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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 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel

( 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 108 91 81 70 73 423
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 8 9 10 9 10 46
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 4 5 5 6 3 23
NEWELL WINDOW FURNISHINGS, INC. 1 3 4 7 4 19
HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V. 0 3 8 5 2 18
OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION 7 2 1 3 5 18
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATION 4 1 1 5 2 13
NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 11 12
BOS GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 1 3 5 11
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, INC. 6 5 0 0 0 11
HUNTER DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 9 0 0 0 0 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 2 0 3 2 9
CHING FENG BLINDS IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 3 2 2 8
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 2 3 2 1 0 8
SCHMITZ-WERKE GMBH & CO. 2 0 1 3 2 8
COMFORTEX CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 4 7
420820 ONTARIO LIMITED 0 2 1 1 1 5
STEELCASE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 2 5


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