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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 361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices

( 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
~INDIVIDUALLY OWNED PATENT 87 78 110 92 92 459
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 73 79 64 72 51 339
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 32 36 45 74 82 269
INTEL CORPORATION 60 51 60 44 36 251
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 13 27 73 104 217
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 6 63 63 44 176
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 32 56 24 19 44 175
TDK CORPORATION 25 36 38 31 33 163
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 28 34 29 30 37 158
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 19 26 29 33 37 144
FUJITSU LIMITED 14 27 34 29 32 136
INVENTEC CORPORATION 6 11 34 49 33 133
DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. 19 16 24 32 30 121
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 31 22 23 30 0 106
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 30 12 24 11 20 97
HITACHI, LTD 17 25 11 22 16 91
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 10 29 21 20 11 91
EATON CORPORATION 11 6 20 23 22 82
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15 20 20 11 10 76
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 15 18 8 19 10 70
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 0 2 12 35 19 68
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 14 7 10 16 16 63
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. 8 16 8 13 15 60
DENSO CORPORATION 8 13 13 11 13 58
SONY CORPORATION 7 10 17 11 13 58
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 7 11 12 6 19 55
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 10 14 7 8 12 51
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 10 6 9 15 50
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 9 10 11 10 47
QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 8 13 14 6 6 47
ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. 0 7 3 20 15 45
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 11 13 12 2 7 45
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 6 8 10 11 9 44
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 12 15 7 4 43
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 5 8 14 8 8 43
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 6 8 9 11 7 41
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 6 6 4 20 41
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO. INC. 6 7 11 6 10 40
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 3 14 6 10 6 39
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 6 8 8 6 11 39
NEC TOKIN CORPORATION 15 7 4 7 5 38
CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 3 6 9 13 6 37
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 6 6 2 10 10 34
AVX CORPORATION 4 7 5 6 9 31
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 5 5 7 7 7 31
TATUNG CO., LTD. 10 15 4 2 0 31
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 7 8 7 6 30
EMC CORPORATION 4 6 5 9 5 29
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 11 5 6 1 29
X2Y ATTENUATORS, L.L.C. 4 7 5 8 5 29
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 12 9 2 2 3 28
MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 4 7 6 9 27
MOTOROLA, INC. 6 8 8 2 3 27
BOEING COMPANY 3 3 5 4 11 26
PASS + SEYMOUR, INC. 5 5 9 2 5 26
SHOWA DENKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 8 4 4 5 5 26
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 3 22 25
BEN Q CORPORATION 6 3 12 2 1 24
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 7 4 10 24
KYOCERA CORPORATION 5 5 6 7 1 24
MEDTRONIC INC. 4 6 7 1 6 24
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 3 9 5 3 4 24
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 8 3 6 2 5 24
WISTRON CORPORATION 11 4 2 3 4 24
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 5 3 3 7 5 23
KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5 4 8 3 3 23
NEC CORPORATION 2 2 3 9 7 23
FINISAR CORPORATION 1 8 7 4 2 22
NEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 2 6 3 10 22
NVIDIA CORPORATION 0 4 5 5 8 22
RENESAS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 5 4 7 3 22
EPCOS AG 9 5 1 4 2 21
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER CORPORATION 2 7 2 5 5 21
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 2 6 5 3 5 21
SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC. 4 2 5 8 2 21
SUPER TALENT ELECTRONICS, INC. 0 4 5 9 3 21
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 7 3 3 6 2 21
BROADCOM CORPORATION 3 3 6 4 4 20
RAYTHEON COMPANY 4 8 3 2 3 20
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 6 2 4 3 19
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. 1 3 5 3 7 19
AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION 2 3 3 6 4 18
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD. 3 5 4 2 4 18
ENTORIAN TECHNOLOGIES, LP 0 0 0 2 16 18
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 4 0 7 5 18
UNISYS CORPORATION 8 7 0 2 1 18
YAZAKI CORP. 4 4 3 4 3 18
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 2 6 2 5 2 17
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 6 5 3 2 1 17
