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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 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture

( 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 77 134 194 172 167 147 120 127 100 127 63 101 150 111 82 90 108 98 100 92 116 100 87 100 96 111 136 106 109 127 141 126 139 122 111 103 52 62 52 4356
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 6 5 7 14 7 14 17 15 13 15 13 7 12 3 1 6 5 5 11 7 5 8 3 2 5 1 6 6 5 3 5 6 4 10 17 25 9 10 12 325
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 4 3 3 8 4 6 11 7 11 5 2 7 8 9 5 3 4 3 9 8 6 15 17 15 17 13 11 14 33 23 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 307
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 5 11 2 5 3 6 3 1 7 3 8 8 10 16 22 15 13 32 19 20 6 12 5 4 270
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 15 19 8 8 4 6 10 7 2 7 0 3 4 2 7 4 4 3 8 3 8 5 4 8 7 9 8 5 5 3 6 7 3 4 3 4 2 3 6 224
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, 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 14 20 13 22 17 23 37 22 16 16 20 220
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 0 5 9 4 6 2 1 3 5 0 2 9 4 6 0 5 10 9 8 10 11 13 16 5 7 8 4 5 9 9 8 5 6 2 3 212
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 3 2 5 8 12 6 28 14 28 34 21 15 8 8 199
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 4 7 13 9 7 4 1 6 5 2 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 4 4 9 6 5 10 8 5 11 9 3 5 11 10 10 8 2 6 199
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 1 2 0 5 3 3 2 3 8 7 5 12 6 9 10 8 10 17 18 15 9 7 178
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 10 9 5 7 5 10 9 10 9 17 20 16 9 24 170
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 2 3 6 2 4 5 6 3 8 7 11 13 5 3 3 1 3 4 5 5 4 8 3 5 1 10 8 8 8 167
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES 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 9 18 20 24 23 23 14 14 17 162
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION 0 9 12 17 16 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 5 4 2 8 9 7 8 5 2 4 3 5 4 18 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 3 7 3 4 8 2 7 1 2 3 2 6 3 7 6 3 4 0 4 4 7 3 4 9 4 7 0 7 2 4 4 6 2 4 2 1 1 4 152
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 8 16 17 14 7 6 5 1 11 11 6 8 5 152
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 7 8 11 11 9 2 7 2 4 2 1 2 3 6 3 0 2 0 6 4 9 10 4 6 1 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 135
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 3 6 10 2 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 6 5 4 6 1 1 3 2 3 6 7 2 9 6 3 4 4 2 125
AT&T CORP. 4 2 5 8 1 11 7 7 5 7 4 5 3 9 0 10 5 4 1 3 3 1 3 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118
MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 6 13 7 8 10 3 1 6 8 9 4 4 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 117
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 7 3 2 6 2 3 8 5 8 9 16 9 10 5 1 115
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 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 0 0 0 2 3 5 14 17 17 17 17 9 5 3 110
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 7 6 3 1 2 7 0 5 1 10 6 4 2 3 4 4 2 5 0 101
HITACHI, LTD 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 5 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 4 12 2 11 12 4 1 2 100
LAM RESEARCH 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 0 0 0 1 3 3 12 11 9 16 15 9 8 12 100
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1 2 5 6 5 7 6 6 3 6 8 10 13 6 0 4 97
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 3 5 6 11 5 8 8 4 8 1 4 5 82
OWENS-ILLINOIS INC. 5 4 7 4 3 2 3 4 13 6 0 1 4 4 3 3 3 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
AVERY DENNISON 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 3 4 1 6 2 7 6 4 7 8 13 5 6 2 3 78
GENCORP INC. 7 4 6 6 3 2 7 4 0 1 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 76
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 3 8 11 7 7 3 12 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. 3 1 7 9 1 3 4 4 1 3 1 4 3 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 2 5 1 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 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 1 0 2 8 7 11 10 3 3 12 7 7 3 75
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 6 6 7 9 5 3 5 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 74
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. 2 1 4 3 5 5 6 2 1 2 6 4 5 4 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 2 8 7 4 5 1 3 3 2 5 5 5 2 0 5 3 70
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 0 4 1 2 3 70
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 7 1 1 4 6 3 3 3 0 4 4 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 1 4 6 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 4 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 64
MONSANTO COMPANY, INC. 2 5 11 4 4 6 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64
WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER GMBH 3 5 5 5 2 3 2 1 0 2 1 4 6 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 63
FUJITSU LIMITED 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 2 4 4 2 6 5 2 3 3 3 60
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 3 3 4 4 8 9 3 5 1 59
MILLIKEN RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 2 5 6 5 8 2 7 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 10 3 0 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 59
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 2 0 3 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 59
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 1 3 6 8 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 7 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 5 0 0 0 1 58
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 4 3 6 4 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 6 3 5 2 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 57
RAYCHEM CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 1 5 2 5 5 4 5 4 6 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
SOMAR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 12 5 5 11 5 5 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 4 3 7 5 5 6 55
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 54
DAYCO CORPORATION 3 0 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 4 3 6 4 2 7 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 5 1 6 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 52
HERCULES INCORPORATED 4 0 3 5 5 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
MOORE BUSINESS FORMS INC. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 4 4 4 5 7 1 5 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 52
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 2 0 1 2 3 6 3 4 5 3 0 10 5 52
FMC CORPORATION 3 5 6 7 5 7 4 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 4 3 4 5 3 2 2 1 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 51
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 1 2 2 1 1 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 51
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 0 4 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 50
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 4 5 6 2 0 2 5 3 3 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 50
MOBIL OIL CORP. 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 5 5 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 5 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 49
POLAROID CORPORATION 2 3 2 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 49
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 6 1 1 1 4 1 0 49
UNIROYAL, INC. 5 3 6 4 7 10 6 3 2 2 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 49
FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. 1 4 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 5 1 0 2 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION 0 2 2 5 7 9 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
CORNING INCORPORATED 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 47
MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 2 2 4 1 3 2 2 1 4 2 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 4 8 4 4 3 2 4 1 46
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 1 2 5 4 4 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 46
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 4 4 3 2 4 2 0 1 2 1 46
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 2 3 2 4 6 2 1 42
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 42
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 3 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 41
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY 2 4 5 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 2 5 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 40
B + H MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 4 1 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 40
DUNLOP HOLDINGS LIMITED 3 7 8 5 3 5 2 2 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 40
HENKEL KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN (HENKEL KGAA) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 6 6 3 4 2 40
NORTHROP GRUMMAN 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 2 4 3 6 5 4 5 1 1 4 1 2 2 40
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS TECHNOLOGY, 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 2 0 1 1 7 8 3 1 2 6 2 2 4 1 40
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 3 0 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 40
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 2 4 4 5 2 5 1 2 1 0 39
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 5 1 4 6 3 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 39
BRANSON ULTRASONICS CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 38
JAGENBERG WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 3 4 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 1