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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 1969 - 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 073, Measuring and Testing

( 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 )

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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 205 184 191 212 187 234 215 243 232 211 170 179 160 180 158 188 183 200 187 163 240 186 204 164 157 170 203 217 187 207 195 166 167 205 218 179 161 162 160 7430
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 4 5 6 10 16 20 25 37 25 18 10 13 9 18 12 20 29 26 24 23 28 24 30 31 51 29 46 55 48 38 39 779
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 12 18 15 9 19 6 18 12 13 12 12 7 17 11 12 19 17 10 5 5 8 2 10 9 9 16 20 19 12 13 15 9 20 29 12 22 26 21 25 546
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 29 32 29 19 24 22 37 16 14 12 8 7 13 10 9 6 9 4 4 2 4 2 3 9 9 16 16 9 9 14 16 11 12 13 23 8 11 15 12 518
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 2 1 0 4 6 3 5 3 4 2 7 10 25 24 20 19 14 15 9 16 11 6 15 11 23 16 16 14 8 8 15 12 20 14 25 21 27 451
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 13 11 4 5 3 12 23 18 25 32 21 27 16 25 15 21 18 25 21 17 21 20 13 8 424
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 20 22 24 13 24 13 13 9 8 10 5 7 2 4 13 18 11 6 8 8 7 9 9 7 13 9 10 9 9 7 7 2 4 8 8 8 2 2 4 372
DENSO 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 11 12 16 26 31 44 41 53 61 74 369
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 2 4 3 4 8 2 7 6 3 17 7 17 8 9 7 8 8 5 9 7 6 7 5 18 18 11 15 21 16 12 5 25 11 22 19 12 366
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 24 23 20 10 17 12 16 17 14 11 10 11 8 16 2 11 7 10 2 6 8 1 7 3 2 10 3 9 3 8 9 4 6 2 5 8 0 3 8 346
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 12 14 17 21 7 7 6 4 2 3 5 6 7 6 7 16 10 5 12 14 5 14 8 6 10 11 13 2 12 13 3 4 3 5 3 9 10 12 9 333
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 4 9 9 6 6 11 9 8 1 3 1 1 6 4 4 6 8 9 3 6 11 11 5 8 13 5 4 8 6 3 5 8 11 11 10 10 15 20 14 292
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 9 4 15 5 11 8 9 6 7 8 6 4 4 13 8 17 19 7 7 6 9 10 9 7 3 12 5 6 3 7 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 2 2 261
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 7 4 4 4 3 8 10 13 8 6 8 6 10 5 6 4 3 9 14 11 15 22 16 26 7 7 10 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 259
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 11 4 8 5 7 3 10 12 15 10 6 13 6 11 11 15 20 23 19 15 241
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 1 3 2 2 0 7 5 3 2 2 3 5 1 3 8 11 6 4 1 8 3 8 8 6 16 25 22 27 21 7 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 234
HONEYWELL 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 0 0 1 7 11 28 27 38 49 57 218
HONEYWELL INC. 6 11 13 5 10 5 4 6 8 3 7 4 6 8 7 5 10 6 4 9 9 5 4 6 4 8 6 7 4 8 7 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 212
BOEING COMPANY 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 4 1 0 5 2 8 4 9 5 3 1 1 3 2 4 0 5 4 2 9 9 22 21 30 193
ROSEMOUNT INC. 5 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 6 4 4 6 2 8 5 5 2 6 6 10 3 7 5 6 6 8 4 7 20 6 10 10 11 190
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 1 2 4 6 5 5 4 8 3 7 1 3 2 5 5 5 4 10 8 13 14 7 7 11 11 9 7 5 187
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 5 7 18 14 19 8 6 4 3 10 7 8 10 6 3 2 1 5 9 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 3 2 186
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 5 4 4 3 2 6 4 2 1 5 4 5 7 8 6 5 3 5 9 9 7 15 19 11 11 13 181
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 1 11 25 28 30 30 20 16 161
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 3 4 4 16 17 10 15 17 4 11 20 16 5 7 1 160
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 7 8 10 11 6 6 9 5 8 6 4 1 5 3 6 7 5 3 6 3 4 4 1 5 2 3 3 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 156
FISCHER & PORTER COMPANY 2 0 2 5 9 10 10 7 22 9 5 10 8 8 8 4 3 5 3 6 3 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9 4 5 6 5 5 6 3 7 9 3 9 16 5 14 6 5 6 3 4 5 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148
SHELL OIL COMPANY 5 6 4 7 12 4 4 1 8 1 2 7 6 4 1 1 6 6 4 5 8 4 5 3 2 4 4 0 1 3 3 4 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 148
TEXACO INC. 6 1 4 4 7 9 8 6 8 6 4 7 7 6 3 3 5 4 3 2 4 2 7 3 4 2 8 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 147
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 8 7 2 5 9 6 13 9 6 6 9 3 4 6 4 4 5 0 3 4 0 2 4 2 1 0 3 5 147
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 7 3 6 4 2 2 1 7 1 1 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 1 6 1 5 8 9 6 10 4 6 5 6 5 5 10 143
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 5 6 7 11 3 5 5 3 3 8 10 6 23 12 10 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 140
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 6 4 4 0 2 1 2 3 21 12 1 1 3 7 7 3 7 6 3 2 6 4 7 2 0 4 5 5 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 140
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 5 5 5 6 5 3 6 7 3 4 5 3 8 6 6 12 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 4 2 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 132
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 5 7 3 4 5 6 6 4 1 10 11 7 9 5 14 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 131
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 5 0 4 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 6 5 13 7 9 12 7 6 6 3 5 3 130
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 6 3 5 2 4 3 5 10 11 13 9 8 7 8 3 6 4 2 3 1 2 130
ENDRESS + HAUSER GMBH + CO. 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 4 11 4 6 6 11 14 11 13 10 13 127
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 17 8 8 4 4 3 3 3 8 6 4 7 12 7 5 5 3 5 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 125
