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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 701, DP: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location (Data Processing)

( 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
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 79 77 55 64 44 319
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 47 62 48 45 46 248
DENSO CORPORATION 30 32 40 55 59 216
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 39 47 38 51 37 212
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 53 44 41 44 27 209
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 39 37 47 29 34 186
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 20 30 41 34 50 175
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 32 31 47 40 21 171
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 40 19 12 25 21 117
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 25 19 18 13 25 100
HITACHI, LTD 16 18 25 21 19 99
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 20 14 20 19 18 91
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 20 18 23 13 16 90
BOEING COMPANY 15 13 13 23 15 79
GARMIN LTD. 18 27 14 10 7 76
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 4 20 45 69
PIONEER CORPORATION 23 28 8 5 3 67
CATERPILLAR INC. 15 22 10 7 12 66
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 13 10 12 15 9 59
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14 12 9 13 9 57
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 16 16 12 3 56
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 13 12 8 12 10 55
DEERE + COMPANY 10 10 8 15 8 51
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 24 19 4 3 0 50
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 9 11 9 5 13 47
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4 11 10 7 13 45
NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC. 7 10 13 7 6 43
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 7 3 11 11 42
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 8 11 5 10 6 40
AIRBUS FRANCE 4 4 8 12 11 39
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 10 9 8 10 2 39
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 3 2 6 10 17 38
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 7 4 4 14 32
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 6 6 8 4 31
LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG 3 6 7 7 5 28
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 7 3 5 1 7 23
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 5 7 2 7 2 23
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 8 4 2 5 4 23
OSHKOSH TRUCK CORPORATION 1 4 6 8 3 22
TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 7 4 1 1 22
ADVICS CO., LTD. 0 3 4 7 7 21
CUMMINS INC. 8 6 3 3 1 21
INTERNATIONAL ENGINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, L.L.C. 2 6 6 5 2 21
ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG 7 2 2 2 8 21
CNH AMERICA LLC 0 6 6 1 7 20
JATCO LTD. 4 3 8 2 3 20
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 8 3 1 3 20
SONY CORPORATION 6 3 3 3 5 20
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 4 8 6 1 1 20
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 9 4 3 2 1 19
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 9 4 2 2 2 19
QUANTUM ENGINEERING, INC. 1 6 8 3 1 19
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 4 3 2 4 6 19
XANAVI INFORMATICS CORPORATION 3 5 2 5 4 19
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 8 7 1 2 0 18
DETROIT DIESEL CORPORATION 2 7 5 4 0 18
KOMATSU LTD. 4 5 3 3 3 18
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 3 6 7 18
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 5 5 4 4 0 18
SPX CORPORATION 2 4 3 5 4 18
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 3 4 1 6 3 17
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 5 3 2 2 16
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 3 5 4 3 0 15
INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY L.L.C. 4 4 1 2 4 15
SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 1 3 2 5 4 15
AOL LLC 0 1 5 2 6 14
JTEKT CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 9 14
HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH 1 2 2 4 4 13
SIRF TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 3 3 5 0 13
THALES 0 1 3 1 8 13
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 4 4 0 3 2 13
GARMIN AT, INC. 5 4 1 2 0 12
GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC 1 3 1 1 6 12
HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. 4 1 3 3 1 12
NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 12 0 0 0 0 12
YAMAHA MARINE KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 3 1 3 12
EATON CORPORATION 3 4 0 1 3 11
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 5 1 2 2 1 11
KOYO SEIKO COMPANY, LTD. 2 6 0 3 0 11
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION 5 2 2 0 2 11
MITSUBISHI FUSO TRUCK AND BUS CORPORATION 0 3 3 1 4 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 4 2 3 1 11
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 1 5 2 2 11
VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB 3 1 1 3 3 11
AMERICAN CALCAR INC. 1 4 3 2 0 10
ARRIVALSTAR, INC. 7 3 0 0 0 10
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 3 0 2 2 3 10
DONNELLY CORPORATION 1 2 2 3 2 10
FUJITSU LIMITED 4 0 1 2 3 10
GENTEX CORPORATION 1 4 2 2 1 10
GLOBAL LOCATE, INC. 5 1 1 2 1 10
ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED 1 4 1 2 2 10
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 3 1 2 2 2 10
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 3 10
PORSCHE AG 1 1 2 4 2 10
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 1 1 0 5 10
BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC. 2 3 1 2 1 9
CONTINENTAL TEVES, INC. 4 2 1 1 1 9
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 5 1 1 0 9
LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 0 1 3 4 1 9
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 2 1 2 3 9
WABCO GMBH & CO, OHG 3 3 1 1 1 9
ALCATEL 2 2 1 1 2 8
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 2 3 0 1 2 8
INVACARE CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 2 8
KELSEY-HAYES CO. 1 2 0 3 2 8
MAGNETI MARELLI POWERTRAIN S.P.A. 2 1 5 0 0 8
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 2 8
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 1 0 4 1 2 8
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 2 0 0 7
AMERICAN GNC CORPORATION 5 0 0 1 1 7
CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 1 7
CHRYSLER LLC 0 0 0 2 5 7
DAIMLER AG 0 0 0 0 7 7
GOODRICH PUMP AND ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 2 0 1 7
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 1 1 1 7
NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 0 7 7
NSK LIMITED 2 1 0 0 4 7
SAAB AKTIEBOLAG 2 0 1 3 1 7
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE 0 0 2 4 1 7
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 3 0 0 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 2 1 2 0 7
BELTPACK CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
CAMPAGNOLO S.R.L. 0 1 0 2 3 6
HITACHI UNISIA AUTOMOTIVE, LTD. 4 1 0 1 0 6
HYUNDAI MOBIS, CO., LTD. 0 1 2 0 3 6
INTEL CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 0 6
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
LEAR CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
MOTOREN-UND TURBINEN-UNION FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH 1 0 2 2 1 6
NEC CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
RENAULT S.A.S. 0 0 1 3 2 6
REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS HOLDINGS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 1 6
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 1 1 0 2 2 6
TEMIC AUTOMOTIVE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
VOLVO TRUCKS NORTH AMERICA, INC. 2 2 0 1 1 6
EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 0 1 1 2 1 5
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2 0 2 0 1 5
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 0 2 0 5
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 3 0 2 5
HEMISPHERE GPS LLC 0 0 1 1 3 5
INNOVA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 0 0 2 5
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 2 2 0 1 0 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 0 2 5
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 4 0 1 0 0 5
MANDO CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 0 0 3 1 5
MIYAMA, INC. 2 0 3 0 0 5
PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A. 1 1 2 1 0 5
SHIMANO INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
SINEX AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 4 0 0 1 0 5
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 0 1 3 1 0 5
TELMAP LTD 0 3 1 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1 3 1 0 0 5
YAZAKI CORP. 1 2 1 0 1 5


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