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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 042, Firearms

( 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 31 34 48 39 65 43 33 44 53 61 38 34 43 37 62 59 51 50 70 54 78 93 112 63 60 70 82 63 84 88 77 49 77 104 107 88 65 66 63 2438
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 4 2 12 6 5 1 2 6 6 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 6 2 93
HECKLER + KOCH GMBH, FIRMA 0 1 1 1 6 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 6 13 5 2 2 4 62
SMITH & WESSON CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 7 1 1 2 0 1 7 19 7 1 0 4 3 61
STURM, RUGER + CO., INC. 1 0 4 4 3 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 9 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 60
REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY INC. 2 0 5 3 2 2 1 8 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
FABRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 34
OLIN CORPORATION 6 5 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 2 26
COLT'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY INC. 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 1 2 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 23
MARLIN FIREARMS COMPANY 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 20
BROWNING ARMS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
COLT INDUSTRIES OPERATING CORP 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
FORJAS TAURUS S/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 16
PACHMAYR GUN WORKS, INC. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
RA BRANDS, L.L.C. 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 4 1 1 2 0 4 4 16
FABRIQUE NATIONALE HERSTAL S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14
MICHAELS OF OREGON CO. 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 13
O. F. MOSSBERG + SONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
COLTS INC. 2 1 8 1 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 0 12
RAM-LINE, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SUREFIRE, 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 0 0 2 3 2 1 3 1 12
W. R. WEAVER COMPANY 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 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
DYNAMIT NOBEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
RHEINMETALL W & M GMBH 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 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 11
S.A.T. SWISS ARMS TECHNOLOGY AG 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 1 0 2 1 1 6 11
BENELLI ARMI S.P.A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10
MODERN MUZZLE LOADING, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
RHEINMETALL G.M.B.H. 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
SAF-T-LOK CORP. 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 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
CARL WALTHER GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
CARL WALTHER SPORTWAFFENFABRIK 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 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 9
K. W. THOMPSON TOOL COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
SIG ARMS INTERNATIONAL AG 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 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
J. G. ANSCHULTZ GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 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 8
LUIGI FRANCHI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
VALMET OY 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
CROSMAN CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
EBSCO INDUSTRIES, 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 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7
GIAT INDUSTRIES 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 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
KNIGHTS ARMAMENT COMPANY 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 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 7
LEUPOLD STEVENS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 7
SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE-GESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
THOMPSON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LTD. 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 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
DWA ASSOCIATES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 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 0 6
FIREARM DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 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
INSIGHT TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
MAUSER-WERKE OBERNDORF GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
PACHMAYR LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TRU-GLO, 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 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6
WILLIAMS GUN SIGHT CO. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
AAI CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ACCLES + SHELVOKE LIMITED 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ARDESA, S.A. 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
BANGOR PUNTA OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 5
EMHART INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 2 0 2 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
FN MANUFACTURING, 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 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
HYDRA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NORTH PASS, LTD. 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 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
QUARTON, 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
R/M EQUIPMENT, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
RAYMOND LEE ORGANIZATION 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 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 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 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 0 0 0 2 3 5
SAUER, J. P., + SOHN GMBH 0 0 0 0 3 2 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 5
U.S. ARMAMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 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 5
WEATHERBY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
WEINRAUB ENTERPRISES, 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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5


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