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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Office of Electronic Information Products
Patent Technology Monitoring Division (PTMD)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2000 - 2004 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 222, Dispensing (apparatus and process)

( 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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 174 179 167 110 134 764
L'OREAL S.A. 19 16 16 17 6 74
VALOIS, SOCIETE ANONYME 5 13 17 15 10 60
OWENS-ILLINOIS CLOSURE INC. 7 18 11 2 3 41
ING. ERICH PFEIFFER GMBH & CO. KG 5 10 7 5 5 32
SEAQUIST CLOSURES FOREIGN, INC. 1 11 11 4 3 30
NORDSON CORPORATION 5 7 8 3 2 25
SAINT-GOBAIN CALMAR INC. 0 8 8 3 5 24
COCA-COLA COMPANY 3 9 4 5 2 23
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 9 4 4 1 4 22
CROWN CORK & SEAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 4 6 2 16
LANCER PARTNERSHIP LTD. 5 5 3 3 0 16
NESTEC, S.A. 1 3 5 3 4 16
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 4 4 4 2 15
OWENS-BROCKWAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS, INC. 2 5 3 3 2 15
REXAM SOFAB 0 5 7 2 1 15
UNILEVER HOME & PERSONAL CARE USA, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 1 1 5 5 2 14
YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD. 2 3 1 3 5 14
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 1 4 0 7 1 13
VALOIS S.A.S. 0 0 0 2 11 13
VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY 1 3 4 1 4 13
APTARGROUP, INC. 10 1 0 0 0 11
IMI CORNELIUS INC. 2 1 5 2 1 11
AUTOMATIC BAR CONTROLS, INC. 2 4 2 0 1 9
HEINEKEN TECHNICAL SERVICES B.V. 0 1 5 1 2 9
HOMAX PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 2 3 0 9
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 0 0 2 4 3 9
CALMAR, INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 1 3 3 1 0 8
INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS AND EQUIPMENT CORPORATION 4 1 2 0 1 8
PRECISION VALVE CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 1 8
SPRAYTEX, INC. 1 0 4 1 2 8
BUNN-O-MATIC CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 2 7
COURTESY CORPORATION 1 4 1 1 0 7
ECOLAB INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
HENKEL KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT AUF AKTIEN(HENKEL KGAA) 2 3 1 0 1 7
BESPAK PLC 4 2 0 0 0 6
DIVERSEY LEVER, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
GRACO INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
HENKEL-ECOLAB GMBH & CO. OHG 0 2 1 3 0 6
SPEEDLINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 0 1 6
SULZER CHEMTECH AG 1 1 1 2 1 6
TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 0 1 2 1 2 6
X-PERT PAINT MIXING SYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 1 0 1 6
AKECHI CERAMICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 1 0 5
ALLURE HOME CREATION CO., INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
ASEPT INTERNATIONAL AB 2 1 1 0 1 5
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 1 2 1 1 0 5
CHAPIN MANUFACTURING, INC. 1 1 2 0 1 5
CREATECHNIC AG 0 1 1 2 1 5
DART INDUSTRIES INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DISPENSING PATENTS INTERNATIONAL LLC 0 0 2 0 3 5
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 0 0 1 0 5
ERNST MUHLBAUER KG 1 2 1 0 1 5
FLUID RESEARCH CORPORATION 3 0 1 0 1 5
FOOD EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
GILLETTE COMPANY 0 1 2 0 2 5
HOSOKAWA YOKO CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
INTERNATIONAL DISPENSING CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
JUNG KUO ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
LARAMI CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
LEVER BROTHERS COMPANY, DIVISION OF CONOPCO, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
LOCTITE CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 2 0 1 5
SCHOLLE CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
SHURFLO PUMP MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 1 2 0 2 5
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 0 2 2 1 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 3 0 1 1 0 5


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