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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2008 - 2012 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 248, Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.)

( 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 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 148 194 271 198 231 1042
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 6 8 26 32 45 117
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 9 11 17 4 1 42
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 7 12 5 9 36
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 9 8 6 3 34
PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 6 9 7 25
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 5 5 6 6 24
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 5 3 6 9 24
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 5 7 7 1 20
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 1 7 2 4 18
INNOVATIVE OFFICE PRODUCTS, INC. 3 4 7 3 0 17
NEWFREY LLC 3 3 5 3 3 17
QISDA CORPORATION 1 5 5 4 2 17
SONY CORPORATION 0 5 5 4 3 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 1 2 8 2 3 16
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 3 3 7 2 15
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 1 2 5 5 13
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 5 2 3 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 2 2 3 5 12
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 4 3 1 2 11
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 3 3 2 10
HANNSPREE, INC. 0 6 2 0 2 10
JARLLYTEC CO., LTD. 1 2 2 4 1 10
SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP. 0 2 5 2 1 10
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 3 3 2 2 10
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 3 2 3 1 9
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 0 2 4 1 2 9
KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD. 1 1 3 2 2 9
TAPCO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 3 2 4 0 9
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 3 1 3 8
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 2 2 2 1 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 1 1 3 8
CLO SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 3 3 0 7
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 2 1 3 7
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 2 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 3 1 7
SECURUS, INC. 1 1 0 2 3 7
YAZAKI CORP. 0 2 1 2 2 7
A. RAYMOND ET CIE. 1 2 2 0 1 6
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 3 0 1 0 2 6
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 1 1 0 2 2 6
BEN Q CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 0 6
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 0 6
ERICO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 4 6
HOOLIN RESEARCH COMPANY LIMITED 4 1 0 0 1 6
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 0 2 1 3 0 6
LEAR CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
LINO MANFROTTO & CO. S.P.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 0 1 5 0 0 6
NIBCO INC. 3 0 2 1 0 6
NIFCO INC. 1 1 1 1 2 6
SHIN ZU SHING CO., LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
WISTRON CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 4 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 2 2 1 0 5
AOPEN INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 0 1 2 5
CSAV, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
ERGOTRON, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
HUMANSCALE CORP. 0 1 2 1 1 5
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 1 0 1 1 2 5
LIBERTY HARDWARE MANUFACTURING CORP. 0 0 0 1 4 5
LISEGA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 0 2 2 5
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
PREMIER MOUNTS 1 1 1 2 0 5
SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SIOUX CHIEF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 2 0 2 5


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