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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

MARYLAND

( 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 219 189 159 208 239 1014
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 81 58 63 78 91 371
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 84 57 59 50 62 312
BLACK & DECKER INC. 74 61 52 54 69 310
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 53 57 44 46 69 269
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 50 37 35 46 75 243
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 35 29 29 29 41 163
HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES, INC. 40 31 30 21 12 134
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 15 11 15 12 21 74
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 16 18 22 12 4 72
CIENA CORPORATION 15 14 11 10 12 62
GENENTECH, INC. 13 21 16 3 5 58
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 18 14 16 4 6 58
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 8 14 13 6 7 48
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 2 9 15 10 12 48
CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 9 13 9 2 14 47
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 10 5 9 7 44
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 9 6 7 6 12 40
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 4 11 25 40
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 5 4 14 13 38
MEDIMMINE, LLC 4 6 7 7 13 37
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 9 21 6 0 36
HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC 10 5 9 7 2 33
PARATEK MICROWAVE, INC. 13 3 2 4 11 33
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 2 12 7 6 31
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 9 3 1 8 10 31
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 8 5 7 8 3 31
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 4 3 5 7 11 30
INVITROGEN CORPORATION 9 10 8 2 0 29
INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 14 2 2 3 5 26
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 5 5 8 4 25
WELLSTAT THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION 6 4 3 5 7 25
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 4 2 4 4 10 24
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 7 5 3 8 23
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 4 4 6 5 4 23
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 6 2 6 1 8 23
CELIGHT, INC. 3 5 5 3 6 22
J. M. HUBER CORPORATION 2 11 3 3 3 22
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 6 3 6 4 3 22
ATMEL CORPORATION 3 4 4 8 2 21
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 4 5 2 1 9 21
FANNIE MAE 0 0 1 3 16 20
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 7 5 3 1 4 20
APPLERA CORPORATION 16 2 1 0 0 19
ARBITRON INC. 1 4 7 6 1 19
STX LLC 6 4 5 4 0 19
AOL LLC 3 1 9 2 3 18
COGNIO, INC. 9 8 1 0 0 18
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 4 5 3 4 2 18
IBIQUITY DIGITAL CORPORATION 3 2 2 5 6 18
MILLENNIUM INORGANIC CHEMICALS, INC. 5 3 0 3 7 18
HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. 0 5 2 6 4 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 3 1 4 3 6 17
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. 2 5 0 7 2 16
SENSORS FOR MEDICINE AND SCIENCE, INC. 3 5 2 1 5 16
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 2 5 8 15
INFINERA CORPORATION 4 1 1 6 3 15
IPR LICENSING, INC. 4 5 0 5 1 15
LAITRAM, L.L.C. 0 3 3 5 4 15
BOWLES FLUIDICS CORPORATION 4 2 2 2 4 14
BROADWING CORPORATION 0 2 7 4 1 14
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 2 3 3 4 2 14
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. 1 4 3 1 5 14
MESO SCLAE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. 5 1 0 3 5 14
EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC. 1 1 3 3 5 13
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 2 1 2 3 5 13
CORVIS CORPORATION 9 3 0 0 0 12
EASCO HAND TOOLS, INC. 2 3 5 2 0 12
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 8 12
SOURCEFIRE, INC. 0 2 2 2 6 12
WRIGHT MANUFACTURING INC. 0 1 4 4 3 12
AAI CORPORATION 2 0 5 2 2 11
ADCOR INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 4 2 3 11
GERON CORPORATION 1 4 1 4 1 11
KELSYUS, LLC 3 3 1 2 2 11
MACROGENICS, INC. 1 0 3 4 3 11
MCAFEE, INC. 5 1 1 3 1 11
MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 5 5 11
SUCAMPO, A.G. 5 1 3 0 2 11
VISICU, INC. 0 2 8 1 0 11
WM. T. BURNETT IP, LLC 0 0 0 3 8 11
180S, INC. 3 2 1 2 2 10
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 3 0 2 10
COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC 0 0 0 2 8 10
DYAX CORP. 4 2 1 0 3 10
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2 0 5 1 2 10
HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE 1 1 1 4 3 10
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 6 0 3 1 0 10
INTRALYTIX, INC. 0 0 1 7 2 10
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 1 3 2 0 10
SEDNA PATENT SERVICES, LLC 4 4 2 0 0 10
SUPERNUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 2 1 1 6 10
A & G PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. 1 1 2 2 3 9
ADA FOUNDATION 1 1 1 2 4 9
CELERA CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 3 9
MEDTRONIC INC. 2 2 2 3 0 9
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 3 2 1 0 3 9
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 1 2 2 1 3 9
ADVANCIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. 7 1 0 0 0 8
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 0 1 3 3 8
BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC. 2 1 0 3 2 8
BIOSURFACE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 2 2 8
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES 3 2 2 1 0 8
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
ERRANT GENE THERAPEUTICS, LLC 1 3 1 1 2 8
FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP. 0 1 2 1 4 8
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 3 1 8
MUSIC CHOICE 3 0 3 0 2 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 3 0 2 2 8
ROBELIGHT, LLC 0 0 3 4 1 8
WEMTEC, INC. 1 2 2 2 1 8
3E TECHNOLOGIES, INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 0 1 0 1 5 7
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS 0 3 3 0 1 7
APEX/ECLIPSE SYSTEMS, INC. 2 0 5 0 0 7
ARINC, INC. 1 0 3 0 3 7
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 2 3 1 7
CORRELOGIC SYSTEMS, INC., 1 1 3 1 1 7
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 0 3 3 1 7
GLYCOMIMETICS, INC. 2 0 1 1 3 7
INTELITRAC, INC. 3 2 1 0 1 7
KOOLSPAN, INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
MGI GP, INC. 0 6 1 0 0 7
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 2 7
NABI BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 2 2 2 1 7
OCIMUM BIOSOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 5 2 0 7
PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 0 2 3 0 2 7
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 3 0 0 1 3 7
QUALCOMM, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
TECHNOLOGY PATENTS, LLC 0 2 0 3 2 7
TVI CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 0 7
VIASAT, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
COMSAT CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 0 6
DORSAL NETWORKS, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
ENTREMED, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
ESSEX CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 1 6
FUSION UV SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
GENEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
MARTEK BIOSCIENCES CORPORATION 0 3 0 0 3 6
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
RAVGEN, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
WELLSTAT BIOLOGICS CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
ACTERNA, LLC 1 1 0 2 1 5
ALTERA CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
AMERICAN REGISTRY OF PATHOLOGY 1 1 0 1 2 5
ATTO BIOSCIENCE INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
BIOSYNEXUS INCORPORATED 0 2 1 1 1 5
BIOVERIS CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
BRITANNIA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
COSTAR GROUP, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
CREATV MICROTECH, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
DIGENE CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
DTVG LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
E-NUMERATE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
EMC CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
EPITAXIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 1 1 1 0 5
GENVEC, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
GR INTELLECTUAL RESERVE, LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
GUILFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 1 2 0 0 5
MULTISPECTRAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
NORA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
REDXDEFENSE, LLC 0 0 0 4 1 5
ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO., KG 0 0 0 2 3 5
SEQUOIA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
SHAW STROZ LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
TECHNEST HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
TECHNO-SCIENCES, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 2 0 2 1 5
TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5


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