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U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Patent Technology Monitoring Team (PTMT)

Patenting In Technology Classes,
Breakout By Organization

Count of 2005 - 2009 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 372, Coherent Light Generators

( 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 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
FINISAR CORPORATION 18 28 29 21 15 111
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 23 21 13 14 22 93
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 29 23 11 9 14 86
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 18 9 14 15 11 67
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 6 13 9 15 21 64
CYMER, INC. 10 17 14 10 8 59
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 9 17 13 16 0 55
COHERENT, INC. 6 12 12 13 10 53
INTEL CORPORATION 17 9 12 6 5 49
SONY CORPORATION 8 13 4 5 15 45
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 7 7 5 14 12 45
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 1 3 6 15 16 41
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 19 11 5 2 2 39
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 18 9 4 3 2 36
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 8 3 6 12 33
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 7 7 5 7 6 32
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 13 8 8 31
BOEING COMPANY 2 11 5 2 8 28
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 5 5 4 3 10 27
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 5 2 4 6 10 27
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 3 3 3 8 27
FUJITSU LIMITED 6 6 4 3 7 26
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 23 26
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 16 9 0 0 0 25
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 6 3 8 5 24
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 2 7 4 5 6 24
CORNING INCORPORATED 3 3 1 6 10 23
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 3 2 4 4 10 23
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 6 12 3 21
LAMBDA PHYSIK AG 9 6 5 1 0 21
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 0 8 4 6 3 21
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 9 4 5 1 2 21
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 1 9 7 2 1 20
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 13 5 1 0 0 19
NICHIA CORPORATION 3 4 4 4 3 18
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 4 3 1 5 5 18
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 1 1 4 7 17
NEC CORPORATION 8 3 2 1 3 17
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 4 3 1 3 6 17
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 5 2 7 3 17
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 8 4 3 1 0 16
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 1 2 5 5 1 14
RAYTHEON COMPANY 2 3 0 4 5 14
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 5 5 0 3 1 14
FANUC LTD. 3 3 2 2 3 13
POLARONYX INC. 0 0 0 3 10 13
HITACHI, LTD 5 2 3 1 1 12
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 6 4 2 0 0 12
KOMATSU LTD. 3 5 2 1 1 12
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 8 1 1 1 1 12
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 4 0 1 4 3 12
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 4 2 0 1 4 11
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 0 2 1 2 6 11
PAVILION INTEGRATION CORPORATION 0 0 1 3 7 11
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 0 2 1 3 5 11
NP PHOTONICS, INC. 2 4 2 0 2 10
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 2 2 3 1 2 10
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 0 2 3 3 9
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 2 3 0 3 1 9
PHOTODIGM, INC. 4 2 2 1 0 9
SHIMADZU CORPORATION 1 3 1 1 3 9
ALCATEL 2 3 0 1 2 8
AVANEX CORPORATION 5 1 1 0 1 8
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 2 0 5 0 1 8
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 2 1 1 1 3 8
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 0 1 2 4 1 8
SPECTRA-PHYSICS, INC. 4 4 0 0 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 0 2 0 4 2 8
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 0 4 7
ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 1 2 2 1 7
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 3 2 0 2 0 7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 1 1 2 1 2 7
PD-LD, INC. 0 0 3 1 3 7
PICARRO, INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
QUINTESSENCE PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 2 1 3 0 7
XEROX CORPORATION 1 5 0 0 1 7
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 3 0 1 1 1 6
AGILITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 2 2 2 6
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 2 1 1 2 6
AXSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 2 0 4 0 6
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 0 1 0 1 4 6
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1 2 0 1 2 6
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 4 6
NIKON CORPORATION 1 3 0 1 1 6
OSRAM GMBH 4 0 1 0 1 6
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 1 3 1 1 6
PHOTONICS INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON 1 2 2 0 0 5
KSY CORPORATION 0 2 0 3 0 5
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 0 1 0 5
MIYACHI TECHNOS CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 1 5
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 0 0 3 1 5
PIONEER CORPORATION 2 1 0 1 1 5
SANTEC CORPORATION 0 1 0 3 1 5
SARNOFF CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 0 2 2 0 1 5
TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 1 1 2 0 5
TRUMPF LASER GMBH + CO. KG 1 1 0 2 1 5
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 2 2 0 1 0 5
XTREME TECHNOLOGIES GMBH 2 1 1 0 1 5


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