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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 244, Aeronautics

( 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 99 91 99 93 91 473
BOEING COMPANY 29 30 38 65 82 244
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 16 19 25 30 12 102
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 33 16 11 4 2 66
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 15 10 3 2 12 42
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 13 7 7 5 6 38
RAYTHEON COMPANY 7 6 8 10 5 36
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 4 13 7 9 35
SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, INC. 9 9 10 3 3 34
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 7 5 5 7 3 27
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 4 9 8 2 26
AIRBUS FRANCE 0 0 1 10 13 24
EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 4 6 8 5 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 4 9 4 7 24
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 19 2 0 0 1 22
TRW INC. 9 10 3 0 0 22
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 0 9 9 3 21
SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE 7 11 2 0 0 20
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 3 7 4 3 1 18
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC. 0 8 4 2 3 17
DAIMLER CHRYSLER AEROSPACE AIRBUS GMBH 6 7 4 0 0 17
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 0 4 4 2 6 16
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 6 3 0 0 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 4 3 2 2 13
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 1 4 0 5 12
ASTRIUM GMBH 0 0 3 4 3 10
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 1 5 3 1 0 10
AEROSPACE CORPORATION 0 2 2 2 3 9
ALCATEL 1 2 3 3 0 9
CENTRE NATIONALE D'ETUDES SPATIALES (C.N.E.S.) 1 2 3 2 1 9
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 2 2 3 1 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 3 0 4 0 9
HITACHI, LTD 0 2 3 1 3 9
DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. 5 1 2 0 0 8
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 1 1 4 2 8
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 4 8
KISTLER AEROSPACE CORPORATION 5 1 0 1 1 8
SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION "S.N.E.C.M.A." 5 2 0 1 0 8
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 1 8
BODENSEEWERK GERAETETECHNIK, GMBH 2 3 0 1 1 7
DIEHL MUNITIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO., KG 0 1 1 2 3 7
GOODRICH CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, RAFAEL-ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 0 3 0 2 2 7
BRITISH AEROSPACE 6 0 0 0 0 6
FINMECCANICA S.P.A. 6 0 0 0 0 6
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 0 0 3 1 6
ROHR, INC. 0 2 3 0 1 6
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 1 1 2 1 1 6
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF COMMUTER-HELICOPTER, LTD. 1 1 3 0 0 5
AEROASTRO, INC. 0 3 0 2 0 5
AEROSPATIALE AIRBUS 0 2 3 0 0 5
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
BOFORS DEFENCE AKTIEBOLAG 0 0 2 1 2 5
CARTERCOPTERS, L.L.C. 1 0 3 1 0 5
LFK-LENKFLUGKORPERSYSTEME GMBH 0 0 4 1 0 5
LUCAS INDUSTRIES PUBLIC LTD. COMPANY 0 1 3 1 0 5
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 1 0 2 2 0 5
PROSPECTIVE CONCEPTS, AG 0 2 1 2 0 5
SNECMA MOTEURS 0 0 1 1 3 5


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