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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 1969 - 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 602, Surgery: Splint, Brace, or Bandage

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 33 44 46 41 47 60 45 36 36 28 33 40 50 30 43 46 59 64 64 58 65 70 79 62 56 59 76 57 71 121 102 108 78 70 95 63 63 69 32 36 2335
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 9 2 5 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
KENDALL COMPANY 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
AUGUSTINE MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 13 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 38
BEIERSDORF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 4 3 5 4 0 3 1 1 37
ROYCE MEDICAL COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 3 0 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 36
OSSUR HF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 11 12 29
SMITH & NEPHEW PLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 8 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 3 2 7 2 1 2 26
JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 25
RESTORATIVE CARE OF AMERICA INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 19
DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 3 18
SMITH & NEPHEW DONJOY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
SMITH AND NEPHEW ASSOCIATED COMPANIES P.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
WEBER ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 3 17
FLORIDA ORTHOPEDICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 16
DJ ORTHOPEDICS, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 0 0 15
BSN MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 14
CAMP INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ORTHOMERICA PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 13
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
UNITED STATES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
AMEI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 4 1 0 12
BEIERSDORF, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 3 12
COLOPLAST INTERNATIONAL A/S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 12
AIRCAST INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
BREG, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 11
E. R. SQUIBB + SONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PROTECTAIR LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
THE SAUNDERS GROUP, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 11
BAUERFEIND GMBH & CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
BECKER ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCE COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 10
CARAPACE INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
INNOVATION SPORTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 10
NEW DIMENSIONS IN MEDICINE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
ACTIVE ANKLE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
DYNASPLINT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9
KARL OTTO BRAUN KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
AMBU INTERNATIONAL A/S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8
BIO-CYBERNETICS INTERNATIONAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8
EMPI, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
HEXCEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
HOLLISTER INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8
PARKER MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
SURGICAL APPLIANCE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 7
BOSTON BRACE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
DJO, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 7
GENERATION II ORTHOTICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
GLACIER CROSS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
LOHMANN GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
MEDICAL DESIGNS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 7
ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THE JEROME GROUP INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
ALCARE CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BIORESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BROWN MEDICAL INDUSTRIES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
CHARLES GREINER & COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
FOUNTAINHEAD CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 6
JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 6
MOLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
RICHARDS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TOKYO EIZAI LABORATORY COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ALBRECHT GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5
AMBU INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 5
ARIZANT HEALTHCARE INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5
ASTERISK.ASTERISK LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 5
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
BAUERFEIND AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5
BISSELL HEALTH CARE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
D'MANNCO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
FERRIS MANUFACTURING CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GEORGE MEDICAL, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5
HISAMITSU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 5
LMB HAND REHAB PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ORTHOSIS CORRECTIVE SYSTEMS CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TRI-STATE HOSPITAL SUPPLY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5



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