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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 296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops

( 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 164 175 126 134 143 742
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 12 37 22 28 40 139
WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH 0 7 37 43 24 111
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 28 33 18 16 14 109
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 25 35 17 13 9 99
LEAR CORPORATION 13 10 9 19 38 89
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 4 14 12 16 19 65
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 8 13 24 12 5 62
PORSCHE AG 7 11 10 16 15 59
CTS FAHRZEUG DACHSYSTEME GMBH 0 11 15 14 15 55
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 16 20 8 0 54
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 8 15 9 6 15 53
WILHELM KARMANN GMBH 3 6 9 8 14 40
ASC INCORPORATED 8 6 5 7 12 38
INALFA INDUSTRIES, B.V. 7 9 18 4 0 38
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 10 12 5 5 35
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 8 27 35
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 1 4 10 8 11 34
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 4 5 7 4 14 34
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 7 12 7 0 32
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 5 16 6 2 2 31
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 1 11 11 28
ARVINMERITOR GMBH 0 0 1 14 12 27
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 22 1 0 0 0 23
OHI SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD. 2 6 6 4 3 21
CROTTY CORPORATION 3 2 2 10 3 20
DEERE + COMPANY 3 6 3 5 2 19
DONNELLY CORPORATION 5 4 4 2 4 19
FRANCE DESIGN 4 1 2 2 10 19
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 1 2 5 8 19
AERO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 2 6 6 3 18
BOS GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 4 8 3 18
WEBASTO KAROSSERIESYSTEME GMBH 6 7 4 0 1 18
ALFA LEISURE, INC. 1 5 2 5 4 17
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 14 3 0 0 0 17
MERITOR AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 5 3 9 0 0 17
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 4 8 3 17
ACTUANT CORPORATION 0 2 4 4 6 16
COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO. 0 0 2 4 10 16
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 0 0 0 10 5 15
L + L PRODUCTS, INC. 0 1 5 6 3 15
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 1 6 4 15
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 7 1 1 0 15
YAZAKI CORP. 6 1 4 2 2 15
COMPAGNIE PLASTIC OMNIUM, S.A. 0 2 5 4 2 13
BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 3 1 5 12
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 5 2 0 3 2 12
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 5 3 1 11
ALCOA INC. 5 1 0 1 3 10
BESTOP, INC. 0 6 1 1 2 10
KIA MOTORS CORP. 0 4 5 1 0 10
PARAT AUTOMOTIVE SCHONENBACH GMBH & CO. KG 1 3 5 0 1 10
BUDD COMPANY 0 4 4 1 0 9
EDSCHA CABRIO-VERDECKSYSTEME GMBH & CO. 4 1 2 2 0 9
GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENERIA, SA 2 0 0 2 5 9
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 4 2 0 9
NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD. 1 2 1 2 3 9
VT HOLDINGS II, INC. 0 0 3 5 1 9
AMERICAN MOTO PRODUCTS, INC. 1 1 3 1 2 8
DENSO CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 2 8
EDSCHA CABRIO-DACHSYSTEME GMBH 0 0 0 3 5 8
NIFCO INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
PACCAR INC. 0 4 1 0 3 8
PENDA CORPORATION 5 1 1 1 0 8
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, INC. 2 3 1 0 2 8
VOLVO PERSONVAGNAR AB 1 1 5 1 0 8
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1 2 2 0 2 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 3 1 1 0 7
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 5 0 0 1 1 7
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 1 7
LEAR DONNELLY OVERHEAD SYSTEMS L.L.C. 4 2 1 0 0 7
VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 0 1 1 0 5 7
AB VOLVO 2 1 3 0 0 6
ARVINMERITOR TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 0 0 6 6
DECOMA INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 1 0 1 4 6
DURA CONVERTIBLE SYSTEMS GMBH 0 2 3 0 1 6
EDSCHA LKW-SCHIEBEVERDECKE GMBH 0 0 2 4 0 6
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINE CORP. 0 3 2 0 1 6
LUND INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 0 1 1 0 6
PATENT HOLDING COMPANY 0 4 0 1 1 6
PRINCE CORPORATION 5 1 0 0 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 2 3 0 1 6
ROVER GROUP LIMITED 1 5 0 0 0 6
SCANIA CV AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 2 3 1 6
STEFFENS ENTERPRISES, INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 2 0 2 2 0 6
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 4 2 6
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ADVANCE COVER COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
BERTRAND FAURE EQUIPEMENTS S.A. 0 4 1 0 0 5
COSMA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
FREIGHTLINER LLC 4 0 0 1 0 5
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
HWH CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP BV 0 0 0 2 3 5
INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY 4 1 0 0 0 5
JAC PRODUCTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 0 2 3 5
M & C CORPORATION 1 0 1 2 1 5
METEOR GUMMIWERKE K. H. BADJE GMBH & CO. 1 1 3 0 0 5
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 4 1 0 0 0 5
NEO-EX LAB. INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0 1 3 0 1 5
NEWFREY LLC 0 0 0 1 4 5
PIONEER CONSOLIDATED CORP. 1 3 1 0 0 5
VALMET AUTOMOTIVE OY 2 2 0 1 0 5
WEBASTO SUNROOF, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5


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