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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2006 - 2010 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 292, Closure Fasteners

( 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 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 31 50 33 25 26 165
MITSUI MINING + SMELTING CO., LTD. 1 2 10 9 7 29
SOUTHCO INC. 8 6 4 2 9 29
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 6 2 4 4 4 20
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 6 2 3 3 17
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE CLOSURES INC. 3 10 2 1 1 17
ARVINMERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 9 5 1 0 0 15
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 5 5 3 0 2 15
BROSE SCHLIESSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG 3 2 4 2 1 12
TRI/MARK CORPORATION 3 5 2 1 1 12
HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO KG 2 4 3 0 2 11
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 2 3 5 10
NEWELL OPERATING COMPANY 4 3 1 2 0 10
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 5 9
KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 0 2 2 3 9
NEWFREY LLC 1 2 2 2 1 8
NIFCO INC. 2 4 2 0 0 8
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 4 1 0 1 7
PIOLAX, INC. 1 1 2 1 2 7
SARGENT MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 1 7
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE CLOSURES S.P.A. 0 2 0 3 1 6
TONG LUNG METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 0 0 0 2 6
VISION INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
INVENTEC CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 0 5
ITW LIMITED 0 2 2 1 0 5
MERITOR LIGHT VEHICLE SYSTEMS (UK) LTD. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SCHLAGE LOCK COMPANY 3 1 0 0 1 5
TERAHOP NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 0 0 5 5


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