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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 585, Chemistry of Hydrocarbon Compounds

( 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
UOP 28 24 37 16 11 116
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE 24 25 21 11 9 90
EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS INC. 0 9 20 19 28 76
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 25 12 11 3 3 54
~Individually Owned Patent 8 11 4 8 4 35
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 2 3 4 4 19 32
BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 6 8 4 3 25
EXXON CHEMICALS PATENTS INC. 17 3 0 0 1 21
MOBIL OIL CORP. 13 5 2 1 0 21
FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 5 1 6 19
SHELL OIL COMPANY 2 5 6 3 3 19
BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 3 10 4 17
CATALYTIC DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGIES 1 4 3 4 4 16
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 0 2 3 5 5 15
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 4 1 5 1 14
EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION 0 2 3 4 3 12
ENICHEM, S.P.A. 2 2 3 2 2 11
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 8 2 1 0 0 11
BP AMOCO CORPORATION 7 2 0 0 0 9
NIPPON PETROCHEMICALS COMPANY, LIMITED 1 2 5 1 0 9
SNAM PROGETTI S.P.A. 4 1 4 0 0 9
BP CHEMICALS LIMITED 0 1 4 2 1 8
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 0 0 0 4 3 7
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP 1 3 0 1 2 7
PENNZOIL-QUAKER STATE COMPANY 1 1 3 1 1 7
ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL INC. 0 0 3 0 3 6
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 3 2 1 0 6
CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY LLC 3 2 1 0 0 6
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 1 2 2 1 0 6
FINA RESEARCH S.A. 0 1 2 2 1 6
HALDOR TOPSOE A/S 1 3 0 1 1 6
IDEMITSU KOSAN COMPANY LIMITED 2 1 1 1 1 6
KOBE STEEL LTD. 5 0 0 0 1 6
NIPPON MITSUBISHI OIL CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 0 6
CHINA PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1 1 2 1 0 5
DEGUSSA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 2 2 1 5
HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
MITSUI CHEMICALS, INCORPORATED 2 0 2 0 1 5
SASOL TECHNOLOGY (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED 0 1 3 1 0 5


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