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

Patenting By Ownership Location (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization and Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share

2011 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Listing of Organizations That Received 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
And That Were Located In

IRELAND

( patent ownership and geographic location are determined by the first-named patent owner (assignee) )
( domestic inventor share is the adjusted percentage of patents credited to U.S. resident inventors -- see Explanation of Data )

This table displays first-named owners (assignees) located in the identified region, their domestic (U.S.) inventor share, and counts of their utility patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Owner (Assignee) Category 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 71.0% 71.9% 62.9% 62.5% 54.9% 64.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 115 111 145 171 114 656
ZAMTEC LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 26.8% 41.9% . 22.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 58 133 37 0 228
DIGITALOPTICS CORPORATION EUROPE LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 14.1% 28.2% 19.2% 17.3% 0.0% 21.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 10 69 61 48 1 189
SKYPE Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 11.1% 8.3% 26.1% 23.5% 16.5% 19.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 9 32 41 62 38 182
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 14.7% 17.9% 19.9% 14.1% 19.3% 17.1%
Patent Counts, all shares 30 28 34 40 35 167
AMDOCS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 28.9% 19.6% 21.7% 19.1% 26.5% 23.1%
Patent Counts, all shares 15 17 24 27 34 117
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 2.2% 0.9%
Patent Counts, all shares 16 25 17 32 23 113
DEPUY (IRELAND) Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 60.0% 81.1% 68.9% 64.5%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 8 10 19 55 92
NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT IRELAND Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 11.1% 8.3% 12.0% 8.3% 7.5% 9.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 3 4 18 14 19 58
SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 75.0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 98.2%
Patent Counts, all shares 4 16 17 12 8 57
ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 27.0% 20.5% 42.2% 20.0% 50.9% 29.1%
Patent Counts, all shares 14 19 9 6 6 54
ALKERMES PHARMA IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 88.3% 84.0% 100% 94.3% 91.6%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 12 10 7 20 49
MEMJET TECHNOLOGY LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 50.0% 31.3% 38.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 18 30 48
AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 50.0% 60.0% 53.3% 60.0% 57.2%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 6 23 9 5 43
JAMES HARDIE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 40.5% 88.0% 72.7% 66.7% 33.3% 67.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 3 10 16 6 6 41
JANSSEN R& D IRELAND Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 7.9% 0.0% 3.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 5 8 19 8 40
UDC IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 4 15 11 10 40
FOTONATION LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 15.0% 16.8% 16.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 8 30 38
TIBOTEC PHARMACEUTICALS LTD Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 1.5%
Patent Counts, all shares 17 12 6 1 0 36
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 31.1% . . . . 31.1%
Patent Counts, all shares 32 0 0 0 0 32
SALVIAC LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 14 10 2 1 0 27
DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 1.9%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 6 6 8 5 26
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 8 4 3 5 22
KASEYA LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 100% 100% 100%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 3 18 21
FEINICS AMATECH TEORANTA Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 2 5 3 8 20
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-CORK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 2 5 5 8 20
ATROPOS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 2.4% 5.6% 5.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 4 3 2 7 3 19
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 20.0% 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 0.0% 4.1%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 1 6 6 1 16
JANSSEN ALZHEIMER IMMUNOTHERAPY Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 94.4% 100% 100% 100% . 97.6%
Patent Counts, all shares 6 1 4 3 0 14
MERRION RESEARCH I LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 12.5% 11.1% . 44.0% 26.7% 25.5%
Patent Counts, all shares 4 3 0 5 2 14
REDMERE TECHNOLOGY LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . . . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 9 5 0 0 0 14
CAMERON SYSTEMS (IRELAND) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 5 3 4 0 13
COSMO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 2 3 4 2 12
ELEMENT SIX LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 64.0% 26.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 0 2 3 5 12
NOGRA PHARMA LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 3 6 3 12
OPENET TELECOM LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 4.2% 7.5% 5.8%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 6 6 12
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 2 4 4 1 12
ELAN PHARMA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 87.4% 100% . 100% . 89.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 9 1 0 1 0 11
