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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 414, Material or Article Handling

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 67 66 53 80 99 365
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC. 9 11 18 19 11 68
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 11 8 7 11 16 53
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 11 6 3 5 9 34
DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 2 4 5 5 10 26
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD. 2 3 1 7 7 20
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 0 0 7 10 19
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 3 0 2 5 9 19
T & T ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. 3 4 5 4 3 19
DEERE + COMPANY 1 1 3 4 9 18
HIRATA CORPORATION 3 2 3 1 4 13
KOMATSU LTD. 3 2 0 1 7 13
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 4 2 3 11
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 2 3 3 3 11
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 4 11
KUBOTA CORPORATION 2 1 2 2 4 11
MILLER INDUSTRIES TOWING EQUIPMENT, INC. 2 1 5 1 2 11
PAUL WURTH S.A. 1 3 2 2 3 11
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 5 11
CNH AMERICA LLC 2 1 4 2 0 9
KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 5 9
NATIONAL-OILWELL VARCO, L.P. 0 2 2 3 2 9
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 2 9
SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 6 9
TDK CORPORATION 3 2 2 0 2 9
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 5 8
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 4 1 1 1 1 8
HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC. 0 3 1 3 1 8
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 3 2 8
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 3 0 2 8
VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. 0 1 0 1 6 8
CANON ANELVA CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
CATERPILLAR GLOBAL MINING LLC 0 0 0 1 6 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 0 2 3 1 7
SA RECYCLING LLC 0 0 1 4 2 7
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 3 1 0 3 7
XEROX CORPORATION 0 3 1 1 2 7
AIR CURE, INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC 0 0 0 3 3 6
HEIL CO. 1 0 2 2 1 6
KANN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 3 6
KRONES AG 0 1 2 2 1 6
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 2 6
ULVAC, INC. 2 0 2 0 2 6
UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
DYNAMIC MICRO SYSTEMS, SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT GMBH 0 2 0 3 0 5
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC 1 0 2 0 2 5
J.C. BAMFORD EXCAVATORS LIMITED 4 0 0 0 1 5
JERVIS B. WEBB COMPANY 2 2 1 0 0 5
JUSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 1 1 2 0 1 5
OSHKOSH CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 2 5
PALADIN BRANDS GROUP, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
SEMES CO., LTD. 1 1 0 2 1 5
SSI SCHAFER NOELL GMBH LAGER- UND SYSTEMTECHNIK 1 0 2 1 1 5
SYMBOTIC LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
WESTENDORF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5



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