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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Electronic Information Products Division
Patent Technology Monitoring Branch (PTMB)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2001 - 2005 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 174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators

( 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 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
~Individually Owned Patent 84 94 79 72 102 431
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 44 51 39 27 12 173
YAZAKI CORP. 35 19 25 34 24 137
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 12 26 24 20 9 91
INTEL CORPORATION 6 16 17 15 16 70
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 10 10 13 5 47
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. 14 8 9 8 7 46
NEC CORPORATION 10 18 6 6 5 45
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 10 13 6 7 8 44
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 23 12 3 1 0 39
FUJITSU LIMITED 8 12 4 6 4 34
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 7 6 8 7 6 34
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 8 14 7 2 3 34
SONY CORPORATION 4 7 10 4 8 33
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 5 7 8 7 33
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 23 6 2 0 1 32
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 11 7 12 30
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 9 5 8 5 3 30
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 9 4 6 5 6 30
HITACHI, LTD 6 7 8 4 4 29
MOTOROLA, INC. 7 8 2 5 6 28
NEXANS 2 6 10 7 2 27
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 7 8 4 4 4 27
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 9 10 4 1 2 26
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 8 7 2 3 6 26
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 9 2 3 7 3 24
TESSERA, INC. 11 6 3 4 0 24
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 8 6 4 4 23
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 5 6 2 5 22
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 5 8 3 2 22
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 7 5 4 21
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 1 5 3 9 3 21
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 5 3 3 3 6 20
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 7 3 5 2 20
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 4 2 7 4 2 19
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 6 8 1 4 0 19
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 2 4 3 4 18
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 9 5 1 2 18
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 5 4 4 5 18
SONY CHEMICALS CORPORATION 1 7 4 6 0 18
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 7 0 3 4 18
ALCATEL 11 2 1 1 2 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 2 6 5 2 16
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 3 3 6 3 1 16
LEGRAND S.A. 1 11 2 2 0 16
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 3 3 4 5 16
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 6 3 5 1 1 16
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 3 5 2 4 1 15
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2 4 5 3 1 15
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 7 1 3 2 14
DENSO CORPORATION 2 0 3 6 3 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 6 6 2 0 0 14
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 6 3 3 2 14
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 2 7 0 4 1 14
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 3 5 1 3 2 14
ANDREW CORPORATION 2 1 7 3 0 13
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 2 5 3 3 13
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 4 1 4 2 13
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 5 3 1 2 13
REIKER ENTERPRISES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA, INC. 9 2 1 1 0 13
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 6 1 2 1 3 13
WALKER SYSTEMS, INC. 3 3 4 3 0 13
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 0 1 4 4 3 12
AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION 5 3 0 3 1 12
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 7 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 1 2 5 3 12
KYOCERA CORPORATION 3 5 1 2 1 12
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 4 2 3 2 1 12
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 6 12
THE LAMSON & SESSIONS CO. 3 1 0 3 5 12
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 3 2 3 2 1 11
NANOSET, LLC 0 0 1 5 5 11
PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION 1 4 1 4 1 11
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 3 4 1 1 2 11
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY 1 1 2 0 7 11
TAYMAC CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 5 11
BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY 6 0 0 3 1 10
COMMSCOPE PROPERTIES, LLC 3 1 1 4 1 10
EPCOS AG 3 1 2 2 2 10
FORM FACTOR, INC. 2 2 1 4 1 10
FUJIKURA LTD. 1 0 2 3 4 10
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 1 5 0 3 1 10
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 4 2 0 1 3 10
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 4 1 3 2 0 10
EMC CORPORATION 2 1 3 1 2 9
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4 3 1 0 1 9
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3 4 1 1 0 9
TDK CORPORATION 2 1 4 1 1 9
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 3 9
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC. 2 2 1 3 0 8
BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. 0 1 1 2 4 8
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
EATON CORPORATION 1 3 0 2 2 8
ERICSSON, INC. 3 3 2 0 0 8
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 4 0 2 2 8
LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2 2 2 1 1 8
SQUARE D COMPANY 3 4 0 0 1 8
BOEING COMPANY 0 1 2 2 2 7
CABLE DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 1 2 2 0 7
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 3 1 0 2 7
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 1 1 5 7
GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORP. 6 1 0 0 0 7
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 1 0 1 1 4 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 1 4 0 1 7
KRONE, INC. 1 3 2 1 0 7
PLANET-WATTOHM 3 2 1 1 0 7
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 0 3 1 1 2 7
WIREMOLD COMPANY 3 2 0 1 1 7
3COM CORPORATION 3 3 0 0 0 6
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 2 0 3 1 0 6
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 1 3 1 0 1 6
FCI USA, INC. 1 1 3 1 0 6
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 0 0 1 2 3 6
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 0 0 3 1 2 6
RITTAL-WERK RUDOLF LOH GMBH & CO. KG. 2 3 1 0 0 6
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 0 3 1 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 3 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 2 3 1 0 0 6
UNISYS CORPORATION 0 0 3 3 0 6
ADVANTEST CORP. 1 2 2 0 0 5
CHATSWORTH PRODUCTS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
MANNESMANN VDO AG 0 3 2 0 0 5
MEDTRONIC INC. 0 1 1 1 2 5
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 3 1 0 0 5
MOLEX INCORPORATED 0 0 1 2 2 5
PIRELLI CAVI S.P.A. 2 1 1 1 0 5
PIRELLI KABEL UND SYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG 0 1 0 3 1 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 3 0 0 0 2 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
SERVICIOS CONDUMEX S.A. DE C.V. 2 2 0 0 1 5
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 1 2 0 0 2 5
TERADYNE, INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
TRW INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 2 0 1 1 1 5
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5


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