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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 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 62 62 71 79 77 351
~Individually Owned Patent 65 67 54 47 62 295
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 57 51 44 39 37 228
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 61 50 30 39 47 227
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 47 39 24 20 30 160
DENSO CORPORATION 32 29 21 30 32 144
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 36 26 40 18 139
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 32 49 20 14 125
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 20 15 25 32 31 123
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 24 53 44 121
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 49 44 17 0 0 110
HITACHI, LTD 21 24 24 16 18 103
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 12 22 17 25 19 95
CATERPILLAR INC. 31 18 7 15 22 93
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 19 11 14 20 18 82
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 12 8 18 24 19 81
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 18 15 19 15 12 79
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 6 17 23 28 74
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 25 10 13 9 16 73
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 23 19 17 12 0 71
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 24 14 13 10 70
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 14 20 15 8 11 68
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 5 17 9 13 12 56
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 17 13 11 9 4 54
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 10 14 10 7 52
GARMIN LTD. 0 0 7 18 27 52
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 12 5 14 9 11 51
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 11 15 14 7 2 49
BOEING COMPANY 6 1 11 15 13 46
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 15 12 4 11 46
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 8 9 6 10 9 42
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 9 13 5 7 39
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 13 4 4 8 7 36
DEERE + COMPANY 5 4 5 10 10 34
KOMATSU LTD. 14 8 3 4 5 34
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 10 4 7 6 33
EATON CORPORATION 12 5 6 3 4 30
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 9 7 6 4 3 29
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 8 4 4 8 4 28
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 11 6 5 3 2 27
CUMMINS INC. 0 6 6 8 6 26
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 5 5 4 8 26
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5 3 4 9 4 25
MANNESMANN VDO AG 7 11 5 0 2 25
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 5 12 2 3 25
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 4 5 5 7 3 24
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION 1 9 5 2 7 24
TRW INC. 11 4 5 2 2 24
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 2 11 4 5 0 22
SONY CORPORATION 2 4 7 6 3 22
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 2 9 2 2 6 21
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 5 3 7 1 4 20
MAGELLAN DIS, INC. 4 8 5 2 1 20
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 4 6 4 5 20
CASE CORPORATION 7 5 4 3 0 19
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 5 4 4 19
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 3 2 3 7 18
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 9 7 18
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 1 4 5 7 17
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 11 5 0 1 0 17
KABUSHIKIKAISHA EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD. 9 7 1 0 0 17
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 0 0 0 7 10 17
NEC CORPORATION 3 5 6 2 1 17
XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION 4 5 0 3 5 17
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 2 4 4 3 4 17
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 0 8 4 4 16
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 1 3 4 4 4 16
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 6 1 2 5 2 16
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 2 4 5 5 16
UNISIA JECS CORPORATION 7 4 5 0 0 16
YAZAKI CORP. 2 6 5 1 2 16
GLOBAL LOCATE, INC. 0 4 5 5 1 15
MANNESMANN AG 9 2 4 0 0 15
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 8 5 1 1 0 15
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 4 2 4 0 14
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 0 1 4 3 6 14
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 4 2 4 2 2 14
WABCO GMBH & CO, OHG 3 1 4 3 3 14
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 4 2 2 4 1 13
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE CORPORATION 4 3 2 2 2 13
ARRIVALSTAR, INC. 0 0 2 7 3 12
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 5 1 1 2 3 12
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 0 6 1 1 4 12
SPX CORPORATION 1 1 4 2 4 12
GARMIN CORPORATION 3 5 1 0 2 11
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 4 2 5 11
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C. 0 0 3 2 6 11
KELSEY-HAYES CO. 5 3 0 1 2 11
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5 2 2 1 1 11
SNAP-ON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 4 2 1 11
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 5 2 3 11
QUALCOMM, INC. 3 2 2 2 1 10
ZF BATAVIA, L.L.C. 1 3 5 1 0 10
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 5 9
CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. 6 3 0 0 0 9
GARMIN AT, INC. 0 0 0 5 4 9
JATCO LTD. 0 0 2 4 3 9
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 3 2 2 1 1 9
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 3 1 1 2 2 9
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 3 0 0 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 1 3 2 8
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
CONTINENTAL TEVES, INC. 0 1 1 4 2 8
GE-HARRIS RAILWAY ELECTRONICS, L.L.C. 1 6 1 0 0 8
INTEL CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 2 2 4 0 8
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 7 1 0 0 0 8
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4 0 4 0 0 8
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC. 1 4 3 0 0 8
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 4 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 1 8
QUANTUM ENGINEERING, INC. 0 0 1 1 6 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 1 0 2 3 1 7
ALCATEL 3 0 0 2 2 7
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 1 3 0 3 0 7
GALAXY DEVELOPMENT, LLC 2 3 1 1 0 7
GENTEX CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 4 7
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 2 2 7
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 4 7
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 1 3 1 7
VISTEON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 2 0 0 0 7
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
BELTPACK CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
BOSCH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 2 0 0 0 6
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
HORIZON NAVIGATION, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 0 0 0 5 1 6
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 0 0 2 3 1 6
NSK LIMITED 1 1 1 2 1 6
REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE 6 0 0 0 0 6
SIN ETKE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD 0 0 2 2 2 6
SINEX HOLDINGS LLC 0 2 4 0 0 6
TELEVIGATION, INC. 1 2 1 1 1 6
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 3 0 2 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 0 0 3 1 2 6
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 1 0 1 3 1 6
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0 4 0 0 1 5
BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 2 3 0 0 5
BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH 0 0 3 2 0 5
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
CANAC INC. 0 2 1 2 0 5
DONNELLY CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 4 0 1 5
FREIGHTLINER LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
GO2 SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
HITACHI UNISIA AUTOMOTIVE, LTD. 0 0 0 4 1 5
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 0 1 2 1 5
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 0 2 1 0 5
JATCO CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 2 2 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO 3 1 0 1 0 5
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A. 0 1 1 2 1 5
MODULAR MINING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
RAPISTAN SYSTEMS ADVERTISING CORP. 0 2 0 3 0 5
REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT 2 2 0 0 1 5
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
TAKATA CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
TEMIC TELEFUNKEN MICROELECTRONIC GMBH 2 2 1 0 0 5
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 0 1 0 1 3 5
VOLVO CAR CORPORATION AB 0 4 1 0 0 5
YAMAHA MARINE KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 2 3 5


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