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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2003 - 2007 Utility Patent Grants,
By Calendar Year of Grant
With Patent Counts Based on Primary Patent Classification

- Explanation of Data -

Rank Ordered Listing of Organizations Receiving 5 or More Utility Patents During the Period
Having Primary Classification In

Class 429, Chemistry: Electrical Current Producing Apparatus, Product, and Process

( technology class is determined by the primary classification assigned to the patent- see 'Explanation of Data' )
( patent ownership is determined by the first-named assignee listed on a patent )

The following table displays first-named assignees and counts of their associated patents, as distributed by the year of patent grant.
First-Named Assignee 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 68 65 43 52 35 263
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 29 45 42 53 49 218
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 49 32 23 19 27 150
SONY CORPORATION 23 30 15 40 40 148
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 24 22 21 30 44 141
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 24 30 32 19 34 139
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 40 16 24 21 15 116
UTC FUEL CELLS, LLC 20 25 20 33 4 102
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 15 14 17 20 26 92
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC. 20 17 19 12 6 74
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 20 10 16 9 66
GILLETTE COMPANY 10 14 10 16 15 65
PLUG POWER INC. 18 15 8 15 8 64
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 11 15 10 12 13 61
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 8 12 22 10 57
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 14 14 11 6 10 55
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 27 19 1 0 1 48
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 14 8 7 2 4 35
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS AG 17 10 6 0 0 33
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 11 6 7 5 32
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 11 6 5 3 30
MTI MICROFUEL CELLS, INC. 4 9 5 3 7 28
NEC CORPORATION 1 5 5 10 7 28
VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 7 8 4 4 28
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 4 5 11 4 1 25
OVONIC BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 9 4 2 2 8 25
HITACHI, LTD 3 2 4 8 7 24
JAPAN STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY LIMITED 10 7 5 2 0 24
PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. 2 7 5 5 5 24
WILSON GREATBATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 9 8 1 24
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 6 2 6 2 6 22
QUALLION, LLC 3 5 2 6 6 22
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 7 5 1 3 5 21
HYDROGENICS CORPORATION 2 8 5 5 0 20
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 7 1 2 1 19
HITACHI MAXELL, LTD. 4 3 1 3 7 18
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 1 4 1 3 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 3 5 6 3 17
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 4 5 3 1 4 17
NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 5 8 2 0 17
REVEO, INC. 11 2 1 1 1 16
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 4 1 2 15
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC. 3 1 6 2 3 15
IDATECH LLC 1 3 6 2 3 15
DENSO CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 5 14
HYBRID POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS, LLC 8 4 2 0 0 14
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 5 0 3 4 13
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 5 0 4 13
ENSCI INCORPORATED 9 4 0 0 0 13
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1 3 5 3 1 13
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 1 5 0 1 12
ALCATEL 6 5 0 1 0 12
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 2 3 3 1 3 12
BLACK & DECKER INC. 5 0 1 2 4 12
ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. 6 4 2 0 0 12
MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 4 4 4 0 0 12
UBE INDUSTRIES LTD. 3 1 3 1 4 12
ANGSTROM POWER INC. 0 0 2 5 4 11
ASIA PACIFIC FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 4 1 3 2 11
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 2 3 5 0 11
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 1 2 2 2 4 11
RELION, INC. 0 5 2 4 0 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 3 1 4 3 11
CORNING INCORPORATED 4 0 1 0 5 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 3 1 4 2 10
FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH 2 1 2 2 3 10
ZINC MATRIX POWER, INC. 4 3 2 1 0 10
GS YUASA CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 3 9
JOHNSON MATTHEY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2 1 3 3 0 9
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 4 0 3 1 9
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 3 1 1 1 3 9
MOLTECH CORPORATION 3 3 3 0 0 9
NEAH POWER SYSTEMS INC 1 3 1 2 2 9
TEXACO OVONIC FUEL CELL, LLC 0 3 2 4 0 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 1 2 3 1 9
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 4 1 1 1 8
DARAMIC, INC. 1 3 2 1 1 8
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1 2 2 1 2 8
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 2 3 3 8
KABUSHIKIKAISHA EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD. 2 1 2 2 1 8
MEDTRONIC INC. 1 0 5 0 2 8
POLYPLUS BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 2 1 2 0 3 8
POWERGENIX SYSTEMS, INC. 0 6 1 1 0 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 0 0 6 8
SIEMENS WESTINGHOUSE POWER CORPORATION 4 2 1 1 0 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 0 0 2 4 7
GORE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. 2 0 1 2 2 7
GRAFTECH INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
ION AMERICA CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 0 7
RAY-O-VAC CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 1 7
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 3 7
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 1 0 1 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 2 7
TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY 1 2 1 3 0 7
TOSHIBA BATTERY CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 1 7
TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD. 2 3 1 1 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 2 1 1 3 7
UTC POWER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 7 7
ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL INC. 0 1 3 0 2 6
CELGARD INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 0 2 2 2 0 6
GENCELL CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
H-POWER CORP. 0 3 1 2 0 6
MANHATTAN SCIENTIFICS, INC. 2 2 1 0 1 6
METALLIC POWER, INC. 0 4 2 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 0 0 2 0 6
NEC TOKIN TOCHIGI, LTD. 1 1 2 2 0 6
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 2 2 2 0 0 6
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
NUVERA FUEL CELLS EUROPE S.R.L. 0 2 1 1 2 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 1 0 2 6
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 0 3 1 1 1 6
SULZER HEXIS AG 1 2 2 1 0 6
TDK CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1 3 1 0 6
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 1 3 0 0 1 5
C&D/CHARTER HOLDINGS, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
CABOT CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 2 5
CYMBET CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
DEUTSCHE AUTOMOBILGESELLSCHAFT MBH 2 1 1 0 1 5
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 1 1 1 2 0 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 1 0 2 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 2 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 2 1 0 0 2 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 2 2 0 1 0 5
LG CHEMICALS CO. LTD. 0 3 2 0 0 5
LITHIUM POWER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
LYNNTECH, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MAKITA CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 2 5
NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO. LTD. 1 1 1 2 0 5
NOK CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
NUCELLSYS GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
OVONIC FUEL CELL COMPANY LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
QUESTAIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
ROVCAL, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 5
SHIN KOBE ELECTRIC MACHINERY CO., LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 0 2 1 5
YAZAKI CORP. 1 2 1 0 1 5


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