NIPPON SOKEN, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 3 8 17 15 17 9 9 6 5 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 2 124
MOBIL OIL CORP. 7 5 4 1 0 7 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 5 18 13 12 7 3 3 6 3 3 4 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 120
HALLIBURTON CO. 4 2 4 4 6 4 4 4 0 2 0 2 3 3 4 7 1 6 6 5 6 3 2 1 9 17 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
ITT CORPORATION 2 2 3 7 13 12 8 11 10 4 2 8 2 2 2 5 4 1 2 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
FOXBORO COMPANY 10 4 3 3 2 0 0 2 3 5 6 4 1 0 4 3 5 3 4 3 1 4 6 0 4 6 5 7 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 113
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 5 1 7 9 10 7 8 5 6 7 7 6 5 113
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 8 5 15 13 5 7 4 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 6 0 8 3 4 1 3 5 15 6 9 14 6 3 4 5 3 107
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 9 2 3 1 0 5 5 11 15 7 7 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 105
BABCOCK & WILCOX COMPANY 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 10 7 6 9 1 7 6 6 6 5 2 4 5 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 101
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 3 1 0 2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 5 7 4 5 8 4 3 1 7 1 9 2 100
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 6 0 5 3 2 5 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 5 2 7 6 9 2 6 6 1 6 6 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
MTS SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 5 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 3 6 1 3 3 10 1 1 4 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 2 9 4 2 0 1 96
ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 5 6 5 7 2 2 5 5 5 11 19 15 95
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 4 1 1 3 4 3 1 3 1 6 7 6 15 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 95
MICRO MOTION, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 7 5 3 1 2 7 3 1 5 5 6 2 11 9 8 5 0 2 4 94
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 4 5 14 9 7 6 2 91
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY 0 1 0 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 0 2 1 5 2 2 2 1 9 8 5 1 5 8 3 4 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 6 4 1 3 4 3 6 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 2 5 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 3 1 2 2 87
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 6 2 3 3 2 3 8 13 2 3 5 6 5 2 1 3 3 87
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 6 1 4 6 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 4 5 7 9 6 5 7 8 86
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 6 5 2 2 0 4 1 1 5 6 4 2 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 3 5 5 4 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 1 84
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 3 2 3 7 7 6 3 4 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 81
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 8 9 7 6 5 7 0 0 0 1 80
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 5 20 8 14 8 17 5 0 0 0 0 77
NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 3 6 3 5 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 5 5 5 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 4 4 3 6 7 6 5 0 3 1 1 2 4 2 3 74
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, 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 3 4 2 3 3 8 11 11 11 5 12 73
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 0 1 4 1 9 3 7 6 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 68
EATON CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 2 3 3 7 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 5 3 3 2 1 0 0 67
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 6 0 1 2 3 4 6 3 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 2 5 0 4 6 2 6 4 6 4 0 1 0 0 66
KULITE SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 5 3 12 3 5 5 10 66
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 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 0 0 0 8 9 5 9 5 3 8 3 7 8 66
TRW INC. 1 5 3 1 4 1 2 3 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 65
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 1 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 64
SINGER COMPANY 0 0 2 5 7 2 6 6 6 5 2 3 4 1 0 6 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
UNISYS CORPORATION 4 7 3 2 2 9 5 4 1 4 0 4 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 2 0 1 3 9 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 4 3 6 7 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 63
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 4 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 5 2 1 3 1 0 1 3 2 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 63
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 8 4 4 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
COMBUSTION ENGINEERING INC. 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 3 5 5 5 2 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 3 2 1 1 4 3 1 2 3 1 1 61
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2 1 1 5 0 0 5 4 2 1 3 1 3 0 3 1 1 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 1 61
GEBR. HOFMANN G.M.B.H. & CO., KG, MASCHINENFABRIK 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 4 6 2 7 1 2 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 2 3 6 3 5 0 60
SUNDSTRAND DATA CONTROL INC. 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 3 8 5 4 6 9 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
VDO ADOLF SCHINDLING AG 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 3 4 2 7 2 5 1 7 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 0 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 4 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 59
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 5 3 6 4 7 6 2 1 6 59
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3