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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 440, Marine Propulsion

( 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 41 19 49 33 31 63 42 48 27 33 10 17 29 27 22 24 35 33 56 36 48 48 57 39 53 44 45 47 51 55 50 56 44 40 50 46 1448
SANSHIN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 13 26 18 32 28 18 18 35 16 31 24 34 27 42 25 26 14 0 444
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION 4 3 11 4 7 9 13 9 5 3 1 3 8 16 18 8 13 12 20 17 16 20 18 18 17 8 8 10 2 4 1 6 9 0 1 0 322
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 7 10 1 1 0 3 7 4 4 8 3 8 17 36 28 8 5 3 12 10 6 6 16 15 15 18 21 15 14 320
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 4 1 13 2 0 0 1 3 3 5 17 6 11 11 5 10 24 24 23 17 9 6 203
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 7 7 8 12 22 33 109
BOMBARDIER MOTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 34 14 5 77
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 6 14 49
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 1 3 4 2 1 4 44
VOLVO PENTA AB 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 3 5 8 2 4 1 0 1 4 5 2 36
SHOWA 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 3 0 0 1 4 9 6 5 1 1 30
SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 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 5 8 6 5 0 1 28
AB VOLVO 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27
YAMAHA MARINE KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 16 27
SCHOTTEL-WERFT JOSEF BECKER KG 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
BOMBARDIER 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 1 2 1 4 6 1 16
SUZUKI MOTOR 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 3 5 3 2 1 1 16
BLOHM AND VOSS AG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
SHOWA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
ZEBCO CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
ARCTIC CAT 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 6 1 9
ISHIGAKI COMPANY 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 1 2 3 0 1 2 9
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 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 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 8
CARL HURTH MASCHINEN UND ZAHNRADFABRIK GMBH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
GIBBS TECHNOLOGIES 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 0 0 1 6 7
SANSHIN INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
SOQI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 3 7
BIRD-JOHNSON COMPANY 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 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6
BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
JOHNSON OUTDOORS 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 4 2 0 0 6
TWIN DISC, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
E.P. BARRUS LIMITED 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
ECO SOUND 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 2 1 0 0 0 5
IMO 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 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
POLARIS 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 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5
RAY INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5


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