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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting By Geographic Region (State and Country),
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1969 - 2007 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

MICHIGAN

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 565 509 588 569 622 554 498 473 491 480 376 488 486 401 382 413 452 461 452 442 565 570 623 594 527 563 541 538 482 599 654 638 563 499 485 451 397 436 341 19768
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 208 179 304 294 300 312 240 204 136 141 146 190 156 133 120 181 168 170 172 202 220 186 224 219 226 178 160 160 131 165 157 137 119 120 220 295 312 380 234 7799
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 201 158 197 149 154 176 190 144 101 73 80 135 124 73 128 129 145 99 109 106 145 132 153 195 258 294 306 351 233 134 130 89 18 17 44 50 41 37 27 5325
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 274 241 244 271 239 224 207 157 169 195 120 150 121 127 98 131 132 132 179 144 178 160 141 155 141 101 94 97 82 68 61 64 82 49 17 16 4 3 3 5071
UPJOHN COMPANY 75 78 85 96 92 115 141 189 166 295 177 151 313 105 57 89 49 53 23 15 29 25 22 30 27 20 18 31 17 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2587
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 80 49 83 57 45 32 41 36 37 45 22 28 49 30 31 49 51 64 53 70 91 103 113 126 83 114 95 94 78 101 83 61 46 37 38 42 14 9 4 2284
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 38 30 47 32 19 38 23 28 31 33 24 23 24 15 6 5 16 34 63 49 63 108 80 45 60 93 105 144 126 136 189 131 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 1896
EATON CORPORATION 43 43 49 15 18 31 42 30 36 29 23 40 38 35 21 40 48 44 41 46 56 52 53 71 63 62 75 68 44 48 71 60 55 52 41 28 47 42 35 1735
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 269 226 221 315 347 125 4 5 1 5 1591
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171 271 218 284 271 1215
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 176 167 211 231 170 121 65 1164
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 96 217 250 174 132 139 114 1158
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 17 14 12 19 15 30 39 56 55 39 53 52 56 70 49 45 44 44 35 46 55 46 34 32 29 34 34 16 1096
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 27 42 43 38 20 20 29 26 18 20 19 11 17 17 18 22 21 15 36 33 20 26 35 25 26 29 22 16 8 13 11 15 10 11 17 11 16 16 24 843
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 131 185 125 62 83 76 79 47 812
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 8 2 4 4 1 2 2 1 1 10 6 13 23 25 20 20 18 27 27 21 46 44 48 64 46 40 54 54 62 59 40 797
LEAR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 48 60 41 37 46 65 99 103 161 101 778
BASF CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 25 27 25 21 23 25 54 39 35 55 48 56 39 41 30 47 32 34 28 26 26 753
UNISYS CORPORATION 54 39 68 64 56 39 30 40 38 26 15 14 22 20 6 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 14 14 11 17 17 18 10 15 9 12 18 11 15 6 5 5 8 747
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 39 39 43 69 67 52 40 24 14 25 38 43 54 39 32 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 652
BASF WYANDOTTE CORPORATION 29 14 28 25 32 23 25 36 32 50 37 48 39 50 33 47 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 586
TRW INC. 9 7 12 10 11 20 7 5 4 7 4 4 3 3 7 1 4 4 5 4 20 8 8 8 12 11 14 14 24 36 39 49 63 62 39 29 12 6 0 585
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 10 6 8 2 7 9 19 13 21 15 28 35 56 49 39 37 48 45 26 22 28 34 579
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 10 23 18 29 32 33 82 65 30 28 43 47 39 20 18 12 16 7 569
KELSEY-HAYES CO. 13 27 30 21 13 14 7 13 8 3 3 13 6 9 15 7 7 8 3 4 7 4 6 1 2 5 14 33 17 11 19 23 31 33 22 15 13 14 13 507
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 2 1 9 18 21 17 29 16 6 19 6 9 9 16 7 5 23 22 13 17 23 10 17 20 21 22 20 24 19 26 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 480
DONNELLY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 11 7 7 15 18 9 15 14 24 26 31 37 47 43 28 32 31 29 28 463
ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. 1 5 18 14 7 5 6 7 1 5 7 9 3 12 14 35 27 35 57 30 16 11 3 12 6 7 5 7 7 5 6 9 11 9 13 13 9 8 6 461
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 22 37 17 8 9 14 15 13 12 12 11 5 13 16 14 17 16 18 11 7 8 6 5 11 11 12 12 7 14 13 8 10 10 11 5 8 5 9 7 459
ETHYL CORPORATION 42 52 42 38 28 45 34 30 19 18 9 23 14 14 17 16 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 457
PHARMACIA & UPJOHN COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 40 46 32 40 49 57 50 42 25 12 411
PRINCE CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 7 5 4 3 10 13 9 12 18 15 11 25 16 26 27 25 31 27 26 29 22 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 384
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 4 6 2 3 1 5 4 3 5 9 3 12 3 6 8 3 3 8 6 11 17 14 13 17 26 17 9 10 1 8 5 12 13 10 11 13 12 20 11 344
CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC. 27 22 26 30 30 21 45 25 19 13 14 12 5 11 13 8 7 6 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 343
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 13 11 21 15 19 13 20 19 14 24 16 48 61 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 312
GENTEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 6 4 3 5 10 16 24 34 35 43 25 32 27 17 294
STEELCASE INC. 7 4 1 4 6 20 18 7 5 1 6 7 4 4 4 9 3 1 3 5 3 6 6 9 15 18 13 12 16 30 23 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 279
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 25 14 11 13 15 10 8 4 7 5 3 4 16 14 11 17 16 14 12 4 4 4 0 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 6 4 3 3 1 4 2 3 273
DANA CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 3 2 5 3 2 6 4 3 4 3 5 5 9 9 18 16 23 20 29 22 22 17 258
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 6 4 12 5 16 3 1 1 3 3 3 5 2 6 9 5 3 22 14 13 13 15 11 10 8 10 4 2 4 6 3 3 5 5 7 4 6 3 258
