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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 340, Communications: Electrical

( 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 381 317 222 308 308 1536
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 24 19 21 11 16 91
MOTOROLA, INC. 23 22 19 14 12 90
NEC CORPORATION 31 20 15 7 5 78
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 9 13 18 17 21 78
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 17 9 15 18 18 77
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 15 13 15 19 12 74
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 14 13 24 15 66
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 11 7 23 19 65
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14 10 8 13 16 61
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 18 15 11 9 3 56
DENSO CORPORATION 7 5 9 12 18 51
TRW INC. 12 15 10 6 4 47
DONNELLY CORPORATION 9 13 6 11 7 46
HITACHI, LTD 9 7 8 11 10 45
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14 5 8 8 9 44
SONY CORPORATION 8 6 12 9 9 44
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 0 8 11 21 40
INTERMEC IP CORP. 17 7 6 5 5 40
OMEGA PATENTS, L.L.C. 0 3 6 25 5 39
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 6 11 1 8 12 38
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 15 11 3 3 5 37
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 7 10 3 11 4 35
PITTWAY CORPORATION 14 15 6 0 0 35
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 12 7 3 7 6 35
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 6 8 7 7 7 35
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 3 11 12 34
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 5 6 4 12 4 31
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 0 0 5 14 10 29
INTEL CORPORATION 2 7 5 8 5 27
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 4 8 3 5 6 26
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 4 7 8 25
LEAR CORPORATION 1 1 4 7 11 24
NCR CORPORATION 4 4 3 10 2 23
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 2 7 4 6 2 21
MANNESMANN VDO AG 5 4 8 4 0 21
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 1 1 7 12 21
BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION 0 1 2 8 9 20
FUJITSU LIMITED 5 2 5 5 1 18
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 3 1 1 4 9 18
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED 0 4 2 5 7 18
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 2 2 5 3 18
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 2 1 5 6 17
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 2 3 5 3 4 17
PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. 2 3 0 3 9 17
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 5 0 6 4 2 17
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 3 1 6 5 17
XEROX CORPORATION 4 3 3 4 3 17
KEY-TRAK, INC. 5 4 0 5 2 16
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 5 3 5 2 15
AT&T CORP. 5 1 1 3 5 15
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 3 6 2 2 15
GOODYEAR TIRE + RUBBER COMPANY 3 3 3 2 4 15
YAZAKI CORP. 6 1 4 2 2 15
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 3 6 5 0 0 14
HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. 0 3 0 6 5 14
OPTEX CO., LTD. 1 1 1 6 5 14
TIME DOMAIN CORPORATION 0 6 3 2 3 14
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 1 4 1 5 14
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 1 4 2 6 13
BOEING COMPANY 1 1 2 5 4 13
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 11 0 0 0 13
GENTEX CORPORATION 5 1 3 1 3 13
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 6 1 5 0 13
B & G PLASTICS, INC. 2 1 3 3 3 12
EATON CORPORATION 2 4 2 3 1 12
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO., LTD. 4 2 2 1 3 12
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. 3 2 3 4 0 12
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 0 3 3 3 3 12
U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION 9 3 0 0 0 12
DIGITAL SECURITY CONTROLS LTD. 5 4 0 1 1 11
NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD. 1 3 3 1 3 11
OMRON CORPORATION 0 0 1 5 5 11
SCHRADER-BRIDGEPORT INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 2 2 2 4 11
CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. 5 2 0 1 2 10
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED 0 0 4 0 6 10
HOCHIKI CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 3 10
METO INTERNATIONAL GMBH 3 4 1 1 1 10
VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE 2 3 3 2 0 10
VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 3 4 0 1 2 10
AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. 1 5 2 1 0 9
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE 1 0 1 2 5 9
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, INC. 2 2 0 2 3 9
