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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 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture

( 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 40 38 75 77 73 303
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 16 21 26 41 27 131
BOEING COMPANY 9 14 20 25 32 100
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 5 7 19 18 33 82
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 12 11 14 25 17 79
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 2 4 17 25 19 67
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 4 11 16 7 42
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 3 5 10 12 9 39
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 9 7 5 13 4 38
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 7 9 10 7 33
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 4 7 9 4 32
LINTEC CORPORATION 1 3 12 9 6 31
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 8 3 6 7 6 30
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 10 3 6 6 5 30
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 10 2 8 2 8 30
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 3 8 8 8 29
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 1 2 3 8 15 29
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 6 3 13 3 3 28
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 7 4 5 8 26
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 5 2 6 6 6 25
TDK CORPORATION 7 9 6 1 2 25
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 4 3 6 5 5 23
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 1 5 3 6 7 22
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 4 6 2 5 4 21
DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 1 3 4 5 7 20
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 6 3 3 3 4 19
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 2 2 5 9 19
ZUIKO CORPORATION 6 1 4 4 4 19
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 4 1 4 4 5 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 4 3 5 18
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 5 5 4 2 18
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. 3 0 3 4 8 18
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 2 3 7 3 17
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 3 3 4 4 16
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 5 0 6 4 1 16
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 1 2 4 4 5 16
CURT G. JOA, INC. 2 3 3 4 3 15
SONY CORPORATION 3 2 4 2 4 15
DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG. CO., LTD. 2 2 3 4 3 14
PIRELLI PNEUMATICI S.P.A. 5 3 2 2 1 13
UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY 0 2 2 5 4 13
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 2 2 2 4 12
XEROX CORPORATION 2 2 4 3 1 12
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 0 3 2 2 11
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 1 1 2 5 11
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 5 2 1 2 11
TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 7 11
TOKYO SEIMITSU CO., LTD. 2 2 2 3 2 11
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 1 2 4 0 3 10
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 1 4 3 10
INGERSOLL MACHINE TOOLS, INC. 1 3 5 0 1 10
NEENAH PAPER, INC. 3 0 1 1 5 10
PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. 0 0 1 5 4 10
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 3 0 3 4 0 10
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 3 0 4 1 2 10
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1 2 4 3 0 10
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 3 2 4 9
CERTAINTEED CORP. 0 2 1 1 5 9
CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 3 4 9
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 0 1 5 3 9
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE 0 0 2 5 2 9
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 0 1 1 7 9
HENKEL KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN (HENKEL KGAA) 1 0 3 2 3 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 1 0 2 4 9
JOHNS MANVILLE 2 2 3 1 1 9
KRONES AG 0 0 0 4 5 9
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 2 2 0 9
NIKE, INC. 0 2 0 1 6 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 0 5 2 9
SEMES CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 6 9
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 3 9
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 1 2 3 0 9
ADVANCED DISPLAY PROCESS ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 3 8
HENKEL CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 5 8
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 0 1 0 5 2 8
PIRELLI TYRE S.P.A. 0 0 0 3 5 8
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 1 0 1 1 5 8
SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG 0 0 0 5 3 8
SONY CHEMICAL & INFORMATION DEVICE CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 6 8
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 1 2 4 8
AIRBUS ESPANA, S.L. 0 2 1 3 1 7
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED 0 0 3 4 0 7
ASM ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION LTD. 0 0 2 1 4 7
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 0 5 1 7
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 2 0 7
DENSO CORPORATION 3 1 0 2 1 7
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 1 2 2 2 7
HITACHI, LTD 0 4 2 1 0 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
MASONITE CORPORATION 1 0 1 1 4 7
NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 0 2 5 7
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 2 7
SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 1 7
SIDEL HOLDINGS & TECHNOLOGY S.A. 1 1 2 2 1 7
TESA SE 0 0 1 2 4 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 2 7
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 1 0 0 4 2 7
ZEPHYROS, INC. 2 0 0 1 4 7
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 0 0 0 3 3 6
DENKI KAGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 0 2 3 6
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
EBARA CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
GED INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS, INC. 4 0 0 2 0 6
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LP 0 0 3 3 0 6
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 2 2 1 1 6
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 6 0 0 0 0 6
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 3 1 1 6
NORDSON CORPORATION 1 1 1 0 3 6
S.O.I. TEC SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGIES S.A. 2 1 1 1 1 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 0 2 3 6
SIPIX IMAGING, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
ALENIA AERONAUTICA S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 5 5
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
BHS CORRUGATED MASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH 0 1 1 1 2 5
BRANSON ULTRASONICS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
CORIOLIS COMPOSITES 0 0 1 3 1 5
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 1 2 0 5
DISCO CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 0 5
DSG TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD 1 0 3 0 1 5
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INTEL CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
KOKUYO CO., LTD. 1 0 1 2 1 5
KOKUYO S& T CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 0 1 1 2 1 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 0 1 0 3 5
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 0 0 0 2 3 5
VMI-EPE-HOLLAND B.V. 1 1 2 0 1 5


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