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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 248, Supports (e.g., for holding articles, etc.)

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 183 148 194 271 198 994
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 2 6 8 26 32 74
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 9 11 17 4 43
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 8 9 8 6 40
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 3 7 12 5 27
PANDUIT CORPORATION 3 0 5 7 7 22
INNOVATIVE OFFICE PRODUCTS, INC. 3 3 4 7 3 20
NEWFREY LLC 6 3 3 5 3 20
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 5 5 6 18
PEERLESS INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 2 6 9 18
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 3 4 1 7 2 17
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 3 1 2 8 2 16
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 1 1 5 3 6 16
QISDA CORPORATION 0 1 5 5 4 15
SONY CORPORATION 1 0 5 5 4 15
MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0 0 3 3 7 13
AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 2 1 4 3 1 11
BEN Q CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 1 10
CSAV, INC. 5 5 0 0 0 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 1 2 5 10
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 1 2 5 2 10
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 1 3 3 9
HANNSPREE, INC. 1 0 6 2 0 9
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 3 0 2 1 3 9
JARLLYTEC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 4 9
NIFCO INC. 5 1 1 1 1 9
SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP. 0 0 2 5 2 9
TAPCO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 4 9
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 3 0 2 2 1 8
CLO SYSTEMS, LLC 1 0 1 3 3 8
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 0 0 3 2 3 8
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 0 2 2 3 8
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 1 1 2 2 2 8
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 3 2 8
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 0 0 2 4 1 7
KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD. 0 1 1 3 2 7
LEAR CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 2 7
LINO MANFROTTO & CO. S.P.A. 2 2 1 1 1 7
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 1 0 1 5 0 7
NIBCO INC. 1 3 0 2 1 7
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 3 6
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 1 3 6
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 1 1 2 1 1 6
SALLAS INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 1 6
SHIN ZU SHING CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 3 6
A. RAYMOND ET CIE. 0 1 2 2 0 5
BLACK DIAMOND EQUIPMENT, LTD. INC. 2 1 0 0 2 5
BOEING COMPANY 0 0 1 3 1 5
GARMIN LTD. 2 0 2 1 0 5
HOOLIN RESEARCH COMPANY LIMITED 0 4 1 0 0 5
HUMANSCALE CORP. 1 0 1 2 1 5
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 3 1 5
INVENTEC CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5
KINPO ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 1 2 2 0 5
KOFULSO CO., LTD. 2 1 1 0 1 5
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 2 1 0 1 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 0 4 0 5
PREMIER MOUNTS 0 1 1 1 2 5
SIOUX CHIEF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 1 0 2 1 1 5
TARGET BRANDS, INC. 0 2 0 1 2 5
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 2 1 2 5


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