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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 160, Flexible or Portable Closure, Partition, or Panel

( 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 53 37 34 24 42 47 34 29 38 36 20 29 37 52 35 34 33 23 51 51 76 59 78 73 60 52 69 69 82 83 83 108 91 81 70 73 1946
HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 3 7 4 4 3 1 2 1 9 7 3 6 7 4 8 9 10 9 10 118
HUNTER DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL N.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 5 3 1 4 2 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 44
OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 7 2 1 3 5 34
LEVOLOR LORENTZEN, INC. 6 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
WAYNE-DALTON CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 5 6 3 30
SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS DIVISION, 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 2 4 3 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 24
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 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 1 6 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 23
VEROSOL USA INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
COMFORTEX CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 4 20
GRABER INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
HUNTER DOUGLAS INDUSTRIES B.V. 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 0 0 3 8 5 2 19
NEWELL WINDOW FURNISHINGS, 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 3 4 7 4 19
WHITE CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES, 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 2 1 3 6 5 0 0 0 17
NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 16
RITE-HITE HOLDING 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 0 3 4 1 1 5 2 16
KENNEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15
NERGECO (SOCIETE ANONYME) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15
CAREFREE/SCOTT FETZER COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 14
COOPER INDUSTRIES INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
V. KANN RASMUSSEN INDUSTRI A/S 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 13
CHING FENG BLINDS IND. CO., LTD. 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 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 12
CLOPAY BUILDING PRODUCTS COMPANY, 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 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 12
RITE-HITE CORPORATION 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 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
SCHMITZ-WERKE GMBH & CO. 0 0 0 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 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 12
BOS GMBH & CO. KG 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 1 3 5 11
CLOPAY CORPORATION 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
KELLEY COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
NERGECO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11
SANWA SHUTTER CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 11
GRIESSER AG 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
KABELSCHLEPP GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG 3 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA NICHIBEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10
STANLEY WORKS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 10
TOSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
HOME FASHIONS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 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 3 2 9
LEVOLOR CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MARATHON MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
MODERNFOLD, INC. 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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9
BENTHIN AG 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 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
DOMETIC CORPORATION 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 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
MARTIN DOOR MANUFACTURING 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 8
ROLSCREEN COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
WON-DOOR CORPORATION 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8
AB A.SVENSSON & CO. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
COOKSON COMPANY 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
GENERAL CLUTCH CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
NOMAFA AB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7
RAYNOR GARAGE DOORS 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 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7
RYTEC CORPORATION 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
SOMFY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
SUNPROJECT S.R.L. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
FIRMA JUSTIN HUPPE 0 0 1 1 0 2 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 0 0 0 6
HORMANN KG BROCKHAGEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
KIRSCH COMPANY 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 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 6
LOUVER-LITE LTD. 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 1 0 0 1 2 0 6
LOUVERDRAPE, INCORPORATED 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 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 6
MCKEON ROLLING STEEL DOOR CO., 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 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6
MSA AIRCRAFT INTERIOR PRODUCTS, INC. 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 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
ODL, INCORPORATED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 6
SCHON B.V. 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
STEELCASE INC. 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
TACHIKAWA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
TEH YOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
YOSHIDA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
420820 ONTARIO LIMITED 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 1 1 1 5
A E PLASTIK PAK CO., INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 5
AIR BALANCE, INC. 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 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 0 0 0 5
ALL-TECK BLINDS, P.T.B. 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 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5
BAUTEX ADOLF STOVER SOHNE KG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BEATRICE COMPANIES, INC. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BSL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
CELOTEX CORPORATION 1 1 0 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 0 0 0 5
FINVETRO S.R.L. 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 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5
FORMOSA SAINT JOSE 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 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
FROMMELT INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
IRVIN AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, 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 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
JOANNA WESTERN MILLS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 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 5
K. BRATSCHI, SILENT GLISS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
MACGREGOR INTERNATIONAL S.A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 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
MARTINRAY INDUSTRIES LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
NEWELL COMPANIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PELLA 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 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 5
R. L. KUSS CO., INC. 1 1 0 1 0 1 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 0 5
RCA CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ROLLEASE, 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 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 5
SARA LEE CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 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 0 0 5
SCOTT AND FETZER COMPANY D/B/A LAKEWOOD INDUSTRIES, 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 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 5
SECURITY SHUTTER CORP. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
STEELCASE 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 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 5


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