IFI

Patent Intelligence & Technology Report

Class Distribution for 1990-1999

428 - STOCK MATERIAL OR MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES (IPC B32B)

       1999  1998  1997  1996  1995  1994  1993  1992  1991  1990  Total

PPG INDUSTRIES INC
          5    20    11     7     9     7    13    10    15    19    116
HITACHI MAXELL LTD JP
          7     7     8     7     2     3     7     9    14     9     73
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD GB
          3     3     6     5     6     6     9     6    11    12     67
NITTO DENKO CORP JP
         11     7     8     3     7    10     6     5     1     5     63
CHISSO CORP JP
          7     8     7     4     3     1     6     3     5     0     44
SHOWA DENKO K K JP
          4     4     4     2     1     1     2     6     4     5     33
HITACHI CHEMICAL CO LTD JP
          8     2     5     3     4     0     3     1     4     1     31
RHONE-POULENC CHIMIE FR
          0     3     4     0     0     2     3     6     6     4     28
DEGUSSA DE
          5     0     1     1     4     7     1     1     2     2     24
AEROSPATIALE SOC NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE FR
          3     2     2     3     3     4     1     3     1     1     23
IDEMITSU KOSAN CO LTD JP
          2     1     1     3     5     5     1     4     1     0     23
MORTON INTERNATIONAL INC
          5     4     4     3     2     2     1     1     0     0     22
DAIKIN KOGYO CO LTD JP
          3     4     2     2     0     1     3     2     2     2     21
MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO LTD JP
          4     1     2     3     1     1     1     1     1     1     16
DSM N V NL
          1     5     0     1     0     4     2     0     0     0     13
WACKER-CHEMIE GMBH DE
          3     0     2     1     0     0     0     0     0     2      8
NATIONALE D'ETUDE ET DE CONSTR DE MOTEURS D'AVIATION FR
          2     1     0     0     2     0     0     1     1     0      7
DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FUR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E V DE
          2     1     0     1     0     0     0     1     0     0      5
BOC GROUP INC THE
          0     0     1     0     2     0     0     0     0     1      4
INA WALZLAGER SCHAEFFLER OHG DE
          0     0     1     0     1     0     0     1     0     1      4
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA CA
          0     0     1     3     0     0     0     0     0     0      4
READ-RITE CORP
          2     2     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0      4
RISO KAGAKU CORP JP
          2     0     0     2     0     0     0     0     0     0      4
TOSHIBA KIKAI K K JP
          0     1     0     0     1     1     1     0     0     0      4
ENGELHARD CORP
          1     0     0     0     0     0     0     1     0     1      3

Total    80    76    70    54    53    55    60    62    68    66    644