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14 Hartford Business Journal • September 17, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com FOCUS Source: U.S. Patent Office. Note: Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. (a) Includes patent totals for Carrier Corp. (b) Previously known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Covidien was a part of Tyco International; it has now joined with Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic. (c) Patents granted under Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., which combined with Goodrich in 2012 to form UTC Aerospace Systems. (d) On Nov. 6, 2015, Lockheed Martin acquired Sikorsky Aircraft from Farmington-based United Technologies Corp. for $9 billion. Sikorsky remains headquartered in Stratford. (e) Part of United Technologies Corp. (f) In May 2018, announced plans to step down by July 2019. (g) In Feb. 2014, was acquired by and became a brand of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Address and phone is for Thermo Fisher Scientific. (h) Billerica, Mass.-based Entegris acquired Danbury's ATMI in Feb. 2014. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher. THE LIST Largest patent holders in Connecticut Ranked by number of 2017 utility patents granted to companies with Connecticut-based inventors Largest patent holders in Connecticut (Ranked by number of 2017 utility patents granted to companies with Connecticut-based inventors) Rank Patent holder Business description 2017 patents (CT-based inventors) 2016 patents (CT-based inventors) 2011-2017 patents (CT-based inventors) Person in charge Year founded 1 United Technologies Corp. 10 Farm Springs Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-728-7000; www.utc.com Technology products and services for aerospace industries 409 (a) 319 (a) 2,169 (a) Gregory J. Hayes President & CEO 1929 2 Covidien LP (b) 710 Medtronic Parkway Minneapolis, MN 55432 800-722-8772; www.covidien.com Medical technology and services 221 198 1,119 Bryan Hanson EVP, Medtronic 2007 3 UTC Aerospace Systems (c) 1 Hamilton Road Windsor Locks, CT 06096 860-654-6000; utcaerospacesystems.com Aerospace and defense products 120 94 576 David Gitlin President 1909 4 IBM Corp. 1 New Orchard Road Armonk, NY 10504 914-499-1900; www.ibm.com Information technology products and services 113 134 752 Virginia M. Rometty Chairman, president & CEO 1911 5 Acushnet Co. 333 Bridge St. Fairhaven, MA 02719 800-225-8500; www.acushnet.com Golf products 59 46 133 Walter Uihlein President & CEO 1910 6 Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Co. (d) 6900 Main St. Stratford, CT 06615 800-946-4337; www.sikorsky.com Designs, manufactures and services military helicopters 50 55 252 Daniel C. Schultz President, Sikorsky 1925 7 Otis Elevator Co. (e) 10 Farm Springs Road Farmington, CT 06032 860-676-6000; www.otis.com Elevators, escalators and moving sidewalks 50 33 200 Judy Marks President 1853 8 Yale University 105 Wall St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-4771; yale.edu Private university 41 32 191 Peter Salovey President 1701 9 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 5 Research Parkway Wallingford, CT 06492 203-677-6000; www.bms.com Development and manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals 35 20 221 Giovanni Caforio CEO 1858 10 Hartford Fire Insurance Co. (The Hartford) 1 Hartford Plaza Hartford, CT 06155 860-547-5000; www.thehartford.com Insurance and investment services 27 16 198 Christopher J. Swift CEO 1810 11 Transdermal Biotechnology Inc. 639 Research Parkway Meriden, CT 06450 203-935-0300 Commercial biotechnical research 23 26 71 Nicholas V. Perricone Founder 2009 12 Audi AG Ingolstadt, Germany NA www.audiusa.com Automobile maker 21 24 56 Scott Keogh President 1909 13 University of Connecticut 115 N. Eagleville Road Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-2000; www.uconn.edu Public university 20 18 134 Susan Herbst (f) President 1881 14 Hubbell Inc. 40 Waterview Drive Shelton, CT 06484 475-882-4000; www.hubbell.com Manufactures electrical products for commercial and industrial markets 18 10 54 David Nord President & CEO 1888 15 PerkinElmer Health Science Inc. 29 Business Park Drive Branford, CT 06405 203-488-8899; www.perkinelmer.com Products and services for diagnostics, research, environmental, industrial, and laboratory markets 17 20 104 Robert F. Friel President & CEO 1947 16 Protegrity Corp. 333 Ludlow St. Stamford, CT 06902 203-326-7200; www.protegrity.com Software, big data 17 15 53 Suni Munshani CEO 1996 17 Achillion Pharmaceuticals 300 George St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-624-7000; www.achillion.com Pharmaceuticals 13 7 41 Milind S. Deshpande CEO 1998 18 International Game Technology (IGT) 10 Memorial Blvd. Providence, RI 02903 401-392-1000; www.igt.com Design, manufacture, and marketing of electronic gaming equipment and systems products 12 22 233 Renato Ascoli CEO, North America Gaming/Interactive 1981 19 Life Technologies Corp. (g) 81 Wyman St. Waltham, MA 02451 781-622-1000; www.lifetechnologies.com Life-science products 12 12 94 Mark N. Casper President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific 1962 20 Entegris Inc. (h) 7 Commerce Drive Danbury, CT 06810 203-794-1100; www.entegris.com Manufacturer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials 12 11 40 Bertrand Loy President & CEO 1998 Source: U.S. Patent Office. Note: Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. (a) Includes patent totals for Carrier Corp. (b) Previously known as Tyco Healthcare Group LP, Covidien was a part of Tyco International; it has now joined with Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic. (c) Patents granted under Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., which combined with Goodrich in 2012 to form UTC Aerospace Systems. (d) On Nov. 6, 2015, Lockheed Martin acquired Sikorsky Aircraft from Farmington-based United Technologies Corp. for $9 billion. Sikorsky remains headquartered in Stratford. (e) Part of United Technologies Corp. (f) In May 2018, announced plans to step down by July 2019. (g) In Feb. 2014, was acquired by and became a brand of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Address and phone is for Thermo Fisher Scientific. (h) Billerica, Mass.-based Entegris acquired Danbury's ATMI in Feb. 2014. —Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher.