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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 221, Article Dispensing

( 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
~Individually Owned Patent 42 20 61 43 47 56 38 40 32 38 29 45 43 25 25 28 36 40 35 25 35 38 44 45 39 48 44 44 34 47 46 47 48 57 58 43 32 1497
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, 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 0 4 1 6 4 17 10 10 53
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 5 1 2 5 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
VENDO COMPANY 3 9 3 1 3 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 29
UNIDYNAMICS CORPORATION 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
YUYAMA MFG. 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 0 0 2 6 5 1 4 2 6 0 26
SANDEN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 3 1 25
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 9 3 0 1 24
FAWN ENGINEERING CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
COCA-COLA COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 1 2 0 17
ROWE INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
GROSS-GIVEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 15
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 15
DEERE + COMPANY 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14
CAVALIER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 13
ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13
SCRIPTPRO 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 2 3 2 0 1 2 0 3 13
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 2 2 0 13
COIN ACCEPTORS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 12
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 0 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
ROCK-OLA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
AT&T CORP. 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
DIXIE-NARCO, INC. 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
GLORY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 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 10
STERLING DRUG INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
DIEBOLD INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9
FORT JAMES 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 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 9
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 9
POLYVEND, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 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 0 0 0 9
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
OWENS-ILLINOIS INC. 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 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 0 8
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ALGONQUIN INDUSTRIES, 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 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
ASAHI SEIKO 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 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC. 1 0 1 2 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
MEYER COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
ODDZON PRODUCTS, 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 5 2 0 0 0 7
SCOTT PAPER CO. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
SHELLEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 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
TRW INC. 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 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
WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 1 0 0 0 1 7
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 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 0 0 1 2 1 6
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 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 6
BRAMLAGE GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 6
HEALTHTECH SERVICES CORP. 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
JOFEMAR, S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
LAUREL BANK MACHINE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
NCR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
NICE-PAK PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
PEPSICO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 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 6
SEEBURG CORPORATION 3 3 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 0 6
SIELAFF GMBH + CO. AUTOMATENBAU HERRIEDEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TELEPHARMACY SOLUTIONS, 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 1 1 3 0 6
UNI-CHARM 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 0 3 0 2 1 0 6
UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 6
BAYER 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 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CRANE CO. 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 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
D.O.V.E. EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DICKEY-JOHN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GILLETTE COMPANY 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 5
HOERNER-WALDORF CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 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
INLAND FINANCE COMPANY 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 1 1 0 5
KRH THERMAL SYSTEMS 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 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
KWANGJU ELECTRONICS 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 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 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 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
MENASHA 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 0 1 1 2 0 1 5
NESTEC, S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
PARKWAY MACHINE 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 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5
PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, 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 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
PYXIS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
ROYAL VENDORS, INC. 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 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
SAFE-T PACIFIC COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SOLO CUP COMPANY 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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