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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 385, Optical Waveguides

( 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 70 106 59 53 47 335
FUJITSU LIMITED 64 61 58 56 50 289
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 65 61 59 41 25 251
INTEL CORPORATION 71 62 52 32 13 230
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 29 15 38 60 67 209
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC 31 34 45 37 36 183
FINISAR CORPORATION 24 34 42 44 24 168
CORNING INCORPORATED 35 45 33 25 19 157
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 30 34 39 16 6 125
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. 32 31 27 22 0 112
FUJIKURA LTD. 22 20 22 23 18 105
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 28 27 12 13 24 104
NEC CORPORATION 34 20 17 17 14 102
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 24 27 12 19 12 94
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 7 16 11 25 25 84
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION 35 11 18 7 9 80
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 7 8 15 19 29 78
INFINERA CORPORATION 0 31 11 13 23 78
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 10 21 22 11 8 72
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 56 9 2 1 2 70
ALCATEL 33 18 10 3 3 67
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 16 18 24 8 1 67
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 10 19 18 8 10 65
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE 12 16 17 9 10 64
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES FIBER IP(SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 8 24 15 13 60
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 6 12 13 16 11 58
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 10 14 17 9 7 57
AVANEX CORPORATION 18 13 14 7 3 55
JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY LTD. 8 12 16 7 8 51
DRAKA COMTEQ B.V. 0 6 12 15 16 49
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 13 9 9 10 8 49
LUXTERA, INC. 0 27 15 3 2 47
SONY CORPORATION 10 14 5 10 5 44
NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. 14 10 9 7 3 43
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP. 8 12 7 7 6 40
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 6 5 18 7 40
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NAVY 5 7 17 9 2 40
BOEING COMPANY 6 8 6 14 4 38
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 11 12 6 8 1 38
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA INC. 11 6 8 10 3 38
FITEL U.S.A. CORP. 15 9 8 4 0 36
NGK INSULATORS LTD. 8 5 7 12 4 36
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, TAIWAN 2 10 9 7 6 34
FUJIFILM CORPORATION 0 0 14 10 9 33
HON HAI PRECISION IND. CO., LTD. 13 6 7 5 2 33
NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED 14 7 7 2 2 32
XPONENT PHOTONICS INC 12 12 8 0 0 32
HITACHI CABLE, LTD. 2 3 5 15 5 30
OMRON CORPORATION 4 6 14 2 3 29
STANFORD UNIVERSITY 3 4 4 7 11 29
TOSHIBA CORPORATION 5 8 6 7 3 29
CRYSTAL FIBRE A/S 6 5 7 5 5 28
EMCORE CORPORATION 6 7 2 5 8 28
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 7 8 6 5 2 28
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5 6 2 9 5 27
HITACHI, LTD 11 5 6 2 3 27
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 11 8 5 2 1 27
LIGHTSMYTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 8 11 5 1 27
MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 9 6 8 3 0 26
MOLEX INCORPORATED 6 6 3 6 4 25
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. 5 3 6 4 7 25
SIOPTICAL, INC. 13 6 2 4 0 25
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 5 6 5 7 1 24
SHIPLEY COMPANY INC. 15 6 3 0 0 24
HARRIS CORP. 2 2 10 6 3 23
OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 5 9 6 3 0 23
STRATOS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 6 6 3 6 2 23
AT&T CORP. 6 5 7 3 1 22
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC 5 3 9 5 0 22
NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 2 3 5 2 10 22
SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD. 2 10 3 3 4 22
PIRELLI & C. S.P.A. 1 6 9 3 2 21
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA (SHARP CORPORATION) 5 6 4 5 1 21
SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD. 2 2 9 5 3 21
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE REGENTS OF 3 7 5 6 0 21
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. 4 6 3 6 2 21
XEROX CORPORATION 4 9 7 1 0 21
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 4 3 5 7 1 20
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2 2 3 4 9 20
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD 5 10 4 0 0 19
PRYSMIAN CAVI E SISTEMI ENERGIA S.R.L. 0 2 6 8 3 19
SEARETE LLC 0 0 1 10 8 19
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 7 5 2 4 1 19
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. 0 6 4 4 4 18
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION 4 7 1 3 3 18
NUFERN 1 6 3 6 2 18
OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 11 6 1 0 0 18
OPNEXT JAPAN, INC. 2 7 2 5 2 18
TDK CORPORATION 1 8 4 3 2 18
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC 6 6 2 1 2 17
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 9 3 1 2 17
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 3 7 5 1 1 17
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2 4 4 2 5 17
PANDUIT CORPORATION 2 3 4 4 4 17
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. 0 0 0 1 15 16
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC. 1 5 3 4 3 16
FIBER OPTIC NETWORK SOLUTIONS CORP. 3 6 2 4 0 15
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES, INC. 8 4 3 0 0 15
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON 4 8 2 0 1 15
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED 0 0 3 6 5 14
NEOPHOTONICS CORPORATION 1 1 4 4 4 14
NEXANS 6 0 4 1 3 14
NTT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 4 4 0 3 3 14
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3 1 3 3 4 14
ADC GMBH 0 1 2 5 5 13
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 7 1 4 1 0 13
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 0 3 3 4 3 13
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE 3 3 3 3 1 13
HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 0 1 2 4 6 13
JDS UNIPHASE INC. 3 5 5 0 0 13
LIGHTWAVE MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION 7 4 0 1 1 13
PANASONIC CORPORATION 0 0 0 2 11 13
QINETIQ LIMITED 3 5 1 4 0 13
SBC KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P. 0 6 5 1 1 13
TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (US) INC. 4 3 2 3 1 13
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 3 0 5 2 3 13
BIOLASE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 0 1 4 4 3 12
CCS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 4 4 2 0 2 12
CIENA CORPORATION 5 3 1 2 1 12
CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC. 1 2 4 1 4 12
HITACHI METALS LTD. 3 1 2 4 2 12
HOYA CORPORATION USA 0 0 0 6 6 12
KOTURA, INC. 4 0 1 4 3 12
MOTOROLA, INC. 5 1 2 0 4 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY 6 3 1 1 1 12
ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, L.L.C. 0 4 4 3 1 12
SCHLEIFRING UND APPARATEBAU GMBH 0 5 2 4 1 12
SCHOTT AG 1 2 6 1 2 12
TERAXION INC. 9 2 0 1 0 12
TOMOEGAWA PAPER CO. LTD. 2 2 3 2 3 12
YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. 1 3 2 4 2 12
ALLIANCE FIBER OPTICS PRODUCTS, INC. 4 3 2 1 1 11
CALIENT NETWORKS, INC. 3 4 2 0 2 11
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY 3 4 3 1 0 11
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORP. 5 4 2 0 0 11
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 3 0 3 4 1 11
IBIDEN CO., LTD. 0 1 0 5 5 11
KYOCERA CORPORATION 1 1 3 4 2 11
NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS COMPANY LIMITED 0 3 1 4 3 11
NOKIA CORPORATION 0 2 4 3 2 11
OEWAVES, INC. 1 1 3 5 1 11
