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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 362, Illumination

( 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 277 365 315 224 238 1419
KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED 31 44 55 39 31 200
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 16 21 31 35 57 160
AU OPTRONICS CORP. 8 32 36 20 20 116
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 4 17 27 28 25 101
VALEO VISION 16 14 12 15 16 73
GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP LLC 9 9 12 10 23 63
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 7 11 15 14 16 63
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 8 8 17 17 10 60
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 2 6 11 11 20 50
OSRAM SYLVANIA INC. 7 14 10 7 10 48
LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 0 0 0 13 28 41
LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. 7 7 16 10 0 40
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 3 9 11 9 8 40
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 4 10 11 11 40
STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 6 7 8 13 38
TOYODA GOSEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 5 5 9 34
HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA (HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.) 6 5 10 6 6 33
ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED 5 8 11 6 3 33
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES ECBU IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 1 15 3 11 30
CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 3 5 6 4 11 29
SOLID STATE OPTO LIMITED 1 3 6 14 5 29
CORETRONIC CORPORATION 4 1 8 10 5 28
DONNELLY CORPORATION 6 6 5 7 3 27
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 6 10 7 4 0 27
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 0 6 6 7 7 26
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 2 8 7 4 3 24
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 6 4 6 4 3 23
HUBBELL INCORPORATED 2 7 7 5 1 22
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 1 3 3 11 4 22
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 0 6 6 10 22
ACUITY BRANDS, INC. 6 4 6 2 3 21
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 2 4 5 2 8 21
DENSO CORPORATION 3 7 4 3 4 21
FUJITSU LIMITED 3 3 3 4 8 21
GUIDE CORPORATION 9 12 0 0 0 21
INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP. 0 1 4 11 5 21
MINEBEA KABUSHIKI-KAISHA (MINEBEA CO., LTD) 4 6 5 1 5 21
SONY CORPORATION 0 0 4 9 8 21
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 7 4 3 2 20
ILIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4 3 9 1 2 19
OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH 4 2 1 8 4 19
RUUD LIGHTING, INC. 1 0 4 4 10 19
SUREFIRE, LLC 0 2 7 5 5 19
YAZAKI CORP. 3 4 5 3 4 19
ARMAMENT SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES, INC. 10 4 4 0 0 18
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 4 4 2 3 5 18
FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 0 3 15 18
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 8 1 5 2 2 18
NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 2 4 3 4 5 18
EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC. 1 2 4 4 6 17
OMRON CORPORATION 2 2 3 7 3 17
PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH 2 7 2 4 2 17
HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORP. 3 0 5 5 3 16
MAG INSTRUMENTS, INC. 1 6 3 4 2 16
PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC 0 4 3 5 4 16
S. C. JOHNSON + SON, INC. 1 1 2 4 8 16
TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 1 6 4 5 16
ENPLAS CORPORATION 2 1 3 6 3 15
HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 1 5 9 15
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 1 5 3 3 3 15
STREAMLIGHT, INC. 3 3 3 2 4 15
CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 1 1 4 4 4 14
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2 4 5 2 1 14
LUMINATION, LLC 0 0 6 3 5 14
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C. 1 2 3 1 6 13
GELCORE, LLC 5 7 1 0 0 13
LEAR CORPORATION 4 4 4 1 0 13
NICHIA CORPORATION 1 3 1 4 4 13
TOPPOLY OPTOELECTRONICS CORP. 7 6 0 0 0 13
YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC. 1 2 2 5 3 13
COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 3 0 1 4 4 12
GENTEX CORPORATION 0 1 3 5 3 12
PELICAN PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 1 3 5 12
QUANTA DISPLAY INC. 3 7 1 1 0 12
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. 1 2 0 5 4 12
HITACHI, LTD 2 1 3 3 2 11
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 0 2 4 5 11
NEC CORPORATION 1 4 2 1 3 11
SLOANLED, INC. 2 0 5 2 2 11
COLOR KINETICS, INC. 2 1 7 0 0 10
DAIMLER-CHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 5 3 1 1 0 10
DIALIGHT CORPORATION 1 1 3 1 4 10
FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC. 0 1 5 1 3 10
HUNTER FAN COMPANY 2 4 1 1 2 10
