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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 102, Ammunition and Explosives

( 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 19 21 11 35 28 114
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 7 14 12 20 18 71
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 9 5 8 16 9 47
ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY 11 7 3 3 2 26
GIAT INDUSTRIES 5 0 3 6 4 18
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 4 3 5 6 18
RHEINMETALL W & M GMBH 0 3 3 5 6 17
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 2 4 3 3 4 16
TRW INC. 4 1 1 6 2 14
OLIN CORPORATION 4 1 7 0 1 13
S.N.C. LIVBAG 1 2 2 2 5 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 4 2 1 4 11
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 0 7 10
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 1 1 3 3 1 9
BOFORS AB 3 2 3 1 0 9
PRIMEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
ROCKTEK LIMITED 0 0 2 2 4 8
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 0 0 1 3 6
HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
RHEINMETALL INDUSTRIE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 5 0 0 0 6
ROYAL ORDNANCE PLC 1 2 2 1 0 6
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 2 0 2 5
CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 1 0 1 2 5
DIEHL STIFTUNG & CO. 0 3 2 0 0 5
DYNAMIT NOBEL GMBH EXPLOSIVSTOFF-UND SYSTEMTECHNIK 0 0 0 1 4 5
FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 0 5
OERLIKON-CONTRAVES PYROTEC AG 1 3 1 0 0 5
SANDIA CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 4 1 5
TRW AIRBAG SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 3 2 5
UNITED DEFENSE, L.P. 1 1 1 2 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 0 0 1 0 5
WESTERN ATLAS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5


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