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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 280, Land Vehicles

( 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 453 424 387 362 334 1960
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 23 33 40 25 28 149
TAKATA CORPORATION 30 25 24 34 24 137
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 24 27 12 27 30 120
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 20 6 18 28 46 118
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 42 32 15 17 10 116
TRW OCCUPANY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH & CO., KG 41 34 20 11 4 110
TRW INC. 37 22 19 8 3 89
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 31 23 20 11 0 85
TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 17 11 16 18 10 72
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 28 14 8 13 8 71
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 15 12 15 12 64
SALOMON S.A. 24 14 11 6 5 60
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 11 13 9 7 14 54
BURTON CORPORATION USA 11 13 12 11 5 52
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 17 19 1 6 8 51
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB 12 10 5 15 6 48
SHIMANO INC. 5 8 15 8 12 48
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 20 27 47
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 20 12 7 4 4 47
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 6 6 13 6 11 42
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 13 5 7 7 4 36
SKIS ROSSIGNOL S.A. 6 6 8 7 6 33
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 5 10 5 5 6 31
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 4 8 7 10 31
SUNRISE MEDICAL HHG INC. 20 3 3 2 2 30
TAKATA-PETRI AG 1 16 10 1 2 30
K-2 CORPORATION 6 6 6 4 7 29
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 4 5 4 10 6 29
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 5 10 3 3 29
DANA CORPORATION 3 9 6 8 2 28
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 10 8 2 5 3 28
THE BOLER COMPANY 6 8 5 4 5 28
PORSCHE AG 2 5 4 8 7 26
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 8 2 6 5 4 25
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 7 5 0 1 24
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 4 15 4 23
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 5 3 6 5 3 22
DEERE + COMPANY 1 4 4 5 8 22
LOOK FIXATIONS S.A. 6 6 6 1 3 22
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD. 7 6 3 4 1 21
LEAR CORPORATION 4 5 3 5 3 20
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC. 1 4 5 6 2 18
LINK TREASURE LIMITED 4 6 1 3 3 17
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 1 6 3 5 2 17
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 5 6 3 16
COMBI CO., LTD. 0 4 2 3 6 15
NSK LIMITED 5 4 4 1 1 15
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 3 4 3 4 1 15
TRW AIRBAG SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 7 4 2 2 0 15
CEQUENT TOWING PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 3 9 2 14
GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 2 2 3 4 14
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 3 4 3 0 14
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 5 2 1 0 14
CASE CORPORATION 5 2 5 1 0 13
PATENT HOLDING COMPANY 3 7 1 2 0 13
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, INC. 5 4 3 1 0 13
EMERY S.A. 0 2 3 3 4 12
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 3 5 4 0 12
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 10 11
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 3 5 11
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 5 2 11
CATERPILLAR INC. 3 3 1 0 3 10
MAGLINE, INC. 3 1 3 1 2 10
MARKER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 2 0 4 1 10
PETRI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 2 0 0 0 10
S.N.C. LIVBAG 2 3 2 2 1 10
TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GMBH 2 6 1 1 0 10
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 3 3 2 2 0 10
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 2 1 3 4 10
ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH 2 1 1 1 4 9
BENETTON GROUP S.P.A. 1 2 4 0 2 9
NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 0 3 3 9
SIMULA INC. 2 3 4 0 0 9
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 2 3 0 2 2 9
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 0 2 1 1 8
GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 5 0 0 8
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 0 2 1 3 2 8
INVACARE CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 1 8
JOST-WERKE GMBH & CO., KG. 1 1 2 2 2 8
MATTEL INC. 3 2 1 1 1 8
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
RADIO FLYER INC. 1 1 1 0 5 8
SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC. 1 0 1 2 4 8
THE HOLLAND GROUP, INC. 0 1 0 5 2 8
UNIVERSAL PROPULSION COMPANY, INC. 3 3 1 0 1 8
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 1 2 3 1 1 8
ZF LEMFORDER METALLWAREN AG 0 0 2 2 4 8
ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 3 4 7
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 4 2 1 0 0 7
ROVER GROUP LIMITED 7 0 0 0 0 7
UNARCO INDUSTRIES INC. 0 3 0 1 3 7
VOLVO PERSONVAGNAR AB 1 3 3 0 0 7
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 2 2 2 0 0 6
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 1 3 2 6
CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPMENT MICHELIN S.A. 2 1 3 0 0 6
GOODBABY CHILD PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 6
HEELING SPORTS LIMITED 0 2 0 3 1 6
KINETIC LIMITED 3 2 1 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 2 2 6
NACAM FRANCE SA 1 2 1 0 2 6
PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS, CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 6
REESE PRODUCTS, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SANKO GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 0 1 2 6
TAKATA-PETRI (ULM) GMBH 0 0 1 2 3 6
TS TECH CO., LTD. 0 4 2 0 0 6
VALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 2 2 0 0 6
WATSON & CHALIN MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 1 0 0 4 6
634182 ALBERTA LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
BLAKE DESIGN GROUP, LLC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 1 1 2 0 5
CTS CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
DECOMA INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
EVENFLO COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 0 2 5
FREIGHTLINER LLC 5 0 0 0 0 5
FUJI KIKO COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 1 2 5
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
HOLLAND NEWAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 1 0 1 5
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 2 0 5
MAVERICK AMERICAN LLC 0 1 1 1 2 5
MERITOR SUSPENSIONSYSTEMS COMPANY 1 1 2 0 1 5
PACIFIC CYCLE, LLC 0 0 0 5 0 5
POLARIS INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
PUTZMEISTER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 0 0 1 1 5
SCANIA CV AKTIEBOLAG 1 1 1 1 1 5
THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG 0 0 1 0 4 5


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