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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 242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding

( 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 86 90 106 89 52 423
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 11 9 17 17 48 102
SHIMANO INC. 7 11 23 19 8 68
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 9 18 17 7 8 59
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 9 4 6 13 19 51
DAIWA SEIKO INC 20 12 4 6 4 46
W. SCHLAFHORST AG & CO. 7 7 12 11 2 39
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 4 18 8 3 2 35
BARMAG AG 17 7 3 2 0 29
IMATION CORP. 2 11 7 4 5 29
TAKATA CORPORATION 1 1 9 9 9 29
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 4 4 7 8 4 27
TRW OCCUPANY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH & CO., KG 2 7 10 2 4 25
METSO PAPER, INC. 0 0 6 12 6 24
AXIS USA, INC. 5 2 6 6 3 22
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 9 9 3 0 0 21
QUANTUM CORP. (CA) 3 4 3 6 4 20
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 11 2 2 0 0 15
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2 2 0 4 6 14
SMS SCHLOEMANN-SIEMAG AG 6 5 2 1 0 14
SONY CORPORATION 3 3 3 4 1 14
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB 5 2 2 4 0 13
TDK CORPORATION 0 5 4 3 1 13
SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 3 0 2 1 5 11
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 4 3 0 1 11
KOENIG + BAUER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 1 1 0 4 10
MEMMINGER IRO GMBH 5 0 1 3 1 10
FABIO PERINI S.P.A. 2 0 1 3 3 9
IRO AB 6 3 0 0 0 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 3 1 1 0 9
PENN FISHING TACKLE MFG. CO. 3 1 2 1 2 9
TOKYO KIKAI SEISAKUSHO, LTD. 2 3 0 2 2 9
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 2 3 2 0 2 9
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 4 8
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 0 1 4 1 2 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 0 3 4 0 8
NEC CORPORATION 2 0 2 2 2 8
PAPER CONVERTING MACHINE COMPANY 3 1 2 2 0 8
TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GMBH 2 4 2 0 0 8
CORNING INCORPORATED 2 1 1 3 0 7
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 5 0 7
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 3 1 2 1 0 7
VALMET-KARLSTAD AB 5 1 0 0 1 7
W. C. BRADLEY/ZEBCO HOLDINGS, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
BENCHMARK STORAGE INNOVATIONS, INC. 0 0 5 1 0 6
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 0 6
HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 0 0 0 4 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TAIHEI SEISAKUSHO A/K/A 0 0 0 6 0 6
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 0 0 3 2 6
MURATA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 0 3 1 0 6
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 3 0 2 1 0 6
SEAGATE REMOVABLE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LLC 0 3 0 3 0 6
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED 5 0 1 0 0 6
SMS DEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 3 1 6
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 3 1 2 0 0 6
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 0 6
VALMET CORP. 2 1 2 1 0 6
VERBATIM CORPORATION 4 0 2 0 0 6
VOITH SULZER FINISHING GMBH 6 0 0 0 0 6
ALWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 0 4 0 0 5
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 2 2 1 5
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
DANIELI & CO. OFFICINE MECCANICHE SPA 1 3 1 0 0 5
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 2 0 2 0 1 5
EMTEC MAGNETICS GMBH 2 0 0 0 3 5
FERAG AG 0 2 0 1 2 5
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
FUJI TEKKO CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 2 5
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 0 0 3 0 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 1 1 0 0 5
JAGENBERG PAPIERTECHNIK GMBH 2 2 0 1 0 5
KABUSHIKI KAISHA MORIC 0 0 0 0 5 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 1 1 0 5
MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2 1 1 0 1 5
NEXTROM HOLDING S.A. 1 1 2 1 0 5
SAVIO MACCHINE TESSILI S.R.L. 2 1 0 1 1 5
TOYO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 0 0 5 0 0 5
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 0 1 2 2 5


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