OLYMPUS CORPORATION 2 2 1 5 1 11
SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 0 4 3 1 3 11
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 0 7 1 0 2 10
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC 7 1 1 1 0 10
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH CENTRE 0 1 2 3 4 10
HOSIDEN CORPORATION 3 2 1 2 2 10
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 2 1 4 2 1 10
LG CABLE CO., LTD. 0 6 3 1 0 10
LS CABLE LTD 0 0 1 6 3 10
MAIN STREET VENTURES, LLC 0 3 6 1 0 10
PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S.P.A. 8 2 0 0 0 10
PTS CORPORATION 8 2 0 0 0 10
SCHOTT CORPORATION 1 1 5 1 2 10
TYCO ELECTRONICS RAYCHEM N.V. 2 5 1 0 2 10
YAMAHA CORPORATION 2 5 1 1 1 10
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 4 0 1 3 1 9
AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 6 0 2 1 0 9
DRAKA FIBRE TECHNOLOGY B.V. 1 5 2 0 1 9
IMRA AMERICA, INC. 1 2 3 2 1 9
LG ELECTRONICS INC. 0 4 0 2 3 9
MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD. 2 4 0 0 3 9
NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY 1 5 0 2 1 9
NOVERA OPTICS, INC. 8 1 0 0 0 9
OFS FITEL, LLC 0 0 0 0 9 9
OPTIWORK, INC. 4 2 3 0 0 9
RICOH COMPANY, LTD. 0 2 4 1 2 9
TRIQUINT TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO. 5 4 0 0 0 9
YAZAKI CORP. 3 1 2 1 2 9
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC. 1 3 4 0 0 8
CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC. 2 0 2 3 1 8
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC. 3 1 1 1 2 8
ENABLENCE, INC. 0 2 2 1 3 8
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED 1 1 0 1 5 8
IDC, LLC 0 0 1 4 3 8
INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE 1 2 2 3 0 8
NETWORK INTEGRITY SYSTEMS INC. 0 3 1 4 0 8
OPNEXT, INC. 3 1 0 2 2 8
OPTIMER PHOTONICS, INC. 2 3 2 1 0 8
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 0 0 1 4 3 8
PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS COMPANY 1 2 2 2 1 8
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 4 1 8
ROSEMOUNT INC. 1 4 2 1 0 8
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, LLC 0 2 2 3 1 8
SUPERIOR ESSEX COMMUNICATIONS LP 1 0 1 1 5 8
TEKTRONIX INC. 3 0 3 2 0 8
TELECT, INC. 1 0 2 3 2 8
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED 5 0 3 0 0 8
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR FORCE 1 1 2 2 2 8
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 0 0 4 2 2 8
ACULIGHT CORPORATION 0 0 2 5 0 7
CIDRA CORPORATION 3 2 1 1 0 7
COMMSCOPE SOLUTIONS PROPERTIES, LLC 0 2 2 2 1 7
COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA 0 0 0 2 5 7
COVEYTECH, LLC 0 0 1 4 2 7
DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 1 2 2 0 2 7
ENPLAS CORPORATION 1 0 2 1 3 7
EUDYNA DEVICES INC. 0 0 0 2 5 7
FUJINON CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO OPTICAL CO. LTD.) 2 1 1 1 2 7
HOYA CORPORATION 1 0 4 2 0 7
HUBER & SUHNER AG 1 0 4 2 0 7
HYMITE A/S 2 0 2 2 1 7
LAMBDA CROSSING LTD. 2 4 1 0 0 7
LXSIX PHOTONICS INC. 1 2 3 1 0 7
MESOPHOTONICS LIMITED 2 3 2 0 0 7
METROPHOTONICS INC. 4 3 0 0 0 7
MILLIKEN & COMPANY 1 3 1 1 1 7
NEPTEC OPTICAL SOLUTIONS, INC. 3 0 2 1 1 7
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS, INC. 2 2 2 1 0 7
POLATIS LIMITED 0 2 0 3 2 7
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. 4 1 0 1 1 7
SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 0 1 1 4 1 7
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. 0 4 2 1 0 7
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L. 0 0 3 2 2 7
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARMY 0 1 2 3 1 7
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHHAMPTON 1 4 0 2 0 7
VERIZON SERVICES CORP. 0 0 1 1 5 7
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC. 1 2 1 2 1 7
AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 0 0 5 1 0 6
AMPHENOL CORPORATION 0 2 2 1 1 6
BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOCIATES LLC 2 1 3 0 0 6
CHIRAL PHOTONICS, INC. 3 1 1 1 0 6
