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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 102, Ammunition and Explosives

( 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 11 35 28 27 28 129
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 12 20 18 16 9 75
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 8 16 9 10 7 50
RHEINMETALL W & M GMBH 3 5 6 5 8 27
GIAT INDUSTRIES 3 6 4 4 4 21
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 3 5 6 2 4 20
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 3 3 4 3 3 16
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 4 5 1 13
TRW INC. 1 6 2 3 1 13
DYNAMIT NOBEL GMBH EXPLOSIVSTOFF-UND SYSTEMTECHNIK 0 1 5 6 0 12
ENSIGN-BICKFORD COMPANY 3 3 1 3 2 12
OLIN CORPORATION 7 0 1 2 2 12
S.N.C. LIVBAG 2 2 5 2 1 12
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 7 3 1 12
TRW AIRBAG SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 3 2 4 2 11
ROCKTEK LIMITED 2 2 4 0 2 10
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 3 3 1 2 0 9
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 3 5 0 9
SPECIAL DEVICES, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 4 4 8
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 0 1 0 2 4 7
BUCK NEUE TECHNOLOGIEN GMBH 0 2 0 4 0 6
FEDERAL CARTRIDGE CORPORATION 0 4 0 1 1 6
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1 0 2 2 1 6
HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION 0 3 3 0 0 6
ORICA EXPLOSIVES TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD 3 0 1 2 0 6
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 4 1 1 0 6
DIEHL MUNITIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO., KG 0 0 0 3 2 5
ETIENNE LACROIX TOUS ARTIFICES SA 0 4 0 0 1 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
SOCIETE NATIONALE DES POUDRES ET EXPLOSIFS 1 1 0 3 0 5
STATE OF ISRAEL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, RAFAEL-ARMAMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 0 0 2 1 2 5


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