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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 1969 - 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 029, Metal Working

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 141 112 206 193 217 227 182 142 140 155 84 127 147 91 87 116 134 158 176 149 169 156 168 144 168 126 133 131 144 136 119 152 158 142 157 135 125 140 114 5701
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 21 29 20 22 17 38 20 11 21 17 13 16 23 21 14 15 28 24 24 21 22 16 16 18 19 18 13 16 11 21 12 20 28 29 34 34 14 23 17 796
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15 16 14 6 16 11 5 3 4 5 4 2 1 3 4 4 6 9 6 10 10 6 8 17 14 19 20 28 27 42 34 49 28 33 53 35 33 22 22 644
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 2 4 6 6 6 4 0 2 1 3 6 4 7 3 7 2 8 6 8 12 6 8 13 22 10 11 16 14 35 30 27 53 43 47 55 59 51 44 642
AMP INCORPORATED 21 11 24 15 23 22 21 25 26 17 14 6 16 13 22 15 21 16 21 27 31 24 24 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 495
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 8 6 13 13 8 11 11 7 4 8 5 9 8 5 2 4 5 9 8 15 13 8 11 9 24 6 6 6 4 9 12 5 4 2 9 10 13 9 6 325
AT&T CORP. 22 21 23 17 12 10 5 8 3 8 9 13 11 7 25 13 16 9 7 4 5 7 6 5 8 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 289
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 4 2 8 11 13 9 3 3 9 3 3 12 11 4 8 2 11 26 30 19 13 12 17 7 3 3 1 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 257
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 4 4 7 14 6 15 6 15 10 6 5 5 4 5 2 6 9 10 9 10 6 7 7 3 4 2 6 3 4 5 10 3 1 6 9 8 5 5 253
HITACHI, LTD 2 0 2 6 2 5 6 3 1 4 4 6 5 4 6 2 7 5 9 7 11 8 4 5 9 9 9 8 5 6 0 4 4 5 10 7 3 6 3 202
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 4 8 1 7 15 19 16 27 32 16 25 18 196
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 8 5 11 5 11 4 11 11 10 24 31 19 11 6 192
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 0 1 9 6 7 3 2 1 13 13 10 8 12 15 17 12 7 11 4 13 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 1 7 7 6 8 18 19 10 12 17 15 19 10 8 8 6 191
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 4 4 2 5 20 14 11 8 8 4 4 3 2 2 8 6 7 8 10 17 6 9 10 180
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 2 1 2 2 1 5 5 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 3 3 7 5 4 3 6 6 6 10 13 18 12 11 10 8 7 4 2 3 2 3 2 0 178
BOEING COMPANY 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 0 7 9 7 3 6 8 7 3 4 5 9 5 5 7 5 7 7 9 11 10 11 174
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 9 5 8 5 4 7 6 2 0 6 1 4 4 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 5 4 7 8 7 4 9 5 11 9 2 1 3 4 3 4 3 4 0 166
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 2 8 8 6 8 14 4 4 7 4 3 2 2 4 6 4 2 5 10 7 9 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 3 5 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 3 3 10 4 9 8 10 12 14 4 4 2 11 6 4 6 6 2 6 5 7 8 154
TDK CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 1 5 12 7 21 19 17 17 21 147
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 4 1 2 3 1 4 5 4 7 2 2 5 4 1 3 3 2 5 2 1 8 5 5 9 10 5 10 4 7 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 141
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 5 11 11 7 8 6 8 13 8 8 7 5 4 9 8 138
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 1 7 7 6 4 6 9 7 5 10 2 4 8 6 4 3 7 2 4 7 5 5 4 137
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 6 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 4 5 2 2 9 1 0 8 6 5 15 4 0 4 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 5 134
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 1 3 5 6 3 2 2 4 5 3 9 9 5 13 4 5 7 121
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 5 10 4 1 10 6 8 4 4 8 12 6 9 11 8 120
NEC CORPORATION 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 0 0 2 10 5 8 8 7 8 9 12 11 5 5 2 2 2 1 111
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 5 9 8 17 7 16 8 8 3 7 2 5 4 2 109
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 9 7 15 12 15 19 21 108
SONY CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 4 2 2 3 5 2 3 1 6 0 1 7 1 5 2 10 10 8 5 11 106
CATERPILLAR INC. 1 1 1 4 7 6 6 7 4 8 3 0 3 2 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 2 0 4 1 5 1 8 3 2 0 3 0 103
MOLEX INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 2 0 2 4 8 5 2 5 4 8 6 3 4 11 2 4 7 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 100
INTEL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 3 1 2 0 3 4 8 11 5 10 18 24 99
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 1 7 7 2 1 5 2 3 3 3 12 14 2 2 4 7 4 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 1 2 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 3 4 1 4 1 7 8 5 1 6 5 1 2 2 4 92
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 4 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 6 2 3 5 3 10 6 7 5 6 3 91
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 9 29 39 91
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 3 3 6 1 4 5 9 12 13 16 90
