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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 029, Metal Working

( 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 115 81 82 109 128 515
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 39 48 47 39 21 194
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 22 23 17 30 26 118
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 17 20 24 32 24 117
TDK CORPORATION 21 14 17 21 13 86
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 44 35 1 0 2 82
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 4 23 29 24 80
BOEING COMPANY 11 7 18 20 23 79
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 16 11 17 21 11 76
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 8 4 8 20 25 65
INTEL CORPORATION 24 10 8 12 8 62
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14 15 10 5 14 58
DENSO CORPORATION 21 6 6 8 13 54
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 10 5 10 10 15 50
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC. 3 2 8 16 17 46
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18 8 10 5 5 46
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 7 10 7 10 42
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 13 11 4 6 42
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 10 7 10 8 3 38
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9 4 7 7 11 38
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 5 7 4 13 9 38
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 4 10 10 7 36
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 3 5 8 14 6 36
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 8 9 8 4 35
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 5 9 8 7 35
SONY CORPORATION 11 7 5 8 4 35
YAZAKI CORP. 6 7 4 13 5 35
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 9 0 9 9 6 33
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 8 4 10 5 4 31
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 6 3 8 6 31
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 7 2 5 7 10 31
SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY. LTD 7 7 4 5 7 30
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 4 3 6 7 8 28
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 10 2 6 5 28
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 1 1 3 7 13 25
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 5 4 7 24
NEWFREY LLC 3 3 5 6 6 23
NIDEC CORPORATION 3 4 0 9 6 22
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 3 1 9 4 4 21
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 3 3 8 3 21
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 3 3 2 6 6 20
MEDTRONIC INC. 3 2 3 7 5 20
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 4 4 5 3 20
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 0 0 4 6 9 19
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 5 1 2 3 7 18
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC 0 4 5 6 3 18
SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTRUCTION DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION "S.N.E.C.M.A." 0 0 6 6 6 18
BLACK & DECKER INC. 4 2 3 6 2 17
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 5 4 5 2 17
HITACHI, LTD 3 3 4 2 5 17
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 4 2 4 4 2 16
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 7 7 2 0 0 16
FORM FACTOR, INC. 7 1 4 3 1 16
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 7 3 2 2 2 16
MAXTOR CORPORATION 7 4 2 2 0 15
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), INC. 3 5 2 1 4 15
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 4 3 5 1 1 14
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 2 0 2 3 7 14
HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 3 3 3 2 14
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 2 5 2 3 2 14
JTEKT CORPORATION 1 1 3 3 6 14
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 1 4 4 4 1 14
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 1 1 4 0 8 14
ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD 2 2 2 5 2 13
HITACHI HIGH-TECH INSTRUMENTS COMPANY, LTD. 2 2 3 4 2 13
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 3 4 2 3 1 13
KOMAX HOLDING AG 1 3 6 2 1 13
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 2 2 1 4 4 13
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 6 1 1 2 2 12
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 0 2 2 5 3 12
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 3 2 2 3 2 12
GILLETTE COMPANY 2 0 4 5 1 12
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 1 1 5 1 4 12
JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. 3 0 4 2 3 12
NDK, NIHON DEMPA KOGYO COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 1 4 6 12
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 2 0 8 2 0 12
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 0 1 2 3 6 12
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 1 1 5 5 12
ASMO CO., LTD. 3 1 1 5 1 11
ASSEMBLEON N.V. 1 1 1 4 4 11
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 2 4 2 3 11
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 2 1 3 3 2 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 4 2 3 0 11
QUILL MEDICAL, INC. 1 0 1 0 9 11
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 2 2 4 0 3 11
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 5 2 3 11
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 1 1 0 4 4 10
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 2 7 10
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 0 3 2 5 10
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 6 2 2 0 0 10
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 5 1 1 1 2 10
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 3 1 1 4 1 10
NSK LIMITED 1 1 2 3 3 10
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 1 0 5 3 10
SHELL OIL COMPANY 4 2 3 0 1 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 5 0 2 2 10
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 1 1 7 10
XEROX CORPORATION 2 0 1 3 4 10
ZEPHYROS, INC. 1 4 1 1 3 10
ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. 1 0 0 3 5 9
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 0 2 1 3 3 9
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 1 1 4 3 0 9
EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH 2 3 1 3 0 9
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 3 2 2 9
MORI SEIKI CO., LTD. 6 1 1 0 1 9
MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH 1 0 1 3 4 9
PROFIL-VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 1 2 2 4 0 9
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 1 1 2 1 9
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 3 1 1 1 3 9
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 0 0 4 4 0 8
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. 4 0 0 2 2 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 2 2 1 1 2 8
LISLE CORPORATION 0 5 1 2 0 8
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 2 2 8
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 4 8
PHOENIX PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CORP. 3 2 3 0 0 8
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 1 2 3 0 8
SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
TESSERA, INC. 4 2 0 1 1 8
AISIN AW CO., LTD. 2 2 1 0 2 7
CASCADE MICROTECH, INC. 2 0 1 3 1 7
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 1 2 2 2 7
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 0 2 0 4 7
FORD MOTOR COMPANY 2 0 2 2 1 7
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO. LTD. 2 1 3 0 1 7
HARRIS CORP. 1 3 3 0 0 7
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 0 7
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 2 1 1 3 0 7
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 1 1 4 0 1 7
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 0 1 3 6
APPLE, INC. 2 0 1 2 1 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 1 1 0 4 0 6
BABCOCK & WILCOX CANADA, LTD. 3 1 1 1 0 6
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 0 0 2 4 6
DAIMLER AG 0 1 2 1 2 6
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 1 2 1 1 1 6
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 1 2 1 1 6
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 1 0 3 2 6
HENROB LIMITED 0 1 1 3 1 6
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD. 4 1 1 0 0 6
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0 1 2 1 2 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI 2 1 1 0 2 6
L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1 0 2 1 2 6
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 0 1 2 2 6
MEYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES LIMITED 1 1 0 1 3 6
NTN CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 3 6
PACESETTER, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
RAYTHEON COMPANY 1 1 1 1 2 6
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 2 0 0 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 0 2 2 6
ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG 2 0 1 2 1 6
S & B TECHNICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 1 1 0 6
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 1 0 0 4 1 6
SANDIA CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 2 6
SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2 1 0 3 0 6
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 0 2 2 2 6
VICTAULIC COMPANY OF AMERICA 0 0 1 1 4 6
YKK CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 2 1 1 0 1 5
ALFING KESSLER SONDERMASCHINEN GMBH 1 0 2 1 1 5
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 1 3 0 1 0 5
AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS HOLDINGS, LLC 3 0 0 2 0 5
AVDEL UK LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 0 1 1 5
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
EAGLE-PICHER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 0 0 0 5 5
EPCOS AG 0 1 2 2 0 5
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 0 0 0 1 5
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 0 0 2 2 5
HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC 0 1 1 2 1 5
KENNAMETAL INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
LG CHEMICAL LTD. 0 0 2 2 1 5
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 2 2 0 1 0 5
MAGNECOMP CORP. 1 0 1 2 1 5
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 1 5
NHK SPRING CO., LTD. 1 1 0 3 0 5
NIDEK CO., LTD. 0 3 1 0 1 5
PIEDEK TECHNICAL LABORATORY 0 2 1 2 0 5
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 2 0 0 2 1 5
PRAIRIE PACKAGING, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
QUALLION, LLC 0 1 2 1 1 5
RF MICRO DEVICES, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SV PROBE PTE., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
VOLVO AERO CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 0 5
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 1 1 0 1 2 5


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