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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 062, Refrigeration

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 116 89 104 104 73 486
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 45 49 56 79 39 268
CARRIER CORPORATION 43 40 36 34 15 168
DENSO CORPORATION 45 51 29 18 17 160
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 18 11 27 16 11 83
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 15 11 19 13 15 73
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 8 8 15 20 8 59
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION 7 2 8 22 14 53
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 17 8 7 11 7 50
PRAXAIR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 7 5 5 16 7 40
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 8 6 6 2 37
L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE 3 6 2 14 11 36
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 13 8 3 3 3 30
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 12 5 3 3 27
MAYTAG CORPORATION 17 1 3 2 3 26
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 7 5 7 5 1 25
HITACHI, LTD 9 6 1 5 2 23
HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 6 4 6 4 22
YORK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 3 4 4 4 7 22
CARRIER COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION, INC. 8 5 6 2 0 21
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 3 0 9 6 2 20
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 4 3 3 7 3 20
SANDEN CORPORATION 7 6 5 0 2 20
HUSSMANN CORPORATION 1 2 6 5 5 19
ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, INC 0 5 6 3 4 18
TECUMSEH PRODUCTS COMPANY 4 5 5 3 1 18
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 2 7 0 18
INTEL CORPORATION 0 5 5 4 3 17
THERMO KING CORPORATION 7 3 4 3 0 17
EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 11 5 16
LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 2 6 3 1 16
MANITOWOC FOODSERVICE COMPANIES, INC. 5 3 4 3 1 16
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 4 4 3 2 2 15
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 10 1 1 2 1 15
BOC GROUP, INC. 3 5 1 5 0 14
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 3 2 2 2 4 13
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 5 3 0 1 13
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 0 0 7 2 3 12
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 2 12
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 3 2 4 2 1 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 4 5 2 12
TGK COMPANY, LIMITED 2 1 3 3 3 12
AMERICAN STANDARD INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 2 3 1 11
MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD 1 2 2 2 4 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 3 3 0 2 11
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 1 6 2 11
BEHR GMBH & CO. 6 1 3 0 0 10
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 2 1 1 4 2 10
COPELAND CORPORATION 7 1 1 1 0 10
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 0 3 2 0 10
DELAWARE CAPITAL FORMATION, INC. 2 4 3 1 0 10
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 3 3 1 0 3 10
EBARA CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 2 9
KELIX HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS, LLC 0 1 2 0 6 9
MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 3 4 0 2 0 9
NIPPON SOKEN, INC. 5 2 0 1 1 9
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 3 8
BEHR GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 2 4 8
BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 4 4 0 8
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
INTEGRATED BIOSYSTEMS, INC. 3 1 3 1 0 8
LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH 1 1 4 1 1 8
MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION CO. 3 1 0 3 1 8
SCOTSMAN ICE SYSTEMS 1 1 3 3 0 8
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 5 0 1 0 8
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
ADVANCED THERMAL SCIENCES CORP. 1 0 2 2 2 7
BSST LLC 1 2 1 1 2 7
COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROLS, INC. 0 0 4 2 1 7
ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 2 2 0 7
FOLLETT CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 3 7
HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
HONEYWELL NORMALAIR-GARRETT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1 3 2 1 0 7
IMI CORNELIUS INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
KENDRO LABORATORY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 4 3 0 0 7
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 2 1 2 7
MULTIBRAS S/A ELETRODOMESTICOS 2 0 4 1 0 7
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
THERMAGEN (S.A.) 1 2 1 3 0 7
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 1 7
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 2 1 2 2 0 7
ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL INC. 2 1 1 1 1 6
APPLIED DESIGN AND ENGINEERING LIMITED 0 5 0 1 0 6
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 0 0 3 1 2 6
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 4 0 1 6
CONVERSION GAS IMPORTS, L.P. 2 2 1 0 1 6
DOMETIC APPLIANCES AB 0 1 3 1 1 6
EMERSON RETAIL SERVICES INC. 1 2 2 1 0 6
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 1 5 0 0 6
HARSCO TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 0 6
OXFORD MAGNET TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2 0 3 1 0 6
PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. 3 1 2 0 0 6
RITCHIE ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 0 1 2 1 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 1 2 1 0 6
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 1 2 0 1 2 6
ROCKY RESEARCH 5 1 0 0 0 6
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 0 0 1 5 0 6
SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 1 3 1 6
TECHNIP FRANCE 0 1 2 2 1 6
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 1 1 1 1 2 6
U-LINE CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 2 6
ATP OIL & GAS CORPORATION 0 1 0 4 0 5
BE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH 1 0 0 0 4 5
CALSONICKANSEI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
CHART INC. 4 0 1 0 0 5
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
DOMETIC ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
ELCOR CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5
FLUOR TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 2 5
FUJIKOKI CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 2 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 1 2 1 0 5
GLOBAL ENERGY GROUP, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
HELIX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 2 0 0 5
IDALEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 1 2 2 0 5
JAMCO CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 0 5
LANCER PARTNERSHIP LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
MEDI-PHYSICS, INC. 2 0 0 2 1 5
MOOBELLA, LLC 2 2 1 0 0 5
NANOMIX, INC. 3 0 2 0 0 5
ORTLOFF ENGINEERS, LTD. 0 0 0 5 0 5
SHELL OIL COMPANY 2 0 1 1 1 5
SHI-APD CRYOGENICS, INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
STOKELY-VAN CAMP, INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
SUN POWER, INC. 0 0 0 2 3 5
THE BOC GROUP PLC 0 1 3 0 1 5
UTC POWER, LLC 0 0 4 1 0 5
VALEO CLIMATISATION 2 0 1 2 0 5

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