WHITAKER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 12 11 15 17 9 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 4 4 1 0 3 3 2 1 4 3 5 6 3 6 9 8 8 7 85
TRW INC. 3 5 4 1 4 6 5 6 8 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 84
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 12 13 11 14 9 9 83
CARRIER CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 5 1 2 0 3 0 2 5 1 1 1 1 6 1 7 10 3 7 4 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 82
UNISYS CORPORATION 3 4 10 8 5 4 1 4 4 1 6 3 4 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 80
TEXTRON INC. 5 7 5 8 4 6 1 4 4 2 3 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 1 78
ITT CORPORATION 1 3 5 6 7 6 1 7 8 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 3 5 4 13 7 5 7 10 9 77
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 5 5 2 4 0 4 4 2 2 1 9 5 4 4 2 7 3 4 76
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 2 3 76
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 6 11 4 11 9 9 8 2 75
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 8 5 6 4 5 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 1 72
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 15 18 8 69
MULTIFASTENER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 6 4 2 1 3 4 4 2 0 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 68
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 12 16 6 11 4 66
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 6 6 6 7 18 14 66
ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY 0 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 7 1 3 6 3 4 3 3 1 4 3 2 4 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY 3 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 3 1 6 2 2 4 6 4 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 2 7 1 2 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 4 3 4 1 2 65
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 5 4 5 4 2 4 3 5 4 6 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 64
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 1 2 4 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 1 2 4 9 1 2 64
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 6 5 3 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 63
BUNKER RAMO CORPORATION 2 3 6 3 5 8 2 7 4 3 4 10 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 63
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 5 2 5 5 4 0 1 0 2 7 2 6 2 0 1 2 62
THOMAS + BETTS CORPORATION 1 3 8 5 7 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 5 0 2 1 2 4 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
U.S.M. CORPORATION 2 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 3 2 5 2 7 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 7 8 7 3 3 4 6 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 61
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 6 2 1 1 3 1 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 60
TESSERA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 4 4 3 12 5 3 7 4 3 4 59
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 8 3 7 8 8 58
DANA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 7 8 4 6 4 3 4 2 1 58
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 6 5 2 3 3 2 58
RCA CORPORATION 6 0 5 6 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 2 6 1 1 8 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
EATON CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 2 5 3 3 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 0 56
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 3 0 3 2 5 3 2 1 4 3 3 3 2 5 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
RAYCHEM CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 1 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 2 5 1 2 1 1 3 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 3 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 2 52
GTE PRODUCTS CORPORATION 4 1 4 2 5 3 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 1 1 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 8 15 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 52
NIPPONDENSO CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 5 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
NSK LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 4 6 7 5 6 7 1 51
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 3 3 7 10 5 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 51
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 4 7 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 4 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 51
BENDIX CORPORATION (NOW ALLIED-SIGNAL INC.) 3 3 1 1 4 5 4 0 1 4 1 2 5 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 1 3 3 6 1 4 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 50
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 5 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 9 13 3 5 1 48
UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 4 5 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 47
CORNING INCORPORATED 5 3 4 3 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2