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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 307, Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems

( 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 50 57 38 20 22 187
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 8 11 9 7 43
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 5 13 9 7 7 41
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 4 6 6 4 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 6 4 5 7 25
HITACHI, LTD 6 4 5 4 1 20
YAZAKI CORP. 6 5 1 0 8 20
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 8 4 3 1 19
NEC CORPORATION 6 3 3 4 3 19
SONY CORPORATION 3 3 5 3 2 16
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 4 4 6 15
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 2 5 7 15
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 7 3 1 15
TRW INC. 5 0 5 2 3 15
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 4 1 1 3 14
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 6 2 2 1 14
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 2 3 4 2 3 14
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 1 3 3 4 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 4 7 1 0 1 13
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 0 6 7 0 0 13
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 5 1 4 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1 3 0 2 4 10
INTEL CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 1 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 1 2 1 3 2 9
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 0 1 0 8
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 1 0 0 8
MANNESMANN VDO AG 0 0 1 2 5 8
TEMIC TELEFUNKEN MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 0 5 3 0 0 8
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION, INC. 5 1 1 0 0 7
DENSO CORPORATION 0 2 1 3 1 7
EATON CORPORATION 1 3 3 0 0 7
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 1 7
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 1 3 1 7
ALCATEL 0 1 4 0 1 6
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1 1 1 1 2 6
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 0 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 4 0 0 1 1 6
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 1 1 2 6
HARNESS SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH, LTD. 1 3 1 0 1 6
KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 1 0 0 0 6
LEAR CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 0 1 4 0 0 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 0 1 3 0 1 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 2 0 3 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5


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