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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 162, Paper Making and Fiber Liberation

( 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
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 29 32 36 33 34 164
VOITH SULZER PAPIERTECHNIK PATENT GMBH 4 38 39 6 2 89
METSO PAPER, INC. 0 3 35 20 28 86
FORT JAMES CORPORATION 15 19 15 9 7 65
~Individually Owned Patent 13 21 9 9 6 58
VOITH SULZER PAPIERMASCHINEN GMBH 24 16 5 3 1 49
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 19 9 6 9 5 48
VALMET CORP. 9 25 10 3 1 48
VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH 0 0 8 20 19 47
KVAERNER PULPING AKTIEBOLAG 19 11 5 2 2 39
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY 1 4 8 10 7 30
HERCULES INCORPORATED 5 10 8 4 2 29
VOITH SULZER PAPER TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC. 4 15 6 3 0 28
METSO PAPER KARLSTAD AB 0 0 10 6 8 24
ANDRITZ-AHLSTROM INC. 5 13 5 0 0 23
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 6 7 3 4 3 23
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 2 4 4 10 3 23
NALCO CHEMICAL COMPANY 8 6 7 0 0 21
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 4 1 3 3 8 19
ANDRITZ INC. 0 0 10 8 1 19
VALMET-KARLSTAD AB 9 5 4 0 0 18
ICHIKAWA CO., LTD. 2 6 2 2 5 17
ANDRITZ OY 0 0 2 4 8 14
BELOIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 11 3 0 0 0 14
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS WATER TREATMENTS LIMITED 1 3 4 2 2 12
INSTITUTE OF PAPER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 2 6 2 0 12
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 1 6 0 2 3 12
AKZO NOBEL NV 0 2 3 2 4 11
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 2 0 3 3 11
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 0 0 7 3 1 11
WESTVACO CORPORATION 4 3 4 0 0 11
ANDRITZ-PATENTVERWALTUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. 1 4 5 0 0 10
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION 1 0 5 1 2 9
NATIONAL STARCH AND CHEMICAL INVESTMENT HOLDING CORPORATION 0 1 3 3 2 9
AGA AB 1 1 1 4 1 8
ANDRITZ-AHLSTROM OY 3 2 3 0 0 8
CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 0 2 5 1 0 8
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 4 1 1 0 2 8
VALMET FIBERTECH AKTIEBOLAG 0 4 4 0 0 8
AHLSTROM MACHINERY, INC. 7 0 0 0 0 7
FIBERMARK, INC. 0 1 1 4 1 7
HONEYWELL-MEASUREX CORPORATION 6 1 0 0 0 7
ONDEO NALCO COMPANY 0 0 0 4 3 7
PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA 1 2 2 2 0 7
SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS GMBH 0 0 2 3 2 7
TAMFELT OYJ ABP 0 0 2 2 3 7
VOITH PAPER, INC. 0 0 5 2 0 7
ANDRITZ AG 0 0 1 3 2 6
OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
AHLSTROM GLASSFIBRE OY 1 0 1 2 1 5
BASF CORP. 3 1 1 0 0 5
M-REAL OYJ 0 0 4 0 1 5
MEAD CORPORATION 0 3 0 2 0 5
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
OJI PAPER CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
TOKUSHU PAPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 4 1 0 0 5


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