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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 2007 - 2011 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

FLORIDA

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 720 674 648 804 864 3710
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 55 61 69 68 72 325
MOTOROLA, INC. 108 80 65 61 5 319
HARRIS CORP. 58 62 55 61 59 295
FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 21 41 70 111 247
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 0 4 58 96 89 247
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 27 31 32 77 74 241
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 30 36 51 56 63 236
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 52 39 50 39 47 227
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 18 47 27 39 29 160
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 23 19 21 28 33 124
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 59 53 0 0 0 112
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY 12 6 12 34 20 84
PARKERVISION, INC. 15 17 11 15 23 81
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 11 8 19 20 23 81
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 29 14 13 15 5 76
JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE, INC. 11 13 9 25 16 74
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 22 10 10 18 7 67
MESHNETWORKS, INC. 18 13 14 14 6 65
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 5 19 40 64
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 15 8 8 18 13 62
IPR LICENSING, INC. 20 2 18 7 13 60
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), L.L.C. 0 1 9 26 18 54
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 11 11 4 13 13 52
VIRGIN ISLANDS MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 9 16 18 4 49
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 2 4 12 27 46
ARTHREX INC. 8 4 6 8 17 43
BECKMAN COULTER, INC. 11 11 8 8 5 43
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 1 7 4 15 14 41
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 11 8 9 6 6 40
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 8 16 12 39
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 9 6 5 11 8 39
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 11 9 9 2 2 33
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 15 13 4 0 0 32
DEPUY PRODUCTS, INC. 4 1 4 13 9 31
SIEMENS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 12 8 10 1 0 31
MOTOROLA-MOBILITY, INC. 0 0 0 8 21 29
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 2 9 8 7 27
CODMAN + SHURTLEFF, INC. 0 0 3 16 7 26
CORDIS NEUROVASCULAR, INC. 18 6 0 1 0 25
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 2 5 2 5 11 25
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 2 6 16 25
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 8 2 5 6 4 25
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 4 4 7 22
GRAPHIC SECURITY SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 6 8 6 1 22
AUTHENTEC, INC. 2 5 4 5 5 21
CORDIS CORPORATION 6 5 5 2 3 21
WISTARIA TRADING, INC. 0 3 0 10 8 21
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 4 7 7 20
CROSS MATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 3 1 3 2 20
GRIP POD SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 0 3 3 6 8 20
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 20 20
PARADYNE CORPORATION 8 3 2 2 5 20
DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 4 3 4 5 3 19
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY 5 4 2 3 5 19
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 2 5 6 5 19
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 5 3 4 4 3 19
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. 4 2 0 4 8 18
XM SATELLITE RADIO INC. 6 3 3 4 2 18
SKYCROSS, INC. 4 2 2 6 3 17
ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 6 8 16
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 3 3 4 6 16
BIOMET 3I, INC. 0 3 3 4 6 16
NANTERO, INC. 0 0 0 9 7 16
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 3 7 6 0 0 16
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 3 1 8 16
POWER SYSTEMS MFG., LLC 5 2 3 4 1 15
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 7 2 1 1 3 14
CATALINA MARKETING CORPORATION 1 2 0 4 7 14
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 1 1 2 10 14
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 3 1 4 4 14
SUNBEAM PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 4 5 2 14
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTORS, INC. 0 1 3 1 9 14
XG TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 2 2 10 14
ADVANCED MAGNET LAB, INC. 0 0 0 1 12 13
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 4 1 5 2 1 13
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 3 3 2 3 2 13
FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC, INC. 2 4 0 4 3 13
JABIL CIRCUIT, INC. 1 6 1 0 5 13
MILLENNIUM SPECIALTY CHEMICALS, INC. 4 2 3 4 0 13
SEISINT, INC. 2 2 0 7 2 13
SIGNATURE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 3 7 3 13
SYMANTEC OPERATING CORPORATION 0 1 1 7 4 13
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P. 0 0 3 1 8 12
HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 1 5 3 12
