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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 244, Aeronautics and Astronautics

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 91 99 93 91 70 444
BOEING COMPANY 30 38 64 83 76 291
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 19 25 30 12 10 96
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 8 10 5 9 38
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 13 7 9 3 36
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 1 10 13 11 35
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 16 11 4 2 0 33
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 9 4 7 7 31
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 7 7 5 6 4 29
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 10 3 2 12 1 28
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 9 8 2 5 28
EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 4 6 8 5 2 25
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 9 10 3 3 0 25
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 9 9 3 3 24
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 5 5 7 3 2 22
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4 4 2 6 3 19
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. 8 4 2 3 1 18
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 7 4 3 1 1 16
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 3 2 2 3 14
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 11 2 0 0 0 13
TRW INC. 10 3 0 0 0 13
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 2 2 2 3 3 12
DAIMLER CHRYSLER AEROSPACE AIRBUS GMBH 7 4 0 0 0 11
ASTRIUM GMBH 0 3 4 3 0 10
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 6 3 1 0 0 10
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 4 2 2 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 3 0 4 0 3 10
GOODRICH CORPORATION 0 4 2 2 2 10
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 2 0 1 4 3 10
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 4 0 5 0 10
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 3 0 0 0 9
SUPERSONIC AEROSPACE INTERNATIONAL, LLC 0 0 0 1 8 9
ALCATEL 2 3 3 0 0 8
CENTRE NATIONALE D'ETUDES SPATIALES (C.N.E.S.) 2 3 2 1 0 8
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 3 1 0 8
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 1 2 1 1 3 8
ATAIR AEROSPACE, INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
BOFORS DEFENCE AKTIEBOLAG 0 2 1 2 2 7
DIEHL MUNITIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO., KG 1 1 2 3 0 7
HITACHI, LTD 2 2 1 2 0 7
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, RAFAEL-ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3 0 2 2 0 7
BODENSEEWERK GERAETETECHNIK, GMBH 3 0 1 1 1 6
ROHR, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
SNECMA MOTEURS 0 1 1 3 1 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
AEROASTRO, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
AEROSPATIALE AIRBUS 2 3 0 0 0 5
AGUSTA S.P.A. 1 1 2 0 1 5
AT&T CORP. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LFK-LENKFLUGKORPERSYSTEME GMBH 0 4 1 0 0 5
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 1 3 1 0 0 5
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 0 2 2 0 1 5
PROSPECTIVE CONCEPTS, AG 2 1 2 0 0 5
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5


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