AOPEN INC. 3 2 2 4 6 17
FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 0 1 4 7 5 17
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 4 3 6 2 2 17
GATEWAY 2000, INC. 5 6 2 4 0 17
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3 3 3 3 5 17
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION 3 4 2 4 4 17
SHUTTLE, INC. 3 8 3 1 2 17
NOKIA CORPORATION 5 3 1 3 4 16
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 0 1 3 3 9 16
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION 2 6 1 4 3 16
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 1 4 4 1 5 15
COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC. 2 0 1 5 7 15
ISOTHERMAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, INC 2 2 4 3 4 15
TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0 5 2 3 5 15
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 3 2 0 6 3 14
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 0 1 3 2 8 14
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 4 5 3 1 14
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 2 2 2 4 4 14
PALM, INC. 2 5 1 2 4 14
RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 3 4 5 14
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 2 0 1 3 8 14
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3 0 2 6 2 13
GREATBATCH-SIERRA, INC. 1 7 2 0 3 13
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 3 5 1 4 0 13
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4 1 3 1 4 13
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED 0 4 2 3 4 13
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 1 2 3 3 4 13
SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. 2 2 3 4 2 13
AGERE SYSTEMS INC. 1 0 4 2 5 12
FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER, INC. 5 5 1 0 1 12
HARRIS CORP. 3 1 2 4 2 12
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 2 4 2 3 1 12
HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 3 2 3 4 12
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 2 1 2 5 12
NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 2 1 4 1 4 12
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. 2 2 1 3 4 12
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 3 5 0 1 3 12
ALTERA CORPORATION 1 0 1 6 3 11
COOLER MASTER CO., LTD. 1 1 0 7 2 11
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION 0 2 1 1 7 11
HANNSPREE, INC. 0 2 3 3 3 11
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 1 0 3 4 3 11
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 3 3 2 3 0 11
NIPPON CHEMI-CON CORPORATION 0 6 3 1 1 11
NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 3 3 4 0 11
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 3 1 3 3 1 11
STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. 2 2 1 3 3 11
THOMSON LICENSING S.A. 0 3 2 2 4 11
ATEN INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 1 1 1 2 5 10
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 0 1 4 1 4 10
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 0 2 3 3 2 10
FUJITSU SIEMENS COMPUTERS GMBH 5 1 3 1 0 10
LEAR CORPORATION 1 3 2 1 3 10
MOLEX INCORPORATED 3 3 2 1 1 10
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 2 2 2 1 3 10
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 3 2 1 1 10
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. 1 1 4 1 3 10
SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 3 2 10
SQUARE D COMPANY 1 5 1 2 1 10
UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 1 4 4 1 10
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 4 4 0 2 10
ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP. 1 0 5 3 1 10
MOELLER GMBH 1 2 1 1 4 9
PACESETTER, INC. 1 4 2 2 0 9
POWER-ONE, INC. 1 1 3 1 3 9
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 1 0 2 4 9
SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP. 1 2 5 1 0 9
STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 3 2 2 1 9
VERIS INDUSTRIES, LLC 2 0 2 3 2 9
XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 0 1 4 2 2 9
ACER INCORPORATED 3 2 3 0 0 8
ADC DSL SYSTEMS, INC. 2 2 1 1 2 8
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 1 1 1 3 2 8
CRAY INC. 0 1 3 3 1 8
HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORP. 2 1 1 3 1 8
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V. 1 2 2 0 3 8
HTC CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 8 8
HYDRO-AIRE, INC. 0 2 1 4 1 8
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 1 1 3 0 3 8
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 1 2 5 0 0 8
LITTELFUSE, INC. 0 2 2 2 2 8
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 1 2 1 2 2 8
MITAC TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 3 2 2 8
QISDA CORPORATION 0 0 0 4 4 8
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 2 8
WILSON GREATBATCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3 5 0 0 0 8
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 2 0 2 3 7
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
ANDREW CORPORATION 2 1 0 2 2 7
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 4 0 2 0 1 7
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 1 1 4 0 1 7
COOLIGY INC. 1 2 1 0 3 7
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 2 3 0 0 7
EVSERV TECH CORPORATION 3 4 0 0 0 7
FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 3 2 2 0 7
KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 3 7
MITSUI MINING + SMELTING CO., LTD. 3 0 2 2 0 7
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 0 0 3 2 2 7
OMRON CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 2 7
ORION ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 3 2 1 0 7
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG 0 0 0 3 4 7
SANDISK CORPORATION 0 1 2 2 2 7
SARNOFF CORPORATION 2 2 1 1 1 7
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 1 2 1 2 1 7
SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 2 7
SILICON LABORATORIES INC. 0 1 0 2 4 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 1 2 1 0 3 7
SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 3 2 0 1 1 7
SUPERPOWER, INC. 2 0 1 4 0 7
TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. 0 2 0 4 1 7
VISHAY SPRAGUE, INC. 1 2 4 0 0 7
ABB OY 1 1 2 2 0 6
ASEA BROWN BOVERI AB 2 2 2 0 0 6
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 3 0 2 0 6
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1 3 2 0 0 6
CABOT CORPORATION 0 4 0 0 2 6
CIENA CORPORATION 2 1 2 0 1 6
ELPIDA MEMORY, INC. 0 0 1 3 2 6
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 0 0 4 2 6
IMATION CORP. 0 2 2 0 2 6
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 0 0 0 2 4 6
ION SYSTEMS, INC. 1 1 2 1 1 6
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 2 1 3 0 0 6
LINUX NETWORX, INC. 4 0 2 0 0 6
LUTRON ELECTRONICS COMPANY, INC. 0 0 0 2 4 6
MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2 1 1 1 1 6
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION 0 1 2 3 0 6
NIDEC CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 2 6
PIONEER CORPORATION 1 1 2 1 1 6
QNX COOLING SYSTEMS, INC. 0 2 1 2 1 6
RAMBUS, INC. 2 2 0 2 0 6
RITTAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG 0 2 0 3 1 6
SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 1 1 1 3 0 6
SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 0 3 0 1 6
STRATOS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1 1 4 0 0 6
THALES 2 0 2 1 1 6
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 0 2 1 1 2 6
TYCO ELECTRONICS POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 4 1 0 6
YAMAHA CORPORATION 4 0 1 0 1 6
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 1 1 3 0 6
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 1 1 0 0 3 5
ABB (SCHWEIZ) AG 1 1 2 0 1 5
ABB RESEARCH LTD. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ABB SERVICE S.R.L. 2 1 2 0 0 5
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1 1 2 1 0 5
ALCATEL 2 2 0 1 0 5
ALCATEL LUCENT 0 0 1 0 4 5
ALSTOM 2 3 0 0 0 5
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC. 1 0 1 1 2 5
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1 1 1 1 1 5
ANDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 3 1 0 5
AREVA T&D SA 0 1 1 2 1 5
ARIMA COMPUTER CORPORATION 0 3 0 1 1 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 1 1 1 2 0 5
DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. 4 1 0 0 0 5
DATECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1 1 1 0 2 5
ENDICOTT INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 3 2 0 0 5
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS PTY. LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC 0 2 0 2 1 5
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 2 3 0 0 0 5
FULTEC SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 0 0 1 4 0 5
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 0 1 2 5
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC. 0 0 0 3 2 5
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 0 1 1 2 1 5
HOOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 1 5
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 1 2 0 1 5
IN WIN DEVELOPMENT, INC. 1 2 1 0 1 5
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 0 1 3 5
INTERSIL AMERICAS INC. 2 0 1 1 1 5
KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP. 2 1 0 1 1 5
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 2 1 2 0 0 5
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 1 1 1 1 1 5
MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1 0 0 3 1 5
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1 2 0 1 1 5
NXP B.V. 0 0 1 4 0 5
OTTER PRODUCTS, LLC 0 0 4 0 1 5
PHOENIX PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 1 2 0 2 5
SANKEN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED 0 0 2 3 0 5
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 0 1 3 1 0 5
SHERWOOD INFORMATION PARTNERS, INC. 0 0 2 3 0 5
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT OSTERREICH 2 1 1 1 0 5
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION 0 1 4 0 0 5
SMC CORPORATION 0 0 1 2 2 5
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. 1 2 0 2 0 5
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 2 1 1 1 0 5
SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 2 0 2 5
TOPOWER COMPUTER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 0 0 1 2 2 5
VACON OYJ 1 3 0 1 0 5
VULCAN PORTALS, INC. 2 0 2 0 1 5
WILSON GREATBATCH LTD. 0 0 2 0 3 5
XEROX CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 0 5
XILINX, INC. 2 0 1 2 0 5


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