DOW CORNING CORPORATION 1 0 0 1 4 6
EVANS & SUTHERLAND COMPUTER CORP. 1 2 2 1 0 6
FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5 1 0 0 0 6
FRANCE TELECOM 2 2 2 0 0 6
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 1 0 2 0 3 6
HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 2 0 1 2 1 6
INTEGRATED OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 4 1 1 0 0 6
LIGHTWIRE, INC. 0 0 0 0 6 6
LUMERA CORPORATION 2 0 3 1 0 6
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. 0 2 1 2 1 6
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 2 1 3 0 0 6
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA 3 0 2 1 0 6
NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 1 2 6
OMNIGUIDE, INC. 0 1 4 1 0 6
OPTICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 0 1 2 2 1 6
PHOTINTECH INC. 2 3 0 1 0 6
PRIMA LUCI, INC. 2 4 0 0 0 6
PROXIMON FIBER SYSTEMS AB 0 3 2 1 0 6
SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD. 1 0 4 0 1 6
SANDIA CORPORATION 2 0 2 1 1 6
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES INC. 4 2 0 0 0 6
VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC 0 0 4 2 0 6
VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2 3 0 0 1 6
XTELLUS, INC. 0 3 0 1 2 6
AGILITY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1 3 1 0 0 5
AHURA CORPORATION 0 1 2 1 1 5
ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LTD. 1 2 0 2 0 5
ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
AT& T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. 0 0 0 1 4 5
AURORA INSTRUMENTS, INC. 0 5 0 0 0 5
BROWN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION 0 0 1 3 1 5
CELIGHT, INC. 0 1 1 2 1 5
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS 1 2 2 0 0 5
CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD. 0 1 1 2 1 5
CORVIS CORPORATION 4 1 0 0 0 5
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. 3 2 0 0 0 5
DENSO CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
GEMFIRE CORPORATION 0 0 2 2 1 5
GENERAL PHOTONICS CORPORATION 2 0 1 1 1 5
HITACHI COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. 0 0 1 4 0 5
HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 0 1 2 1 1 5
INPLANE PHOTONICS, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
ITF TECHNOLOGIES OPTIQUES INC. 3 2 0 0 0 5
JSR CORPORATION 0 0 1 4 0 5
KEIO UNIVERSITY 0 1 3 0 1 5
KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC 0 0 1 1 3 5
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 4 1 0 0 5
KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 0 1 3 0 1 5
KYOTO UNIVERSITY 0 1 0 3 1 5
LITTLE OPTICS, INC. 1 4 0 0 0 5
MARCONI COMMUNICATIONS S.P.A. 0 3 1 1 0 5
MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1 1 1 0 2 5
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY 0 1 1 2 1 5
NICHIA CORPORATION 1 0 2 0 2 5
OPTOVIA CORPORATION 5 0 0 0 0 5
PHOENIX PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0 0 2 2 1 5
PHOSISTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED 2 0 1 1 1 5
PHOTON-X, INC. 4 1 0 0 0 5
PIVOTAL DECISIONS LLC. 0 0 0 4 1 5
REFLEX PHOTONICS INC. 0 0 2 0 3 5
RICOH PRINTING SYSTEMS, LTD. 0 0 1 1 3 5
SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 0 1 1 1 2 5
SARNOFF CORPORATION 1 2 1 1 0 5
SUMITOMO METAL MINING COMPANY LIMITED 2 1 1 1 0 5
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 1 0 0 2 2 5
TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION 1 1 1 1 1 5
TROPIC NETWORKS INC. 2 3 0 0 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THE REGENTS OF 0 1 3 1 0 5
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 1 0 0 3 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 0 1 2 1 1 5
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY 1 3 0 1 0 5
VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC. 0 0 0 1 4 5
VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC. 2 1 1 1 0 5
XANOPTIX, INC. 5 0 0 0 0 5


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