INTELLON CORPORATION 2 2 6 2 0 12
LINVATEC CORPORATION 5 1 2 3 1 12
PEROT SYSTEMS CORPORATION 4 4 0 3 1 12
SYMANTEC CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 8 12
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 2 3 0 1 6 12
ANSPACH EFFORT, INC. 3 2 4 0 2 11
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 6 11
CARTRIDGE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. 4 4 2 0 1 11
CASUAL LIVING WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 2 4 3 1 11
CHEP TECHNOLOGY PTY LIMITED 2 2 3 2 2 11
EATON CORPORATION 2 1 4 2 2 11
FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 1 2 1 3 11
FIRST DATA CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 3 11
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORPORATION 1 2 2 4 2 11
OSCOR INC. 5 3 1 0 2 11
SIEMENS ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 6 5 11
UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLP 1 0 3 4 3 11
ALTERA CORPORATION 2 1 5 1 1 10
APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 3 2 1 10
ATLAS SPINE, INC. 4 1 1 2 2 10
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 0 5 1 10
DIGITAL DOORS, INC. 2 2 2 3 1 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 1 4 4 1 10
NAVISENSE 0 1 1 5 3 10
NEXXUS LIGHTING, INC. 3 2 1 2 2 10
POUCH PAC INNOVATIONS, LLC 0 1 2 5 2 10
R/M EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 2 1 5 2 10
REAGAN INVENTIONS, LLC 0 0 1 5 4 10
RESERVE POWER CELL, LLC 0 3 2 4 1 10
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 3 2 2 10
WEATHER RISK SOLUTIONS LLC 0 0 3 4 3 10
AMERICAN RADIONIC CO., INC. 1 1 2 2 3 9
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 6 3 9
AVOCENT CORPORATION 1 1 4 3 0 9
BLUE SPIKE, INC. 2 1 2 3 1 9
ENERIZE CORPORATION 1 2 2 2 2 9
FIELDMETRICS INC. 5 1 1 2 0 9
HALKEY-ROBERTS CORPORATION 2 1 3 2 1 9
HERCULES INCORPORATED 2 1 3 2 1 9
HILLS, INC. 5 2 1 1 0 9
INNOVATIVE AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 1 4 3 9
LRM INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 2 9
MARTIN ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 0 0 5 4 9
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. 2 6 1 0 0 9
ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL, INC. 2 1 0 3 3 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 1 4 2 1 1 9
STAT MEDICAL DEVICES INC. 2 0 1 1 5 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 2 1 4 9
TROPICANA PRODUCTS, INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 4 2 2 1 0 9
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC. 0 0 0 4 5 9
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 3 1 3 1 1 9
XYTRANS, INC. 9 0 0 0 0 9
ACCU-BREAK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC. 1 1 2 2 2 8
ALCON REFRACTIVEHORIZONS, INC. 2 0 0 4 2 8
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 7 8
AT& T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 6 2 0 0 0 8
ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 4 2 1 8
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 5 8
BRIDGE PHARMA, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC. 0 0 3 4 1 8
CYCLONE POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 5 2 8
FAST INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 2 1 1 0 8
HEARTWARE, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 2 1 0 4 8
INVIVO CORPORATION 6 1 1 0 0 8
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1 0 1 4 2 8
MTS MEDICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 1 3 1 8
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 3 4 1 0 0 8
QEM, INC. 1 1 1 0 5 8
RTI BIOLOGICS, INC. 0 0 1 5 2 8
SPEYER DOOR AND WINDOW, INC. 0 0 2 6 0 8
ANATOMIC RESEARCH, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
ARTIFICIAL CELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 5 2 7
AT& T MOBILITY II LLC 0 2 3 0 2 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
BRITE SMART CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 2 7
CINGULAR WIRELESS II, LLC 6 1 0 0 0 7
CONEXANT, INC. 5 2 0 0 0 7
CONVERGYS CMG UTAH INC. 1 0 2 2 2 7
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 0 0 3 4 7
DATACORE SOFTWARE CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 1 7
ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 3 0 3 1 0 7
ECOM-SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 0 5 1 7
FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 5 2 7
HOMERUN HOLDINGS CORP. 0 0 0 1 6 7
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AND DETECTION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 3 2 1 7
MAKO SURGICAL CORP. 0 0 0 6 1 7
NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 1 0 1 5 7
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 6 7
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 1 7
RAYDIANCE, INC. 1 3 0 3 0 7
ROTHSCHILD TRUST HOLDINGS, LLC 0 3 2 0 2 7
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 1 7
SCRIPTLOGIC CORPORATION 1 2 0 3 1 7
SERIES INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 1 1 4 1 7
SUMMIT TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, LP 1 1 1 4 0 7
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 3 3 1 7
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
A.G. FINDINGS & MFG. CO., INC. 0 4 0 0 2 6
