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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

SOUTH CAROLINA

( 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 108 70 80 94 82 434
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 54 36 47 78 77 292
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 45 30 21 29 23 148
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 32 14 9 3 11 69
CRYOVAC, INC. 13 11 7 19 10 60
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 15 12 5 6 11 49
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 11 9 6 5 14 45
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 11 4 11 6 37
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 10 3 5 10 34
AVX CORPORATION 10 4 5 6 7 32
POLY-MED, INC. 7 3 7 1 7 25
EASTWAY FAIR COMPANY LIMITED 5 9 5 3 0 22
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 3 6 4 5 3 21
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 6 7 2 0 21
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 7 4 2 3 5 21
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 1 1 1 15 18
DEERE + COMPANY 5 2 3 3 5 18
HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 8 8 1 0 0 17
JACOBS CHUCK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 5 2 3 2 5 17
ITRON, INC. 1 5 1 3 6 16
EATON CORPORATION 5 1 3 4 2 15
PACESETTER, INC. 0 2 5 5 3 15
SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 7 2 13
THE ESAB GROUP, INC. 6 2 4 1 0 13
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 4 8 0 12
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 3 2 1 3 12
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 2 1 2 3 12
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 1 4 3 2 2 12
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 0 1 4 6 11
APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION 3 1 3 1 2 10
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 3 1 1 2 3 10
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, LLC 2 3 2 2 1 10
INTEL CORPORATION 4 1 3 0 1 9
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, LLC 0 0 0 6 3 9
TEXTRON INC. 1 2 3 2 1 9
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 2 0 0 4 2 8
WOVEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 0 4 8
DIXIE-NARCO, INC. 0 2 2 1 2 7
WABTEC HOLDING CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 2 7
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 2 2 6
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
BRITAX CHILD SAFETY INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
CELANESE ACETATE LLC 5 1 0 0 0 6
DOTY SCIENTIFIC, INC. 1 4 0 1 0 6
GHC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 1 3 2 0 6
HOMELITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 4 1 1 0 0 6
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 3 2 1 0 6
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 2 0 2 0 2 6
PHIBRO-TECH, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER COMPANY INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
ALUMINUM LADDER COMPANY 0 1 1 0 3 5
ARBORGEN, LLC 0 0 1 0 4 5
D&PL TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORP. 2 0 0 2 1 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 4 0 0 1 0 5
HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MARJEN, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
PARK LANE CONSERVATORIES LTD. 0 2 2 0 1 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 0 1 0 1 5
SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
SPIRAX SARCO, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5


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