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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 359, Optics: Systems and Elements

( 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 154 159 121 113 119 666
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 85 67 111 85 101 449
OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. 84 74 60 32 19 269
FUJITSU LIMITED 38 51 36 40 48 213
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 42 37 52 44 35 210
PENTAX CORPORATION 0 3 50 76 63 192
NIKON CORPORATION 50 41 41 24 29 185
SONY CORPORATION 25 16 14 26 53 134
ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 66 62 2 0 0 130
MINOLTA CAMERA CO., LTD. 38 33 25 19 14 129
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 0 0 1 69 54 124
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 28 15 17 20 39 119
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 22 24 28 17 22 113
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 30 21 25 16 18 110
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 11 21 25 21 32 110
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 17 17 15 31 28 108
CORNING INCORPORATED 15 18 34 27 11 105
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 14 15 27 26 19 101
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 12 19 27 18 13 89
GENTEX CORPORATION 19 20 20 13 14 86
NEC CORPORATION 25 17 15 12 4 73
CARL ZEISS STIFTUNG 16 19 21 8 7 71
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 15 10 13 13 19 70
HITACHI, LTD 9 13 19 11 15 67
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 5 13 16 21 66
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 6 13 19 16 64
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 5 9 11 22 17 64
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 11 11 11 18 12 63
INTEL CORPORATION 9 8 11 18 16 62
RAYTHEON COMPANY 15 10 10 13 11 59
DONNELLY CORPORATION 21 8 11 9 9 58
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 11 14 14 15 4 58
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 4 13 15 13 7 52
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS HEIDELBERG GMBH 1 5 9 19 13 47
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 12 11 7 11 46
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 3 10 31 44
KONICA CORPORATION 8 6 9 14 7 44
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 11 16 12 5 44
AVANEX CORPORATION 4 10 11 7 11 43
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 5 8 6 12 12 43
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 7 6 11 10 8 42
CARL ZEISS SMT AG 0 0 2 19 19 40
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 12 6 8 8 39
XEROX CORPORATION 9 17 10 2 1 39
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 6 10 9 10 38
CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH 13 2 6 8 8 37
ALCATEL 9 11 7 6 3 36
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC. 2 2 4 15 11 34
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 4 9 9 6 5 33
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 2 6 6 9 10 33
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 6 9 6 5 5 31
ONETTA INC. 0 15 9 7 0 31
XTERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2 3 11 9 6 31
REFLECTIVITY, INC. 1 3 2 4 20 30
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 3 9 6 7 4 29
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 13 4 4 3 29
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1 2 13 4 8 28
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 7 6 7 6 28
SIPIX IMAGING, INC. 0 0 1 11 16 28
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 10 9 8 0 27
BOEING COMPANY 3 1 4 10 9 27
FINISAR CORPORATION, INC. 0 0 6 10 11 27
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS AG 2 7 3 8 7 27
PIONEER CORPORATION 5 7 4 5 6 27
E INK CORPORATION 4 4 3 8 7 26
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 4 4 7 4 26
MURAKAMI CORPORATION 4 2 4 10 6 26
CIENA CORPORATION 5 8 6 3 3 25
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 8 1 2 6 8 25
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 4 6 2 9 4 25
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 3 2 8 25
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 5 3 3 6 7 24
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 4 5 8 1 5 23
LANG-MEKRA NORTH AMERICA, LLC 2 9 4 5 3 23
DENSO CORPORATION 6 5 2 5 4 22
DIGILENS, INC. 8 8 4 2 0 22
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 7 3 6 4 2 22
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 1 2 4 9 6 22
BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 8 5 3 2 21
ZEBRA IMAGING, INC. 4 4 7 3 3 21
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4 7 2 6 1 20
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 1 8 2 5 4 20
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 2 2 3 8 4 19
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 4 4 3 7 19
UMAX DATA SYSTEMS INC. 3 6 9 1 0 19
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 0 2 9 6 1 18
MICROVISION, INC. 4 2 5 5 2 18
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 1 3 5 4 4 17
