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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 1998 - 2002 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 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture

( 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 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 127 141 127 138 122 655
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 22 15 13 32 18 100
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 20 13 22 17 23 95
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 12 6 28 14 16 76
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 9 18 20 24 71
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 14 17 16 55
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 23 22 1 0 0 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 9 10 8 9 42
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 5 10 9 10 7 41
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 11 9 4 5 11 40
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 7 11 10 3 39
SONY CORPORATION 6 11 5 8 8 38
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 8 4 5 9 9 35
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 3 12 11 6 35
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 14 7 6 5 1 33
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 8 5 8 8 32
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 7 6 4 7 7 31
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 3 5 6 4 10 28
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 6 3 5 8 28
XEROX CORPORATION 3 6 7 2 9 27
BOEING COMPANY 5 4 8 3 5 25
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 4 5 4 8 4 25
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 10 6 4 2 3 25
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 4 12 2 24
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 6 7 3 4 23
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 6 5 4 5 1 21
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 7 8 3 1 2 21
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 3 2 5 5 19
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 4 4 2 6 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 4 4 6 2 18
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 3 3 4 4 18
NEC CORPORATION 3 4 5 3 3 18
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 2 3 6 3 4 18
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 3 3 4 5 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 3 5 4 3 3 18
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 3 1 5 17
MOORE BUSINESS FORMS INC. 1 5 4 5 2 17
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN-MICHELIN & CIE 2 7 2 3 2 16
EBARA CORPORATION 0 4 5 1 6 16
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 4 4 2 2 4 16
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 4 4 4 2 16
LINTEC CORPORATION 3 1 5 3 2 14
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 2 4 5 1 14
MARQUIP INC. 2 5 5 2 0 14
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 0 4 3 6 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 2 2 2 3 13
CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 1 2 3 12
LEAR CORPORATION 2 4 1 2 3 12
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 5 2 1 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 4 2 4 1 1 12
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 2 4 2 12
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 2 3 3 1 3 12
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 1 2 4 3 2 12
CORNING INCORPORATED 1 2 2 2 4 11
MASCHINENFABRIK J. DIEFFENBACHER GMBH & CO. 1 2 0 4 4 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 7 1 2 0 11
B + H MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 4 2 1 3 10
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 3 3 2 10
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 2 2 1 2 10
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 2 4 1 3 10
MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS, INC. 4 4 1 1 0 10
NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 4 0 2 4 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 6 1 10
SOUTHPAC TRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 1 1 1 5 10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 2 2 2 1 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 1 2 2 10
KITANO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 3 3 1 2 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 2 0 4 3 9
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 2 3 0 3 1 9
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 4 9
W. L. GORE & ASSSOCIATES, INC. 6 2 1 0 0 9
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 2 2 1 0 8
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 1 2 1 8
HENKEL KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN(HENKEL KGAA) 1 2 1 1 3 8
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 2 3 0 1 2 8
JOHNS MANVILLE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 3 3 0 8
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 4 3 1 0 8
MOORE NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 5 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 4 0 0 1 3 8
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 0 4 0 2 2 8
SEDEPRO 1 3 1 2 1 8
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 0 0 4 1 2 7
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0 0 0 2 5 7
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 1 1 3 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 2 3 7
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 3 1 1 2 7
GENCORP INC. 4 2 0 0 1 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 0 2 0 3 7
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 0 0 3 2 2 7
LOCTITE CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 1 7
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 2 4 1 0 0 7
MCNEIL-PPC, INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
PIRELLI COORDINAMENTO PNEUMATICI S.P.A. 1 0 2 2 2 7
SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE 1 3 0 1 2 7
SENCO PRODUCTS, INC. 0 7 0 0 0 7
SUPER SACK MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 1 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
XYRON, INC. 2 1 1 2 1 7
ANELVA CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 1 6
CARL FREUDENBERG 1 0 0 3 2 6
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 0 1 3 6
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 1 3 2 0 0 6
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 0 6
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 0 2 1 2 1 6
FABIO PERINI S.P.A. 1 0 3 1 1 6
FARGO ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 1 2 6
G.D. SOCIETA PER AZIONI 2 0 2 2 0 6
INSITUFORM (NETHERLANDS) B. V. 0 2 4 0 0 6
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 2 3 1 6
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 3 0 1 2 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
MOORE U.S.A. INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
PRIVATIZER SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 6 0 0 6
STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY 0 1 2 1 2 6
TDK CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 3 6
TESA AG 0 0 0 0 6 6
TOYO KOHAN CO., LTD. 0 1 4 1 0 6
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 1 2 1 0 2 6
YAZAKI CORP. 1 1 3 1 0 6
AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. 2 0 2 0 1 5
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
BHS CORRUGATED MASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH 0 2 3 0 0 5
BRANSON ULTRASONICS CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
CERTAIN-TEED CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
CLOPAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. 0 3 1 1 0 5
DAVIDSON TEXTRON INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
FOCKE & CO. 0 4 1 0 0 5
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 0 5
FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
HAMPSHIRE HOLOGRAPHIC MANUFACTURING, CORP. 2 3 0 0 0 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 1 2 0 5
IDEMITSU PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY LTD. 2 0 1 1 1 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE 1 1 1 1 1 5
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
NORDSON CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
PETERS MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH 1 0 1 2 1 5
PREMARK RWP HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
SEMITOOL, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
SHONAN GOSEI-JUSHI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 0 1 2 2 0 5
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 0 5
SINTOKOGIO LTD. 3 1 1 0 0 5
SPEEDFAM-IPEC CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
TDW DELAWARE, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 0 1 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 5
WALLACE COMPUTER SERVICES, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
WEA MANUFACTURING INC. 0 3 0 1 1 5
WESTVACO CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
WYKO INCORPORATED 1 0 2 0 2 5


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