AER-FLO CANVAS PRODUCTS, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 1 0 0 1 4 6
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 2 2 1 1 6
AT&T CORP. 1 1 1 3 0 6
BAUSCH & LOMB, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
BRIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 1 0 3 2 0 6
CLAIRSON, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
DATAMAX CORPORATION 0 2 3 1 0 6
EASTERN INVESTMENTS, LLC 1 5 0 0 0 6
ENODIS CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 2 3 6
FOTONATION VISION LIMITED 0 1 1 4 0 6
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CYTERRA CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 5 1 0 0 0 6
LASER SUBSTRATES, INC. 1 3 0 1 1 6
MARINE DESALINATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 2 0 4 0 0 6
MORPHOGENESIS, INC. 1 1 1 2 1 6
MOTIONPOINT CORPORATION 0 0 4 0 2 6
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 2 0 1 6
ORTHOMERICA PRODUCTS, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
PALANTYR RESEARCH, LLC 1 3 1 0 1 6
PALL CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
PURE BIOSCIENCE 1 1 1 3 0 6
RAVE LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
RINI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
SHARPER IMAGE ACQUISITION LLC 0 0 1 3 2 6
SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 1 1 2 2 6
SYNTHEON LLC 0 0 1 1 4 6
TEKTRONIX INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
TELLABS PETALUMA, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 4 1 1 6
THOMSON LICENSING 1 0 1 1 3 6
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 1 0 0 2 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 0 1 2 2 1 6
WATER STANDARD COMPANY, LLC 1 2 3 0 0 6
XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C. 0 0 2 0 4 6
ZOYA, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
ANDRX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
APPLE, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
BARTRONICS AMERICA, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
BBC INTERNATIONAL, LLC 0 1 0 2 2 5
BENCHMARK ENTERTAINMENT L.C. 0 1 3 0 1 5
BIOAVAILABILITY SYSTEMS, L.L.C. 1 1 3 0 0 5
BIOREP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 3 0 5
BOLTON MEDICAL INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC MIAMI CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
CENTURY-BOARD USA LLC 1 0 0 2 2 5
CIVCO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
CONAX FLORIDA CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
CRYSTAL PHOTONICS, INCORPORATED 2 1 1 0 1 5
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 2 0 0 2 1 5
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ERINMEDIA, LLC 4 1 0 0 0 5
EXACTECH, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
F3M3 COMPANIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO. 2 1 0 0 2 5
FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
FORHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
GANEDEN BIOTECH, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
GAUMARD SCIENTIFIC COMPANY, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, LLC 0 3 1 1 0 5
H.J.J., INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
HOMAC MFG. COMPANY 4 1 0 0 0 5
HOME DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
ICC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
INTEC, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
INTEZYNE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
IXREVEAL, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
JL AUDIO, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
K-RAIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
LEDNOVATION, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT 0 2 1 2 0 5
LINEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
LIVETV, LLC 2 0 2 1 0 5
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 2 0 0 3 0 5
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC 2 1 0 2 0 5
MOTE MARINE LABORATORY 2 0 0 1 2 5
NIPRO DIAGNOSTICS, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
NONINVASIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
NOVAVISION, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
PARKSON CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
PERSONICS HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
QUANTUM ENGINEERING, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 0 3 1 0 1 5
SEEDLINGS LIFE SCIENCE VENTURES, LLC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SMITHS INTERCONNECT MICROWAVE COMPONENTS, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
TAYLOR MADE GROUP, INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
TAYLOR MADE GROUP, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
TELEDYNE ODI, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
TRI-SEVEN RESEARCH, INC. 1 0 3 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 1 0 0 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 2 1 1 0 1 5
VAXDESIGN CORP. 0 0 0 5 0 5
VECTOR PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
YH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ZIMMER SPINE, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5

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