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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 385, Optical Waveguides

( 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 56 79 75 66 70 346
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 138 71 50 44 32 335
CORNING INCORPORATED 56 81 85 73 35 330
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 42 53 75 64 65 299
ALCATEL 42 37 49 32 33 193
FUJITSU LIMITED 23 22 32 52 64 193
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 14 30 45 56 28 173
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 19 16 22 55 56 168
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 5 36 41 44 31 157
INTEL CORPORATION 2 14 25 37 71 149
NEC CORPORATION 28 30 20 26 34 138
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 30 20 20 23 30 123
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 0 36 33 35 15 119
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 12 13 29 28 24 106
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 9 16 25 22 29 101
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 1 36 49 12 98
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 7 21 16 16 35 95
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 15 25 21 20 14 95
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 5 12 22 32 7 78
AVANEX CORPORATION 6 10 10 31 18 75
HITACHI, LTD 17 19 9 17 11 73
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 7 16 24 15 11 73
FUJIKURA LTD. 5 6 7 25 22 65
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 10 10 17 16 59
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 3 23 15 12 3 56
MOLEX INCORPORATED 8 14 16 11 6 55
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 16 19 10 5 5 55
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 4 10 12 24 50
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 11 7 9 13 8 48
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 14 19 9 1 4 47
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 10 2 15 11 8 46
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 16 9 5 7 7 44
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 15 4 9 4 8 40
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 2 3 6 14 14 39
CIENA CORPORATION 4 10 6 13 5 38
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 12 6 8 7 5 38
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 12 4 11 4 6 37
CHIARO NETWORKS LTD 1 13 17 2 2 35
YAZAKI CORP. 7 15 6 4 3 35
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 4 3 7 8 12 34
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 6 9 8 10 34
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 2 7 11 9 33
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 0 0 3 15 15 33
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 4 9 4 11 3 31
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 5 4 5 5 11 30
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 4 5 7 9 4 29
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 6 2 7 13 29
SONY CORPORATION 3 9 5 2 10 29
STRATOS LIGHTWAVE, INC. 9 10 5 5 0 29
AT&T CORP. 9 4 6 2 6 27
BOEING COMPANY 5 1 8 7 6 27
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 4 3 10 8 27
LIGHTWAVE MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 3 8 8 7 27
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 12 7 4 4 0 27
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 3 8 8 3 4 26
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 0 5 5 5 10 25
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 6 6 4 5 25
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 6 5 7 3 4 25
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 1 7 8 6 24
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 2 8 9 3 23
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 3 5 2 11 22
CIDRA CORPORATION 6 3 6 4 3 22
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 5 10 5 2 22
SIOPTICAL, INC. 0 0 2 6 13 21
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 0 19 1 0 0 20
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 6 8 4 20
AGERE SYSTEMS OPTOELECTRONICS GUARDIAN CORP. 16 3 0 0 0 19
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 3 1 4 10 19
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 1 5 7 4 2 19
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 3 5 5 5 19
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 1 2 6 3 7 19
NOVERA OPTICS, INC. 0 1 7 3 8 19
TRW INC. 11 2 6 0 0 19
CALIENT NETWORKS, INC. 0 2 6 7 3 18
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 1 3 2 4 8 18
SIECOR OPERATIONS, LLC 17 1 0 0 0 18
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 0 1 7 6 4 18
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 5 8 1 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 4 5 2 17
CORONA OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 3 7 4 17
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 2 4 1 5 5 17
MOTOROLA, INC. 2 5 4 1 5 17
OPTICAL SWITCH CORPORATION 5 5 7 0 0 17
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 5 4 3 2 2 16
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 3 5 2 5 16
JDS FITEL INC. 8 5 3 0 0 16
STRATOS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 0 0 10 6 16
TERAXION INC. 0 1 2 4 9 16
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 7 2 6 15
KYOCERA CORPORATION 2 4 3 5 1 15
OLUMA, INC. 0 2 9 3 1 15
PANDUIT CORPORATION 0 4 7 2 2 15
SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD. 3 4 1 5 2 15
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2 4 2 2 5 15
TRIQUINT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO. 0 0 6 5 4 15
XANOPTIX, INC. 0 0 4 6 5 15
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA INC. 0 0 0 3 11 14
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 1 0 3 5 5 14
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 1 6 7 14
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 2 1 5 4 2 14
PTS CORPORATION 0 0 0 6 8 14
WAVESPLITTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 4 6 0 14
ALCOA FUJIKURA LTD. 2 4 4 2 1 13
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 6 2 0 0 13
FRANCE TELECOM 6 1 3 1 2 13
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 2 2 5 4 13
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 3 3 3 3 13
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHHAMPTON 3 1 4 4 1 13
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 0 3 1 5 4 13
WHITAKER CORPORATION 3 8 1 0 1 13
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 1 2 6 1 2 12
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 4 1 0 4 3 12
LNL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 8 2 2 12
MOLECULAR OPTOELECTRONICS CORPORATION 3 6 1 2 0 12
PHOTON-X, INC. 0 2 4 2 4 12
TELLIUM, INC. 0 4 7 1 0 12
TYCOM (US) INC. 2 10 0 0 0 12
XPONENT PHOTONICS INC 0 0 0 0 12 12
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 0 2 0 4 11
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 0 0 1 3 7 11
BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC 3 3 1 2 2 11
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 1 2 1 1 6 11
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 2 3 2 11
LASERCOMM INC. 1 9 0 1 0 11
LIGHT CHIP, INC. 6 5 0 0 0 11
LYNX PHOTONIC NETWORKS INC. 4 2 1 2 2 11
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 0 0 6 4 1 11
NEXANS 0 1 2 2 6 11
OMM, INC. 0 4 7 0 0 11
TERACONNECT, INC. 0 5 5 1 0 11
TERADYNE, INC. 0 0 8 3 0 11
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 1 1 3 1 5 11
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 0 1 4 5 1 11
CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 5 3 2 10
E-TEK DYNAMICS, INC. 9 0 1 0 0 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 0 0 7 3 10
GEMFIRE CORPORATION 3 3 3 1 0 10
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 2 0 2 1 5 10
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORPORATION 0 3 3 2 2 10
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 3 1 2 10
ITF OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 0 2 4 1 3 10
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 5 1 2 0 10
METROPHOTONICS INC. 1 0 2 3 4 10
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 2 2 4 0 2 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 1 4 2 0 10
XEROX CORPORATION 0 1 4 1 4 10
CIRREX CORP. 2 5 2 0 0 9
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 0 1 2 3 3 9
GENERAL INSTRUMENT CORPORATION 1 2 4 1 1 9
NEPTEC OPTICAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 5 1 0 3 9
OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, INC. 3 4 1 1 0 9
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 0 0 2 5 2 9
OPTIWORK, INC. 0 0 2 3 4 9
PHYSICAL OPTICS CORPORATION 6 1 2 0 0 9
SARNOFF CORPORATION & CO., LTD. 2 0 3 3 1 9
TEKTRONIX INC. 0 1 1 4 3 9
TELECT, INC. 0 1 4 3 1 9
TERABEAM CORPORATION 0 1 3 4 1 9
TROPIC NETWORKS INC. 0 0 1 6 2 9
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 4 1 2 1 0 8
ARROYO OPTICS, INC. 4 2 2 0 0 8
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 1 2 3 1 8
AVAYA TECHNOLOGY CORP. 4 4 0 0 0 8
BERG TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 5 1 1 0 8
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATION, PLC 5 0 3 0 0 8
CERAM OPTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 1 2 3 8
CORVIS CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 4 8
CRYSTAL FIBRE A/S 0 0 1 1 6 8
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 2 3 3 8
DSM N.V. 4 2 1 1 0 8
E20 COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 3 3 0 8
EMCORE CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 6 8
FIBER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL 1 3 1 1 2 8
FRAMATOME CONNECTORS INTERNATIONAL S.A. 5 2 0 1 0 8
GAZILLION BITS, INC. 0 1 3 1 3 8
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 0 0 1 0 7 8
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 3 0 3 8
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 0 0 2 3 3 8
HOYA CORPORATION 3 0 0 4 1 8
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 0 3 2 2 1 8
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 3 1 4 0 8
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 2 3 1 1 1 8
OCEAN DESIGN, INC. 2 2 3 1 0 8
OPTRONX, INC. 0 1 6 1 0 8
QINETIQ LIMITED 0 2 2 1 3 8
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 5 8
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 1 3 3 1 0 8
ZYGO CORPORATION 0 0 3 4 1 8
APPLIED WDM INC. 0 2 4 1 0 7
BLAZE NETWORK PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 4 0 0 7
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 1 0 3 1 2 7
CODEON CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 0 7
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 0 0 1 1 5 7
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 3 0 2 1 7
