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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 296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops

( 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 121 133 135 111 101 601
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 29 44 34 40 49 196
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 21 19 30 32 41 143
LEAR CORPORATION 33 43 31 4 3 114
PORSCHE AG 20 16 12 16 23 87
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 2 11 18 33 64
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 23 23 10 4 0 60
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6 8 19 9 14 56
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 11 9 14 6 12 52
WILHELM KARMANN GMBH 4 5 8 13 22 52
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 11 6 14 8 10 49
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 7 10 11 8 10 46
ARVINMERITOR GMBH 18 11 7 1 2 39
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 18 12 9 0 0 39
MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH 0 0 9 17 13 39
ASC INCORPORATED 11 15 8 0 0 34
WEBASTO AG 1 10 6 8 8 33
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 13 19 32
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 13 3 5 0 28
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE INC. 3 10 5 6 4 28
BOS GMBH & CO. KG 7 9 3 5 3 27
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 13 8 4 1 1 27
SOCIETE EUROPEENNE DE BREVETS AUTOMOBILES 1 9 8 7 1 26
INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP BV 9 5 6 2 3 25
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 6 4 1 4 9 24
WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH 17 7 0 0 0 24
COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM, S.A. 6 7 6 2 2 23
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 7 6 5 4 1 23
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 5 15 3 23
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 1 4 6 9 22
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 3 7 3 5 22
CTS FAHRZEUG DACHSYSTEME GMBH 15 2 3 1 0 21
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 7 0 5 9 21
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 3 5 7 1 4 20
ALFA LEISURE, INC. 1 7 8 3 0 19
MITSUI MINING + SMELTING CO., LTD. 0 4 9 3 3 19
ACTUANT CORPORATION 3 2 5 5 2 17
CHRYSLER LLC 0 0 3 11 3 17
HEULIEZ 0 6 4 6 0 16
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 5 5 5 0 1 16
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 4 4 1 1 5 15
KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD. 0 6 6 2 1 15
NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD. 1 6 4 3 0 14
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 3 3 5 3 14
L + L PRODUCTS, INC. 7 6 0 0 0 13
SPECIALTY VEHICLE ACQUISITION CORP. 0 0 1 8 4 13
EDSCHA CABRIO-DACHSYSTEME GMBH 4 2 3 3 0 12
AERO INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 3 3 1 1 11
M & C CORPORATION 0 1 9 1 0 11
TEXTRON INC. 0 0 4 5 2 11
ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC 5 3 0 0 2 10
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 3 1 0 1 5 10
GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENERIA, SA 3 4 0 3 0 10
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE CLOSURES INC. 1 4 2 1 2 10
KOMATSU LTD. 1 1 2 3 3 10
TS TECH CO., LTD. 0 3 3 2 2 10
DAIMLER AG 0 0 0 5 4 9
GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 3 4 1 1 0 9
IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC. 1 3 2 1 2 9
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 2 2 1 9
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 2 0 7 0 9
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 2 2 0 3 2 9
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 3 1 2 0 9
CNH AMERICA LLC 1 3 1 2 1 8
FAURECEIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE 2 1 1 2 2 8
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 1 0 1 0 8
KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 5 8
LIPPERT COMPONENTS, INC. 0 0 3 4 1 8
NEWFREY LLC 3 2 1 1 1 8
OPEN AIR SYSTEMS GMBH 4 2 1 1 0 8
PACCAR INC. 5 0 3 0 0 8
RBW INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 4 1 1 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 3 0 0 4 8
TOYOTA TECHNICAL CENTER, U.S.A., INC. 1 6 1 0 0 8
ASMO CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 1 7
BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 2 2 0 7
DECOMA INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
DEERE + COMPANY 1 2 0 1 3 7
DENSO CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 0 7
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 1 3 0 1 7
EAST MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 0 7
FRANCE DESIGN 7 0 0 0 0 7
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 4 1 2 0 0 7
HAPPIJAC CORPORATION 1 6 0 0 0 7
HONDA ACCESS CORP. 1 3 0 1 2 7
KIA MOTORS CORP. 1 4 1 0 1 7
NORCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 2 1 0 7
VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE 3 2 1 1 0 7
YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 0 3 1 7
ZEPHYROS, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
89908, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
ARVINMERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS-FRANCE 3 2 0 0 1 6
BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 2 0 2 6
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 2 6
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
DECOMA (GERMANY) GMBH 0 4 1 1 0 6
DURA GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 2 6
FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH 1 0 1 2 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 0 1 1 2 2 6
LUND INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 3 2 0 0 6
OAKWOOD ENERGY MANAGEMENT INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
PIOLAX, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
TOKAI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 3 0 6
VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HOLDING SWEDEN AB 0 1 1 4 0 6
AGRI-COVER, INC. 0 3 0 0 2 5
ALCOA INC. 2 2 1 0 0 5
ARACO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 1 0 0 5
BAE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
BESTOP, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO. 2 3 0 0 0 5
DONNELLY CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
DURAKON INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE S.A. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HINO JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HINO MOTORS, LTD.) 1 1 0 3 0 5
INNOTEC CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 0 5
ITW-AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GMBH & COMPANY KG 0 1 1 1 2 5
JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH 1 1 1 2 0 5
KUBOTA CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
LISA DRAXLMAIER GMBH 0 0 0 0 5 5
NIFCO INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
NISSAN DESIGN AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
OHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 0 5
PROJX, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
PULLMAN INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
RENAULT S.A.S. 0 1 0 0 4 5
SHAPE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 2 0 0 0 5
YAMAHA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF AMERICA 1 0 3 1 0 5
YANMAR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5


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