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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 149, Explosive and Thermic Compositions or Charges

( 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
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 6 3 7 15 26 11 21 16 17 9 4 9 5 7 12 4 1 1 1 2 0 3 10 3 6 2 1 2 5 4 5 3 5 6 8 9 249
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 8 4 8 22 27 20 22 28 9 6 6 5 4 5 7 2 5 3 8 0 6 8 6 1 0 3 3 2 1 3 1 4 7 0 3 1 248
~Individually Owned Patent 9 6 3 3 12 2 3 5 3 9 5 7 5 4 5 1 4 2 5 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 2 3 1 2 2 128
MORTON THIOKOL, INC. 2 0 3 4 8 2 4 7 5 10 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 6 5 4 1 3 6 9 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 108
HERCULES INCORPORATED 4 1 3 6 4 6 2 3 1 2 0 1 3 4 3 4 5 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 10 2 3 7 6 6 9 4 1 0 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 50
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 2 7 2 0 0 1 1 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 44
AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION 1 4 4 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 43
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 5 2 7 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 1 0 5 3 5 1 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
SOCIETE NATIONALE DES POUDRES ET EXPLOSIFS 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 36
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC 3 1 0 2 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 35
DYNAMIT NOBEL AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 6 2 2 5 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 11 2 2 0 1 33
ATLAS POWDER COMPANY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
C-I-L INC. 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
TRW INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 6 4 5 0 28
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28
NIPPON OIL AND FATS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 1 7 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
ICI AUSTRALIA LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
OLIN CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
IRECO CHEMICALS 0 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
AUTOLIV ASP, 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 7 1 3 3 7 22
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 20
COMMERCIAL SOLVENTS CORPORATION 5 3 4 2 2 2 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 0 20
MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS 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 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 4 17
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 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 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 17
CORDANT TECHNOLOGIES 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 3 5 4 0 0 0 14
DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES 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 0 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 14
LUBRIZOL CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14
EXXON RESEARCH + ENGINEERING CO. 0 3 0 2 5 3 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 13
ETHYL CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 0 6 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 0 0 0 0 12
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
NITRO NOBEL AB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
AE + CI LIMITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
DYNO NOBEL, 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 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 11
IRECO, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
TELEDYNE MCCORMICK SELPH, AN OPERATING DIVISION OF TELEDYNE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 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 11
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 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 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 11
ATLAS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES INC. 4 0 0 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 0 0 10
ICI CANADA INC. 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 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10
ALLIED-SIGNAL INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY 9 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 0 0 9
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9
MONSANTO RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 5 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 0 0 0 0 0 9
NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9
AKTIEBOLAGET BOFORS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
ETAT FRANCAIS 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
GULF OIL CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 0 1 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 8
INTERMOUNTAIN RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY INC. 2 1 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 2 0 1 1 1 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 1 0 0 0 0 8
DYNO INDUSTRIER A/S 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
MARTIN-MARIETTA CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY 0 1 0 0 3 3 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 7
TALLEY DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. 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 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 7
ASAHI KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
ICI AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. 1 3 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 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
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
UNIVERSAL PROPULSION COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6
ALLOY SURFACES COMPANY, INC. 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
BAYERN CHEMIE GESELLSCHAFT FUR FLUGCHEMISCHE ANTRIEBE MIT BE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 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 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 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 0 0 0 5
NOF 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 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 0 0 0 0 5
TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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