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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 029, Metal Working

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 125 140 114 81 82 542
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 59 51 44 35 1 190
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 9 29 39 48 47 172
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 33 22 22 23 17 117
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 14 23 17 20 24 98
TDK CORPORATION 17 17 21 14 17 86
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 16 25 18 8 10 77
INTEL CORPORATION 10 18 24 10 8 70
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 12 13 16 11 17 69
DENSO CORPORATION 15 19 21 6 6 67
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 18 14 15 10 64
BOEING COMPANY 11 10 11 7 18 57
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15 18 8 4 10 55
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 19 11 6 5 9 50
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 11 8 7 10 45
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 9 8 13 11 45
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 8 12 6 8 9 43
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 14 9 9 0 9 41
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 9 10 5 10 40
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 7 10 9 4 7 37
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 4 5 10 7 10 36
SONY CORPORATION 8 5 11 7 5 36
YAZAKI CORP. 8 8 6 7 4 33
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 13 9 6 2 2 32
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 8 7 7 2 31
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 11 4 4 5 30
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 5 5 10 2 30
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 7 8 6 3 29
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 8 8 7 3 2 28
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 2 6 8 4 8 28
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 5 5 4 10 27
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 23 27
FORM FACTOR, INC. 4 9 7 1 4 25
NEWFREY LLC 6 8 3 3 5 25
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 3 3 7 7 4 24
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO. LTD. 9 8 2 1 3 23
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 4 5 7 2 5 23
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 5 4 4 4 22
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 3 4 3 3 20
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 5 7 4 20
HITACHI, LTD 3 6 3 3 4 19
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 9 1 2 5 2 19
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 4 3 4 2 19
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 9 4 2 3 18
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 1 4 4 3 6 18
KOMAX HOLDING AG 2 5 1 3 6 17
NSK LIMITED 6 7 1 1 2 17
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC. 2 5 3 5 2 17
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 1 2 3 1 9 16
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 4 3 5 16
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 8 16
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 4 3 3 3 16
MAXTOR CORPORATION 2 1 7 4 2 16
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 4 4 2 4 15
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 4 1 2 0 8 15
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 4 5 1 2 15
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 5 6 3 0 0 14
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 4 2 2 4 2 14
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 2 5 5 1 1 14
SHELL OIL COMPANY 3 2 4 2 3 14
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 1 5 4 13
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 2 8 13
LISLE CORPORATION 2 5 0 5 1 13
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 0 5 6 1 1 13
TESSERA, INC. 4 3 4 2 0 13
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 1 2 0 4 5 12
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 5 4 2 1 0 12
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 1 5 1 1 4 12
GILLETTE COMPANY 1 4 2 0 4 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 3 3 3 2 11
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 1 0 5 11
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 2 1 3 2 2 10
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 2 3 2 3 10
MOTOROLA, INC. 3 2 0 4 1 10
PHOENIX PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 1 3 2 3 10
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 0 1 1 4 4 10
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 2 2 2 10
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 1 1 2 2 4 10
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 2 1 2 10
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 4 0 1 2 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 0 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 1 1 0 10
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 6 1 1 9
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 1 2 2 2 2 9
DANA CORPORATION 4 2 1 2 0 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 1 1 1 4 9
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 4 1 1 2 9
EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH 1 2 2 3 1 9
HITACHI HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 2 2 3 9
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 2 2 2 1 9
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 0 1 4 4 0 9
WHITESELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 5 1 2 0 9
XEROX CORPORATION 3 3 2 0 1 9
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 4 0 0 8
ASMO CO., LTD. 1 2 3 1 1 8
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 4 1 0 2 8
HARRIS CORP. 0 1 1 3 3 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. 1 1 4 1 1 8
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 5 8
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 2 3 0 1 2 8
NIDEC CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 0 8
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 1 8
NTN CORPORATION 2 4 0 0 2 8
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 1 1 1 4 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 1 1 4 1 1 8
YKK CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 1 8
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 2 4 0 0 7
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 5 0 0 0 7
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 1 2 1 7
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 3 4 0 0 7
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 4 0 1 1 7
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 1 0 2 4 7
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 1 1 1 1 3 7
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C. 4 0 3 0 0 7
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 0 3 0 4 7
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 4 3 0 0 0 7
LEAR CORPORATION 2 4 0 1 0 7
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 3 0 7
MIRAE CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 1 7
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 0 4 3 0 0 7
PACESETTER, INC. 1 1 1 3 1 7
PROFIL-VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 1 2 2 7
RELIANCE ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 1 2 1 0 7
TEXTRON INC. 2 4 1 0 0 7
TORQUE-TRACTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 2 0 0 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 2 3 1 1 7
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 4 1 0 0 6
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 1 1 0 0 4 6
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 1 6
BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA, LTD. 0 1 3 1 1 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 1 6
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 3 0 1 2 0 6
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 2 0 2 1 6
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 1 3 0 2 0 6
EATON CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 2 6
EPCOS AG 1 2 0 1 2 6
FLEX-ING, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 0 2 1 3 6
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 1 6
NOKIA CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 1 6
PIEDEK TECHNICAL LABORATORY 3 0 0 2 1 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 4 1 1 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 5 0 1 0 6
S & B TECHNICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 3 1 2 0 0 6
SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION "S.N.E.C.M.A." 0 0 0 0 6 6
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
VOLVO AERO CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 2 6
ZEPHYROS, INC. 0 0 1 4 1 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
ANDREW CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 1 1 0 0 3 5
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 0 5
AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC 0 2 3 0 0 5
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 1 0 2 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 2 2 1 5
DURR SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ESEC TRADING SA 1 3 1 0 0 5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 1 2 0 2 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 4 0 0 0 5
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
HENROB LIMITED 3 0 0 1 1 5
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES 1 3 1 0 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
IMPULSE DEVICES, INC. 0 2 0 2 1 5
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 1 0 2 1 1 5
KENNAMETAL INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1 1 1 0 2 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
MITEK HOLDING, INC. 1 3 0 1 0 5
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 1 5
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 0 5
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SPX CORPORATION 1 4 0 0 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 0 1 0 5
TORAY ENGINEERING CO. LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO. 1 1 0 1 2 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP, K.K. 1 1 3 0 0 5
VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
WILSON GREATBATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5


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