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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 280, Land Vehicles

( 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 466 453 424 387 362 2092
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 36 42 32 15 17 142
TRW OCCUPANY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH & CO., KG 31 41 34 20 11 137
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 23 33 40 25 126
TAKATA CORPORATION 13 30 25 24 34 126
TRW INC. 36 37 22 19 8 122
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 32 31 23 20 11 117
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 17 24 27 12 27 107
AUTOLIV ASP, INC. 18 20 6 18 28 90
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 17 28 14 8 13 80
SALOMON S.A. 18 24 14 11 6 73
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 17 10 15 12 15 69
TRW AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 7 17 11 16 18 69
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 17 20 12 7 4 60
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 27 6 6 13 6 58
BURTON CORPORATION USA 8 11 13 12 11 55
AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB 6 12 10 5 15 48
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 5 17 19 1 6 48
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. 7 11 13 9 7 47
SHIMANO INC. 7 5 8 15 8 43
SKIS ROSSIGNOL S.A. 13 6 6 8 7 40
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 11 7 5 0 37
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 13 5 7 7 34
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 9 10 8 2 5 34
SUNRISE MEDICAL HHG INC. 5 20 3 3 2 33
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 7 5 10 5 5 32
DANA CORPORATION 5 3 9 6 8 31
K-2 CORPORATION 9 6 6 6 4 31
TAKATA-PETRI AG 0 1 16 10 1 28
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 8 5 10 3 28
PORSCHE AG 8 2 5 4 8 27
THE BOLER COMPANY 3 6 8 5 4 26
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 4 8 2 6 5 25
LOOK FIXATIONS S.A. 6 6 6 6 1 25
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 2 4 5 4 10 25
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 4 5 3 6 5 23
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 2 4 8 7 23
NIHON PLAST CO., LTD. 2 7 6 3 4 22
LEAR CORPORATION 4 4 5 3 5 21
KEY SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 20 20
TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, INC. 7 5 4 3 1 20
TRW AIRBAG SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 5 7 4 2 2 20
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 0 4 15 19
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 4 1 6 3 5 19
TOYODA JIDOSHOKKI SEISAKUSHO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 6 5 2 1 19
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 3 3 4 3 4 17
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC. 0 1 4 5 6 16
NSK LIMITED 2 5 4 4 1 16
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 4 3 4 3 16
CASE CORPORATION 2 5 2 5 1 15
DEERE + COMPANY 1 1 4 4 5 15
LINK TREASURE LIMITED 1 4 6 1 3 15
CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION 11 2 1 0 0 14
PETRI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 8 2 0 0 14
S.N.C. LIVBAG 5 2 3 2 2 14
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 0 2 5 6 13
PATENT HOLDING COMPANY 0 3 7 1 2 13
CEQUENT TOWING PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 0 3 9 12
GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC. 4 2 1 5 0 12
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 1 2 1 5 12
ROVER GROUP LIMITED 5 7 0 0 0 12
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 4 12
TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GMBH 2 2 6 1 1 12
GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 3 2 2 3 11
INVACARE CORPORATION 3 1 4 2 0 10
MAGLINE, INC. 2 3 1 3 1 10
MARKER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 1 3 2 0 4 10
MATTEL INC. 3 3 2 1 1 10
NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP. 9 0 1 0 0 10
NEW HOLLAND NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 3 3 1 1 10
SIMULA INC. 1 2 3 4 0 10
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 3 2 3 0 2 10
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 0 3 3 2 2 10
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 3 3 1 0 9
COMBI CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 3 9
EMERY S.A. 1 0 2 3 3 9
TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD. 5 1 1 1 1 9
UNIVERSAL PROPULSION COMPANY, INC. 2 3 3 1 0 9
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 2 2 2 2 0 8
BENETTON GROUP S.P.A. 1 1 2 4 0 8
CONCEPTION ET DEVELOPMENT MICHELIN S.A. 2 2 1 3 0 8
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 4 0 2 1 8
HOLLAND NEWAY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 0 3 8
VOLVO PERSONVAGNAR AB 1 1 3 3 0 8
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 1 1 2 3 1 8
AB VOLVO 3 4 0 0 0 7
DRAW-TITE, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
KINETIC LIMITED 1 3 2 1 0 7
MANNESMANN SACHS AG 3 1 3 0 0 7
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 0 4 2 1 0 7
NORDICA S.P.A. 5 1 1 0 0 7
REESE PRODUCTS, INC. 1 3 3 0 0 7
ROLLERBLADE, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 1 1 2 0 7
VALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC 1 2 2 2 0 7
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 0 6
CONVAID PRODUCTS, INC. 2 1 2 1 0 6
FREIGHTLINER LLC 1 5 0 0 0 6
HILL-ROM COMPANY, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
INOVA GMBH TECHNISCHE ENTWICKLUNGEN 2 3 1 0 0 6
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 0 0 2 1 3 6
JOST-WERKE GMBH & CO., KG. 0 1 1 2 2 6
KANSEI CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 0 3 6
ROCKSHOX, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
THE HOLLAND GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
TS TECH CO., LTD. 0 0 4 2 0 6
UNIQUE PRODUCTS & DESIGN CO., LTD. 4 0 0 0 2 6
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 2 1 3 6
ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH 0 2 1 1 1 5
B. F. GOODRICH CO. 2 0 3 0 0 5
BSRS RESTRAINT SYSTEMS GMBH 4 1 0 0 0 5
COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ESTABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN-MICHELIN & CIE 1 1 2 0 1 5
CONTINENTAL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 1 1 1 2 5
CTS CORPORATION 0 3 2 0 0 5
GOODBABY CHILD PRODUCTS CO., LTD. 0 2 1 2 0 5
GT BICYCLES, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
HEELING SPORTS LIMITED 0 0 2 0 3 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 2 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 1 1 2 5
OTTO BOCK ORTHOPADISCHE INDUSTRIE BESITZ- UND VERWALTUNGS-KG 1 2 2 0 0 5
PACIFIC CYCLE, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS, CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
ROTTEFELLA AS 1 0 2 1 1 5
SCANIA CV AKTIEBOLAG 1 1 1 1 1 5
TOKICO LTD. 2 2 1 0 0 5
TREK BICYCLE CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
ZF LEMFORDER METALLWAREN AG 1 0 0 2 2 5


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