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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 318, Electricity: Motive Power Systems

( 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 44 33 33 21 22 153
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 19 10 16 6 22 73
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14 16 13 8 20 71
HITACHI, LTD 8 16 14 18 10 66
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 10 13 10 16 15 64
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 13 11 15 7 6 52
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 11 10 12 6 13 52
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 15 11 8 44
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 6 8 8 9 41
FANUC LTD. 14 12 3 4 5 38
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 8 4 5 11 9 37
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 6 7 5 3 13 34
DENSO CORPORATION 7 7 7 6 7 34
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 7 11 5 7 4 34
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 9 1 5 6 10 31
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 9 8 2 28
NIKON CORPORATION 6 13 1 3 5 28
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 4 6 8 3 27
KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI 5 7 0 3 11 26
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 3 8 8 7 26
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 3 7 5 5 5 25
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 12 7 2 2 2 25
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 5 5 7 5 3 25
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 4 6 6 0 6 22
SONY CORPORATION 2 3 6 7 4 22
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE DRIVES LTD. 4 6 5 4 2 21
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 2 5 4 4 20
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 7 3 2 2 6 20
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 4 3 5 2 19
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 6 4 3 5 1 19
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 9 2 0 18
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 3 5 3 4 3 18
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 5 2 1 8 17
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 2 7 7 17
EATON CORPORATION 5 4 3 1 3 16
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 4 2 5 5 16
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 5 4 2 1 4 16
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 1 2 4 7 14
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 6 2 1 13
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 0 3 4 1 13
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 3 5 5 13
NSK LIMITED 1 4 5 1 1 12
PAPST-MOTOREN KG 3 2 5 0 2 12
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 1 3 2 4 12
TOSHIBA MACHINE CO., LTD. 6 1 1 0 4 12
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 3 2 5 12
JAPAN SERVO CO., LTD. 0 3 0 3 5 11
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 6 4 1 0 0 11
ASMO CO., LTD. 1 4 2 1 2 10
DANA CORPORATION 6 2 0 0 2 10
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 7 10
MANNESMANN VDO AG 0 3 4 3 0 10
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 0 0 1 3 6 10
TRW INC. 3 2 3 1 1 10
BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT 2 3 2 1 1 9
NEC CORPORATION 3 1 2 3 0 9
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 0 6 1 2 0 9
VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 0 4 9
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 1 2 3 8
FAIRCHILD KOREA SEMICONDUCTOR, LTD. 1 4 1 2 0 8
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 1 2 1 0 8
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 4 1 2 1 0 8
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 1 2 3 1 8
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 0 0 5 3 0 8
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 0 1 1 3 2 7
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 3 7
BLACK & DECKER INC. 3 0 1 2 1 7
BOREALIS TECHNICAL INCORPORATED LIMITED 1 1 2 2 1 7
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 3 3 1 0 7
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 3 4 0 7
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
ABB OY. 0 0 2 4 0 6
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 2 4 6
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 0 2 1 2 1 6
FUJITSU LIMITED 2 2 2 0 0 6
JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH 1 4 0 0 1 6
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 4 2 6
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 0 0 2 2 6
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 2 2 0 1 1 6
OMRON CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 1 6
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 2 1 3 0 0 6
PLASET SPA 3 3 0 0 0 6
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 1 3 1 0 1 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 0 0 2 5
COMAIR ROTRON, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 5 0 0 0 0 5
FASCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 4 0 0 5
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 0 2 3 5
JIDOSHA DENKI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 0 0 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 1 1 0 5
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 0 2 2 5
LG INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 3 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 0 0 1 1 5
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 1 1 0 1 2 5
MITSUBA CORPORATION 3 1 1 0 0 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 1 2 1 1 5
OKUMA CORP. 1 3 1 0 0 5
TAMAGAWA SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 1 0 1 5
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM 0 1 2 1 1 5
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 0 4 0 5
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 1 1 3 5
TRI DELTA INDUSTRIES, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5


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