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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 068, Textiles: Fluid Treating Apparatus

( 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 17 22 25 26 21 9 22 16 7 23 16 9 9 6 6 8 14 3 5 13 6 6 9 10 9 9 12 11 7 15 15 10 8 15 14 2 2 437
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 4 6 5 6 5 6 4 5 3 6 8 2 4 3 7 6 2 2 5 7 8 5 5 4 6 4 4 2 2 5 3 1 4 2 3 2 2 158
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 7 9 3 4 3 1 10 3 2 3 5 6 8 2 7 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 13 7 2 2 2 1 2 3 0 1 128
SAMSUNG 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 4 3 6 7 11 16 26 5 5 1 1 1 1 87
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 5 2 2 5 2 4 2 1 4 5 6 1 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 6 0 0 70
MAYTAG CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 9 3 3 3 2 2 2 57
SANDO IRON WORKS, CO. LTD. 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 4 8 2 8 3 3 3 7 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, 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 2 0 1 8 19 14 6 2 1 0 0 0 53
VEPA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 9 4 7 6 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
LG ELECTRONICS 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 7 3 2 2 1 8 4 4 5 36
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 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 0 0 1 3 1 6 4 0 5 3 5 4 34
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 2 7 2 5 4 1 0 5 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 30
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
HITACHI, LTD 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 27
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 3 8 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 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 0 24
GASTON COUNTY DYEING MACHINE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
MCGRAW-EDISON COMPANY 1 3 3 3 6 2 1 1 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 0 0 0 22
GOLDSTAR COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 19
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
EDUARD KUSTERS MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 18
BRUCKNER APPARATEBAU GMBH 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
ELLIS CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 14
FISHER + PAYKEL LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 14
BORG-WARNER CORPORATION 3 4 5 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 0 0 0 0 13
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 13
KLEINEWEFERS INDUSTRIE COMPANIE GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 4 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 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PELLERIN MILNOR CORPORATION 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 11
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 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 11
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUX 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 2 3 0 1 10
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
RIGGS + LOMBARD INC. 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
KAMYR AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
UNITED MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURES, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 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 9
ELETROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
FIGGIE INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 1 4 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
HOECHST AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
KLEINEWEFERS, JOH. SOHNE MASCHINENFABRIK 4 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 0 0 0 0 0 8
BLACKSTONE CORPORATION 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 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 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7
G. A. BRAUN INC. 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
KUSTERS, EDUARD, MASCHINENFABRIK 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 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 7
MICELL 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 3 0 3 1 0 0 7
SPEED QUEEN COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ARGELICH, TERMES Y CIA., S.A. 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 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
ARTOS DR.-ING. MEIER-WINDHORST KG (GMBH & CO.) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 6
BARRIQUAND SOCIETE ANONYME 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
EATON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
FLEISSNER GMBH & CO., MASCHINENFABRIK 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
H. KRANTZ GMBH & CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
HUNT, RODNEY COMPANY 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
KANEBO LTD. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 1 2 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
COTTON INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 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 5
DYSON LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3 5
GERBER + CO., G.M.B.H. 1 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HEBERLEIN + CO. AG 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 0 0 0 1 0 0 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 0 5
KVAERNER PULPING AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 0 0 5
LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
MIELE & CIE. GMBH & CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
SENKINGWERK GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
SPEROTTO RIMAR S.P.A. 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 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
THE HOOVER COMPANY 0 0 2 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSAL TOWEL COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 5
VALD. HENRIKSEN A/S 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 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 0 0 5
WEST POINT-PEPPERELL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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