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V O L . X X V I N O. X I M AY 1 8 , 2 0 2 0 42 T H E L I S T Maine's largest patent holders Ranked by number of utility patents granted to companies with Maine-based inventors for years 2015–19 1 Maine's largest patent holders Ranked by number of utility patents granted to companies with Maine-based inventors for years 2015-2019 1 Business description No. patents 2015-2019 (Maine-based inventors) No. patents 2019 (Maine-based inventors) Chief executive Year founded 1 United Technologies Corp. now Raytheon Technologies Corp. 2 Waltham, Mass. 02451 781-522-3000, rtx.com Defense and aerospace technologies 238 3 103 3 Gregory J. Hayes CEO 1929 2 Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. 4 South Portland 04106 775-8100, onsemi.com Power and mobile semiconductor technologies 66 5 Keith D. Jackson CEO 1957 5 3 University of Maine Orono 04469 581-1865, umaine.edu University 27 10 Joan Ferrini-Mundy president 1862 4 IDEXX Laboratories Inc. Westbrook 04092 556-0300, idexx.com Pet health care products, water and dairy safety 23 3 Jonathan (Jay) Mazelsky 6 president & CEO 1983 5 Salesforce.com Inc. San Francisco, Calif. 94105 415-901-7000, salesforce.com Customer relationship management platform 15 2 Marc Benioff CEO 1999 6 Albany Engineered Composites Rochester, N.H. 03867 603-330-5800, albint.com Engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry 14 2 A. William Higgins president & CEO 1895 7 IBM Corp. Armonk, N.Y. 10504 914-499-1900, ibm.com Information technology products and services 14 2 Arvind Krishna CEO 1911 8 Corning Inc. Kennebunk 40330 7 985-3111, corning.com Applied materials science 10 0 Wendell P. Weeks president & CEO 1851 9 The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor 04609 288-6000, jax.org Biomedical research 10 4 Edison T. Liu president & CEO 1929 10 GlobalFoundries Santa Clara, Calif. 95054 408-462-3900, globalfoundries.com Semiconductor foundry 9 1 Thomas Cauleld CEO 2009 1 Patent origin is determined by the residence of the rst-named inventor. 2 On April 3, 2020, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp. (UTC) and Mass.-based Raytheon completed a $180-billion merger of equals, creating Raytheon Technologies. The combined company is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. and trades under the ticker symbol RTX. 3 Patents issued under United Technologies Corp., prior to merger. 4 Part of Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor; patents issued under Fairchild Semiconductor. 5 Founding year for Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. 6 Effective Nov. 1, 2019, appointed as permanent president and CEO, having served as interim leader since June 2019; succeeds Jonathan Ayers, who continues work as director and senior advisor to the board. 7 Headquartered in Corning, N.Y. Note: Individual Maine-based inventors were granted 160 utility patents from 2015 to 2019. This list was compiled by Heide Martin and published in the May 18, 2020 issue of Mainebiz. S O U R C E : U.S. Patent Ofce. C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N C O M P I L E D B Y H E I D E M A R T I N 1 Patent origin is determined by the residence of the first-named inventor. 2 On April 3, 2020, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp. (UTC) and Mass.-based Raytheon completed a $180-billion merger of equals, creating Raytheon Technologies. The combined company is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. and trades under the ticker symbol RTX. 3 Patents issued under United Technologies Corp., prior to merger. 4 Part of Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor; patents issued under Fairchild Semiconductor. 5 Founding year for Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. 6 Effective Nov. 1, 2019, appointed as permanent president and CEO, having served as interim leader since June 2019; succeeds Jonathan Ayers, who continues work as direc- tor and senior advisor to the board. 7 Headquartered in Corning, N.Y. N O T E : Individual Maine-based inventors were granted 160 utility patents from 2015 to 2019. S O U R C E : U.S. Patent Office. Purchase this list and more as an Excel document at mainebiz.biz/DataCenter @ Our financial education program can help your employees develop good financial habits and make smarter long-term decisions. This program covers key financial topics to help with financial planning and benefits decisions. 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