INPHASE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 1 9 7 17
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS WETZLAR GMBH 3 4 2 3 5 17
CORVIS CORPORATION 0 6 4 4 2 16
TRW INC. 13 2 1 0 0 16
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 1 1 3 4 6 15
KURARAY CO., LTD. 3 6 4 2 0 15
MICRONIC LASER SYSTEMS AB 1 1 2 6 5 15
REITTER & SCHEFENACKER GMBH & CO. KG 4 5 5 1 0 15
AGERE SYSTEMS GUARDIAN CORP. 1 12 1 0 0 14
ENPLAS CORPORATION 5 2 3 4 0 14
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 0 5 3 3 3 14
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 0 3 4 5 14
YAZAKI CORP. 0 0 8 2 4 14
CHEETAH OMNI, LLC 0 0 3 0 10 13
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 4 3 2 3 1 13
OVD KINEGRAM AG 2 3 0 1 7 13
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 1 3 3 6 13
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 3 2 2 2 13
TERABEAM CORPORATION 0 4 3 3 3 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 4 4 2 3 0 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 5 4 0 2 2 13
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 1 3 4 12
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 7 2 1 1 1 12
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 1 4 4 3 0 12
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 10 2 0 0 0 12
AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION 0 2 3 2 4 11
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 3 3 11
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 1 0 4 1 11
DIGITAL OPTICS CORPORATION 2 4 1 1 3 11
NIPPON MITSUBISHI OIL CORPORATION 2 2 6 1 0 11
PTS CORPORATION 0 0 1 7 3 11
QINETIQ LIMITED 0 0 5 3 3 11
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 2 3 4 2 0 11
ANDO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 3 2 1 10
CARL ZEISS SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 0 1 6 3 10
CORNING APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 4 2 2 0 10
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 6 3 1 0 0 10
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 3 0 2 3 2 10
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 2 1 4 10
LIGHT & SOUND DESIGN, LTD. 4 2 3 0 1 10
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 3 1 0 4 2 10
NP PHOTONICS, INC. 0 0 2 8 0 10
REFLEXITE CORPORATION 1 3 2 2 2 10
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 2 3 0 2 3 10
SANKYO SEIKI MFG. CO., LTD. 5 1 0 2 2 10
TDK CORPORATION 1 1 2 3 3 10
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1 4 1 0 4 10
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 1 2 1 2 4 10
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 0 1 0 5 3 9
CORNING PRECISION LENS, INCORPORATED 4 4 1 0 0 9
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 1 7 1 9
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 2 3 2 1 1 9
LITTON SYSTEMS INC. 5 0 0 3 1 9
MAGNA MIRROR SYSTEMS INC. 2 4 1 2 0 9
MEMX, INC. 0 0 3 6 0 9
MICROOPTICAL CORPORATION 2 5 1 0 1 9
NEC VIEWTECHNOLOGY, LTD. 0 1 1 4 3 9
NIPPON CARBIDE KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 2 3 2 9
RESEARCH FRONTIERS INCORPORATED 2 1 3 1 2 9
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 2 2 1 2 2 9
ROSCO, INC. 2 3 1 1 2 9
SANDIA CORPORATION 1 1 0 3 4 9
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. 0 0 2 1 6 9
SDL, INC. 4 5 0 0 0 9
TAMRON CO., LTD. 0 1 2 4 2 9
TELOPTICS CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 1 9
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 4 2 1 2 0 9
ASML HOLDING N.V. 0 0 0 7 1 8
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 0 1 0 2 5 8
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 0 3 3 1 8
CIRVINE CORPORATION 0 0 3 5 0 8
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 1 1 3 2 1 8
DUKE UNIVERSITY 4 2 0 2 0 8
FLEX PRODUCTS, INC. 3 0 1 4 0 8
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 0 5 2 8
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 1 2 2 3 8
HOYA CORPORATION 1 1 2 2 2 8
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 0 3 2 2 1 8
MEMS OPTICAL, INC. 1 2 0 2 3 8
METAGAL INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA. 0 4 4 0 0 8
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 0 1 2 2 3 8
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 3 8
OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, INC. 1 2 1 3 1 8
REVEO, INC. 2 2 2 0 2 8
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 3 2 8
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 2 3 2 1 8
THOMSON-CSF 5 2 1 0 0 8
TYCOM (US) INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
UNAXIS BALZERS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 3 0 1 1 8
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED 3 0 2 1 2 8
YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 5 1 2 0 0 8
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 2 0 4 0 7
AGFA CORPORATION 2 0 1 2 2 7
AMERICAN SPRAY COATING, A CALIFORNIA JOINT VENTURE 1 4 1 0 1 7
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 0 3 3 0 7
AT&T CORP. 3 3 0 1 0 7
AVISION INC. 1 4 1 0 1 7
BE HERE CORPORATION 2 3 1 0 1 7
BUEHLER MOTOR GMBH 0 4 3 0 0 7
