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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 32 36 33 34 34 169
METSO PAPER, INC. 3 35 20 28 25 111
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 38 39 6 2 3 88
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 8 20 19 16 63
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 19 15 9 7 3 53
~Individually Owned Patent 21 9 9 6 4 49
VALMET CORP. 25 10 3 1 0 39
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 9 6 9 5 4 33
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY 4 8 10 7 1 30
METSO PAPER KARLSTAD AB 0 10 6 8 3 27
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 16 5 3 1 1 26
HERCULES INCORPORATED 10 8 4 2 0 24
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 4 4 10 3 3 24
KVAERNER PULPING AKTIEBOLAG 11 5 2 2 4 24
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 15 6 3 0 0 24
ANDRITZ INC. 0 10 8 1 2 21
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 3 3 8 4 19
ICHIKAWA CO., LTD. 6 2 2 5 4 19
ANDRITZ-AHLSTROM INC. 13 5 0 0 0 18
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 7 3 4 3 1 18
AKZO NOBEL NV 2 3 2 4 4 15
ANDRITZ OY 0 2 4 8 0 14
NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY 6 7 0 0 0 13
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS WATER TREATMENTS LIMITED 3 4 2 2 0 11
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 0 7 3 1 0 11
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 6 0 2 3 0 11
INSTITUTE OF PAPER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 6 2 0 0 10
NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION 1 3 3 2 1 10
ANDRITZ-PATENTVERWALTUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. 4 5 0 0 0 9
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 3 3 1 9
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 1 9
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 0 5 1 2 1 9
VALMET FIBERTECH AKTIEBOLAG 4 4 1 0 0 9
VALMET-KARLSTAD AB 5 4 0 0 0 9
FIBERMARK, INC. 1 1 4 1 1 8
M-REAL OYJ 0 4 0 1 3 8
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS GMBH 0 2 3 2 1 8
AGA AB 1 1 4 1 0 7
ANDRITZ AG 0 1 3 2 1 7
ONDEO NALCO COMPANY 0 0 4 3 0 7
TAMFELT OYJ ABP 0 2 2 3 0 7
VOITH PAPER, INC. 0 5 2 0 0 7
WESTVACO CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
GEORGIA-PACIFIC FRANCE 0 1 0 3 2 6
OJI PAPER CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA 2 2 2 0 0 6
ANDRITZ-AHLSTROM OY 2 3 0 0 0 5
ASTENJOHNSON, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 0 3 1 5
MEAD CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 0 5
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 5
METSO CHEMICAL PULPING OY 0 2 1 1 1 5
TOKUSHU PAPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
U.S. BORAX INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
WEAVEXX CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5


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