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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 701, DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing)

( 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 31 31 37 65 67 231
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 29 23 45 61 50 208
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 14 20 27 62 62 185
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 17 19 37 57 51 181
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 24 18 28 49 44 163
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 20 29 23 48 39 159
CATERPILLAR INC. 14 28 27 31 18 118
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 13 12 19 36 89
DENSO CORPORATION 1 6 14 32 29 82
HITACHI, LTD 9 17 10 21 24 81
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 10 18 12 14 20 74
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 8 19 22 13 5 67
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 7 12 9 20 15 63
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 9 17 19 11 61
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 3 7 23 19 52
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 12 25 10 49
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 10 32 47
CASE CORPORATION 5 13 14 7 5 44
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 4 3 9 24 43
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 7 12 22 41
UNISIA JECS CORPORATION 12 9 9 7 4 41
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 3 5 11 10 38
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 0 4 18 15 38
KOMATSU LTD. 2 1 12 14 8 37
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 11 5 6 9 36
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 7 6 4 15 35
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 2 4 3 11 15 35
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 2 7 2 5 17 33
EATON CORPORATION 7 5 4 12 5 33
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 5 3 8 8 9 33
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 0 0 1 17 13 31
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 6 12 7 2 0 27
CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. 1 10 6 6 3 26
TRW INC. 1 6 4 11 4 26
MAGELLAN DIS, INC. 1 4 8 4 8 25
XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION 1 10 5 4 5 25
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 4 1 11 6 24
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 3 6 8 4 24
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 0 1 5 11 5 22
KABUSHIKIKAISHA EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD. 3 2 1 9 7 22
MANNESMANN VDO AG 0 1 3 7 11 22
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 13 8 1 0 0 22
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 0 6 9 7 22
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 1 2 6 8 5 22
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 12 8 22
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 6 10 21
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 1 3 13 4 21
DELCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 11 6 1 1 21
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 3 3 4 2 9 21
MANNESMANN AG 0 2 6 9 2 19
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 4 5 3 5 19
BOEING COMPANY 3 4 4 6 1 18
VISTEON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 8 3 5 2 18
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 4 2 4 6 1 17
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 0 4 4 5 16
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE 2 2 6 6 0 16
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 4 3 4 16
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5 1 1 5 3 15
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 3 1 2 0 14
JATCO CORPORATION 6 1 3 4 0 14
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 4 0 2 14
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 4 1 3 1 14
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 2 0 5 5 1 13
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 11 13
ITT AUTOMOTIVE EUROPE GMBH 11 2 0 0 0 13
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 7 4 2 0 13
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 2 7 1 13
PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 4 4 0 1 13
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY 6 3 2 2 0 13
DEERE + COMPANY 0 2 1 5 4 12
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 9 12
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 2 2 4 4 12
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE COMPANY 1 1 3 4 3 12
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 2 4 2 4 12
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 3 1 4 2 11
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 0 3 1 5 2 11
NEC CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 5 11
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 3 5 11
YAZAKI CORP. 1 0 2 2 6 11
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 0 1 2 4 3 10
GARMIN CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 5 10
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 2 2 3 3 10
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 3 2 4 1 0 10
TEMIC TELEFUNKEN MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 2 2 2 2 2 10
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 3 2 4 10
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 1 3 1 9
CLAAS KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN 2 0 6 0 1 9
FREIGHTLINER LLC 2 2 1 2 2 9
KELSEY-HAYES CO. 1 0 0 5 3 9
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 0 1 5 2 1 9
QUALCOMM, INC. 0 2 2 3 2 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 0 2 4 2 9
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 3 3 1 1 8
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY 0 2 3 1 1 7
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 0 0 1 5 1 7
GE-HARRIS RAILWAY ELECTRONICS, L.L.C. 0 0 0 1 6 7
INTEL CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 3 7
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 1 0 0 0 6 7
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 3 4 0 7
NARTRON CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 2 7
REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT 1 1 1 2 2 7
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 2 2 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 4 7
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 4 2 7
WABCO GMBH & CO, OHG 0 0 3 3 1 7
AG-CHEM EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
BOSCH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 2 6
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 0 1 1 1 3 6
CUMMINS INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
GALAXY DEVELOPMENT, LLC 0 0 1 2 3 6
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 2 3 1 6
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 6 6
PRINCE CORPORATION 2 1 2 1 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 6 0 0 0 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 2 6
TOKICO LTD. 1 1 3 0 1 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 2 6
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 2 2 0 1 5
GO2 SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
HONEYWELL INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
J. M. VOITH TURBO GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 1 1 1 5
JAGUAR CARS LIMITED 0 1 2 2 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 0 0 1 3 1 5
LORD CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 3 0 0 1 1 5
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 3 2 0 5
MOBILE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 0 0 0 3 2 5
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
SHIMANO INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
ZEXEL CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5


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