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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 296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops

( 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 139 149 164 175 126 753
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 12 13 12 37 22 96
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 6 28 33 18 85
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 7 25 35 17 84
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 8 10 16 20 68
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 8 22 22 1 0 53
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 5 1 8 13 24 51
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 8 10 8 15 9 50
PORSCHE AG 10 12 7 11 10 50
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 9 11 4 14 11 49
LEAR CORPORATION 3 13 13 10 9 48
WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH 0 0 0 7 37 44
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 4 8 5 16 6 39
INALFA INDUSTRIES, B.V. 4 0 7 9 18 38
ASC INCORPORATED 10 5 8 6 5 34
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15 16 2 1 0 34
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 3 10 12 29
PRINCE CORPORATION 11 10 5 1 0 27
WEBASTO KAROSSERIESYSTEME GMBH 6 4 6 7 4 27
CTS FAHRZEUG DACHSYSTEME GMBH 0 0 0 11 15 26
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 6 7 12 25
WILHELM KARMANN GMBH 5 1 3 6 9 24
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 0 4 4 5 7 20
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 0 2 14 3 0 19
MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 1 5 3 9 18
PENDA CORPORATION 4 5 5 1 1 16
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 2 6 7 1 16
BECKER GROUP EUROPE GMBH 3 9 2 1 0 15
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 0 1 4 10 15
OHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD. 1 0 2 6 6 15
YAZAKI CORP. 0 4 6 1 4 15
DEERE + COMPANY 0 1 3 6 3 13
DONNELLY CORPORATION 0 0 5 4 4 13
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 6 5 0 0 13
FREIGHTLINER LLC 6 3 4 0 0 13
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 2 4 5 2 0 13
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 2 1 1 4 13
CROTTY CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 2 11
LEAR DONNELLY OVERHEAD SYSTEMS L.L.C. 0 4 4 2 1 11
BESTOP, INC. 2 1 0 6 1 10
BUDD COMPANY 0 2 0 4 4 10
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 2 2 3 1 10
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 3 2 1 10
LUND INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 4 4 0 1 10
AERO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 1 2 6 9
ALFA LEISURE, INC. 1 0 1 5 2 9
KIA MOTORS CORP. 0 0 0 4 5 9
PARAT AUTOMOTIVE SCHONENBACH GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 1 3 5 9
APPLIED POWER INC. 1 3 3 1 0 8
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 3 0 1 2 2 8
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 3 1 2 8
PIONEER CONSOLIDATED CORP. 2 1 1 3 1 8
ROVER GROUP LIMITED 0 2 1 5 0 8
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, INC. 1 1 2 3 1 8
AB VOLVO 0 1 2 1 3 7
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA 0 2 5 0 0 7
BOS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 3 4 7
BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 2 3 7
COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM, S.A. 0 0 0 2 5 7
EDSCHA CABRIO-VERDECKSYSTEME GMBH & CO. 0 0 4 1 2 7
FRANCE DESIGN 0 0 4 1 2 7
JOALTO DESIGN, INC. 1 3 1 2 0 7
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 2 5 7
VOLVO PERSONVAGNAR AB 0 0 1 1 5 7
ACTUANT CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
ADVANCE COVER COMPANY 0 1 3 1 1 6
BAUMEISTER & OSTLER GMBH & CO. 1 2 0 1 2 6
BERTRAND FAURE EQUIPEMENTS S.A. 0 2 0 3 1 6
HENKEL CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 0 6
KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 2 1 1 0 6
L + L PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD. 2 0 1 2 1 6
PACCAR INC. 1 0 0 4 1 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 1 0 2 3 6
AMERICAN MOTO PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
CREATIVE EXTRUDED PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
DURA CONVERTIBLE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
DURAKON INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
FLEETWOOD FOLDING TRAILERS, INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2 1 0 1 1 5
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
HINO JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HINO MOTORS, LTD.) 1 2 2 0 0 5
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 0 0 4 1 0 5
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
METEOR GUMMIWERKE K. H. BADJE GMBH & CO. 0 0 1 1 3 5
MITSUI KINZOKU KOGYO K.K. 1 3 1 0 0 5
MONACO COACH CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 0 0 4 1 0 5
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 1 0 2 0 2 5
TOKAI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 1 0 5
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 0 2 2 5
VALEO THERMIQUE MOTEUR 0 0 0 2 3 5
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
WEBASTO SYSTEMKOMPONENTEN GMBH 2 0 2 1 0 5


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