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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 066, Textiles: Knitting

( 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 37 24 38 27 32 37 41 24 34 19 10 10 16 10 9 5 9 12 18 12 13 2 19 4 12 4 3 12 15 10 12 18 20 14 6 11 10 9 7 625
SHIMA SEIKI MFG. LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 10 15 11 9 8 5 12 18 4 3 21 14 15 15 16 186
KARL MAYER TEXTILMASCHINENFABRIK GMBH 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 8 6 6 7 10 0 3 3 1 1 0 5 3 1 10 4 7 4 0 7 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 103
H. STOLL GMBH & CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 3 12 18 9 2 0 3 3 4 3 1 0 1 4 5 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 95
SIPRA PATENTENTWICKLUNGS- UND BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 4 4 11 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 9 4 3 3 1 6 3 0 73
PRECISION FUKUHARA WORKS, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 4 1 1 3 4 4 6 5 9 7 2 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
SINGER COMPANY 7 4 7 2 4 10 5 7 11 2 3 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 62
UNIVERSAL MASCHINENFABRIK DR. RUDOLF SCHIEBER KG 1 0 2 2 7 4 3 2 6 4 2 3 1 3 4 3 4 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62
COURTAULDS LIMITED 1 0 2 13 3 7 3 3 0 7 0 1 2 0 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 46
ELITEX ZAVODY TEXTILNIHO STROJIRENSTVI GENERALNI REDITELSTVI 1 4 5 5 3 5 10 0 4 3 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 40
GROZ BECKERT KG 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 3 3 3 7 3 8 5 5 40
SARA LEE CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 3 6 6 0 38
LONATI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 37
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 7 7 9 5 2 2 1 3 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 36
WILDT MELLOR BROMLEY LIMITED 2 8 2 0 2 4 2 3 3 1 2 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 35
BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 2 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
PAI LUNG MACHINERY MILL CO., 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 2 4 0 2 0 4 3 1 2 2 1 10 2 33
VEB WIRKMASCHINENBAU KARL-MARX-STADT 2 1 4 2 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 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 33
BENTLEY ENGINEERING GROUP, LTD. 2 3 8 5 0 4 3 2 2 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 31
BILLI S.P.A. 0 2 1 1 8 6 0 10 3 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 31
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
LIBA MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
MAYER + CIE MASCHINENFABRIK, FIRMA 3 2 4 5 3 4 4 3 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 29
YKK 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 4 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 29
JUMBERCA, S.A. 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
WILLIAM COTTON LIMITED 4 3 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 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 28
SULZER MORAT GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 5 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 23
EDOUARD DUBIED ET CIE (SOCIETE ANONYME) 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
THEODOR GROZ & SOHNE & ERNST BECKERT NADELFABRIK COMMANDIT-G 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
W. SCHLAFHORST AG & CO. 0 0 0 5 2 4 8 4 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 23
STOLL, H., AND COMPANY 1 1 3 4 7 4 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 21
GUILFORD MILLS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20
SANGIACOMO S.P.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 1 1 0 2 2 7 2 1 3 1 0 0 20
MONARCH KNITTING MACHINERY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 19
AKTIEBOLAGET IRO 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
FIRMA FRANZ MORAT GMBH 2 4 5 1 1 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 18
KAYSER-ROTH CORPORATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
SANTONI S.P.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 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 18
TEXTILMA AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 18
FOUQUET-WERK FRANZ + PLANCK 1 1 0 1 2 9 1 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 17
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
VEB KOMBINAT TEXTIMA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
MATEC S.P.A. 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 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 15
MEMMINGER IRO GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 15
SILVER SEIKO, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
TERROT STRICKMASCHINEN GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
VYZKUMNY A VYVOJOVY USTAV ZAVODU VSEOBECNEHO STROJIRENSTVI 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
E.M.M. EMILIANA MACCHINE MAGLIERIA S.R.L. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
KENDALL COMPANY 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SAVIO S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
SHIMA IDEA CENTER CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
MILLIKEN & 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 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 2 13
SCHUBERT + SALZER MASCHINENFABRIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 3 2 2 0 3 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 0 13
SIDCOR, INC. 5 2 2 1 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE LONATI S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 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 12
INSTITUT TEXTILE DE FRANCE 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
MALDEN MILLS 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 2 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 12
MATEC S.R.L. 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 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
ATELIER DE CONSTRUCTION STEIGER S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
COMEZ, S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
J. P. STEVENS + CO., INC. 2 0 2 1 2 0 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 0 0 0 0 11
NAGATA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
PILOT RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 0 2 1 5 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 11
SULZER BROTHERS LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 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 11
ALBA WALDENSIAN, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
MECMOR S.P.A. 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TORRINGTON COMPANY 0 0 0 1 1 3 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 10
ALAMANCE INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 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 9
BUNKER RAMO CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 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 0 0 9
ETUDES ET BONNETERIE S.A. 0 0 0 1 1 6 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 9
MAYER 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 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9
RECARO GMBH + CO. 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 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 9
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 1 0 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 9
FABRITEX S.R.L. 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 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 8
GOLDEN LADY S.P.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 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
MACCHINE TESSILI CIRCOLARI MATEC S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 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 8
MEC-MOR S.R.L. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
TRAVIS MILLS CORPORATION 1 1 0 4 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 0 0 0 8
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 7
ELITEX 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 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 7
GLENOIT MILLS, INC. 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 7
LONATI S.R.L. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
NIPPON MAYER CO., 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 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PRECISION FUKUHARA WORKS, INC. 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 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 7
STIBBE MACHINERY LIMITED 0 0 0 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TITONE RESEARCH + DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 4 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 0 0 0 0 0 7
TSUDAKOMA INDUSTRIAL CO., 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 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0