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Maine's largest patent holders
Ranked by number of utility patents granted to companies with Maine-based inventors for
years 2010-2014
1
Business description
No. patents
2010-2014
(Maine-based
inventors)
No. patents
2014
(Maine-based
inventors)
Total no.
patents
for company
2
Chief executive
Title
Year
founded
1 Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.
82 Running Hill Road, South Portland,
04106
3
775-8100, www.fairchildsemi.com
Power and mobile semiconductor
technologies
142 33 99 Mark S. Thompson
CEO
1957
2 United Technologies Corp.
1 Financial Plaza, Hartford, Conn.,
06101
860-728-7000, www.utc.com
Technology products and services for
building systems and aerospace
industries
68 16 377 Gregory J. Hayes
president/CEO
1929
3 National Semiconductor Corp.
4
2500 TI Blvd., Dallas, Texas, 75243
972-995-2011, www.ti.com
Semiconductor chip design,
manufacturing and sale
58
5
5
5
52
5
Rich Templeton
chairman, president/
CEO
1954
4 Idexx Laboratories Inc.
1 Idexx Drive, Westbrook, 04092
556-0300, www.idexx.com
Pet health care products; water and
dairy safety
55 7 N/A Jonathan W. Ayers
chairman, president/
CEO
1983
5 University of Maine
168 College Ave., Orono, 04469
581-1865, www.umaine.edu
University 30 5 N/A Susan J. Hunter
president
1862
6 IBM Corp.
1 New Orchard Road, Armonk, N.Y.,
10504
914-499-1900, www.ibm.com
Information technology products and
services
20 6 7,481 Virginia M. Rometty
chairman, president/
CEO
1911
7 Wilcox Industries Corp.
25 Piscataqua Drive, Newington, N.H.,
03801
603-431-1331, www.wilcoxind.com
Tactical products for military and law
enforcement
20 5 N/A James Teetzel
CEO
1992
8 Albany Engineered Composites Inc.
112 Airport Drive, Rochester, N.H.,
03867
603-330-5800, www.albint.com
Composite component design,
development and manufacturing
16 6 N/A Ralph Polumbo
president
1895
6
9 Corning Inc.
2 Alfred Road, Kennebunk, 40330
7
985-3111, www.corning.com
Materials science; glass and ceramic
products
12 1 276 Wendell P. Weeks
chairman and CEO
1851
10 The Jackson Laboratory
8
600 Main St., Bar Harbor, 04609
288-6000, www.jax.org
Biomedical/genetic research 11 2 N/A Edison T. Liu
president/CEO
1929
11 Artel Inc.
25 Bradley Drive, Westbrook, 04092
854-0860, www.artel-usa.com
Analytic instruments and systems 10 2 N/A Kirby Pilcher
president
1982
12 Illinois Tool Works (ITW)
155 Harlem Ave., Glenview, Ill., 60025
847-724-7500, www.itw.com
Engineered fasteners and
components, equipment and
consumable systems
10 1 226 E. Scott Santi
chairman and CEO
1912
13 Meridian Medical Systems
325 Harris Drive, Aurora, Ohio, 44202
440-287-6801, www.meridianmed.net
Digital imaging systems 10 1 N/A Jeffrey Carr
president/CEO
2008
14 Allegro Microsystems LLC
115 Northeast Cutoff, Worcester,
Mass., 01606
508-853-5000 , www.allegromicro.com
Semiconductor products 6 2 44 Dennis H. Fitzgerald
president/CEO
1990
Maine's largest patent holders
Ranked by number of utility patents granted to companies with Maine-based inventors
for years 2010–2014
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