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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 33 21 18 17 46 135
WESTERNGECO, LLC 2 5 25 12 25 69
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 9 12 12 3 5 41
NORSK HYDRO ASA 6 5 12 7 8 38
STATOIL ASA 8 5 6 11 7 37
TANDBERG TELECOM AS 2 2 6 10 14 34
ATMEL CORPORATION 1 6 5 10 6 28
OPTOPLAN AS 5 6 6 5 5 27
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 9 10 3 27
GE HEALTHCARE AS 0 2 4 5 9 20
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 3 2 3 4 4 16
PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS 3 0 4 4 5 16
BOREALIS TECHNOLOGY OY 4 4 3 3 1 15
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 6 1 3 4 15
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 5 13
SINVENT AS 2 4 3 2 2 13
UOP 5 2 2 3 1 13
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 5 4 1 2 1 13
VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS 0 1 4 5 2 12
IDEX ASA 1 5 0 2 3 11
NEXANS 2 3 3 3 0 11
TELENOR ASA 1 1 0 3 6 11
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA 2 3 0 2 4 11
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 1 3 3 0 3 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 3 4 2 10
NATIONAL OILWELL NORWAY AS 3 4 1 0 2 10
APTINA IMAGING CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 7 9
FMC BIOPOLYMER AS 0 0 0 1 8 9
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES SENSONOR AS 1 0 1 5 2 9
KNUTSEN OAS SHIPPING AS 3 2 1 3 0 9
TANDBERG STORAGE ASA 1 3 1 3 1 9
AXIS-SHIELD ASA 0 3 2 3 0 8
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 3 3 0 2 0 8
M-I L.L.C 1 1 0 1 5 8
OPTINOSE AS 0 0 2 2 4 8
PHOTOCURE ASA 1 3 1 2 1 8
TANDBERG DATA A/S 3 1 1 2 1 8
VETCO AIBEL AS 7 1 0 0 0 8
YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA 1 1 0 2 4 8
ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
ROXAR FLOW MEASUREMENT AS 0 2 0 2 3 7
ABB AS 0 0 2 1 3 6
AKER KVAERNER SUBSEA AS 4 0 0 1 1 6
ELECTROMAGNETIC GEOSERVICES AS 2 1 2 1 0 6
FMC KONGSBERG SUBSEA AS 1 1 1 1 2 6
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 4 0 0 0 2 6
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 0 2 2 1 0 5
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 1 0 2 2 0 5
BIONOR IMMUNO AS 2 0 0 1 2 5
ELKEM A/S 0 1 3 1 0 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
GEMVAX AS 2 1 1 0 1 5
INFOCUS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
LAERDAL MEDICAL AS 0 0 0 0 5 5
MAGTECH AS 2 3 0 0 0 5
RESLINK AS 0 2 2 0 1 5
SMART SEAL AS 0 0 3 1 1 5
SONITOR TECHNOLOGIES A/S 0 1 3 1 0 5


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