EUROCOPTER FRANCE S.A. 5 3 0 0 1 9
FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 2 2 0 4 1 9
LEAR AUTOMOTIVE DEARBORN, INC. 4 3 1 1 0 9
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 0 3 2 3 9
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC 6 3 0 0 0 9
NOKIA CORPORATION 1 0 4 3 1 9
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 2 1 2 4 0 9
TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO K.K. 0 2 2 2 3 9
TRIMBLE NAVIGATION, LTD. 6 1 0 1 1 9
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 0 4 3 2 9
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 3 3 8
BED-CHECK CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 2 8
BREED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 2 0 1 0 8
BRK BRANDS, INC. 0 3 0 4 1 8
DIRECTED ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 2 0 4 0 8
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 1 2 2 3 8
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 2 3 1 2 0 8
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 3 8
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 1 2 1 3 1 8
ROYAL THOUGHTS L.L.C. 0 1 2 1 4 8
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 4 1 2 1 0 8
SHIMANO INC. 2 0 1 4 1 8
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 3 2 2 1 0 8
ALCATEL 2 2 2 0 1 7
ALPINE ELECTRONICS INC. 1 1 0 4 1 7
CATERPILLAR INC. 2 2 1 1 1 7
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 2 3 1 7
DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION 3 1 0 1 2 7
EDWARDS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 3 2 7
INDIAN HEAD INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 4 0 1 1 7
INDUCTIVE SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 1 1 7
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 2 1 3 0 7
PIONEER CORPORATION 3 1 0 0 3 7
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 0 2 1 4 7
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 0 2 3 2 7
VALEO ELECTRONIQUE 0 1 3 2 1 7
WHEELOCK, INC. 2 3 1 0 1 7
ATT WIRELESS SERVICES INC 2 0 2 2 0 6
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE NORTH AMERICAN TIRE, LLC 0 1 3 0 2 6
GE INTERLOGIX, INC. 0 1 1 2 2 6
HI-G-TEK LTD. 3 0 0 2 1 6
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1 0 1 1 3 6
JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 0 3 0 1 2 6
KOMATSU LTD. 1 0 1 2 2 6
LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG 1 1 1 2 1 6
LITE-ON AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 1 1 3 1 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 3 6
MANNESMANN AG 3 2 1 0 0 6
MAPLE CHASE COMPANY 0 2 2 1 1 6
MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A. 0 0 0 2 4 6
NOHMI BOSAI LTD. 3 0 1 1 1 6
PITNEY-BOWES, INC. 0 0 1 0 5 6
PROTEX INTERNATIONAL CORP. 4 1 0 0 1 6
RF CODE, INC. 0 3 2 1 0 6
ROCKWELL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 6 0 0 0 0 6
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 3 3 0 6
SCHLUMBERGER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. 3 3 0 0 0 6
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 1 2 3 0 6
SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES AG 2 2 0 1 1 6
SPX CORPORATION 2 1 1 2 0 6
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 3 0 6
TRAPTEC CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 3 6
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 0 1 0 3 2 6
ADT SERVICES AG 0 2 0 2 1 5
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 2 1 1 0 5
AMERASIA INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 1 2 2 5
AVID INDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 0 0 1 2 2 5
CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHG 2 0 1 2 0 5
ELSTER ELECTRICITY, LLC 0 0 2 1 2 5
FLYING NULL LIMITED 4 1 0 0 0 5
GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC 0 0 0 2 3 5
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
GELCORE, LLC 0 0 2 3 0 5
HEAT TIMER CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
ILIFE SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 0 1 0 2 2 5
INVENTIO AG 0 1 2 1 1 5
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
NEW YORK AIR BRAKE CORPORATION 2 0 0 1 2 5
NIPPON SOKEN, INC. 3 0 0 1 1 5
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
POWER SIGNAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 0 0 0 3 5
ROBERT BOSCH CORPORATION 2 1 1 1 0 5
ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE, INC. 1 0 0 3 1 5
ROSEMOUNT INC. 1 1 3 0 0 5
SAVI TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY 4 0 1 0 0 5
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 1 1 2 1 0 5
TAKATA CORPORATION 2 2 0 0 1 5
TIMEX GROUP B.V. 1 3 1 0 0 5
X-CYTE INC. 0 1 3 0 1 5
YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 0 2 0 3 0 5


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