
MEDIVANCE INCORPORATED 5 0 1 0 1 7
MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
ORATEC INTERVENTIONS, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
PALOMAR MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 5 7
PARACOR MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
SCIENCE MEDICUS, INC. 3 2 2 0 0 7
STANDEN LTD. 0 1 4 0 2 7
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 1 3 1 1 7
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TERUMO CORPORATION) 1 1 2 2 1 7
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2 0 2 2 0 6
ADROIT DEVELOPMENT, INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
ADVANCED BIONICS, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
CELSION CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
CYBERONICS, INC. 1 0 0 1 4 6
MEAGAN MEDICAL, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 0 0 2 3 1 6
BIOWAVE CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
BRAINSGATE LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 1 1 5
CERAM OPTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
CVRX, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
KENERGY, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
LUMERX INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
MEDTRONIC EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
METACURE N.V. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MICRONET MEDICAL, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
NEUROPACE, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
SOLARANT MEDICAL, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 3 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 3 0 2 0 0 5
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5


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