ITF TECHNOLOGIES OPTIQUES INC. 0 0 1 3 3 7
LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC. 2 3 0 0 2 7
OMNIGUIDE COMMUNICATIONS 0 0 2 3 2 7
PICOLIGHT INCORPORATED 2 2 1 1 1 7
SCHOTT GLASWERKE 1 0 1 3 2 7
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 2 0 4 1 0 7
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., CO. 3 2 0 2 0 7
SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 4 2 0 7
TEEM PHOTONICS, INC. 0 1 1 3 2 7
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3 4 0 0 0 7
UCONN TECHNOLOGY INC. 3 0 0 4 0 7
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 3 2 0 1 7
YKK CORPORATION 1 2 0 2 2 7
BTG INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 0 1 2 2 6
CHIRAL PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 0 3 3 6
CONFLUENT PHOTONICS, CORPORATION 0 0 4 2 0 6
CORETEK, INC. 0 2 3 1 0 6
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 1 0 1 1 6
DIAMOND SA 2 0 3 1 0 6
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 0 1 2 0 3 6
FIBERGUIDE INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
FIBERSTARS, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
HITACHI METALS LTD. 1 0 1 1 3 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA CORP. 0 1 3 2 0 6
INTEGRATED OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 4 6
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 1 2 1 6
KOREA TELECOM CO., LTD. 1 2 2 1 0 6
KOTURA, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
KVH INDUSTRIES, INC. 0 1 3 2 0 6
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 1 1 2 1 1 6
LUMITEX, INC. 2 0 2 1 1 6
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 2 2 2 0 0 6
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP. 5 0 0 1 0 6
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1 0 2 1 2 6
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 1 6
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 0 1 1 1 3 6
NATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL 4 0 2 0 0 6
NEWPORT OPTICOM, INC. 0 0 2 4 0 6
NUFERN 0 1 1 3 1 6
OMRON CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 4 6
OPTOVIA CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 5 6
PIRELLI CABLES AND SYSTEMS LLC 3 2 0 0 1 6
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC. 0 1 1 0 4 6
SIWAVE, INC. 0 0 5 0 1 6
SPECTALIS CORP. 0 1 1 3 1 6
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 1 3 2 0 6
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 0 1 2 1 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 2 0 1 1 2 6
UT-BATTELLE, LLC 1 1 2 1 1 6
XROS, INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
ZOLO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
AMHERST HOLDING CO. 2 3 0 0 0 5
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 0 0 0 5
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 0 0 0 3 2 5
BROADBAND ROYALTY CORPORATION 0 0 1 1 3 5
C SPEED CORPORATION 0 5 0 0 0 5
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
CORNING LASERTRON, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
EMC CORPORATION 0 1 1 1 2 5
EMPIRICAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 2 0 2 1 5
FIBERON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 2 2 0 0 5
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 1 0 2 1 5
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
HEINRICH-HERTZ-INSTITUT FUR NACHRICHTENTECHNIK BERLIN GMBH 3 1 0 1 0 5
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY 1 3 1 0 0 5
HIGHWAVE OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES 2 0 0 1 2 5
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP. 3 1 0 1 0 5
INPLANE PHOTONICS, INC. 0 1 0 0 4 5
IOLON, INC. 3 0 0 2 0 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2 1 2 0 0 5
LAMBDA CROSSING LTD. 0 0 3 0 2 5
LG CABLE CO., LTD. 0 0 1 4 0 5
LIGHTCROSS, INC. 0 0 3 2 0 5
MESOPHOTONICS LIMITED 0 0 0 3 2 5
MICRO-OPTICS, INC. 0 4 1 0 0 5
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 1 1 1 1 1 5
NETWORK PHOTONICS, INC. 0 2 3 0 0 5
NEW FOCUS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY LIMITED 1 1 0 3 0 5
NP PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 1 1 3 5
NTT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
OPTICNET, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 0 5
PIRELLI GENERAL PLC 0 2 0 2 1 5
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 2 0 5
SCHOTT FIBER OPTICS 1 3 1 0 0 5
SCI SYSTEMS, INC. 0 0 2 1 2 5
SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
SDL, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
SPARKOLOR CORPORATION 2 3 0 0 0 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC LIGHTWAVE CORP. 0 2 1 0 2 5
TRANSVISION, INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS LOGISTICS AG 0 3 1 0 1 5
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 0 0 1 2 2 5
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 0 0 1 1 3 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 3 1 1 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1 3 1 0 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 1 0 3 1 0 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 1 1 0 3 5
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 1 1 1 2 0 5
VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
WAVIEN, INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5


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