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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

TENNESSEE

( 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 106 101 114 122 148 591
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 20 24 68 137 149 398
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 48 53 57 60 65 283
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 49 29 31 70 56 235
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 29 17 25 19 17 107
BLACK & DECKER INC. 23 22 10 18 19 92
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY 13 15 16 16 28 88
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 3 11 8 20 18 60
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION 7 9 12 14 15 57
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 6 2 11 11 17 47
CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC. 0 2 9 10 15 36
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 5 2 5 5 9 26
RADIO SYSTEMS CORP. 4 1 4 10 7 26
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 4 5 7 6 24
BABCOCK & WILCOX TECHNICAL SERVICES Y-12, LLC 0 3 6 6 8 23
SDGI HOLDINGS, INC. 16 5 1 1 0 23
ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 6 4 2 3 8 23
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 6 4 3 5 5 23
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 5 7 0 6 3 21
MAYTAG CORPORATION 5 2 4 10 0 21
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 4 4 12 21
SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC. 0 0 0 15 6 21
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 0 2 8 5 4 19
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 7 5 7 0 0 19
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, POSTAL SERVICE 4 2 3 8 2 19
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 6 8 0 1 3 18
GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 5 6 5 16
HUNTER FAN COMPANY 2 3 5 5 1 16
ECOSMART TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 5 0 1 15
FLEETGUARD, INC. 6 2 3 0 2 13
GRUPO PETROTEMEX, S.A. DE C.V. 0 0 0 0 13 13
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 0 2 3 5 3 13
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 3 5 4 1 0 13
TDY INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 1 3 6 13
EARTH TO AIR SYSTEMS, LLC 2 1 2 4 3 12
KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. CO. LTD. 0 2 7 1 2 12
SQUARE D COMPANY 3 5 0 1 3 12
CSI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 3 1 4 11
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 6 2 2 0 1 11
SMARTVUE CORPORATION 0 0 2 6 3 11
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 1 3 2 4 11
AKZO NOBEL NV 0 0 0 4 6 10
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 5 2 2 1 0 10
GIBSON GUITAR CORP. 7 2 0 0 1 10
METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 0 7 3 10
BOULDIN CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 2 9
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS, LLC 0 0 1 4 4 9
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 5 1 2 9
SCHERING-PLOUGH HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 2 3 1 9
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 3 3 1 0 1 8
BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 1 0 4 3 8
GYRUS ENT L.L.C. 1 2 1 4 0 8
HENNESSY INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 1 0 4 8
NU-KOTE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 5 2 0 0 8
TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC 3 3 2 0 0 8
TUFTCO CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 1 8
ADROIT DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
ARC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 0 4 1 0 2 7
BROTHER INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 1 1 3 1 7
ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. 2 5 0 0 0 7
PROVECTUS PHARMATECH, INC. 0 5 0 1 1 7
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
SMARTGUARD, LLC 2 1 3 0 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS 0 0 0 2 5 7
YALE SECURITY INC. 0 2 1 2 2 7
AESCULAP IMPLANT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 3 2 6
AMERICAN WATER HEATER COMPANY 3 1 2 0 0 6
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
INNOVATION SERVICES, INC. 2 0 2 2 0 6
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 2 1 1 2 0 6
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY 0 0 0 3 3 6
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 2 5
ANALYSIS & MEASUREMENT SERVICES CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
BOSS INSTRUMENTS, LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
BURNER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 3 0 1 5
CLARITY CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
DEROYAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
EDGENET INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
FIBERWEB, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
HEATHCO LLC 0 0 1 3 1 5
JP SCOPE LLC 1 3 0 0 1 5
KODI KLIP CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 4 5
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
PERFECT EQUIPMENT INC. 2 0 0 1 2 5
RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 1 0 0 1 3 5
SPECTRAMET, LLC 0 0 2 2 1 5


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