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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2011 - 2015 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 244, Aeronautics and Astronautics

( 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 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total
BOEING COMPANY 123 88 95 111 131 548
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 79 87 94 53 89 402
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH 7 46 97 90 77 317
AIRBUS OPERATIONS S.A.S. 19 77 68 87 43 294
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED 13 38 36 33 36 156
RAYTHEON COMPANY 25 38 39 18 17 137
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 25 22 17 14 9 87
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. 5 11 18 25 20 79
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 47 27 3 0 0 77
AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L. 3 14 16 13 9 55
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 13 17 11 7 4 52
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS 0 0 0 24 24 48
GOOGLE, INC. 0 0 0 6 35 41
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. 4 3 1 9 22 39
EUROCOPTER 11 10 13 3 0 37
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 5 7 7 7 10 36
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 10 8 12 3 35
AIRBUS FRANCE 24 9 0 0 0 33
AIRBUS S.A.S. 5 9 9 4 6 33
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 7 1 3 7 13 31
AIRCELLE 2 2 4 13 8 29
GOODRICH CORPORATION 4 7 7 6 5 29
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 7 4 9 7 2 29
EMBRAER - EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE AERONAUTICA S.A. 6 6 4 6 3 25
GROEN BROTHERS AVIATION, INC. 0 0 0 4 21 25
MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY 0 1 9 10 5 25
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD 3 6 3 6 6 24
B/E AEROSPACE INCORPORATED 5 3 2 2 11 23
SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION "S.N.E.C.M.A." 5 5 3 6 4 23
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 6 3 0 9 5 23
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 4 5 2 7 20
ASTRIUM SAS 2 6 4 2 5 19
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 2 3 5 5 4 19
AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION 2 5 5 2 4 18
THALES 1 5 4 5 3 18
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 3 3 5 5 1 17
TELAIR INTERNATIONAL CARGO SYSTEMS GMBH 1 4 3 1 8 17
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 3 2 1 4 6 16
AEROVEL CORPORATION 1 1 4 5 4 15
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 3 4 7 15
AEROVIRONMENT INC. 2 4 1 1 6 14
MESSIER-DOWTY LIMITED 0 1 4 3 6 14
OMNITEK PARTNERS, LLC 4 3 2 4 1 14
AGUSTA S.P.A. 2 5 3 1 2 13
EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 5 5 2 0 13
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 6 2 2 1 13
SAAB AB 2 1 2 2 6 13
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 1 0 1 7 4 13
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC 3 4 4 0 2 13
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 0 5 7 12
BOREALIS TECHNICAL INCORPORATED LIMITED 2 4 0 1 5 12
DIEHL AIRCABIN GMBH 0 0 2 5 4 11
EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS, S.A. 3 2 2 1 2 10
AIRBUS ESPANA, S.L. 5 4 0 0 0 9
BLUE ORIGIN, LLC 0 0 2 5 2 9
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. 2 1 2 3 1 9
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 1 9
LORD CORPORATION 2 1 5 1 0 9
NABTESCO CORPORATION 0 0 7 2 0 9
SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 9 9
AIRBUS UK LIMITED 2 2 1 3 0 8
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 2 1 1 2 2 8
C& D ZODIAC, INC. 0 0 1 0 7 8
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 1 1 0 0 8
LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH 3 2 0 1 2 8
LTA CORPORATION 1 2 3 2 0 8
MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 3 8
ORBITAL RESEARCH INC. 3 3 1 1 0 8
URBAN AERONAUTICS LTD. 3 0 2 3 0 8
AAI CORPORATION 1 4 1 0 1 7
AERION CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 1 7
GKN AEROSPACE SERVICES LIMITED 1 1 3 2 0 7
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED 0 5 1 1 0 7
HONDA PATENTS & TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA,LLC 0 3 2 0 2 7
IN-SITU; INC. 1 4 1 0 1 7
MBDA FRANCE 1 0 0 1 5 7
NEXTER MUNITIONS 4 0 2 0 1 7
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
ROHR, INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 1 7
AGUSTAWESTLAND S.P.A. 0 0 0 4 2 6
AMI INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
DIEHL BGT DEFENCE GMBH & CO. KG 2 1 2 0 1 6
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS 3 1 0 1 1 6
HEATH TECNA, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 1 6
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 0 2 3 6
SAGEM DEFENSE SECURITE 0 1 0 1 4 6
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 2 0 1 6
ALENIA AERONAUTICA S.P.A. 0 1 4 0 0 5
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
EATON CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. 0 3 1 0 1 5
FLIGHT REFUELING LIMITED 0 3 1 0 1 5
HELIPLANE, LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
KAREM AIRCRAFT, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
LFK-LENKFLUGKORPERSYSTEME GMBH 2 0 1 1 1 5
MBDA UK LIMITED 0 1 1 2 1 5
MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION 3 2 0 0 0 5
MRA SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 0 3 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 0 2 0 0 3 5
ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG 0 1 2 2 0 5
STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIPS, LLC 0 0 0 3 2 5
THE NORDAM GROUP, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, LLC 0 2 1 2 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 0 2 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
ZODIAC AEROTECHNICS 0 0 0 1 4 5



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