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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 1969 - 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 227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus

( 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 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 13 25 38 19 24 24 20 25 15 20 11 21 18 19 16 22 23 22 25 22 36 18 18 18 15 14 15 17 24 22 22 26 23 32 27 27 776
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION 0 3 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 7 5 6 9 4 5 6 6 6 6 4 15 29 23 17 18 15 5 4 2 3 2 218
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 5 9 3 2 3 8 6 2 6 2 3 0 0 3 1 3 4 2 1 5 2 1 3 1 0 0 3 4 2 5 9 3 6 6 16 133
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 2 3 3 4 5 11 11 2 0 12 17 88
ETHICON, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 1 2 5 4 3 6 7 12 7 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 71
NEAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 3 3 7 7 5 5 3 3 14 9 71
SENCO PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 5 3 2 2 6 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 2 2 2 2 61
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 16 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 51
TEXTRON INC. 1 2 8 3 7 2 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40
DUO FAST CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 2 5 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 3 9 37
XEROX CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 7 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 37
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 3 3 2 0 3 3 2 6 34
MONARCH MARKING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
OLIN CORPORATION 0 7 1 3 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
DENNISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 0 1 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
SWINGLINE INC. 0 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 6 7 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
FASTENER CORPORATION 4 5 4 2 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
STANLEY-BOSTITCH, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 6 1 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
U.S.M. CORPORATION 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
BASSO INDUSTRY CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 4 0 6 0 19
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 19
SOCIETE DE PROSPECTION ET D'INVENTIONS TECHNIQUES SPIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 19
STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 6 0 3 19
JAPAN BANOC'K CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
SIGNODE CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
MAKITA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 15
UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 2 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
SCI-MED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 5 14
ACCO BRANDS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 6 13
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 13
SPOTNAILS, INC. 0 0 5 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
ARROW FASTENER COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
SENCORP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
AMP INCORPORATED 0 2 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
EMHART INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11
HEARTPORT, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 11
KARL M. REICH MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
SENMED, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
WORKTOOLS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 11
ISABERG RAPID AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 3 10
JOH.FRIEDRICH BEHRENS AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10
PARKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
TESTO INDUSTRY CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10
TRW INC. 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
NIPPON NOTION KOGYO CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
OMARK INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
WILLIAM PRYM-WERKE KG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
EDWARD WECK COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
APPLIED TOOL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 7
ETONA, CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
INTERLAKE INC. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
ISABERG AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
POWER MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 7
TECHNALYTICS INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
TOSKA CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
AUTOMATED BUILDING COMPONENTS, INC. 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
BESCO PNEUMATIC CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 6
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
DE POAN PNEUMATIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6
GEMCOR ENGINEERING CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
GORO, SOCIETE ANONYME 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
SCHAEFFER-HOMBERG GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ACCO USA, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BOSTITCH DIVISION OF TEXTRON, INC. 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
EMHART INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
FASCO S.P.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
FLETCHER-TERRY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
FLEXIBLE STEEL LACING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IMPEX-ESSEN VERTRIEB VON WERKZEUGEN GMBH 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MARUZEN KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
RAMSET FASTENERS (AUST.) PTY. LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
ROBBINS MANUFACTURING CO. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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