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

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2007 - 2011 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 227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus

( 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 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP 14 17 29 44 86 190
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. 5 29 20 46 22 122
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 19 10 11 12 14 66
NEAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 18 3 8 16 16 61
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 7 8 9 8 11 43
BLACK & DECKER INC. 8 6 5 9 12 40
HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 11 8 5 11 38
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 4 11 6 7 5 33
DE POAN PNEUMATIC CORPORATION 6 6 7 4 3 26
WORKTOOLS, INC. 6 3 2 4 2 17
BASSO INDUSTRY CORP. 2 5 2 2 5 16
CARDICA, INC. 0 0 1 1 8 10
ISABERG RAPID AB 1 1 4 1 3 10
ACCO BRANDS, INC. 4 0 2 2 1 9
APEX MFG. CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 3 9
BAROSENSE, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
MAKITA CORPORATION 1 2 3 1 2 9
STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P. 2 1 1 2 3 9
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION 5 1 2 0 0 8
INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC 0 0 0 4 3 7
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHA (MAX CO., LTD). 1 2 1 1 1 6
APACH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1 3 1 0 0 5
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 0 0 0 1 4 5
SOCIETE DE PROSPECTION ET D'INVENTIONS TECHNIQUES SPIT 0 1 1 1 2 5


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