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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 77 55 64 44 52 292
DENSO CORPORATION 32 40 55 59 68 254
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 62 48 45 46 44 245
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 47 38 51 37 36 209
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 30 41 34 50 53 208
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 44 41 44 27 25 181
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 37 47 29 34 33 180
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 31 47 40 21 23 162
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 4 20 45 46 115
HITACHI, LTD 18 25 21 19 23 106
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 19 18 13 25 28 103
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 20 19 18 25 96
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 19 12 25 21 11 88
BOEING COMPANY 13 13 23 15 22 86
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 18 23 13 16 12 82
CATERPILLAR INC. 22 10 7 12 16 67
GARMIN LTD. 27 14 10 7 7 65
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 12 8 12 10 20 62
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 10 12 15 9 12 58
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 12 9 13 9 13 56
DEERE + COMPANY 10 8 15 8 8 49
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 16 16 12 3 0 47
PIONEER CORPORATION 28 8 5 3 2 46
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 11 9 5 13 7 45
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 6 10 17 9 44
AIRBUS FRANCE 4 8 12 11 8 43
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 10 13 7 6 7 43
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 11 10 7 13 0 41
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 11 5 10 6 7 39
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 3 11 11 6 38
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 4 4 14 9 38
XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION 5 2 5 4 22 38
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 9 8 10 2 6 35
ADVICS CO., LTD. 3 4 7 7 11 32
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 6 8 4 6 30
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 7 2 7 2 11 29
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 6 7 7 5 4 29
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 4 3 0 3 29
CNH AMERICA LLC 6 6 1 7 5 25
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 3 6 7 5 22
THALES 1 3 1 8 9 22
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 8 6 1 1 6 22
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 2 5 4 6 21
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 4 6 8 3 0 21
SPX CORPORATION 4 3 5 4 5 21
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 5 1 7 4 20
JATCO LTD. 3 8 2 3 4 20
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 0 5 9 6 20
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 3 3 11 20
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 2 4 6 5 20
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION 7 5 4 0 3 19
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C. 6 6 5 2 0 19
QUANTUM ENGINEERING, INC. 6 8 3 1 1 19
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 3 2 5 4 5 19
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 4 1 6 3 4 18
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, AG 2 2 2 8 4 18
SONY CORPORATION 3 3 3 5 3 17
MOTOROLA, INC. 8 3 1 3 1 16
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 2 2 4 4 3 15
KOMATSU LTD. 5 3 3 3 1 15
AOL LLC 1 5 2 6 0 14
CUMMINS INC. 6 3 3 1 1 14
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 2 3 2 5 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 5 2 2 4 14
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 4 3 2 0 4 13
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 4 3 2 1 3 13
MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK AND BUS CORPORATION 3 3 1 4 2 13
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 5 4 4 0 0 13
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 3 2 2 1 13
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 4 1 1 0 13
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 5 4 3 0 0 12
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 3 0 1 2 6 12
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 4 2 2 2 2 12
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 1 3 3 1 4 12
NOKIA CORPORATION 4 2 3 1 2 12
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 3 5 0 1 12
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 0 3 2 3 12
DAIMLER AG 0 0 0 7 4 11
GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC 3 1 1 6 0 11
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 4 1 2 4 0 11
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 7 4 11
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 11 11
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 1 1 3 3 3 11
YAMAHA MARINE KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 3 1 3 1 11
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 4 10
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 7 1 2 0 0 10
EATON CORPORATION 4 0 1 3 2 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 1 2 3 4 10
GENTEX CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 1 10
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 4 1 2 2 1 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 0 5 3 10
HTI IP, LLC 0 0 3 1 5 9
HYUNDAI AUTONET CO., LTD. 0 0 1 1 7 9
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 6 0 3 0 0 9
LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 1 3 4 1 0 9
PORSCHE AG 1 2 4 2 0 9
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 2 4 1 2 9
TEMIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC. 3 1 2 1 1 8
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 2 0 2 0 4 8
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 2 2 4 8
LEAR CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 2 8
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 0 0 1 0 7 8
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 0 4 1 2 1 8
RENAULT S.A.S. 0 1 3 2 2 8
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 2 1 2 3 0 8
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 0 3 2 2 8
ALCATEL 2 1 1 2 1 7
AUDI AG 0 0 2 1 4 7
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 0 2 2 3 0 7
CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L. 1 0 2 3 1 7
CHRYSLER LLC 0 0 2 5 0 7
CLAAS SELBSTFAHRENDE ERNTEMASCHINEN GMBH 0 0 0 2 5 7
GARMIN AT, INC. 4 1 2 0 0 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 5 1 1 0 0 7
KELSEY-HAYES CO. 2 0 3 2 0 7
MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A. 1 5 0 0 1 7
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 1 2 2 2 0 7
PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A. 1 2 1 0 3 7
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 3 0 0 2 2 7
WABCO GMBH & CO, OHG 3 1 1 1 1 7
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 0 1 5 6
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 1 2 1 1 6
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 0 2 1 6
GLOBAL LOCATE, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 1 0 3 2 6
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 1 2 0 3 0 6
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
INVACARE CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 1 2 2 1 0 6
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 2 2 0 2 0 6
MOTOREN-UND TURBINEN-UNION FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH 0 2 2 1 1 6
NAVITIME JAPAN CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 3 6
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
NSK LIMITED 1 0 0 4 1 6
SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 0 1 3 1 1 6
SCANIA CV AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 1 3 2 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 0 2 2 1 6
SIN ETKE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD 2 0 0 0 4 6
TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC 0 1 2 1 2 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
WESTPORT POWER INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 0 5 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
GOODRICH PUMP AND ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
HEMISPHERE GPS LLC 0 1 1 3 0 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 2 0 5
MANDO CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 1 0 5
NEC CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 1 5
NOVARIANT, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
TELMAP LTD 3 1 1 0 0 5
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5


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