WALBRO CORPORATION 2 1 2 3 5 4 2 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 6 6 5 9 11 9 9 8 15 5 12 17 15 11 15 18 12 19 13 2 0 0 0 252
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 7 10 12 16 12 5 10 5 8 6 6 10 6 13 20 19 10 2 10 7 6 6 7 6 6 2 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250
LEAR SIEGLER, INC. 21 20 24 21 21 12 18 10 14 8 1 7 6 9 3 10 8 6 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 232
AEROQUIP CORPORATION, LINAIR DIVISION 3 7 13 3 0 6 5 2 4 5 3 8 8 3 7 10 8 12 7 8 5 10 5 10 16 9 8 13 10 13 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
EXCELLO CORPORATION 8 6 12 1 10 10 13 13 6 11 13 9 9 9 12 19 16 19 17 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
HERMAN MILLER INC. 4 7 2 0 9 3 3 1 7 2 2 5 6 4 2 1 3 5 5 4 9 3 12 15 13 7 6 6 10 6 3 6 11 10 8 8 2 0 1 211
STEELCASE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 26 38 43 28 19 17 7 12 202
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 3 2 3 1 3 0 3 10 33 33 30 24 28 14 201
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 4 14 9 7 15 10 14 9 8 8 9 10 7 12 11 5 6 8 13 8 201
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 171 200
HAWORTH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 10 8 7 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 9 17 23 21 22 16 11 4 9 5 5 197
HOOVER UNIVERSAL, INC. 4 2 3 6 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 1 5 14 16 14 18 8 23 25 10 12 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 194
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 4 1 10 10 16 6 5 22 12 7 16 20 10 9 15 16 191
PARKE DAVIS + COMPANY 22 19 30 32 10 15 12 8 22 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 42 57 29 25 19 189
HENKEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 7 9 13 16 7 8 11 21 16 18 27 15 6 2 1 0 188
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 6 3 4 6 6 19 21 33 20 9 19 16 12 185
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORP. 4 8 11 19 10 7 10 11 12 4 7 5 5 3 1 7 4 6 3 3 8 6 9 3 4 4 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182
ITT CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 4 2 2 4 4 7 4 0 5 2 3 5 6 9 2 8 7 13 20 24 15 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175
TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 6 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 3 1 1 4 5 4 4 1 6 10 10 2 5 13 17 6 8 13 14 6 3 3 0 0 0 172
BORGWARNER INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 21 16 20 29 23 27 26 171
STRYKER CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 7 7 12 5 9 6 5 8 11 13 11 5 6 11 7 8 3 163
BUDD COMPANY 5 4 4 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 11 3 6 8 9 13 6 4 5 8 9 11 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 161
OWENS-ILLINOIS INC. 10 5 9 19 11 22 13 7 13 6 4 7 6 3 0 7 4 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 33 29 37 24 20 153
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 19 28 28 24 12 10 16 148
ASC INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 1 7 3 3 4 3 1 5 2 7 14 7 11 9 5 8 12 11 15 7 146
NARTRON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 2 7 1 3 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 4 5 3 6 4 11 7 5 8 3 7 8 5 3 6 2 1 3 4 2 131
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75 24 6 5 1 0 0 0 127
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 8 28 27 17 20 17 3 0 0 0 126
BORG-WARNER CORPORATION 2 5 7 4 7 3 3 11 14 10 3 8 8 3 5 12 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 14 40 21 10 3 2 0 0 118
MILES INC. 4 5 5 4 4 3 7 6 3 11 4 17 11 2 2 4 6 1 5 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 0 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 6 8 9 6 7 5 10 6 10 8 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 118
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 7 8 6 10 11 12 11 21 24 117
JERVIS B. WEBB COMPANY 4 8 4 6 5 5 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 3 2 1 6 7 3 6 2 1 4 3 4 116
MASSEY-FERGUSON INC. 9 7 6 3 6 11 10 3 15 15 13 4 3 4 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
AMWAY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 3 3 1 6 9 8 7 5 14 14 9 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 113
HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 8 27 14 17 12 7 4 5 113
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 16 16 14 23 9 3 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 109
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 0 2 0 3 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 5 5 2 3 7 6 2 1 2 1 4 6 6 3 3 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 5 6 3 5 106
NEW VENTURE GEAR, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 7 15 5 6 2 23 23 15 0 0 0 106
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 4 7 2 9 5 6 4 7 5 6 5 4 7 7 9 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 12 10 15 9 27 16 104
M CHEMICALS INC. 8 6 9 20 7 9 5 9 13 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101
COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP 0 0 0 0 6 4 7 10 1 3 8 10 11 10 5 11 7 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
MOTOR WHEEL CORPORATION 6 4 4 1 5 7 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 5 4 3 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 3 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 2 8 14 12 4 7 2 5 12 2 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 2 1 2 6 8 4 3 2 3 2 0 1 5 5 4 4 6 5 4 6 2 3 6 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95
STANDARD PRODUCTS COMPANY 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 13 11 6 9 7 5 4 7 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92
AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY 10 3 15 6 11 2 6 1 4 6 0 2 4 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 90
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 1 0 1 14