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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 280, Land Vehicles

( 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 409 402 467 454 423 2155
TRW OCCUPANY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH & CO., KG 17 35 31 41 34 158
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 24 24 36 42 32 158
TRW INC. 14 22 36 37 22 131
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 30 32 31 23 125
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 9 20 17 24 27 97
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 17 26 18 20 6 87
SALOMON S.A. 12 18 18 24 14 86
TAKATA CORPORATION 4 5 13 30 25 77
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 20 13 17 10 15 75
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 11 14 17 20 12 74
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 23 9 27 6 6 71
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 6 17 28 14 65
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 23 33 61
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 13 9 14 11 7 54
SKIS ROSSIGNOL S.A. 6 14 13 6 6 45
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 6 11 9 10 8 44
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 2 5 17 19 43
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 14 14 11 2 1 42
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 38 4 0 0 0 42
TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 2 5 7 17 11 42
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB 6 5 6 12 10 39
BURTON CORPORATION USA 1 4 8 11 13 37
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 2 1 7 11 13 34
K-2 CORPORATION 6 7 9 6 6 34
SUNRISE MEDICAL HHG INC. 0 2 5 20 3 30
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 4 2 7 5 10 28
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 5 2 2 13 5 27
THE BOLER COMPANY 4 4 3 6 8 25
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 4 8 4 5 3 24
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, INC. 2 6 7 5 4 24
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 10 4 3 3 4 24
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 13 7 2 1 0 23
LOOK FIXATIONS S.A. 1 4 6 6 6 23
NORDICA S.P.A. 8 8 5 1 1 23
SHIMANO INC. 1 2 7 5 8 23
MARKER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 8 8 1 3 2 22
PORSCHE AG 2 5 8 2 5 22
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 5 2 8 5 22
DANA CORPORATION 2 2 5 3 9 21
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD. 3 3 2 7 6 21
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 4 4 8 2 20
PETRI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 4 8 2 19
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 5 6 5 19
NSK LIMITED 5 2 2 5 4 18
TRW AIRBAG SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 5 7 4 18
LEAR CORPORATION 0 4 4 4 5 17
TAKATA-PETRI AG 0 0 0 1 16 17
TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GMBH 3 3 2 2 6 16
REESE PRODUCTS, INC. 3 5 1 3 3 15
LINK TREASURE LIMITED 1 2 1 4 6 14
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 6 14
AB VOLVO 4 2 3 4 0 13
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 12 1 0 0 0 13
CASE CORPORATION 1 3 2 5 2 13
GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC. 3 3 4 2 1 13
ROVER GROUP LIMITED 1 0 5 7 0 13
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. 2 4 5 1 1 13
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 3 2 3 3 12
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 1 2 4 5 12
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 1 2 3 3 12
GT BICYCLES, INC. 2 4 4 1 0 11
INVACARE CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 4 11
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 5 0 4 2 11
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 6 2 2 1 11
ROLLERBLADE, INC. 1 3 7 0 0 11
S.N.C. LIVBAG 1 0 5 2 3 11
TAKATA INC. 5 5 1 0 0 11
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 0 4 2 2 2 10
MATTEL INC. 2 0 3 3 2 10
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 0 0 9 0 1 10
PATENT HOLDING COMPANY 0 0 0 3 7 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 2 4 3 10
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 3 10
UNIVERSAL PROPULSION COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 3 3 10
DEERE + COMPANY 0 3 1 1 4 9
KANSEI CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 1 9
ROCKSHOX, INC. 0 3 5 1 0 9
CANNONDALE CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 1 8
EXEDY CORPORATION 1 3 3 1 0 8
GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 2 8
HOLLAND NEWAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 2 1 0 1 8
KINETIC LIMITED 1 1 1 3 2 8
LEMFORDER METALLWAREN AG 1 2 4 0 1 8
MAGLINE, INC. 1 1 2 3 1 8
OEA, INC. 2 2 4 0 0 8
SIMULA INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
FREIGHTLINER LLC 0 1 1 5 0 7
INOVA GMBH TECHNISCHE ENTWICKLUNGEN 0 1 2 3 1 7
MANNESMANN SACHS AG 0 0 3 1 3 7
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 0 3 1 2 7
ROTTEFELLA AS 1 3 1 0 2 7
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 2 0 1 6
ANSWER PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 2 6
ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH 2 1 0 2 1 6
BENETTON SPORTSYSTEM S.P.A. 0 2 2 2 0 6
DENSO CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 0 6
DRAW-TITE, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
DYNAMIT NOBEL GMBH EXPLOSIVSTOFF-UND SYSTEMTECHNIK 0 1 1 2 2 6
FOUR D, INCORPORATED 1 1 1 1 2 6
REHRIG INTERNATIONAL 2 2 0 2 0 6
TOKICO LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 1 2 0 0 6
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 0 0 0 3 3 6
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 0 0 2 0 3 5
BSRS RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 4 1 0 5
COMBI CO., LTD. 0 1 0 0 4 5
CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPMENT MICHELIN S.A. 0 0 2 2 1 5
CONVAID PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
CTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
FANCYFORM DESIGN ENGINEERING 1 2 2 0 0 5
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 4 0 5
HOLLAND HITCH COMPANY 0 1 2 2 0 5
INOAC CORP. 0 3 1 1 0 5
JAMES D. EASTON, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
JIANGSU GOODBABY GROUP, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
JOALTO DESIGN, INC. 1 1 0 3 0 5
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MST AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 4 1 0 0 0 5
ORIS FAHRZEUGTEILE HANS RIEHLE GMBH 1 2 0 1 1 5
OTTO BOCK ORTHOPADISCHE INDUSTRIE BESITZ- UND VERWALTUNGS-KG 0 0 1 2 2 5
REEBOK INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
RIKE INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
SCHWINN CYCLING & FITNESS INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 0 5
TEXTRON INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
VALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC 0 0 1 2 2 5
VOLVO PERSONVAGNAR AB 0 0 1 1 3 5


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