LEO LABORATORIES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 2 4 4 1 11
LOCTITE (R&D) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . . . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 7 4 0 0 0 11
ACTIVCARD IRELAND, LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 66.7% 40.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 40.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 3 5 0 1 1 10
APTALIS PHARMA LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 3 5 2 0 10
KINGSPAN HOLDINGS (IRL) LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 2 2 4 1 10
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 1 2 2 3 10
VYSERA BIOMEDICAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 2 0 4 3 1 10
DIGNITY SCIENCES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.7% 3.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 1 2 5 9
JANSSEN SCIENCES IRELAND UC Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . . 51.9% 51.9%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 0 9 9
TECH GROUP EUROPE LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 3 0 2 3 9
ALTOBRIDGE LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 75.0% 55.6% 10.0% . 59.6%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 4 3 1 0 8
POWERVATION LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 2 2 3 8
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 4 1 2 8
STRYKER IRELAND LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 2 1 2 3 8
DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 2 3 0 1 7
NEOTOPE BIOSCIENCES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 100% 75.0% 83.3% . 85.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 2 2 3 0 7
STOKES BIO LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 1 2 3 0 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (CORK) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 3 0 3 1 7
TOWER IPCO COMPANY LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 100% . 50.0% 50.0% 71.4%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 3 0 2 2 7
ABB LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 33.3% 72.2% . 100% 0.0% 58.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 3 0 1 1 6
AFILIAS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% . 52.1% . 34.7%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 2 0 4 0 6
BASIC HOLDINGS Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 1 2 0 2 6
BS&B SAFETY SYSTEMS, LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 66.7% . 100% 100% 33.3% 83.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 0 2 2 1 6
C& C VISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 100% 100% . . . 100%
Patent Counts, all shares 3 3 0 0 0 6
DECAWAVE LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 3 2 1 6
FLIP TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 2 3 1 6
GIULIANI INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . . . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 5 0 0 0 6
HENKEL IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% . 0.0% 10.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 3 1 0 1 6
KINGSPAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 3 0 1 1 6
MAINSTAY MEDICAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 100% . 100% 100%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 2 0 4 6
NORAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 1 3 2 6
SHAKIRA LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% . . 0.0% 12.5% 8.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 0 0 1 4 6
CORE SYSTEMS (NI) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 100% 50.0% . 50.0% 60.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 2 0 2 5
ENBIO LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 0 3 1 5
GLANBIA NUTRITIONALS (IRELAND) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 100% 100% . 100% 50.0% 80.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 1 0 1 2 5
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES (IRELAND) LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 100% 91.7% 100% . . 95.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 3 1 0 0 5
INTUNE NETWORKS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 2 2 1 5
LINEAR ALGEBRA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 1 4 5
MARKPORT LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 2 1 0 1 5
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR GALWAY LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . . 6.8% 6.8%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 0 5 5
NOVATE MEDICAL LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 1 0 3 0 5
OPENHYDRO IP LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 33.3% 0.0% 20.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 3 2 5
OPERA SOFTWARE IRELAND LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 100% 100% 100%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 2 3 5
OPSONA THERAPEUTICS LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 10.0% 6.3% . 6.5%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 2 2 0 5
ORBIS PATENTS LTD. Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 0.0% . 0.0% 0.0% . 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 0 1 3 0 5
OSSUR HF Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share 66.7% . . 0.0% 0.0% 13.3%
Patent Counts, all shares 1 0 0 1 3 5
RENISHAW (IRELAND) LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 1 1 1 2 5
SIGMOID PHARMA LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 1 1 3 5
SOCOWAVE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Domestic (U.S.) Inventor Share . . . 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Patent Counts, all shares 0 0 0 3 2 5


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