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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 474, Endless Belt Power Transmission Systems or Components

( 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
TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO. 18 9 25 12 16 80
~Individually Owned Patent 28 13 19 10 6 76
BORGWARNER INC. 9 11 10 12 6 48
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 7 5 9 15 8 44
SHIMANO INC. 14 9 6 7 6 42
GATES CORPORATION 0 3 8 19 7 37
VAN DOORNE'S TRANSMISSIE B.V. 4 3 3 4 6 20
LUK GETRIEBE-SYSTEME GMBH 5 8 4 2 0 19
BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 4 8 2 2 18
BORG-WARNER AUTOMOTIVE K.K. 2 4 4 3 1 14
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 0 1 6 4 3 14
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 0 0 4 5 4 13
NTN CORPORATION 4 3 1 2 2 12
CLOYES GEAR & PRODUCTS, INC. 2 3 2 2 2 11
INA WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER OHG 2 2 4 3 0 11
CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L. 1 0 2 5 2 10
MITSUBISHI BELTING LIMITED 3 2 1 2 2 10
DAYCO PRODUCTS LLC 0 3 0 1 5 9
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU GMBH 1 3 5 0 0 9
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 4 2 2 1 0 9
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 4 1 1 1 1 8
LITENS AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERSHIP 3 0 4 1 0 8
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 0 0 3 1 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
TOKYO AUTOMATIC MACHINERY CO, LTD 1 0 3 1 1 6
UNITTA CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
ZF BATAVIA, L.L.C. 0 0 3 2 1 6
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 1 3 1 0 0 5


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