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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 1969 - 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 477, Interrelated Power Delivery Controls, Including Engine Control

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 1 3 10 5 11 5 10 3 8 6 5 5 16 14 6 10 15 22 11 17 13 23 38 30 11 3 4 8 20 12 20 32 15 7 12 2 16 449
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 2 7 16 15 2 3 3 7 6 5 3 1 5 8 12 6 14 27 31 20 8 14 23 12 8 10 10 16 22 21 16 7 16 16 22 21 435
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 15 16 5 8 9 9 6 6 4 9 5 22 23 17 15 7 26 18 20 9 262
~Individually Owned Patent 8 6 15 8 9 6 2 4 2 6 2 4 11 7 4 12 8 5 3 3 6 8 7 2 1 4 6 8 6 5 4 4 1 3 6 3 4 203
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 4 3 10 9 17 15 7 3 3 8 1 0 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 9 3 11 5 7 2 4 8 1 6 4 6 7 7 11 3 4 201
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 15 6 6 10 28 26 11 11 10 5 4 13 9 4 3 1 1 0 0 184
EATON CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 4 5 3 1 3 2 4 2 6 14 7 7 5 7 15 6 14 3 2 7 133
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 5 4 3 12 11 25 14 7 5 3 6 7 4 118
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 20 18 25 8 9 6 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 4 0 6 2 3 116
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 2 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 2 0 6 6 3 5 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 6 7 2 2 4 5 3 5 7 7 10 113
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 5 4 6 8 4 6 2 5 10 4 1 1 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 103
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 13 21 3 5 10 10 7 1 91
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 4 5 4 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 3 5 5 3 4 3 5 5 2 3 2 3 8 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 90
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 3 1 0 2 1 1 5 4 6 6 5 5 7 7 79
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 3 6 8 9 3 5 10 3 4 5 6 72
JATCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 7 5 3 3 4 9 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 61
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 2 9 1 2 1 0 0 5 5 4 6 2 3 1 1 2 3 0 0 58
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 3 6 0 4 1 1 4 3 8 6 0 1 50
CATERPILLAR INC. 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 0 3 48
DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 1 3 1 3 0 5 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 36
AISIN WARNER KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 7 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 4 2 0 32
LUK GETRIEBE-SYSTEME GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 7 5 3 0 0 0 31
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 10 10 4 0 0 28
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
PORSCHE AG 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 25
JATCO LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 10 24
KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOMATSU SEISAKUSHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
BORG-WARNER CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 10 22
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21
VOLKSWAGENWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 2 6 2 20
DEERE + COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 19
UNISIA JECS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 19
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 4 1 3 1 18
REGIE NATIONALE DES USINES RENAULT 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 2 17
SUZUKI JIDOHSA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
CUMMINS ENGINE CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 16
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS PLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 14
FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
AISIN-WARNER, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
DIESEL KIKI CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
JATCO TRANSTECHNOLOGY LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1 0 13
SATURN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 3 0 0 12
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 12
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SANSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11
VAN DOORNE'S TRANSMISSIE B.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 11
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 11
BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 10
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 10
ZF BATAVIA, L.L.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 10
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
CASE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8
KOMATSU LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 8
TRANSMISSIONS TSP, S.A. DE C.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 8
AUTOMOBILES CITROEN 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
BORGWARNER INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 7
FALK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
NIPPON CABLE SYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 7
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 7
BRIGGS + STRATTON CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
DANA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6
GRAND HAVEN STAMPED PRODUCTS, DIV. OF JSJ CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA DAIKIN SEISAKUSHO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KUBOTA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6
NIPPON SOKEN, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
SACHS SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ZEXEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
AISIN-AW KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CUMMINS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 5
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 5
J. M. VOITH TURBO GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
PONTIAC COIL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
S.R.M. HYDROMEKANIK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SOMMER CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
TOWMOTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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