MUSCO CORPORATION 1 1 1 3 4 10
ODELO GMBH 0 0 0 3 7 10
SAFE LITES, LLC 0 3 4 2 1 10
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 2 2 5 10
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 2 1 3 4 0 10
SYLVAN R. SHEMITZ DESIGNS, INC. 1 1 2 3 3 10
VALEO SYLVANIA L.L.C. 4 3 1 0 2 10
WHELEN ENGINEERING CO., INC. 2 3 0 1 4 10
AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH 3 1 3 1 1 9
BAYCO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 0 0 4 3 2 9
BEN Q CORPORATION 3 4 2 0 0 9
BOEING COMPANY 2 2 1 1 3 9
CASIO COMPUTER CO. LTD. 1 4 2 1 1 9
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, INC. 0 0 0 2 7 9
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 1 1 3 3 9
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 1 1 3 9
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 0 5 4 9
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 0 2 2 5 9
INFOCUS CORPORATION 4 2 2 1 0 9
INNOCOM TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. 0 0 2 5 2 9
RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 0 1 4 3 1 9
WAVIEN, INC. 3 0 1 3 2 9
ABL IP HOLDING LLC 0 0 1 2 5 8
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 1 2 2 2 1 8
BURTON TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 3 3 1 1 0 8
K-BRIDGE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 0 3 4 1 0 8
LAMPS PLUS, INC. 2 0 2 3 1 8
LSI INDUSTRIES INC. 1 3 0 2 2 8
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 1 0 4 3 0 8
PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 0 0 4 4 8
PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP L.L.C. 0 1 4 2 1 8
ALERT SAFETY LITE PRODUCTS CO., INC. 0 3 1 2 1 7
CCS INC. 3 1 1 0 2 7
FIBERSTARS, INC. 1 1 5 0 0 7
GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION 1 4 2 0 0 7
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 2 3 0 2 0 7
ILLUMINATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, INC. 0 4 2 1 0 7
K. W. MUTH COMPANY, INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
LITEPANELS LLC 0 1 1 3 2 7
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. 0 0 1 2 4 7
NATIONAL ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 2 2 2 1 0 7
PENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1 0 3 3 0 7
PERMLIGHT PRODUCTS, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
PLASTIC INVENTIONS & PATENTS, INC. 1 3 2 0 1 7
SCHEFENACKER VISION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH 0 3 2 2 0 7
SHIMANO INC. 0 0 2 2 3 7
TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 0 0 1 5 1 7
A L LIGHTECH, INC. 1 2 0 2 1 6
ADVANCED DISPLAY INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC. 0 2 0 1 3 6
C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI 0 1 2 1 2 6
CREE, INC. 0 1 1 1 3 6
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO. LTD 1 0 0 0 5 6
ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS, INC. 4 1 1 0 0 6
EML TECHNOLOGIES LLC 2 2 0 2 0 6
ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 0 0 3 1 2 6
FARLIGHT LLC 4 1 0 0 1 6
HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD. 0 0 3 1 2 6
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 1 3 1 1 0 6
INNOVATIONS IN OPTICS, INC. 1 1 1 0 3 6
LEOTEK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1 0 2 2 1 6
LIGHT PRESCRIPTIONS INNOVATORS, LLC. 0 1 0 4 1 6
MOTOROLA, INC. 0 1 3 1 1 6
PIXON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 2 1 1 0 2 6
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 0 1 2 6
SKC HAAS DISPLAY FILMS CO., LTD. 0 0 0 0 6 6
THE L.D. KICHLER CO. 0 2 0 4 0 6
TIR SYSTEMS LTD. 1 1 4 0 0 6
W. T. STOREY INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
ZWEIBRUDER OPTOELECTRONICS GMBH 1 2 1 2 0 6
911 EMERGENCY PRODUCTS, INC. 0 3 1 0 1 5
ALTMAN STAGE LIGHTING CO., INC. 3 1 1 0 0 5
ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 0 2 1 1 1 5
AUTOMATIC POWER INC. 0 1 2 1 1 5
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 0 0 1 4 5
BLACK & DECKER INC. 0 0 3 0 2 5
CANLYTE INC. 0 1 0 2 2 5
COLEMAN COMPANY INC. 2 1 0 1 1 5
EPISTAR CORPORATION 0 0 4 1 0 5
EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION 0 0 0 0 5 5
EVERBRITE, LLC 3 2 0 0 0 5
FER FAHRZEUGELETRIK GMBH 1 1 2 1 0 5
GOLDENEYE, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
HARVATEK CORPORATION 0 2 2 0 1 5
INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP NORTH AMERICA, INC. 0 0 3 1 1 5
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 0 2 1 0 2 5
KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0 2 0 2 1 5
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 0 1 0 2 2 5
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 2 0 1 0 2 5
ROHM COMPANY LIMITED 2 2 0 1 0 5
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 3 0 1 5
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 1 0 1 0 3 5
TRUCK-LITE COMPANY, INC. 0 2 1 1 1 5
ZEDEL 1 0 2 0 2 5
ZUMTOBEL STAFF GMBH & CO. KG 4 1 0 0 0 5


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