CALIENT NETWORKS, INC. 0 1 3 2 1 7
DONNELLY HOHE GMBH & CO. KG 3 3 1 0 0 7
EXON SCIENCE INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
FDK CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 3 7
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1 0 0 3 3 7
IMATION CORP. 0 0 3 2 2 7
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 0 2 4 0 1 7
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION 0 3 2 2 0 7
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 2 3 0 1 7
LIGHTWAVE ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 1 0 1 4 7
MEKRA LANG GMBH & CO. KG 2 4 0 1 0 7
MILESTONE CO., LTD. 0 3 1 2 1 7
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 2 0 1 0 7
MOXTEK, INC. 3 2 0 2 0 7
NETWORK PHOTONICS, INC. 0 3 4 0 0 7
NEW FOCUS, INC. 6 1 0 0 0 7
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 1 0 0 6 7
PRIME VIEW INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., 0 0 0 1 6 7
PSC SCANNING, INC. 4 1 1 1 0 7
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 3 1 2 0 7
SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
T-NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
THALES 0 0 0 5 2 7
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 1 2 2 1 6
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 2 1 3 6
CODEON CORPORATION 1 2 3 0 0 6
GENOA CORPORATION 1 1 4 0 0 6
HARRIS CORP. 0 3 0 2 1 6
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 1 0 2 2 1 6
INFOCUS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 1 6
IRIDIGM DISPLAY CORPORATION 0 0 2 4 0 6
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 0 0 4 2 0 6
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1 0 1 3 1 6
MCNC 3 2 0 1 0 6
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 0 0 2 3 6
MITUTOYO CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 0 6
OPTODOT CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 1 6
PHOTON-X, INC. 0 0 3 2 1 6
PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO INC. 0 1 4 0 1 6
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE 0 0 1 3 2 6
SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD. 0 1 0 2 3 6
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED 1 1 2 1 1 6
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 1 3 1 6
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 0 2 0 3 1 6
U.S. PRECISION LENS, INC. 2 3 1 0 0 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 3 2 0 1 0 6
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 0 0 2 2 2 6
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1 1 2 1 1 6
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 1 0 0 1 3 5
ALPHION CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 0 0 3 2 5
BEN Q CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
CENTRAL GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED 3 1 1 0 0 5
CHORUM TECHNOLOGIES LP 0 2 3 0 0 5
COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORY, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTION 0 1 1 3 0 5
CONFLUENT PHOTONICS, CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 2 5
DAEWOO ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 0 0 0 0 5 5
DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
DRAPER, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL COMPAGNIE GENERALE D OPTIQUE 1 1 0 0 3 5
EUV LLC 2 1 0 1 1 5
EXAJOULE LLC 0 0 0 2 3 5
FUJIKURA LTD. 0 0 4 0 1 5
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 0 0 0 2 3 5
GLIMMERGLASS NETWORKS, INC. 0 0 1 3 1 5
HENTZE-LISSOTSCHENKO PATENTVERWALTUNGS GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 2 3 0 5
HITACHI KOKI COMPANY, LIMITED 1 2 0 0 2 5
HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING LLC 0 1 2 2 0 5
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 3 1 0 1 0 5
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 0 2 1 2 5
KARL STORZ GMBH & CO. KG 2 0 1 1 1 5
KLA-TENCOR TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 0 0 1 1 3 5
KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 5
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 0 0 1 4 5
LEICA CAMERA AG 3 0 0 1 1 5
LEICA MICROSYSTEMS INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
MAGNA REFLEX HOLDING GMBH 2 1 0 2 0 5
MEADE INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION 1 2 1 0 1 5
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 1 5
MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 1 2 2 0 5
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY 1 1 1 0 2 5
PLX INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
RIKEN CORPORATION 0 1 0 1 3 5
SANTUR CORPORATION 0 0 0 1 4 5
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 2 1 1 0 1 5
SILICON VALLEY GROUP, INC. 2 1 2 0 0 5
SIWAVE, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
STEINER-OPTIK GMBH 1 0 0 3 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 0 1 1 1 2 5
USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA 1 0 1 2 1 5
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ZYGO CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 0 5


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