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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2004 - 2008 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 015, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning

( 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 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 136 111 103 122 126 598
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 32 18 9 7 2 68
SAMSUNG KWANG-JU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 13 15 4 12 13 57
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 2 9 13 9 15 48
THE HOOVER COMPANY 6 4 7 18 6 41
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 5 7 7 9 12 40
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA 0 4 6 18 9 37
ROYAL APPLIANCE MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 7 9 11 5 1 33
PROCTER + GAMBLE COMPANY 4 8 7 2 5 26
TENNANT COMPANY 5 7 8 3 2 25
BISSELL HOMECARE, INC. 2 6 4 6 2 20
UNI-CHARM CORPORATION 1 1 0 11 4 17
VALEO ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 2 8 0 17
BLACK & DECKER INC. 1 5 0 4 6 16
BRAUN GMBH 1 2 4 3 4 14
BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH 2 2 5 3 1 13
CARL FREUDENBERG KG 3 2 4 2 2 13
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 5 2 1 3 12
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 3 2 2 3 2 12
ASMO CO., LTD. 3 2 1 3 2 11
VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE 4 1 1 2 3 11
HARTZ MOUNTAIN CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 2 10
QUICKIE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 3 2 4 0 10
CHURCH + DWIGHT CO., INC. 0 1 1 4 3 9
DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 0 3 2 4 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 1 0 1 3 9
TRICO PRODUCTS CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 2 9
TRISA HOLDING, AG 3 0 1 4 1 9
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 3 0 0 1 8
ORECK HOLDINGS LLC 1 0 1 4 2 8
FREUDENBERG HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS, LP 2 2 0 3 0 7
KAO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (KAO CORPORATION) 2 0 3 0 2 7
LIBMAN COMPANY 0 4 0 2 1 7
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 0 1 1 2 3 7
ALTO U. S. INC. 2 1 1 2 0 6
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 1 1 0 1 6
DYSON LIMITED 0 0 3 1 2 6
FEDERAL-MOGUL S.A. 1 0 1 3 1 6
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 0 1 3 6
WORLDWIDE INTEGRATED RESOURCES, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 3 2 0 0 5
ALFRED KARCHER GMBH & CO. 0 0 1 4 0 5
FU GANG CO., LTD. 1 0 0 0 4 5
HOMEDICS, INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORP. OF AMERICA 4 1 0 0 0 5
NILFISK-ADVANCE, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
SHOP-VAC CORPORATION 0 2 0 1 2 5
THE CLOROX COMPANY 0 0 2 1 2 5
THE SCOTT FETZER COMPANY 2 1 1 0 1 5


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