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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 2003 - 2007 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 065, Glass Manufacturing

( 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 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
CORNING INCORPORATED 19 31 13 10 6 79
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 12 8 10 9 5 44
EMHART GLASS S.A. 7 21 4 1 1 34
HOYA CORPORATION 9 8 5 7 4 33
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 8 6 10 5 0 29
SCHOTT AG 0 0 1 19 7 27
SCHOTT GLASWERKE 3 11 8 1 1 24
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 5 7 4 3 3 22
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 7 6 0 4 4 21
OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. 4 5 4 2 3 18
HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG 5 5 1 5 1 17
ALCATEL 8 2 3 3 0 16
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 3 4 5 3 1 16
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 8 4 3 0 1 16
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 7 3 1 3 0 14
GLASSTECH, INC. 5 2 0 1 3 11
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 3 2 0 0 10
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 6 0 0 1 9
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 2 2 1 1 3 9
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 1 5 0 1 1 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 3 0 0 1 8
TAMGLASS LTD. OY 1 0 2 2 3 8
BOC GROUP, INC. 0 4 0 1 1 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3 2 1 0 0 6
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY LIMITED 2 1 2 1 0 6
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 0 0 2 6
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 1 0 2 5
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 0 5
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 0 2 2 1 0 5

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