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

Patenting In U.S. Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2015 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 3 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Originating From

Champaign-Urbana, IL

( Metropolitan Statistical Area )

( patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor )
( patent counts may not sum exactly due to rounding - see the Explanation of Data )
( regional areas are based on U.S. Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) )

The following table displays first-named patent assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 16 16 18 22 40 20 34 32 31 45 50 65 53 66 59 58 625
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 13 15 5 11 9 2 10 6 5 8 10 8 6 11 9 10 138
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 3 0 3 3 3 5 8 3 6 6 7 31 16 18 16 133
INTEL CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 3 0 7 7 0 2 6 3 2 4 3 1 43
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY 1 0 2 0 0 2 8 2 2 1 5 4 5 0 3 1 36
SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 8 5 3 4 2 2 1 34
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 4 1 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 27
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 3 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 25
INGURAN, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 3 7 1 19
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 3 1 3 18
SRU BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 17
AGRIGENETICS, INC. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 0 16
SOLARBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 6 1 0 16
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15
YAHOO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 4 15
ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 4 14
DEERE + COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 12
HOBBICO, INC. 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 10
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 10
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 10
FINISAR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 9
LIBMAN COMPANY 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 9
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 8
CU AEROSPACE, LLC 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 8
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 8
WOLFRAM ALPHA LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 8
WOLFRAM RESEARCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 8
CABOT CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
KLEINWANZLEBENER SAATZUCHT AG 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 7
CUTTING EDGE VISION LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
HORIZON HOBBY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 6
NPL ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 6
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 6
BYTEMOBILE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5
FIRST-LIGHT USA, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
ILLINOIS FOUNDATION SEEDS, INC. 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 5
PHARMA MAR, S.A. 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
QUANTUM ELECTRO OPTO SYSTEMS SDN. BHD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
APPLE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4
CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4
DAIRYLAND SEED CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
DEKALB GENETICS CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
DIOXIDE MATERIALS INC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
GILL ATHLETICS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
I.S.S. (U.S.A.) INC. 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
PLASTIC DESIGNS, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
TACTARA, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
XINDIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
CARLE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
DIGITAL RADIO EXPRESS, INC. 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
HYDRO-GEAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
LIMAGRAIN VERNEUIL HOLDING SA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
NANOSI ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
NEURALTUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
NOVARTIS AG (FORMERLY SANDOZ LTD.) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
PERSONIFY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
PROTASIS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SETA BIOMEDICALS, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
THERMA-WAVE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3


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