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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 165, Heat Exchange

( 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 70 37 61 26 24 218
DENSO CORPORATION 30 27 29 27 16 129
MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 12 16 15 7 6 56
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 9 9 14 11 11 54
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 5 14 27 4 1 51
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 6 10 16 8 7 47
THERMAL CORPORATION 8 9 20 2 1 40
BEHR GMBH & CO. 6 10 6 5 5 32
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 6 6 14 4 2 32
INTEL CORPORATION 4 6 13 4 4 31
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 4 6 8 4 27
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 12 14 26
DANA CANADA CORPORATION 3 7 5 8 2 25
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 2 9 4 5 5 25
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 8 10 3 2 24
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 3 2 4 9 5 23
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 5 7 6 3 22
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 4 3 2 4 20
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 1 3 2 8 3 17
CARRIER CORPORATION 4 6 3 2 2 17
HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION 5 5 3 1 2 16
BEHR GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 5 6 4 15
ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB 4 1 3 4 1 13
COOLIGY INC. 0 0 10 3 0 13
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY 2 1 5 2 1 11
FUJITSU LIMITED 1 0 1 4 5 11
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 2 3 3 2 1 11
SONY CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 2 10
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 3 1 0 0 9
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 0 4 2 0 9
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 0 4 0 5 9
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 1 4 0 2 9
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 2 3 2 9
VALEO CLIMATISATION 4 1 2 2 0 9
VALEO, INC. 2 3 1 2 1 9
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 2 0 0 8
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 1 1 0 8
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 3 2 0 2 8
RAYTHEON COMPANY 0 1 4 2 1 8
HITACHI, LTD 1 1 3 1 1 7
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 1 3 0 2 1 7
L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME A DIRECTOIRE ET CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE 4 1 1 0 1 7
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 4 1 2 0 0 7
SANDEN CORPORATION 1 3 0 3 0 7
YORK INTERNATIONAL CORP. 2 1 2 2 0 7
ZEXEL VALEO CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION 1 2 2 1 1 7
COOLER MASTER CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 2 6
FUJIKURA LTD. 1 0 2 3 0 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 2 1 0 1 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 1 6
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 2 0 3 1 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 2 2 1 0 6
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 1 1 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 2 0 6
THERMOTEK, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 0 2 2 0 1 5
BOEING COMPANY 2 1 1 1 0 5
ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, INC 0 1 1 2 1 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 0 0 2 0 5
VALEO THERMIQUE MOTEUR 2 1 1 0 1 5
WEBASTO THERMOSYSTEME INTERNATIONAL GMBH 0 1 2 1 1 5


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